Site Report: USFS Shoal Cove Log Transfer Fac.

Site Name:	USFS Shoal Cove Log Transfer Fac.
Address:	Shoal Cove, Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan, AK 99901
File Number:	1516.38.009
Hazard ID:	903
Status:	Active
Staff:	Nick Waldo, 9074655270 nick.waldo@alaska.gov
Latitude:	55.451005
Longitude:	-131.292162
Horizontal Datum:	NAD83

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Site Chronology
IC / Closure Details
Documents
Associated Sites

Problems/Comments

Contaminated soil and sheens in fresh and marine waters due to miscellaneous spills. Jim Moe and Steve Segovia contacts at Ketchikan USFS district office. Moe sent letter advising responsibility as landowner and need for their action as Sullivan Logging insolvent. Sullivan logging was issued a Notive of Violation by KDO, but is bankrupt, and moved off site. Also documented violations by previous operator Seley Corp. USFS conducting cleanup.

Action Information

Action Date	Action	Description	DEC Staff
10/26/1993	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Letter advised USFS of their responsibility and need for action.	Former Staff
1/27/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)).	Former Staff
3/9/1994	Site Added to Database	Contaminated soil and sheens in fresh and marine waters.	Former Staff
3/9/1994	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Initial ranking.	Former Staff
7/29/1994	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). Proposed sampling plan approved.	Former Staff
5/19/1995	Update or Other Action	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Approved bioventing treatment.	Randy Rice
8/21/1997	Cleanup Plan Approved	(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPA - Remedial Action Plan Approval).	Sally Schlichting
8/21/1997	Cleanup Level(s) Approved	Applied draft petroleum cleanup guidance. (DRO 5000, RRO 6670, GRO 1400)	Sally Schlichting
9/18/1997	Site Characterization Workplan Approved	Site closeout PAH sampling, field screening, and demolition plan for biocell.	Bill Janes
8/6/1998	Update or Other Action	Letter form FS stating they had decided to decommission the biocell, and either remove the material off site or process the soil on site through a hot mix asphalt plant.	Bill Janes
2/8/1999	Update or Other Action	Final Cleanup Report received. Report states documentation lost showing that site has achieved cleanup levels. Soil from decommissioned biocell taken by Southcoast to Ketchikan for incorporation into hot asphalt in October 1998.	Bill Janes
10/8/1999	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Reranked based on additional file information for quantity. Also changed Site Access Value ranking to "partially controlled" due to site access only by boat or plane.	Bill Janes
4/12/2000	Site Ranked Using the AHRM	Changed GW Exposure Index Value from 0.4 to 0. If GW not used as a drinking water source, then according to the AHRM, GW Exposure is not an issue.	Former Staff
3/4/2002	Update or Other Action	Project tickler update - Email to Betsy Walatka regarding "lost documentation."	Bill Janes
8/13/2002	Update or Other Action	Letter to Keith Simila at FS regarding site status. \\jnu-file\groups\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\SITES\FS Sites Status Letter.doc.	Bill Janes
9/23/2004	Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment	Project summary: Contaminated soil was excavated and placed in a biocell. In 1998, the biocell was dismantled and the soils sent to Ketchikan. The 1998 cleanup report states that the confirmation sample results had been lost. DEC requests that follow-up samples are collected.	Anne Marie Palmieri
3/27/2008	Exposure Tracking Model Ranking	Initial ranking with ETM completed.	Anne Marie Palmieri
9/2/2016	Update or Other Action	On this date, DEC sent a letter to the USFS requesting action on a number of sites. For this site, DEC stated: A cleanup of petroleum-contaminated soil was conducted at this LTF in the late 1990s. In 1999, the USFS provided a Final Cleanup Report which stated that the confirmation sample results had been inadvertently disposed of. After several discussions, in 2004, DEC requested that soil samples be collected in the area of the excavation in order to determine if all of the contamination was removed. To date, DEC has not received a work plan for this work. DEC requests that the USFS provide a work plan to DEC for review and approval, conduct the soil sampling, and provide a report to DEC by June 1, 2017.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/11/2017	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. Specific actions regarding this site were not discussed at this meeting.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/14/2018	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC, EPA, and USFS met to discuss roles and responsibilities for each agency. Specific actions regarding this site were not discussed at this meeting.	Anne Marie Palmieri
5/8/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	DEC and the USFS met on this date to discuss many sites and how to move the sites forward in the cleanup process. A next meeting was scheduled for August.	Anne Marie Palmieri
8/12/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss site issues on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
10/8/2019	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination issues on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri
2/12/2020	Meeting or Teleconference Held	CS Staff met with the USFS to discuss general coordination and site issues on this date.	Anne Marie Palmieri

Action Date

Action

Description

DEC Staff

10/26/1993

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RPL2 - Site Information Request Letter). Letter advised USFS of their responsibility and need for action.

Former Staff

1/27/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = CORR - Correspondence (General)).

Former Staff

3/9/1994

Site Added to Database

Contaminated soil and sheens in fresh and marine waters.

Former Staff

3/9/1994

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Initial ranking.

Former Staff

7/29/1994

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = SA1R - Phase I SA Review (CS/LUST)). Proposed sampling plan approved.

Former Staff

5/19/1995

Update or Other Action

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPR - Remedial Action Plan Review (CS)). Approved bioventing treatment.

Randy Rice

8/21/1997

Cleanup Plan Approved

(Old R:Base Action Code = RAPA - Remedial Action Plan Approval).

Sally Schlichting

8/21/1997

Cleanup Level(s) Approved

Applied draft petroleum cleanup guidance. (DRO 5000, RRO 6670, GRO 1400)

Sally Schlichting

9/18/1997

Site Characterization Workplan Approved

Site closeout PAH sampling, field screening, and demolition plan for biocell.

Bill Janes

8/6/1998

Update or Other Action

Letter form FS stating they had decided to decommission the biocell, and either remove the material off site or process the soil on site through a hot mix asphalt plant.

Bill Janes

2/8/1999

Update or Other Action

Final Cleanup Report received. Report states documentation lost showing that site has achieved cleanup levels. Soil from decommissioned biocell taken by Southcoast to Ketchikan for incorporation into hot asphalt in October 1998.

Bill Janes

10/8/1999

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Reranked based on additional file information for quantity. Also changed Site Access Value ranking to "partially controlled" due to site access only by boat or plane.

Bill Janes

4/12/2000

Site Ranked Using the AHRM

Changed GW Exposure Index Value from 0.4 to 0. If GW not used as a drinking water source, then according to the AHRM, GW Exposure is not an issue.

Former Staff

3/4/2002

Update or Other Action

Project tickler update - Email to Betsy Walatka regarding "lost documentation."

Bill Janes

8/13/2002

Update or Other Action

Letter to Keith Simila at FS regarding site status. \\jnu-file\groups\SPAR\Spar-Contaminated Sites\SITES\FS Sites Status Letter.doc.

Bill Janes

9/23/2004

Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment

Project summary: Contaminated soil was excavated and placed in a biocell. In 1998, the biocell was dismantled and the soils sent to Ketchikan. The 1998 cleanup report states that the confirmation sample results had been lost. DEC requests that follow-up samples are collected.

Anne Marie Palmieri

3/27/2008

Exposure Tracking Model Ranking

Initial ranking with ETM completed.

Anne Marie Palmieri

9/2/2016

Update or Other Action

On this date, DEC sent a letter to the USFS requesting action on a number of sites. For this site, DEC stated: A cleanup of petroleum-contaminated soil was conducted at this LTF in the late 1990s. In 1999, the USFS provided a Final Cleanup Report which stated that the confirmation sample results had been inadvertently disposed of. After several discussions, in 2004, DEC requested that soil samples be collected in the area of the excavation in order to determine if all of the contamination was removed. To date, DEC has not received a work plan for this work. DEC requests that the USFS provide a work plan to DEC for review and approval, conduct the soil sampling, and provide a report to DEC by June 1, 2017.

Anne Marie Palmieri

10/11/2017