Site Report: Port Heiden Former Landfill
| Site Name: | Port Heiden Former Landfill |
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| Address: | Old Landfill near Jacks New Meshik Mall/Home, Port Heiden, AK 99549 |
| File Number: | 2637.38.007 |
| Hazard ID: | 25430 |
| Status: | Informational |
| Staff: | Breanna Mahoney, 9072697503 breanna.mahoney@alaska.gov |
| Latitude: | 56.934460 |
| Longitude: | -158.642670 |
| Horizontal Datum: | WGS84 |
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Problems/Comments
The Native Council of Port Heiden submitted a DEC Brownfield Assessment Request in 2009 for the Former Landfill located near Jacks New Meshik Mall/Home. The landfill is approximately 1.5 acres in size and is within the City of Port Heiden's boundaries. Through interviews with the village elders it has been established that in 1953 this site was a landfill for the army. The Elders remember seeing old vehicles, batteries, scrap metal, 55 gallon drums and general household trash in the landfill. There are five drinking water wells around the perimeter of the former landfill and the community is concerned about any contaminant migrating from the landfill to their drinking water wells.
Action Information
| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
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| 7/13/2009 | Site Added to Database | A new site has been added to the database | Deborah Williams |
| 8/31/2009 | Brownfields Award | Notice to proceed was awarded to Hoefler through SPAR term contract for FY 2010 Property Assessment and Cleanup Plan. NTP# 18400210004. Project managed under Reause and Redevelopment Program, EPA STRP funds $15,950 awarded. | Deborah Williams |
| 10/15/2009 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | DEC held a stakeholder meeting for the Port Heiden Former Landfill with the community of Port Heiden, EPA, Hoefler and DEC to discuss the purpose of the work to be conducted at the site (Property Assessment and Cleanup Plan)and to give an opportunity for the consultant, Hoefler, to ask any questions of the community. The three monitoring wells that were installed within the former landfill are approximately 9 feet deep. They plan to conduct the field work the week of October 26th. DEC also discussed the work planned at the ADOT&PF Port Heiden Airport site. | Deborah Williams |
| 10/27/2009 | Site Visit | Hoefler, consultant for DEC, conducted a site visit at the Former Landfill in Port Heiden to collect information for the property assessment and cleanup plan. | Deborah Williams |
| 4/28/2010 | Update or Other Action | DEC received a Property Assessment and Cleanup Plan for the Port Heiden Old Landfill Site. No sampling was conducted during this field effort. In the conclusions, Hoefler recommends that additional investigation should be conducted that includes the following: Site wide surface soil sampling; test pit excavation in the drum storage area; groundwater sampling of the existing wells; and surface water sampling to determine if contaminants are present in the water. | Deborah Williams |
| 3/20/2020 | Update or Other Action | File # converted to Contaminated Site on this date. FKA 2637.57.003. | Cascade Galasso-Irish |
| 2/10/2025 | Document, Report, or Work plan Review - other | The DEC Brownfields program received a DBAC application for the Port Heiden Former Landfill from Ben Adamson, Native Village of Port Heiden (NVPH) Tribal Response Program (TRP) project coordinator in November of 2024. After assessing the DBAC application, the DEC Brownfield staff determined they need more information for the site to determine if the site could be eligible for DBAC funding as the application stated that a Phase II site assessment was conducted in late fall 2024, but NVPH TRP had not yet received the draft Phase II report. | Breanna Mahoney |
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