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DEC Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup Projects

Brownfield Funded Projects in Alaska

Since 2003, the DEC Brownfields Program has worked with Alaska communities to identify their concerns about contaminated properties. The biggest obstacle to cleaning up and revitalizing contaminated sites is often funding. Our assessment and cleanup services can give communities a definite advantage when applying for federal and state grants and other assistance. This map highlights many of the brownfield projects supported by DEC across the State. Site summaries of these projects are included below in a sortable table.

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DEC facilitates assessment

DEC Brownfield Assessments and Cleanups (DBACs) are available to public, quasi-public, and non-profit entities, such as city and borough governments, tribal councils, Native corporations, and community development organizations. A DBAC helps identify contamination at a property, evaluates how the contamination could be managed to facilitate future use, and provides an estimate of cleanup costs. DEC conducts between three and ten DBACs each year using either federal funding from EPA. Assessments provide additional data at sites where a lack of environmental information has thwarted redevelopment opportunities. (See more information about Brownfields.) Some highlights of our DBAC projects using our federal State & Tribal Response funding over the years are summarized below:

DBAC Project Summaries

Site Summary Area Location Hazard Id
Old Kasaan Presbyterian Church Southeast Kasaan 27216
Matanuska Maid Block Parcel E – Former Power House Southcentral Palmer 27130
Polaris Hotel Fairbanks Fairbanks 27217
Jumping Salmon Lodge Prince William Sound Chenega Bay 27135
Trespass Shooting Range Interior Delta Junction 25391
Heinz Salvage Yard Interior Gakona 26718
Former Golovin Fish Processing Plant Western Golovin 26861
Kasaan Discovery Campus Southeast Kasaan 26864
Kasaan Library Southeast Kasaan 27128
Former Klawock Clinic Southeast Klawock 26865
Keku Cannery Southeast Kake 26209
ADNR Former Head Start Building Interior Ruby 26137
Arctic Village Former Power Plant Northern Arctic Village 4376
Yukon Trading Post Interior Circle 24472
Old Talkeetna Library Interior Talkeetna 26055
Tanana Community Hall Interior Tanana 26250
Surf Laundry & Dry Cleaners Southcentral Anchorage 25316
Old BIA School Western Chevak 26643
Buckner Building Prince William Sound Whittier 4151
Pitka’s Point School Western Saint Mary’s 26405
Former Kake Elementary School Southeast Kake 26252
Fairview Areawide Brownfield Assessment Southcentral Anchorage 26240
Tanana Power Company Interior Tanana 3946
3224 Mountain View Drive Southcentral Anchorage 25574
Former Pelican Seafood Processing Facility Southeast Pelican 25753
Copper River Highway Mile 13-14 Areas of Concern Prince William Sound Cordova 26249
Spenard Area Assessment Southcentral Anchorage 26079
Kwigillingok Moravian Church Western Kwigillingok 26080
Alpina Site (also known as the Tesoro – Olson Gas Services Store #1) Southcentral Anchorage 23592
Summit Prototype Homesite Western Buckland 26031
Kobuk Abandoned Tank Farm Western Kobuk 4615
Cleanup at Former Joseph Guy Community Center (Continuation Project) Western Kwethluk 25663
Former IRA Fuel Project Tank Farm Western Selawik
Larsen Bay Old School Kodiak Larsen Bay 25511
Thorne Bay Old Fire Hall Southeast Thorne Bay 25509
Tazlina Copper Valley School Southcentral Glenallen 25429
Generator Building Fire Interior Beaver 4612
Raspberry Straight Dumpsite Kodiak Afgonak 25433
Tuluksak Old Power Plant Western Tuluksak 25309
Old Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) Tank Farm Western Elim 25432
Old City Power Plant and Tank Farm Western Akiak 3370
McGrath Tribal Council Hall Interior McGrath 4683
Koyukuk Old Power Plant Interior Koyukuk 3945
Old Hughes Generator Building and Tank Farm Interior Hughes 2645
Old Lower Kalskag Electric Cooperative (AVEC) Tank Farm Western Lower Kalskag 4686
Big Lake Former Dumpsite Western Holy Cross 25310
Old Alatna Village Site Interior Alatna 4156
Old Mountain Village Store Western Mountain Village 4156
Old Golovin Dumpsite Western Golovin 3253
South Side Alakanuk Dumpsite Western Alakanuk 25666
Alaska Packers Cannery Bristol Bay Pilot Point 1028
Former St. Michael Airstrip Western St. Michael 2939
Old Chignik Lagoon Cannery Dump Bristol Bay Chignik Lagoon 26487
Wilhour Trust Properties Southcentral Anchorage 4145
Historic St. George Buildings Western St. George 4487
West Cook Inlet Construction Southcentral Tyonek 1845
Millennium Square Kenai Kenai 4153
Peacock Cleaners Southcentral Anchorage 4148
John's Motel and RV Park Southcentral Anchorage 4147
Former Utica Mine Site Western Deering 4141
Mountain View Subdivision Southcentral Anchorage 27091
Carey Property Southcentral Anchorage 25432
Color Creek Fiber Art Studios Southcentral Anchorage 4117
Former Universal Recycling Fairbanks Fairbanks 1922
Sani-Klean Service Station, Former SKS Texaco Fairbanks Moose Creek 24962

Visit the Contaminated Sites Contact page to get in touch with the Brownfields team.

  • ADEC Contaminated Sites Program
  • 555 Cordova Street
  • Anchorage, AK 99501
  • Fax Number: 907-269-7687

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