Old Lower Kalskag Electric Cooperative (AVEC) Tank Farm
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- Database Name: Old AVEC Tank Farm, Lower Kalskag
- Status: Active
- Location: Lower Kalskag
- Latitude: 61.512810
- Longitude: -160.363054
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Key DBAC Services:
- Site Assessment
- DBACs Awarded: 2009
- DEC File Number: 2427.38.001
DEC Contaminated Sites contact: Janice Wiegers, Unit Manager, 907-451-2127 (Fairbanks)
Site Narrative
- Requested by the Village of Lower Kalskag
As with many former AVEC facilities throughout the state, Lower Kalskag has had a bulk fuel tank farm upgrade, but the old tanks are still present at the former location and no subsurface investigation to characterize the extent of contamination was carried out when the old tank farm was decommissioned.
The community is concerned about lingering fuel contamination in soil at the former fuel storage site, because their public water supply well was previously located on the adjacent lot. The Village of Lower Kalskag would like to have the site assessed and remedial action completed, if necessary, for protection of their drinking-water resources and to make the site available for reuse as storage space for the city and tribal offices’ connexes, an office building for landfill management operations, and new lodging facilities for visitors.
DEC’s work at this site included field screening and limited evaluation of off-site contaminant migration.