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Property Details for Old Golovin Dump at Chinik Creek


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87661
Aukon Street at the mouth of Chinik Creek Golovin, AK 99762
1.25
64.543866 / -163.018570
1
Morales, Susan
Morales.Susan@epa.gov
206-553-7299


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationRP97055605AKSection 128(a) State/Tribal2007
Kawerak Inc.BF01J98901AKAssessment2021


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$6,053.7307/13/202210/27/2022Kawerak Inc.
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,456.0009/17/200701/25/2008Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationYFY08


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $13,509.73
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $13,509.73


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Ground Water
Sediments
Soil
Surface Water
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.25
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Actual environmental impacts from the former dumpsite are unknown. The site has the potential for a catastrophic release owing to its location in a flood-prone area. The contractor's assessment report recommended that the community proceed with its plans to relocate the dump contents, and it is our undertanding that the community has looked into funding options for this work. The steps recommended by the contractor are the following: ?Improve the estimate of the volume of dump contents. Additional minimal excavation exploration could be completed at modest cost to better determine landfill boundaries. ?Determine equipment requirements for the dump removal, identifying which pieces of equipment are not available locally, and whether equipment will be mobilized to the community as part of any other projects. ?Identify hazardous materials training opportunities for local workers, and investigate possible options to assist with financing this training. ?Identify a source of clean fill to place at the site once the dump contents are removed. Ideally, fill could be derived from the area displaced to receive this material. ?Develop a cost estimate for the dumpsite removal, taking into consideration the above factors (volume of waste and clean fill, hauling of waste, equipment and training needs, presence of hazardous materials, etc). Estimated costs could range from $25,000, as in a California example where removal was done by hand by volunteers, to well over $100,000, if unknown hazardous materials are detected and removal and storage of hazardous substance-contaminated soil and materials are very costly. ?Identify sources of funding to assist with landfill re One source recommended during the site visit is the DCCED?s Community Development Block Grant. ?Complete the Golovin Hazard Mitigation Plan (this has been done). Approval of this plan by the Department of Homeland Security would make Golovin eligible to apply to state and federal hazard mitigation grant programs for grants such as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency ?Assistant Act? Hazard Mitigation Project Grant. To help generate funding, OASIS also recommends that USACE update their 1994 flood control reconnaissance study. Since significant flooding and erosion have occurred since 1994, study findings might indicate that federal government action is now warranted.

Former Use: Records indicate that the dump operated from the early 1960s through the 1990s. No records exist identifying when and how the dump was initially located. The year of closure was reported as 1992 by multiple sources. However, Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) records indicate that the dump was closed in 1996. In 1996 (before the creation of ANTHC), the Indian Health Service (IHS) funded and managed the construction of the new city landfill. The project foreman?s logs indicated that excess gravel from the new landfill was hauled to the old dump and used to cover the site. The gravel pad was placed during a week in early July 1996. The logs contained information on the volume of gravel hauled (1,512 cubic yards), the dismantling of the fence around the dump, and seeding around the site after the gravel pad was finished. The logs did not include any information on the dump?s contents or dimensions. Golovin residents report that ?anything and everything? was dumped into the site during its period of operation. Waste was not segregated prior to dumping. Potentially hazardous materials that were dumped included fuel barrels, car batteries, refrigerators, freezers, household chemicals, honey-bucket waste (i.e. raw sewage), and suspected fuel cell transformers at least 40 years old (CEC, 2007; Mason, 1999; Light, 1999). In addition, used oil was routinely poured on the ground and burned (Light, 1999). The depth of waste has been estimated as 9 to 10 feet with an additional 3 feet of gravel pad cover. As mentioned previously (Section 2.2), the aerial extent of the dumpsite is bet
Commercial (1.25)


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