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Property Details for Former Alaska Native Service Hospital


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242034
Gambell Street and East 3rd Avenue ANCHORAGE, AK 99503
15
00208201000 (Block 35) & 00208204000 (Block 36, Lot 2)
61.220408 / -149.870292
1
Labaw, Joanne
Labaw.Joanne@epa.gov
206-553-2594


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R10 TBA - Alaska (STAG Funded)n/aAKTBA2004


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase II Environmental Assessment$18,893.0006/05/201901/29/2020R10 TBA - Alaska (STAG Funded)YFY20


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $18,893.00
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Total Funding: $18,893.00


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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


VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 15
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Government Controls Information Devices
No
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

The site is located on 15 acres in Anchorage, Alaska along the north side of East 3rd Avenue, between a northern extension of the Fairbanks Street right-of-way and Ingra Street. This land consists of Block 35 (10 acres) and Lot 2 of Block 36 (5 acres) of the Original Townsite of Anchorage East Addition. Land uses adjacent to the study area include a mix of institutional, commercial, residential, park, community service uses, industrial uses, and vacant land. Land immediately to the north of the subject property is owned by the Alaska Railroad Corporation. In 1927, the City of Anchorage was deeded the eastern 10 acres (Block 35) of the site on 3rd Avenue originally for use as a city park, with the western 5 acres (Lot 2 of Block 36) to be used as a detention hospital. A ski-jump was then developed over time and the site was also designated as a City Water Reserve. The northern portion of the site was forested and contained a water tower that served the entire City. In 1949, the City of Anchorage deeded both land parcels back to the department of the Interior. Later that year, this land was then deeded to the Alaska Native Service for construction of a 400- bed hospital which began in August. By 1951, construction of a 78,000 square foot unmarried staff housing building was started on the site to the west of the hospital. When completed, the hospital was six stories in height. It formally opened in November 1953 as a long-term care facility for tuberculosis patients which in the 20th century was the greatest source of mortality; accounting for one third of Alaska Native deaths. Over time, the facility gradually developed into a medium-sized, short-term care general hospital, and for years it was the largest hospital in Alaska. Historic aerial photographs of the former hospital and associated administrative and housing building from 1953 and 1960 are depicted in Figure 3. In March 1964, the Great Alaska Earthquake caused moderate damage to the hospital and sloughing of a large portion of the parking lot to the north of the hospital near a natural bluff. In 1997, a new Alaska Native Medical Center opened in Anchorage and in 1999, and extending into 2000, the Alaska Native Service Hospital was demolished. An environmental contractor, EHS-Alaska, Inc., was hired by the United States General Services Administration to conduct this work. Prior to demolishing the hospital, abatement activities were conducted to remove all asbestos-containing materials (ACM), lead-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-containing materials, and ozone-depleting substances and other hazardous materials. In addition to ACM within the hospital, a segment of buried cement asbestos water pipe (approximately 360 linear feet) located to the north of the hospital was removed for disposal as were soils in the building�s crawlspaces that had become contaminated with asbestos-containing pipe insulation debris. Asbestos waste was disposed at the Anchorage Regional Landfill in Anchorage, Alaska; concrete contaminated with asbestos sealant was disposed at BEPCO/IWLA Landfill in Chugiak, Alaska; and hazardous waste was disposed at Burlington Environmental, Inc.�s disposal site in Seattle, Washington. In 2000, the federal government transferred ownership of Block 35 and the eastern half of Block 36 back to MOA. The site has been vacant since this time. In 2008, MOA transferred the two parcels into the land inventory managed by Heritage Land Bank on their behalf. In 2018, a short-term use permit was issued to the Alaska Food Policy Council to grow vegetables in raised beds in a small area along the southern border of the site.
Commercial (15)
ID Number (if Applicable): 23726 Enrolled: 03/16/1992


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