| Action Date | Action | Description | DEC Staff |
| 01/15/2002 | Site Added to Database | Jet-A or JP-4 release. Site transferred from LUST site (file number 100.26.016). | Wanstall, Bruce |
| 01/15/2002 | Site Ranked Using the AHRM | Preliminary ranking. | Wanstall, Bruce |
| 02/19/2002 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Meeting with RP to discuss workplan for additional on-site and off-site characterization. Work to be completed in 2002 and 2003. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 06/10/2002 | Update or Other Action | Soil Sampling and Groundwater Monitoring Well Installation Report submitted. Installed three soil borings (two completed as wells) along rail spur west of facility. PQLs were elevated due to lab problem: no VOCs detected in soil although benzene may be elevated in MW-9. GRO and DRO below soil cleanup levels. PID results indicate highest contamination at 7 to 9 feet in MW-9 and Boring A. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 07/26/2002 | Update or Other Action | Temporary Well Point and Groundwater Monitoring Well Sampling Report submitted. Permananent wells surveyed May 2002. Ten wellpoints installed in the Dale Road right-of-way and sampled in May along with permanent monitoring wells. GRO and DRO below cleanup levels in all wellpoints. Benzene exceeded cleanup levels in WP-D (34 ppb) and WP-E (24 ppb). NAPL present in MW-1. Permanent wells contained maximum DRO at MW-9 ( 2.8 ppm) and benzene at MW-3 (15 ppb). | Wiegers, Janice |
| 08/05/2002 | Update or Other Action | Water Sampling and Treatment System Maintenance Report submitted. Check filtration system integrity in May 2002, collected water sample in June 2002, and additional treated and untreated water samples to check for lead in July 2002. No COCs detected. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 09/05/2002 | Update or Other Action | Groundwater Sampling Report submitted. Groundwater samples collected in August 2002. MW-1 contained NAPL, maximum GRO of 2.1 ppm and DRO of 3.6 ppm (MW-9). Maximum benzene was detected in MW-3 at 41 ppb. Groundwater table was 2 feet higher than in May/June. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 09/13/2002 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Met with John Hellen and Paul Farnsworth of Williams, and John Lindstrom and Matt Hemry of Shannon & Wilson. Action items include: monitoring events will be changed to a semi-annual schedule; background lead levels will be investigated; significance of indoor air pathway for residences will be evaluated; and ownership of Block 10 Lot 5A (former Mapco tank farm?) will be researched. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 11/25/2002 | Update or Other Action | Autumn Groundwater Sampling and Annual Report submitted. Groundwater samples collected in October. MW-1 contained NAPL. Maximum benzene at MW-2 (52 ppb), GRO (1.6 ppm) and DRO (5.2 ppm) at MW-9. Conceptual site model provided. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 01/06/2003 | Update or Other Action | Treatment System Water Sampling Report submitted.
Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes detected in water sample from Reeds drinking water well collected in December 2002. A carbon filtration unit is installed on this well and was replaced last in June 2002. Strong solvent odors were observed in the building during sampling which may have contaminated the sample. ADEC recommends sampling pre- and post-filter during next quarterly event. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 11/24/2003 | Update or Other Action | Groundwater monitoring report for July sampling event submitted. Natural attenuation parameters were included. Benzene (maximum of 24 ppb), GRO (maximum of 2.3 ppm) were detected above cleanup levels. VOCs were also analyzed at MW-6, MW-8, MW-9, and MW-10. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 02/02/2004 | Update or Other Action | Characterization report for dry well investigation submitted. The former dry well is assumed to be located under a reinforced concrete spill pad and is not easily accessible. A soil boring and well (MW-10) were installed near the suspected location of the dry well. Soil contaminants found above cleanup levels included GRO, DRO, several alkylbenzenes, naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalende, PCE, and methylene clhoride. Groundwater samples were collected from MW-10 in July and November. Benzene and methylene chloride exceeded cleanup levels in November. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 02/02/2004 | Update or Other Action | Annual groundwater monitoring and subsurface investigation report submitted. Four borings were drilled in June to collect soil samples near the former injection well, downgradient of the ASTs, and near heating oil tanks. Two boring were completed as monitoring wells. Petroleum, PCE, and methylene chloride were found above cleanup levels in soil near the injection well, although only benzene and methylene chloride exceeded cleanup levels in the groundwater. Diesel or jet fuel contamination was found in the southeast corner of the property (DRO up to 20,000 mg/kg) – the source is not known at this time. Off-site delineation of contaminant plumes has not been completed yet, but there appears to be three discrete plumes. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 09/24/2004 | Update or Other Action | Groundwater monitoring report submitted. Monitoring wells were sampled with results consistent with historical results, except for MW-6 where benzene was observed at its highest concentration in this well (0.03 mg/L). A drinking water sample was collected from Reed’s Snowmachine and Marine and the filter was replaced in August. No VOCs were detected in the drinking water sample. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 09/30/2004 | Update or Other Action | A workplan for additional on and off-site characterization was submitted. A much more aggressive approach to contaminant delineation and potential source investigation is proposed. Soil gas probes were installed this week to provide better information on possible source areas. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 01/03/2005 | Update or Other Action | Groundwater monitoring and subsurface investigation report submitted. Seven new monitoring wells were installed and soil and groundwater were sampled for VOCs and SVOCs. Sulfolane, which has been found at the North Pole Flint Hills Refinery, was also sampled but not found. MW-17 was installed at two depths to evaluate possible DNAPLs associated with the former injection well. 29 Gore soil gas modules were also installed to evaluate soil vapors. Soil vapors show petroleum hotspots at the south and middle of the railroad spur along Dale Road and in the southeast corner of the property. Some chlorinated compounds were found but at low levels. PCE was found upgradient and may be related to an off-site source. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 03/07/2005 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Met with Flint HIlls and Shannon & Wilson to discuss last years work and plans for summer. A removal action is planned for the contamination along the southern railroad spur. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 04/28/2005 | Brownfield Inventory | Identification of a site as part of the DEC's Brownfield Inventory does not automatically qualify a site for any specific brownfield benefits, liability protection, or funding. Those determinations must be made in concert with a DEC project manager on a site-specific basis, with consideration of the site history, extent of contamination, ownership, and redevelopment plans or potential. | Carnahan, John |
| 08/04/2005 | Update or Other Action | Reviewed corrective action plan for railraod header area. S&W plans to excavate along 100 feet of the railroad header area and remove any impacted soil that is found. Workplan approved with comments. | Wiegers, Janice |
| 08/08/2005 | GIS Position Updated | Moved location from runway to correct location. Used Quickbird imagery and tax parcel maps to acquire new coordinates. Updated metadata fields. | Ernst, Torsten |
| 09/08/2005 | Update or Other Action | Free phase product was discovered in MW-18 on the east corner of the property near Airport Industrial Road, the source is currently unknown. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 09/13/2005 | Update or Other Action | Spring 2005 MW Installation and GW Quality summary Report received. MW-19 was installed near the NE corner of the Fugate Property, and wells MW-2 through MW-19 were sampled. MW-19 did not exceed PQLs for the analytes tested, which further substantiates the theory that at least two separate plumes exist on the property. MW-10 contained PCE below cleanup levels. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 10/17/2005 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Met with RP and Shannon & Wilson to discuss this summers groundwater monitoring and plans for further site characterization. Excavation of soil beneath the Rail Spur is planned for April. Will install 2 0r 3 more monitoring wells next summer, and fingerprint NAPL from monitoring well 18 to determine if it could be coming from the heating oil UST. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 01/30/2006 | Update or Other Action | Received call from Jon Lindstrom - discussed the decommissioning of the Fugate well. A sample taken just prior to decomissioning contained 7 ug/L benzene. 1,1 -DCA, and cis-1,2 -DCA as well as several other solvents and DRO, & GRO were detected at levels slightly above the PQL's but far below their respective cleanup levels. The fall monitoring event has been canceled as temperatures have remained too cold. The spring monitoring event typically held in May will be moved up to March. If weather allows the continuous data loggers will be installed prior to the March sampling. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 04/24/2006 | Update or Other Action | April 2006 Groundwater monitoring report received. Two new MW’s were installed to further delineate the extent of contaminant migration. MW-21 down gradient of the Truck rack plume contained 7.95 ug/L benzene. Contamination in this area may be preferentially following Dale Road in a northerly direction. Further investigation in this area will be required to determine the northern extent of the plume, MW-13 across Dale road (NW) remains below cleanup levels for benzene. MW-20, a new MW down gradient of the rail spur plume and west of the former Fugate property contained 1ug/L benzene. The contamination associated with the injection well near MW-10 (DRO, GRO, benzene, and VOC’s) has not impacted MW-19 down gradient across Dale road. The source of benzene contamination in MW-14 (NW corner of Reed’s property) is still unclear. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 06/08/2006 | Update or Other Action | Rail Spur Corrective Action Report received. Shannon & Wilson excavated a 100 X 30 X 11foot section of the old rail spur. 17 analytical samples were taken from the bottom of the excavation. GRO ranged as high as 2,330 mg/kg in one sample, but the average of all 17 samples was only 418 mg/kg. DRO ranged as high as 17,300 mg/kg. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 07/20/2006 | Update or Other Action | Groundwater Quality Summary Report received. Groundwater wells were surveyed in 2005, and groundwater data loggers were installed in 2006. Gradients were measured at 0.002 foot per foot; with flow to the NW.
In comparison to historical data, the only anomalies were MW-4 -48.1 ug/L benzene. This well has historically been ND for benzene. MW-4 is down gradient of MW-18 which contained 8.48 mg/L benzene. GRO in MW-18 was 1.61 mg/L exceeding cleanup levels for the first time since 2004. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 09/11/2006 | Update or Other Action | Summer 2006 GW Summary Report Received. One new monitoring well MW-22 was installed North of MW-21 along Dale Road to delineate the northern extent of the contaminant plume. No DRO, GRO or BETX analytes were detected in this well. However, a low concentration (1.02 ug/L) of 1,1-DCA was detected. The results of a NAPL draw-down test on MW-1, and MW-8 indicated that product recovery might be a viable option at the site. NAPL fingerprinting did not conclusively differentiate between samples collected from MW-18, MW-1, and the FIA Fuel Hydrant Line. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 11/15/2006 | Update or Other Action | 2006 Annual Groundwater monitoring and subsurface investigation report submitted. PM reviewed the report and sent a response letter. Draw down tests were run on the product plume associated with MW-1 and MW-18. NAPL thichkness was too variable to warrant product recovery. Reduced monitoring in the heart of the northern plume and in MW 4, and 5 which have been historically non-detect was approved. MW's between the former dry well and the off site contamination at MW-14 continue to have low to non-detect concentrations of benzene, suggesting offsite contamination may be from other sources. Flint Hills continues to maintain the filtration system at Reeds. The report suggests evaluating remedial options for the free product associated with MW-1. | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 12/14/2006 | Update or Other Action | The neighboring property owner closed a Class V injection well and collected groundwater samples from 3 monitoring wells and the water supply well. MW-1 on that property is located NW of MW-14. No analytes were detected in groundwater samples collected in MW-1, MW-3, or the water supply well. MW-2 located NW of the former septic system did detect 3.44 ug/l benzene(below clean up levels). | DeRuyter, Kim |
| 05/15/2007 | Update or Other Action | ADEC received the Spring 2007 Groundwater Quality Summary Report for the Flint Hills Resources site. According to the report, benzene was the only VOC analyte that exceeded its groundwater cleanup level in the samples from the spring event (MW-6, MW-11, MW-14, MW-16 and MW-21) DRO was detected above ADEC groundwater cleanup levels in MW-16. NAPL was not detected in any of the wells during this sampling event. However, the two wells where NAPL has commonly been observed (MW_1 and MW-18) were not sampled during the spring effort. | Williams, Deborah |
| 01/02/2008 | Exposure Tracking Model Ranking | Initial ranking with ETM completed. | Everson, Neal |
| 04/21/2008 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Meeting w/ Shannon & Wilson and Flint Hills representatives. They proposed a conditional closure based on Mann-Kendall analysis indicating some monitoring wells have stable and/or decreasing contaminant trends. Need to resolve off-site migration off lease property including Reed Snowmachine well MW-14. ADEC agreed to reduce sampling frequency to annually and decommission several wells. | Everson, Neal |
| 05/29/2008 | Meeting or Teleconference Held | Meeting with Mr. Reed Miller. He is willing to allow access to his property to decommission MW-13 and MW-12 and install temporary well points for the purpose of gw sampling. | Everson, Neal |
| 06/05/2008 | Site Characterization Workplan Approved | According to the work plan, Shannon & Wilson, Inc. propose to install four temporary monitoring wells along the eastern edge of Mr. Miller’s property. The temporary wells will be sampled and the three existing monitoring wells (MW-12, MW-13, and MW-14) will also be sampled. Two of the existing monitoring wells on the site (MW-12 and MW-13) will be decommissioned in accordance with state regulations. One existing monitoring well (MW-14) will not be decommissioned.
Each temporary well will be sampled at two depths: the first sample will be collected at the water table; the second sample will be collected at a depth of approximately 20 feet below ground surface. All water samples will be analyzed for GRO, DRO and VOCs. | Everson, Neal |
| 09/14/2009 | Update or Other Action | Project manager changed to Janice Wiegers. | Wiegers, Janice |