Superfund record of decision (EPA Region 10): Elmendorf Air Force Base, Operable Unit 2, source area ST41, Anchorage, AK. (First remedial action), September 1992. Interim report
The 13,130-acre Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) site is located adjacent to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. From 1940 to 1991, Elmendorf AFB used a 20-acre portion of the site, referred to as source area ST41, to store the fuel product JP-4 and aviation gasoline in four 1-million gallon underground tanks. As a result of numerous leaks and above-ground spills since the tanks were installed in the 1940s, USAF conducted investigations through its Installation Restoration Program (IRP). These investigations revealed several hundred thousand gallons of fuel in the ground water and soil. The ROD addresses an interim remedy at Elmendorf AFB. The action is needed to reduce further spread of fuel constituents through the recovery of floating product on the ground water surface, and containment of seeps. Future RODs will include a final remedy for ground water and soil at ST41, as OU2, and will address the other six OUs at the site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water at ST41 are the compounds in JP-4, especially VOCs such as benzene, toluene, and xylenes. The selected interim remedial action for the site are included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 6591045
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-964604/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--10-92/044
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ALASKA
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
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BENZENE
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
CONTROL
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FUELS
GASOLINE
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INVESTIGATIONS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAKS
LIQUID FUELS
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MILITARY FACILITIES
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEEPS
SOILS
STORAGE
TANKS
TOLUENE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
US DOD
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
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