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Title: Final 2014 Remedial Action Report Project Chariot, Cape Thompson, Alaska

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1260243· OSTI ID:1260243

This report was prepared to document remedial action (RA) work performed at the former Project Chariot site located near Cape Thompson, Alaska during 2014. The work was managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM). Due to the short field season and the tight barge schedule, all field work was conducted at the site July 6 through September 12, 2014. Excavation activities occurred between July 16 and August 26, 2014. A temporary field camp was constructed at the site prior to excavation activities to accommodate the workers at the remote, uninhabited location. A total of 785.6 tons of petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL)-contaminated soil was excavated from four former drill sites associated with test holes installed circa 1960. Diesel was used in the drilling process during test hole installations and resulted in impacts to surface and subsurface soils at four of the five sites (no contamination was identified at Test Hole Able). Historic information is not definitive as to the usage for Test Hole X-1; it may have actually been a dump site and not a drill site. In addition to the contaminated soil, the steel test hole casings were decommissioned and associated debris was removed as part of the remedial effort.

Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM), Office of Site Operations (LM-20)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM), Office of Field Operations
Contributing Organization:
Tanik Construction Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 903-4265 Fairbanks Environmental Services Fairbanks, AK 99701 (907) 452-1006
DOE Contract Number:
LM0000415
OSTI ID:
1260243
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English