Installation Restoration Program Preliminary Assessment Gold King Creek Radio Relay Station, Alaska
Abstract
The Hazardous Materials Technical Center (HMTC) was retained in January 1988 to conduct the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Preliminary Assessment of the Gold King Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS), Alaska; DoD policy is to identify and fully evaluate suspected problems associated with past hazardous material disposal sites on DoD facilities, control the migration of hazardous contamination from such facilities, and control hazards to health and welfare that may have resulted from these past operations. The major operations of the installation that used and disposed of HM/HW included management of diesel fuel used to power the generators, management of lead-acid and nickel-cadmium batteries used to store electricity, handling of electrical equipment possibly containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and use of asbestos as a construction material. Small quantities of hazardous materials were used at Gold King Creek RRS while the facility was in operation. The underground diesel tanks at the facility were drained and abandoned in place and the electrical equipment was removed from the site. No evidence of contamination was visible at the time of the site visit. However, asbestos may remain within the radio relay building, and information obtained through interviews and records resulted in the identification of one site at Gold King Creek RRS that is potentially contaminated with HM/HW.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA210470