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258295
Lots 1 & 2, Block 5, North Addition Subdivision Tok, AK 99959
12
63.33587 / -142.98683
1
Sanders-Curry, Madison
sanders-curry.madison@epa.gov
206-553-1889


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationRP00J26109AKSection 128(a) State/Tribal2021


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$2,683.0011/18/202206/30/2023Alaska Department of Environmental ConservationYFY24
Supplemental Assessment$3,108.0010/21/2024Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $5,791.00
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Total Funding: $5,791.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Cleanup Activities

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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 12
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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The area of the subject property is located within lands that were conveyed by the United States Government to Tanacross Incorporated on March 12, 1998; under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. The southeastern portion of the subject property contains the Former Tok School building, Based on a review of historical aerial photographs, the former school building that is present on the subject property was constructed sometime after 1954, and prior to 1980. The building was reportedly never connected to any public utilities, and utilized an onsite water supply well, an onsite septic system, and heating fuel that was reportedly stored in an tank in the basement of the school. It is unknown whether any other/previous aboveground storage tanks or USTs containing heating fuel were utilized/exist(ed) at the subject property. If any portion of the currently known heating fuel tank or its associated piping extends beneath the basement floor, or if it exhibited any evidence of past releases or overfilling events that could have allowed heating fuel to come into contact with surface or subsurface media at the subject property (soil or groundwater); then the potential for adverse environmental impact to the subject property posed by the heating fuel would constitute a recognized environmental condition. A more definitive determination as to whether the currently present heating fuel tank and its associated piping does in fact pose a recognized environmental condition for the subject property cannot be made in the absence of additional information pertaining to its configuration, history, and usage at the subject property; and without onsite visualization of the tank as would be performed during a site reconnaissance effort.

In any event, care should be exercised during any future excavation or construction activities at the subject property, should any heating oil USTs, water supply wells, or septic systems be present below the ground surface. The presence of what appeared to be "junked" vehicles within the northeastern portion of the subject property, (possibly associated with a more prevalent junk yard that has contained numerous vehicles and which is located across East 3rd Avenue to the north of the subject property) was noted in several historical aerial photographs; including in the most recent photograph, taken in 2021. There is an increased potential for adverse environmental impact to surface soils in areas where derelict cars are stored over long periods of time, posed by the possibility for these vehicles and their contents/fluids to corrode or leak. In order to more definitively determine if such a potential constituted a recognized environmental condition at the subject property, visualization of the vehicles and the ground surface in the area of the vehicles would need to be performed during a site reconnaissance effort. Due to the age of the onsite school complex, there is an increased potential for lead-based paint (LBP) and asbestos-containing building materials (ACBMs) to have been utilized in its construction; as the wisespread manufacturing of LBP and ACBMs was not phased out until the late 1970's. Prior to any renovation or demolition activities that could potentially disturb possible LBP or ACBMs, inspections for these materials should be performed (if none have already occurred) by appropriately-certified LBP and Building Inspectors. If LBP or ACBMs are found to be present, they should be handled/abated and disposed of properly, by certified individuals, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Other potentially hazardous materials that are found in some building components include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fluorescent light ballasts (unless the ballast is labeled as 'non-PCB-containing'); mercury in some thermostats, electric switches, fluorescent light tubes and lamps; and phosphorescent chemicals in emergency exit signs. Electronic devices such as computer


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