Property Details for Delta Junction Trespass Shooting Range

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Profile Information
Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Property Owner

Government

ACRES Property ID

236949

Property Address

W of Richardson Highway DELTA JUNCTION, AK 99737

Size

Parcel Numbers

Latitude/Longitude

64.0627411 / -145.7389882

Congressional District

Property Contact

Goolie, Mary

Goolie.Mary@epa.gov

907-271-3414

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	RP00J26107	AK	Section 128(a) State/Tribal	2017
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	RP00J26108	AK	Section 128(a) State/Tribal	2019

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Cleanup Planning	$11,306.00	09/14/2018	12/28/2018	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	N
Cleanup Planning	$16,291.00	03/01/2019	07/15/2019	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	N
Supplemental Assessment	$25,041.00	09/14/2018	12/28/2018	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	Y	FY19

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $52,638.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $52,638.00

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.

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Contaminants and Media

Contaminant Found

Copper (Cu)
Lead
Other Metals

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up
Cleaned Up

Media Affected

Soil

Remediating Action for Media

Cleaned Up

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Cleanup Activities

Start Date	EPA Funding	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Cleanup Documentation
10/04/2019	$341,518.37	04/22/2020	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	No
06/26/2019	$403,972.72	12/31/2019	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	No

Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
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Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:

Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 15
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 3
EPA Cleanup Funding: $745,491.09
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $745,491.09

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Indicate whether Institutional Controls are required

Categories of Controls

Additional Institutional Controls Information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Are Institutional Controls in Place

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

Categories of Controls

Additional Engineering controls information

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Indicate whether Engineering Controls are in place

Date Engineering Controls were put in place

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.

Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

In 1982, the City of Delta Junction (CDJ) placed a soil berm across a former access road to block public use of an old dump. Since then, local residents began using the berm as an unauthorized shooting range. Spent bullets, bullet fragments, and shotgun shells were present in the berm and across the range floor. These materials contain heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, antimony, and copper, which can cause adverse health effects to both people and wildlife. Envisioning a network of area recreational trails, the Delta Junction Trails Association (DJTA) identified the former Trespass Shooting Range as one of many properties necessary for realizing that vision. However, the presence of the contaminated soil kept the project from moving forward.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) first conducted assessment activities at the site in 2009. In 2016, DJTA received a Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to define the extent of the impacts at the shooting range and old dump sites. Based on that work, DJTA was awarded DEC Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup (DBAC) service funding to clean up the property. Beginning in October 2019, DEC excavated the contaminated soil from the range floor and the soil berm/backstop. The soil was treated with a chemical fixative to prevent the metals from leaching out of the soil.

In order to dispose of the soil at the Delta Junction landfill, DEC conducted fate-and-transport modeling, in coordination with the DEC Solid Waste Program and CDJ. DEC disposed of almost 800 cubic yards of treated soil at the landfill.

Further, additional sampling of the ground surface at the site showed that all of the contamination was removed. The site is now available for
its reuse as a recreational trail system.

Predominant Past Usage

Greenspace (15)

What types of funding are being used on this property?

State and Tribal Program Information

Date No Further Action Letter Received

03/26/2020

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional