[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: "Eielson [AFB, AK] contractor completes contaminated soil excavation"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Eielson contractor completes contaminated soil excavation

By Tim Ellis
KUAC Public Radio (AK)
September 22, 2024

Base officials await DEC tests on jet-fuel cleanup on state land before continuing site remediation, monitoring

An Eielson Air Force Base contractor has excavated about a thousand tons of soil from a site in Salcha contaminated by more than 700 gallons of jet fuel. The JP-8 leaked from two fuel tanks that hit the ground there on May 28th after the pilot of an F-16 jettisoned them, because of a problem aboard the fighter jet.

“Both excavations are complete, for tank one and tank two, and were wrapped up on the 9th of September,” said Lt. Col. Brendan Dorsey-Spitz. He’s the commander of Eielson’s 354th Civil Engineering Squadron. The unit is overseeing cleanup of an approximately 2,000-square foot area. He says workers with Fairbanks-based Republic Services removed 572 cubic yards of soil from the site, along with another 10 tons of vegetation and other organic material.

And he says the contractor took precautions to limit the contamination from spreading. “The site is secured and covered up with tarps, so that no additional water or contaminant can be released.”

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For the entire story, see
https://fm.kuac.org/energy-and-the-environment/2024-09-22/eielson-contractor-completes-contaminated-soil-excavation

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