Nature of Contamination at Site:  This site was a gas station that was in operation until 1997. It had one LUST located inside, and one outside the building. A residence is located adjacent to the site on the east side.

Site Status:  The tanks were removed and the soil tested. The interior tank was filled after the soil test and showed little to no contamination around the tank. The exterior tank removal was completed by Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC with the Nez Perce Tribe providing oversight. It is recommended that future characterization activities at this site include determining the extent of groundwater contamination and collecting soil vapor samples at the residence to determine if there is a health risk to the occupants.

Ferdinand Service Station / Phillips 66 Station

Date: March 2008

Address: 233 Main Street, Ferdinand, Idaho

Owner's Name:

Nature of Contamination at Site: The site is an out-of-business combination petroleum fuel-dispensing service station/garage/bulk oil and fuel distributor/storage operation that closed in the late 1990’s. The most recent Bovey Oil site configuration consisted of two pump islands, 10 underground storage tanks (USTs), a fuel truck loading rack, a service office/station garage building with a loading dock, and a bulk containerized oil storage area, which was established during 1960-1961.Gasoline, diesel, waste oil, heating oil, containerized lubrication oil, and kerosene fuel were stored on site. Soil and groundwater contamination from 70 plus years of operation is of concern.

Site Status: The objective is to achieve site closure using potentially applicable remedial technologies that were identified and evaluated by the EPA and Nez Perce Tribal representative for their ability to treat the specific contaminants at the Bovey Oil site. The site closure strategy is to obtain the necessary data to characterize the site risks, and then decide on the appropriate remedial actions. The data associated with evaluation of the site risks will be addressed first, and will provide the basis for the decisions on remedial actions.

Bovey Oil Site

Date: November 2009

Address: 13 West Main, Craigmont, Idaho

Owner's Name: Brad Bovey

Bell Equipment

Date: September 23, 2009

Address: 511 Fourth Ave, Nez Perce, Idaho

Owner's Name: Gordon Webster

Flying B Ranch

Date: May 20, 2009

Address: 2900 Lawyer Creek, Kamiah Idaho

Owner's Name: Joseph Peterson, Manager

Nature of Contamination at Site: Two 750 gallon orphan USTs were found end-to-end adjacent to Bell Equipment where an earlier gas station under the road right-of-way and previously under asphalt until they were found during a road reconstruction project. The tanks are believed to have been abandoned about 50 years ago  Low soil permeability is believed to have limited the horizontal and vertical migration of the contamination. Bell Equipment purchased the property from Bell Machine sometime during the period from 1978-1982. In addition, the two known UST’s by the current owners were removed during remodeling/expansion project and the footprint of these USTs are now enclosed by the showroom for Bell Equipment. 

Site Status: Vapor intrusion is interpreted to be the primary concern. 56 cu.yd. of contaminated soil was hauled to Roach PCS Land farm in Lewiston. The current owners stated that contamination may remain from the UST’s they removed and did not have a site investigation report for them. Because the footprints of these USTs are inside the building it will be difficult to conduct a site assessment.  The observed doorways to the showroom appear to be only for people and the showroom floor is tile -- presumably laid on a concrete slab.  However, it will be difficult to sort out potential vapor intrusion impacts from the combined contamination

Nature of Contamination at Site: A 1000 gal UST used for unleaded gasoline and 500 gal UST used for off-road diesel; both UST’s are of unknown age, were previously unknown and unreported. During the initial inspection it was found that neither tank met the Federal UST upgrade requirements. The diesel tank qualified for a farm tank exception but the gasoline tank needed to be upgraded or removed.

Site Status: The Flying B decided to remove both tanks and install an above ground tank to replace the off-road diesel UST. During removal the tanks were found to be in good condition. It was determined that soil contamination came from delivery or spillage while fueling vehicles. A total of 9.5 cu.yd. of soil was removed and landfarmed on site. The EPA determined that no further action was needed.

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