Anchorage contractor to remediate soil at Air Force cleanup site
The groundwater has been contaminated by Groundwater has been contaminated with lead, volatile organic compounds such as trichloroethylene, benzene, tetrachloroethylene, and PFAS.
Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $27.6 million contract to Brice Engineering on Nov. 10. It calls for the contractor to clean up 130,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil excavated during construction of eight F-35 fighter jet construction facilities at Eielson. The contractor will employ a process called “soil washing” to extract enough of the PFAS to meet the state’s cleanup standard.
Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) is an active installation established in 1944. The mission of the base is to train and equip soldiers for close air support of ground troops in an arctic environment (Eielson AFB, 2005). Eielson AFB is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska.