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HomeMy WebLinkAboutScammon Bay Status Reports, Trip Reports, & Field Notes 1985520- Stememanw ard_ 35.05.04 FIELD TRIP REPORT Date: August 15, 198% Place: Scammon Bay Purpose of trip: Gite reconnaissance far micra hydra and waste heat prajects. be Crew: Remy Williams and Feter N. Hansen We Left Anchorage at 7.98 a.m we transferred to ERA. After we arrived in Scammon Hay at iM. an Alaska Airlines to Bethel where ingly and bumpy flight, We walked ta the City Offices, where we met with the City Manager, Mie. Tim Kaganak. We explained the pupose of aur trip ta Me. Kaganak who in return briefed us an the availability and rates on skilled labor, heavy equipment etc. in the village. Mr. Kaganak explained that the prevailing wage for city workers was © 12 per four, however this rate was mormally raised ta $18 per haw on canmstruction projects. Mr. Eaganak alsa told us, that the City has available a DS Caterpillar dozer with a backhoe, a dump truck and a Larger dazer. The DS was said to be temporarily out of service due toa lack of spare parts. (We later lacated the DS sitting adjacent ta the FHS Pump House. It had been partly dismantled and vital hoses leading to the interior of the engine had been left open for a lang periad of time. Judging from the carrasian on parts af the exposed surfaces, it is likely that severe carrosion damage has resulted te the interior of the engine. Even though it appears that the machine has accumulated very few actual running heurs since new, it should mot be expected to become serviceable until a major repair has been performed.) we Walked to the “Hotel” which was é pump house. Even far bush travel, such accomadations should he absolute lowest standard that any travelling ate enplaye hould have to put up with and pay for. If we had been allowed ta roll aur sleeping bags aut an the School floor, we would certainly have preferred that, even if the price had been the same. After meeting with Mr. a dirty corner of the FHS * After checking in at the Hatel, we walked up alang the creek beyond the proposed dam site. The creek slopes fairly steeply. epecially the first one thousand feet or so up fram the village. Later the slope becomes more gently. We identified a couple of very suiutable sites for a divergian weir. Espe 3 one site would be very easy ta build on. Here the bed rock was expased all the way acrass the greek and also extended a few feet up aver the creek an both sides. Running the pens would be a rather ee ck down ta the proposed power plant lacat ay t t6 A HDPE pipe ec be layed ci nd and very Li an the girc¢ hte ground reparation and suppart would 2 needed. It seeme bs @2 ble to drive a bulldozer all the was to the proposed dam site. could be located at elevatior aor it coud loc Joan the cr ge. Thi would be at avation 1% ely different route could be used shorter but soameawhat te an route, th laying hier out ye somewhat The FPawer Hous the © Fram m looked at the plant. The hydeo power pr k fram th crowded with ea. raam far th allation of 4c akion with two remate herizanta elfoon the north wall af the p t disallow the in lation th tler building and thus it can allatian of a heat recevery module will be wont d t amp act diatear is however ccharn etc. that t would be d City Office, the Clinic and the theal. The © and the F schogil are heat with av and the Clini is hee with a small residential type Gil fired furnace. Neither buildings are foreseen as having sufficient load to justify the installation of a wast heat rer 2 3 promised to ir ti cancern an far various city buildings the pa waste heat piping ta the House cy seamed unlikely due ta the h very limited availability of los during HS Pump fram tt the nece -y field informati findings. Mr. Kagan infarmed us that - due and is mow junk. It in the more important prajects toa deal with’. aM, we met with Mr. Kaganak to "the hydra proj gunk pilei we have As were had comple aur gathe leave an the next plane fo and we were in B and were hack in of field data, we dec i howed up at We left Bethel at 6.08 p.m. lek are 2 on Flee A WJwit~ +g CL ae psraten LxP i445 Ee > Aes ete, Cee peace ee ee area a 6 ee Et) Cogs Ae Fge De. dae ak ie bakboe , a : Dtbrg ae Cyr Come.