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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKobuk bulk fuel 2010November 22,2010 State of Alaska Dept.of Commerce,Community &Economic Development Alaska Energy Authority 813 West Northern Lights Blvd. Anchorage,Alaska 99503 Re:Mr.Chris Mello, Program Manager Dear Mr.Mello: This is in regards to our bulk fuel system or lack thereof in our community of Kobuk. Kobuk is a community of about 70 -100 people in the winter and about 130 in the summer and is the furthest village on the Kobuk River.As our community profile states our people sustain themselves mostly on a subsistence lifestyle with few people employed with the few jobs there are. Fuel is flown in from Fairbanks and is sold within 8.00 to 9.00 a gallon range. Gasoline is also sold within that price range because the cost of shipping by air freight is so high.The City of Kobuk is the only fuel dispenser in Kobuk and sometimes the City has limited revenue to subsidize its'cost.The biggest tank they own is a 7,500 gallon single walled tank without containment as well as several smaller tanks again without adequate containment support. The Kobuk City Council and staff are in the midst of re-organizing their whole organization so that it can be run adequately and independently.Few of the steps they are taking is to hand it's water &sewer operations to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium or ANTHC and at this point are participating in the ARUC Billing Assistance program where the Anchorage ARUC office is currently sending out water &sewer billings to the customers and then providing the City with an accounting of who all have paid and also sends a payment for each month.This process will only be until the City of Kobuk has established a management capacity with stronger policies in place to undertake it on their own again.The other step is they are undertaking the possibility of establishing a 3%sales tax and although the yes vote to establish a sales tax have won in their last municipal election,they cannot proceed until assistance is given them from outside agencies.We hope to use its proceeds to continue to provide city services to the people as well as keeping our offices open for business.Kobuk is the only village in the NANA region without a sales tax in place. The Council has given its staff directives to seek grant funding such as a bulk fuel consolidation project as well as seeking legislative funding for sorely needed equipment which is the purpose of this letter.The last barge to come in to Kobuk was about 2 -4 years ago when they brought fuel for the NW Arctic Borough School District for their winter supply.Although,the upper Kobuk villages do not get barge services every year,there is always a possibility that the river levels in certain springs can allow shallow draft barges to come up to deliver badly needed fuel.It is that time when we are able to store our winter supply in a code compliant consolidated tank farm with trouble free dispensing units. What steps does the City of Kobuk needs to take to start the process of establishing a bulk fuel containment with dispensing units.We understand that grants are available to do just that and the technical expertise to bring all the funding in place as well as design and construction phase assistance. Should you have any questions please contact Mr.Al Capsul,Kobuk City Administrator at (907)948-2217 or email address at kobukcity@yahoo.com .Thank you so much for your kind consideration. Sincerely, Eflorren C)werElmerWard, Mayor -City of Kobuk CC:Kobuk City Council Honorable Siikaurag Martha Whiting,NWAB Mayor Mr.Bobby Schaeffer,NWAB Public Svcs.Director Mr.Al Capsul,Kobuk City Administrator files AIDEACityofKobukABAP.C.Box 20 Kobuk,Alaska 997°? PA oN?769 By E-°U 7 Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 6.0 VILLAGE OF KOBUK There are three bulk fuel facilities identified in Kobuk.These facilities are owned/operated by: 1.City of Kobuk-Fuel Depot2.Northwest Arctic Schoo!District -Kobuk School 3.Kobuk Store-Fuel sales All three of these tank farms lie within the 100 year flood plain.Tank Farms 1 and 2 appear to have sufficient elevation to be protected from a major flood.However,Tank Farm 3 does appear to be vulnerable to flooding.There is a State-owned 2,500'long airstrip.There are no docks.Barge delivery into Kobuk is unreliable due to marginal water depth in the upper Kobuk River.For this reason,almost all fuel is now flown into Kobuk. There is little waste heat potential in Kobuk because the city and school power plants are stand-by only,with electrical power supplied by an intertie power line from the AVEC power plant in Shungnak. The only tank farm consolidation potential in Kobuk appears to be elimination of Tank Farm #3 and conducting all retail sales at Tank Farm #1. oe Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 6.1.TANK FARM NUMBER 1--CITY OF KOBUK The City of Kobuk owns and operates this facility,consisting of three tanks and used for storing and dispensing heating fuel and gasoline.Tank Farm 1 is located within the village,just north of the old,abandoned city tank farm.The fuel is used for retail sales to the general public,for space and water heating at the clinic,city office building/post office and water plant/washeteria as well as for standby electrical power generation. Fuel delivery is by airplane.There is a secure 8'high chain link fence around the tank farm.There is adequate lighting for night operations.Tanks 1 and 2 are double wall, fire rated,horizontal,skid mounted tanks.Tank 3 is a single wall,horizontal,welded steel tank on steel saddles.All three tanks are anchored to concrete footings.Tanks 1-3 have pressure/vacuum normal vents and 24”manholes on all primary tanks.They also have emergency vents on all primary tanks and interstitial spaces and top mounted,flanged fill connections with fill limiters.All three tanks are contained within a 3'minimum height,adequately sized,lined,liquid tight,earthen berm dike.There are separate heating fuel and gasoline fill manifolds constructed of 2”welded steel with 2” flanged steel ball and check valves as well as flanged steel flexes.The fill manifolds also each have a 1”threaded steel PRV.There are also separate,2”welded steel partially below grade gasoline and heating fuel pipelines running approximately 1,100 feet from the airplane fill connection at the airstrip.All below grade piping is schedule 80,HDPE coated steel pipe with cathodic protection.Both fill pipelines have flanged steel ball and check valves as well as a shared,adequately sized catch basin at their airplane fill connections.There is also a 2”welded steel fuel distribution pipeline that runs from heating fuel Tank 3 to the power plant,clinic,city office building/post office and water plant/washeteria.There is a flanged 2"steel ball valve and normally closed solenoid valve at the Tank 3 fuel withdrawal connection as well as a flanged steel flex. Level controllers at each day tank automatically maintain fill levels by operating day tank mounted transfer pumps as required.The normally closed solenoid valve opens on operation of any day tank pump.Gasoline dispensing Tank 1 and heating fuel dispensing Tank 2 are equipped with submersible pumps and feed a dual product dispenser located near the tank farm through separate 2”welded steel pipelines. These tanks are 20'and 30'respectively from the dispenser,which is an adequate distance due to their fire rating.There are anti-siphon valves at the submersible pump outlets and shear/fusible link valves at the dispenser.Dispensing is remotely supervised from the city office,with communication through an intercom system.All tanks,attachments,piping and fittings are in like-new condition with good paint, adequate supports and no active leaks.There do not appear to be any minimum separation violations.There is an SPCC plan. Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 TANK FARM 1,KOBUK ALASKATANKNO.|DIAMETER(FT)|HEIGHT/VERTICAL!|GASOLINE!|CALCULATEDLENGTH|HORIZONTAL |HEATING CAPACITY (FT)FUEL (GALLONS) 1 6'4”17'H GAS 4,000 2 6'4”17°H HF 4,000 3 7'-10”24'-9”H HF 8,900 Total (gal)16,900 Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 6.2.=TANK FARM NUMBER 2 --KOBUK SCHOOL The Northwest Arctic Schoo!District owns and operates this tank farm consisting of two tanks,which are used to store diesel fuel for school and teachers quarters space and water heating as well as for standby electrical power generation.This facility is near the center of the town site,adjacent to the airport parking apron.The fuel is airplane delivered.There is a secure chain link fence around the tank farm.Tanks 1 and 2 are single wall,vertical,welded steel tanks.They rest on steel Il-beams supported by heavy timbers.Both tanks have normal vents,24”manholes and 8”emergency vents.They have bottom mounted threaded fillAwithdrawal and water draw connections.The tanks are contained within a heavy timber constructed,lined,liquid tight dike with sheet metal liner protection on the interior sides.There is a 2”welded steel fill/withdrawal header with flanged steel ball and check valves as well as flanged steel flexes and a threaded steel PRV that discharges into the top of Tank 2.The header connects to a 2”welded steel fuel transfer pipeline through a flanged steel strainer and solenoid valve.This pipeline runs approximately 20'above grade to a transfer pump located in the school power plant and then to the adjacent school day tank,Tank 3,which is supported on a 10'high,light wood frame stand.A 1-1/2”threaded steel,partially below grade fuel distribution pipeline runs on to the school and teacher's quarters.There were active leaks visible in the first section of above grade piping just beyond Tank 3,making the remaining,predominantly below grade distribution piping highly suspect for leakage. The 2”welded steel airplane fill pipeline attaches to the Tank Farm 2 manifold through a flanged steel check valve inside the dike and runs above grade approximately 100'to a flanged steel check and gate valve at the airplane connection.There is no catch basin.The tanks in this facility are in good condition with fair to poor paint and moderate to slight visible surface rust.The header and transfer piping is a recent installation and is in good condition,with good support and no active leaks.The facility distribution piping and fittings are in poor condition with active leaks and no supports. There do not appear to be any minimum separation violations.In addition,there are two additional 1,900 gallon capacity single wall,horizontal,welded steel tanks resting directly on the ground in the schoolyard.They were taken out of service when the main tank farm was renovated and have no connections other than one top and one bottom mounted,threaded bronze ball valve on each tank.An SPCC plan was not available. TANK FARM 2,KOBUK ALASKA TANK NO.DIAMETER (FT)HEIGHT/VERTICAL/GASOLINE/CALCULATED LENGTH HORIZONTAL HEATING CAPACITY (FT)FUEL (GALLONS) 1 8'13-3”V HF 4,900 2 Q'13'-3”Vv HF 6,300 3 3'-9"6'-2”H HF 500 Total (gal)11,700 id -Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 6.3.TANK FARM NUMBER 3 -KOBUK STORE Eugene Solin owns and operates the Kobuk Store fuel sales facility.There are a total of seven tanks,all of which belong to the city and are leased by the store.The gasoline and heating fuel stored at this site is used for retail sales dispensing to the public as well as for providing space heat to the store.The fuel is delivered by airplane and transferred to this site from the airstrip by dragging skid-mounted tanks.The Store is located adjacent to the Kobuk River on the western edge of the village.There is no fencing.Tanks 1-7 are single wall,horizontal,welded steel tanks.Tanks 2 and 3 are skid-mounted with all other tanks resting directly on the ground.None of these tanks have normal vents,emergency vents or manholes and all of the tanks appear to be within the flood plain of the Kobuk River.Gasoline dispensing Tank 1 has a top mounted,110 volt Fill-Rite pump with 1”rubber hose and dispensing nozzle.The pump's electrical connection is through a short extension cord pigtail at the tank.Each tank has a threaded,bottom mounted,bronze ball valve.There is no means of secondary containment for any of the tanks.The tanks appear to be in fair condition but are in need of cleaning and painting.Inadequate separation violations include tank to tank,dispensing tank to dispenser and dispensing tank to building distances.There is no SPCC plan. TANK FARM 1,KOBUK ALASKA TANK NO.DIAMETER (FT)HEIGHT/VERTICAL/GASOLINE/CALCULATEDLENGTH|HORIZONTAL |HEATING CAPACITY (FT)FUEL (GALLONS) 1 5'-3”12'-2"H GAS 1,900 2 5'-3”12'-2”H HF 1,900 3 5'-3”12'-2”H GAS 1,900 4 5'-3”6'-1”H HF 900 5 4'-10”8'-1"H HF 1,100 6 3'-9”6'-2”H HF 500 7 3-9”6'-2”H HF 500 Total (gal)8,700 02-Dec-10 DCRA,Division of Energy Page 1 8:28 AM Bulk Fuel Community Database Printed by ADMIN r-Comm.Code:33336 Community:Kobuk COMMUNITY DATA: P lation:102opulation NATIVE AFFILIATIONS: Elec.Dist.ec.Dist Corp.for Profit:[NANA Regional Corp.| Region:ANWegion Corp.Non-Profit:Maniilaq Association | BF Inventory Complete?.; ---Ail accounted for |Village Corp.:[None,merged into NANA Regional Corporation | IRA or Trad.Coun.:[Native Village of Kobuk | Other Affiliations:Northwest Inupiat Housing Authority | CG Changed: Fuel Suppliers:| Consolidation Opportunities?None.| TANK FARM SUMMARY: Tank Total Latest Eval Latest Estimate Owner Type Farm ID Capacity or Action Date of Cost to Fix fo 4]16,900,[|geg08 =||$0 |[Second class city | 2 [11,700)[|gees =||$0 |School | [3 ||8700 |gei998 ||$0.|_s*Tribal Douncil HISTORICAL FUNDS: Approp.:Year:Expenditures:Comments: [32492 ||1993 ||$4,573 |[Kobuk BFIFY93 -_LC81822709 TANK FARMS: ID:1 Owner Type Code:GL Owner For Profit?:Capacity Total (gal):16,900 Owner Type:[Second class city Diesel (gal):12,900 Gas.(gal):4,000 Other (gal): Owner Name and Address:Owner Phone #'s: City of Kobuk 948-2217,fax 948-2228 '| iP.O.Box 20 iKobuk,AK 99751 Elmer Ward,Mayor Other Entities: Land Owner-City of Kobuk | Tank Farm Description: 6.10 TANK FARM NUMBER 1 -CITY OF KOBUK 'The City of Kobuk owns and operates this facility,consisting of three tanks and used for storing and dispensing heating fuel and gasoline.Tank Farm 1 is located within the village,just north of the old,abandoned city tank farm.The fuel is used for retail sales to the general public,for space and water heating at the clinic,city office building/post office and water plant/washeteria as well as for standby electrical power generation.Fuel delivery is by airplane.There is a secure 8'high chain link fence around the tank 02-Dec-10 DCRA,Division of Energy Page 2 8:28 AM Bulk Fuel Community Database Printed by ADMIN [ Comm.Code:33336 Community:[Kobuk farm.There is adequate lighting for night operations.Tanks 1 and 2 are double wall,fire rated,horizontal,skid mounted tanks. 'Tank 3 is a single wall,horizontal,welded steel tank on steel saddles.All three tanks are anchored to concrete footings.Tanks 1-3havepressure/vacuum normal vents and 24”manholes on all primary tanks.They also have emergency vents on all primary tanks and interstitial spaces and top mounted,flanged fill connections with fill limiters.All three tanks are contained within a 3'minimum height,adequately sized,lined,liquid tight,earthen berm dike.There are separate heating fuel and gasoline fill manifolds constructed of 2”welded steel with 2”flanged steel ball and check valves as well as flanged steel flexes.The fill manifolds also each have a 1”threaded steel PRV.There are also separate,2”welded steel partially below grade gasoline and heating fuel pipelines running approximately 1,100 feet from the airplane fill connection at the airstrip.All below grade piping is schedule 80, HDPE coated stee!pipe with cathodic protection.Both fill pipelines have flanged steel ball and check valves as well as a shared, adequately sized catch basin at their airplane fill connections.There is also a 2”welded steel fuel distribution pipeline that runs from heating fuel Tank 3 to the power plant,clinic,city office building/post office and water plant/washeteria.There is a flanged 2” steel ball valve and normally closed solenoid valve at the Tank 3 fuel withdrawal connection as well as a flanged steel flex.Level controllers at each day tank automatically maintain fill levels by operating day tank mounted transfer pumps as required.The normally closed solenoid valve opens on operation of any day tank pump.Gasoline dispensing Tank 1 and heating fuel dispensing Tank 2 are equipped with submersible pumps and feed a dual product dispenser located near the tank farm through separate 2” welded steel pipelines.These tanks are 20'and 30'respectively from the dispenser,which is an adequate distance due to their fire rating.There are anti-siphon valves at the submersible pump outlets and shear/fusible link valves at the dispenser.Dispensing is remotely supervised from the city office,with communication through an intercom system.All tanks,attachments,piping and fittings are in like-new condition with good paint,adequate supports and no active leaks.There do not appear to be any minimum separation violations.There is an SPCC plan.Two horizontal tanks 6'4"x 17',and one horizontal tank 7'10"x 24'9". [Evaluation Evaluation Points Assigned [Remaining CostDateSite|Diking |Found.|Tanks |Piping ]Electr.|LHS |Total to Fix |gens|{[o |[o J{/_o j{_o J{_o J{_o j{[_o jfo |]|$0 Deficiencies and Recommendations: Fire Extinguishers Tanks not labeled-Tank 3 Valves not locked 02-Dec-10 DCRA,Division of Energy Page 3 8:28 AM Bulk Fuel Community Database Printed by ADMIN -HComm.Code:33336 Community:Kobuk ID:2 Owner Type Code:Owner For Profit?:Capacity Total (gal):11,700 Owner Type:[School |Diesel (gal):11,700 Gas.(gal): Other (gal): Owner Name and Address:Owner Phone #'s: Kobuk School 442-3472 fax 442-2391;local -948-2231,fax 948-2225 Northwest Arctic School District P.O.Box 51 Kotzebue,AK 99752 Craig McConnell Other Entities: [Land Owner-City of Kobuk,Box 20,Kobuk,AK 99751,948-2217 Tank Farm Description: 6.20TANK FARM NUMBER 2 -KOBUK SCHOOL The Northwest Arctic School District owns and operates this tank farm consisting of two tanks,which are used to store diesel fuel for school and teachers quarters space and water heating as well as for standby electrical power generation.This facility is near the center of the town site,adjacent to the airport parking apron.The fuel is airplane delivered.There is a secure chain link fence around the tank farm.Tanks 1 and 2 are single wall,vertical,welded steel tanks.They rest on steel I-beams supported by heavy timbers.Both tanks have normal vents,24”manholes and 8”emergency vents.They have bottom mounted threaded fill/withdrawal and water draw connections.The tanks are contained within a heavy timber constructed,lined,liquid tight dike with sheet metal liner protection on the interior sides.There is a 2”welded steel fillwithdrawal header with flanged steel ball and check valves as well as flanged steel flexes and a threaded steel PRV that discharges into the top of Tank 2.The header connects to a 2”welded steel fuel transfer pipeline through a flanged steel strainer and solenoid valve.This pipeline runs approximately 20'above grade to a transfer pump located in the school power plant and then to the adjacent school day tank,Tank 3,which is supported on a 10'high,light wood frame stand.A 1-1/2”threaded steel,partially below grade fuel distribution pipeline runs on to the school and teacher's quarters.There were active leaks visible in the first section of above grade piping just beyond Tank 3,making the remaining, predominantly below grade distribution piping highly suspect for leakage.The 2”welded steel airplane fill pipeline attaches to the 'Tank Farm 2 manifold through a flanged steel check valve inside the dike and runs above grade approximately 100'to a flanged steel check and gate valve at the airplane connection.There is no catch basin.The tanks in this facility are in good condition with fair to poor paint and moderate to slight visible surface rust.The header and transfer piping is a recent installation and is in good condition,with good support and no active leaks.The facility distribution piping and fittings are in poor condition with active leaks and no supports.There do not appear to be any minimum separation violations.In addition,there are two additional 1,900 gallon capacity single wall,horizontal,welded steel tanks resting directly on the ground in the schoolyard.They were taken out of service when the main tank farm was renovated and have no connections other than one top and one bottom mounted,threaded bronze ball valve on each tank.An SPCC plan was not available.One vertical tank 8'x 13'3",one vertical tank 9'x 13'3,and one horizontal tank 3'9"x 6'2". [Evaluation Evaluation Points Assigned |Remaining CostDateSite|Diking ]Found.]Tanks ]Piping ]Electr.]LHs ]Total to Fix (sensj(0 j(_o jlo jf ](#@jfojfejfs)]f 0 4 Deficiencies and Recommendations: No warning or identification signs Fire Extinguishers Tanks not labeled Active leaks-in 2"threaded line from day tank to school No cathodic protection-in 2”threaded line from day tank to school Improper supports-on surface from day tank to school 'Valves not locked-on surface from day tank to schoo! 02-Dec-10 DCRA,Division of Energy Page 4 8:28 AM Bulk Fuel Community Database Printed by ADMIN r-Comm.Code:33336 Community:|Kobuk ID:3 ."3m,:Owner Type Code:NT Owner For Profit?:Yes Capacity Total (gal):8,700 Owner Type:(Tribal Douncil |Diesel (gal):4,900 Gas.(gal):3,800 Other (gal):0 Owner Name and Address:Owner Phone #'s: iKobuk Store (948-2234,fax 948-2233 General Delivery Kobuk,AK 99751 (Eugene Solin Other Entities: Tank Farm Description: 6.30 TANK FARM NUMBER 3 -KOBUK STORE Eugene Solin owns and operates the Kobuk Store fuel sales facility.There are a total of seven tanks,all of which belong to the city and are leased by the store.The gasoline and heating fuel stored at this site is used for retail sales dispensing to the public as well as for providing space heat to the store.The fuel is delivered by airplane and transferred to this site from the airstrip by dragging skid-mounted tanks.The Store is located adjacent to the Kobuk River on the western edge of the village.There is no fencing. [Tanks 1-7 are single wall,horizontal,welded steel tanks.Tanks 2 and 3 are skid-mounted with all other tanks resting directly on the ground.None of these tanks have normal vents,emergency vents or manholes and all of the tanks appear to be within the flood plain of the Kobuk River.Gasoline dispensing Tank 1 has a top mounted,110 volt Fill-Rite pump with 1”rubber hose and dispensing nozzle.The pump's electrical connection is through a short extension cord pigtail at the tank.Each tank has a threaded,bottom mounted,bronze ball valve.There is no means of secondary containment for any of the tanks.The tanks appear to be in fair condition but are in need of cleaning and painting.Inadequate separation violations include tank to tank,dispensing tank to dispenser and dispensing tank to building distances.There is no SPCC plan.Three horizontal tanks 5'3"x 12'2",one horizontal tank 5'3"x 6'1",one horizontal!tank 4'10"x 8'1",and (2)horizontal tanks 3'9"x 6'2". ]Evaluation Evaluation Points Assigned [Remaining CostDateSite|Diking |Found.|Tanks ]Piping |Electr.|LHS |Total to Fix [gangs][10 |[30 ||1 |[30 |][{20 |[{10 |[|30 ]{145 ]|$0 Deficiencies and Recommendations: Inadequate diking Inadequate flood protection-is located in 100-year flood plain Inadequate separation tank to well/building/prop.line Inadequate fencing Wiring not NEC compliant No warning or identification signs Fire Extinguishers Inadequate lighting for night operations Inadequate separation dispensing tank to dispenser No anti-siphon or solenoid vavie on disp.Tanks No shear/fusible fink valve Severe tank damage or rust No emergency venting No normal venting Improper tank foundations Inadequate separation tank to tanks Improper valve material bronze Tanks not labeled. Le Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/58 Kobuk,Tank Farm 1 Overview,facing east.Ii1i||*eteetree:neat :ao pact fee rate TANK Kobuk,Tank Farm 1 Liquid tight liner,welded steel manifold piping. Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report _Site Assessment:09/08/98 Kobuk,Tank Farm 2 Overview,facing west. Kobuk,Tank Farm 2 Active leak in fuel distribution piping. Kobuk Bulk Fuel Storage Assessment Report Site Assessment:09/08/98 that aol a paint : aeeresee eee Kobuk,Tank Farm 3 Gasoline dispensing tank. Kobuk,Tank Farm 3 Tank repair with fiberglass cloth and resin.