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    © January 15,2021 Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council

    Big Lake Site

    Holy Cross, Alaska 

    • Contaminant

    Petroleum, Solid Waste

    • Current Use

    Abandoned

    • Problem Severity

    7

    • In DEC Database?

    • Location

    Corner of Cross Road and Big Lake Road, Adjacent to the City Shop

    • Size

    100 x 500 ft

    • Redevelopment Plan

    Yes, still use as recreational site. it is currently used for canoe races in the summer and a spring ice-picking contest.
    https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/SPAR/PublicMVC/CSP/SiteReport/25310

    • Past Work on Site

    First entered into YRITWC database in 2006. The site was used as a recreation site for swimming and fishing. Big Lake was used as a dumping ground for 20 years or more. A sawmill was located there in the 1960s and when it broke down it was shoved into the lake. Refuse is estimated to include vehicles, motors, batteries, and general household garbage. A shop building located north of the lake (City Shop)(see attached photo) has fuel and hazardous substances and a "distinctive diesel smell." The community is concerned that the contamination in the lake could damage their subsistence fishing resources and water quality of surrounding sloughs and rivers.

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