Myungshin Kim Site
The Myungshin Kim Site (Lot No. 023 D 24, 25, 26) were properties that belong to Juan T. Lizama, and Mr. Kim has interest in leasing the properties. However, he had requested for the performance of a Brownfields Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). The proposed plan for the area was for it to be redeveloped and renovated into a commercial building, with the upper floor being utilized as apartment units.
Currently, there is an auto/marine shop operating on the site. They conduct machining operations, engine repairs/overhauling, outboard motor repairs, welding, sanding, electrical work, air conditioning repairs and painting, the facility does not have a painting booth. Lead acid batteries observed on-site were improperly stored. Diesel and gasoline are used as solvents for degreasing. Used oil is not stored on-site, but they are stored within a secondary containment on another property. Moreover, there is also a retail store and former apartment building on-site.
There was a former gas station located on Lot 023 D 26. This former gas station has been closed since 1994. The CNMI LUST program plans to address the Underground Storage Tanks (UST) at the site. The site is one out of four priority sites under the CNMI LUST program. However, there are potential hazardous substances concerns with the site which need to be addressed.
Executive Summary Phase II ESA Report
The Site previously operated as an automobile service station from approximately 1984 until at least 1994. Three USTs were originally installed at the Site in 1984, including one 4,000 gallon gasoline UST, one 3,000-gallon gasoline UST, and one 2,000-gallon diesel UST. The three USTs were connected with one pump island located on the southwest portion of the Site. The 4,000 gallon UST and 3,000-gallon UST were previously owned by the former service station operator, who is no longer in business. The 4,000-gallon UST and 3,000-gallon UST are still located on the northern portion of the Site and are identified as UST #1 and UST #2, respectively. The USTs are currently out-of-use and considered “temporary abandoned”. The 2,000-gallon UST was previously owned by Mobil Oil Micronesia, Inc. On September 22, 1993, the 2,000-gallon diesel UST was decommissioned and removed from the northwest adjoining easement to the Site. In 1993, tank tightness tests and an environmental investigation were conducted at the Site by Unitek Environmental Consultants, Inc. The 4,000-gallon UST reportedly failed a tank tightness test, and six groundwater monitoring wells were subsequently installed at the Site. Elevated benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, total xylenes (BTEX) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) gasoline were measured within the groundwater samples collected from the monitoring wells. A release from the Site was reported to the CNMI Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at that time.
MegAnnum, Inc. (MegAnnum) was contracted by the CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) to conduct a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) at the former W2 Service Station, Village of Puerto Rico, Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The former W2 Service Station is located along Chalan Pale Arnold Road (Middle Road) on Lot No. 023D26 and is heretofore referred to as the “Site”. The Phase II ESA was conducted in accordance with Contract No. 590213-OC, the Sampling and Analysis Plan/Quality Assurance Project Plan (SAP/QAPP), and additional correspondence with the BECQ.
Link: Former W-2 Service Station, Puerto Rico, Saipan
Category: Brownfields
Coordinates: N-15.23723; E-145.75329
Island: Saipan
Village: Puerto Rico
Response Status: Approved for Phase I in 2009; Opted out of Brownfields Program in 2010. Phase II ESA Completed on Dec. 15, 2015. (CNMI LUST)
Land Use Restrictions: Mixed Commercial
Institution Control: Undetermined
Responsible Party: N/A
Enforcement Authority: Division of Environmental Quality
Project Lead: Division of Environmental Quality
Property Status: Private Property (Juan T. Lizama)
Coordinates: N-15.23723; E-145.75329
Island: Saipan
Village: Puerto Rico
Response Status: Approved for Phase I in 2009; Opted out of Brownfields Program in 2010. Phase II ESA Completed on Dec. 15, 2015. (CNMI LUST)
Land Use Restrictions: Mixed Commercial
Institution Control: Undetermined
Responsible Party: N/A
Enforcement Authority: Division of Environmental Quality
Project Lead: Division of Environmental Quality
Property Status: Private Property (Juan T. Lizama)