The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will return to a spot on the Mount Ripinsky hillside to remove a small amount of contaminated soil remaining from a historic pipeline spill above Highland Estates.
The spill of about 4,000 gallons of aviation fuel occurred 40 years ago, during operation of the military pipeline between Haines and Fairbanks. About 400 cubic yards of contaminated soil were removed in 2008, near the site of a new borough water…