Superfund Redevelopment

About Superfund Redevelopment

Superfund Redevelopment at EPA helps communities return some of the nation's worst hazardous waste sites to safe and productive uses. In addition to cleaning up these Superfund sites and making them protective of human health and the environment, the Agency is working with communities and other partners in considering future use opportunities and integrating appropriate reuse options into the cleanup process. The Agency is also working with communities at sties that have already been cleaned up to ensure long-term stewardship of the sites remedies and to promote reuse. More about the program...

Superfund Redevelopment in the News

Program Related News

• Top-10 Questions to Ask When Buying a Superfund Site (PDF) (12 pp, 780K, About PDF)
  Superfund Redevelopment, in collaboration with the Office of Superfund Remediation Enforcement, has recently issued a fact sheet that provides answers to a range of questions that a prospective purchaser may have when considering whether to purchase property at a privately owned Superfund site.
• Return to Use Demonstration Projects
  Through its Return to Use (RTU) Initiative, EPA has selected demonstration projects that highlight how EPA continues to work with communities to return sites to productive use(s). These demonstration projects are located in eight of the 10 EPA regions.
  • Browse the Demonstration Projects
  • Learn more about the RTU initiative
• Ready for Reuse Determinations
  Superfund Redevelopment has worked with six EPA Regional offices to issue a total of fifteen RfR Determinations for sites in their Regions.
  • Learn more about RfR Determinations

Site-Specific News

• Reuse of the Florida Steel Superfund Site
  A Houston firm is seeking to build a natural gas storage tank on the Florida Steel Superfund site to help utility companies throughout Florida hedge against hurricane-related fuel supply disruptions and seasonal fuel price spikes.
• Douglas Little League Removal Site
  During 2007, EPA Region 5, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and Exxon Mobil held a media event to talk to the local community about cleanup activities at the site, which is a removal action site. EPA is working with the site owner to ensure safe cleanup and to facilitate reuse of the site as a little league field.

Measuring Superfund Redevelopment

New EPA Land Revitalization Performance Measure for Superfund

• EPA recently released Final Guidance outlining how the Superfund and Federal Facilities programs will report performance in achieving Land Revitalization . . .