Recent Additions
August 2012
- Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co., Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (7 pp, 925KB, About PDF)
This case study explores the economic revitalization resulting from the cleanup and redevelopment of the Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co. Superfund site in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The site, formerly occupied by a wood treating facility, was added to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1984 due to contamination of soil and groundwater. Site cleanup began in 1988; groundwater treatment is ongoing, but EPA deleted the eastern portion of the site from the NPL in 2002. Today, after collaboration on cleanup and redevelopment between state agencies, EPA, a development company, and a responsible party, the site is home to Twin Lakes Business Park, a valuable property on 32 acres which has provided approximately 420 jobs and $15 million in annual employee income. - Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Macalloy Corporation, Charleston, South Carolina (6 pp, 389KB, About PDF)
This document discusses the cleanup and redevelopment of the Macalloy Corporation Superfund Site, the former location of a ferrochrome alloy manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina, illustrating the opportunities, benefits and impacts of Superfund redevelopment. The site was placed on the National Priorities List in 2000 due to extensive contamination of soil, ground and surface water, and sediment. During cleanup of the site, EPA and SCDHEC coordinated with Ashley II, a local developer, and the site's PRP Group to integrate and update cleanup and redevelopment plans, allowing for an expedited process that took only 6 years. The cleanup and redevelopment of the site, which encompasses approximately 140 acres along Shipyard Creek, has provided numerous benefits to the community, including over $4.5 million in annual employment income to the community and an additional $400,000 in property tax revenue for Charleston County in 2011.
July 2012
- EPA Brownfields Program Benefits (1 pg, 162KB, About PDF)
This post card summarizes the environmental and economic benefits that result from the use of funds in the assessment, cleanup and revitalization of Brownfields sites. The post card specifically discusses the leveraging of jobs and money from Brownfields assessment, cleanup, and revitalization, as well as environmental and additional benefits of Brownfields redevelopment; each of these topics is supported with statistics from EPA studies.
June 2012
- Celebrating Success: Havertown PCP, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania (1 pg, 512KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet discusses the collaboration between Haverford Township, multiple community groups, and EPA to prepare a former Superfund site for reuse. The Havertown PCP Superfund Site was added to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983 and completed construction of cleanup remedies in 2010 due to expedient work from EPA. The site, through Fund-financed cleanup activities and fiscal support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), is now suitable for reuse by the YMCA. The YMCA will bring an estimated 150 new permanent jobs, increased economic activity, and a safer and healthier community.
May 2012
- Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Success Story: Civic Works' Baltimore Center for Green Careers (2 pp, 378KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet discusses how the Civics Works Service Corps in Baltimore, Maryland, has leveraged brownfield job training grants to expand its occupational skills training program for local residents looking to develop environmental careers. The Baltimore Center for Green Careers (BCGC), a division of Civic Works, opened in 2010 with the help of a $200,000 EPA brownfields job training grant. The BCGC mission is to create business and employment development initiatives that contribute to environmental sustainability.
April 2012
- Brownfields at-a-glance: Former Warehouse Creates Downtown Art Space (1 pg, 127KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet describes how the City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was able to use a brownfield assessment grant to spark redevelopment of a former industrial center. As the area fell into decline, many buildings, including the International Harvester warehouse, became vacant and abandoned. In 2005, the city received two EPA brownfield assessment grants to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments of targeted properties. The assessment results helped spur the involvement of Pottawattamie County Development Corporation (PCDC), which supported the city's revitalization effort by purchasing the property and marketing it to developers. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Pioneering Vision Sees Portland's Newest, Greenest Neighborhood Risiing from an Industrial Wasteland (1 pg, 226KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet documents how the City of Portland used a brownfields cleanup grant to revitalize the city's south waterfront area, which was previously an industrial wasteland from shipbuilding and salvage activities. EPA helped to fund a Phase I and Phase II assessment, and a subsequent cleanup was completed in 2006. Now the 2-acre Elizabeth Caruthers Park is a civic focal point for one of the newest, densest, and greenest urban neighborhoods in the country. - Brownfields-at-a-glance: Weaving the Future from the Fabric of the Past (1 pg, 212KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet explores how the City of Union, South Carolina, used a brownfields revolving loan fund (RLF) grant to redevelop a former textile mill. The Union Mill sat idle for nearly a decade after a fire destroyed the primary structure and many of the outlying buildings. In 2003, a Phase I and Phase II assessment were completed confirming the presences of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). After leveraging EPA and state funding, the city was able to clean up the site and begin a redevelopment consisting of affordable housing and green space. - Brownfields at-a-glance: An Idle, Former Freight Depot Now Serves as a Community Food Center (1 pg, 172KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet looks at the redevelopment of a site with a long history of industrial use in Missoula, Montana. In 2005, the North Missoula Community Development Corporation (NMCDC) purchased the former freight depot as part of an effort to revitalize Missoula's Northside neighborhood. In August 2009, the City of Missoula drew from a $900,000 brownfields RLF grant to sub-grant $23,052 to NMCDC for asbestos abatement, ultimately providing the funding needed to complete the cleanup in 2010. In March 2011, NMCDC celebrated the grand opening of the new Missoula Community Food Co-op, which provides low-income residents access to healthy and affordable local food. - Final Implementation Strategy to Manage Post Construction Completion Activities at Superfund Sites (9 pp, 484KB, About PDF)
This document summarizes the results of the Post-Construction Completion (PCC) Strategy, which was implemented from 2005 to 2011. The purpose of the PCC Strategy was to provide greater assurance that remedies put in place under CERCLA remain protective over the long term. Incorporation of the PCC Strategy into site decision-making has resulted in improved post-construction procedures for National Priorities List (NPL) sites and Superfund Alternative (SA) sites.
March 2012
- Brownfields at-a-glance: Assessment Grant Opens the Door for Redevelopment (1 pg, 243KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet reviews the use of an assessment grant to spark redevelopment at the former Dick's Automotive in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. After the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority was awarded a Brownfields Assessment grant by EPA, the city was able to quickly determine through a site assessment that no contamination was present. This opened the door for the city to begin redevelopment of the site with the help of the State of Pennsylvania and ITSI Bioscience Research, the new owner and occupant of the old Dick's Automotive property. The large investment by all parties allowed for the development of a high-tech commercial business that will effectively help provide jobs in the area. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Property Assessment Leads to Industrial Development (1 pg, 187KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet looks at the redevelopment of a site with a long history of industrial and commercial use in Alma, Michigan. Since the 1990s, manufacturing operations have ceased, and the facilities lay dormant. In 2006, brownfield assessment grants were used by the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Gratiot County to conduct site assessments that revealed a long list of different contaminants. Cleanup was provided in large part by Merrill Fabricators, which purchased the 400,000 square foot facility and property from a non-liable private owner after the site assessments were completed. Since the cleanup was completed in 2007, the site has served as a catalyst for the redevelopment of other properties in the area. - Brownfields at-a-glance: A Former Gas Station Site to be Reused for Higher Purposes (1 pg, 212KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet discusses the reuse of a brownfield site that had previously been used for a gas station and a used car lot in Portland, Oregon. In 1996, after the removal of several underground storage tanks (USTs), the North Portland Bible College purchased the property. After a Phase I assessment was completed with the help of an EPA Brownfields Petroleum Assessment Grant awarded to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in 2005, it was determined that the site was safe for residential reuse. North Portland Bible College now plans to conduct further development to the site, promoting community participation, remedial education, and new jobs. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Reusing Idle Land in Ways that Best Serve a Community (1 pg, 171KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet provides background on EPA assistance in funding an environmental study and subsequent cleanup to best serve a community that sits on an Indian Reservation south of Phoenix, Arizona. The owners of a Catholic school that occupied the site for decades donated the property to the Gila River Indian Community due to fears of contamination from USTs previously used by school buses at the site. Two USTs were removed in 1998. In 2004, the Gila River Indian Community received an EPA brownfields cleanup grant allowing petroleum and VOC contamination to be removed. The site is now a diabetes resource center and community Boys and Girls Club, which has acted as a much needed resource, addressing the community's health issues. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Assessment Improves City's Emergency Services (1 pg, 177KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet discusses the redevelopment of a former electronics and research development facility in Garland, Texas. While formerly owned by a private organization, the site was enrolled in the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Voluntary Cleanup Program. Using a majority of an EPA brownfields grant in addition to municipal funds, the city was able to conduct multiple assessments that showed significant groundwater contamination on site. The City of Garland used a substantial amount of its own funds to clean up the property, which now houses the city's new Fire Administration building. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Now Playing in Chanute, Kansas: The Roxie Movie Theater (1 pg, 165KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet reviews EPA's contributions through assessment and cleanup grants to the City of Chanute, Kansas, to redevelop a former commercial and industrial property. Both Phase I and Phase II assessments revealed petroleum contamination above state-approved levels of residential reuse; however, the levels were not in excess of the limitations for non-residential uses. After some consideration, the City of Chanute established institutional controls at the site, allowing the redevelopment to begin. In March 2007, the Roxie Movie Theater was completed, replacing the blighted parking lot with a unique addition to the historic downtown area. - Brownfields at-a-glance: Environmental Assessments Serve as Tools of Progression in Creating Sustainable Redevelopment (1 pg, 219KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet discusses how environmental assessments help in the process of creating sustainable redevelopment. The Indian Head Cotton Mill closed in 1962, at which point, Cordova experienced a sharp decline in population and environmental success. As a result, retail stores and gasoline stations in downtown Cordova were abandoned leading to the six brownfield sites that exist today. The city of Cordova believes that EPA-funded assessments have helped to begin a process to economically and aesthetically revitalize an impoverished rural community. - Brownfields Success Story: Creating a Niche Neighborhood Environment (2 pp, 142KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet explores the redevelopment of a neighborhood surrounding an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An area once plagued by dilapidated housing is now a resurgent neighborhood with revitalized housing developments, parks, and recreational areas. An EPA brownfields assessment grant in addition to funding help from Housing and Urban Development (HUD), provided the city of Philadelphia enough money to fund an environmental study in an effort to delineate the contamination present on the site. With help from the Pennsylvania Department of Environment and local community and civic organizations, the site was cleaned up, paving the way for the residential redevelopment. - Brownfields Success Story: A Long-Idle School Building Will Once Again Benefit Local Residents (2 pp, 377KB, About PDF)
This fact sheet explores the use of environmental assessments conducted at the site of a school in Shelby, Montana. Through the use of numerous financing and funding outlets, the City of Shelby was able to determine the amount of contamination at the site through an environmental assessment, while also looking for the ultimate reuse options of the site that had been used only sparingly since 2003. Through collaborations among the city, the local school district, and community representatives, it was decided that a new community center that retained the historic building's construction would be the most effective way to reuse the property. This effectively allows the City of Shelby to preserve the history of the original structure while also providing a multi-faceted community center for the town's residents.
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