SEFft
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Solid Waste
And Emergency Response
(5401G)
EPA 510-F-00-012
October 2000
www.epa.gov
Underground  Storage

Tanks  And Brownfields  Sites
                                                     NEW MEXICO/Albuquerque
EPA's USTfields Initiative will fund pilots in Brownfields communities to assess and clean up petroleum contamination from
federally-regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) at idle or abandoned commercial properties.  Petroleum contamination is
generally excluded from coverage under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) and is not, therefore, covered under EPA's Brownfields Program. In its USTfields Pilot Program, EPA's Office of
Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) has selected 10 state/local pilots in which the state will partner with a local area to assess
and/or clean up two or more petroleum-impacted underground storage tank sites. Each pilot state will receive up to $100,000 of
LUST Trust funds to be used to assess and clean up the local area sites.  This will help to ready them for future reuse.
BACKGROUND

EPA selected the State of New Mexico as an
USTfields Pilot. New Mexico has targeted two sites
for assessment and cleanup in the City of
Albuquerque that would most benefit from this
program. The sites contain underground storage
tanks which may be releasing petroleum products.
The New Mexico Department of Environment has
deemed these sites to be potential threats to public
health and safety and the environment as well as
public nuisances. The city is a recipient of a
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot and a
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant.


OBJECTIVES

The State of New Mexico will use USTfields pilot
funds to perform site assessments and risk-based
evaluations to determine if cleanup actions are
necessary at abandoned  underground storage tank
sites.  Once the sites have been cleaned up, the
City of Albuquerque will work to turn them into
useful commercial properties.
                                                        Region 6
                             Albuquerque,
                             New Mexico
                            Applicant Name: New Mexico

                            Local Partner: City of Albuquerque

                            Date of Selection: October2000

                            Profile: The state will work with the city to assess
                            and clean up former petroleum sites that pose a
                            threat to public health and the environment and
                            that create an obstacle to future reuse.
                                                Contacts:

                                                EPA Region 6

                                                Christine Cherrett
                                                (214) 665-7342
                                            New Mexico Environment
                                            Department

                                            Anna Richards
                                            (505) 827-0158
                                                For further information, go to www.epa.gov/oust/
                                EPA USTfields INITIATIVE

   EPA and the state have not yet negotiated the Cooperative Agreement to fund this pilot; therefore, activities are subject to change.

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