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July 2005
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Front Cover Pictures
Background: Central Wood Preserving Superfund Site
Slaughter, Louisiana
Upper left: El Paso Metals Site
El Paso, Texas
Upper right: Oklahoma Refining Superfund Site
Cyril, Oklahoma
Lower left: Victory Brownfields Site
Dallas, Texas - Before Redevelopment
Lower right: American Airlines Center at Victory
Brownfields Site - After Redevelopment
Dallas, Texas
Prepared By
Superfund Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
Samuel Coleman, P.E., Director
1445 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 665-6701 or toll free (800) 533-3508
Visit us on the world wide web at
http://epa.gov/region6/
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Highlight on Region 6 Site Assessment
Long-Term (Remedial) Superfund Cleanups
Superfund Short-Term Emergency Removals
Region 6 Oil, Response and Preparedness Programs
The Brownfields Program: Returning Sites to Productive Use
D 32,065,437 in Population
D 547,598 in Square Miles
D 87 NPL Sites
D Five States and 65 sovereign
Indian Nations
D 1st in Total Pipeline miles
D 2nd in Total Highway Miles
D Over 50% of All Oil Storage
Capacity
Region 6 At A Glance
D 2000-Mile International Border
With Mexico
D Over 200,000 Chemical Usage
Facilities
D Over 1,600 High Oil Storage
Facilities
D 3rd in Total Rail Lines
D Over 70% of Total Petrochemical
Industry
D 70% of Superfund cleanups funded
by potentially responsible parties
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We in EPA Region 6 are pleased to have this opportunity to tell you about Superfund, which is the
Federal Government's program to clean up the Nation's uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous
waste sites. For more than 20 years, EPA has located and analyzed tens of thousands of hazardous
waste sites, protected people and the environment from contamination at the worst sites, and
involved others in the cleanup. We are continuing this work as quickly as possible because we are
committed to ensuring that hazardous waste sites are cleaned up to protect the environment and
the health of everyone in the five states that make up EPA Region 6. We are also striving to see that
those responsible for the pollution are also held responsible for the cleanup. At approximately
70% of sites in Region 6, the potentially responsible party pays for the cleanup.
Years ago, people were less aware of how dumping chemical wastes might affect public health and
the environment. On thousands of properties where such practices were intensive or continuous,
the result was uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites, such as abandoned warehouses
and landfills. Citizen concern over the extent of this problem led Congress to establish the
Superfund program in 1980 to locate, investigate and clean up the worst sites nationwide. The law
which authorizes EPA to clean up hazardous wastes sites is called the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), but is better known as
Superfund. We work closely with our State and Tribal partners, who also want to protect public
health and the environment and have their own laws about cleaning up hazardous waste sites.
The EPA Superfund cleanup process begins with the discovery of a site or notification to the EPA
of possible releases of hazardous substances. We discover sites in several ways such as from a
citizen notifying EPA or by State or EPA investigations. Once discovered, we evaluate the
potential for a release of hazardous substances from the site through several steps in the Superfund
cleanup process, hi the following pages, you will discover more information about the site
assessment process, the Superfund emergency removal process, the Superfund long-term remedial
cleanup and the EPA oil program.
We have made great strides in cleaning up sites across our five-state Region. But we believe it is
equally important to return sites to productive reuse in communities. The Brownfields Program
is a mechanism EPA uses to empower states and local governments to return sites to productive
use after the sites are cleaned up. We have included information on this program as well.
To round out our presentation, we have included information on our Superfund emergency
response, oil pollution prevention and preparedness programs, which also help EPA protect public
health and the environment.
We will continue to focus on results, making our air, water and land cleaner. We will employ the
best science and data to make informed decisions as we encourage innovation and the
development of new, cleaner technologies. We will work in hand-in-hand with our State, local and
Tribal partners as we continue to build on America's ethic of stewardship and personal
responsibility for a safer, cleaner and healthier future.
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Highlight on Region 6 Site Assessment
The Region 6 Site Assessment program is a dynamic program that works in
conjunction with its state and tribal partners to address and prioritize
hazardous waste sites. The site assessment program is the starting line for all
sites being assessed through the Region 6 Superfund Program Sites are
assessed to determine if federal action is warranted. Actions could include
clean-ups through the EPA removal or remedial programs or deferral to the
appropriate state or federal programs. The goal of the site assessment
program is to identify those sites requiring long-term remedial action, to
determine whether there is a need for immediate removal action, and to
remove sites requiring no clean-up action from the Superfund inventory to
help encourage economic redevelopment.
Region 6 is on the forefront of meeting the needs of a changing program
through the use of integrated assessments, dynamic sampling techniques and
work sharing with our state and tribal partners. At the El Paso County Metals
Site, the Region 6 Site Assessment Team assessed over 3600 homes, use of
the integrated team identified residents exposed to the highest risk as well as
conserving agency resources. Region 6 piloted a tribal dip-vat clean-up
program, to address Tribal concerns at Pueblos in New Mexico, which
resulted in the development of tribal capabilities to remediate this type of site.
At the Eagle-Picher-Carefree Battery Site, Region 6 utilized dynamic
sampling techniques to identify possible sources of TCE and to aid in the
identification of potential responsible parties.
Region 6
Site Assessment Program
Evolving to meet the challenges of a
Changing Program
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EPA Region 6 assesses approximately 100 or more sites each
year. These assessments make up approximately 75% of our
workload. The remainder of our workload consists of handling
large-scale integrated assessments such as the El Paso County
Metals Site, Palestine Arsenic and Eagle Picher Carefree
Batteries.
To date 120 sites
have been proposed,
final or deleted from
the NPL. Of that
total 7 are currently
proposed. 87 are
final on the NPL and
26 have been deleted
from the NPL.
Integrated Assessment Activities
Fl Paso. Texas
Tribal Dip-Vat Pilot Program
New Mexico
Field AnaKsis using Color-tec.
Socorro. New Mexico
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Long-Term (Remedial) Superfund Cleanups
Arkansas
When a potential hazardous waste site is reported, EPA screens the site to determine what type of
action is necessary to protect public health and the environment. If EPA determines that a long
term, or remedial, cleanup is appropriate, the site is listed on the National Priorities List to be
addressed under EPA's Superfund authorities.
Mountain Pine Pressure Treating Superfund Site, Plainview, Arkansas
Cleaned Up and Ready for Reuse
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EPA STARTS CLEANUP ACTIVITIES AT THE MOUNTAIN
PINE PRESSURE TREATING SUPERFUND SITE
EPA and its State partner, the Arkansas
Department of Environmental Quality, are
cleaning up the Mountain Pine Pressure
Treating Superfund Site. More than 600
people live in nearby Plainview, Arkansas,
and approximately 17,000 people live in the
county. After the work is complete, the area
will be available for reuse.
The Mountain Pine Site is an abandoned
wood-treating facility located on the
southwestern edge of Plainview. The 95-acre
property is bordered on the north by State
Highway 28, on the east by the City of
Plainview, on the south by grass and
woodlands, and on the west by Sunlight Bay
Road. The former process area encompasses
approximately 19.44 acres. Surface water
runs off the site into nearby Nimrod Lake, a
popular recreational area.
The Site consists of three abandoned facilities.
(1) The Plainview Lumber Company was
located in the northern area of the Site and
operated from 1965 to 1986 as a raw and
treated-wood lumber yard. (2) The Mountain
Pine Pressure Treating facility operated from
1965 until 1981. The facility treated lumber
with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) and
pentachlorophenol and is located in the central
area of the Superfund site. (3) The third
abandoned facility is known as the new CCA
Treatment Plant. It is located in the eastern
area of the site and operated from 1980 until
1986.
EPA added the site to the National Priorities
List in 1999. The remedy EPA selected for
the site includes:
• excavation of the contaminated soils
and sediments exceeding the remedial
goals;
• treatment of the contaminated soils
and sediments through a
stabilization/solidification mixing
process; and
• return of the treated material to the
excavated locations.
Institutional controls will be implemented to
ensure future redevelopment of the Site is
consistent with the long-term management of
the treated waste and the acceptable risk levels
remaining in the on-site soils.
EPA awarded a Superfund Redevelopment
Grant to the city of Plainview so the city could
develop a reuse plan consistent with the
remedy.
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OTHER ACTIVE NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST SITES
ARKANSAS
Midland Products Site, Ola, Arkansas
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ARKWOOD, OMAHA, AR - Approximately 650 people live within three miles of this 15-acre
former wood preserving facility. Two residences are within 500 feet of the site and 174 homes
within a one-mile radius. In addition, 54 springs have been identified with a 1.5- mile radius of the
site. On-site structures were removed in 1994, and the ground water has been monitored for the nine
years. The ground water remedy is continuing. During the summer of 2005, a pilot study for
injecting ozonated water at the source (to speed up the reduction of PCP in the formation upstream
from the New Cricket Spring) is expected to begin.
MIDLAND PRODUCTS, OLA, AR - Located 1A mile from Ola, this 37-acre site operated as a
sawmill/wood preservative processing plant. The principal pollutants of concern included
Pentachclorophenol (PCP), Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Chlorinated dibenzo -dioxins
and -furans. The total fluid volume in the lagoons was estimated at 620,000 gallons and the
estimated volume of contaminated ground water was 450,000 gallons. The extent of soil
contamination was estimated to be up to 60,000 cubic yards. On-site incineration of waste materials
was completed in 1993 with the treatment of 102,000 tons of creosote contaminated sludge and soil.
Ground water pumping and treatment is currently operating. The Five-Year review determined that
the remedy is protective of human health and the environment.
OUACHITA-NEVADA WOOD TREATER, READER, AR - This 5-acre former wood treating
facility is located just north of Reader. Thirty-three people live within one mile of the site.
Contaminants of concern included PCP, arsenic and chromium. An April 3, 2000, time critical
removal of contaminated on-site soils, abandoned drums and surface impoundments significantly
reduced the potential for contamination to migrate from the site into a nearby intermittent stream and
into off-site wetlands. More than 4,000 tons of excavated contaminated soil, classified as hazardous
solid waste, was disposed off site for incineration. Approximately 18,000 gallons of water from an
on-site well was pumped into a mobile storage unit and treated through a sand and carbon filtration.
Wood debris from a wooden office building was removed and disposed of off-site as nonhazardous
material. Metal debris and scrap metal was removed and recycled. Studies are underway to
determine the extent of ground water contamination.
POPILE, INC., EL DORADO, AR - The Site is a 40-acre former wood treating facility less than
one mile from the city of El Dorado. A 1991 Superfund removal action included stabilizing
contaminated soils and sludge, grading and shaping the site surface for erosion control, capping a
temporary impoundment area, installing steel culverts in a drainage area, topsoil and seed the entire
site, as well as installing security fence and post warnings. The principal pollutants included
creosote and pentachlorophenol (PCP). More than 66,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil were
place in a temporary on-site holding cell for biological land treatment. In 2003, a monitoring
program was implemented to ensure that no contaminants were leaving the site. Preliminary results
of samples collected in January 2004 showed no evidence that the ground water plume was beyond
the site boundary. EPA has concluded that further remedial action is unnecessary. Ground water
will continue to be monitored.
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ROGERS ROAD MUNICIPAL LANDFILL, LITTLE ROCK, AR - This municipal landfill is
located .5 mile east of Little Rock. Approximately 10,000 people live within 3 miles of the Site.
During remediation of the site, 200 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 38 drums of hazardous
material were excavated. Contaminants included 2,3,7,8TCDD, herbicides (2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-TP and
2,4-D) and the pesticide, dieldrin. There is no off-site contamination. As a prelude to deleting this
site from the NPL, the City has to determine ownership in order to put a deed restriction in place.
After the site is deleted from the NPL, the city intends to use the land, possibly for community
purposes.
SOUTH 8™ STREET SITE, WEST MEMPHIS, AR - This former landfill was deleted from the
National Priorities List in 2004. Ground water is no longer contaminated and a total of 19,3 76 cubic
yards of oily sludge and 22,372 cubic yards of ancillary soil were neutralized and treated. This 16-
acre former landfill has a natural soil cover with a minimum thickness of 2 feet and is available for
site reuse consistent with the property restrictions or to provide a natural habitat for use by mammals
and birds. The central 6 acres of the site are currently being redeveloped for future barge terminal
unloading operations.
VERT AC SITE, JACKSONVILLE, AR - This site located 15 miles northeast of Little Rock, has
been owned by various chemical companies which produced many contaminants, including dioxin,
chlorinated phenols, and herbicides, between 1948 and 1986. As a result of inadequate waste
disposal and production control methods, soil and ground water were contaminated and the
surrounding communities were at risk of direct contact with the ingestion of the contaminated soils.
The cleanup of the Vertac site reduced the environmental risks to the Jacksonville community and
the threats posed by dioxin-contaminated media were eliminated. At least 30,000 drums of dioxin
waste from the production of Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War were incinerated.
Contaminated soils on the site were either incinerated or disposed of and some portions of the site
are now available for re-use
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EPA'S GOAL IS TO DELETE CLEANED UP
SITES FROM THE NPL
When EPA determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the
environment, EPA may delete the site from the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites.
Sites that have been deleted from the NPL remain eligible for further Superfund-financed
remedial action in the unlikely event that future conditions warrant such action. EPA can also
delete portions of a site.
Since the inception of the NPL 1,540 sites have been added to the NPL. Of these, 295 have been
deleted. EPA Region 6 has cleaned up and deleted 26 sites from the NPL. Since 1998, EPA
Region 6 has deleted 14 sites from the NPL.
Region 6 Sites Deleted from the National Priorities List Since 1998
AT&SF (Clovis) - New Mexico
Cleveland Mill - New Mexico
Compass Industries - Oklahoma
D.L. Mud, Inc. - Louisiana
Dutchtown Treatment Plant -
Louisiana
Gulf Coast Vacuum Services -
Louisiana
Gurley Pit - Arkansas
Jacksonville Municipal Landfill -
Arkansas
Odessa Chromium #2 - Texas
Pab Oil & Chemical Service -
Louisiana
Sand Springs Petro Chem -
Oklahoma
South 8th Street Landfill - Arkansas
Southern Shipbuilding - Louisiana
Tenth Street Dump/Junkyard -
Oklahoma
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Superfund Short-Term Emergency Removals
When a site presents an immediate rather than a long-term threat to public health or the environment,
the EPA Region 6 Superfund Emergency Removal Program plays a key role in protecting citizens.
Superfund staff respond to these critical environmental and health threats from hazardous substances,
wherever and whenever they occur, 24 hours a day. Fires, explosions, contaminated drinking water
and toxic fumes - these are just some of the time-critical situations the Superfund Removal Program
confronts every day.
The strength of the program lies in its ability to mobilize expertise and resources immediately to
respond to environmental and public health threats. By moving quickly to clean up or remove the
threats, lives are protected, the environment is protected and there is greater opportunity for sites to
returned to the community for redevelopment.
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Region 6 Oil, Response and Preparedness
Programs
Under the provisions of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act, EPA is charged with the
responsibility of ensuring that oil production facilities take appropriate measures to prevent oil spills
from reaching waters of the United States. EPA addresses this responsibility through an aggressive
outreach, inspection, response and enforcement program. The Region 6 Emergency Response and
Preparedness programs provide quick response to immediate threats from hazardous substances as
well as outreach to communities to plan responses to such emergencies.
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PREPAREDNESS AND REMOVAL
There is a large diverse industry base in Region 6. Combining this industry base with the Region's
large population creates the need for an effective program that responds to environmental
emergencies.
The Region 6 Emergency Response and Preparedness program provides this quick response to
immediate threats from hazardous substances, wherever and whenever they occur in the Region.
EPA Region 6 works with its State, Tribal, local authorities, and other
federal agencies to assess and mitigate an accident or deliberate
release of oil or
hazardous substances, including suspected terrorist incidents. The
program's first priority is to minimize any danger to human health and -*•
the environment.
When spills occur, Region 6 is notified through the National Response
Center. Region 6 receives approximately 38% of all notifications
nationally. The figure below reflects the number and types of
notifications Region 6 has received from FY 2000 through FY 2004.
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These notifications are evaluated to determine if a
Federal response is necessary. Quantity and type of
release, as well as location to population are some
of the factors considered. Based on this evaluation,
Region 6 responds to approximately 50 to 100 of
these notifications each year. These responses
involve sending a Region 6 representative to the
incident to monitor and ensure appropriate actions
are taken.
If necessary, EPA will take the lead at a response
and conduct a removal action. During a removal
action, Region 6, working with our State and local partners, takes the lead to mitigate any danger to
the public and/or the environment. In addition to conducting removals at response actions, Region
6 also works with its States to identify sites which will require a removal action.
These removal actions have protected tens of thousands of the general public as well as the
environment from immediate threats posed by the uncontrolled release or discharge of hazardous and
toxic substances. The removal actions taken also improved property values and returned many
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properties to a useful stream of commerce. These actions have resulted in 518,282 cubic yards of
hazardous soils and debris as well as 5.896,980 gallons of hazardous liquids being removed from
the environment and disposed of in a safe, effective manner.
Types of Region 6 Removals from FY 2000 - FY 2004
Wood Treating
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Chem/Pesticide
18%
Waste Disposal
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Number of Emergency Responses in Region 6
Note: In 2003. EPA had 199 responses to the
Columbia Shuttle Disaster.
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Preparedness and Response to Catastrophic Events
In addition to responding to routine oil
and hazardous substance releases, EPA
must be prepared to respond to complex,
large-scale catastrophic events that
threaten domestic security such as acts of
terrorism. In an effort to prepare for these
larger events, Region 6 has developed an
integrated response network. This
network includes other federal, state and
local agencies, industry, and in incidents
along the US/Mexico border, the nation of
Mexico. To build preparedness, Region 6
conducts several conferences, training
courses, and exercises with this response
network.
If a catastrophic event occurs, Region 6
employs it existing response capabilities
to assist and support the overall federal
response under the National Response
Plan (NRP). Specifically, Region 6 will
dispatch resources to the scene to monitor,
assist, or lead response efforts. These
resources can include direct funding of
response efforts, additional contractors,
and specialized scientific and technical
support. Two specialized
tools are the Trace Atmospheric Gas
Analyzer (TAGA) mobile laboratory and
the Airborne Spectral Photometric
Environmental Collection Technology
(ASPECT) aircraft.
The TAGA is a self-contained mobile
laboratory capable of real-time outdoor
and indoor air sampling and analysis in
the low parts per billion concentrations
from various environmental sources and
concerns.
The ASPECT aircraft carries sensors that
can detect chemicals and several different
radiological materials. ASPECT is also
capable of collecting high-resolution
digital photography and video and can
take thermal and night images. And if
necessary, Region 6 can also access and
bring to bear additional expertise or
logistical support from other EPA regions
and Headquarters.
All these resources combine to give EPA
a scalable and flexible integrated response
capability available around the clock to
respond to events that threaten domestic
security.
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SOUTH ARKANSAS OIL PROJECT IMPROVES THE
ENVIRONMENT
Open Oil Pit Before Closure
EPA and its State and Federal partners
recently joined hands to address problem oil
production pits in a 600-square mile area of
southern Arkansas where the sites threatened
public health and the environment.
As a result of the efforts of EPA and its
partners, more than 40 oil production sites and
abandoned oil pits have been cleaned up and
brought into voluntary compliance by owners
or operators. These sites no longer present a
health or environmental threat.
EPA partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Arkansas Oil and Gas
Commission, the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality, the Arkansas Game
and Fish Commission and the Oil Producers
of Arkansas to develop a strategy to deal with
problems at more than 1,900 oil production
sites across nine counties. Not only did these
sites pose significant environmental threats,
but they were also out of compliance with
Federal oil pollution prevention regulations.
In conducting prior aerial reconnaissance,
EPA discovered that the oil pits were just one
Oil Pit After Successful Closure and Restoration
of the many concerns in the area. Problem
production sites were found to be both active
and inactive facilities. To address these
facilities and sites, the partners developed a
set of goals and objectives. These included:
1) addressing current spill prevention practices
at active facilities; 2) addressing waste
management practices; 3) cleaning up past and
present spills; and, 4) finally, attempting to
reduce the likelihood of future reoccurrences
of such incidences.
The strategy to accomplish the goals and
objectives included a combination of
community outreach, combined Federal and
state compliance inspections, voluntary
cleanup initiatives and agency-led cleanup
efforts.
This project required an information
management system that could monitor the
progress of the project. EPA developed a data
management system known as Site
Assessment Resonance Tracking System that
allows the users to collect data, inventory site
information, classify/prioritize information,
track site status, and establish accountability.
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THE BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM
RETURNING SITES TO PRODUCTIVE USE
One of the Region's highest goals is to return sites to productive use in the community. Brownfields
are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
As part of EPA's initiative to reuse and revitalize contaminated property, the Brownfields program
provides funds and technical assistance to states, communities and other stakeholders interested in
redevelopment to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields.
Since the program's inception in 1996, Region 6 grantees have been awarded more than $35 million
in brownfields grants. Region 6 is proud to have assessed more than 275 sites, created 10,000 jobs
and leveraged $1.8 billion in redevelopment.
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Shreveport, Louisiana
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ARKANSAS BROWNFIELDS RETURNED TO
PRODUCTIVE USE
In the State of Arkansas, four entities will receive a total of $3,450,880 in new Brownfields grant
funding by October 2005. Pulaski County will receive $3,000,000 to establish a Brownfields
Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund to loan money for environmental cleanup. From September 1995 to
October 2004. EPA awarded a total of $1.3 million to Arkansas communities to assist with efforts
to return brownfields properties to productive reuse.
The State of Arkansas established a State Voluntary Cleanup Program in 2000. The Arkansas
Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) manages the State Voluntary Cleanup Program in
Arkansas. Since 1995, the ADEQ has received more than $4.6 million in EPA grant funds to support
the State Brownfields Programs
Heifer International Center
In downtown Little Rock, a 28-acre site with
a 100 year history of industrial use is on its
way to becoming home to the Heifer
International Center. Heifer International is a
non-profit which provides livestock to
families worldwide to serve as sources of food
and income. The site history included
operations of a rail yard, warehousing, light
industry, and trucking companies. The Heifer
International Center will be a "green" facility,
creating more than 200 full-time jobs in Little
Rock.
The town of Camden enjoyed decades of
prosperity as a cotton shipping terminal, a
timber and paper industry hub, and a home
for personnel working at nearby military
Adams Street Project
installations. As a result of various blows to
the local economy (defense industry layoffs,
cutbacks in timber-related jobs) the area along
the river front had long been plagued by a
steady, chronic decline. Faced with the
prospect of continued deterioration, Camden
developed the Adams Street Brownfield
Redevelopment plan to capitalize on the value
of a navigable waterway and adjacent railroad
facilities to resuscitate a failing part of town.
The plan involves the acquisition, demolition,
cleanup, and redevelopment of a tract of land
with numerous parcels into a regional
intermodal transportation center with an
expanded Port of Camden and a downtown
business incubator as the centerpieces. The
plan also includes a marina and a trail
greenspace project.
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