Celebrating  10  Years of Returning        ** CDA
Superfund Sites to Beneficial  Use               trr^
      REGION 4
     Success Story

  Peooer  Steel &
       Allovs:
 Medlev. Florida
                          Pictured: Pepper Steel and Alloys site prior to
                          remediation. Source: EPA
In 2004, EPA began working with the State of Florida, Miami-Bade
County, and site owners at the Pepper Steel & Alloys Superfund site in
Medley, Florida to help move the site into reuse. EPA supported the
reuse of the site by developing language for protective institutional
controls that would be compatible with reasonably anticipated reuse of
the site; working with prospective site owners to overcome barriers to
obtaining funding for the development of the site; and providing key
information about the remedy at the site to ensure the future use
remained protective. The Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI)
highlighted the site as a 2007 Return to Use demonstration project
because of EPA's ongoing efforts with all site stakeholders to support
future use and address reuse barriers.

Remedial action at the site involved excavating and capping
contaminated soil on site. For 15 years following remedial action, the
25-acre site was vacant, overgrown with vegetation, and subject to
extensive dumping of debris. Once barriers to reuse were addressed, the
site's prime location sparked significant interest among potential
developers. A trucking and transportation company now operates on 5-
acre parcel. Another parcel was sold in 2006, and the new owner runs a
pre-cast concrete manufacturing plant. A portion of this parcel is also
being leased for temporary storage of land-sea containers. The
remaining parcel is being reused, in part, as a truck staging area. In
addition, an on-site building has been improved with a new external
paint job, new parking lot curbing, and new asphalt and stormwater
improvements in the parking lot in anticipation of future use.
Redevelopment has eliminated on-site dumping and has improved the
long-term protection of the remedy, especially with respect to storm
water control. As part of the reuse of the parcels, current owners
comply with guidelines set forth by local government ordinance.
Pictured: Redevelopment at the Pepper Steel and
Alloys site. Source: EPA
  "Neighbors on property surrounding
  the site say this land was a dumping
  ground for 20 years. In that sense,
  redevelopment has had a great, positive
  impact on this community. People are
  glad to see the land cleaned
  up.. .Regional EPA folks were
  instrumental in instilling in me what
  needed to be done to get the site into
  reuse, and played a key role in helping
  my redevelopment efforts succeed." -
  Walter Lista, one of the current site
  owners

  "Redevelopment at Pepper Steel
  enhances the constructed remedy. It
  allows for stormwater systems to be
  designed and controlled properly. New
  changes or improvements to the land
  by developers trigger County
  stormwater requirements for the entire
  property, and that means an
  enhancement to  our remedy."- Jan
  Rogers, EPA Remedial Project
  For more information, please contact
  Melissa Friedland at
  friedland.melissa@epa.gov or Frank
  Avvisato at avvisato.frank@epa.gov.
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
                        April 2009

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