Celebrating 10  Years of Returning        **  CDA
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      REGION 6
     Success Story

       Tex Tin
   Corooration:
Texas Citv. Texas
                                                                              Texas City Phoenix
                                                                              International Terminal
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                             Pictured: Aerial view of the Tex Tin site prior to
                             remediation. (Source: EPA)
Pictured: Perspective of future redevelopment at the Tex Tin site.
(Source: Texas City Phoenix International Terminal Web site)
To facilitate redevelopment at the Tex Tin Superfund site, EPA, Texas
City officials, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ), and site developers collaborated to put to use several tools
offered by EPA. First, EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
awarded the site a 2001 Pilot Grant, which the City used to gather
community perspectives on remediation alternatives and reuse options
and fund a reuse assessment plan for the site. In 2003, EPA, TCEQ, and
Texas City co-signed the nation's first Ready for Reuse (RfR)
determination for the site's first operable unit.  The RfR determination,
which was followed by a second RfR that same year for the second
operable unit, stated that the land was protective for commercial uses as
long as specific conditions were met.

Located on the banks of Galveston Bay, the 170-acre site housed
copper and tin smelting facilities from the outset of World War II until
the mid-1980s. Years of non-compliance with state environmental
permitting requirements led to the site's referral to EPA and listing on
Superfund's National Priorities List in 1990. Waste piles, waste water
treatment ponds, acid ponds, and slag piles required remediation. Once
cleanup activities addressing soil, ground water, and sediment
contamination were complete in 2001, developers quickly recognized
the former smelter site as an ideal location for facilities to support the
nearby Texas City deep-water terminal. The developers' plans for the
property, redeveloped as Texas City Phoenix International Terminal,
include warehouse distribution, freight forwarding, container storage
facilities, and a full-service truck stop. It is estimated that this new
large-scale development will generate over $4 million in new sales
taxes annually and provide hundreds of new jobs.
   "The prevalent attitude has been one of
   cooperation and support, at local, state and
   national levels. Officials of the City of
   Texas City, the Texas Commission for
   Environmental Quality, EPA, and private
   companies all worked diligently together to
   get the Tex Tin cleanup safely done. The
   result now is that, unlike numerous fenced-
   in environmental Superfund sites, we have
   a property that can once again contribute
   to the economy of the area, providing jobs
   and adding tax revenues to local
   government." - John Bredthauer, Tex Tin
   Custodial Trustee

   "This is what the EPA's 'Ready for Re-use'
   program is all about -- bringing an
   underused waste site back into productive
   use. I am delighted that buyers have come
   forward to develop the Tex Tin property,
   closing the loop on years of effort by
   people at every level of government." -
   Richard E. Greene, Former EPA Regional
   Administrator
For more information, please contact Melissa Friedland at friedland.melissa@epa.gov or Frank Avvisato at
awisato.firank@epa.gov.
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
                             June 2009

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