United States
                       Environmental
                       Protection Agency
                       Washington, D.C. 20460
  Solid Waste
  and Emergency
  Response (5101)
 EPA 500-F-97-078
 May 1997
                       Regional  Brownfields
                       Assessment  Pilot
                                                    West Jordan,  UT
  Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
                 Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower States,  communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. Between 1995 and 1996, EPA funded 76 National and Regional Brownfields
Assessment Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of brownfields
solutions. EPAis funding morethan 27 Pilots in 1997. The Pilots are intended to provide EPA, States, Tribes, municipalities,
and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified
approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA Region 8 selected the City of West Jordan for a
Regional Brownfields Pilot.  The City has experi-
enced severe urban blight in its core downtown area.
Businesses leaving the area have left behind vacant
buildings, many of which may be contaminated from
past activities. Many ofthese sites representthe only
zoned industrial property in the  City.  In order to
support job creation and expansion, community revi-
talization, and reverse the declining trends of this
area, these brownfields must be cleaned up and
converted into usable industrial and commercial prop-
erty.

West Jordan has, since pioneer days, been a mining,
smelting, and industrial area serving the sugar, copper,
lead, zinc, and silver industries. The Bingham Creek
and Jordan River, bordering the targeted brownfields,
have long been used as a dump site for agricultural,
mining, refining, and other wastes. Pilot funding will
enable the City to focus efforts on reversing economic
and environmental blighting trends in the downtown
area. Further efforts will support the reclamation and
rehabilitation of a wide area adjacent to the river for
significant  scenic, recreational, and environmental
benefits to West Jordan and neighboring communities.
  PILOT SNAPSHOT
   West Jordan, Utah
   Date of Award:
   September 1995

   Amount: $200,000

   Site Profile: The Pilot
   targets large areas of land
   bordering the Bingham
   Creek and Jordan River
   that have been
   abandoned or underused
   after years of mining,
   smelting, and other
   industrial activities.
Contacts:

Bob Davis
West Jordan, Utah
(801)569-5070
U.S. EPA-Region 8
(303)312-6803
Tom Daniels
Utah Department of
Environmental Quality
(801)536-4090
                                                      Visit the EPA Brownfields Website at:
                                                      http://www.epa.gov/brownfieids

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OBJECTIVES

The  objective of the West Jordan Demonstration
Project is to  reverse economic and environmental
blighting trends; increase assessed property value
and private investment; increase  the number and
quality ofjobs; and create an attractive gate way to the
City. Ultimately, the City plans to redevelop a central
core area, which includes revitalizing residential and
commercial property, and provide for recreational
use and open  space for residents.

                     AND

The Pilot has:

* Established a Pilot steering committee consisting of
 government, business, and civic leaders that meet
 monthly;

* Developed goals and objectives for the committee
 and Pilot project;

* Established baseline economic  data for  the
 brownficlds project area to assist in the master plan
 and in measuring progress; and

* Completed a Phase I survey of project area, which
 revealed numerous potentially contaminated sites,
 many of which are abandoned.

The Pilot is:

• Developing  a master plan for the brownfields area,
 including sustainable recreation, historical, and light
 industrial developments; and

• Determining appropriate remediation and mitigation
 strategies.



Experience with the West Jordan  Pilot has  been a
catalyst for related activities including the following.

• Developed plans for the parkway development along
 the Jordan River within the project area.

* Identified and applied for funding for brownfields
 property acquisition and parkway development.
Proposing the use of zoning, as well as traditional
financing tools,  to  encourage  expedited
redevelopment.

Exploring the recycling of construction  debris
dumped in Bingham Creek and the tailings from
sugarplants, coppermines, andindustrial steel sites.
 Regional Brownfields Assessment Pilot
 May 1997
                              West Jordan, Utah
                              EPA 500-F-97-078

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