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REGION I
VERMONT - The Blodgett Overi facility consists of three buildings
located directly adjacent to Lake Champlain in Burlington's historic
South End. All three buildings were constructed in the mid-1940s to
house the Blodgett Oven and Blodgett Supply companies until the
early 2000s. Blodgett manufactures industrial ovens, dishwashers
and other appliances. Due in large part to building disrepair,
Blodgett decided to relocate its operations. In 2015, a prospective
purchaser funded a Phase I assessment and the Vermont
Department of Environmental Conservation used Section 128(a)
Response Program funding to conduct a Phase II assessment.
The Phase II concluded that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) in some soils exceeded regulatory limits for industrial
use. Remediation will likely involve institutional controls regarding
PAH soil location and disturbance. With Blodgett Oven/Blodgett
Supply moving to a new location (nearly doubling their production
capacity and increasing staff), the purchaser plans to renovate the
site's buildings with new energy efficient windows, HVAC systems,
and lighting. Future tenants at the site are expected to use the
upgraded facility for commercial and industrial purposes.
REGION 2
NEW JERSEY - The New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) used Section 128(a) Response Program
funding to provide assessment oversight on a 4.5-acre former
manufacturing property located in centra! New Jersey. To address
extensive asbestos in the building's walls, a state-approved
demolition plan was created to carefully remove the structure,
asbestos-containing materials, and several underground storage
tanks. During demolition, asbestos-containing fill up to ten feet
deep was exposed. Since costs to remove the fill were prohibitive,
a leading international firm experienced in deep dynamic
compaction joined the team to compact the exposed material,
import clean fill as a cap, and redirect surface water around the
proposed building's footprint. The NJDEP issued a "No Further
Action" letter indicating cleanup was complete in 2014. After
completion at the end of 2015, the property is an indoor sports
facility, which the town wants to serve as the cornerstone for a
sports-oriented complex for competitions, sports medicine, and
physical therapy.
Indoor sports complex redeveloped on the former brownfield.
REGION 3
PENNSYLVANIA-A 14-acre brownfield in the City of Easton is
being redeveloped into a unique, mixed-use community arts center.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Land
Recycling Program used Section 128(a) Response Program funding
to provide technical oversight assistance to the Lehigh Valley
Economic Development Corporation and Easton Redevelopment
Authority to transform the former Simon Silk Mill into a community
asset. Once the largest producer of black silk ribbon in the world,
the mill was built in 1883 along Bushkill Creek and employed 2,000
workers until the 1930s. The building's industrial uses contaminated
soil and groundwater with metals and organic compounds.
After cleanup activities were completed in 2010, the property
was redeveloped into a community arts center, 150 residential
apartments, an artist live-work facility, a brewery and restaurant,
and a mix of retail, commercial, and office space. The first tenants
moved into the apartments in the spring of 2016 and businesses
are set to open throughout the remainder of the year.
Mixed-use community arts center at the former Simon Silk Mill.
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REGION 4
TENNESSEE - The Chisca Hotel has been a fixture in the Memphis
skyline for over 100 years. This historic building served as the
broadcast center from which Elvis Presley's voice first hit the
airwaves. From 1949 until 1956, the building's mezzanine was the
base for WHBQ Radio's "Red, Hot, and Blue" program where DJ
Dewey Phillips broadcast Elvis Pressley's first record on July 7,
1954 and later conducted the artist's first radio interview. The hotel
served as a civic meeting space for many years and later became
the headquarters of a local church. After the church vacated in the
late 1990s, the building fell into disrepair. In 2013, development
partners worked with an initial Shelby County Brownfields
remediation investment of $5,892 and eventually secured $27
million from the city, Downtown Memphis Commission and private
investors to rehabilitate the historic landmark into residential lofts
and retail space. The Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation's Section 128(a) Response Program staff helped to
ensure the Chisca re-opened its doors on December 21, 2015 by
providing technical oversight for assessment activities during the
project's early stages.
in alignment with EPA All Appropriate Inquiry; andASTM E1527-13
and E2600-10, Standard Guide for Vapor Encroachment Screening.
Nine participants from three tribes and one staff from the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality attended the course.
ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE - The Absentee Shawnee Tribe's
Section 128(a) Tribal Response Program partnered with the
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's Brownfield
Program to complete two targeted brownfields assessments. The
first property was the abandoned Roadside Motel and the second
was the Walls Building, a former retail store with automotive repair
bays. Cleanup and redevelopment plans are now pending.
REGION 5
INDIANA-Aformer Golden Casting Foundry facility and parking
lot in Columbus is being redeveloped into much-needed affordable
housing. The Indiana Department of Environment Management
used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to provide
technical oversight of environmental activities and issued letters
regarding contamination and liability issues to facilitate residential
redevelopment at the 8-acre property. Levels of lead and thallium in
the soil and trichloroethene (TCE) in the groundwater were found to
be high, requiring an environmental restrictive covenant to prevent
exposure to on-site contamination. With those protections in place,
the Gateway Community Building on Phoenix Court opened in
December 2015. The building contains 60 affordable housing units
with a media center and large gathering room for family events. On
the remainder of the property, an Indianapolis developer is planning
a $25 million, 209-unit apartment complex, with 40 percent of the
units set aside for low-income applicants. The new buildings are
anticipated to open by the fall of 2017.
REGION 6
INTER-TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (ITEC) - ITEC used
Section 128(a) Response Program funding to conduct a training
course on Phase I assessments in August 2016. Training included
how to conduct record reviews; site reconnaissance; interviews
with owners, occupants, neighbors and local government officials
ITEC training participants.
REGION 7
IOWA - The City of Waterloo has redeveloped the former
Construction Machinery Company property, an 11-acre parcel
that once contained 20 buildings including a foundry. After the city
acquired the property, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to provide
oversight of assessment activities that revealed a buried railcar
packed with industrial solvents, underground storage tanks, soil
contamination, and hazardous debris from burned buildings. In
2013, an EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant was used to address
the contamination, including encasing a long trench where factory
solvents, paint and equipment had been dumped and burned. In
2015, a new public works building opened where the Construction
Machinery Company once stood. Today, the 130,000-square-foot
building houses 150 vehicles from the city's motor pool. Various
departments that had been scattered around the city are in the
new building, including the street department, traffic operations,
meter repair crews, and engineering technicians and building
maintenance crews.
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REGION 8
SOUTH DAKOTA-A former petroleum storage site and adjacent
abandoned railroad spur in Redfield were eyesores to this small
Midwest community for nearly 20 years. The South Dakota
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to perform a
full environmental assessment and other state funds to assist in
removing four underground storage tanks. The assessment indicated
only minor contamination concerns, allowing DENR to issue a No
Further Action (NFA) letter for the property. In late 2014, following
demolition of several small buildings, the property was acquired
and developed into a Dollar General Store that now has six full-time
employees.
REGION 9
HAWAII - Hawaii continues to develop "Decision Unit and Multi
Increment Sample" (DU-MIS) methods to improve the efficiency
of soil and sediment investigations. The Hawaii Department of
Health (HDOH) used Section 128(a) Response Program funding
to conduct a detailed field study of discrete soil sample reliability
at three properties known to be contaminated with arsenic, lead
and PCBs, respectively. These DU-MIS investigations were used
to: expedite characterization of a property to be redeveloped as a
homeless shelter; investigate PCB-contaminated sediment in Pearl
Harbor; and test a large, former bombing range for munitions related
contaminants. HDOH staff presented their research at the 2016
Battelle Conference in Palm Springs and co-chaired a session on
"Incremental Sampling Methodology" with a representative from EPA
Headquarters. A two-part manuscript describing the research has
been accepted for publication.
METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY (MIC) - During World
War II, the U.S. Department of Defense built three Wood-Stave
Aboveground Tanks to store stove oil at its airbase on the Metlakatla
Indian Community (MIC) Reservation. The MIC reservation, located
in the Annette Islands in Southeast Alaska, is home to 1,400
members. After the war, oil and gasoline companies used the tanks
fordiesel storage until 1977 when they were abandoned without
being emptied, leaving them to deteriorate and leak. Using Section
128(a) Response Program funding, MIC technicians conducted
environmental assessments, including the collection and processing
of all field samples. The tribe followed an EPA-approved Sampling
Quality Assurance Project Plan (SQAPP) and worked under the
guidance of its contractor. The assessment results will be used to
develop cleanup and reuse plans.
MIC staff collecting soil samples at the property.
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