^f^j|	United States	Office of Emergency and	July 2000
Environmental Protection	Remedial Response
Agency	(5201G)
Superfund Redevelopment
Mountain Pine Pressure
Treatment
Plainview, AR
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) is a nationally coordinated effort to facilitate the return of Superfund
sites to productive use by selecting response actions consistent with anticipated use. The SRI Pilots are intended to
help local governments enhance their involvement in the Superfund decision-making process by assisting EPA in
predicting future land uses for Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA will provide up to $100,000 in financial
assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities. Applicants are offered several types of program
assistance, including funding through a cooperative agreement, access to facilitation services, and/or the availability of
personnel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
BACKGROUND	PILOT SNAPSHOT
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EPA selected the City of Plainview, Arkansas, for a
Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Plainview is home to
the Mountain Pine Pressure Treatment Superfund site.
Two wood pressure treating facilities operated on the
property from 1962 until 1986, leaving contaminated
water and sludges. Homes border the site with many
small children who could come in contact with the
contamination. The site is also bordered by forests and
grasslands, and drainage from the site flows into Porter
Creek, a tributary of Nimrod Lake, which provides water
for Plainview. EPA added the site to its list of
hazardous waste sites needing cleanup in February
2000.
OBJECTIVES
Plainview plans to use Pilot funds to form an advisory
council, which will include representatives from the
community, and to create a plan to reuse the site. The
council will conduct training, workshops, and public
meetings to identify reuse options for the site. The
council will hold a meeting to specifically address the
community's safety and ecological concerns for nearby
wetlands. After receiving comments from the
community and examining all options, the council will
rank the potential uses and develop a reuse plan to be
presented to the city council for discussion and
endorsement.
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Contacts:
Barbara Greenfield
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-3111
greenfield.barbara@epa.gov (DCMetroArea)
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Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810
Applicant Name: Plainview, AR
Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement
and Facilitation Services ($100,000)
Profile: The city will form an advisory council
to reach consensus and to create a plan for
reusing the site.
Site Name: Mountain Pine Pressure
Treatment
Date of Selection: July 2000
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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