SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Waste Disposal, Inc.
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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
EPA selected the City of Santa Fe Springs, California,
for a Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Santa Fe
Springs is home to the Waste Disposal, Inc., (WDI)
Superfund site. The 40-acre site includes 22 parcels of
land owned by 18 landowners. A 42-million gallon,
concrete-lined reservoir, originally constructed for crude
petroleum storage, is buried in the middle of the site.
By the late 1920s, the reservoir was no longer used to
store crude oil. Instead the reservoir and the area
surrounding it were used until the mid-1960s forthe
disposal of a variety of hazardous substances,
including solvents, sludges, petroleum-related
chemicals, construction debris, drilling muds, and other
liquid and solid waste materials, resulting in subsurface
contamination. In July 1987, EPA added the site to its
list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup.
OBJECTIVES
Santa Fe Springs' overall goal is to create a plan for
reusing the WDI site that will be acceptable to the
community and beneficial to the existing property
owners. The city believes the site is suitable for
commercial development and will use Pilot funds to
develop a reuse plan that is compatible with the
cleanup. It will also hold community meetings to reach
consensus on the reuse and ensure that the reuse
benefits the community.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Sacramento
Waste Disposal, Inc.

Applicant Name: Santa Fe Springs, CA
Site Name: Waste Disposal, Inc.
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement
($100,000)
Profile: The city will reach community
consensus and create a plan to reuse the
site, possibly as an industrial complex.
Contacts:
Anna-Maria Cook
U.S. EPA Region 9
(415) 744-2389
cook.anna-maria@epa.gov
Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810
(DC Metro Area)
reuse.info@epa.gov
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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