State and Tribal Response	S-EPA
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Program H ighIights	^rn,al p ec on
EPA Funding Provided to States and Tribes to Address Contaminated Land in their Communities
REGION I
VERMONT -An underutilized brownfield in the Town of Rutland
has been transformed into a family support center. Historic uses
of the 2-acre property date back to 1925 and include a car and
truck dealership, an automobile repair shop, a construction
supply company, and a furniture storage warehouse. The
property has been vacant since 2015. After several environmental
assessments, in 2019, the Vermont Department of Environmental
Conservation used Section 128(a) Response Program funding
to conduct cleanup activities at the property, including the
excavation and disposal of an underground storage tank and
contaminated soil. In 2020, the property was redeveloped into
the Rutland County Parent-Child Center (RCPCC), a private
non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture children,
youth, and families through supportive and positive educational
experiences that promote their success in the community.
REGION 2
VIRGIN ISLANDS - In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy built a hospital
on a two-acre property in a remote town in Saint Thomas. In the
early 1960s, the property was converted into the J. Antonia Jarvis
Elementary School, which operated until the early 2000s. By that
time, the three-story building had fallen into disrepair. In 2015,
the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources
used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to conduct
assessment and cleanup activities, which included the removal of
asbestos and mold. The building has since been refurbished and
is now being used as government office space.
REGION 3
MARYLAND - The Recreation Pier in the Fells Point neighborhood
of Baltimore opened in August 1914 and served as a landing point
for thousands of new immigrants processed across the Patapsco
River at the Locust Point immigration station. The ferry closed in
1937, and over the years the property served a number of roles
such as a maritime radio station headquarters, parking garage, and
the fictional police headquarters for the television series Homicide:
Life on the Street until 1999. After standing vacant for more than 15
years, in 2015, the Maryland Department of the Environment used
Section 128(a) Response Program funding to oversee assessment
activities at the property The assessment revealed that no cleanup
was required. In 2018, the property was transformed into the
Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, a 128-room luxury boutique hotel
that includes a restaurant, spa and fitness center, and meeting and
event facilities.
Sagamore Pendry hotel in Baltimore.
REGION 4
KENTUCKY - In 1937, after a devastating flood, a section of
Northern Louisville was turned into a city dump for building refuse
from flood-damaged homes. The Ohio Street Dump became an
open dump site for the city and operated until 1973. An eight-
year, multi-step closing plan was initiated, meeting public health
requirements and stringent EPA rules for filling and stabilizing
the property. The closure included a dirt fill cap approximately
25 feet in depth, covered with grass planting. The property
remained vacant until 2018, when the Kentucky Department of
Environmental Protection used Section 128(a) Response Program
funding to provide oversight of assessment and cleanup activities
on the property. In 2019, the Waterfront Botanical Gardens
opened at the former brownfield site, including the Graeser
Family Education Center and Mary Lee Duthie Gardens, and in
October 2020, construction began on the Ellen T. Leslie Botanical
Classrooms Greenhouse and Workshop.
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The Graeser Family tducation Center at the Louisville the Waterfront Botanical Gardens.
REGION 5
INDIANA - In 1906, the Medora Shale Brick Company built
a plant in the Town of Seymour in Jackson County. The
surrounding hills yielded clay for briekmaking, while the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line provided transportation
for the finished products. In its heyday, the plant employed
a workforce of 50 and produced 54,000 bricks per day. The
Medora plant continued to manufacture bricks by hand using
its original kilns until 1992. After production halted, the unused
facility fell into decline. In 2018, the Kentucky Department
of Environmental Protection used Section 128(a) Response
Program funding to conduct an environmental assessment at
the property and oversee the cleanup of metal and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil. A group of local
volunteers organized to preserve the historic property, recruiting
landscape architecture students from Ball State University to
develop a series of concept plans reinventing the property as a
park and interpretive center. The volunteer group is assessing
the plant's historic elements—including the signature "bee hive"
kilns and smokestacks—and fine-tuning final concept plans for
the property's restoration.
REGION 6
OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma has turned over 40 acres of a former
industrial area in the heart of the city into an urban park. The
project was funded by a unique sales tax-funded initiative called
Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) that was first enacted in
1993 to fund urban revitalization and improvement. From 2015-
2017, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality used
Section 128(a) Response Program funding to conduct oversight
of the assessment and cleanup of numerous properties in the
area. These efforts included the excavation and removal of
contaminated soil and clay caps that had been installed on
many sites. A protective barrier lining was installed to prevent
contaminants from migrating to the area's lake and ponds. After
cleanup, the area was transformed into Scissortail Park, named
after the state bird of Oklahoma. This new, 70-acre urban oasis
extends from the core of downtown Oklahoma City to the shore
of the Oklahoma River. The 40-acre Upper Park opened in
2019, with the 30-acre Lower Park scheduled to open in 2021.
The park features a variety of engaging experiences for visitors
including ornamental gardens and woodlands, a 3.7-acre lake, a
playground and water fountains, seasonal roller rink, dog park,
picnic grove, restaurant, and performance stage with a lawn area
for spectators.
Scissortail Park in Oklahoma City.
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REGION 7
KANSAS - A property in the center of Overland Park served as
the town's Post Office from 1960 to 2015, When the post office
moved to a new location, a non-profit art organization became
interested in the property. The Kansas Department of Health
used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to conduct
an environmental assessment in 2016, and then in 2018, to
conduct an asbestos abatement that included the removal of
approximately 7,500 square feet of mastic adhesive flooring. In
2019, the non-profit InterUrban ArtHouse, Inc. redeveloped the
property. The former post office building is now an event center,
music/art school, and art studio, surrounded by greenspace. The
redevelopment allows InterUrban ArtHouse to enrich the cultural
and economic vibrancy of the community by creating a place
where artists and creative industries can work and prosper in an
affordable, sustainable and inclusive environment.
REGION 8
NORTH DAKOTA-A train depot built in the early 1900s served
the Town of Lidgerwood for many years. In the 1970s the
property was converted to the Lidgerwood Civic Center before
becoming a senior center in the 1990s. A new senior center was
built in 2010 and the vacant building deteriorated significantly.
In 2018, the North Dakota Department of Health used Section
128(a) Response Program funding to conduct an environmental
assessment, and later a cleanup to remove asbestos and
lead-based paint. After cleanup activities were completed, the
Lidgerwood Rural Fire Protection District took ownership of the
property. They conducted a controlled burn/demolition of the
building as a training exercise and continue to use the property
as a training center and for Lidgerwood Rural Fire Protection
District events.
REGION 9
ELK VALLEY RANCHERIA-An abandoned residential property
owned by the Elk Valley Rancheria has been vacant for many
years. Originally built in the 1970s as the Elk Valley Tribal Office
Building and Cultural Center, the property is adjacent to the Elk
Valley Rancheria Casino and about 2 miles from the Howland
Hill Road Scenic Drive—an unpaved stretch that offers motorists
an intimate encounter with the towering old-growth redwoods in
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. After the cultural center
changed locations in the 1990s, the property became a single-
family residence until around 2010. The Elk Valley Rancheria
used Section 128(a) Response Program funding to assess and
clean up the property, removing asbestos and mold from the
building. The property is now ready for reuse and the tribe is
developing reuse options.
Howland Hill Road Scenic Drive near Elk Valley Rancheria.
REGION 10
IDAHO - A29-acre property outside the Town of Melba, originally
used as farmland, became a cinder quarry in 1940. The Valley
Cinder Company operated on the site for over 70 years, providing
cinder to the region. Cinders are used on roads to provide
additional traction in winter conditions. In 2019, the Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality (DEO) used Section 128(a)
Response Program funding to conduct environmental assessment
activities on the now-idle property. That same year, the DEQ also
used Section 128(a) funding to remove two above-ground storage
tanks and surrounding soil. The property is now ready for reuse and
was recently sold to a company that builds tactical sports parks,
including outdoor paintball and laser-tag facilities. Redevelopment
of the property by its new owner is anticipated to begin in the
coming year.
&EPA
united states	CERCLA Section 128(a) State and Tribal Response Program Funding October/November/December 2020 EPA S60-F-2I-025
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