SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt
Jasper County, MO
Pilots
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 Jasper County, Missouri, for a Superfund
Redevelopment Pilot. Jasper County is home to the
240-square mile Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt
Superfund site, which was created by lead and zinc
mining and smelting. The portion of this site targeted in
the Pilot is an eight-square mile area between Duenweg
and Carterville, Missouri. The mining, milling, and
smelting of ore in this area created many piles of
tailings. A portion of these mine tailings will be used as
fill material for the construction of a new highway
through the site. Removal of the piles will leave a
relatively flat terrain suitable for industrial and
commercial use. In June 1988, EPA added the site to
its list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup.
OBJECTIVES
The Jasper County Commission is currently helping to
create an Environmental Master Plan for Jasper and
Newton Counties to help the community develop the
land along the proposed interstate highway that will run
through the site. Using the master plan as a guide, the
commission will use Pilot funds to develop a specific
plan for reusing the site and to perform a cost-benefit
analysis to verify that the reuse of the site is
economically feasible. The commission will work with
the Environmental Task Force of Jasper and Newton
Counties to develop the reuse plan.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Jefferson
Oronogo-Duen weg

Applicant Name: Jasper County
Commission, MO
Site Name: Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Cooperative agreement
($100,000)
Profile: The community will create a reuse
plan and verify that the reuse of the site is
economically feasible.
Contacts:
Bob Feild
U.S. EPA Region 7
(913) 551-7697
Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810 (DC Metro Area)
feild.robert@epa.gov reuse.info@epa.gov
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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