SEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (5201 G) July 2000 Pilots Superfund Redev Utah (Multiple Sites) Utah Department of Environmental Quality 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 State of Utah's Department of Environmental Quality for a Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Utah is home to several Superfund sites including: Jacobs Smelter Operable Unit #2 (OU#2), International Smelter, Intermountain Oil, Flagstaff/Davenport Smelters, and Bountiful/Woods Cross 500 South PCE Plume Superfund sites. Jacobs Smelter OU #2's lead and silver smelters, which date from the 1800s, contaminated the countryside and town of Stockton, Utah. International Smelter was a landfill for a copper smelter, and now has slag and heavy metal contamination. Intermountain Oil was a waste oil refinery which operated from 1957 until 1993. The sludge pits at the site have high levels of waste oil, lead, solvents, dichloroethene and trichloroethene. Flagstaff/Davenport Smelters were lead smelters that operated in the late 1800s and contaminated what are now residential properties with heavy metals. The Bountiful/Woods Cross 500 South PCE site has a PCE plume in a commercial and residential area.The plume may have multiple sources. The sites have either been added to EPA's list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup, or are now being evaluated for addition to the list. Some sites are near Brownfields Showcase Communities orBrownfields Pilots. OBJECTIVES The Utah Department of Environmental Quality plans to use Pilot funds to obtain participation of various parties in Utah's development and reuse of the sites following cleanup. They will involve the state in encouraging potentially responsible parties and landowners to consider redevelopment and reuse during the early stages of cleanup. State Project Managers at each site will be trained and tasked to encourage participation and to incorporate redevelopment in each stage of the cleanup process. PILOT SNAPSHOT Intermountain Oil Bountiful/Woods Cross 500 South PCE Plume Int'l Smelter staff/Davenport Smelters s Smelter OU #2 Applicant Name: Utah Department of Environmental Quality Site Names: Multiple Sites Date of Selection: July 2000 Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement ($100,000) Profile: The Utah Department of Environmental Quality will encourage landowners and other stakeholders in the participation of redeveloping the sites. Contacts: Victor Ketellapper U.S. EPA Region 8 (303) 312-6578 ketellapper.victor@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 ------- |