SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Dl/nfc	Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
f 11\JLO	Saratoga Springs, NY
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 Saratoga Springs, New York,
for a Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Saratoga Springs
is home to the seven-acre Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
(NMPC) Superfund site. The property was used for coal
gas manufacturing by the Saratoga Gas Light Company
and then by various other companies from 1853 until
the late 1940s. By-products containing hazardous
substances were disposed of at various locations on
the site, and the site's subsurface contains many coal
tar waste deposits. Portions of the nearby Spring Run
stream and a neighboring city-owned skating rink were
contaminated as a result of these activities. Since
1950, NMPC has used the property as a multipurpose
service center with an electric substation, natural gas
facilities, vehicle and equipment repair, storage
facilities, and offices. In February 1990, EPA added the
site to its list of hazardous waste sites needing
cleanup.
OBJECTIVES
For two years, the City of Saratoga Springs has worked
with NMPC and non-profit organizations to maximize
the benefits resulting from the site's cleanup and reuse.
Their goals are to preserve a historic structure on the
site and to integrate the company's cleanup in Spring
Run Valley with the potential development of a multi-
use rails-to-trails path. The city is not requesting Pilot
funds, because NMPC has offered to assist the city in
developing the Spring Run Trail and has committed to
preserve the historic structure as part of its cleanup.
NMPC and the city will also evaluate future uses for the
skating rink property, and they will prepare a plan that
will integrate the reuse with the cleanup of the site. In
addition, the city will assist in EPA's public outreach
efforts.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Niagara
Mohawk
Power Corp.
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Applicant Name: Saratoga Springs, NY
Site Name: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Not Applicable
Profile: The city will create a reuse plan to
build a rails-to-trails path and to preserve a
historic structure on the site.
Contacts:
Dan Forger
U.S. EPA Region 2
(212) 637-4402
Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810 (DC Metro area)
forger.dan@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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