&EPA Sites in Reuse

Rose Park Sludge Pit Superfund Site

1420 North 1100 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

Vegetated cap and view of the dog park.

On-site parking area.

Recreational facilities at Rosewood Park.

Supported Site Uses: The site is in recreational reuse. A dog park, additional parking areas,
a playground, exercise equipment, sidewalks and new landscaping are located on site as part of the
Rosewood Park expansion.

Restricted Use: Institutional controls restrict the installation of underground utilities over, through
or within 3 feet of the slum wall and cap.

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Salt Lake City,
Utah

Setting:

•	The 5-acre site includes an area where acid waste sludge
was disposed of in an unlined pit from the 1930s until
1957, when Salt Lake City Corporation purchased the site.

•	Rosewood Park surrounds the site on the south and west
sides. Vacant, undeveloped land is located to the north
and residential neighborhoods are to the south.

•	Rosewood Park includes a variety of recreational
amenities. The park is used by local residents and is
maintained by Salt Lake City Corporation.

•	In 2007, the City of Salt Lake identified the site as an
area that could be used to improve Rosewood Park and
designed plans to build a dog park at the site.

•	In 2008, the City completed construction of a parking
area and a dog park on portions of the site.

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 mile, 1,397 people; 2.5
miles, 39,090 people; 4 miles, 102,866 people.

Disclaimer: EPA does not warrant that the property is suitable for
any particular use. Any prospective purchaser must contact the
property owner for sale potential.

Remedial Status:

•	Cleanup activities at the site began in 1982 following the
signing of an intergovernmental/corporate cooperation
agreement (ICCA) between site stakeholders.

•	The remedy was constructed to prevent exposure to the
acid waste sludge, eliminate potentially unhealthy odors
and vapors and prevent off-site migration of the sludge
through surface water and groundwater.

•	Cleanup activities included construction of a slurry wall
around the unlined pit and a clay cap to prevent direct
exposure and seepage of water through the pit and into
groundwater. Traffic barriers were constructed around the
cap to prevent damage from motor vehicles.

•	Groundwater monitoring is ongoing.

•	EPA deleted the site from the National Priorities List in
2003.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Fran Costanzi

Armando Saenz

Superfund Redevelopment

Site Project Manager

Coordinator

(303) 312-6696

(303) 312-6571

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EPA Region 8 Reuse Fact Sheets

August 2013


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