US Steel Corp - Fairless Works Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania The Road to Reuse ~~~ Approximately 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia, US Steel's Fairless Works has been in operation since 1952. The integrated steel mill sits on 2,500 acres, where a coke operations plant, steel iron making operations, finishing and forging operations, a power house, and a chemical plant employed up to 7,000 people. Between 1982 and 1991, all "hot end" operations closed down, and in 2001, die specialty operations downsized, leaving approximately 100 employees at the facility for the finishing operations. In 1993, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Steel entered into a Consent Order for clean-up of the Fairless Works site. The Consent Order incorporated the entire 2 500 acre facility. The 68 areas that were identified for further investigation included former production and disposal areas. In 1998, the facility expressed interest in obtaining a release from liability, which is available for remediation performed under the Pennsylvania Act 2 Land Recycling St«DS'Sa Approximate total acres and current use Approximate Acres in Reuse: 400 Current Use: Industrial park Program. The release from liability aided in die redevelopment of the property. The redevelopment plan was designed to revitalize the local Levittown area. US Steel developed the Keystone Industrial Port Complex: an industrial park, focused on marketing to heavy industry to take advantage of proximity to interstate highways and an on-site deep water port. The site was divided into parcels, based on leasing potential, and each parcel had its own timetable for clean- up. The environmental investigations and clean-up efforts are focused and prioritized to synchronize with opportunities identified by the USX Realty. US Steel brought in diverse business interests, from tire recycling to specialty metals to clean- burning power generation, in order to reinvigorate die area. US Steel converted more than 300 acres of uncontaminated areas to parcels for lease. To date, 400 acres have been leased or sold to 32 companies for heavy industrial use. The redevelopment created more than 1,500 new jobs. Several www. epa.Rov/rea3wcmd/correctiveciction.htm EPA (215) companies with close ties to wind, solar or biofuel energy are located on die site - including manufacturers of wind turbines and parts of photovoltaic cells.. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania designed an incentive package for each renewable energy manufacturing facility at the KIPC through the Governor's Action Team, a committee of economic development professionals that serves as a single point of contact for businesses considering locating or expanding in Pennsylvania. The Business Development Plan for the facility is designed with the potential to provide more than 80 new industrial enterprises, creating employment opportunities for more than 5000 people. A long term potential exists for total investment to exceed 1.5 billion dollars. Featured is Dominion Energy's $800 million investment in their new 1180 Megawatt gas fired power plant which went online in June 2004. For More Information Region 3 Contact: Linda Matyskiela, 814-3420, matysldela.linda@epa.gov ------- |