SEPA

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

FEDERAL FACILITY SUPERFUND PROGRAM

National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards

2020 Award Winners

Comprehensive Cleanup Enables Prairie
Restoration, Community Education and Recreation

Sustainable Mixed-Use Development Provides
Jobs, Homes, Parks and Public Services

Weldon Spring | St. Charles, Missouri

This site supported explosives manufacturing during World War
II and uranium metals-processing during the Cold War. Today,
after cleanup, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Legacy
Management ensures the continued protectiveness of the site's
remedy, monitors groundwater and surface water, continues
ecological restoration efforts, and shares information with the
public,

The 228-acre area, located about 25 miles west of St. Louis, now
hosts a community education center and recreation opportunities.
The Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center helps the public learn
about the site's historic legacy as well as long-term stewardship
efforts that protect public health and the environment. Today, the
center hosts more than 25,000 visitors each year.

Other reuse highlights include Howell Prairie, a restored 150-acre
native prairie, and a plant garden that provides habitat, hosts
more than 200 species of native plants, and promotes wildlife
conservation. Hiking and biking trails, including an old haul road
repurposed into the 6-mile Hamburg Trail, also crisscross the
site, Finally, the remedy - an engineered containment cell for
contaminated soils - is part of the site's reuse, A viewing platform
on the cell allows visitors to enjoy views from the highest publicly
accessible elevation in the county.

Former Naval Training Center Orlando | Orlando, Honda

This U.S. Army and U.S. Navy training facility operated from the
1940s to the late 1990s. The base closure and redevelopment
planning process relied on a community-based, proactive
planning approach built on the principles of sustainable
development and traditional neighborhood design, The city of
Orlando partnered with federal, state and local stakeholders
to return the 2,000-acre area to use as a vibrant mixed-use
community, industrial hub and recreation resource,

The main base area is now Baldwin Park, a master-planned
community with over 4,300 residential units. It also features
parks and green space, shopping, medical facilities, and new
schools, More recent development has included a training
facility and horse barn for the Orlando Police Department,
a city of Orlando traffic management center, and millions
of square feet of warehouse and industrial space at Air
Commerce Park, Community space at Lake Druid Park
features a mountain bike track, a dog park and a community
garden.

EPA's National Federal Facility Excellence in
Site Reuse Awards

These awards recognize the innovative thinking and
cooperation among federal agencies, states, tribes, local
partners arid developers that have led to noteworthy
restoration and reuse of federal facility sites.

"The Weldon Spring site has been transformed,,,
It is truly an amazing transformation and a
tremendous asset to the community."

Ken Starr, Weldon Spring Site Manager

To learn more about the awards and to explore nominating a site
for a future award, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/fedfac.

VELDONSPRI

Interpretive Cer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)

December 2020
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Community Engagement and Local
Leadership Enable Large-Scale
Mixed-Use Redevelopment

Fort Ord | Monterey County, California

Closure and cleanup of this former U.S. Army training facility
in 1994 created an opportunity to repurpose the 28,000-
acre base. Extensive community engagement laid a strong
foundation for reuse efforts. Local, state and federal grants
funded building removal, infrastructure improvements and
collaborative redevelopment projects,

At full buildout, Fort Ord will be home to 37,000 residents, host
18,000 jobs and offer 3 million square feet of public service and
commercial space. To date:

Over 5,000 homes have been built or restored; more
than 17,000 people live on site. More than 660,000
square feet of commercial space have been completed;
about 6,000 people work on site.

A veterans medical clinic, higher-education institutions,
a shopping center, federal agency offices, housing
complexes, the Monterey Bay campus of California
State University, the California Central Coast Veterans
Cemetery, a hotel and movie theater, and other
businesses have opened their doors.

Fort Ord National Monument and Fort Ord Dunes
State Park provide open space and recreation areas.
Future redevelopment on site will include a resort, golf
courses, mixed-use projects and more housing,

Dollars and Cents: Economic Impacts of Reuse at
Fort Ord (2020)

Number of Businesses: 141

™ Annual Sales: $262,818,489
Jobs: 3,188

^ Annual Employment Income: $191,825,192

Data Source: FFRRO Economic Analysis

Cleanup Provides Access to Nationally
Significant Historic Landscape, Wildlife
Habitat and Trails

Valley Forge Asbestos Release Site | Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania

This 112-acre area is in the center of Valley Forge National
Historical Park, An asbestos insulation manufacturing plant
had contaminated the site. In 2017, the National Park Service
completed a long-term cleanup, removing contaminated soil
and sediment so the site could be reopened,

Today, the park is open to the public, conserving and
interpreting the land associated with the 1777-78 winter
encampment of the Continental Army under General George
Washington. After a six-month encampment and successful
training program, the once tired, cold and ill-equipped army
emerged and successfully engaged with the British army at the
Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey.

By making the investment in environmental cleanup, the
National Park Service has provided public access to a
nationally significant historical landscape in the center of the
park's forests, meadows and trails. Visitors can see restored
and rebuilt structures and monuments and learn about Valley
Forge. In addition to the park's historical significance, its 28
miles of trails give hikers, bicyclists, horseback riders and
wildlife watchers opportunities to exercise, view wildlife and
learn about local geology. About 2,4 million people visit the
park each year.

"This project is an excellent demonstration of
the power of partnerships and the Park Service's
commitment to protect the important resources we
hold in trust for park visitors, We're proud of being
able to reopen these formerly impaired lands
to over 2.4 million annual visitors - providing
enhanced recreational opportunities, expanding
bicycle commuter options and improving visitor
access with greener travel patterns."

David Vela, Deputy Director, National
Park Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)

December 2020
EPA 505/F-22/001


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