PUTTING SITES TO WORK
HOW SUPERFUND REDEVELOPMENT IN REGION 7 IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITIES
EPA REGION 7 ECONOMIC PROFILE - DATA SUPPLEMENT (2023 DATA)
Nebraska
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Iowa
The cleanup and reuse of Superfund sites often restores value
to site properties and surrounding communities negatively
affected by contamination. Site redevelopment can revitalize
local economies with jobs, new businesses, tax revenues and
spending. EPA also works to ensure that existing businesses
on properties being cleaned up under Superfund can continue
operating in a way that protects human health and the
environment, enabling these businesses to remain open and
serve as a source of jobs and income for local communities.
EPA tracks current and former Superfund sites in use across
the country. Each year, EPA researches the beneficial effects of
redevelopment and continued use of these sites.
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Kansas
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Missouri
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: Total number of sites in use per state.
This profile looks at how EPA's effort to safely support long-
term uses and facilitate redevelopment at Superfund sites
makes a difference in communities across Region 7, including
communities that experience environmental and economic
burdens. It also provides the land values and property taxes
associated with Superfund sites returned to use and sites
remaining in use throughout the cleanup process.
In Reuse
Part or all of a site is being used in a new,
different manner than before Superfund
involvement. Or, the property was vacant
and cleanup was designed to support a
new, specific land use.
In
Continued
Use
Historical uses at a site remain active,
and/or the site is still used in the same
general manner as when the Superfund
process started at the site.
In Reuse and
Continued
Use
Part of a site is in continued use and part
of the site is in reuse.
45
17
45
23
~
28
= 107 SITES IN USE1
= 57 SITES WITH BUSINESSES
1 Six sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.
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ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS —STATE REDEVELOPMENT2
EPA partners with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites
in Iowa.
IA
KS
MO
Sites"
Sites with
Businesses
Businesses
Total Annual
Sales
Total
Employees
Total Annual
Employee
Income
In Reuse
15
8
10
$132 million
265
$18 million
In Continued
Use
4
1
1
$3 million
23
$1 million
In Reuse and in
Continued Use
8
6
12
$1.9 billion
3,219
$279 million
Totals
27
15
23
$2 billion
3,507
$298 million
a One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.
EPA partners with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund
sites in Kansas.
Sites"
Sites with
Businesses
Businesses
Total Annual
Sales
Total
Employees
Total Annual
Employee
Income
In Reuse
12
8
24
$48 million
507
$23 million
In Continued
Use
3
2
5
$387,000
87
$3 million
In Reuse and in
Continued Use
8
6
258
$1.5 billion
6,712
$378 million
Totals
23
16
287
$1.5 billion
7,306
$404 million
1 One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.
EPA partners with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites
in Missouri.
Sites"
Sites with
Businesses
Businesses
Total Annual
Sales
Total
Employees
Total Annual
Employee
Income
In Reuse
14
6
9
$12 million
81
$5 million
In Continued
Use
6
1
1
$18 million
293
$19 million
In Reuse and
in Continued
20
9
1,464
$6 billion
25,289
$1.6 billion
Use
Totals
40
16
1,474
$6 billion
25,663
$1.6 billion
' Three sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.
L Business information is not available for all businesses at all Superfund sites in reuse and/or continued use.
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EPA partners with the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund
sites in Nebraska
Sites°
Sites with
Businesses
Businesses
Total Annual
Sales
Total
Employees
Total Annual
Employee
Income
In Reuse
4
1
1
$277 million
500
$31 million
In Continued
Use
4
2
2
$25 million
128
$9 million
In Reuse and
in Continued
9
7
66
$1.2 billion
2,565
$140 million
Use
Totals
17
10
69
$1.5 billion
3,193
$180 million
a One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.
PROPERTY
VALUES3
0
State
Total Land Value
Total Improvement
Value
Total Property Value
Total Annual Property
Taxes
Iowa
$9 million (7 sites)
$43 million (7 sites)
$52 million (7 sites)
$2 million (7 sites)
Kansas
$131 million (10 sites)
$526 million (10 sites)
$657 million (10 sites)
$12 million (10 sites)
Missouri
$603 million (8 sites)
$2.5 billion (8 sites)
$3.8 billion (11 sites)
$63 million (11 sites)
Nebraska
$38 million (4 sites)
$80 million (4 sites)
$118 million (4 sites)
$2 million (4 sites)
' The property value and tax amounts reflect the latest property value year and tax data year available in county assessor datasets, which varied from 2021 to
2023. Detailed property value data (land and improvements) as well as tax data were not available for every site.
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REGIONAL DATA — TOTAL ANNUAL SALES
§469 MILLION IN REUSE
j— $48 MILLION IN CONTINUED USE
§10.6 BILLION
II
IN REUSE AND CONTINUED USE
Y
§11 BILLION
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
39,669 EMPLOYEES
j
TOTAL ANNUAL EMPLOYEE INCOME4
§77 MILLION
A
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