PUTTING SITES TO WORK HOW SUPERFUND REDEVELOPMENT IN REGION 8 IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITIES EPA REGION 8 ECONOMIC PROFILE - DATA SUPPLEMENT (2023 DATA) © Montana © North Dakota 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. © Wyoming 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 8, 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. 28^ Utah © Colorado © South Dakota : Total number of sites in use per state. 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. 20 8 56 12 : 2 37 = 84 SITES IN USE1 = 51 SITES WITH BUSINESSES 110 sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above. ------- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS — STATE REDEVELOPMENT2 CO EPA partners with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in Colorado. MT Sites" Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 6 1 1 $7 million 5 $459,000 In Continued Use 2 0 - - - - In Reuse and in Continued Use 19 12 807 $2.4 billion 9,951 $652 million Totals 27 13 808 $2.4 billion 9,956 $652 million a Three sites are a federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above. EPA partners with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in Montana. Sites Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 3 3 313 $630 million 4,241 $249 million In Continued Use 3 0 - - - - In Reuse and in Continued Use 14 11 712 $682 million 5,325 $246 million Totals 20 14 1,025 $1.3 billion 9,566 $495 million ND EPA partners with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in North Dakota. Sites Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 1 1 1 - - - In Continued Use 0 - - - - - In Reuse and in Continued Use 1 1 1 $2 million 10 $1 million Totals 2 2 2 $2 million 10 $1 million SD EPA partners with the South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in South Dakota. Sites° Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 0 - - - - - In Continued Use 1 1 1 $6 million 10 $1 million In Reuse and in Continued Use 3 0 - - - - Totals 4 1 1 $6 million 10 $1 million a One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above. 2 2 Business information is not available for all businesses at all Superfund sites in reuse and/or continued use. ------- EPA partners with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in Utah. Sites° Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 10 1 104 $3.6 billion 10,753 $779 million In Continued Use 2 1 1 - 2 $43,000 In Reuse and in Continued Use 16 12 673 $2.8 billion 9,607 $641 million Totals 28 20 778 $6.4 billion 20,362 $1.4 billion a Five sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above. EPA partners with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in Wyoming. Sites° Sites with Businesses Businesses Total Annual Sales Total Employees Total Annual Employee Income In Reuse 0 - - - - - In Continued 0 Use In Reuse and in Continued Use 3 1 2 $3 million 9 $1 million Totals 3 1 2 $3 million 9 $1 million a One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above. PROPERTY VALUES3 * State Total Land Value Total Improvement Value Total Property Value Total Annual Property Taxes Colorado $2 billion (15 sites) $3.7 billion (15 sites) $5.7 billion (15 sites) $41 million (15 sites) Montana $345 million (13 sites) $1.2 billion (13 sites) $1.6 billion (13 sites) $1 million (9 sites) North Dakota South Dakota $2 million (1 site) $2 million (1 site) $46,000 (1 site) Utah $7.8 billion (14 sites) $19.4 billion (14 sites) $27.3 billion (19 sites) $160 million (19 sites) Wyoming - $2 million (1 site) $6,000 (1 site) 3 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. ------- REGIONAL DATA — TOTAL ANNUAL SALES §6 MILLION IN CONTINUED USE §4.2 BILLION IN REUSE §5.9 BILLION IN REUSE AND CONTINUED USE Y §10.2 BILLION TOTAL EMPLOYEES 39,913 EMPLOYEES j TOTAL ANNUAL EMPLOYEE INCOME4 §1 BILLION A §1 MILLION A §1.5 BILLION §2.6 BILLION EPA collected economic data for 2,616 businesses, government agencies and civic organizations operating at 43 National Priorities List (NPL) sites and 8 non-NPL site in reuse and continued use in Region 8. The businesses and organizations at these sites generate about $10.2 billion in estimated annual sales and employ about 40,000 people who earn an estimated $2.6 billion in annual employment income. This income injects money into local economies and generates revenue through personal state income taxes. TOTAL LAND VALUE TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE 4 VALUE5 TOTAL ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES $10.1 BILLION $24.3 BILLION $34.5 BILLION $115,000 PER ACRE6 $203 MILLION ' Throughout this report, sales and annual employee income may not sum exactly to the totals presented due to rounding. 5 Results are based on an EPA Superfund Redevelopment Program effort to collect on-site property values and property taxes for a subset of Superfund sites. Property and tax values in this data supplement may not sum exactly to the totals presented due to rounding. 5 Based on total property value amount of $34.5 billion total property value divided by total acreage of 300,947 acres. . For more information about methods and data sources for highlighting economic site uses, please visit: £§ epa.gov/superfund-redevelopment/redevelopment-economics-superfund-sites. ------- |