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• Rare and unusual wading birds -- as well as avid birdwatchers -- are flocking to the Gupton Wetlands on the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Fly Ash Superfund site in Tennessee. EPA Region 4 recognized the Tennessee Valley Authority with a 2015 Excellence in Site Reuse Award for their cleanup and ecological restoration work at the site.
  News Article: Roane County’s Gupton Wetlands has wading birds galore Exit

• The City of Birmingham, Alabama, received $400,000 EPA Brownfields community-wide assessment grant to continue community-led efforts to revitalize the North Birmingham community. SRI has supported the formation of the North Birmingham Community Coalition and development of the North Birmingham Revitalization Action Plan (PDF)(36 pp, 11 MB)

  News Articles: Cleanup Efforts in North Birmingham Continue As Residents Wait Exit
  City Announces Second EPA Grant Award within a Week, Bringing Total to $600,000 for the month of May alone Exit

• In 2014, SRI completed beneficial effects profiles for each of the 10 EPA regions. These profiles tell a story about the role of Superfund in the region and the beneficial effects of reusing formerly contaminated properties. They summarize and synthesize economic data collected for Superfund sites within a region and highlight successes. In 2015, SRI updated these profiles for Regions 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. These profiles are now available. Profiles for Regions 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are currently being updated.
   

• EPA recognizes Kansas Department of Environmental Health and Environment, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality with 2015 State Excellence in Supporting Reuse Awards.

• The Northern Birmingham Community Coalition completed the Northern Birmingham Revitalization Action Plan (PDF) (36 pp, 7.5 MB) in January 2015. U.S. EPA sponsored the formation of the Coalition to plan for the future of the communities of northern Birmingham, which face many economic, environmental and social challenges. The Coalition seeks to bring together residents, community representatives and government agencies to address issues of environmental cleanup, enforcement and community investment. Together, they have forged a shared vision and are working to create positive community change through implementation of this Action Plan.

• On June 29, 2016, a new dog park on the Chemical Insecticide Corp. Superfund site in Edison Township, New Jersey opened to the public. “This park… represents an environmental success for Edison and Metuchen, reclaiming a former industrial site that has been made safe for public use and enjoyment,” said Mayor Thomas Lankey.
  News article: Former Superfund Site in Edison turned into dog park Exit
   
• On June 17, 2016, EPA and the U.S. Army celebrated the completion of an 18-megawatt, ground-mounted solar project on Fort Detrick Area B Ground Water Superfund site in Frederick, Maryland. The U.S. Army is part of the federal government challenge to procure 30% of all electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2025, and Fort Detrick, with the help of this new solar project, aims to produce as much energy as it consumes by 2020.
  News Article: Ameresco completes 18 MW-DC PV plant on former Army waste site in Maryland Exit
   
• On June 2, 2016, EPA Region 6 Administrator Ron Curry and Wylie, Texas, Mayor Eric Hogue signed the Ready for Reuse (RfR) Determination indicating that the Chemical Recycling, Inc. site is now ready for industrial and commercial use. United States Representative Pete Sessions oversaw the signing ceremony noting that the RfR Determination “is a huge milestone for the City of Wylie, that will foster job creation and spur economic development.”
  News Article: Superfund Project Concludes Exit
   
• Decades of asbestos mining, processing and storage activities at the Coalinga Asbestos Mine Superfund site in central California contaminated area soil, air and groundwater. The site’s carefully designed cleanup eliminated risks from asbestos, making previously contaminated areas suitable for development and enabling the continued operation of several site businesses. Today, on-site businesses are an important part of the local economy, providing over 450 jobs and over $16.3 million in estimated annual employee income. Following cleanup, two new residential developments also provide much-needed housing in a rapidly growing community.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Coalinga Asbestos Mine Superfund Site (PDF)(21 pp, 1.3 MB)
   
• On March 17, 2016, SRI hosted Ecological Revitalization and Contaminated Sites -- the third webinar in SRI's 2016 Quarterly Webinar Series. The archived webinar is available online.
   
• SRI supported a reuse assessment at the Lincoln Park site to evaluate reuse options, including the buffer lands surrounding the former Cotter Mill uranium mill facility in Fremont County, Colorado. As part of the process, SRI sponsored a day-long planning workshop on August 20, 2015.  Workshop participants prioritized future land uses for the site including: trails, big game habitat restoration, targeted light industrial reuse, and identified considerations for phasing remedial investigations and remedial actions. The final reuse assessment is available on the SRI website or contact SRI for a copy.
  Reuse Assessment: Lincoln Park Site, Fremont County, Colorado (PDF)(8 pp, 12.2 MB)
   
• The 53-acre Northwest Pipe & Casing/Hall Process Company Superfund site in Clackamas, Oregon, was once home to pipe manufacturing and storage and pipe coating facilities. Several parties supported the site’s cleanup and reuse. Warehouse, light industrial and commercial office spaces now occupy the area; a streetcar test-track, maintenance facility and small solar array are also located on-site. New state roads being built on and near the site will help alleviate local congestion problems and increase safety. Site businesses employ over 210 people, providing an estimated $11 million in annual employment income.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Northwest Pipe & Casing/Hall Process Company Superfund Site (PDF)(10 pp, 1.1 MB)
   
• The 15-acre Aidex Corporation Superfund site in Mills County, Iowa, was once home to a plant that made herbicides and pesticides. The combined efforts of EPA and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources led to the site’s successful cleanup and reuse. Today, three site businesses employ about 95 people and provide $3.8 million in estimated annual employment income.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Aidex Corporation Superfund Site (PDF)(7 pp, 899 K)
   
• Once the location of an aluminum smelter plant, the Reynolds Metals Company Superfund site in Troutdale, Oregon, is now home to a large-scale industrial park. As a result of collaborative efforts among many stakeholders, including EPA, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Port of Portland, Alcoa, the City of Troutdale and others, Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park now hosts a regional distribution hub for FedEx Ground, generating an estimated $47.5 million in annual employment income. When fully developed, local officials estimate that the industrial park will support 3,500 jobs.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Reynolds Metals Company Superfund Site (PDF)(11 pp, 1.8 MB)
   
• Cooperation among EPA, the state and PRPs has been key to the successful cleanup, reuse and continued use of the Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund site in Cowley County, Kansas. What was once a busy flight-training base is now a thriving industrial park that supports a wide variety of commercial and industrial businesses, as well as organizations and businesses that provide valuable public and social services to the community. Today, 27 site businesses employ about 1,270 people and provide over $53 million in estimated annual employment income.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Strother Field Industrial Park Superfund Site (PDF)(12 pp, 1.4 MB)
   
• In 2015, SRI developed an update to the American Creosote Works Superfund Site reuse plan (PDF)(4 pp, 3.2 MB). The 2015 Reuse Concept Plan identifies reuse suitability and potential reuse options for the 120-acre former wood treating facility in Louisville, Mississippi.
   
• EPA’s new video Making a Difference in Communities: California Gulch Superfund Site, Leadville, Colorado shares the story of redevelopment of a portion of the Superfund site into the Lake County Community Park.
   

• Witness the transformation of a Superfund site into a valued community recreational amenity in the Whitmoyer Laboratories Site Redevelopment video.

• The non-invasive cleanup of the Goldisc Recordings, Inc. Superfund site in Holbrook, NY enabled the continued operation of on-site businesses during and following cleanup. It also made the area more attractive for new development. Today, the site supports nine businesses, including a furniture and home goods distribution center, a moving company, a packaging facility and a FedEx Ground distribution center. These site businesses support over 500 jobs and contribute over $28 million in annual employment income to the community.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Goldisc Recordings, Inc. Superfund Site (PDF)(10 pp, 1.9 MB)
   
• In Tampa, Florida, the Raleigh Street Dump Superfund site, a former dump, received a “Rookie of the Year” award from the Wildlife Habitat Council in November 2015 for the expansion and restoration of wetlands. Site stakeholders created a wildflower and native grass meadow, installed a bat box and bird nesting boxes, planted two Monarch butterfly gardens, and managed non-native and invasive exotic plant species. 
   
• In the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles, a former synthetic rubber manufacturing facility is now a busy business park. More than 250 businesses employ nearly 6,000 workers on site. Collaboration among federal and state agencies, city departments, responsible parties and developers have made possible the integrated cleanup, continued use and redevelopment of the Del Amo Superfund site. This case study takes a close look at the strategies and innovative approaches that have contributed to the site’s successful continued use.
  Cleanup, Continued Use and Redevelopment in a Thriving Business Park: The Del Amo Superfund Site in Los Angeles, California (PDF)(14 pp, 1.3 MB)
   
• The Sullivan’s Ledge Solar Project is one in a series of renewable energy facilities located on current and former contaminated lands nationwide. Built on an old town landfill in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the facility generates pollution-free energy and has restored a vacant area to beneficial use. The 1.75-megawatt facility includes over 5,000 block-mounted fixed-tilt solar panels. This in-depth case study explores the innovative planning and cooperation among many parties that made possible the solar reuse of the Sullivan’s Ledge Superfund site.
  Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development: The Sullivan's Ledge Superfund Site in New Bedford, Massachusetts (PDF)(14 pp, 3.5 MB)
   
• On January 13, 2016, SRI hosted Regional Water Availability and Superfund: Generating a Valuable Resource at Phoenix-Goodyear Airport Area -- the first webinar in SRI's 2016 Quarterly Webinar Series. The archived webinar is available online.
   
• Collaboration among EPA, the City of San Jose and developers at the South Bay Asbestos Area Superfund site encouraged the development of new on site office buildings and enabled continued residential use at part of the Site. On two of the former landfill areas at the site, 11 businesses provide 2,158 jobs and generate over $843 million in annual revenue. The Site also provides habitat for local wildlife.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: South Bay Asbestos Area (PDF)(15 pp, 766 K)
   
• In Olathe, Kansas, a former chemical recycling, storage, repackaging and distribution facility is now a remarkable ecological and environmental education resource. The Olathe Pollinator Prairie provides a vital pollinator migration corridor with habitat resources for bees, birds and butterflies. This case study explores the award-winning strategies and working relationships that led to the successful cleanup and reuse of the CCI Superfund site.
  Buzzing with Life: Environmental Education and Stewardship: The Chemical Commodities, Inc. Superfund Site (PDF)(16 pp, 3 MB)
   
• Thanks to collaboration among site stakeholders and project partners, the Kansas City Structural Steel site in Kansas City, Kansas is cleaned up and supporting commercial reuse. The site is home to La Plaza Argentine, an active commercial area anchored by a 41,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market.
  Reuse and Benefit to the Community: Kansas City Structural Steel Site (PDF)(9 pp, 2 MB)
   
• Since the mid-1990s, a number of community organizations, government agencies and business leaders have been helping revitalize a large, historically underserved and economically challenged area of Dallas, Texas, known as West Dallas. The shutdown of a lead smelting facility and cleanup of the surrounding RSR Corporation Superfund site has been an important catalyst in the revitalization. Today, following extensive cleanup and long-term revitalization planning by the community, a new day is dawning in West Dallas. Cleanup has enabled the continued use of homes, schools, parks and other vital community facilities. Remediated areas now host new land uses as well. More than twenty businesses and organizations on site provide over 960 jobs and contribute an estimated $28 million in annual employment income to the local community.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: RSR Corporation (PDF)(56 pp, 3.7 MB)
   
• At the Highway 71/72 Refinery site in Bossier City, Louisiana, EPA’s carefully designed cleanup protects public health and the environment, considers current use and future redevelopment, and makes it possible for people to continue to live and work on the site. The selected remedy also allows the site’s potentially responsible party to address previously inaccessible waste during redevelopment. Today, site uses provide the community and visitors with several lodging and dining options, valuable commercial and retail resources, and residential developments. Site businesses and other organizations also support local economic growth, providing nearly 500 jobs and over $12 million in estimated annual employee income.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Highway 71/72 Refinery Site (PDF)(14 pp, 2.3 MB)
   
• Cleanup of the Phoenix-Goodyear Airport Area Superfund site, and remarkable stakeholder partnerships have resulted in the innovative reuse of billions of gallons of treated groundwater – saving money for all parties involved and recycling a valuable and finite resource.  EPA’s carefully designed cleanup protects public health and the environment and supports local economic growth. Today, the continued operation of on-site businesses provides about 1,025 jobs and over $40 million in estimated annual employee income.
  Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Phoenix-Goodyear Airport Area Superfund Site (PDF)(18 pp, 968 K)
   
• EPA Region 6 recognized the Dallas Housing Authority and Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. with the Excellence in Site Reuse Award for redeveloping portions RSR Corporation Superfund Site. Portions of the site are now home to Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Dallas Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity of Dallas, Lakewest YMCA, and El Centro College. The award recognizes their commitment to safely and sustainably reuse the property contaminated by the former lead smelter. Press Release: EPA Hosts Superfund Redevelopment Awards Ceremony in West Dallas.
   

• EPA Region 4 recognized the City of Jacksonville, Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, Regency Centers, NAI Hallmark Partners and the Mt. Sinai Missionary Holiness Church for reuse at the Jacksonville Ash Site and the Brown’s Dump Site in Jacksonville, Florida. By reclaiming, restoring and reinventing the sites, these projects illustrate how the reuse of Superfund sites can protect human health, advance environmental protection and return formerly unusable properties into valuable community assets. Press Release: City of Jacksonville, Pollack Shores, Regency Centers, NAI Hallmark Partners and Mt. Sinai Missionary Holiness Church to Receive EPA Region 4’s “Excellence in Site Reuse” Award.

• In northeast Oklahoma, the Quapaw Tribe has led a complex project that brought the Tribe together with local, state and federal partners. For the first time in the history of EPA’s Superfund program, a tribe has led and managed the cleanup of a contaminated property. In turn, the Tribe’s initiative has led to groundbreaking environmental research, the preservation of historic community resources, and an approach that can guide similar efforts on tribal lands and at former mine sites across the United States.
  Tribal Leadership, Historic Preservation and Green Remediation: The Catholic 40 Cleanup Project in Northeast Oklahoma (PDF) (12 pp, 5.7 MB)

• The Martin-Marietta Sodyeco, Inc. Superfund site is located just outside Charlotte, North Carolina. This former industrial complex is now an eco-business park focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental technology. Facilities include biomass combined heat-and-power projects, an algae-to-fuel pilot plant, an all-electric truck company, an energy efficiency training firm, a plastics recycler and a 35-acre aquaculture project, among others. In total, new investments by companies on site exceed $14 million. Environmental stewardship is also an integral part of the project. The area’s natural resources will be enhanced by a 185-acre conservation easement, wildlife habitat projects, stream restoration and a trail system.
  Reclaim, Restore, Reinvent: Creating Jobs and Cleaner Energy - The Martin-Marietta, Sodyeco, Inc. Site in Charlotte, North Carolina (PDF) (16 pp, 5.7 MB)
   

• On October 13, 2015, the Region 6 Superfund Program presented Phillips 66, Sasol, and other site stakeholders with the Region 6 Greenovations Award for their work at the Bayou Verdine site in Westlake, Louisiana.  Ecological enhancements at the site include a pond habitat for native wildlife and plants; a constructed bio-swale with log weirs and root wads to create spawning habitats for fish and other aquatic wildlife; and a planted “pollinator habitat” on the capped surface to attract birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinator species.

• The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (USARMY) Superfund site, a former chemical weapon manufacturing site, is now a thriving wildlife refuge in Adams County, Colorado. In October 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 30 black-footed ferrets into the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge as part of an effort to restore the endangered species. News Article: 'Rare ferrets find new home on Denver-area refuge''Exit

• In Olathe, Kansas, a former chemical recycling, storage, repackaging and distribution facility is now a remarkable ecological and environmental education resource. The Olathe Pollinator Prairie provides a vital pollinator migration corridor with habitat resources for bees, birds and butterflies. This case study explores the award-winning strategies and working relationships that led to the successful cleanup and reuse of the CCI Superfund site. Buzzing with Life: Environmental Education and Stewardship. The Chemical Commodites, Inc. Superfund Site in Olathe, Kansas (PDF) (16 pp, 2.5 MB)

• After decades of waste disposal, the Brick Township Landfill in New Jersey had contaminated soil and groundwater. To help offset the cost of closing the landfill, Brick Township decided to redevelop the site as a solar power facility. With help from EPA, Brick Township led a public-private partnership that succeeded in integrating cleanup and reuse, resulting in a 7-megawatt solar facility. Brick Township Goes Solar: Redevelopment of a Superfund Site (PDF) (14 pp, 5.6 MB)

• On July 23, 2015, Catherine McCabe, Deputy Regional Administrator for Region 2, presented the Region’s first Excellence in Site Reuse award to Brick Township to recognize efforts to return the Brick Township Landfill Superfund site to productive use. Located in Brick Township, New Jersey, the Superfund site now hosts 24,000 solar panels which produce about 7,400 megawatt-hours of energy each year.
  News Article: 'A Shining Example:' EPA Lauds Brick For Landfill-Turned-Solar Field Exit

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