Region 1 Excellence in Site Reuse Award
Region 1 has facilitated the successful reuse and redevelopment of Superfund sites across New England. This success is largely due to the drive and creativity of regional EPA staff and cooperating site owners, developers, local governments, state agencies, and other stakeholders. To recognize these outcomes, Region 1 created the Excellence in Site Reuse award to acknowledge those individuals and organizations who go above and beyond in redeveloping a Superfund site.
Background
Region 1 established the Excellence in Site Reuse award to recognize site stakeholders who have supported the reuse of a Superfund site through extraordinary efforts. Region 1 has been very successful in facilitating the beneficial reuse of Superfund sites in a manner that enhances the remedial actions taken and/or minimize the Agency's responsibilities for long term care and maintenance.
Eligibility
The Excellence in Site Reuse award can be given to a site owner, developer, local government, state agency, or other non-EPA entity. The recipient must have demonstrated a cooperative relationship with EPA and other key stakeholders, and made outstanding contributions to the successful reuse of a Superfund site that is complementary with the remedial actions taken and beneficial to the local communities.
Evaluation Criteria for Excellence in Site Reuse Award
- Enhancement of the selected remedy
- Reduction of EPA's long term stewardship responsibilities
- Effect on local community
- Enhanced monitoring of institutional controls (neighborhood watch)
- Design of redevelopment complementary with long term implementation of selected remedy
Site Award Winners
To date, Region 1 has given out Excellence in Site Reuse awards to site project teams at two federally listed Superfund sites in Massachusetts, Sullivan’s Ledge and Shaffer Landfill. These innovative and forward-thinking redevelopment projects have transformed previously underutilized properties into sources of abundant, clean, renewable energy. A third award acknowledges the contribution of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in facilitating renewable energy projects on landfills and other contaminated lands. Awards will continue to be granted to recipients meeting the above eligibility and evaluation criteria.
The Sullivan’s Ledge project team, including the City of New Bedford, BlueWave Capital, and SunEdison, constructed a 2-megawatt solar power facility on a 12-acre landfill at the Sullivan’s Ledge Superfund site in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The team took steps to ensure the landfill’s reuse would not compromise remedial efforts.
Reuse Snapshot
The Shaffer Landfill is a 60-acre former municipal solid waste landfill on the Iron Horse Park Superfund site in Billerica, Massachusetts. The Shaffer Landfill project team, including representatives from the Town of Billerica, Urban Green Technologies Renewable Energy 7 LLC (UGT7), and Capital Dynamics, worked together to construct a 6-megawatt solar power facility on part of the landfill, and coordinated with EPA to avoid disrupting any previous and ongoing remedial efforts.
Reuse Snapshot
EPA also recognized Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick for his visionary and ambitious agenda to make Massachusetts a national leader in renewable energy production, which has enabled projects on sites such as these to be economically viable.
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