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Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Success Stories
Return to Use Demonstration Projects
EPA is working with stakeholders at Superfund sites that have been cleaned up yet remain vacant due to real or perceived barriers to their reuse. At many of these sites, these stakeholders are joining with the Agency to move forward with reuse in a manner that does not interfere with the cleanup remedy and maintains protectiveness of human health and the environment at the site. These site-specific partnerships are key elements of "demonstration projects" for the Agency's Return to Use (RTU) Initiative. Following are Region 9 RTU sites:
- Apache Powder, Saint David, AZ (PDF) (2 pp, 100K)
- MGM Brakes, Cloverdale, CA (PDF) (1 pp, 720K)
- Mountain View Mobile Home, Globe, AZ (PDF) (2 pp, 63K)
- Pemaco Maywood, Maywood, CA (PDF) (2 pp, 115K)
Ready for Reuse (RfR) Determinations
A Ready for Reuse (RfR) determination is a redevelopment tool that EPA has created to provide information that a site is “ready for reuse” and will remain protective for that use, so long as any use limitations established by EPA continue to be met. An RfR determination provides potential users of formerly contaminated sites with an environmental status report. The report documents a technical determination by EPA that all or a portion of a property at a site can support specified types of uses while remaining protective of human health and the environment.
Use of RfR determinations has proven to be valuable for dealing with issues of Superfund site stigma and helping to eliminate confusion over what future uses are appropriate at a site. In addition, developing an RfR determination presents an opportunity not only to reaffirm the institutional controls (ICs) selected in a site’s decision documents, but also has the potential to create an additional layer of IC protection. More information on the RfR Guidance...
- MGM Brakes Site - Cloverdale, CA (PDF) (2005) (63 pp, 3.8MB)
More Success Stories
Below, read about more success stories made available by Region 9 or click on the links to learn more about the sites. Note: Success stories are not available for all redeveloped sites.
- Apache Powder (Saint David, AZ)
- Indian Bend Wash Area (Scottsdale, AZ)
- Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant) (Phoenix, AZ)
- Phoenix-Goodyear Airport (Goodyear, AZ)
- Aerojet General Corporation (Rancho Cordova, CA)
- Alameda Naval Station (Alameda, CA)
- AMCO Chemical (Oakland, CA)
- Coalinga Asbestos Mine (Coalinga, CA)
- CTS Printex (Mountain View, CA)
- Del Amo Facility (Los Angeles, CA)
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant) (Mountain View, CA)
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (South San Jose Plant) (San Jose, CA)
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) (Salinas, CA)
- Frontier Fertilizer (Davis, CA)
- George Air Force Base (Victorville, CA)
- Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, CA)
- Intersil Inc./Siemens Components (Cupertino, CA)
- Jibboom Junkyard (Sacramento, CA)
- Lorentz Barrel & Drum Co. (San Jose, CA)
- McColl (Fullerton, CA)
- Newmark Ground Water Contamination (San Bernadino, CA)
- Norton Air Force Base (San Bernadino, CA)
- Operating Industries, Inc., Landfill (Monterey Park, CA)
- Pemaco Maywood (Maywood, CA)
- Sacramento Army Depot (Sacramento, CA)
- Sola Optical USA, Inc. (Petaluma, CA)
- South Bay Asbestos Area (Alviso, CA)
- Synertek, Inc. (Building 1) (Santa Clara, CA)
- Treasure Island Naval Station (Hunters Point Annex) (San Francisco, CA)
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TRW Microwave (Sunnyvale, CA)