Superfund Redevelopment Webinars
SRI is hosting a series of webinars on the redevelopment of Superfund sites.
Superfund Reuse Success Stories
For Reuse Success Stories click on the pictures below.
South Point Plant Site - South Point, OH
Celebrating 12 Years of the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
Site Reuse Spotlights
Redevelopment of the Martin-Marietta Sodyeco Superfund Site (PDF) (1 pg, 535K, About PDF)
Developers are closer than ever to constructing the region’s first Eco-Industrial Energy Park on the Martin-Marietta, Sodeyco, Inc. Superfund site. This formerly contaminated property in western Charlotte, North Carolina once harbored industrial facilities for over seventy years. Today, EPA is working closely with its state and local partners and the Clariant Corporation to transform this conveniently located, underused industrial land into an Eco-Industrial Energy Park that will rejuvenate not only the site and its existing infrastructure, but also the surrounding community.
Redevelopment of the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund Site (PDF)
(1 pg, 208K, About PDF)
Once a contaminated property with a history of aircraft part manufacturing and metal plating, the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund site in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York, is now a community asset. Construction of the 80,000 square feet Super Stop & Shop in 2009 was just the beginning of this Superfund’s site return to productive reuse. EPA is now working with site and store owners, the local government and the community to complete construction efforts on an extension of an adjacent community park onto site land as well.
Previous Site Reuse Spotlights
About Superfund Redevelopment
Superfund Redevelopment at EPA helps communities return some of the nation's worst hazardous waste sites to safe and productive uses. In addition to cleaning up these Superfund sites and making them protective of human health and the environment, the Agency is working with communities and other partners in considering future use opportunities and integrating appropriate reuse options into the cleanup process. The Agency is also working with communities at sites that have already been cleaned up to ensure long-term stewardship of site remedies and to promote reuse. More about the program...
Superfund Redevelopment in the News
Site-Specific News
- Milltown, Montana’s community vision for reuse of the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund site included creation of a state park with trails, river access, wildlife habitat and interpretive areas celebrating the region’s history and heritage. Today, this vision is becoming a reality with state funding for development of a state park, land acquisitions, adjoining trails and a pedestrian bridge. The renovated “Black Bridge” pedestrian bridge over the Blackfoot River is also now home to the new Milltown Bridge Market, a local farmer’s market with produce, plant and craft vendors.
News Article: Vendors sell wares on bridge spanning Blackfoot River
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On May 7, 2012, the University of South Carolina (USC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Coop, a new 8-acre practice facility for the USC men’s and women’s golf teams. The Coop is located on the Lexington County Landfill Superfund site and is one of several redevelopment projects at the Site. The Site also includes the Lexington County Sandhills Collection and Recycling Center and several community recreational amenities such as the Bray Park Road Ball Park, the Palmetto Falls Mini-golf course and the Par Tee Driving Range. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, EPA Region 4 recognized Lexington County’s tireless efforts to build partnerships with local businesses, explore green remediation options and conduct cleanup in a way that would facilitate the safe and appropriate reuse of this site. Lexington County is the eighth recipient of EPA Region 4's Excellence in Site Reuse Award.
News Article: USC golf moving on to greener pastures
- On April 26, 2012, the Rapid City Journal highlighted how the remedial actions at the Whitewood Creek Superfund site have transformed the property and returned it to beneficial use. Mine tailings had contaminated an 18-mile stretch of Whitewood Creek, turning the riparian system into a desert. Today, cattle graze the revegetated site, riparian ecological habitats have re-established and wildlife has recolonized the area. The remediation also removed mine tailings and replaced them with clean soil at several residences, allowing these homes to remain in continued use throughout site remedial actions.
- On April 12, 2012, EPA Region 4 recognized the City of Camilla, Georgia, with an Excellence in Site Reuse Award for their efforts to redevelop the Camilla Wood Preserving Superfund site. The award recognizes developers, site owners or local governments who have demonstrated excellence in working cooperatively with Region 4 to ensure the redevelopment a Superfund site is complementary with remedial actions taken and may have even enhanced the remedial actions. The Site is being redeveloped as a recreation area to include baseball and soccer fields, tennis and basketball courts, a picnic area and a playground.
- Reuse and the Benefit to Community: South Point Plant, South Point, Ohio
The Point, an industrial park located on the South Point Plant Superfund site in South Point, Ohio, is playing a vital role in the ongoing resurgence of one of the country’s preeminent industrial regions. A new local economic reuse impacts case study shares how close stakeholder collaboration and coordinated cleanup and redevelopment efforts have already led to over 320 jobs and $12.2 million in annual employee income.
Program Related News
- On May 23, 2012, SRI hosted Food for Thought: Gardening on Superfund Sites. This webinar discussed how sites cleaned up under the Superfund program are being used for urban gardening projects. Speakers shared examples of sites that have successfully transitioned into productive urban gardens and explained how these transitions were achieved. In addition, EPA presented several complementary tools to help site stakeholders determine whether their site may be able to support an urban agricultural project. An archived version of the webinar is available on the Clu-In website.
- EPA Region 1 has developed the Process for Risk Evaluation, Property Analysis and Reuse Decisions (PREPARED) Workbook to assist local governments considering the reuse of contaminated properties. PREPARED is a risk management framework for evaluating various actions that a local government might take to bring about a desired reuse at contaminated properties that it does not currently own.
- SRI is releasing two technical reports highlighting innovative reuses of Superfund sites. The Agricultural Land Uses at Superfund Sites: Planting a Sustainable Future (PDF) (12 pp, 4.0MB, About PDF) report provides a series of case studies looking at how Superfund sites can provide needed land for various agricultural enterprises, including livestock grazing, sustainable forestry, community gardens and traditional large-scale agriculture. The Renewable and Alternative Energy at Superfund Sites: Harnessing New Sources of Power (PDF) (16 pp, 4.8MB, About PDF) provides an overview of renewable and alternative energy opportunities at Superfund sites.
- Superfund site reuse can support healthier communities. SRI’s new Healthcare Uses at Superfund Sites: Providing Access, Restoring Communities (PDF) (3 pp, 2.6MB, About PDF) fact sheet provides information about several Superfund sites providing healthcare resources for communities. The Recreational Uses at Superfund Sites: Enhancing Health, Revitalizing Habitat (PDF) (3 pp, 1.5MB, About PDF) fact sheet describes how many Superfund sites provide much-needed recreational amenities for communities, such as outdoor sports fields, children’s play areas, ecological habitat, walking trails and more.