Superfund Redevelopment

Superfund Redevelopment Celebrates Its 10-Year Anniversary

In July 2009, EPA will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative, and the work done to help communities across the country reclaim Superfund sites and bring down the barriers that have kept many of them vacant and underutilized for decades. As part of this 10th Anniversary milestone, SRI is highlighting reuse stories from around the country on its website over the course of 2009.

More Information on the SRI 10 Year Anniversary

10-Year Anniversary Site Reuse Spotlight

Redevelopment of the Tex-Tin Superfund Site (PDF) (1 pg, 60K, About PDF)

To facilitate redevelopment at the Tex Tin Superfund site, EPA, Texas City officials, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and site developers collaborated to put to use several tools offered by EPA. A Superfund Redevelopment Initiative Pilot Grant in 2001 and the nation’s first Ready for Reuse determination in 2003 paved the way for the Site’s on-going redevelopment as the Texas City Phoenix International Terminal. The new terminal will include warehouse distribution, freight forwarding, container storage facilities, and a full-service truck stop to support the nearby deep water terminal.

SRI Pilot Program snapshots for 2001 (PDF) (23 pp, 278K, About PDF)

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

Program Related News

• New Superfund Redevelopment Videos
  Superfund Redevelopment has finalized two new videos that highlight how partnerships and collaborative efforts at Superfund sites can positively impact local communities and help with long term site stewardship.
• New Superfund Ecological Reuse Report - Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties Into Community Assets (PDF) (83pp, 8MB, About PDF)
  EPA's Technology Innovation Program has developed a document that provides technical information to assist property managers and other stakeholders better understand and coordinate considerations for ecological revitalization. The document summarizes technical considerations for implementing ecological revitalization of wetlands, streams, and terrestrial ecosystems during cleanup and highlights EPA initiatives and resources that are available.
  Clu-In provides additional resources on ecological reuse.
• New Superfund Reuse Economics Report - "Challenges in Applying Property Value Studies to Assess the Benefits of the Superfund Program"
  The Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation released a report in January 2009 that discusses the theory and applicability of hedonic price valuation, and reviews the challenges that exist when using available property value studies to assess the benefits of Superfund site cleanup activities. Learn more about insights into the effects of NPL sites on property values.

Site-Specific News

• Solitron Microwave Superfund Site
  In December 2008, EPA Region 4 presented the Port Salerno Industrial Park (PSIP) in Port Salerno, Florida with an "Excellence in Site Reuse" award. PSIP received the award for developing the Solitron Microwave Superfund Site in a manner which has enhanced EPA's cleanup approach at the site and resulted in the revitalization of the property and the surrounding community. The reuse of the 20-acre Solitron Microwave Superfund site is also providing an opportunity to transform a stigmatized, long-vacant piece of property into a valued community asset. More Information...
• Many Diversified Interests, Inc. (MDI) Case Study (PDF) (12 pp, 3.1MB, About PDF)
  EPA has recently developed a case study for the MDI Superfund site in Houston, Texas. An innovative approach – the first-ever agreement between EPA and a non-liable party for the cleanup of a Superfund site – has led to the 36-acre site's cleanup and a planned residential development with hundreds of homes.