U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Redevelopment Focus List Copyrighted
February 5, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4.
ITEM TITLE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Superfund Redevelopment Focus List
SUMMARY: City Manager transmitting a news release from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) advising of the
Agency's Superfund National Priorities List of
redevelopment sites that references the Jule Transit
Operations Center.
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(Lenexa, Kan., Jan. 17, 2018) -Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) released its initial list of Superfiind National Priorities List (NPL) sites
with the greatest expected redevelopment and commercial potential. Inchtded in
that list is the Peoples Natural Gas Superfitnd Site in Dubuque, Iowa.
"EPA is more than a collaborative partner to remediate the nation's most
contaminated sites. We're also working to successfully integrate Superfiind sites
back into communities across the country;" said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
"Today's redevelopment list incorporates Superfund sites ready to become
catalysts for economic growth and revitalization."
Superfiind redevelopment has helped countless communities reclaim and reuse
thousands of acres of formerly contaminated land. Superfiind sites on the list have
significant redevelopment potential, based on previous outside interest, access to
transportation corridors, land values, and other critical development drivers.
The city of Dubuque and Iowa Department of Transportation own the Peoples
Natural Gas site properties. A new bus storage, maintenance, and driver training
facility for Dubuque's Jule public transit system is located on-site. The site offers
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potential for additional redevelopment, including support and education facilities
for a solar array on an adjacent property.
The list is intended to direct interested developers and potential owners to
Superfund sites with redevelopment potential, but does not necessarily include
all possible sites with similar potential.
The sites on this list are in alphabetical order and not ranlced in any particular
way. As of Jan. 11, 2018, the Superfilnd Redevelopment List is:
• Aerojet General Corp., Rancho Cordova, California
• Aircraft Components, Benton Harbor, Michigan
• Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creelc/Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo,Michigan
• Armour Road,North Kansas City, Missouri
• Arrowhead Refinery Co., Hermantown, Minnesota
• BoRit Asbestos, Ambler, Pennsylvania
• BLu7ker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex, Smelterville, Idaho
• Crater Resources Inc./Keystone Colce Co./Alan Wood Steel Co., Upper
Merion Township, Pennsylvania
• Eagle Mine, Minturn, Colorado
• Florida Steel Corp., Indiantown, Florida
• Frontier Hard Chrome, Inc., Vancouver, Washington
• Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., Columbits, Mississippi
• Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp., Jacksonville, Florida
• Koppers Co., Inc., Charleston, South Carolina
• Libby Asbestos and Libby Groundwater Sites, Libby, Montana
• Many Diversified Interests, Inc., Houston, Texas
• McCormick& Baxter Creosoting Co., Portland, Oregon
• Metal Banlc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• MGM Bralces, Cloverdale, California
• New Sedford, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Operating Industries Inc. Landfill, Monterey Park, California
• Peoples Natural Gas, Dubuque, Iowa
• Pepper Steel &Alloys, Inc., Medley, Florida
• Quendall Terminal, Renton, Washington
• Raymark Industries, Inc., Stratford, Connecticut
• Roebling Steel Co., Burlington County, New Jersey
• Sanford Dry Cleaners, Sanford, Florida
• Sharon Steel Corp., Midvale, Utah
• St. Louis River Site, Duluth, Minnesota
• U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills, Greenville, South Carolina
• U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Inc., East Chicago, Indiana
In July 2017, the Superfund Taslc Force released its xecommendations to
streamline and improve the Superfund program, inchiding a focus on
redevelopment training, tools and resources towards sites on the NPL.
EPA will worlc diligently with developers interested in reusing these and other
Superfitnd sites; identify potentially interested businesses and industries to keep
them apprised of redevelopment opporhinities; and continue to engage with
community groups in cleanup and redevelopment activities to ensure the
successful redevelopment and revitalization of their communities.
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Administrator Pri.iitt has set the expectation that there will be a renewed focus on
accelerating work and progress at all Superfiind sites across the country. The
Superfund program remains dedicated to addressing rislc and accelerating
progress at all of its sites, not just those on the list. The list is intended to be
dynamic. Sites will move on and off the list as appropriate.
For more information,please visit EP�1's website.
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