Grantee Research Project Results
2005 Progress Report: Rocky Mountain Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (RM-TTAB) Program
EPA Grant Number: TR831579Title: Rocky Mountain Training and Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (RM-TTAB) Program
Investigators: Mellott, Kevin
Current Investigators: Shackelford, Charles D. , Burgher, Karl , Kevin, Mellott
Institution: Montana Tech of the University of Montana
Current Institution: Colorado State University , Montana Tech of the University of Montana
EPA Project Officer: Aja, Hayley
Project Period: April 1, 2004 through March 30, 2007 (Extended to March 30, 2008)
Project Period Covered by this Report: April 1, 2005 through March 30, 2006
Project Amount: $180,000
RFA: HSRC - TTAB Brownfields (2003) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , Land and Waste Management
Objective:
Since its inception in 1995, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program has grown into a proven, results-oriented program that has changed the way contaminated property is perceived, addressed, and managed. EPA’s Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. It is estimated that there are more than 450,000 Brownfields in the United States. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land, and both improves and protects the environment. Initially, EPA provided small amounts of seed money to local governments that launched hundreds of 2-year Brownfield “pilot” projects. Through passage of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, effective polices that EPA had developed over the years were passed into law. The Brownfields Law expanded EPA’s assistance by providing new tools for the public and private sectors to promote sustainable brownfields cleanup and reuse.
Brownfields grants continue to serve as the foundation of EPA’s Brownfields Program. These grants support revitalization efforts by funding environmental assessment, cleanup, and job training activities. Brownfields Assessment Grants provide funding for brownfields inventories, planning, environmental assessments, and community outreach. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants provide funding to capitalize loans that are used to clean up brownfields. Brownfields Job Training Grants provide environmental training for residents of brownfields communities. Brownfields Cleanup Grants provide direct funding for clean-up activities at certain properties with planned greenspace, recreational, or other nonprofit uses.
EPA’s investment in the Brownfields Program has resulted in many accomplishments, including leveraging more than $6.5 billion in Brownfields clean-up and redevelopment funding from the private and public sectors and creating approximately 25,000 new jobs. The momentum generated by the Program is leaving an enduring legacy. The Brownfields Program and its partners have provided guidance and incentives to support economic revitalization and empowered communities to address the brownfields in their midst. EPA’s Brownfields Program continues to look to the future by expanding the types of properties it addresses, forming new partnerships, and undertaking new initiatives to help revitalize communities across the nation.
The Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRC) Technical Assistance to Brownfields for Communities (TAB) Program is directed by Kevin Mellott at Montana Tech and addresses brownfields sites throughout EPA Region 8. The objective of the Rocky Mountain Regional HSRC TAB Program is to provide technical assistance to meet the needs and desires of the community or group seeking assistance.
Progress Summary:
Approach, Results, and Benefits
Activities to provide technical assistance can take many forms, including leadership training, risk assessment, training concerning brownfields processes and site assessment, and technical information concerning clean-up alternatives. Leadership training for community leaders focuses on the technical side of clean-up activities, interaction with government agencies, environmental regulations, clean-up technologies, and risk assessment. Risk assessment training is provided for local government planners, developers, and community members to help build knowledge of basic mechanisms and protocols of risk assessment. Topics include site inventory, characterization, end use, and environmental quality requirements as part of the measurement of risk. Training covering the technical aspects of the brownfields redevelopment process is provided to a variety of stakeholders. Specific subject matter is tailored to local requirements and interests. Training on the assessment of hazardous waste sites helps community leaders and local government environmental professionals develop a better understanding of site assessment principles. Sessions focus on integration of assessment with land use decisions and provide information about the acceptable tools for data collection. Local government officials, developers, and environmental/planning professionals are provided with the technical information needed and taught how to make decisions on the use of appropriate technology for sustainable land use.
The TAB Program differs from the Technical Outreach Services for Communities Program (TOSC), yet should incorporate similar principles of involving stakeholders, meeting stakeholder needs, building trust, creating teams of individuals with a wide range of expertise, and continuous improvement. Our approach, therefore, includes the following:
- Because TAB projects involve a wide range of contaminants and issues, the Rocky Mountain Regional HSRC will assemble an interdisciplinary group of faculty and staff to work with projects. The group of faculty and staff will vary with project needs.
- In addition to identifying appropriate faculty and TAB staff, stakeholders with a wide variety of opinions must be consulted.
- The TAB Program will work with the group requesting assistance to develop an initial agreement that establishes community needs and describes outcomes.
- Evaluation of TAB projects will be ongoing. The initial agreement will identify mechanisms for formal evaluations.
The Rocky Mountain Regional HSRC is assisting EPA Region 8 brownfields in many ways, such as through the development of print-based materials (creation of handbooks or compilation and review of literature); through face-to-face meetings, conferences, seminars, and workshops; or through use of technologies (such as the Internet including development of Web sites, Internet-based instruction, Internet conferencing, or electronic newsletters). Each of these methods will be used as appropriate to help communities better understand technical issues and support redevelopment of Brownfields.
Benefits of this project are many. The project will provide assistance to a variety of stakeholders. The Rocky Mountain Regional HSRC will involve faculty and staff from the Center depending on community needs and faculty expertise. The effectiveness of outreach programs will be improved by incorporating a variety of face-to-face and technology-based methods to work with stakeholders. Our ultimate goal is to assist in the redevelopment of Brownfields properties by providing information and support to communities.
Status of Current TAB Sites
Crow Nation, Montana
Background. A former carpet mill (Bighorn Carpet Mill) located on the Crow Tribal Reservation has been designated a Brownfield site by the EPA. The Crow Nation has received a Brownfields pilot grant to perform an environmental site assessment and plan for cleanup. This work will allow the Crow Nation to develop plans for converting the property into a productive community-based facility.
Concerns.
- Water Quality Issues.
- Coal Bed Methane Issues.
- Coal Mining Issues.
- Public Health Issues.
- Underground Storage Tank (UST) Issues.
- Ground Water Issues.
- Non-Point Source Pollution Issues.
- Environmental Justice Issues.
- Air Pollution.
Activities/Status. The TAB Program has provided education to the Crow community on the air permitting process as well as the air permit modification request by the Rocky Mountain Power Plant. The Crow community is very concerned with the building of a Coal Burning Power Plant located in Hardin, Montana, located on the Northern Border of the Crow Reservation and the State of Montana. The TAB Program also worked with the State of Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality to provide a public meeting to both the Hardin community as well as the Crow Tribal Government concerning the air permit modification.
Accomplishments. The TAB Program has provided a constant link between EPA and the Crow Tribal Government during the political changes. During this time the TAB Program has assisted the Crow Tribal Government in maintaining a Brownfields presence while working with several new Brownfields Coordinators. The TAB Program has also provided outreach on the status of the Big Horn Carpet Mill to the Crow community. In March of 2004 the TAB Program participated with the Crow Brownfields Program in providing the Crow Community with an update of the various Brownfields projects. Information concerning the Big Horn Carpet Mills Phase I and II Assessment, the Crow Brownfields Job Training Program, as well as the Crow Brownfields Programs award of State and Tribal Response Program was announced. This was the second meeting to help inform the community of the progress of the Brownfields Programs. The TAB Program, in conjunction with the Crow Brownfields Job Training Program, has provided the Crow Community with extensive outreach associated with the environmental issues that plague the Crow Reservation. In November of 2004 Mark Peterson of the Mine Waste Technology Program at Montana Tech conducted a public meeting to educate the community on the air permit modifications proposed by the Rocky Mountain Power Plant. Approximately 50 Crow residents attended.
Future. The TAB Program will continue to maintain contact with the Crow Tribal Government and Tribal College (Little Big Horn College) to provide outreach associated with the environmental concerns that plague the Crow Reservation. The Crow Brownfields Job Training Program Grant ended March 30, 2005. The TOSC Program will maintain contact with the Crow Tribal Government to assist in future brownfield assistance. Currently the Brownfields Department at the Crow Nation is looking into UST mapping and cleanup. The TAB Program will assist their program in the coming months.
Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana
Background. The Gross Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes, referred to as the Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC), reside on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. In 1888, an Act of Congress established the reservation. The site for the Fort Belknap Agency as the government headquarters was informally established in 1889. The reservation is located in remote north central Montana, and is included in portions of Blaine and Phillips Counties and about 40 miles from the Canadian border. The boundaries of the reservation are the Milk River to the north, the Little Rocky Mountains to the south and survey lines to the east and west.
On July 19, 2001, EPA awarded the FBIC a Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Grant. There are currently two sites that have been designated by the EPA and the Fort Belknap Community Council as Brownfields Assessment Pilot Sites: the Old Agency Landfill and the Snake Butte rock quarry, both of which are located wholly on tribally owned lands. The Old Agency Landfill, located 1 mile east of the Agency, was in operation for approximately 60 years. During this time, the landfill reportedly accepted residential, industrial, and agricultural wastes and allegedly received unspecified amounts of pesticides and PCBs. Residents, federal agencies, and health facilities utilized the landfill for years since the agency was formed in the early 1900s. The landfill was closed in 1970. The Snake Butte rock quarry, located approximately 10 miles south of the Agency, was utilized by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in the 1930s for obtaining rip-rap during the construction of the Fort Peck Dam. Upon completion of the dam, the butte was left without any form of cleanup. There remains evidence of blasting, railroad construction, and other debris that have damaged the area.
Concerns.
- Mining Issues.
- Landfills.
- Groundwater.
- Environmental Justice.
- Chemical Contamination.
- Pollution Prevention.
- Cultural Sites.
Activities/Status. The TAB Program has provided Brownfields Workshops to the Fort Belknap community and has worked with the Fort Belknap Environmental Protection Program in evaluating requests for proposals (RFPs) associated with the Brownfields Assessment Grant. The TAB program has also been assisting FBIC with completing the reporting requirements associated with Brownfields Job Training Program. The TAB Program will continue to assist in public outreach and education to the Fort Belknap Community.
Accomplishments. The TAB program began working with the FBIC in the Fall of 2002, though Montana Tech and the Mine Waste Technology Program have had a long working relationship with the FBIC. In 2002 FBIC had requested assistance with their Brownfields Assessment Grant, concerning the Snake Butte Rock Quarry and a former landfill located near the Milk River. This program has provided environmental education to the Fort Belknap Reservation as well as working closely with Sherry Bishop, Fort Belknap’s Brownfields Coordinator assisting with reports and questions concerning Brownfields Programs.
The TAB program has assisted FBIC with public outreach planning as well as review of the RFP process and technical review of the Phase I and Phase II assessment reports. The FBIC was awarded a Brownfields Job Training Grant in June of 2003 and has requested assistance in providing education associated with the Grant. The TAB Program has worked closely with Sherry Bishop, Fort Belknap’s Brownfields Coordinator assisting with reports and questions concerning the Brownfields Program.
Since June of 2004 Montana Tech has provided the FBIC with six courses as part of their Brownfields Job Training Program.
Future. The award of a Brownfields Job Training Grant will provide the FBIC with a viable work force to continue to clean up both Brownfields sites, as well as any other environmental issues located on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The TAB program will continue to assist the FBIC in providing education to the community, as well as provide assistance with the Brownfields Job Training Grant. The TAB Program, along with the MWTP will bring a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response class to the Fort Belknap Environmental Department in November 2005 in an effort to assist the Hurricane Katrina victims. These students will be dispatched to New Orleans to assist in the cleanup.
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana
Background. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is in northwestern Montana along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Canada borders its 1.5 million acres to the north, and to the west is Glacier National Park. The largest community on the reservation is Browning, it is home to Blackfeet Community College. There are eight major lakes and 175 miles of fishing streams on the reservation. Tribal permits are required to fish on the reservation. The tribe operates four campgrounds. There are 14,700 enrolled tribal members; about 7,000 live on or near the reservation.
A manufacturing plant on the reservation produces pencils, pens, and markers. This factory is the center of concern with the community. This site was a former superfund site, and the community is concerned with the cleanup that took place. One of the Brownfields Programs goals is to sample the ground water near the pencil factory for TCE. Other major uses of the land are ranching and farming. The principle crops are wheat, barley, and hay.
Concerns.
- Superfund Cleanup.
- Landfills.
- Groundwater.
- Environmental Justice.
- Chemical Contamination.
- Pollution Prevention.
- Cultural Sites.
Activities/Status. The TAB Program conducted a half day Brownfields 101 course at the Blackfeet Community College in April of 2004. The TAB Program has provided the Blackfeet Environmental Department samples of successful Brownfields Job Training Programs Proposal.
Accomplishments. Conducted a Brownfields 101 Course in April of 2004. This course was broadcast on the local channels to the Blackfeet Community. The TAB Program has also been contacted by the Blackfoot Environmental Program to provide technical review of their Brownfields Job Training Grant.
Future. The TAB Program has been working with the Blackfeet Environmental Office on determining possible educational short courses that we can provide that would be beneficial to the Blackfeet Community. It is expected in May for all Brownfield grant proposals to be awarded by EPA. The Blackfeet Community College has submitted a Brownfields Job Training Grant with Montana Tech being a partner in the grant.
Newburg, Missouri
Background. Newburg is a small, rural, south-central Missouri community impacted by a railroad yard brownfield. This site is being cooperatively managed by the TAB teams at Kansas State and Montana Tech.
Newburg was founded by the Frisco railroad in the early 1880s. An announcement came in 1882 by the Frisco officials that the railroad’s division point between Springfield and St. Louis would have to be moved due to the engineering requirements of fueling, watering, and repairing engines, and other maintenance needs. The crews needed a place to rest and the passengers had to be fed. A great flurry of activity ensued with Rolla and Newburg fighting it out in the local papers. The railroad had its mind set and a round house was built, maintenance buildings erected, a hotel constructed, the Houston House (as it is known today), and a town sprung up. The meat market in Newburg was known for its cuts and folks from Rolla (10 miles away) used to travel to Newburg for grocery shopping…imagine that 100 years ago. By the 1940s, as diesel engines took over, the need for Newburg’s railroad presence faded, and it became a sleepy location nested on the banks of the Little Piney River.
Today Newburg is being reborn, and Montana Tech and Kansas State are helping to get that done. The Houston House is getting a facelift, a championship golf course is being constructed down the road toward Fort Leonard Wood, the community is in the process of redeveloping a 27 acre brownfield between town and the river for a park, historic interpretation of the Round House Foundation and the Railroad story are also being developed, a high school track will be built, and other businesses will be reborn. In addition, a tourism emphasis is being examined to take advantage of the Mark Twain National Forest that sits to the south. Newburg is becoming an excellent example of successful multicenter TAB cooperation.
Concerns.
- Fuels and Oils.
- Groundwater and Soil Contamination.
- Socioeconomic Development.
Activities/Status. The community has engaged with the railroad to acquire 27 acres on the Little Piney River. The Bank of Newburg has committed funds for the land. The community has also purchased the Houston House, a flagship project of Historic Redevelopment. We are currently waiting for Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad to review the Environmental Agreement again. It is their first buy-sell for a Missouri-Brownfield, and they are reviewing everything many times.
Blase Leven and Terrie Boguski reviewed original and revised Phase I Environmental Assessment reports and a Phase II Assessment report for a former railroad maintenance and switching facility, per request of the city. The reviews included suggestions that the City may wish to discuss with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (who paid for the assessment work) to ensure they qualify for liability exemptions as a prospective purchaser, to understand the regulatory status of potential environmental concerns, and to understand future requirements if the property is purchased for redevelopment. A written input was provided on July 28th and September 19th.
Accomplishments.
- Meetings with the community are held about once a month.
- The City has contracted with the Railroad to purchase the first 27 acres.
- Additional lands may be acquired over time.
- Missouri has committed funds: $80,000+ for a targeted assessment.
- TAB is helping the community with the technical aspects of the characterization.
- The Houston House has been purchased.
- Frank Fear of Michigan State and graduate students, are engaged and writing a case study about the site.
Future. Ed Mahoney, also from Michigan State, has agreed to contribute. He and Frank are both faculty of the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, and Ed is a leading national tourism expert. Ed travels the entire United States and in some parts of the world to help many types of organizations with their tourism efforts. He will come to Newburg in the near term as well to observe, inspect, and make recommendations. Newburg is in the foothills of the Ozarks and abuts the Mark Twain National forest.
The Community Visioning Session will continue into the spring.
Montana Tech is also involved with the socioeconomic development, community and public relations, and the baseline implementation of a visioning effort. Karl Burgher visits Newburg every couple months or so from West Virginia. Kansas State will follow up with visioning sessions with their landscape architects and contribute their brownfields technical expertise. Both Montana Tech and Kansas State will be involved with any further characterization that is necessary and perhaps a Job Training Grant into the next fiscal year.
Shelby, Montana
Background. Shelby was named after Peter P. Shelby, general manager of the Montana-Central Railroad. In 1891 the Great Northern was making its way to Marias Pass; the builders threw a box car from the train and called it a station. Shelby himself is believed to have said that Shelby would not amount to much. He was wrong; Shelby grew into a center for distribution and trade for 50 miles in every direction.
In the late 1890s the town was a cowboy town with hardly any fences or homesteaders. By 1913 there were 5,000 entries for land in just one office. Homesteaders flooded into the area. The homesteaders suffered droughts and became very desperate. By the 1920s there was an exodus of homesteaders. In 1921, Gordon Campbell, a geologist, found oil that stretched all the way to the Canadian border. New life came to Shelby. Shelby is historically significant for the Dempsey-Gibbons World Heavyweight Championship prizefight held there on July 4, 1923. An excellent Indian artifact collection is on display at the Toole County Library.
The Marias River, named after Meriwether Lewis’ cousin, winds its way through town, past the Marias Valley Golf Course and Country Club as well as Williamson Park, where camping and outdoor recreation can be found. With a population of 3,300 today, Shelby is attempting to regain some of its past splendor. This brings us to the Shelby Middle School and its importance to the community to be used as a revitalization tool. The Shelby Middle School is one of three schools that have been abandoned in the area after the new kindergarten-6th grade elementary school was built.
The Town of Shelby has been awarded a Brownfields Clean-up Grant, and Lorette Carter, Community Economic Development Director contacted the TAB Program to assist them through this process.
Concerns. The primary concerns related to this site are asbestos, lead, historic preservation, and of course economic redevelopment.
Activities/Status. The TAB Program has just been contacted, and I am currently scheduled for my first sight visit in July. I have contacted Stephanie Wallace, Montana’s EPA Brownfields Coordinator, to inform her of our involvement as well as to request for the city of Shelby a Targeted Brownfields Assessment Application. I have forwarded on the application to Mrs. Carter.
Accomplishments. The TAB Program is in the initial stages of communication with the City of Shelby.
Future. I look forward to assisting the City of Shelby with understanding the Brownfields Programs as well as helping with their community revitalizations.
Status of Inactive TAB Sites
Bear Paw Development, Hill County, Montana
Background. Hill County is located in north central Montana covering an area of approximately 2,896 square miles with a total population of 16,673 (or a population density of approximately 5.8 persons per square mile). The largest community within Hill County is Havre with a population of 9,621 (based on the 2000 census), and the primary industry in the county is agriculture. Hill County also includes a portion of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and is the regional trade center for the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. According to the 2000 census, 2,884 American Indians live in Hill County.
The BNSF Railway maintenance shop is located in Havre along with a diesel-refueling stop for all trains traveling Montana’s northern line. A total of approximately 35 trains per day travel through Havre and utilize the diesel refueling station. A variety of light manufacturing plants are also located in the community, as well as former gas stations, paint shops, dry cleaners, and various agriculture-related businesses.
Concerns. The concerns related to this site include railroad refueling and maintenance areas (BNSF), abandoned USTs, former industrial properties, former autobody repair and paint shops, nonpoint source pollution, and groundwater contamination.
Activities/Status. Since this project is in the early stages, the TAB program’s primary goal will be to help identify potential development opportunities and to provide information and support to the Havre community. The TAB program will offer various meetings and workshops to help the community better understand the technical issues surrounding the Brownfields program.
Hill County’s Brownfields Grant Proposal was denied by EPA for funding this last year. They have requested from the TAB program groundwater training to better understand some of the environmental issues that plague them. In addition, TAB will be working with Kansas State University to develop an “Institutional Control” map of contaminated areas for city planning. This map will serve as a tool for Havre and as an example case study for Kansas State University to develop an institutional control project.
Accomplishments. At the request of Hill County, TAB personnel completed a site visit and presentation of the TAB capabilities in March 2003. Hill County submitted the application for funding to EPA in March 2003, with an expected notification of award in June 2003. Although Hill County was not awarded funding, Hill County is expected to resubmit the application this next year and has requested training on topics such as introductory hydrogeology, groundwater contamination, and Brownfields development.
Future. TAB will meet the needs of the community by creating and providing educational materials, workshops, and/or presentations, as necessary. Overall, the public will develop an enhanced understanding of a variety of issues, such as groundwater contamination from petroleum contaminated sites, so that private investors will more likely consider developing local real estate. The “Institutional Control” map of contaminated areas may be used as a planning tool for Havre.
Spirit Lake Reservation, Fort Totten, North Dakota
Background. The Spirit Lake Sioux belong to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Band. The Tribe’s ancestral grounds lie in what is now Minnesota. An 1862 gold discovery in Minnesota enticed gold seekers and settlers through Minnesota Sioux Country, resulting in the Minnesota Uprising that same year. Following this conflict, many of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Band migrated southwest to what is now known as the Fort Totten, North Dakota, area. The reservation was established in 1867 by a treaty between the United States Government and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Bands. The Candeska Cikana Community College just recently received a Brownfields Training Grant and has requested TAB assistance.
Concerns. The concerns at this site include contamination to groundwater and surface water, brownfields issues, hazardous waste, and cultural issues.
Site History. The TAB program has had a long standing relationship with Fort Totten and the Candeska Cikana Community College. This relationship began during the original HSRC program when Kansas State University was the lead institution for the HSRC representing EPA Regions 7 and 8. During the transition period between the current Rocky Mountain Regional HSRC and the former HSRC, the TAB program has been monitoring and maintaining communication with this community. Recently, the TAB program assisted this community with issues concerning their Brownfields Job Training Grant. This site is currently closed, but future requests for TAB assistance will be evaluated at the time of the request.
Activities/Status. Fort Totten and the Candeska Cikana Community College, located on the Spirit Lake Reservation, have contacted the TAB Program requesting assistance with their Brownfields Job Training Grant. In particular, they needed help locating educational contractors. The TAB Program has provided assistance in locating and contacting contractors to provide their job training. This was completed and assistance was terminated. This site will be closed.
Accomplishments. The TAB Program has provided Fort Totten and the Candeska Cikana Community College with the contact information of local educational contractors as requested.
Future. Future involvement with the TAB Program will be evaluated upon need for assistance as well as budgetary issues.
Gold Hill Mesa Tailings Site–Colorado Springs, Colorado
Background. This 200-acre site formerly contained a gold ore processing plant. The ore was shipped to the site from mines located in the Cripple Creek mining area. The site, located within the city limits of Colorado Springs, has been abandoned for several years.
Recently, the site has been proposed for high-density residential use. An environmental assessment was performed under the State of Colorado’s Voluntary Cleanup Program. The results of that assessment identified the presence of several heavy metals in the soils and concluded that the site was appropriate for residential use if soil was stabilized and a cap placed over the site. Site grading is under way.
Concerns. Community members living nearby have been concerned about three principal issues:
- Does the proposed capping provide sufficient protection for the prospective residents?
- Are adequate measures being taken to suppress dust during the site grading?
- Will there be contaminated runoff from the site into the nearby stream system?
Site History. TAB activity began in the winter of 2002 and ended in the summer of 2003. Although this site had a relatively short life as a TAB project, the lines of communication that were formed by TAB’s involvement between the community, EPA, and the State of Colorado were substantial. As this project continues to develop, the TAB program will remain idle, unless the community requests more appropriated TAB assistance.
Activities/Status. TAB met with community members to ascertain concerns and to develop an understanding of the site. Community members took TAB representatives on a tour of the site and provided preliminary documentation regarding site activities. This site is temporarily closed.
Accomplishments. TAB has created an awareness of the regulatory process used in assessing this site and has facilitated access to current environmental records, thus permitting community members to decide on an appropriate course of action. TAB has directed the community to the appropriate history and environmental documentation.
Future. This site will be closed by the TAB Program, but EPA and the State of Colorado will continue working with this community. TAB will remain accessible to community requests.
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