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East Mount Zion Superfund Site: Revitalization to Benefit the Community
Citation:
Sharpe, L., Katelyn Barrett, M. Cron, J. Essoka, J. Harvey, G. Ferreira, A. Mandell, C. Maurice, T. Newcomer-Johnson, K. Patnode, AND B. Pluta. East Mount Zion Superfund Site: Revitalization to Benefit the Community. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600-R-21/317, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
The intent of this report is to provide the community with background on the revitalization project, an overview of how community input was solicited, and how that community input was used to develop the site revitalization plan. It is designed to be plain language and aimed at the general community.
Description:
This report provides a general overview of revitalization efforts undertaken at the East Mount Zion landfill site, a closed 10-acre Superfund site located in Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. A partnership between EPA, ORD, PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), York County, PA, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was created under the RESES program to pursue this site revitalization. Although the site is protective of human health and the environment, East Mount Zion site managers wanted the site to provide additional social and ecological value to the community. A steering committee was established with members from federal, state, and local agencies who worked together with community members to: 1) identify potential revitalization options at the site; 2) identify community values for future use of the site; and 3) identify options for the site that best meet manager needs and community values. This project demonstrates an example of how nature’s benefits to people (also referred to as ecosystem services) can be incorporated into community engagement and site revitalization. This report describes the background and goals of the effort, the work done by the project team and community members, and future plans for the site. More specifically, this report provides an overview of the four-step project process: Technical Workshop Ecosystem Modeling Stakeholder Workshop Plan Implementation and Monitoring