Reusing Superfund Sites: Commercial Use Where Waste is Left

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Table of Contents

Preface . i

1. Introduction 1

Purpose 1

Superfund Redevelopment Initiative . 2

Integrating Reuse Plans With Cleanup Remedies 3

Organization of Report 6

2. Site Configurations and Remediation Approaches for Commercial Reuse 7

Closed-in-Place Sites . 7

New Containment Systems . 7

On-site Waste Treatment Facilities 9

Common Containment Methods and Features 9

Cover Systems . 9

Gas Collection and Treatment Systems . 11

Groundwater Extraction and Treatment Systems 11

Diversion Walls . 11

Solidification/Stabilization . 12

Permeable Reactive Barrier Walls . 12

3. Remedial Design Considerations for Commercial Facilities . 14

Settlement and Subsidence 14

Types of Sites Likely to be Affected . 15

Evaluating Settlement and Subsidence 15

Cover Integrity 16

Considering Subsidence and Differential Settlement in Planning Facilities 16

Foundations . 17

Deep Foundations . 17

Shallow Foundations . 18

Managing Gases 19

Utilities . 20

Site Access 22

Other Design Considerations 22

Paved Surfaces 22

Surface Vegetation . 23

Surface Water Management 25

Ensuring the Effectiveness of the Remedy 24

Planning and Design . 24

Ensuring Containment System Integrity . 24

Operating and Maintaining Remedy Components . 25

Institutional Controls . 26

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Reusing Superfund Sites: Commercial Use Where Waste is Left on Site

4. Redevelopment Case Studies . 29

Denver Radium 30

Raymark Industries . 32

Mid-Atlantic Wood Preservers . 34

Ascon Landfill . 35

Ohio River Park 38

Rentokil, Inc. 41

Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site 42

5. Bibliography . 44

General Remediation Approaches and Regulatory Requirements 44

Commercial Facility Requirements . 47

Finding EPA Publications 48

Appendix A. Key Monitoring and Maintenance Needs at Containment Systems 49

Appendix B. Waste Sites With Commercial Use Over Containment Systems 50