Unsticking Stuck Brownfields
By By Ken Kastman
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 Sometimes the unique physical characteristics of a brownfield cause
redevelopment to get stuck. Technology can be helpful in “unsticking” the
redevelopment process when given enough broad thinking and patience. A few
examples can help explain what I mean.
The Ohio River Park Superfund site in Allegheny County, Penn., was
slated to cost $30 million, an amount that dramatically slowed the remediation
process. A bright engineer/scientist noticed during an annual review that
natural attenuation of contaminants in the groundwater was occurring at a rapid
rate. The potentially responsible party requested and received an eight-year
period to demonstrate that monitored natural attenuation (MNA) could replace the
selected pump-and-treat remedy. The MNA technical solution unstuck the
remediation process and allowed development to proceed. The property is the
first U.S. EPA Region 3 Super fund site to have been sold. The property has been
developed as a Title IX sports complex for the Robert Morris University.
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