Region 4 Excellence in Site Reuse Award
Region 4 has been successful in facilitating the redevelopment of Superfund sites across the Region. This success is largely due to the hard work and creative thinking of EPA project staff and the cooperation of site owners, local governments and developers. To recognize these cooperative outcomes, Region 4 created the "Excellence in Site Reuse" award to give to those who had gone above and beyond in redeveloping a Superfund site.
Background
Region 4 established the "Excellence in Site Reuse" award to recognize those who have supported the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative through outstanding efforts when redeveloping a Superfund site. Region 4 has been very successful in facilitating the redevelopment of Superfund sites. Many developers, site owners, and local governments have worked closely with Region 4 to ensure that sites are redeveloped in a manner to enhance the remedial actions taken and/or minimize the Agency's responsibilities for long term care and maintenance. This award was established to recognize these outstanding efforts.
Eligibility
The "Excellence in Site Reuse" award can be given to a developer, site owner or local government who has demonstrated excellence in working cooperatively with Region 4 to ensure the reuse of a Superfund site was complimentary with the remedial actions taken and may have even enhanced the remedial actions.
Evaluation Criteria For "Excellence in Site Reuse" Award
- Enhancement of the selected remedy
- Reduction of EPA's long term stewardship responsibilities
- Effect on local community
- Enhanced monitoring of institutional controls (neighborhood watch)
- Design of redevelopment complementary with long term implementation of selected remedy
Site Award Winners
To date, Region 4 has given "Excellence in Site Reuse" awards to 22 projects at sites located in six different states. Awards will continue to be granted to sites meeting the above eligibility and evaluation criteria.
- US Finishing/Cone Mills - 2023
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Mayor John Tecklenburg, City of Charleston; Caroline Freeman, Superfund and Emergency Management Division Director, EPA Region 4; Carol Kemker, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA Region 4; Rick Kessler, Senior Advisor for Implementation, EPA OLEM; and Henry Porter, Chief, Bureau of Land and Waste Management, SC DHEC; with Clark Davis, CEO of Highland Resources, Excellence in Site Reuse Award recipient. - Piper Aircraft, Inc., Florida (Piper Aircraft Corp./Vero Beach Water & Sewer Department Superfund Site) – 2019
- ABB, Inc., South Carolina (Henry’s Knob Superfund Alternative Site) – 2017
- CSX Transportation and Atlantic Land & Improvement, Florida (Raleigh Street Dump Superfund Site) – 2016
- ExxonMobil (Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company [VCC] sites) - 2016
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee (TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Fly Ash Superfund Site) - 2015
- City of Jacksonville, Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, Regency Centers, NAI Hallmark Partners and the Mt. Sinai Missionary Holiness Church, Florida (Jacksonville Ash Site and Brown’s Dump Site) – 2015
- Jacksonville Ash Reuse Snapshot
- Brown’s Dump Reuse Snapshot
- EPA Announcement
- Hub City Humane Society/ Chuck and Gayle Davis, Mississippi (Davis Timber Company Superfund Site) - 2014
- Forsite Development, North Carolina (Martin-Marietta Sodyeco Superfund Site) - 2014
- PCS Joint Venture, Ltd., BASF Corporation and The Williams Companies, Florida (Landia Chemical Company Superfund Site) - 2013
- City of Orlando and Lake Highland Preparatory School, Florida (Former Spellman Engineering Site) - 2013
- Haywood Vocational Opportunities, Inc., North Carolina (Benfield Industries, Inc. Superfund Site) - 2012
- City of Charleston, South Carolina (Calhoun Park Area Site) - 2012
- Lexington County, South Carolina (Lexington County Landfill Superfund Site) - 2011
- City of Camilla, Georgia (Camilla Wood Preserving Superfund Site) - 2011
- Broward County, Florida (Davie Landfill Superfund Site) - 2010
- Hillsborough County, Florida (Taylor Road Landfill Superfund Site) - 2010
- Town of Arlington, Tennessee (Arlington Blending and Packaging Superfund Site) - 2009
- City of Fort Valley, Georgia (Woolfolk Chemical Superfund Site) - 2009
- City of Tallahassee, Florida (Cascade Park Gasification Plant Superfund Site) - 2008
- Port Salerno Industrial Park, Florida (Solitron Microwave Superfund Site) - 2008