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<br />EPA Superfund Site Cleanup & Redevelopment <br />MacGillis & Gibbs/City of New Brighton, Minnesota <br /> <br />Services provided: <br />. Phase I and Phase II Environmental Investigations <br />. Response Action Planning <br />. Community participation assistance <br />. Complex regulatory agency negotiations -MPCA, EPA, Minnesota Attorney General, and U.S. <br />Department of Justice <br />. Redevelopment plan design and technical assistance <br /> <br />Barr Engineering Company has been assisting the City of New Brighton on one of the first and most <br />successful cleanup and redevelopment efforts at Superfund Site in Minnesota. The MacGillis and Gibbs <br />Superfund site was a former wood treating facility located in Ncw Brighton, Minnesota. The 30-acre <br />wood treating facility was in operation from 1918 until 1977, and the operations resulted in extensive <br />contamination to the soil and groundwater from wood-treating chemicals, including pentachlorophenol, <br />creosote, and a copper-chromium-arsenic mixture. The Site was placed On both the State of Minnesota's <br />Permanent List of Priorities and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Nation Priorities List (state <br />and federal Superfund programs) in the 1980s. MacGillis & Gibbs was unable to respond to the <br />environmental cleanup requirements and declared bankruptcy in I 980s, leaving the City with a large <br />empty brownfield site along a main road near the City's downtown. <br /> <br />Over the past ten years, Barr has assisted the City and their legal experts on innovative approaches to <br />transforming a large, bankrupt brown field site into a new mixed-use urban development that has met the <br />City's growing needs for commercial and industrial redevelopment. The early portions of the work <br />preceded Minnesota's Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) Program, making the Site project one <br />of the first Superfund sites in Minnesota to undergo cleanup and redevelopment. More recent work has <br />been conducted under the VIC program. <br /> <br />The City's key efforts included assuming ownership of the bankrupt Site, and bringing together legal and <br />technical experts to work with regulatory authorities to establish appropriate and effective cleanup goals. <br />The complex effort involved numerous governmental units and development partners, and it has resulted <br />in cleanup and redevelopment of more than 70% of MacGilIis & Gibbs Site. The City is currently <br />working with Ryan Companies USA to complete redevelopment of the remainder of the Site. <br /> <br />Much of the cleanup has been funded by the state and federal Superfund programs, and Barr has <br />represented the City's interest during that work by providing technical review and comments on the <br />government-funded cleanup. The most contaminated areas of the Site have been remediated and <br />redeveloped into modern commercial and industrial use. The cleanup has included treatment and removal <br />of more than 13,000 cubic yards of metals-contaminated soils, 40,000 gallons of process waste, and 80 <br />tons of contaminated sludge. A groundwater recovery system continues to operate at the site removing <br />liquid product and shallow groundwater from beneath the area for treatment and discharge to the sanitary <br />sewer. <br /> <br />The project has provided the City with significant new tax base, provided critical modern commercial and <br />industrial development, and addressed the environmental concerns that threatened the community. <br /> <br />Barr Engineering Company <br /> <br />