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Property Details for Former Kaiser Aluminum Site


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Private
122645
Sec. 7,8,9, and 10 TS13S R12E, Tract A-4 Chalmette, LA 70043
39.91
29.939093 / -89.987383
1
Esquivel, Ana
Esquivel.Ana@epa.gov
214-665-2194


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Regional Planning Commission4B02F16401LAAssessment2022
Regional Planning CommissionBF96696801LAAssessment2009


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$4,000.0004/17/202305/16/2023Regional Planning Commission
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,000.0010/01/201011/17/2010Regional Planning CommissionYFY13


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $7,000.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $7,000.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Other Contaminants
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 39.91
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
N/AThis property does not incorporate demolition or cleanup activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping)
The site currently has two capped areas: the mound on River side of the site and an underground vault on the northeast side of the site. Both contain some spent potline mixed with fly ash. The cap has been approved by LDEQ and is maintained by TRC site owner.
Yes
07/23/1991


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
01/01/2010$35,000.00Regional Planning Commission


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
N/AThis property does not incorporate redevelopment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.


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Additional Property Attributes

The site was selected for a RE-Powering America Feasibility Study from EPA & DOE/NREL. The kick-off meeting was held in January 2012. The site visit was held on July 19, 2012. The final report was distributed by DOE/NREL on 1/16/2013: Feasibility Study of Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste in St. Bernard, Louisiana: A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative; Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/57082.pdf (PDF 2.0 MB)

Former Use: Kaiser Aluminum operated an aluminum plant at the site and disposed of the spent pot liner in a mound on the property. TRC acquired the site through a bankruptcy hearing in 2004. They are responsible for the continued oversight of the property, mainly keeping the grass cut and maintaining the fence. TRC is bound with Kaiser through their exit contract and the bankruptcy hearing to retain the environmental liability of the site. TRC is willing to donate the site to St. Bernard Parish, while keeping the environmental liability in order to alleviate their property oversight responsibilities maintaining the site. The bankruptcy judgment gave TRC funds to maintain the site however TRC does not have funding to cleanup the site. Spent potliner SPL from the aluminum process was landfilled at the site in a capped mound approximately 25 feet high on the river side of the site. The mound covers approximately 19 of the site?s 39 acres. At the time of closure, SPL was not classified as a hazardous waste, but has since been classified for the cyanide and fluoride components. There is a process whereby SPL can be treated with a cement kiln to break down the contaminants and render material that could be reused. There is approximately 300,000 to 400,000 cubic yards of material at the site that needs to be addressed. Initial estimates to remove the material are in the 10-20 million range, mostly due to transportation costs, although the costs may be lower since the river is close and the material could be barged out. There is a group in Alabama that was interested in the waste to treat and reuse, but it is too expensive to transport while it?s classified as a hazardous waste. There is talk to allow a variance in order to treat SPL through the cement kiln process, but it may be limited only to new SPL.
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