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High and Butler Street Redevelopment
Government
12669
400 High Street Hamilton, OH 45011
2
P64-41-001-000-030, P64-41-010-000-024
39.398889 / -84.561667
8
Auker, Karla
auker.karla@epa.gov
440-250-1741


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Hamilton Community Improvement CorporationBP98599601OHAssessment1998
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency4B00E03226OHAssessment2022
Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyRP06E01546OHSection 128(a) State/Tribal2020


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$5,200.0004/02/202106/16/2021Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyYFY23
Phase I Environmental Assessment$5,195.0009/06/202312/01/2023Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Phase I Environmental Assessment03/31/200003/31/2000Hamilton Community Improvement CorporationN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$17,463.0004/02/202106/16/2021Ohio Environmental Protection AgencyN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$89,460.0009/06/202312/01/2023Ohio Environmental Protection Agency


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $117,318.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $117,318.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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


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Contaminants and Media


Lead
Petroleum Products
VOCs
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Ground Water
Soil
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: N
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Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 2
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
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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

Yes
Government Controls
Dependent on cleanup and redevelopment activities
No
Yes
Other SSD system is in place
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
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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

4/11/2022 Ohio EPA: Former Use: iron works, parking lot. Phase I found 8 IAs from industrial activities with VOCs, SVOCs, PAHs, TPH, Metals as analytes. Phase II found soil exceedances for Pb and TPH.TCE above ALs in GW. Ground penetrating radar survey found no UST signatures.

4/24/2025 Ohio EPA: Findings from the Phase I investigations revealed that both the northern and southern parcels were historically utilized for machining and foundry operations from the late 1800s until the 1960s and 1970s. Generally, the machining and foundry activities undertaken on each parcel included, but were not limited to, the storage of oil and paint, blacksmithing rooms, transformer areas, tank usage areas, and machine shops. By the mid to late 1960s and into the 1970s, the buildings associated with manufacturing operations on both parcels were demolished, and the parcels were converted into city parking lots. Currently, the property continues to serve as parking. Analytical results from the environmental samples collected during the Phase II assessment indicate that soil contains concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and lead that exceed applicable District of Columbia Soil Standards (DCSS). Additionally, groundwater samples showed concentrations of perchloroethylene (PCE), dissolved arsenic, and cobalt that are above the relevant Underground Protection Water Standards (UPUS). To ensure that vapor intrusion risk goals are consistently met for future commercial land use, further confirmatory and temporal sampling of soil vapor will be necessary. Proposed remedial actions for the property to achieve compliance with applicable standards include implementing an environmental covenant (land use restrictions), actively remediating contaminated soil and groundwater, and addressing the vapor intrusion pathway, if needed, following confirmatory and temporal sampling results. Plans are also underway for a hotel and restaurant development on the parcels located at 425 Butler and 400 High Street. The Property does not currently meet applicable residential, recreational, or commercial/industrial VAP standards. Under these conditions, the Property will need to undergo remedial action to meet the requirements for No Further Action under the VAP.
Commercial (2)


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