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Best Western Hotel
Private
221961
50 Prospect Avenue RUMFORD, ME 04276
3.66
Map 121, Lots 7 & 35
44.542717 / -70.549733
2
Peterson, Alan
Peterson.Alan@epa.gov
617-918-1022


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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
Androscoggin Valley Council of GovernmentsBF00A00459MEBCRLF2018
Androscoggin Valley Council of GovernmentsBF00A00043MEAssessment2015


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,498.0008/01/201610/07/2016Androscoggin Valley Council of GovernmentsYFY17
Phase II Environmental Assessment$40,649.0009/06/201602/10/2017Androscoggin Valley Council of GovernmentsN


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $44,147.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $44,147.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
Adoption of building codes that consider impacts from extreme weather events and natural disastersBuilding codes can encourage implementation of mitigation and adaptation techniques for extreme weather events and natural disasters. Codes may require that infrastructure be planned and built to avoid or minimize future damage or costly repairs from increased frequency and intensity of flooding, drought, wildfires, and other projected extreme weather/disaster events. Codes may also lead to energy savings for commercial and residential buildings by specifying minimum requirements for building components such as insulation, water use, heating and cooling systems, lighting, windows, and ventilation systems. Effective building code requirements may vary regionally due to differences in natural hazards.
Evaluate Reuse options that consider impacts from extreme weather events and natural disastersDiscussion of observed and forecasted natural hazard conditions and the associated site-specific risk are part of any reuse considerations. Both current and forecasted extreme weather events and natural disasters may impact the effectiveness of a remedial alternative.
Identify potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilitiesIdentify potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilities resulting directly from the impacts of increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and natural disasters. Possible risk factors and vulnerabilities may include proximity to the ocean, infrastructure vulnerabilities, property affected by a revised FEMA flood plain, drought monitor, or wildfire risk map, vulnerability related to changes in frequency and intensity of precipitation events, vulnerability of soil type due to moisture and hydraulic changes, and ground and surface drinking water vulnerabilities.


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Contaminants and Media


Arsenic
Asbestos
Lead
Other Metals
PAHS
Petroleum Products
SVOCs
VOCs
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Building Materials
Ground Water
Soil
Cleaned Up
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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: Y
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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3.66
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
Design of cleanup allowed for siting of weather-related and disaster-related resiliency measures in site reuseThe capacity of a system to maintain function in the face of stresses imposed by extreme weather events and natural disasters and to adapt the system to be better prepared for future related impacts.
Reduce energy usePractices to reduce energy use may include limiting or eliminating idling of heavy equipment; maximizing use of machinery with advanced energy saving controls; use of cleaner fuels to power machinery and auxiliary equipment; onsite carbon sequestration (e.g., soil amendments, revegetation); reducing fuel consumption to save energy; and maximizing use of renewable energy.
Reduce waste and manage materials sustainablyPractices to reduce water and manage materials sustainably may include minimizing consumption of virgin materials; minimizing waste generation; use of recycled products and local materials; beneficially reusing waste materials (e.g. concrete made with coal combustion products replacing a portion of cement); and segregating and reusing or recycling materials, products, and infrastructure (e.g. soil, construction and demolition debris, buildings).
Reduce water use and impacts to water sourcesPractices to reduce water use and impacts to water sources may include minimizing water use and depletion of natural water resources; capturing, reclaiming, and storing water for reuse (e.g., recharge aquifer, drinking water irrigation); minimizing water demand for revegetation (e.g., native species); and employing stormwater best management practice (e.g., installing and maintaining silt fences and basins to capture sediment runoff along sloped areas; use of gravel roads, porous pavement, and separated permeable surfaces to maximize infiltration of rainwater into the soil).


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

Yes
Information Devices
Yes
01/31/2023
Yes
Cover Technologies (e.g., Capping)
Yes


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
07/01/2019$7,500,000.00Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments07/01/2022


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Former Use: The property is currently improved with three buildings (the ?Site buildings?), which are described herein as the ?former Home Center building?, the ?former Hardware Store?, and the ?former Storage Warehouse.? Remaining portions of the Site consist of asphalt-paved and concrete-paved driveways, parking areas, and lumber storage yards, limited landscaping, overgrown vegetated areas, and wooded areas. Site development began in the early 1900s and numerous buildings and structures have been constructed and demolished at the property since its original development. Beginning in the early 1900s, the southern portion of the property was improved with an automotive garage, service center, and gasoline filling station and remaining portions were improved with a blacksmith shop, paint shop, and residential dwellings. By the 1920s and 1930s, two automotive service centers (garages) and gasoline filling facilities were improved at the southern and north-central portions of the Site, a dairy plant and ice house building was developed at the central portion of the property, and remaining portions were developed as a lumberyard and building materials business. These businesses reportedly operated at the Site until the 1940s and 1950s, at which time the existing Site buildings were constructed, expanded, and/or interconnected to existing buildings and utilized as Puiia?s hardware store, building supply, and lumberyard, along with a Town & Country general goods store. Reportedly, Puiia?s was the sole occupant of the Site beginning in the 1980s until the business closed in 2008. The Site has remained vacant to the present date.
Commercial (3.66)
Hazardous
ID Number (if Applicable): REM02631 Enrolled: 01/26/2017
01/31/2023


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