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Private
253309
1800 16th Street SHEFFIELD, AL 35660
3.4
21255
34.75840998103769 / -87.7047470340993
4
Perry, Olga
Perry.Olga@epa.gov
404-562-8534


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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
City of SheffieldBF00D71018ALAssessment2018


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,287.1806/24/202207/26/2022City of SheffieldYFY23


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $3,287.18
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $3,287.18


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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




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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: N
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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3.4
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Reasonably ascertainable records for the subject property extended back to approximately 1908. Data failure occurred prior to that date, between 1908 and 1914, between 1914 and 1936, and between the 1970s and 1990s. However, PM did not identify any significant data gaps during the completion of this Phase I ESA.

The future property owner and developer plans to convert the property into a greenspace to serve as such within a larger scale project to create a connective pedestrian trail in north Alabama.

Standard and other historical sources were able to document that the property was residentially developed in the northeastern portion and vacant land associated with the Sheffield Steel Range and Stove Company (manufacturing operation further to the north) in the northwestern portion prior to 1908. The structures were demolished by 1914 and the southern portion redeveloped with the current warehouse structure by 1936. The garage structure was added between 1962 and 1970.

Due to a lack of available historical records, PM was unable to determine occupancy from construction of the warehouse to the 1950s. According to city representatives, the building was used to produce rubber ball cores for baseballs and golf balls in the 1950s and 1960s and was then used to store and bale paper for recycling (exact timeframe unknown). The building has been owned by Tennessee Valley Recycling since at least 2000 and leased by SA Recycling for storage of recycling materials.

This assessment has revealed no evidence of recognized environmental conditions connected with the property except the following:

* Historical interior waste streams associated with the former rubber manufacturing operations would have consisted of general hazardous substances and/or petroleum products. This time period preceded major environmental regulations and current waste management and disposal procedures. The historical waste management practices associated with the former tooling operations are unknown and may be a source of subsurface contamination.

* During the site reconnaissance, PM observed pitting/cracks in the concrete floors and petroleum-based staining in the area of the pitting/cracks of the warehouse floors. PM was unable to determine the source of the staining. Additionally, a strong petroleum odor was noted in the warehouse. The potential exists for general hazardous substances and/or petroleum products to have seeped through the concrete into subsurface soils.

The following adjoining and/or nearby RECs have been identified:

* The north adjoining property, located at 700 W 20th Avenue, has been used for recycling operations since the 1950s. Large piles of metals are stored outside on the property. Long term weather exposure to equipment or metal that contain residual lubricating oils can result in rinsing petroleum-based or other hazardous substances, including metal shavings, onto the ground. Based on the close proximity, long term operations and documented groundwater flow to the south (towards the subject property), the potential exists for contamination to be present on this property and to have migrated onto the subject property.

* The southeast adjoining property, identified as 755 W 20th Avenue, has been used for wood treatment operations since 1982. Historical interior waste streams associated with the former operations would have consisted of general hazardous substances and/or petroleum products. Additionally, lumber piles were stored at the exterior of the property, from which chemicals may have leached. Although a previous soil sampling event was performed in 1999, it appears to have been limited to shallow soils surrounding a former aboveground storage tank (AST) and did not include other portions of this property or groundwater sampling. Due to the long-term operations, and documented direction of groundwater flow to the south and west, the potential exists for subsurface contamination to be present from spi
Industry (3.4)
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