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Property Details for 802 N Westnedge Ave/438 & 442 W Frank St


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802 N Westnedge Ave/438 & 442 W Frank Street KALAMAZOO, MI 49007
.46
06-15-150-018, 06-15-150-019, 06-15-150-120
42.298949363383 / -85.5897993545
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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Kalamazoo County GovernmentBF00E03048MIAssessment2021


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$1,489.1308/15/2024Kalamazoo County Government
Phase I Environmental Assessment$2,732.8108/15/202410/23/2024Kalamazoo County GovernmentYFY25
Phase II Environmental Assessment$16,169.6309/23/202411/13/2024Kalamazoo County GovernmentN
Supplemental Assessment$654.5009/23/2024Kalamazoo County Government


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $21,046.07
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $21,046.07


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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


Arsenic
Lead
Mercury
Other Metals
Petroleum Products
Selenium (Se)
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
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.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .46
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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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
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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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 Subject Property consists of three separate legal parcels occupying a combined approximately .47 acres. The Subject Property is currently a vacant fenced lot. All three parcels of the Subject Property were historically developed with private residences formerly located on the southern portion of the site along W. Frank Street and razed between 1908-1960. The central 442 W. Frank Street parcel of the Subject Property was historically two separate parcels that included commercial operations (aka 812 N. Westnedge Avenue). Commercial operations began in the 1930s and consisted of celery packing and pie bakery. The celery packing business was relocated prior to 1932 and pie baking operations expanded to occupy the entire commercial building inclusive of additions/connected buildings constructed over time. The Subject Property continued to be occupied by a pie bakery until 1965. The Subject Property was then vacant until 1998 when the entire Subject Property was known as Persepolis Automobiles and used for automobile repair, service, and sales from 1998 to 2006. The Subject Property has remained unoccupied since that time. The Subject Property went through foreclosure with the City of Kalamazoo becoming the parcel owner in 2009. The City razed the commercial building in 2009, and the Subject Property has remained a vacant lot since that time. The Phase I Environmental Site Assessment revealed no evidence of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) in connection with the property except for the following:
- The historical use of the Subject Property as an automotive repair and service business from 1998 to 2009.
- The presence of fill material on the Subject Property and the 2013 identification of select PNAs in soil at levels exceeding current Part 201 GRCC.

The Phase II ESA results indicate the presence of fill material in soils across the site with the fill material persisting to depths of up to 5 feet bgs at select locations. Metals impacts to the shallow soil fill material have been identified across the site with the concentrations of select metals exceeding GRCC. The concentrations of arsenic in soil at multiple locations exceeds the Residential Direct Contact Criterion. The identification of VOCs and PNAs in soil was limited to select petroleum-based compounds with the identification of VOCs and PNAs in excess of GRCC limited to the footprint of the historical automotive service building. No VOCs or PNAs were identified in groundwater. The metals lead and selenium were identified in groundwater in excess of GRCC, which may be attributable to turbidity during sample collection. No VOCs were identified above method detection limits in the soil gas samples.
The presence of petroleum-based VOCs and metals in soil and groundwater above EGLE cleanup criteria demonstrates that the parcels meet the definition of a "facility" as defined by Part 201 of NREPA.
The "facility" designation indicates that the preparation of a Baseline Environmental Assessment will be applicable to a new owner/operator of the parcels in order to obtain an exemption to remedial liability for preexisting contaminant conditions and that "due care" considerations will be applicable going forward.
The "due care" obligations generally focus on not exacerbating contaminant conditions and ensuring there will be no unacceptable health exposures. Typical "due care" considerations include appropriate management of soils and groundwater potentially generated during redevelopment activities. Based upon the Phase II ESA results, all soils generated from any portion of the Subject Property should be presumed to be contaminated and disposed of at a Type II landfill if they cannot be managed onsite. Groundwater should similarly be managed as contaminated based on the presence of lead and selenium unless further characterization of groundwater demonstrates lead and selenium are in-fact not present above GRCC.
No contaminants of concern were identified in th
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