The Phase II Environmental Site Assessment ESA Report for the Neighborhood Progress Incorporated Reimagining Cleveland Project Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was submitted on October 13, 2011. The report summarizes the investigation at the properties identified by Neighborhood Progress, Inc. NPI as high- and medium-priority. Phase II activities were completed under a Targeted Brownfields Assessments TBA grant using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA funds at the high- and medium-priority Cleveland Land Bank Properties Sites. This work was completed for the United States Environmental Protection Agency U.S. EPA in response to a request from NPI and the Ohio State University OSU Agricultural Extension Office. Work was completed to delineate the nature and extent of environmental degradation with emphasis on soil media, to facilitate redevelopment of the Sites for use as urban agricultural gardens, phytoremediation sites, and greening projects. The �high-priority� Sites consist of the following parcel numbers: 134-08-014,104-27-089,123-20-020,118-27-011,118-27-012,118-27-013,118-27-014,118-27-015,118-27-016,118-27-017, 118-27-018,118-18-053,118-18-054, 118-18-055,118-18-076,118-18-077,118-18-078,118-19-069,118-19-070, 118-19-071,118-19-072,118-19-074,118-19-075,118-19-076,008-14-072,105-33-036,105-33-037,105-33-038,and 022-04-039. The �medium-priority� Sites consisted of the following parcels:142-25-131,142-27-156,115-01-027, 115-01-028,020-06-013,106-14-014,106-14-015,016-14-017,006-30-009,006-30-010.
Former Use: This investigation focused on surface soil sample collection at 25 residential properties consisting of 54 separate parcels. According to historical information, the residential properties in the area of the Sites were developed in the 1920s through 1950s. From the 1990s to the present, the Sites were acquired by the City of Cleveland�s Land Bank program. NPI and the OSU Extension Office have been working with various nonprofit community groups to identify and redevelop favorable foreclosed parcels into urban agricultural gardens, phytoremediation sites, and greening projects. The U.S. EPA and Neighborhood Progress, Inc. NPI identified the properties as high- and medium-priority Cleveland Land Bank properties in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Eight Sites consisting of a total of 29 parcels were designated as �high-priority� since the parcels are expected to involve the participation of children in the planting and management of the proposed agricultural urban gardens. The Sites were also designated as �high-priority� if they were located near or adjacent to known commercial/industrial operations and/or major transportation corridors. The Phase II investigation consisted of the following scope of work: Field screening of the collected soil samples with a photoionization detector PID for volatile organic compounds VOCs. Collection of surface soil samples sampled to a depth of 12 inches and screening of each sample with an Innov-X� X-ray fluorescence XRF metals analyzer for total metals. Collection of composite soil samples sampled to a depth of 12 inches for submittal to EMSL Analytical, Inc. EMSL and Pace Analytical, Inc. Pace in Indianapolis, Indiana, for analysis of ACM and PAHs, respectively. WESTON flagged the soil sample collected from a predetermined location nearest the transformers for PCB analysis. Soil samples selected for PCB analysis were shipped to Pace. One VOC sample was collected at NPI Site No. 9.