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259828
50 New Mexico Highway 592 SANTA FE, NM 87506
8.34
35.781238714488 / -105.938820160418
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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
R6 TBA - New Mexico (BIL)4Bn/aNMTBA2022


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$15,276.5803/04/202404/18/2024R6 TBA - New Mexico (BIL)YFY24


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $15,276.58
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Total Funding: $15,276.58


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 8.34
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Background: The Subject Property consists of an 8.34-acre vacant lot located at 50 New Mexico Highway 592, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, 87506. Land uses in the vicinity are residential and vacant desert. The Subject Property is currently vacant with a portion of the site that is utilized as a household trash and recycling collection center. There are no permanent structures present. A gated gravel entrance road leads from New Mexico Highway 592 to a fenced area containing several dumpsters for trash and sorted recyclables. A dirt road is present in the southwest portion of the property leading to a groundwater monitoring well adjacent to the fenced area.

This assessment revealed one REC in connection with the Subject Property: REC#1: The Tesuque Transfer Station and Legacy Dumpsite, the Subject Property, was utilized as a community dumpsite as early as the 1950s through the 1970s. Historical arial photographs indicate potential waste piles and dumping activity at the site from 1952 through 1966, with a large-scale, site wide surface disturbance and grading being visible in 1976, indicating burial and closure. Additional debris is noted as having been deposited at the site on the 1997 aerials. Site reconnaissance reveals multiple scattered piles and rows of solid waste present on the surface and partially buried across the site. Several piles are present above grade, and eroded areas indicate the presence of buried debris in many locations. Material observed within and around the site includes, but is not limited to, waste concrete, brick, stone, pvc drainage pipe, metal containers and drums, glass bottles, broken glass, remnants of metal furniture and vehicles, and tires. While it was customary practice for rural communities to utilize surface dumpsites such as this for waste disposal prior to current solid waste regulations, the nature and quantity of the materials deposited at this site is unknown and represents a potential adverse impact to the soil and groundwater. The presence of a historical, unregulated community dumpsite operating at the Subject Property is considered a REC.
One non-scope consideration was also identified: average radon levels in Santa Fe County exceed the EPA's recommended average indoor level of 4.0 pCi/L. Depending on property reuse, a radon evaluation may be desirable. No historical recognized environmental conditions (HRECs), controlled recognized environmental conditions (CRECs), VECs or significant data gaps were noted.

Recommendations are that an additional evaluation be conducted on the Subject Property to further quantify any environmental risks that may be associated with the identified REC. Specifically, soil and groundwater sampling and evaluation are recommended to determine whether buried materials at the dumpsite have impacted the Subject Property.


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Release 3.0.2