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Property Details for Water Tower Site No.1


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243677
434 South Capital Avenue IDAHO FALLS, ID 83402
.8
RPA2650012001A
43.48886802023691 / -112.04563200103381
2
Griffith, Terri
Griffith.Terri@epa.gov
206-553-8511


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Idaho Falls, City ofBF01J50701IDAssessment2018


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$5,370.0002/19/202003/19/2020Idaho Falls, City ofYFY21
Phase II Environmental Assessment$31,790.0004/13/202006/12/2020Idaho Falls, City ofN


Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $37,160.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $37,160.00


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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


Arsenic
Mercury
None
Other Metals
PAHS
Petroleum Products
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Unknown


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: N
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: .8
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

The Property consists of Bonneville County tax lot RPA2650012001A owned by the City. Current Property zoning is "Exempt Land." Property operations include a City park (Capital Park - South). The Property is an irregularly shaped parcel of land on the east bank of the Snake River, west of South Capital Avenue. The area to the north and south of the Property is a continuation of the Capital Park - South. Land use in the vicinity of the Property is a mix of residential and commercial. Historical records indicate that the northern portion of the Property was occupied by two residences from the early 1890s until the 1970s. The southern portion of the Property was occupied by a brewery by the early 1900s until the early 1910s, by a stone cutting company in the early 1920s, and was vacant by the 1940s. The Capital Park - South, of which the Property is a part, was developed by 1980. Surrounding land uses have included residential and commercial, including a trailer park from the 1950s until the 1970s (adjacent south of the Property), a printing shop from the late 1880s until the early 1900s (~500 feet northeast of the Property), a painting shop in the early 1890s (~500 feet northeast of the Property), a laundry facility in 1900 (adjacent north of the Property), a neon sign factory in the 1960s (~500 feet northeast of the Property), a metal welding and fabrication business from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s (~200 feet south of the Property), and an automotive machine shop from the mid-1990s until present (~200 feet south of the Property). A brewery that utilized coal was present on the Property around 1900. This historical Property use, which included coal storage and use of coal as a fuel source, is considered a REC for the Property. A phase II ESA was conducted at the Site. GRO, DRO, and ORO have been detected in soil samples collected at the Property, but no IDEQ SLCs or USEPA RSLs have been established for GRO, DRO, or ORO. No VOCs were detected in soil at concentrations at or above their respective IDEQ SLCs or USEPA RSLs. Metals concentrations in soil did not exceed USEPA RSLs except for arsenic in 7 of 7 soil samples. However, arsenic concentrations (up to 5.25 mg/kg) did not exceed the USGS metals background concentrations for Bonneville County of 5.4 mg/kg. Therefore, arsenic in soil does not warrant mitigation. Lead (165 mg/kg) and mercury (0.173 mg/kg) in the soil sample collected from boring location B-4 at 7.5 feet bgs exceeded the USGS metals background concentrations for Bonneville County of 34.9 mg/kg and 0.032 mg/kg, respectively, but the levels of these metals were below the most conservative risk-based screening levels. Benzo(a)pyrene in B-4 (0.119 mg/kg) exceeded the USEPA resident soil RSL of 0.11 mg/kg, but not the USEPA industrial soil RSL of 2.1 mg/kg. Given current land us as a park and proposed future land us as a water tower site, composite worker RSL exposure assumptions are considered to better represent the current and proposed human exposure scenario at the Property. Therefore, no mitigation of benzo(a)pyrene is warranted to protect current or proposed future human health. Contamination above levels warranting further evaluation was not identified during the Phase II ESA. Another Property was selected for the water tower site and no redevelopment is planned at the Property at this time.
Greenspace (.6) Residential (.2)
Petroleum


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