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Property Details for POBT Zone 4, Property 14, PSRC, Tax 91


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118401
RPP00000117800A Ponderay, ID 83852
3.35
RPP00000117800A
48.3054806 / -116.5338037
1
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
City of PonderayBF01J67401IDMultipurpose2019
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality2B00J03401IDAssessment2009


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$2,071.0011/26/201204/15/2013Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase I Environmental Assessment$8,663.0012/01/201009/30/2011Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$3,846.0004/13/201208/31/2012Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase II Environmental Assessment09/30/2011Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase II Environmental Assessment09/30/2011Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$57,383.0005/24/201208/31/2012Idaho Department of Environmental QualityN
Supplemental Assessment$1,793.0002/04/201102/16/2011Idaho Department of Environmental QualityYFY20
Supplemental Assessment$17,729.0005/24/201208/31/2012Idaho Department of Environmental QualityNFY20
Supplemental Assessment$506.0012/19/201204/15/2013Idaho Department of Environmental QualityNFY20
Supplemental Assessment$1,050.0008/30/201309/30/2013Idaho Department of Environmental QualityNFY20
Supplemental Assessment$272.0007/09/201409/30/2014Idaho Department of Environmental QualityNFY20


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $93,313.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $93,313.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media


Arsenic
Cadmium (Cd)
Lead
Mercury
Other Metals
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3.35
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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

Start DateLeveraged FundingCACompletion Date
09/12/2006$17,833.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$3,000.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$120.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$800.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$10,600.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$3,000.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
09/12/2006$8,000.00Idaho Department of Environmental Quality


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

POBT Zone 4, Property 14, PSRC, Tax 91 is located on the former Panhandle Smelting and Refinery Company property. The PSRC facility was built in 1904 as a lead/silver smelter for local mines and the first ingots were poured on June 12, 1907. Production continued until legal action stopped the smelter in July 1907. After a retrofit with larger furnaces and other equipment, the smelter started back up on October 20, 1908, and ran sporadically through March 1909. Salvage crews dismantled the plant and scrapped all salvageable materials in December 1922. Not much remains today, except crumbling foundation walls, brick piles, ore and waste piles, and a large outcrop of smelter slag - locally known as �Black Rock.� Because of past smelting activities, the soil in this area contains high levels of lead and other metals which present potential human health impacts associated with metals contamination of soils, unprocessed ore and smelter slag. Under the POBT Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant, IDEQ�s contractors completed Phase I ESAs on the five POBT Zones and the 19 properties identified in EPA Site Eligibility documents in 2010 and 2011.In November 2011, IDEQ�s contractor conducted an Extended Phase II ESA and risk assessment on Properties 11, 12, 13, and 14 (no access was secured for Property 15 (BNSF ROW). Findings of this assessment identified that soils across a portion of Property 11 and 14 contained heavy metals (primarily lead) at concentrations exceeding Idaho Initial Default Target Levels (IDTL) and Residential Use Screening Levels (RUSLs). In May 2012, IDEQ�s contractors completed a supplemental Phase II waste characterization and groundwater investigation on Properties 11 and 14. Quantities of waste piles that would need to be remediated were determined. Groundwater results were found to be below IDTLs. Based on information from these investigations, Property 11 and 14 have soil metals concentration that exceed risk based standards. In order to address the risk associated with metals, IDEQ is requesting an analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives (ABCA) to evaluate and cost potential cleanup scenarios. IDEQ�s contractor will develop an �interim� analysis of ABCA that will serve as a �stop-gap� focusing on public awareness, temporary signage of PSRC, and more extensive signage. The contractor will identify and provide preliminary planning level cost estimates for multiple remediation alternatives necessary to safely and effectively address the contaminants of concern.

Former Use: POBT Zone 4, Property 14, PSRC, Tax 91 is located on the former Panhandle Smelting and Refinery Company property. Built in 1904 as a lead/silver smelter, the first ingots were poured on June 12, 1907. Production continued until legal action stopped the smelter in July 1907. After a retrofit with larger furnaces and other equipment, the smelter started back up on October 20, 1908, and ran sporadically through March 1909. Salvage crews dismantled the plant and scrapped all salvageable materials in December 1922. Not much remains today, except crumbling foundation walls, brick piles, ore and waste piles, and a large outcrop of smelter slag - locally known as �Black Rock.� Because of past smelting activities, the soil in this area contains high levels of lead and other metals which present potential human health impacts associated with metals contamination of soils, unprocessed ore and smelter slag. In November 2011, IDEQ�s contractor conducted an Phase II. Findings of this assessment identified soils across a portion of Property 11 and 14 contained heavy metals (primarily lead) at concentrations exceeding Idaho Initial Default Target Levels (IDTL) and Residential Use Screening Levels (RUSLs). Groundwater results were found to be below IDTLs. In order to address the risk associated with metals, IDEQ is requesting an analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives (ABCA) to evaluate and cost potential cleanup scenarios.
Industry (3.35)
Hazardous
Enrolled: 10/20/2009


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