Property Details for Emerson

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Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Property Owner

Government

ACRES Property ID

14344

Property Address

822 NE Emerson St. Portland, OR 97211

Size

.08

Parcel Numbers

R261271

Latitude/Longitude

45.5617899 / -122.657475

Congressional District

Property Contact

Henry, Clark

clarkh@bes.ci.portland.or.us

5038235863

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Portland Office of Transportation, City of	BP98029501	OR	Showcase Community	1996
Portland, City of	BF96024101	OR	Assessment	2005
Portland, City of	BF97068801	OR	Assessment	2003

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Cleanup Planning	$19,200.00	11/01/2005	06/29/2006	Portland, City of	N
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$2,000.00	11/01/2000	03/31/2001	Portland Office of Transportation, City of	N
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$18,898.00	10/01/2005	11/25/2005	Portland, City of	Y	FY09

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $40,098.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $40,098.00

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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

Contaminant Found

Lead

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Cleaned Up

Media Affected

Soil

Remediating Action for Media

Cleaned Up

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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.

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Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:

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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

Indicate whether Institutional Controls are required

Yes

Categories of Controls

Government Controls

Additional Institutional Controls Information

This property is listed under DEQ's Independent Cleanup Program. Soil containing unsafe lead levels has been confined to a small space in the back of the property. The area has been fenced off and there is a sign warning visitors of the contaminated soil. This confined area will be used as a testing ground for phytoremediation on lead contaminated soil. The remaining portion of the property has been developed as a community garden and learning facility.

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Are Institutional Controls in Place

Yes

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

Yes

Categories of Controls

Security (e.g., Guard, Fences)

Additional Engineering controls information

The area in the back of the property where OSALT will test phytoremediation on lead contaminated soil is fenced off as well as marked with a sign warning visitors of lead.

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are in place

Yes

Date Engineering Controls were put in place

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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

Property Highlights

Title of this property was transferred from Multnomah County to the nonprofit Oregon Sustainable Land Trust in October 2008. Work has now begun, in partnership with nonprofit Groundwork Portland, to transform the site into an educational community youth garden and phytoremediation demonstration project. Unsafe lead levels are confined to a small area. Soil from there will be moved to the back of the property. Regular soil monitoring is integral to the project, approved by the state Department of Environmental Quality. If successful, it would mean similar contamination at other tracts around the country wouldn't need to be hauled away at significant cost and "made someone else's problem," Newman says. Andrea Hamberg, program manager for Groundwork, says a key step under way is asking residents for ideas, including what to grow for food in the safe soil that poses no health risk. A meeting is planned before summer. "People are ready to start planting," Hamberg says. But none of it would have happened without Kelley, whom she calls "a determined and persuasive lady." (PPF- Data Clarification news article from Ernie DeWaters, EPA Region 10, 4/2/09).

Former Use: residential

Predominant Past Usage

Residential (.08)

What types of funding are being used on this property?

Hazardous

State and Tribal Program Information

ID Number (if Applicable): ECSI ID: 4754 Enrolled: 02/10/2004

Date No Further Action Letter Received

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional