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Property Details for Former Egan Mill


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152544
Bothwick Road Ely, NV 89301
1444.5
010-420-06
39.2830555555556 / -114.867777777778
2
Chow, Eugenia
Chow.Eugenia@epamail.epa.gov
415.972.3160


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RP00T10001NVSection 128(a) State/Tribal2009


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,042.0006/05/201206/30/2012Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources YFY13
Phase II Environmental Assessment$25,100.0006/05/201206/30/2012Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources N


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $28,142.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $28,142.00


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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


Lead
Other Metals
PCBS
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
11/30/2012$14,180.0006/18/2013Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Yes


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1444.5
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged:
EPA Cleanup Funding: $14,180.00
Leveraged Funding:
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $14,180.00


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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

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The State of Nevada assessed this property utilizing 128(a) funding at the request of the City of Ely, NV because of residents concerns regarding a number of discarded and damaged electric capacitors found on the site that were believed to have contained PCBs. Soil samples were selectively collected in the Phase II environmental site assessment in the vicinity of the abandoned capacitors, particularly if staining of the soil was visible. The analyses of these soil samples did indicate contamination by PCBs.

Former Use: The site consists of approximately 97 percent vacant land that comprised the former Georgetown Ranch. In the 1950's, a mill was constructed on approximately 40 acres of the site and operated as the Egan Mill Company Inc. processing ore that was mined off-site and transported to the mill. The mill was operated for approximately 30 years until 1980 by several different owners and was used to process ores of gold, silver, and lead. Following the mill's closure, the site was assessed several times in the USEPA's PA/SI program, but a ranking score could not be located in the NPL database. After the end of mill operations materials and equipment abandoned by the company and illegal dumping post-closure have caused concerns to nearby residents, largely agricultural, over the potential of contamination. The Nevada 128(a) Brownfields program intends to provide resources to help the City of Ely address the most compelling threat to human health and the environment found in the Phase I and Phase II ESAs, which are the abandoned electric PCB-capacitors and the small amounts of surface soil that they have impacted. The City still plans redevelopment on the site, either commercial use or has a City park, but the the City will need to find additional resources to manage and clean-up the metals contamination issues and other RECs identified in the Phase before this redevelopment can happen.
Industry (40)
Hazardous
06/18/2013


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