Property Details for Former Gordon Refinery

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Profile Information
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

Private

ACRES Property ID

214861

Property Address

347-399 Bridges to Buttes Byway Gordon, NE 69343

Size

3.84

Parcel Numbers

810085461

Latitude/Longitude

42.79976684657473 / -102.1994244073486

Congressional District

Property Contact

Morris, Jennifer

Morris.Jennifer@epa.gov

913-551-7341

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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
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality	RP98732204	NE	Section 128(a) State/Tribal	2011
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality	RP98732205	NE	Section 128(a) State/Tribal	2015

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$18,818.00	10/09/2014	06/24/2015	Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality	Y	FY16

Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $18,818.00
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $18,818.00

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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

Chromium (Cr)
Lead
Other Metals
Petroleum Products
SVOCs
VOCs

Remediating Action for Contaminants

NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Cleaned Up
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up

Media Affected

Ground Water
Soil
Surface Water

Remediating Action for Media

NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Cleaned Up

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Cleanup Activities

Start Date	EPA Funding	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Cleanup Documentation
08/13/2018		01/30/2020	Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality	No
08/13/2018	$100,000.00	01/30/2020	Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality	No

Cleanup/Treatment Implemented:
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info: Removal of contaminated water in on-site sludge pits; solidification and disposal of sludge.
Address of Data Source:

Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 3.84
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 6
EPA Cleanup Funding: $100,000.00
Leveraged Funding: $234,104.94
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $334,104.94

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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

Categories of Controls

Additional Institutional Controls Information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Are Institutional Controls in Place

Date Institutional Controls were put in place

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are required

Categories of Controls

Additional Engineering controls information

Address of Data Source (URL if available)

Indicate whether Engineering Controls are in place

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:
Leveraged Funding:

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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

The property contains an open pit that holds a thick tar-like substance. The pit served as a disposal area for the byproducts of the refinery process. Sampling of the pit revealed elevated concentrations of chrysene and contained 11.3% total petroleum hydrocarbons by sample weight. Five ground water samples taken from private wells down-gradient of the site revealed no VOC or SVOC contamination. Several Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) are associated with the site and include the open pit, an unknown area on the west-central portion of the property where the pit contents were mixed with soil, inaccessible buildings and Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs), several areas with stained soil, and an unknown number of 55-gallon drums. Limited access to the site resulted in significant data gaps. Former Use: The site was the location of an oil and gas refinery that was in operation between the 1930s-1950s. Evidence of the past activity remains in the form of above-ground storage tanks (ASTs), buildings, and an open disposal pit containing sludge. The property is currently being used for storage of vehicles, farming equipment, and construction materials. Beginning in 2018, remedial work began related to the two open sludge pits on the property. Around 150,000 gallons of waste water were drained out of the pits and discharged under a general permit. The remaining sludge in the bottom of the drained pits was stabilized by the addition of hundreds of cubic yards of broken concrete that had been stockpiled on the property and additional concrete provided by the City of Gordon. The remaining space was filled with clean soil to two feet above grade to ensure positive drainage away from the former pits.

Predominant Past Usage

Industry (3.84)

What types of funding are being used on this property?

State and Tribal Program Information

Date No Further Action Letter Received

Date Letter/Signed Report Received from a Qualified Professional