Jake?s Recycling Center #1 (former) on Railroad Avenue (West Louisville) and is roughly 7 acre in size and is located adjacent to the City-owned Transload facility. The transload facility enables area industrial firms to load and unload goods being shipped on the Kansas City Railroad with greater ease and less expense. The Transload facility is adjacent to the American Creosote Superfund Site and is a part of the reuse and redevelopment plan for the area adjacent to but outside the footprint of the Superfund Site (https://semspub.epa.gov/work/04/11018964.pdf). The City conducted All Appropriate Inquiry in 2012, prior to taking ownership of this former salvage yard; and the Phase I ESA (ASTM E1527-05) did not identify any ?recognized environmental conditions.? Regulatory review of information in the Phase I ESA in 2016, using the updated E1527-13 Standard, indicates that a Phase II ESA is necessary given its obvious use as a salvage yard and from a review of the pictures in the Phase I ESA of obvious waste areas. Former Use: � Fire insurance maps indicate the property was undeveloped and was used to store railroad ties and piles of lumber in the year 1925. During this time it is likely the railroad ties stored on the property were treated with creosote, which is a source of polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAH). The past use of the target property to store railroad ties is considered to represent a REC. The target property appeared developed as a cotton compress facility with railroad tracks traversing north to south to the east of the facility on the 1942 fire insurance map. Jake Rich purchased the target property around 1982. City directories list the target property as Louisville Iron and Metal Company for the years 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1987. The property is listed as Jake?s Iron and Metal, Inc. or Jake?s Recycling for the years 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2014. Jake?s Recycling Center #1 (former) is located adjacent to the City-owned Transload facility. The transload facility enables area industrial firms to load and unload goods being shipped on the Kansas City Railroad with greater ease and less expense. The Transload facility is adjacent to the American Creosote Superfund Site and is a part of the reuse and redevelopment plan for the area adjacent to but outside the footprint of the Superfund Site (https://semspub.epa.gov/work/04/11018964.pdf). The City conducted ?All Appropriate Inquiry? in 2012, prior to taking ownership of this former salvage yard; and the Phase I ESA (ASTM E1527-05) did not identify any ?recognized environmental conditions.? Regulatory review of information in the Phase I ESA in 2016, using the updated E1527-13 Standard, indicates that a Phase II ESA is necessary given its obvious use as a salvage yard and from a review of the pictures in the Phase I ESA of obvious waste areas. Due to detected pollutant concentrations exceeding MDEQ Tier 1 TRGs in soil and groundwater samples collected from TW-13 and SB-14/TW-14, further assessment is recommended. Specifically, further assessment is recommended on the western property boundary to evaluate if offsite migration is likely.
