Superfund Sites in Reuse in Nebraska

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10th Street Site

The 444-acre 10th Street Site Superfund site is in Columbus, Nebraska. Sampling by the state in 1983 found contaminants in city water supply wells. Further studies identified three dry-cleaning facilities as the source of soil contamination. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. A 2003 city ordinance banned use of private groundwater wells in the area of contamination. A groundwater treatment system installed in 2004 provides clean water to the city water system. EPA put vapor mitigation systems in nine residential and commercial buildings affected by contaminated vapors from groundwater. All three dry-cleaning facilities have been demolished. EPA dug up contaminated soil and replaced it with clean soil. Institutional controls restrict land use. These former source areas will be returned to the city of Columbus for future use. Residential and commercial areas above the area of groundwater contamination remain in continued use.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Bruno Co-Op Association/Associated Properties

The 64-acre Bruno Co-Op Association/Associated Properties Superfund site is in Bruno, Nebraska. It includes two once-contaminated municipal wells and a groundwater plume. Grain storage facilities opened on site in the 1940s. Past site operators treated grain with chemicals to control pests, resulting in the contamination of groundwater below the site. In 1984, testing by the Nebraska Department of Health found chemicals in two public drinking water supply wells. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1996. EPA temporarily supplied bottled water to affected residents and then connected their homes to the public water supply. Land use controls restrict use of the contaminated groundwater under the site. Water from Bruno’s former public water supply wells is now in use only for fire suppression. Residential and agricultural grain storage areas remain in continued use on site.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 2 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 8 people and generated an estimated $987,532 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Cleburn Street Well

The Cleburn Street Well Superfund site includes several areas of soil and groundwater contamination in downtown Grand Island, Nebraska. Prior to 1986, the Cleburn Street Well provided drinking water to the city of Grand Island. Contamination detected in the well in 1986 led to EPA’s involvement at the site. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1992. EPA traced contamination to three dry-cleaning facilities. A fourth source area is the former location of a solvents distribution company. EPA leads the cleanup of the well and former dry cleaners. Union Pacific Railroad owns the former solvents distribution location property. It leads the cleanup there. Cleanup includes groundwater extraction and treatment and in-place soil treatment. EPA took parts of the site off the NPL in 2019. Today, there are new and continued uses at the site. One of the dry cleaners remains active. Commercial uses on the other dry-cleaner properties include a car dealership and a tire repair shop. The city of Grand Island leases part of the former solvents distribution property for vehicle maintenance and equipment storage.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 4 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 10 people and generated an estimated $255,350 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Garvey Elevator

The Garvey Elevator Superfund site is in Adams County, Nebraska. Garvey Elevators (Garvey) owned and operated a grain elevator on 22 acres of the 106-acre property until 1998. Ag Processing (AGP) took over operations in 1998. AGP took ownership of the property in 2005. Carbon tetrachloride, which Garvey used to control pests in the grain until 1985, contaminated soil and groundwater at the site. The groundwater contamination extends about 5 miles from the facility. Prior to EPA’s involvement, Garvey did some cleanup activities under state oversight. They included providing a safe water supply for some affected homes and building groundwater and soil treatment systems on the Garvey property. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2005. Garvey agreed to investigate the contamination and evaluate cleanup options. Garvey also entered into an agreement with EPA and AGP to sell the property to AGP. Garvey used proceeds from the sale to characterize contamination at the site and evaluate cleanup options. In 2008, before completing this work, Garvey declared bankruptcy. EPA took over ongoing cleanup activities on the Garvey property and investigation of the area of groundwater contamination. EPA extended municipal water lines to all impacted and occupied residences. EPA has done some of the cleanup activities to address contaminated soil and groundwater on the 22-acre parcel. EPA designed the system to clean up the contaminated groundwater extending from the facility and had been awaiting funding to implement it. In December 2021, the site was among those selected by EPA to receive cleanup funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). With this funding, EPA is already initiating work on backlogged remedial construction projects and accelerating cleanups at NPL sites. The funding will support construction and operation of the groundwater extraction and treatment system plume. AGP continues to operate its grain storage facility on the 22-acre parcel and cultivate crops on site on the remainder of the property.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 28 people and generated an estimated $1,405,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Hastings Ground Water Contamination

The Hastings Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, uses treated water from the FAR-MAR-CO subsite as cooling water
Hastings Ground Water Contamination

The Hastings Ground Water Contamination Superfund site is in Hastings, Nebraska. It is one of EPA’s largest and most complex groundwater cleanup projects. Industrial operations, including former landfills, a coal gas plant, an industrial park and a grain elevator, contaminated soil and public and private water supplies. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1986. Cleanup included capping, alternate water supplies for affected users, a well inventory, land use controls, pumping and treating groundwater and groundwater monitoring. EPA divided the site into seven sub-sites to manage the cleanup. Closing wells, monitoring groundwater and limiting access to soil protected public health. EPA completed cleanup of some sub-sites and residential properties. Long-term cleanup activities are ongoing. In December 2021, the site was among those selected by EPA to receive cleanup funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). With this funding, EPA is already initiating work on backlogged remedial construction projects and accelerating cleanups at NPL sites. From the start of the Superfund process, EPA and the City focused on how the cleanup could benefit the community. Land uses on site include industrial, commercial, agriculture, and residential areas. With surface soil contamination cleanup complete at the former Naval Ammunition Depot sub-site, several private and public entities are now located there. They include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Nebraska National Guard, Central Community College and several private landowners. The Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District also maintains about 1,000 acres of the site as the McMurtry Waterfowl Production Area. The area provides protected habitat for migrating birds, whitetail deer, burrowing owls and prairie dogs. For more than 30 years, an agricultural products storage and handling facility has operated on the FAR-MAR-CO sub-site. After installation of the site’s 55-acre landfill cap in 2005, the City opened a dog park in the area. A racetrack, campground and golf course are also on site. The City uses the Second Street sub-site as a storage lot.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 42 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 1,731 people and generated an estimated $264,075,716 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co

The 2-acre Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co Superfund site is in Norfolk, Nebraska. A manufactured gas plant was on site from about 1902 to 1945. Waste products from the manufactured gas process contaminated soil and groundwater. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2016. In 2014, EPA oversaw the site’s potentially responsible party-led cleanup, which included building demolition and removal and off-site disposal of contaminated source material. Two public services energy utilities own parts of the site. The Black Hills/Nebraska Gas Utility Company part of the site is a concrete parking lot. The Nebraska Public Power District part of the site is a fenced gravel lot.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Lindsay Manufacturing Co.

The Lindsay Manufacturing Co. Superfund site is in Lindsay, Nebraska. In 1965, Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (LMC) began operating on site. From 1971 to 1982, the facility sent process wastes into an unlined lagoon on site. Use of the lagoon ceased in 1983, when monitoring identified contamination. Improper waste management also resulted in groundwater contamination under the facility. As a result, the facility began treating the groundwater. In 1989, EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL). EPA expanded the cleanup to include area soil. Cleanup included a pilot project to treat contaminated soil using soil vapor extraction (SVE), enhancement of existing groundwater extraction and treatment systems, and installation of drinking wells outside the contamination plume. In 1997, EPA approved a plan for LMC to use its sprinkler equipment to implement the cleanup plan. In 1998, EPA determined that soil cleanup goals had been achieved and the SVE system shut down. Today, both LMC and the farmer who owned the wells affected by contamination benefit from this unique cleanup approach. EPA and the state allow the use of treated groundwater as seasonal irrigation for the farmer’s corn crops. What began as a routine groundwater cleanup became a partnership between the responsible party and a neighboring farmer, reducing the operating cost of the groundwater cleanup system by about $100,000 per year. In Spring of 2023 LMC performed an in-situ thermal pilot study, which mitigated the on-site contamination under the manufacturing facility. The pilot study is currently underway and is expected to continue for another 2 years.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 500 people and generated an estimated $277,088,503 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former)

The 17,250-acre Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former) Superfund site is in Mead, Nebraska. A munitions production plant was on site from 1942 to 1956, during World War II and the Korean War. Its operations included munitions loading, assembling, packing and storage, as well as ammonium nitrate production. Decades of plant operations resulted in the contamination of soil and groundwater. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. Cleanup included treating contaminated soil and groundwater. Operation and maintenance activities and monitoring of the cleanup are ongoing. Three solar arrays power the site’s groundwater treatment plants. About 9,000 acres belong to the University of Nebraska. It runs an agricultural research and development center on site. The university uses groundwater for crop irrigation and livestock watering. Private pasture and crop production are on other parts of the site. The site’s ecological resources include creeks and ponds. The U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve retained about 1,000 acres for training. Other site uses include light industrial facilities, commercial businesses and homes.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 9 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 310 people and generated an estimated $40,034,968 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Ogallala Ground Water Contamination

The 16-acre Ogallala Ground Water Contamination Superfund site consists of two areas, or subsites, in Ogallala, Nebraska. Electronics manufacturing, grain storage and dry-cleaning operations contaminated groundwater with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and solvents. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994. For the first subsite, long-term cleanup included groundwater extraction and treatment, institutional controls to protect the public water supply, and monitoring of natural processes to clean up groundwater. Groundwater extraction and treatment ended in 2003. For the second subsite, long-term cleanup included the treatment of contaminated soil and groundwater. In 2011, EPA finished demolishing the former dry cleaners building, excavating contaminated soils, replacing excavated areas with clean soils, and regrading the site. Long-term cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing. The area above the groundwater plume includes residential, commercial and industrial areas. They remain in continued use. EPA is working on a new remedial investigation and feasibility study for the first subsite to evaluate previously undiscovered sources of groundwater contamination.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 3 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 205 people and generated an estimated $29,101,110 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Old Hwy 275 And N 288Th Street

The Old Hwy 275 and N 288th Street Superfund site is in Valley, Nebraska. It consists of a groundwater plume along West Reichmuth Road that is about 2.5 miles long. No source has yet been identified. The plume contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs). EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2017. Homes with private wells for personal use where contaminants were found either connected to the public water supply or have whole-house filtration systems. EPA has sampled indoor air, surface water, sediments, groundwater, and sewer gas to ensure that there are no unacceptable exposures at the site and to characterize contamination. The site’s remedial investigation is ongoing. Land uses above the groundwater plume include residential, commercial and industrial areas. They remain in continued use.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Omaha Lead

The Omaha Lead Superfund site is in Douglas County, Nebraska. It includes about 27 square miles in downtown Omaha. From the early 1870s to 1997, two lead smelting plants, American Smelting and Refining Company, Inc., (ASARCO) and the Aaron Ferer & Sons Company, later Gould Electronics, Inc., (Gould), operated on the banks of the Missouri River. Plant smokestacks released lead and other heavy metals into the air. The metals then settled out of the air and contaminated the ground across the site. The Gould plant closed in 1982. The ASARCO plant closed in 1997. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2003. Cleanup included removing surface soil from residential properties and other high child-use areas with high lead levels. EPA led cleanup efforts from 2009 to 2015. In 2015, EPA approached the city of Omaha to address the remaining phases of the final remedy, including ongoing efforts to collect soil samples, clean up remaining eligible residential properties, conduct exterior lead-based paint stabilization, and develop a public-facing website and a broad public education program. The city continues to perform these tasks through a Cooperative Agreement funded and overseen by EPA. The city of Omaha continues to clean up other residential soils, does exterior lead paint stabilization and educates the public about the health risks of lead exposure. EPA also signed a Cooperative Agreement with the Douglas County Health Department in 2015, funding interior lead dust screening, ongoing blood lead screening for children 7 years and younger, and education and outreach efforts to the medical community on the health hazards of lead exposures. Since 1999, nearly 13,500 properties have been remediated. Cleanup efforts are ongoing. Elevated blood lead levels in children have dropped from 36% above the 1999 action level to <2% above a more conservative, halved action level in 2015, with almost triple the number of children getting tested. With these milestones of remedial progress and protection of human health, the city of Omaha is looking to the future, investing over $7.9 billion in projects focused on community amenities and economic revitalization. Due in part to years of open communication and education about the site with developers, engineers and environmental professionals, Omaha's development community does not shy away from building on sites formerly contaminated with lead if the contamination was properly addressed by EPA and the city. There is major demand for vacant lots owned by the city and the Omaha Municipal Landbank for the development of affordable housing. EPA’s Superfund Redevelopment Program and Region 7 supported a regional seed project at the site in 2021. It resulted in a guidebook that highlights development tools for lead mining sites across the Region. It also highlights the Omaha Lead Registry, which is a listing developed by EPA of cleanup statuses at particular addresses and properties. It provides up-to-date information about their cleanup status to help address inquiries from homeowners, community members and prospective purchasers. Site reuses include CHI Health Center, Gene Leahy Mall and Charles Schwab Field. Other areas of the site are in continued use. These areas include single- and multi-family homes, apartment complexes, childcare centers, schools, churches, community centers, parks and greenways. The Spring Lake and Steve Hogan golf courses, Henry Doorly Zoo, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center are also on site. The rest of the site remains in residential use. The city and the Omaha Municipal Landbank are focused on opportunities for affordable housing on vacant lots at the site.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Parkview Well

The Parkview Well Superfund site is in Grand Island, Nebraska. It has a groundwater plume contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) coming from an industrial property near the intersection of Engleman Road South and Husker Highway. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2006. Cleanup includes soil treatment and removal, groundwater extraction and treatment, connection of homes to other water supplies, monitoring for contaminated groundwater vapors in buildings, and groundwater monitoring. Institutional controls are required to restrict land and groundwater use. Cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing. In December 2021, the site was among those selected by EPA to receive cleanup funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). With this funding, EPA is already initiating work on backlogged remedial construction projects and accelerating cleanups at NPL sites. The industrial property now supports a manufacturing facility. The Parkview residential subdivision remains in continued use. Cleaned-up water from the treatment system helps maintain the water level in a nearby lake and enhances habitat in the Wood River.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 9 people and generated an estimated $334,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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PCE/TCE Northeast Contamination

The PCE/TCE Northeast Contamination Superfund site is in York, Nebraska. Several industrial facilities are in the area. Groundwater contamination has been an ongoing issue at the site. Sampling by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) in 1990 found volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in some of York's municipal wells. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) led several investigations from 1991 to 2010 and documented tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) levels exceeding drinking water standards in private drinking water wells. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2014. In 2019, EPA, Kroy Industries and Kroy Building Products entered into a settlement agreement for the site’s remedial investigation. A groundwater monitoring well network was installed in 2022 and routine groundwater sampling began. Groundwater monitoring is ongoing, and results will be incorporated into the design of the site’s remedy. EPA is conducting ongoing removal actions. They include private-well sampling, with drinking-water filtration systems and connections to the public drinking water supply put in place as necessary. Kroy Industries and Kroy Building Products remain active on site. A PRP-Lead Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study is underway at the site.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Sherwood Medical Co.

The 60-acre Sherwood Medical Co. Superfund site is in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska. Park Mobile Home Court (PMHC) is on the northern/northeast part of the site. The southern part of the site, covering about 40 acres, includes a manufacturing plant. Since 1961, Sherwood Medical Company and its successors have made medical syringes and other medical products. Manufacturing practices contaminated soil and groundwater. In the late 1980s, EPA and Nebraska Department of Health sampling results showed contamination in nearby drinking water wells. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1992. Cleanup included removal of contaminated soil, groundwater extraction and treatment, groundwater monitoring, and removal of the septic and underground storage tank systems. It also included providing drinking water to PMHC residents and other affected properties. PMHC remains in residential use. Cardinal Health continues to make medical equipment at the facility.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on 5 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 292 people and generated an estimated $878,617,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Waverly Ground Water Contamination

The Waverly Groundwater Contamination Superfund site is near the city of Waverly, Nebraska. The Commodity Credit Corporation/U.S. Department Agriculture (CCC/USDA) ran a grain storage facility on site from 1952 to 1974. It used a grain fumigant consisting of carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulfide from 1955 to 1965. EPA and the state of Nebraska found contamination in wells during sampling in 1982. One well was taken out of service, two wells were placed on standby status and the city of Waverly drilled new wells to replace them. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1986. Cleanup activities included putting in groundwater extraction systems, pumping groundwater to an air stripper system for treatment, and putting in a vapor extraction system to treat soil contamination. More monitoring wells were put in place to monitor the progress of groundwater cleanup. Cleanup goals for groundwater and soils have been achieved. After cleanup, EPA took the site off the NPL in 2006. Lancaster County has owned the site property since 1975. It runs a district office and maintenance facility on site.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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West Highway 6 & Highway 281

The West Highway 6 & Highway 281 Superfund site is in Hastings, Nebraska. The former Dana Corporation (Dana) manufacturing facility was at the site from 1978 to 2002. It used chlorinated solvents to clean piston rings between processes and before chrome plating. Facility operations contaminated soil and groundwater. A plume of contaminated groundwater has spread about 2 miles from the facility. In 1998, sampling found contamination in the soil beneath the largest of the degreasing pits. In 1999, Dana enrolled in the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality's voluntary cleanup program. Dana installed a soil vapor extraction (SVE) system and a groundwater extraction and treatment (GET) system. Dana did not investigate groundwater beyond its property. Testing of several private and two municipal wells found more contamination. Dana declared bankruptcy in March 2006. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in April 2006 and took over the cleanup. EPA connected homes and businesses with contaminated wells to the public water supply. EPA has operated the SVE and GET systems since 2006 to prevent contaminants migrating from the facility. EPA is designing an improved groundwater recovery and treatment system to clean up the plume of contaminated groundwater. The design is part of efforts to develop final cleanup plans for the facility. The site has remained in industrial use during cleanup. A facility makes stock tanks and livestock feeders on site.
Last updated December 2023

As of December 2023, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 100 people and generated an estimated $24,000,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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