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• Continued Use vs. New Use
• Find Sites with Commercial Reuse
• Search for Sites with Commercial Reuse
• Commercial Redevelopment Tools

Commercial reuse of formerly contaminated properties refers to on site commercial activities related to retail shops, office buildings, restaurants, or other businesses. Reuse examples range from parking lots to restaurants and include sites in continued use and sites now supporting new commercial uses.

• Commercial Use Where Waste is Left on Site (PDF) (12 pp, 3.9 MB)
  This document provides technical information on how sites with hazardous waste have been safely reused for commercial purposes, while ensuring that the protectiveness of the remedy is maintained.

Find Sites with Commercial Reuse

Click the points on the map for site-specific reuse information.

Search for Sites with Commercial Reuse

Use the search bar above the table to search for Superfund sites by name, state, region, NPL status or reuse type. Click the arrows in the column headers to sort by other categories.
Last updated October 2019

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Commercial Redevelopment Tools

In-Depth Case Studies - Commercial

Find in-depth case studies highlighting commercial reuse. In-depth case studies take a close start-to-finish look at how a site was returned to use, including a detailed discussion of barriers, strategies for overcoming barriers, key stakeholders, partnerships critical for moving a project forward, and resources secured to make reuse visions a reality.

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Beneficial Effects Economic Case Studies - Commercial

Find beneficial effects economic case studies highlighting commercial reuse. A beneficial effects economic case study gathers more complete information related to reuse, employment and other beneficial effects.

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Fact Sheets - Commercial

Find fact sheets highlighting commercial reuse. The fact sheets provide information about the reuse activities at the site, the site owner's planning and development process, geographic location, past cleanup activities, and contacts for more information. The fact sheets have been designed to be useful documents for site owners, future site users, prospective purchasers, lenders and developers. Sites are categorized depending on whether or not cleanup at the site is complete, and whether the site is already in reuse. Many sites that are in reuse can support additional use. In some cases, the previous use of these sites may make additional use even easier.

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Ready for Reuse (RfR) Determinations - Commercial

Find Ready for Reuse (RfR) Determinations where EPA has found that a site can safely support commercial reuse.

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