Superfund Sites in Reuse in Nebraska
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10th Street Site
The 10th Street Site Superfund site is located in Columbus, Nebraska. The site consists of three dry-cleaning businesses: One Hour Martinizing, Liberty Cleaners and Jackson Services. Sampling by the state in 1983 found contaminants in city water supply wells. Further study identified the 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. Today, a groundwater treatment system, installed in 2004, provides clean water to the city water system. Liberty Cleaners and Jackson Services have closed and relocated a few blocks to the west. All three dry-cleaning facilities have been demolished, and contaminated soil was excavated and backfilled with clean soil. These former source areas will be returned to the city of Columbus for future use. Residential and commercial land uses continue above the area of groundwater contamination.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, 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. The site includes two formerly contaminated municipal wells and a groundwater plume. Since the 1940s, grain storage facilities have operated on site. Previous 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 detected 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 the residents of Bruno to the public water supply from a neighboring community. Land use controls restrict use of the contaminated groundwater under the site. Water from Bruno’s former public water supply wells is now used only for fire suppression. Commercial, residential and grain storage activities on site are ongoing.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 3 people and generated an estimated $451,000 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 – One Hour Martinizing (OHM), Liberty Services and Ideal Cleaners of Grand Island. A fourth source area is the former location of Nebraska Solvents, a solvents distribution company. EPA is leading cleanup of the well and former dry cleaners. Union Pacific Railroad owns the Nebraska Solvents property and is leading cleanup there. In 1993, EPA installed a groundwater extraction well at the OHM facility and used several treatment techniques to address contaminated groundwater. In 2018, EPA performed in-situ thermal remediation and effectively remediated the source area. The former OHM drycleaner building is now a building used for construction and building custom furniture. A used tire shop also operates on the property. The former Liberty Cleaners property is now a tire maintenance shop. Commercial dry-cleaning at Ideal Cleaners is ongoing. Other small businesses also operate on site. The city of Grand Island leases part of the Nebraska Solvents property for vehicle maintenance and equipment storage.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 6 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 24 people and generated an estimated $2,796,000 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 five miles from the facility. Prior to EPA’s involvement, Garvey performed some site cleanup activities under state oversight. These included providing a safe water supply for some impacted residences 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 a three-party 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 investigating the area of groundwater contamination. EPA extended municipal water lines to all impacted and occupied residences. EPA has performed some of the cleanup activities to address contaminated soil and groundwater on the 22-acre parcel. EPA has designed the groundwater pump-and-treat system to clean up the contaminated groundwater extending from the facility and is currently awaiting funding to implement it. 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 September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 13 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
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 41 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 1,081 people and generated an estimated $277,256,819 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 downtown Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska. A manufactured gas plant operated at the site from about 1902 to 1945. Waste products from the manufactured gas process are present in soil and groundwater at the site. 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 portion of the site is a concrete parking lot. The Nebraska Public Power District portion of the site is a fenced gravel lot.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, 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. (LMC) Superfund site is in Lindsay, Nebraska. In 1965, LMC began operating on site. LMC currently makes galvanized irrigation sprinkler equipment on site. Between 1971 and 1982, the facility discharged 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 beneath 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. In 1997, EPA approved a plan for LMC to use its sprinkler equipment to implement the cleanup plan. Today, both LMC and the farmer who owned the wells affected by contamination are benefiting from this unique cleanup approach. EPA and the state are allowing 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.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 4 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 522 people and generated an estimated $202,011,143 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.
For more information:
- Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Lindsay Manufacturing Co. Superfund Site (PDF)(7 pp, 860 K)
- Superfund Site Profile Page
Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former)
The 17,250-acre Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Former) Superfund site is in Mead, Nebraska. A munitions production plant operated on site from 1942 to 1956, during World War II and the Korean War. Site 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 burning contaminated soil and groundwater pumping and treatment. Three solar arrays on the site provide energy to the site cleanup. About 9,000 acres at the site belong to the University of Nebraska. The University operates an agricultural research and development center on site. The University uses groundwater for crop irrigation and livestock watering. Private pasture and crop production are in other areas of the site. The U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve retained about 1,000 acres for training. Additional site uses include light industry, commercial businesses and residences.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 12 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 262 people and generated an estimated $49,497,000 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, the long-term remedy included groundwater extraction and treatment, institutional controls to protect the public water supply, and monitored natural attenuation. Natural attenuation describes a variety of in-place processes that, under favorable conditions, act without human intervention to reduce the mass, toxicity, mobility, volume or concentration of contaminants in groundwater. Groundwater extraction and treatment ended in 2003. For the second subsite, the long-term remedy included soil vapor extraction to treat contaminated soil and in-place chemical oxidation to treat contaminated groundwater. In 2011, EPA finished a removal action that demolished the former dry cleaners building, excavated contaminated soils, replaced excavated areas with clean soils, and regraded the site. Institutional controls are in place to protect the public water supply. Long-term cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing. The area above the groundwater plume includes a mixture of residential and commercial properties. These areas remain in continued use.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 4 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 203 people and generated an estimated $38,349,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.
Old Hwy 275 and N 228th Street
The Old Hwy 275 and N 288th Street Superfund site is at the northwest city limits of Valley, Nebraska. The site 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), mainly trichloroethylene (TCE). EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2017. Homes with private wells where contaminants were found were either placed on the city of Valley public water supply or whole-house filtration systems. EPA conducted a vapor intrusion investigation in 2016. EPA is performing additional fieldwork associated with the site’s remedial investigation. The area above the groundwater plume includes residential, commercial and industrial properties. These areas remain in continued residential, commercial and industrial use.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, 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.
Parkview Well
The Parkview Well Superfund site is located in Grand Island, Hall County, in east-central Nebraska. It consists of two plumes of groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The plumes have different sources. The southern plume comes from an industrial property near the intersection of Engleman Road South and Husker Highway. The northern plume extends from the Case New Holland (CNH) property toward the Parkview residential subdivision. Currently, concentrations of contaminants in the northern plume meet federal standards outside of the CNH property boundaries. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2006. Cleanup has focused on the southern plume. The long-term remedy includes groundwater extraction and treatment, connection of homes to other water supplies, groundwater use restrictions to prevent the use of contaminated water for domestic purposes, in-place chemical oxidation, vapor intrusion monitoring, and institutional controls. Cleanup, operation and maintenance activities, and monitoring are ongoing. The site is primarily zoned for residential use. Some agriculture, industry, commercial businesses, schools, parks, churches, and city properties are also located at the site. All these areas remain in continued use.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, 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.
Sherwood Medical Co.
The 60-acre Sherwood Medical Co. Superfund site is in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska. Park Mobile Home Court (PMHC) is located on the northern/northeastern part of the site. The southern part of the site, covering about 40 acres, includes a manufacturing plant. Since 1962, Sherwood Medical Company and its successors have made medical syringes and other medical products using injection-molding processes at the plant. Chlorinated solvents were used in the manufacturing process. The solvents reached the on-site septic system through floor drains, which resulted in soil and groundwater contamination. In the late 1980s, EPA and Nebraska Department of Health sampling results showed contamination in nearby wells. EPA placed the site on 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. Cleanup also included providing drinking water to PMHC residents and other affected properties. PMHC remains in residential use. Cardinal Health continues to manufacture medical equipment at the facility.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on 3 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 551 people and generated an estimated $877,977,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.
For more information:
- Reuse and the Benefit to Community: Sherwood Medical Co. Superfund Site (PDF)(8 pp, 1 MB)
- Superfund Site Profile Page
West Highway 6 & Highway 281
The West Highway 6 & Highway 281 Superfund site is in Hastings, Nebraska. The former Dana Corporation manufacturing facility operated at the site between 1978 and 2002. The facility used chlorinated solvents to clean piston rings between processes and before chrome plating. Leaks and spills in the degreasing pits allowed the solvents to leach into the soil and down to the water table. Soil and groundwater at the site are contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE), as well as other volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) commonly used to degrease metal parts. A plume of contaminated groundwater has spread about 2 miles from the former facility. The soil beneath the facility is also contaminated with chromium. In 1998, the Dana Corporation discovered the soil beneath the largest of the degreasing pits was contaminated with PCE. In 1999, Dana enrolled in the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality's voluntary cleanup program, and eventually installed a soil vapor extraction (SVE) system and a groundwater extraction and treatment (GET) system. However, Dana was unwilling to investigate groundwater off of its property. Testing of several private and two municipal wells found PCE contamination. Dana Corporation declared bankruptcy in March 2006, shortly before EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in April 2006. EPA took over the cleanup in 2006 and connected houses and businesses with contaminated wells to the municipal water supply. EPA has been operating the SVE and GET systems since 2006 to prevent contaminants from migrating away from the facility. EPA is currently designing an improved groundwater recovery and treatment system to clean up the plume of contaminated groundwater, as it continues to study alternatives for a final cleanup plan at the facility. Industrial use of the site during the cleanup is ongoing; the current operator manufactures stock tanks and livestock feeders.
Last updated September 2019
As of December 2019, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 100 people and generated an estimated $25,000,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.