Date: November 6, 2014 

To: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0291 

From: Thomas Holloway, RTI International 

Subject: Online Sources Used in Updating BSCP Inventory 

The following online information sources were used to update the brick and structural 

clay products (BSCP) inventory for the BSCP proposed rule and are attached below. 

• Facility ID 17: “Belden Brick purchases Virginia brick operation.” Building 

Design + Construction. Available online at: http://www.bdcnetwork.com/beldenbrick-purchases-virginia-brick-operation. July 21, 2011. 

• Facility ID 37: Clemons, D. Letter from Don Clemons, President, Kentwood 

Brick & Tile Manufacturing Company, Inc., to Louisiana Dept. of Environmental 

Quality. Available online at: 

http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/Doc/QueryDef.aspx. May 15, 2002. 

• Facility ID 58 (GENE-6): Sneed, C. “Kingsport General Shale Plant Closing for 

Good.” Douglass-Riverview News and Current Events. Available online at: 

http://douglassalumni.blogspot.com/2008/12/kingsport-general-shale-plantclosing.html. December 16, 2008. 

• Facility ID 59 (GENE-14): Marcum, E. “General Shale to open showroom: 

Company to sell bricks, masonry products at West Knox location.” Knoxbiz.com. 

Available online at: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/dec/01/general-shaleto-open-showroom/. December 1, 2009. 

• Facility ID 63: Chino Hills, California Webpage. Higgins Brick Vacant Land. 

Available online at: http://www.chinohills.org/index.aspx?NID=794. Downloaded 

January 14, 2014. 

• Facility ID 71: Shaw, M. “Longtime Harrisville brickmaker closes doors 

claiming bank misconduct.” Standard.net. Available online at 

http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/06/21/longtime-harrisville-brickmakercloses-doors-claiming-bank-misconduct/. June 21, 2013. 
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• Facility ID 83: Henning, D. “General Shale Expands Product Line with 

Acquisition of North Carolina Plant.” General Shale press release. Available 

online at: 

https://generalshale.com/pr/press_releases/112513.General%20Shale_Cunningha

m%20Acquistion.pdf. November 25, 2013.

• Facility ID 83: Roberts, D. “General Shale acquires Cunningham Brick’s Grover 

plant.” The Charlotte Observer. Available online at: 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/11/26/v-print/4499810/general-shaleacquires-cunningham.html. November 26, 2013.

• Facility IDs 83/84: Evans, M. “Cunningham Brick closing in Lexington, 

Thomasville.” Triad Business Journal Afternoon Edition. Available online at: 

http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blog/morning-edition/2013/11/cunninghambrick-closing-in-lexington.html. November 26, 2013.

• Facility ID 84: Loeb Winternitz. Cunningham Brick Assets & Real Estate 2-Day 

Webcast Auction **AUCTION CONCLUDED**. Rogers Realty & Auction Co., 

Inc. Available online at: 

http://www.loebequipment.com/showauction.aspx?auctionID=90424. June 24, 

2014.

• Facility ID 115: Great Lakes Auction Company, Inc. Southern Brick Company, 

LLC: Foreclosure Real Estate Auction; 7 Parcels of Real Estate. Available online 

at: 

http://www.greatlakesauction.net/index.php?subp=1&sct=&pg=ap&pid=4401&a

p_sub=cat. April 10, 2009.

• Facility ID 115: Taylor Auction & Realty, Inc. Southern Brick & Tile/Southern 

Brick Company LLC. Available online at: 

http://taylorauction.com/index.php?ap=1&pid=4384. April 9, 2009.

• Facility ID 161NR: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Region 5 

Brownfields: Archived Success Stories. Available online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/region5/superfund/brownfields/archived_stories.htm. 

December 20, 2012.

• Facility ID 162NR: Alig, J. “Nelsonville’s history brick by brick.” Logan Daily 

News. Available online at: http://www.logandaily.com/news/nelsonville-shistory-brick-by-brick/article_6504677b-1f1c-5fc7-80e9-edec9233cc61.html. 

January 28, 2011.

• Facility ID 163NR: Bielawski, S. “Era to end at sheriff auction.” Sun News. 

Available online at: http://www.sunnews.com. January 18, 2007.

• Facility ID 165NR: Matsick, S. General Announcement. Memorandum from 

Steve Matsick, Glen-Gery, to All Glen-Gery Employees. Available online at: 
3

http://www.gass.com/colleen/Corp_comm/Chilli_gen_announce.pdf. March 17, 

2003.

• Facility ID 182NR: Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board. 

“Norfolk Southern Railway Company—Discontinuance of Service Exemption—

in Stanly County, NC; Yadkin Railroad Company—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Stanly County, NC; Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 

Company—Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in Stanly County, NC.” 

Federal Register. Vol. 71, No. 93. Available online at: 

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2006-05-15/pdf/E6-7328.pdf. May 15, 2006.

• Facility ID 182NR: Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. New London Real

Estate Listing # 731960. Internet Data Exchange Program (IDX). Available online 

at: http://www.charlottencbuyersagent.com/idx/land/731960/. January 28, 2008.
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Belden Brick 

July 21, 2011 

The Belden Brick Co. announced today that it has approved a purchase agreement for 

Lawrenceville Brick Inc. of Lawrenceville, Va., through their subsidiary Redland Brick of 

Williamsport, Md. Lawrenceville Brick was incorporated in 1947 as Brick and Tile Corp. The 

original plant opened that same year with a capacity of 10 million bricks. The company 

continued to expand as demand for brick increased, and by 2002 had facilities to produce 

115 million bricks per year along with running three retail operations. "We are very pleased 

with this arrangement," Belden Brick Chairman William H. Belden Jr. said. "We've known the 

people at Lawrenceville Brick for quite some time and admire the products they produce. 

Their line fits well into the Redland Brick portfolio and their market area is an excellent 

enhancement to our sales territory." Belden also said that the acquisition was mutually 

agreed upon by those involved. "The management at Lawrenceville decided that the time 

was right to sell, and we saw it as an excellent opportunity to expand our product portfolio," 

he said. Redland Brick is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belden Holding and Acquisition Co. It 

operates four brick manufacturing plants in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Belden 

Brick is the sixth largest brick manufacturer in the United States. At a time when most brick 

companies are owned by international conglomerates, Belden is the largest family owned 

and managed brick company in the nation. 

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Kingsport General Shale 

Plant Closing for Good 

Riverview's next-door neighbor is no more. 

The Douglass Alumni website has learned that General 

Shale, one of Kingsport's first and oldest industries, is 

closing its plant between Riverview, downtown and 

Industry Drive. 

"We are 

hearing that 

General Shale 

is not going to 

reopen at the 

Kingsport site," 

says Chris 

McCartt, 

assistant to the 

city manager, 

after checking 

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into the situation for this article. "What the company 

plans to do with the property, (the city is) not sure at 

this point. Your observations that the plant seems to be 

winding down its brick shipments and is apparently 

dismantling equipment, appears to be true, from what 

we have been told." 

Remember when those dusty brickyard dump trucks used 

to race up and down Lincoln Street back in the day in 

Riverview? Just playing along the street, our children 

took their lives in their hands, because those drivers 

never slowed down. 

One rumor 

making the 

rounds is that 

Eastman 

Chemical has 

purchased the 

General Shale 

property 

appears to be 

false. For this 

article, we 

checked with 

the Sullivan County Tax Assessor's Office, and found that 

the Shale property, which lists 100 Hill Street, Kingsport 

as its address, is still owned at this point by General 

Shale. "We clarified the Shale situation with our contacts 

at Eastman," says Mr. McCartt, " and they tell us they are 

not looking to acquire the property at this time. It may 

be on their radar screen, but nobody knows what General 

Shale is going to elect to do." 

It was only back in March that General Shale announced a 

layoff of 48 employees and a temporary shutdown of 

brick manufacturing at the Kingsport plant. In an article 

in the Kingsport Times-News, Matt Kinser, vice president 

of marketing and corporate development at the Johnson 

City headquarters, said at the time "the current state of 

the economy and the slowdown in the construction 

industry had gotten the plant to that point." 

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That was not 

the first time 

declining home 

construction 

has impacted 

the Kingsport 

plant. In 2006, 

the company 

laid off about 

40 workers and 

closed its 

oldest brick 

kiln because of 

the downturn in the housing industry. 

In the March 

layoffs and 

production 

halt, Kinser 

also told the 

newspaper that 

the company 

was trying to 

ship out a 

record amount 

of inventory 

that has been 

stored on site, and that the company decided to 

temporarily suspend brick production until the economy 

improved and sales resume. 

At that time, Hilary Weigel wrote a comment to the 

newspaper on the layoffs. "My dad is one of the 48 

employees being laid off," she wrote. "He has been 

working for General Shale for the past 25 years. This is 

the first time that he has been laid off since he started 

working there. Lay offs hit families hard and I understand 

my family isn't the first to have to go through one. I just 

think it's a real shame that our economy has fallen into 

such a slump that lay offs are such a common thing now 

days. I wish the best of luck to all the families being 

effected by the lay off at General Shale and hope this 

situation is just "temporary". 

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Apparently, the situation is not temporary. It is now 

permanent. "The property still belongs to General Shale 

right now," says Mr. McCartt, "but there will no longer be 

a brick manufacturing operation any longer on that 

property." 

So, now the 

question is.. 

what will 

become of the 

General Shale 

property, 

bordered on 

the east side 

by the CSX 

Railroad and 

downtown, on 

the southside 

by Riverview, on the west side by Industry Drive, the spur 

railroad and the Holston River, and on the north side by 

what used to be the Penn-Dixie Cement plant, now part 

of Domtar? There is at least 100 acres of land, zoned 

industrial for manufacturing. 

"From the city's standpoint, we have always looked at 

that property as industrial property," says Mr. McCartt, 

"so if you take it away from that, what would it become.. 

commercial, mixed use, or something totally different 

from that? That's something we just don't know yet. I 

would be hesitant to even speculate what it could be, 

because it has so many roads it could go down. Time will 

just have to tell." 

Depending upon General Shale decides to do with the 

property, if it is sold or given to the city of Kingsport, 

could it ever be rezoned residential, and be developed 

into an expansion of the Riverview neighborhood? 

"The answer to that is.. it's a possibility," says Mr. 

McCartt, "but then, so is every other speculative idea out 

there. The property could be anything. (The city of 

Kingsport) would certainly like to see it developed, and it 

could very well be an expansion of the residential area 

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once it's 

cleaned up. It's 

too early to 

tell because, 

again, General 

Shale has not 

decided what it 

wants to do 

with the 

property." 

"Any kind of 

development of 

the Shale 

property, 

whether 

industrial, 

commercial or 

residential has 

one limitation," 

Mr. McCartt 

says, "and 

that's the 

railroad. The property, as you mention, is landlocked on 

one side by the railroad, and on the other side by 

Industry Drive and the river. How do you put something in 

there, that doesn't have a conflict with the rail line or 

the river, not to mention Riverview and Domtar? It is an 

interesting prospect." 

"We are always looking at property that comes on the 

market, should the Shale property become available," 

says Mr. McCartt. "Our criteria, as always, is: does it 

benefit the citizens of Kingsport for us to acquire it, 

because you don't want to just buy every piece of land 

out there. A good example of that is the old Kingsport 

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General Shale Brick Inc., which closed its production plant on Riverside Drive in 

2007, will open a showroom and distribution center in West Knoxville on Dec. 7.

There are no plans to resume production in Knox County, but General Shale will offer 

an expanded line of brick and masonry products at its new location at 9714 Parkside 

Drive, Bob Propes, General Shale spokesman, said Monday. The center will employ 

11 people, all of them previously employed by General Shale in Knoxville.

The company is leasing 19,000 square feet of office space on 2.2 acres of land to 

replace the distribution part of the former brick-making plant at 1740 Riverside Drive 

and the company's showroom at 110 Center Park Drive. Propes declined to say how 

much the company has invested in the facility.

With a recently completed production plant in Spring City, Tenn., General Shale has 

no need to produce bricks in Knoxville, but wants to remain in the Knoxville market, 

Propes said. The impending sale of the Riverside Drive plant to the Knoxville Utilities 

Board prompted the decision to proceed with the Parkside Drive project, he said.

"As part of our long-range plan, we have built a new brick production facility in Spring 

City, and we just wanted a buyer for our current property on Riverside Drive before 

we moved forward," he said.

The new center will carry complete lines of masonry products for contractors, 

landscapers and homeowners, Mike Hillman, district sales manager for the Knoxville 

area, said in a prepared statement. 

Products will include brick, thin brick, building stone, concrete masonry units, 

hardscapes, masonry supplies and accessories, Propes said.

In 2007, General Shale closed its Riverside Drive plant as demand shrunk in the 

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pay General Shale $3.3 million for the 38.5-acre Riverside Drive location, for use in a 

future expansion of the adjacent Mark B. Whitaker water treatment facility. Purchase 

of the Riverside property closed Monday, a KUB spokesman said.

General Shale's new Parkside Drive center will be open 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday and the phone number is 865-531-6203.

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HARRISVILLE — A Top of Utah company that has been making bricks for nearly 30 years is now out of business, and

the company’s president has filed a lawsuit against Zions Bank, claiming its actions led to the closure.

The suit, which was filed June 18 in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City, alleges that Zions Bank stonewalled Interpace

Industries Inc. on a line of credit that was being negotiated between the two parties and prematurely terminated another

line — actions that prevented the brick maker from meeting certain manufacturing deadlines and paying its employees.

Heidi Prokop, communications manager with Zions Bank, said it’s the bank’s policy not to comment on pending

litigation.

A privately held, family-run company, Interpace was founded in 1984 and is located at 736 W. Harrisville Road. Although

ownership has changed several times, brick has been made at the Harrisville Interpace site since 1888.

An article about the opening of the plant from an 1888 issue of the Ogden Standard said it was “the largest brick factory

west of St. Louis.”

Interpace President Jon Rhine said that at its peak, the plant employed 60 people and produced about 24 million bricks

each year, which were shipped all over North America.

The suit says the global recession that began in 2009 caused Interpace’s business to suffer greatly, but the company

survived hard times and began to rebound in 2012.

Throughout the crisis, Interpace had four commercial loans with Zions and other banks and a revolving line of credit for

$400,000 with Zions that was used for operating expenses.

In December 2011, Interpace told the bank it needed to repackage its loans with the various lenders, including Zions,

into one credit facility. The suit alleges that Zions agreed to work with Interpace and began negotiating the new credit

facility.

In spring 2012, based on assurances from Zions that a deal was on the horizon, Interpace fired up its kiln after a winter

of inactivity, which is typical in the brick industry, and began work on two major contracts to provide brick for an LDS

church house and for Casper College in Wyoming.

Nearly three months after Zions sent Interpace a formal proposal, the bank had still not finished the deal, the suit claims.

Rhine says at that point, it was clear the new credit facility would not be approved by Zions and on June 6, 2012, he told

Zions he was left with no choice but to shut down the facility and that he planned to do so by July 15, 2012.

Rhine told Zions he needed some time to shut down the facility in a proper manner, and he would need to continue to

use the original $400,000 revolving line of credit to pay employees to help shut down the facility.

“We had a kiln that was in full production,” Rhine said. “And you need time to shut it down because it’s basically an

enormous bomb. It’s a really technical process, and it could be disastrous if it isn’t done right.”

But on June 18, Rhine received an email from Zions, telling him they were shutting down the line of credit because of

Rhine’s plan to close the business. Rhine says he was only given two days’ notice, and then the credit line was shut

down.

Rhine told his employees that he wasn’t sure how they would get paid, but he needed their help to shut down the kiln. He

said about half of his employees walked out, and the other half stayed to help retire the kiln.
Rhine said he eventually paid those employees through other means and safely shut down the kiln, but Interpace was

unable to process the orders for the church and the college.

The lawsuit also claims Zions was under pressure to repay outstanding Troubled Asset Relief Program loans during the

negotiations with Interpace, which wrongfully discouraged commercial lending. The suit states that Zions repaid a $700

million balance of TARP funds to the U.S. Treasury three months after it pulled Interpace’s line of credit.

The filings claim that Zions breached its “duty of good faith and fair dealing” with Interpace when it terminated the line of

credit and only gave two days’ notice to do so.

Interpace is asking for $400,000 for breach of contract and other damages to be determined at trial.

Now, nearly a year after the shut-down process began, Interpace is in the final stages of closing down its Harrisville site

for good.

The company’s 56,000- square-foot plant that houses the no-longer-functioning kiln has gathered dust and become

home for several area pigeons. Unused brick still sits packaged in the yard behind the company’s main office.

Only two employees remain at Interpace, but they’ll be gone soon, too.

“I really don’t know exactly what I’m going to do,” said Ron Christensen, who has been working at the plant for 38 years.

“I guess I’ll either try to reinvent myself or get another job in the masonry industry.”

Rhine has since sold the site and the land, but he says it won’t continue to function as a brick-manufacturing facility.

“It’s really a sad deal,” he said. “I don’t know if a lot of people knew about this place, but it was one of a kind. Brick has

been made right here, in the Ogden area, for nearly 125 years, and now it’s all gone.”

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Cunningham Brick will close down its factory in Thomasville and its office in 

Lexington, where the 104-year-old company is based, according to The 

Dispatch.

Those closures will about 15 employees, the company told the newspaper. 

Cunningham's only other North Carolina facility in Cleveland County has been 

sold to General Shale and will remain in operation.

President Neal Cunningham, the grandson of company founder J.H. 

Cunningham Sr., said the Thomasville plant has been mothballed for about 

two years as a result of the housing market crash. Permanently closing it and 

the Lexington office seemed like the best way to preserve the remaining jobs 

at the Cleveland County plant being taken over by General Shale.

General Shale CEO Dick Green said that acquisition is important to his 

company because the Cunningham plan adds exclusive colors, sizes and 

textures to his line of residential brick building products. General Shale is 

headquartered in Johnson City, Tenn.

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Nov. 25, 2013 800-414-4661, dawn.henning@generalshale.com 

General Shale Expands Product Line 

with Acquisition of North Carolina Plant 

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.—In a move that will offer its customers expanded product offerings for 

architectural and commercial projects, General Shale has acquired Cunningham Brick 

Company’s Cleveland County plant in Grover, N.C. 

General Shale is the North American subsidiary of Wienerberger AG and a leading 

manufacturer of brick, one of the world’s oldest green building materials. General Shale is 

celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2013. 

“This is an important acquisition for several reasons,” says Dick Green, CEO of General Shale. 

“The Cunningham plant’s unique products add exclusive colors, sizes and textures to 

strengthen our company’s well-known line of residential clay brick. The enhanced product line 

will open the door for General Shale to provide additional product options for the architectural 

and commercial markets.” 

Over the past 15 years, Cunningham Brick has used clay and shale from the southeastern U.S. 

to create unique brick selections to complement any design. These products have been used in 

high-profile projects throughout the eastern part of the U.S., including New York City and 

beyond. 

“We are pleased that our products will now be part of a prestigious line offered by one of the 

nation’s largest brick manufacturers,” says Neal Cunningham, president of Cunningham Brick 

Company. “General Shale has been a leading presence in the industry since 1928, and our 

customers will appreciate the advantages of being associated with a recognized leader for 

providing quality products and service.” 

ABOUT GENERAL SHALE 

Now celebrating its 85th anniversary, General Shale is North America’s largest brick, stone and 

concrete block manufacturer, supplying a wide variety of masonry materials for residential, 

commercial and specialty architectural projects. These materials include brick, thin veneers, 

stone, outdoor living kits, concrete block and various building materials. The company offers an 

endless array of sizes, colors and textures to complete any building project. With a life cycle of 

more than 100 years, the sustainability of brick is the company’s commitment to responsible 

stewardship. 
Throughout the U.S. and Canada, General Shale operates manufacturing facilities in nine states 

and provinces, in addition to a network of 31 distribution centers across the country. General 

Shale was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Johnson City, Tenn. For more information, 

visit www.generalshale.com. 

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General Shale acquires Cunningham Brick’s 

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By Deon Roberts

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Johnson City, Tenn.-based General Shale said it 

has acquired the Cleveland County plant of brick 

manufacturer Cunningham Brick Co.

General Shale, a supplier of masonry materials, 

said the Grover facility will allow the company to 

expand its product offerings for architectural and 

commercial projects.

“This is an important acquisition for several reasons,” Dick Green, General Shale CEO, said in a 

statement. “The Cunningham plant’s unique products add exclusive colors, sizes and textures to 

strengthen our company’s well-known line of residential clay brick.” 

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. General Shale could not be reached for comment.

Cunningham President Neal Cunningham said the sale comes as the Lexington-based company exits 

the brick business, which has been in “dire straits” since the housing downturn. About two years ago, 

the 104-year-old company shuttered its only other plant, in Thomasville, where bricks used by 

homebuilders were made, he said. 

Cunningham said about 58 of his employees have been acquired by General Shale. He said it will take 

about six months to a year to wind down the remaining brick business. 

General Shale is the North American subsidiary of Austria-based building materials company 

Wienerberger AG. 

Roberts: 704-358-5248; Twitter: @DeonERoberts

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Archived Success Stories

Illinois

2007

Chicago, Illinois

In 1997 Chicago was designated as a U.S. EPA Showcase Community. Grant funds awarded with this 

designation were leveraged with other grants, such as the Illinois EPA, and from developers and 

builders to create environmental improvements that benefit the city.

A concrete crushing facility, operating illegally, accepted construction demolition material and was 

found with a 70 foot tall heap of contaminated debris. The firm declared bankruptcy. The city 

disposed of the demolition material and recycled the 589,000 tons of crushed concrete into material 

for city infrastructure projects. 

Since 2002 this site has been home to the Chicago Center for Green Technology. Nationally known, 

this LEED Platinum Standard building has solar roof panels to generate its own electricity. It houses 

classrooms for teaching sustainable design and green technology. Its parking lot is "paved" with 

shredded rubber tires; its green roof and swales surrounding the building reduce the amount of rain 

water going into city sewers. 

In another project Chicago cleaned up an auto repair shop, removing or covering contaminated soil. 

A building was erected, home to Jubilee Family Resource Center. The Resource Center provides 

much needed daycare year round for 200 children and offers jobs to 38 adults.

A third project turned an abandoned carriage and automobile manufacturing plant dating back to 

1895 into Parnell Place, a new community offering home ownership in 42 new homes. A blighted 

eyesore has become a community that encourages foster families keeping siblings together. Parnell 

Place offers daycare, after school programs and family-oriented activities.

For more information, visit the City of Chicago, Department of Environment

2006

Lacon, Illinois

The Grieves Woolen Mill operated on this site from 1860 until the late 1960's. The mill processed 

raw wool, spinning and dyeing it into felts and other woolen products. Later this four acre site 

housed a farm implement dealership. After the implement dealership closed many of the buildings 

fell into serious disrepair. The city of Lacon acquired the property in 1994 and in 1999 received an 

Illinois EPA Brownfields grant and the site was placed in the IEPA Site Remediation Program.

A U.S. EPA Assessment grant of $200,000 was awarded in 1999. Assessment revealed chromium, 

antimony, tin, pesticide and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contamination. Over 1,000 cubic 

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yards of contaminated soil was removed; an engineered barrier of three feet of clean soil was placed 

over the entire site. The city received its No Further Remediation Letter in October 2004.

Located in a mixed residential, commercial and industrial setting, part of the site is now a new city 

park along the Illinois River, enjoyed by citizens and visitors. Construction is progressing on a riverview condominium complex adjacent to the new park and close to the city marina.

For more information on Lacon, Illinois, see: http://www.midland-7.org/sivertsen/lacon.htm 

2005

Sterling, Illinois

In 2001, the bankruptcy filing and closing of Northwestern Steel and Wire devastated the economy 

of this city with fewer than 16,000 residents. Its city government and citizens moved quickly to 

encourage other steel producers and other industries to utilize the facilities and to continue to 

employ Sterling workers.

Neighboring communities were recruited to join the effort, and the Rock River Redevelopment Area 

was established. Funding from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency was solicited and 

utilized. Two of the three steel plants were sold to a large manufacturer who put them back in use 

for steel production.

In 2003, Sterling successfully secured a U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund 

(RLF) grant, which funded the assessment of a petroleum release, a groundwater review, and an 

investigation of cooling the water lagoon. The RLF grant and a leverage of funds will also fund any 

further assessment and/or necessary remediation.

In addition, Sterling has secured a major retail distribution center which will employ more than 700 

workers when it opens in early 2006.

For more information on Sterling, visit: http://www.sterling-il.gov

2004

Canton, Illinois

In the early 1900s, the International Harvester Company set the industry standard of farm 

implement manufacturing, providing the technology necessary for the rapid expansion of 

mechanized agriculture in the United States. The International Harvester plant in Canton, Illinois 

was the company's largest manufacturing plant and was the employment engine of the region. Upon 

closure in 1983, it left 20% of the city's population unemployed. 

The plant was destroyed by fire in 1997, blackening 33 acres in the downtown area, spreading ash 

throughout the city, and eliminating any opportunity for adaptive reuse of the facility. Over the past 

seven years dedicated Canton citizens worked in partnership with Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA to clean 

up and redevelop this brownfield. This partnership has secured over $4.8 million in funds for 

assessment, remediation, and site preparation.

A redevelopment master plan has been adopted. It provides for expanding local job opportunities, 

commercial services, and recreational opportunities. Successful implementation of the plan will 

restore lost jobs and return a large portion of the site to the tax base. Civic enthusiasm for this plan 

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has already stimulated building renovation and planning for a prosperous and environmentally sound 

future for this once degraded city.

2003

Freeport, Illinois

This historic city has identified its brownfields and is working with a multitude of partners to 

facilitate redevelopment. Freeport received a U.S. EPA Brownfields Pilot Grant in 2001 and a Illinois 

EPA Brownfields Redevelopment Grant, added city funds, and secured further funding from U. S. 

HUD, Illinois DOT, and, on one parcel, from the responsible party. The city of Freeport enrolls all of 

its brownfields sites in the Illinois EPA Site Remediation Program (SRP). The brownfields parcel, 

formerly Burgess Battery, was redeveloped into a boat ramp, a bike trail and a park facility.

From 1926 until 1989 this site was a dry cell battery manufacturing plant and was left with 

environmental concerns ranging from underground storage tanks to cyanide plating system residue 

and asbestos insulation. Buildings are now raised and wastes removed.

Site of a famous Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1868, Freeport, Illinois, lent its name to the famous 

"Freeport Doctrine", served as a major railway and industrial center in early Illinois, and was the 

childhood home of social reformer Jane Addams. Even its success and fame did not let Freeport 

escape the problems associated with urban brownfields.

In the 1900's residents used bicycles as convenient transportation - now they cycle for health and 

recreation. Since 2004 residents have used a new bicycle path, the Jane Addams Trail, built across 

the old manufacturing site. This new trail links the 487 mile Grand Illinois Trail with Wisconsin's 

Badger Trail system.

Indiana

2007

Indianapolis, Indiana 

The City of Indianapolis recognized that many abandoned or degraded industrial sites were in areas 

where neighborhood renovation and redevelopment would take place in the near future. A one-at-atime approach to each site did not seem efficient. Instead, Indianapolis utilized a U.S. EPA 

Brownfields grant in 2006 that made it possible to assess a 540 acre blighted area within the city 

that impacted commercial, industrial and residential decisions over a great portion of this 403 

square mile state capitol. The project culminated in Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Area 

Survey (Survey). 

The Monon Trail Greenway bisects the survey area running north - south. The original Monon Rail 

Line was an integral draw for industrial development in the 1800s and early 1900s. Today the 

Monon Trail Greenway replaces the old Monon Rail line and provides an integral draw for 

redevelopment of the neighborhood linking the downtown urban core to suburbs to the north. 

Brownfield sites are clustered around the Monon Trail and provide both a significant redevelopment 

challenge, and opportunities that the Survey is designed to address.

Over 75 parcels were studied with full Phase I Environmental Site Assessments completed on about 

20 sites. Strong community involvement from both business and community groups helped identify 

locations for new or expanded businesses, residential areas and nearby greenspaces that are 

making both commercial and residential areas more attractive. Recognizing the efficacy of the 

project's area-wide approach, two local community development corporations (CDCs) have now 

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commissioned similar brownfield surveys. A local developer has utilized the study to explore 

acquisition and cleanup of three junkyard sites identified in the study.

Twenty-five new homes have been built in the eastern portion of the survey area, with dozens more 

presently under construction. The Survey is assisting the private residential development market by 

providing environmental data to promote cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites in the area. 

By reducing barriers to redeveloping these brownfield sites this project has promoted the crucial 

commercial redevelopment component to well-rounded neighborhood redevelopment.

For more information, visit IndyGov

2006

New Albany, Indiana

New Albany was saddled with an abandoned industrial site within its historic downtown area. The 

site, abandoned since at least 1999, had formerly been used as a foundry and machine shop and by 

a tire and auto service business. 

The city secured a Brownfields Cleanup grant from U.S. EPA after completing assessments, using 

funding assistance from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

As the city was looking at cleanup and redevelopment options for its declining downtown area, the 

YMCA of Southern Indiana identified downtown New Albany as the best site for a new facility. 

Civic enthusiasm determined the new YMCA facility could be upgraded to be a major improvement 

for the city. The plan for Scribner Place followed. This plan broadened the YMCA vision to include an 

Olympic-sized natatorium, an observation tower overlooking the Ohio River and off-street parking. 

Phase 2 includes a hotel and a condo/apartment complex. 

Funding presented another challenge. With determined City Council members backing the plan and 

the generosity of a family foundation the plan now is set to move forward. Groundbreaking activities 

took place in early November 2006.

For more information on New Albany, Indiana see: http://www.cityofnewalbany.com/

2005

La Porte, Indiana

La Porte, Indiana, has a vision for the future, designating its brownfields area “NewPorte Landing.” 

The 150+ acre site, situated between its business district and a residential area, has both 

undeveloped areas and industrial space which has been contaminated and abandoned.

Assessment and planning has utilized city funds and in-kind services, state of Indiana funds, funds 

from a U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment grant, and assistance from the U.S. EPA Removal Cleanup 

unit. In addition, a community development corporation has been established, and community 

involvement continues to be solicited; also, cleanup of a former farm equipment manufacturing site 

is underway.

NewPorte Landing includes acres of greenspace—loved and much well used by its residents. More 

greenspace is being added as the city gets a face lift and the vision becomes a reality.

For more information on La Porte, visit: http://ww.cityoflaporte.com

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2004

Gary, Indiana

Gary, Indiana was a member of one of the first brownfields coalitions in the nationCthe Northwest 

Indiana Brownfields Redevelopment Project. Gary has within its municipal boundaries remnants of a 

unique dune and swale ecosystem created by the changing levels of Lake Michigan over time. Much 

of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore lies within the City of Gary. Many of Gary's brownfield 

properties contain wetlands and areas for greenspace and opportunities for habitat restoration. The 

City of Gary used an EPA Assessment Grant to conduct Phase I and Phase II assessments.

The proposed reuse as open space will provide a nature observatory for the public and for schools. A 

perimeter bike and walking path will provide further recreation.

Groundwork Gary will involve and utilize the best talents of its citizens to reclaim, enhance, develop 

and maintain urban greenspace and reuse brownfields while raising civic awareness and appreciation 

of the benefits of such spaces to all.

from Strategic Plan, Groundworks Gary Project, Gary, Indiana

2003

South Bend, Indiana

Partnership of local residents with city, state and federal resources leads to success.

South Bend, Indiana, partnered with state and federal environmental funding sources to augment a 

1982 bequest from South Bend candy wholesaler, Arthur Fredrickson, that was earmarked to 

establish a new city park.

The city purchased a 15.7 acre site. This site had been a private landfill from the mid-1940's until 

the 1960's. It was discovered to be contaminated. After assessment, debris removal was 

undertaken. A methane recovery system is being installed to capture gases generated by buried 

waste. A clay cap will be installed to reduce water infiltration and the surface will then be graded 

and contoured.

When finished the new park will include an environmental education center and an outdoor 

amphitheater. The South Bend Community School Corporation is developing a curriculum for using 

the education center. Mayor Luecke was quoted at the groundbreaking, AWe literally are making 

treasure from trash. We'll enrich the environmental stewardship programs of the City of South Bend 

for generations to come.

Michigan

2007

Eaton Rapids, Michigan (Eaton County)

Eaton County recognized the need for redevelopment in its county seat of Eaton Rapids. A county 

housing study had identified the need for housing for senior citizens. Assessment funded by a U.S. 

EPA Brownfields grant identified the need to remove USTs and hydraulic lifts from an abandoned 

school bus garage. Private investment covered these removal costs. The local school district was 

eager to have this property put back into use and add to the local economy. The Michigan State 

Housing Development Authority helped with redevelopment incentives.

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This old bus garage will be the site of a 40-unit housing center scheduled to be complete by January 

2008. This center is being established to serve senior citizens, a much-needed facility in the rural 

area.

Another site included in this project was assessment and renovation of a block of old business 

buildings in the town center. Hall Street businesses have back doors on a river that flows through 

the town. Upgrading the facades of the buildings and renovating the river path has done much to 

make this business area more attractive and economically profitable.

For more information, visit the Eaton County Information Network

2006

Focus:HOPE Revitalization, Detroit, Michigan

Focus:HOPE Revitalization is a nonprofit organization which takes practical action to overcome 

racism, poverty and injustice. Focus:HOPE Revitalization identified the Yellow Pages Building, a 

Detroit landmark, as the site for a facility to meet its expanded program. Continuing its emphasis on 

community building, Focus:HOPE Revitalization secured a $200,000 EPA Brownfields Cleanup grant 

in 2003 and a $350,000 loan from the city of Detroit's Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund to 

help finance phase one of the project. 

Phase one involved the clean-up and demolition of an abandoned factory building adjacent to the 

Yellow Pages Building. Contaminated soil was removed or covered with clean soil and the property 

will provide parking for the new facility. Cleanup work included recycling approximately 738 tons of 

steel, 3,080 cubic yards of demolition debris and 1,760 cubic yards of concrete. Focus:HOPE 

Revitalization's work illustrates how to effectively incorporate reuse and recycling into the 

Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment program. 

Work on the renovation continues. The new facility will include conference rooms, housing, and retail 

space.

For more information about Focus:HOPE Revitalization see: http://www.focushope.edu/

2005

Monroe, Michigan

From 1920 until the mid-1980s, a 185-acre site in Monroe, Michigan, was home to a manufacturer 

of corrugated cardboard boxes and related materials. Acquired by the city in 1987, the factory 

buildings were razed in 1990; cleanup of the site began in 2000.

Fifty-five acres of this site have been remediated contain 100 new single-family homes with 

detached garages, sidewalks, and neighborhood parks, all elements of New Urbanism in an older 

community. When the development is completed, it'll contain about 500 homes.

Innovative environmental management has helped control cleanup and site preparation costs. Most 

of the site was covered with two feet of contaminated ash and cinder from plant operations. This 

material is being excavated and encapsulated under road rights of way and parks. Concrete from the 

basements of old buildings is being broken up and used as the base for new roads.

More New Urbanism is evident in the plan. At least 10 percent of the acreage will be kept as 

greenspace, including hiking trails and family recreation areas. This redevelopment is designed to 

blend in with the surrounding residential neighborhoods and maintain the fabric of the community.

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2004

Detroit, Michigan

The Fraternal Civic Center Group will build a new headquarters on the same city block as their 

current offices. They acquired abandoned property on the block from the City of Detroit. Community 

interest inspired an expansion of their vision. Now planned, in addition to a new national 

headquarters, is a hotel and conference center, apartments, facilities for lodge meetings and a 

garage. Redevelopment costs are in excess of $45 million.

The Fraternal Group owned ten parcels and acquired the remaining four from the City of Detroit. An 

EPA Region 5 Assessment grant plus MDEQ Clean Michigan Initiative Grant Funding facilitated the 

initial work in redeveloping the property. 

Several buildings were demolished using $100,000 in MDEQ funds and assistance from the City of 

Detroit. A site assessment found metals and VOC compounds contaminating soil plus several 

underground storage tanks. 

Many positive changes are occurring in the project area: a Medical Center, new football and baseball 

stadiums, nearby University expansion and rehabilitation of existing residential units in the area. The 

fraternal group will use grants and gifts to erect the first African American-owned fraternal Civic 

Center in the U.S.

2003

Kalamazoo, Michigan 

A city block in downtown Kalamazoo was abandoned for nearly ten years after being home to 

Speareflex, a manufacturer of automotive parts. Title reverted to state ownership because of 

delinquent taxes. Federal, State and local efforts generated funds needed for environmental 

assessment while the state arranged title transfer to the city. Required cleanup included soil 

contaminated by heavy metals and petroleum, groundwater impacted by chlorinated solvents, and 

demolition of derelict bldgs. U.S. EPA Brownfields grants yielded a total of $400,000 in assessment, 

supplemental and greenspace dollars. 

PlazaCorp purchased the block in 2000 for $200,000 and have since invested more than $7million 

converting the remaining buildings to a mix of professional offices and retail uses. 

The four-story warehouse is now occupied by Biggs-Gilmore Advertising plus several smaller 

commercial office tenants. The Art Deco office building is now occupied by Shakespeare's Pub and 

will soon add Gary Fields' Comedy Club. 

more info on this project at www.redevelopkalamazoo.org

Saginaw, Michigan

In 1998, the Chamber of Commerce organized the South Washington Avenue Improvement 

Committee, a public/private partnership of local government agencies and businesses, to focus on 

the revitalization of an important City corridor adjacent to the central business district. 

This blighted area was home to numerous abandoned commercial and industrial sites and neglected 

rental houses.

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The objective of the committee was to assemble individual parcels into commercially viable 

properties. Along with financial and in-kind contributions from committee members, the Committee 

tapped into the City's Brownfield Assessment grant from EPA to perform due diligence activities prior 

to acquiring parcels.

The cornerstone of this revitalization effort was the 4-acre former Genessee Packaging plant 

brownfield site which became the site of the new Michigan Cardiovascular Institute. Following 

assessment and cleanup, construction was initiated in October 2001 and completed in May 2003 

with the opening of a state-of-the-art medical facility. 

Total public/private investment in this project exceeded $10 million and included several grants from 

the State to assist in property acquisition, demolition and cleanup activities.

Minnesota

2007

St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Since 1940, this 10-acre site, now known as the National Lead/Golden Auto site, had been used 

primarily for lead smelting and auto salvage. The industrial operations and on-site waste disposal 

resulted in significant lead, cadmium, arsenic and petroleum contamination. The site was placed on 

both the Federal and State Superfund lists in 1983.

A combination of low interest U.S. EPA loans administered through Hennepin County and Minnesota 

Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), along with grants funds from 

Hennepin County, Minnesota DEED, Metropolitan Council and tax increment financing provided by 

the City of St. Louis Park, made cleanup and redevelopment of this site possible. The site was 

removed from Superfund lists in 2001. Real Estate Recycling, a developer specializing in cleaning up 

such properties, conducted further cleanup to make it possible to redevelop, worked on 

redevelopment, contributed funds to the project and purchased the site in 2006.

Highway 7 Business Center, a modern office showroom incorporating green design elements, was 

completed in June 2007. The new facility will generate over 350 jobs and add $150,000 annually to 

the local tax base.

For more information, visit the Hennepin County, Minn. and the Minnesota Department of 

Employment and Economic Development (DEED)

2006

Moorhead, Minnesota 

The Main Avenue Bridge in Moorhead, Minn. carries 25,000 vehicles across the Red River of the 

North every day. The Central City Corridor near the bridge had many structures over 100 years old, 

underutilized or abandoned for many years. Former businesses included a gas station, dry cleaner, 

auto repair shops, electric motor facility, a foundry and a paint shop.

A $400,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment grant launched the redevelopment task. 

Environmental concerns included leaking storage tanks, both above and underground, plus soil and 

groundwater contaminated with chlorinated VOCs, PAHs, metals and petroleum. During remediation, 

over 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and 2,600 cubic yards of impacted or debris-laden soil 

were removed, plus 458 gallons of free-product impacted water were pumped. 

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The new Main Avenue Bridge was enhanced with a Riverfront Plaza and trails. The historic 

Kassenborg block and Douglas House were renovated and the corridor was redeveloped into a 

pedestrian-oriented downtown district in the new urbanism style. Over 100 new dwelling units were 

built plus 200 underground or structured parking spaces, and 37,305 square feet of commercial 

space. This project has generated substantial community pride. This new sense of vitality in the 

downtown region has resulted in rising property values and expanded private investments.

City, state and other federal funding financed cleanup and leveraged private investment. Project 

costs totaled $22 million.

To learn more about Moorhead, Minnesota see: http://www.ci.moorhead.mn.us/

MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Meth (methamphetamine) is an illegal stimulant made from cold medicine and common household 

chemicals. Production of meth in illegal "labs" creates contaminated structures and environmental 

hazards. Wastes from labs may be dumped into drains, onto soils, or into burn or burial pits.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) used part of its U.S. EPA 128(a) funds to study effective 

methods of cleaning meth lab sites when discovered. To date, the distribution of meth on and in 

building materials has been identified as a baseline for cleaning studies. Meth penetrates latex paint 

and building materials such that it is not easily removed by washing. Also, wipe sampling has been 

found to give unreliable data due to differences in building material porosity, surfaces, vertical 

location, and personnel wiping techniques.

Additional study is required: 

• To identify sampling methods more representative of possible human exposure routes.

• To determine if meth is mobile - will meth move out of building materials? 

• If so, possible human exposure routes may include inhalation.

• If so, is sealing required at former meth lab sites? Will sealing work? 

• To develop health-based standards for cleanup for meth, as well as chemicals used to 

manufacture meth, e.g., toluene and iodine. 

2005

St. Paul Port Authority, St. Paul, Minnesota

Many Hmong immigrants from Laos have moved to the Twin Cities in recent years. They have rituals 

regarding death that are unique to their culture. Because their funeral ceremonies are so different 

from typical American services, many Hmong families have problems finding facilities that are able 

to accommodate their needs.

To help alleviate this problem, a restored brownfields site was used to construct the first building in 

the U.S. built specifically as a Hmong funeral home. The design permits multiple funeral services to 

be conducted at the same time. This project is a cooperative effort between the city of St. Paul, the 

St. Paul Port Authority, and a Hmong-American developer. A U.S. EPA Brownfields grant has 

supplied some of the funding.

Groundbreaking for the new facility was held on a cold November day -but that did not keep 

community members from participating in this important event. Whole families attended so 

everyone could celebrate the end to the long wait for this needed cultural amenity.

For more information on St Paul Port Authority, visit: http://www.sppa.com

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2004

Little Falls, Minnesota

Hennepin Paper Company operated a mill facility in Little Falls, Minnesota, on a site running along 

the Mississippi River, from 1890 until 1998. The City of Little Falls acquired the property, now 

abandoned and vandalized, in 2002. Site assessments revealed hazardous chemicals and asbestos in 

some buildings, soil contaminated with petroleum compounds and some polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCB's) on the property. 

Community groups held public forums to give broad input into the redevelopment of the property. A 

City Council member, a retired Hennepin Paper employee, strongly encouraged pursuit of all 

possible funding sources for cleanup and re-use. An expanded city park, tentatively named Mill Park, 

was planned. Region 5 U.S. EPA Cleanup and RLF grants facilitated initial progress.

A review required by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act determined that the site 

met the criteria of the National Register of Historic Places. Consultation with local historical societies, 

former Hennepin Paper employees and area tribes resulted in a Memorandum of Agreement with 

EPA, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office 

that required portions of the structures and various pieces of equipment to be salvaged during the 

demolition. These pieces will be included in the historic and educational details of Mill Park, adding 

greatly to its historical richness.

Demolition and remediation of contaminated soil was completed in June, 2004, and redevelopment 

of the property began. Mill Park will be a natural park to include an outdoor environmental 

educational facility, a memorial to Hennepin Paper workers, an amphitheater and a winter ice rink.

2003

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

Partnerships made it possible

The Twin Cities, Minnesota, chapter of Habitat for Humanity has, until now, not considered building 

homes on environmentally questionable land because the organization recognized that it did not 

have the expertise or resources to handle questions of contamination. With a partnership 

undertaken by the Minnesota Environmental Initiative (MEI) and supported by the Twin Cities 

Metropolitan Council, Habitat has now been able to build on five troubled properties.

MEI secured not only an EPA Assessment Pilot Grant but environmental consulting donated by Braun 

Intertec, and gifts of equipment and cash from private companies and government offices to make 

this project possible. This unique collaboration has facilitated a viable, feasible solution to a complex 

problem, resulting in improved neighborhoods, the removal of blight, housing for 26 families and a 

model that could be emulated around the country.

The Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville was home to a large property that was a dump site and was 

assessed to have 2,200 tons of lead-contaminated soil. The partners on this project have succeeded 

in removing or capping the dangerous soil permitting construction of 11 homes (Twin Cities Habitat's 

largest single development to date). The intensive work on the property has given the 45 children 

living on Aspen Grove Lane safe and healthy places to liveCand to play--- and to grow.

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Ohio

2007

City of Hamilton, Ohio

Mosler Safe was a major employer in the City of Hamilton, a manufacturer of vaults, safes, and 

security products in the city from 1891 until 1996. It also maintained its corporate headquarters in 

its 480,000 square foot facility. 

In 2002 much of Hamilton's industrial area became a Federally Designated Renewal Community 

Area. In 2003 the city was awarded a $2,383,500 State of Ohio Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant 

to fund remediation and demolition of the Mosler Safe site.

The project included demolition of the company's structure, removal of over 32,500 tons of leadcontaminated soil, removal of underground storage tanks, asbestos abatement and removal of PCB 

transformers. In 2000 the city received a $500,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan 

Fund to assist with further remediation expense.

In November 2005, the property was purchased and redeveloped with an 81,000 square foot Kroger 

store and retail facility. The investment of $8,750,000 has returned this 13 acre parcel to productive 

use and created over 100 jobs.

For more information, visit the City of Hamilton, Ohio

2006

Springfield, Ohio

Iron fencing of the early industrial age, blackout windows and bomb shelter doors demanded in war 

time, then steel windows for post-war office buildings---all were produced by Bayley Manufacturing, 

Springfield, Ohio. The industrial revolution moved on and the factory closed in the mid-1980's.

Located in Springfield's Center City the abandoned Bayley manufacturing site became an eyesore. 

Residents were pleased when two local hospitals signed a redevelopment agreement with the city to 

begin the building of a cancer treatment center in downtown Springfield. The site along the cliffs of 

Buck Creek Corridor gave convenient access and an aesthetic setting for this modern medical 

facility.

Agreements among the city, the state of Ohio, and the U.S. EPA Brownfields grants program 

provided the financing for identification and removal of contaminants. Community Mercy Health 

partners raised $7 million for the modern facility. 

Local foundations and community members provided an additional $3.5 million to fund historical 

architecture enhancements commemorating Springfield's past, enhanced outdoor nature areas plus 

esthetically designed indoor and outdoor areas to provide patients with "tranquility space" creating a 

healing environment in the heart of an urban core.

For more information on Springfield, Ohio see http://www.ci.springfield.oh.us/

2005

St. Michael's Hospital, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio

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St. Michael's Hospital opened in 1884 and served a working-class neighborhood until it closed in 

2003. The complex included 10 buildings and a garage. Contamination included asbestos and 

underground storage tanks.

A carefully designed remedial action plan utilized Clean Ohio funds, a U.S. EPA Assessment and 

Revolving Loan Fund grant, a Cuyahoga County low-interest cleanup loan, and funds from the city of 

Cleveland to undertake assessment, demolition, and cleanup. EPA's Brownfields Job Training 

program provided two graduates, who became valuable employees of the demolition contractor.

Local developers are submitting concepts and plans; neighbors in the community are eager to see 

updated housing, businesses with job opportunities, and more greenspace in this thriving urban 

neighborhood.

For more information on St. Michael's Hospital, Cuyahoga County, visit: 

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2004

Buckeye Hills, Ohio

Appalachian communities have brownfields, but in comparison with other rural problems, 

brownfields have not warranted especial staff effort or expertise. The Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley 

Regional Development District (BH-HVRDD) is capitalizing on its partnership with the Governors's 

Office of Appalachia (GOA), Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) and the U.S. EPA to fund and 

implement a brownfields initiative in its ten county districts. 

The General Clay Products Corporation site operated from the late 1880's until 1997 manufacturing 

bricks and other clay products and providing employment to area workers. Now idle and abandoned 

the site is a community eyesore surrounded by residential properties. U.S. EPA funds granted to 

ODOD were presented in mid-2004 to Hocking County officials to facilitate brownfields assessment 

of the property.

Ten southeastern Ohio counties bordering the Ohio River are included in the area eligible for 

assessment grants under this redevelopment project. Local officials are identifying brownfield sites 

and applying for assessment dollars. The three grants for local site assessment will be made within 

the 2004-05 fiscal year.

2003

Lancaster, Ohio enhances development and employment

Since the early 1900's Lancaster has had a glass manufacturing plant, most of that time owned by 

the former Anchor Hocking Glass company. The Lancaster plant was closed in 1985. Left behind in 

the now decrepit plant facility were soil and fill impacted with metals and asbestos and shallow 

groundwater containing metals and VOCs. 

Lancaster is experiencing rapid growth and wisely is acting to maximize land use and conserve 

natural resources. The city was successful in securing a Brownfields Assessment Pilot Grant in 2002, 

funding Phase 1 assessment on two sites. With industrial development interest expressed on one 

site Phase 2 assessment went forward. The city has now secured a Urban Site Designation (USD) 

and applied for Clean Ohio Revitalization funding.

A bio-fuels company was attracted to the site, enhanced by its location near both rail and highway 

transportation. A Letter of Agreement has been signed and the city is scheduling cleanup and 

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redevelopment work before winter. This new development will provide needed jobs in the 

community.

Wisconsin

2007

2121 South Kinnickinnic Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The City of Milwaukee acquired this tax-delinquent, 1.7-acre corner lot in 1989. The blighted parcel 

was a priority for redevelopment because of its location on a prominent intersection leading to 

Milwaukee's south side. Demolition and site assessment costs were over $170,000. 

The assessment work revealed the parcel was heavily impacted with chlorinated volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs), not unexpected in this former dry cleaning facility. The City was awarded a 

$200,000 U.S. EPA Cleanup Grant in 2004. The grant was utilized to conduct remediation at the site 

to prepare for redevelopment. Excavation was conducted for hot spot source removal, while 

hydrogen release compound (HRC) was utilized to dechlorinate and degrade residual contamination 

at the site. 

Prior to remediation activities the City secured a developer who proposed a mixed use building with 

retail space and condominiums, recognizing that the location was well placed in an area in the midst 

of economic upgrading and new home sites. Remediation was conducted in January 2005 and the 

building construction commenced in March 2005. The completed building houses 21 condominium 

units and five retail spaces, with rear parking. The redevelopment increased the assessed value of 

the property by over $6,000,000.

For more information, visit the City of Milwaukee, Wis.

2005

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (RACM) acquired the 27,937-square foot 

property in 1997. This corner lot had been an auto repair facility and dry cleaning operation. The soil 

was heavily contaminated with petroleum and chlorinated hydrocarbons. RACM spent $100,000+ on 

testing, demolition and tank removal.

In 2003, RACM received a $200,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields cleanup grant that covered the cost of 

further remediation, including removal of tons of petroleum and tetrachloroethene-impacted soil. 

Remediation included installation of a vapor mitigation barrier under the floor of the new building.

Meanwhile the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation and the Harambee 

Ombudsman, two active not-for-profit organizations, were searching for office space. During fall 

2005, the search was finished, and the new building will be ready for occupancy, providing 8,900-

square feet of ground-floor retail and office space and 18 upper level apartments. This $3.6 million 

investment will provide needed facilities and an economic turnaround in this community.

For more information on Milwaukee, visit: 

http://www.medconline.com/Overview/EnvRemediation/Brownfields/index.asp

Milwaukee Community Service Corps Job Training, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Working to reduce a 50 percent unemployment rate in its target population, the Milwaukee 

Community Service Corps (MCSC) applied for and received the first Brownfields Job Training 

Demonstration Pilot in Region 5 in 1998. MCSC has received a total of $425,000 for job training with 

a leverage of more than $350,000. The goal for the current grant is 64 participants. After only one 

year in the grant period, the goal has been fulfilled.

Curriculum includes 40-hour OSHA training, lead and asbestos abatement instruction, innovative 

technology training, groundwater sampling, and use of air monitoring equipment. Classroom 

instruction includes computer classes and life skills training during a 12-week program.

Winter weather did not deter trainees as they learned hands-on groundwater sampling and 

calibration of air monitoring equipment at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

MCSC is implementing a phytoremediation initiative with an additional $198,000. Its objective is to 

promote long-term citizen participation in community redevelopment and to create jobs.

2004

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) produced gas from coal for a wide area of central Wisconsin at an 

Oshkosh facility from the 1870s until the 1950s. In the spring of 2002, the WDNR (Wisconsin 

Department of Natural Resources) conditionally approved the Remedial Action Work Plan for WPS. 

WPS completed cleanup of the property later that year in accordance with the approved Remedial 

Action Work Plan.

Remediation included demolition of buildings; removal of gas holders, tar wells and tar separators; 

excavation and thermal treatment of 23,500 tons of contaminated material; disposal of 4,000 tons 

of debris; placement of a 1.5-foot thick protective soil cap; and installation of groundwater trenches 

and a vertical barrier between source areas and the river.

The City applied $40,000 under its existing brownfield assessment grant to complete a cleanup plan 

for the management of contamination remaining onsite which will allow for the City's planned reuse 

of the site. This cleanup plan, the Park Development Plan, has been approved by WDNR and will 

expand a small city park into the new Riverside Park with concert facilities, public art display space, 

parking, and a pavilion. In 2004, the City received a $200,000 Cleanup Grant from U.S. EPA which 

will augment a $200,000 WDNR grant and funds from the City of Oshkosh. To date, more than $3 

Million in public and private funds have been committed for the project. Cleanup and construction 

will begin this fall with plans for completion by the 2005 outdoor concert season.

2003

Partnership in Kenosha, Wisconsin -- everyone participates -- everyone gains

The City of Kenosha, Wisconsin received a U.S. EPA Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund 

(BCRLF) in the amount of $1,000,000 in 2002 to assist with remediation of the Outokumpu Copper 

Company, formerly the American Brass Company. 

Established in 1886 and one of the largest and best-equipped brass and copper mills in the country, 

this 30 acre plant (about 12 city blocks) closed in 1999. The City of Kenosha acquired the property 

in 2002, used its BCRLF grant and funding from State of Wisconsin and local resources to begin 

assessment, demolition, cleanup and plans for the future. Assessment determined volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs), such as chlorinated solvents, were in the soil and groundwater. Also found in 

the soil were lead, copper and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

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Focus groups and local organizations assessed community needs and identified priorities. Soon a 

plan was built. Following remediation the site was developed into single and multi-family housing, 

parks and small and large retail areas. New development brought new dwellings, new parks, new 

commerce, new jobs -- needed in this low-income area.

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Nelsonville’s history brick by brick 

By JOYCE L. ALIG

President of Mercer County Historical Society, Inc. | Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:00 

am 

NELSONVILLE — The salt-glazed brick has not 

received the recognition it deserves, considering 

that this type of brick contributed to the industrial 

revolution in transportation. Cities across America 

paved their streets with this strong and water-tight 

brick, and the Nelsonville Block may have been the 

king of brick pavers.

The Nelsonville Block brick originated in 

Nelsonville and the Hocking Valley. The growth of 

brick-making was a part of the iron ore production 

of the Hocking Valley. Early blast furnaces in 

Hocking County date back to the 1850s. Wood was 

burned into charcoal which was used to heat 

furnaces that in turn heated the iron so it could be 

reduced to ingots for shipping.

As forests disappeared, bituminous coal was the 

next fuel for the iron furnaces. Stone availability was limited, so bricks were used in the making of 

the furnaces. During the Civil War Era, railroads wanted coal and iron, and clay bricks were in 

demand. Several clay-related industries grew in Hocking and Athens counties.

The Nelsonville Brick Co. began in 1877. The Nelsonville Block brick had a salt-glazed surface 

which made it water tight. In 1904, this brick won first prize at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The 

Indianapolis 500 race track also was paved with Nelsonville bricks.

The color of old brick was determined by the type and amount of shale and fireclay used in the 

brick-making process. Generally, the more shale in the product, the darker red it was. Shale gives 

the product its strength, and fireclay gives the mixture more plasticity so it can be extruded. Due 

to the Great Depression, the plant closed in 1937.

At one point, there were six brick factories in and around Nelsonville. There are many old brick 

homes in Athens County, and brick business buildings in the villages confirm that brick makers 

have always been in demand for their skilled trade.

Nelsonville’s history brick by 

brick 

Photo courtesy Mercer County Historical 

SocietyNelsonville Block brick, which was 

salt-glazed for strength and to decrease 

permeability, was made in Nelsonville and 

used all around the country, including Main 

Street, Celina, in Mercer County. 

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Over a century later, the brick industry no longer exists in Nelsonville. The General Clay Brick 

plant in Diamond, near Nelsonville, closed in recent years, as did the General Clay Products 

Corporation in Logan. Logan Clay Products has been in continuous operation since 1890 making 

clay sewer pipe, flue lining and other kindred products (see www.loganclaypipe.com).

Editor’s note: Nelsonville Block bricks paved the streets of Celina in Mercer County. The Mercer 

County Historical Museum in Celina has one of the bricks on display. Alig wrote this article — 

with the help of local resident Dutch Junge, who is on the Logan-Hocking County District Library 

board — to share the history of brickmaking and the clay industry in Hocking and Athens 

counties. She welcomes any correspondence from citizens who want to share more about the 

history of Nelsonville Block bricks. She can be contacted at 3054 Burk-St. Henry Road, Saint 

Henry, OH 45883, histalig@bright.net or 419-678-2614.

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The Medina County Sheriff is preparing to auction the last 17 parcels of township land 

belonging to the Wadsworth Brick and Tile Co. 102 years and 11 months after the 

company opened. 

Located between state routes 94 and 57 near Seville Road, the land is expected to 

sell for a total of $7 million at a sheriff's auction Friday. 

Long-time manager Patrick Brannigan said, "We made the best red brick you could 

buy." He spent 39 years with the company. He joined the company right after his U.S. 

Army service in World War II, coming to Wadsworth on Feb. 5, 1948 to start a job as 

officer manger. Six months later, he and Joan married; they had seven children. 

Brannigan retired in 1988 as vice president of sales with nearly 40 years of service. 

The company was incorporated on Feb. 7, 1904 with a capitalization of $30,000 from 

Wadsworth businessmen William A. Ault, J. K. Durling, M. W. Wertz, Charles A. 

Curtis, E. S. Pardee and M. H. Leatherman. 

By 1906, six kilns produced 6 million red shale bricks annually. Tile production was 

added in 1918, and a vitreous cover for underground high tension cables was added 

in the 1930s. By 1939, the factory employed 50 with an annual payroll of $60,000. 

During World War II, tank parts were manufactured in its machine shop. 

Wadsworth Brick and Tile merged with General Clay Products Co. of Columbus in 

1950 and production rose to 15 million bricks per year. Production doubled in 1954 

with the construction of plant 4. The original plant converted to gas from coal in 1962 

because of Environmental Protection Agency air pollution control regulations 

Bob Potts and John Everhardt were plant superintendents in 1964, and Brannigan 

was the sales manager. By 1966, 250 employees produced 60 million bricks annually 

in two gas-fired continuous kilns. 

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DATE: March 17, 2003 

TO: All Glen-Gery Employees 

 

FROM: Steve Matsick 

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT 

It is regrettable that I must announce the closing of our Chillicothe Plant. This difficult decision 

was made after a long, critical look at the plant’s performance in recent years, and the outlook for 

brick demand in the Midwest in the current soft economy. 

Chillicothe had been operating at 60% of its 48 million BE capacity. The plant, while well 

maintained, was old. Despite the best efforts of the Chillicothe staff, it has become increasingly 

difficult to remain competitive. In contrast, there is our Marseilles Plant, a modern facility capable 

of producing 130 million BEs annually. Marseilles also serves the Midwest region and has 

capacity available to absorb the Chillicothe production. 

We are in the process of upgrading Marseilles to meet the specific needs of Glen-Gery. Given its 

larger capacity, state-of-the-art equipment and ideal location, we must increase Marseilles 

production to make full use of its capacity. This is essential to the long-term growth of Glen-Gery. 

Manufacturing at Chillicothe will end on March 28. The last day of operation will be April 4. 

Following the closing, the plant’s machinery will be dismantled and removed, and its product line 

will be incorporated into Marseilles Plant. Thin Brick product will be transferred to Caledonia 

Plant. 

The closing of Chillicothe Plant affects 46 salaried and hourly employees. To help those 

employees, we are making available the outplacement services of job resume development, 

job referral and local recruitment advertising. 

I am confident that the decision to close the Chillicothe Plant and the transfer of production to 

Marseilles is in the best interest of Glen-Gery. 

A press release about the closing has already been distributed to relevant newspapers. If any 

Glen-Gery employee is contacted by a member of the press for comment, you are instructed to 

direct all inquiries to Ben Hoenich, Marketing Services Manager, at 610-374-4011, ext. 245. 

# # # 
28078 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2006 / Notices 

rail lines located in whole or in major 

part within the State of North Dakota. 

DATES: This exemption will be effective 

on June 14, 2006. Petitions to stay must 

be filed by May 30, 2006. Petitions to 

reopen must be filed by June 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34828 to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In 

addition, send one copy of pleadings to 

Mark S. Radke, of Felhaber, Larson, 

Fenlon & Vogt, P.A., 220 South Sixth 

Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, MN 

55402. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565-1609 

[assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-

800-877-8339]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board's decision. To purchase a 

copy of the full decision, write to, email or call: ASAP Document Solutions, 

9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, 

MD 20706; e-mail asapdc@verizon.net; 

telephone (202) 306-4004. [Assistance 

for the hearing impaired is available 

through FIRS at 1-800-877-8339]. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at "http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov". 

Decided: May 9,2006. 

By the Board, Chairman Buttrey and Vice 

Chairman Mulvey. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6-7329 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915-01-P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 254X); 

STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 274X); 

STB Docket No. AB-149 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Stanly County, NC; 

Yadkin Railroad Company—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Stanly County, NC; 

Winston-Salem Southbound Railway 

Company—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Stanly County, NC 

On April 25, 2006 Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company (NSR), Yadkin 

Railroad Company (YRC), a wholly 

owned subsidiary of NSR, and WinstonSalem Southbound Railway Company 

(WSSB), a Class III switching carrier 

owned equally by NSR and CSX 

Transportation, Inc., jointly filed with 

the Board an amended petition under 49 

U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903: (1) For 

NSR to discontinue service over 11.11 

miles of rail line (the Line) between 

milepost WF-0.00 at Halls Ferry 

Junction and milepost WF-11.11 at 

Badin in Stanly County, NC, which it 

operates under lease from YRC; (2) for 

YRC to discontinue service over the 

Line, which it leases from Alcoa, Inc. 

(Alcoa), the owner of the Line's right-ofway, track, and improvements; 1 and (3) 

for WSSB to discontinue service over 

the 5.21-mile portion of the Line 

between milepost WF-5.90 at Whitney, 

NC, and milepost WF-11.11 at Badin, 

which it and YRC jointly lease from 

Alcoa. The Line traverses United States 

Postal Service Zip Code 28001 and 

serves the station of Badin. NSR will 

continue to serve the Halls Ferry 

Junction station, and WSSB will 

continue to serve the Whitney station. 

The Line was constructed by 

Tallassee Power Company (Tallassee), 

an Alcoa predecessor. In March 1916, 

shortly after the Line's construction was 

completed, Tallassee leased the 5.90-

mile segment of the Line between Halls 

Ferry Junction and Whitney to YRC and 

the 5.21-mile segment between Whitney 

and Badin jointly to YRC and WSSB. 

The leases, which have no fixed term, 

provide that the lessees are to operate 

and maintain (except for extraordinary 

maintenance and capital improvements) 

the Line as common carriers providing 

motive power and equipment as needed 

to serve Alcoa's aluminum smelting 

facility at Badin and local traffic. 

Alcoa is the Line's only shipper. One 

other shipper, Yadkin Brick Company 

(Yadkin Brick), has used the Line. 

According to petitioners, Yadkin Brick 

was located on the Halls Ferry JunctionWhitney segment in the mid to late 

1990s and perhaps for some time earlier. 

NSR is the only carrier that has 

conducted operations over the Line 

since 1996. In that year, NSR entered 

into a haulage agreement to move cars 

for CSXT over the Whitney-Badin 

segment, replacing the switching service 

WSSB was providing for CSXT. 

YRC ceased operations over the Line 

in 1951 when its property was leased to 

the Carolina and Northwestern Railway 

Company (CNR), a subsidiary of 

Southern Railway Company (SOR). 

Carolina & Northwestern Railway 

Company, Control, Etc., 282 I.C.C. 802 

(1951). In 1988, CNR was merged into 

SOR, which became successor lessee of 

YRC's properties, Southern Railway 

Company—Merger Exemption—

Carolina and Northwestern Railway 

Company, Finance Docket No. 31255 

(ICC served May 12, 1988). SOR 

changed its name to NSR in 1990, and 

in 2000 NSR renewed its lease of, and 

authority to operate, YRC's properties. 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Corporate Family Transaction 

Exemption—Yadkin Railroad Company, 

STB Finance Docket No. 33951 (STB 

served Dec. 12, 2000). 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in petitioners' 

possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it.2 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.-

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by August 11, 

2006. 

Petitioners assert that the Line will 

revert to Alcoa as private line or real 

estate following the discontinuances 

and will not be subject to offers of 

financial assistance (OFA). Under 49 

U.S.C. 10904, any person may file an 

OFA to subsidize NSR's operation of the 

Line for up to a year. Any OFA to 

subsidize the Line under 49 CFR 

1152.27(b)(2) will be due no later than 

10 days after service of a decision 

granting the petition for exemption. 

Each offer must be accompanied by a 

$1,300 filing fee. See Regulations 

Governing Fees for Services Performed 

in Connection with Licensing and 

Related Services-2006 Update, STB Ex 

Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 13) (STB served 

Mar. 20, 2006); 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket Nos. AB-290 

(Sub-No. 254X), AB-290 (Sub-No. 274X) 

and AB-149 (Sub-No. 2X) and must be 

sent to: (1) Surface Transportation 

Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20423-0001, and (2) James R. 

Paschall, Three Commercial Place, 

Norfolk, VA 23510. Replies to the joint 

petition are due on or before June 5, 

2006. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board's Office of Public 

Services at (202) 565-1592 or refer to 

the full abandonment or discontinuance 

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 

Interested persons, including Alcoa, are invited 

to comment on whether Alcoa or another entity 2 Petitioners state that such documentation is 

requires abandonment authorization before the Line unlikely to exist because Alcoa owns the right-ofcan be abandoned. way. 
Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 93/Monday, May 15, 2006/Notices 28079 

Questions concerning environmental 

issues may be directed to the Board's 

Section of Environmental Analysis 

(SEA) at (202) 565-1539. [Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.1 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. EAs 

in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the amended 

petition. The deadline for submission of 

comments on the EA will generally be 

within 30 days of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: May 5,2006. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6-7328 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915-01-P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Women 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92— 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on Women 

Veterans will conduct a site visit on 

June 12-16,2006, at the North Chicago 

VA Medical Center (VAMC), 3001 Green 

Bay Road, North Chicago, IL. Site visit 

briefings, updates, and tours will be 

held from 8:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each 

day and will be open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

regarding the needs of women veterans 

with respect to health care, 

rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, 

and other programs and activities 

administered by VA designed to meet 

such needs. The Committee makes 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such programs and activities. 

On June 12, the agenda topics for this 

meeting will include briefings and 

updates from key leadership of the 

VAMC and Veterans Integrated Services 

Network (VISN) 12, as well as a tour of 

the surgical and emergency 

departments, acute medicine, Women's 

Wellness Clinic, and the Skilled 

Geriatric Rehabilitation Center. On June 

13, the Committee will receive briefings 

and updates from VISN 12's Women 

Veterans Program Managers, VISN 

Seamless Transition Coordinator, and a 

VISN 12 official on mammography 

services. On June 14, the Committee 

will receive briefings and updates on 

resident training at the VAMC and 

Rosalind Franklin University of Health 

Sciences, the Chicago Regional Office 

operations to include women veterans 

activities, the Illinois State Department 

of Veterans Affairs Office, and the 

National Cemetery Administration. The 

Committee will also tour the Naval 

Hospital Great Lakes in Great Lakes, 

Illinois. On June 15, the Committee will 

receive briefings and updates on 

polytrauma services at the Hines VAMC, 

inpatient/outpatient mental health 

services for women, the Evanston Vet 

Center, domiciliary and substance abuse 

programs, and the acute psychiatry unit. 

On June 16, there will be an open forum 

and town hall meeting with the women 

veterans' community. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend the meeting should contact Ms. 

Rebecca Schiller at the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Center for Women 

Veteran (00W), 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420. Ms. 

Schiller may be contacted either by 

phone at (202) 273-6193, fax at (202) 

273-7092, or e-mail at 00W@mail.gov. 

Interested persons may attend, appear 

before, or file statements with the 

Committee. Written statements must be 

filed before the meeting or within 10 

days after the meeting. 

Dated: May 9,2006. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06-4528 Filed 5-12-06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320-01-M 
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New London Real Estate Listing # 731960

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Description:

Nice wooded lot--was used to store bricks when brick company was 

operatng and still has several bricks scattered over property--perked in 

2004--permit is good until 5/13/2009

Property Details:

Listing Office: R & D Little Realty

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Price: $33,000

Listing #: 731960

Acres: 3.4

Area: 23

City: New London

Zip Code: 28127

Subdivision: None

Listing Status: Active

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