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Brownfields Success Stories
Provo City Steeling Itself for Redevelopment
In 1996, Provo was selected as an EPA Brownfields Assessment Pilot and awarded a $200,000 grant. The Pilot's funding helped the city oversee USX-funded assessments on the 338-acre Ironton steel plant site, the largest underutilized tract of land in the city. Under the aegis of the Pilot, Econsulting, an organization run by Brigham Young University students, completed a study of the property and recommended steps necessary to return the site to productive use. The Pilot also coordinated outreach activities to keep the surrounding community informed of the project, and developed detailed plans to manage the site during its cleanup and reuse. Under the Pilot's three-phase plan for the property, USX will clean up the site in accordance with a risk- based industrial standard agreed upon between USX and the state's Department of Environmental Quality. Potential re-uses for the site include a commercial/industrial business park that could create hundreds of new jobs and generate more than $400,000 in annual tax revenues. For more information on the Provo Brownfields Pilot, contact Todd Chaudhry of EPA Region 8 at (303) 312-7074.