1. OLD P&LE RAILYARD MCKEES ROCKS Brownfields and Economic Revitalization of the Inner City Ipek Erzi Priscila Vargas

2. Location 100 acres –30 acres in McKees Rocks Borough –70 acres in Stowe Township Bordered by the Ohio River to the east Accessible from the McKees Rocks Bridge, PA Route 65 & 51

3. Location Overgrade Diesel shop MKR Bridge CSX Tracks Lockhart MKR M&E Shop Overgrade

4. Site Zoned commercial Sold for $950,000 Buildings - National Registry of Historic Places 70 acres - Stowe Township No major contamination Bought by one person 30 acres - McKees Rocks Borough Diesel shop area Bought by four people

5. History Prior to Industrialization Flat land, adjacent to Ohio River End of 18th century: Farming and trading

6. History Railroad and Industrialization Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad started in1879, 89 miles from South Side to Youngstown through McKees Rocks 1888: P&L.E.R.R. started maintenance and repair in McKees Rocks “Little Giant”

7. History Three mills by the railroad: 1881: Iron City Bridge Works 1882: Pittsburgh Steel Works 1882: Vulcan Forge and Iron Works, Long &Co. - later Lockhart Steel (1890).

8. History P&LE Chronology 1889: P&LE became a subsidiary of New York Central 1968: Penn Central 1970: Penn Central bankrupt 1979: P&LE independent again 1982-1986 P&LE loses money 1996: P&LE bankrupt

9. History Site Ownership End of 1980s - ARPI-owned by one person 1992 Three Rivers buys tracks 1993 Three Rivers merges with CSXT 1996 P&LE goes bankrupt 1997 ARPI buys P&LE

10. History 1997 ARPI buys P&LE Spring 1999 ARPI breaches contract with P&LE 22 November 1999- site sold to tenants by the bankruptcy court

11. Community Profile Population: 7691 Households: 3291 Race: 6554 white, 1078 black, 59 other “Old” town Housing units: 3676 –Public&private water: 3671 –Public Sewer: 3663 * 1990 US Census Data

12. Community Profile

13. Housing Units –Owner Occupied: 1637 –Renter Occupied: 1654 Allegheny Public Housing –Two existing units –One more planned

14. Community Profile

15. Environmental Aspects

16. Environmental Aspects - Spills, Leaks Related to P&LE –1988: petroleum products to enter a sewer –1989: 40 gallons of diesel enter soil –1992: discharged petroleum products into a storm water facilities –Leaks from storage tanks –General pollution in the site

17. Environmental Aspects - Spills, Leaks Related to CSX –1992: 1500 gallons of oil spilled from a ruptured locomotive fuel tank

18. Environmental / Legal Aspects - Orders P&LE –Nov. 1988: Notice of violation requesting soil and groundwater remediation –Sep. 1992: Order requesting: Groundwater: Phase I, II, and III. Soils: Phase I and II.

19. Environmental / Legal Aspects - Orders CSX –Nov. 1992: Request for information about the 1500 gallons spill + remediation. –1993: Assessment and remediation is conducted. No further action.

20. Environmental / Legal Aspects Legal process after the order -P&LE –Oct. 1992: P&LE appeals the order –Jun. 1995: A Consent Order and Agreement is filed –P&LE agrees on: Ground water: monitoring wells, recovery trench, and quarterly sampling. In situ soil remediation. Removal of waste drums in the property. Phase II prior to sale.

21. Environmental/Legal Aspects –March 1996: P&LE files for bankruptcy. –April 1996: DEP objected “motion” filed by P&LE. –1997: Phase II is conducted. –1998: Phase II is approved by DEP. –Since 03/96 other COA obligations suspended.

22. Environmental Aspects Phase II Findings –Soils: Four VOCs in soils Pesticides Lead and mercury No SVOC’s or PCB’s –Groundwater: Two VOCs –A Phase III is still needed

23. Environmental Aspects Current Status –Major hazards removed. –Piles of debris, metals, old structures, abandon buildings still on site. –Pollution identified in Phase II still on site.

24. Environmental Aspects Current Status –Obligations from COA still valid (Diesel Shop Area): Monitoring wells and recovery trench are installed, not operated. Groundwater reports are not submitted. Soil is not remediated.

25. Environmental Aspects Perspectives –Obligations under COA are still valid for the current owners of the land. –Eventually, DEP can ask for land cleanup (according to Phase II findings) or –Property owners can do it under Act 2 terms. –Nothing is being done.

26. Tenants

27. Overgrade  Map

28. Diesel Shop  Map

29. McKees Rocks Bridge  Map

30. CSX Tracks  Map

31. Lockhart Steel  Map

32. McKees Rocks  Map

33. Machine and Erecting Shop Boiler and Tank Shop  Map

34. Overgrade Map

35. Future The tenants became the owners ACS will expand its business Who will be responsible for the diesel shop?