ISRA Brownfield Redevelopment | Avenel, NJ
Verdantas was retained to address the requirements of the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) for the redevelopment of a former manufacturing plant with more than 100 years of industrial history in Avenel, New Jersey into commercial warehousing.
Verdantas prepared the necessary ISRA documents, including the General Information Notice to notify NJDEP of the sale of the property. The Preliminary Assessment by Verdantas identified over sixty areas of concern and recommended investigation of more than fifty areas, including underground and aboveground storage tanks, floor drains, chemical storage areas, electrical transformers, buried process materials, ground water contamination, and ecologically sensitive natural resources. The investigation included inspections of the manufacturing facility and surrounding land, soil borings, test pits, monitoring well installation and sampling, building material sampling, and an ecological risk assessment. Once the initial investigation of these areas was complete, Verdantas oversaw the demolition of the former facility to ensure compliance with the erosion control plan to prevent migration of site-related contaminants. Verdantas coordinated the site activities with US EPA to modify an existing Self-Implementing Cleanup and Disposal Plan (SIP) to facilitate the redevelopment.
At the conclusion of the demolition, Verdantas completed the delineation of the contaminated areas of concern and directed the remediation of these impacted areas. Delineation included negotiating access to six off-site properties, including privately and publicly held land. As part of redevelopment, Verdantas also designed and oversaw the installation of a sub-slab depressurization system under the new building and directed capping of the Site in accordance with the US EPA-approved SIP. Verdantas coordinated the testing and movement of excess soils generated during grading for reuse on-site, reuse off-site as alternative fill, and disposal as required.
Based on Verdantas’ track record of success conducting remediation on the Site, the client continues to retain Verdantas for environmental services across the country.
Client
Commercial WarehousingLocation
Avenel, NJCapability
Environmental Assessment & RemediationServices
Risk AssessmentRemediation
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When the former Caraustar-Rittman Paperboard facility was operating at its peak, the plant was home to more than 1,200 local employees. Its closing in 2006 resulted in the loss of these jobs and left behind 300-acres of vacant real estate in the industrial core of Rittman, Ohio.
The City of Rittman (Wayne County, Ohio) now has 80 acres of prime industrial property ready for a new end user and a new 205-acre public park that will be open to visitors next year. The redevelopment of the former Caraustar-Rittman Paperboard manufacturing facility is a monumental accomplishment achieved through an ambitious public-private partnership and state funding.
This large and complicated project involved close coordination with the City of Rittman, Wayne County, JobsOhio, Team NEO, Ohio EPA, Ohio Public Works Commission, Wayne County Health Department, and the Ohio Department of Transportation. Funding assistance, a critical factor to this project’s success, was provided through a $2 million JobsOhio Revitalization Program grant and a $2.5 million Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant.
Redevelopment and revitalization of the former Caraustar-Rittman Paperboard facility is a classic example of how a public-private partnership can provide a solution for a civic problem. Preparing this property for new industrial and commercial development is needed for the economic viability of the community. Preparing the remaining property considered less desirable from a development perspective into public open space will preserve important habitat while offering health, wellness, and educational benefits for local residents and visitors for generations to come.
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Verdantas has provided a wide range of environmental consulting services on an as-needed basis to the City of Philadelphia since 2014 and prior to that from 2001-2005. Working with the Department of Public Property required interaction with numerous agencies within the City, such as the Philadelphia Zoo, Parks and Recreation, the First Judicial District (Courts), the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, the Streets Department, the Water Department, and the Department of Commerce. With our cost-conscious, practical approach toward managing projects and solving problems, along with our talented team of engineers and scientists, over 400 work orders were completed during the recent contract. The Department of Public Property recently selected Verdantas to continue to provide environmental consulting services for the period of 2018 through 2021.
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