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Mountain Pine Pressure Treatment Site Selected as Pilot for EPA Redevelopment Project

Release Date: 7/13/2000
Contact Information: For more information contact the Office of External Affairs at (214) 665-2200.

     The Mountain Pine Pressure Treatment site in Plainview, Arkansas, is one of 40 sites in the nation chosen to be a pilot project for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund program's Redevelopment Initiative.

     The Redevelopment Initiative gives funding and support to states, communities or tribes to help them plan for reusing Superfund sites before the cleanup method is chosen. This helps ensure that the cleanup results are consistent with the planned reuse of the site.

     "EPA's goal is to ensure that community approved reuse plans are considered when the cleanup itself is planned. Knowing the community's wishes helps us tailor the cleanup to those needs," said EPA Regional Administrator Gregg Cooke.

     Mountain Pine Pressure Treatment operated from 1962 to 1986, leaving contaminated water and sludges. Drainage from the site flows into a tributary of Nimrod Lake, which provides water for the city of Plainview.

     Plainview plans to use its $100,000 cooperative agreement to form an advisory council and develop a plan to reuse the site.  The council will hold trainings, workshops, and public meetings to identify reuse options for the site.  The council will address the community's safety concerns and ecological concerns for nearby wetlands.  

     The EPA Superfund program works closely with state agencies to clean and restore uncontrolled contaminated properties. Superfund cleans sites when the work required is beyond the resources of state and local agencies.

     More information on the Redevelopment Initiative is available on EPA's web site at https://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/recycle/overview.htm.