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OLD P&LE RAILYARD MCKEES ROCKS

OLD P&LE RAILYARD MCKEES ROCKS. Brownfields and Economic Revitalization of the Inner City. Ipek Erzi Priscila Vargas. Location. 100 acres 30 acres in McKees Rocks Borough 70 acres in Stowe Township Bordered by the Ohio River to the east

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OLD P&LE RAILYARD MCKEES ROCKS

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  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. Community Profile • 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 ShopBoiler 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?

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