6C — October 14 - 27, 2016 — Southeastern PA — M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal
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emo g r a p h i c s r e - cently published in The Philadelphia In- By Craig Herr and Gary Brown, RT Environmental Services Southeastern PA – increased interest in Downtown Philadelphia & our riverfront areas D projects which involve Dela- ware and Schuylkill River trails and riverfront access. EPA P e -
munity revitalization. RT is proud to be involved in many projects involving residential development at Act 2 sites to the north of Philadelphia’s Center City, and we are cur- rently working at another waterfront site right next to the Delaware River, which had been considered for casino development but which was passed by. The Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Environmental Pro- tection has also examined its Statewide Health Standards as part of routine reviews of its regulatory programs. A
number of Statewide Health Standards have been modified to be less stringent, due to changes in the average body weight (which when calcu- lated as a basis for the Stan- dards are set, is appropriately revised from time to time). For some PAH compounds, cleanup standards are now less stringent, but there are no significant changes in the Statewide Health Standards for arsenic or benzo(a)pyrene. There have been comments at the federal level that benzo(a) pyrene, one particular con- stituent found wherever coal
ash has been placed or where there are atmospheric emis- sion impacts from the historic burning of coal, should not be used as a compound group “surrogate” [a surrogate is when one compound is used to represent a larger group of compounds for evalua- tion, toxicity and/or risk as- sessment purposes; scientific community objections revolve around such factors as marked differences in toxicities be- tween different compounds; for example - benzo(a)pyrene is much more toxic than most other PAH compounds.]. The other compound which tends to drive cleanups is arsenic. Changes in the Statewide Health Standard for arsenic or benzo(a)pyrene would be more helpful than other re- cent DEP cleanup standard changes, but such revisions have been passed over this time around. Fortunately, in Pennsylvania, there are flexible standards for reme- diating sites, including use of the Site Specific Standard, which more and more is the answer to efficiently remediat- ing sites, and not excavating and removing large volumes of material. The Site Specific Standard is extensively used along our riverfronts, or the Non-residential Standard can be used, where sites are being redeveloped commer- cially. The Non-residential Statewide Health Standard was appropriately used to reduce cleanup costs at a site in Delaware County. Whether in Center City or in suburban areas, commer- cial sites involving fast food, donuts or those involving re- tail pharmacy sites continue to move forward at a rapid pace. Particularly drawing interest, as has always been the case, are sites with the best locations. Such locations are often at sites where there was a service station or a for- mer dry cleaning facility at a strip center where a cleanup, often with significant cost, can be completed in parallel with the site plan approval process. Smaller sites tend to have development costs of $750,000 to 1,000,000, but the larger sites (usually involving combining several properties to form a larger site), can have overall development costs in- cluding purchase, cleanup and construction and development continued on page 16C
quirer show a s t ronger d o w n t o w n a r e a a n d i n c r e a s e d res ident ial growth inter- est. In addi- tion to inter- est in Phila-
troleum En- ergy/Air Pro- grams have been hurting o u r ma j o r refinery, but interest in our original wat er f ront
Craig Herr
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delphia’s Downtown area, key environmental organizations, including the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, are keeping focus on a series of
and particular interest in the area north of Center City has resulted in an ongoing series of projects which can best be called riverfront and com-
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