LUST Pilot Sites

The U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks launched the USTField pilot initiative in order to provide resources to communities to address “abandoned or idle property where redevelopment is hindered by petroleum contamination from abandoned, federally regulated underground storage tanks.” Ten sites were selected in September 2001. These sites were closely monitored and documented by the Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMW) and the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals(NALGEP). Forty additional sites/communities were selected in 2002. There are now 50 USTField Pilot Sites spread across all 10 U.S. EPA Regions. 

WHC has worked closely with an USTfield site in Rosalia, WA, to develop opportunities for increasing the use of wildlife habitat enhancements and community partnerships in the redevelopment plan. WHC made recommendations to this site on how to get all stakeholder groups on board to get the wildlife habitat enhancements on the ground. In working with this site, an emphasis was placed on identifying how sites frequently thought as unusable can be developed into urban pocket parks.

News:
Rosalia Visitor Resource & Interpretive Center wins a Phoenix Award in the category of Community Impact - UST (2005).

For more information:
Opportunities in Ecological Reuse and Environmental Education at the Town of Rosalia, Washington USTField Pilot Site (PDF)
Rosalia Visitor Resource & Interpretive Center

Please refer to U.S. EPA’s OUST website for additional information about the USTField Pilot Sites.

Read more about U.S. EPA and the Wildlife Habitat Council partnering to foster the reuse of abandoned gas stations for parks, wildlife habitat, and green space on this fact sheet. 

Land Restoration Home