Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program

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Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program

• Presentation to
• 5th Annual VI Brownfields Forum
• St. John, USVI
• July 30, 2008

Maguire Group Inc. architects / engineers /
planners
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Presentation Overview

• Introduction
• Maguire Group Background
• Contract Scope of Services
• Redevelopment Success Stories
• Q/A

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Maguire Staff

• Tom Hevner, PE VP / Director Land
  Development
• Eric Douglas, PE Virgin Islands Location Manager
  Client-Manager
• Steve PassafaroEnvironmental Engineer

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Introduction

• Maguire Group is a leading full-service
  architectural / engineering firm
• Location offices staffed with experienced people
  backed by specialized resources
• Offers full complement of services to public-
  and private-sector clients through its Land
  Development, Water Resources, Transportation and
  Buildings divisions

The power of experts understanding client needs,
engineering lasting solutions.
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History of Maguire Group

• Founded in 1938
• Established US Virgin Island presence
• Services municipal, agency, state, federal and
  private sectors
• Award-winning services

Maguires multi-disciplinary setup offers
advantages for clients seeking a multitude of
servicesan enormous asset for clients with needs
from simple, task-based responses to complex,
longer-term solutions.
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National Recognition

• Two Presidential Design Awards
• Numerous design and ACEC awards
• Most recently two regional transportation
  awards

Innovative Management On Time Providence
River Bridge Float Lewistown Narrows
Highway
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Full-Service Land Development / Environmental

• Civil/Site Engineering
• Environmental planning / engineering / permitting
• Land-use planning
• Marine / port engineering
• Hazmat remediation
• Landfill compliance
• Brownfields

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Full-Service Buildings

• Architecture
• Building design and rehabilitation
• Building systems engineering
• Mechanical / electrical engineering
• Site and utilities engineering
• Structural engineering
• Value engineering

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Full-Service Transportation

• Highway / bridge engineering
• Geotechnical
• Hydraulics and drainage
• Traffic engineering
• Corridor studies
• Transportation planning
• Owners rep services
• Construction and program management
• Value engineering

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Full-Service Water Resources

• Water quality, supply, storage, treatment,
  distribution and piping
• Groundwater development
• Stormwater management
• Watershed management
• Reservoirs/pumping stations
• Dam rehabilitation
• Enhanced nutrient removal
• Infiltration / inflow (I/I)
• Hydraulic modeling
• Odor control

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Maguire has a strong U.S. Virgin Island presence
with our Christiansted, St. Croix office that was
established in 1996, and Project Performance
dating back to the 1980s.
Maguire Group Office Location
Corporate commitment to the area
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Brownfields Contract Objective

• Brownfields site inventory
• Reuse / redevelopment identification
• Basis for revitalization strategy
• Maintain island character
• Facilitate future redevelopment funding

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Task I Territory-Wide Brownfields Inventory

• Review existing data
• Field investigations
• Interviews
• Database and GIS development

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Task I Territory-Wide Brownfields Inventory
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Task II Brownfields Inventory Evaluation

• Development of ranking system for ten Phase I
  Environmental Site Assessments
• Property size and status
• Proximity to neighboring population or other
  businesses
• Existing infrastructure
• Redevelopment potential
• Overall site marketability

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Task III Phase I ESAs

• Ten properties
• Records review
• Site reconnaissance
• Interviews with site managers or occupants
• Asbestos and hazardous materials survey
• Generation of report with conclusions
• Community outreach

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Task IV Phase II ESA Work Plans

• Five properties
• Identification of Areas of Concern (AOC)
• Identification of investigation strategy
• Identification of media and laboratory analysis
• Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)

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Community Outreach

• Various Approaches
• Public Workshops
• Stakeholder meetings based on identification of
  key informants from interviews
• Information mailings and e-mailings
• Press releases and public advertisements
• Informational web page

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Success Stories

• Belle Mead Army Base Somerset, NJ
• Decommissioned WW2 weapons depot
• Provided environmental consulting services to the
  U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
• Provided technical Brownfields support in
  qualifying and quantifying environmental
  compliance issues that affect the transfer of a
  portion of the former Belle Mead Army Depot

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Success Stories

• Kalama Chemical Garfield, NJ
• Contracted as the Brownfields Environmental
  Engineering Consultant since 2002
• 6-acre property
• Former chemical plant
• Services include third-party review, liability
  determination, and site conditions evaluations

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Success Stories

• Garbose Metals Gardner, MA
• Former metals company
• Provided support services for a Brownfields site
  assessment
• Evaluated site conditions, prepared a QAPP
• Coordinated and provided oversight of field
  sampling activities

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Questions?