Author(s)

L. Feldman

Abstract

A retail shopping mall was created from a former manufacturing facility located on 154 acres in a rapidly urbanizing environment. Implementing a risk-based approach to address residual pollutants in the soil and groundwater for this \“Brownfield” redevelopment was a key factor for the project’s economic feasibility. Regulatory requirements for the project approval included soil and groundwater assessment, groundwater monitoring, limited soil and groundwater cleanup, and the full assessment and management of the residual risks posed to future site users. These users included construction workers, maintenance workers, retail employees and customers at the shopping mall. A Site Management Plan, or SMP, acceptable to the regulatory agency, was developed and implemented to manage the residual risks to the site’s users after the remediation p

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