From Deseret News archives:
Utah firms take great efforts to avoid Superfund stigma
But the property owner, Crete Carrier Corp. of Lincoln, Neb., has voluntarily agreed to clean up the pellets that have contaminated the dirt with lead. The company likes that approach, saying the state's voluntary cleanup program is a far cry from a federal Superfund listing.
"A Superfund site carries a lot of baggage with it," Rees said.
The old gun club is one of 14 badly polluted properties across the state now being cleaned up voluntarily. Since 1997 when the Utah Legislature enacted the program, seven contaminated sites have been completely cleaned up.
Quite simply, industry officials like the state approach as much as they loathe Superfund, the federal program that has been the hallmark of industrial cleanups since the 1970s.
"It provides a little bit of comfort that the state may not come back to the applicant for further enforcement action," Rees said.
Voluntary cleanup also is quicker and less costly than Superfund, primarily because it is pursued voluntarily without costly litigation and compliance requirements that typically dog Superfund projects.
Cleanups have been completed at eight Superfund sites, while work is still being done at seven others. Five other Utah sites have been proposed for Superfund listing, but these are being cleaned up under cooperative agreements whereby the property owners can avoid the Superfund stigma if they meet certain federal requirements.
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