27TH ST EAST & 17TH AV SOUTH
The South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination ("South Minn") site is located in the city of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The site covers an area of approximately 1,480 acres and soil sampling has been conducted at more than 3500 residential properties in an ethnically and economically diverse community. While the area is largely residential, it also contains commercial, industrial, and municipal properties. The South Minn site is located in close proximity to a former pesticide manufacturing plant. The pesticide plant property was leased and operated by Reade Manufacturing, which made arsenic and/or lead arsenate-based grasshopper pesticides from 1938 through 1963. From 1963 through 1968, U.S. Borax sub-leased the parcel and stored and shipped pesticide products during that time. It is believed that during plant operations, the powder-like arsenic trioxide was periodically blown by the wind off the plant site into the surrounding neighborhoods, which resulted in contaminated soils. The pesticide plant property itself was owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway from the 1880s through 1985. After the railroad declared bankruptcy in 1985, the property was transfered to CMC Heartland Partners (CMC) in November 1993. On August 15, 2005, CMC sold the property to 2800 Hiawatha LLC. The CMC Heartland Partners Lite Yard site property has been investigated and it was cleaned up by CMC Heartland Partners in 2004 and 2005 under the oversight of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and other state authorities. The property is now in re-use by a light industrial/commercial facility. Site Responsibility The South Minn site is being addressed through state and federal actions.
31,348 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$55,825 |
Average Income |
11,284 |
Occupied homes |
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