Ford Motor Company closed its Twin Cities Assembly Plant in December 2011 and then prepared the site for demolition and disposition. The City of Saint Paul worked with Ford to help ensure that site demolition was handled carefully to minimize noise, dust and disruption. Ford Motor Company and its environmental consultant Arcadis conducted environmental remediation on the site, bringing it into conformance with Minnesota Pollution Control standards for the development of all land uses, including residential.
Testing results and remediation plans
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (June 29, 2007)
- Soil Investigation Report - Baseball Fields - Feature 139 (September 7, 2007)
- Soil Investigation and Risk Assessment Work Plan - Baseball Fields - Feature 139 (September 7, 2007)
- Initial Phase II - Exterior Investigation Report (October 31, 2007)
- Additional Soil Investigation and Surface Soil Risk Assessment - Baseball Fields - Feature 139 (December 19, 2007) Briefing Letter | Executive Summary | Full Report | Figures | Tables | Appendices
- Response Action Implementation Report - Baseball Fields - Feature 139 (March 13, 2008)
- Groundwater Seep & Mississippi River Sampling Work Plan (April 11, 2008)
- Supplemental Phase II Exterior Investigation Work Plan (May 13, 2008)
- North Parking Area Supplemental Phase II - Exterior Investigation Work Plan (May 19, 2008)
- Quarterly Groundwater Sampling Event (June 27, 2008)
- Quarterly Groundwater Sampling Event (December 31, 2008)
- Phase II - Interior Investigation Work Plan (May 28, 2010)
- Tunnel 1A Response Action Implementation Report (January 1, 2011)
- Seep and River Sampling Events (February 22, 2011)
- Final/Initial Receptor Survey (July 18, 2011)
- Underground Storage Tank (UST) Sump Sampling Events (December 5, 2012)
- MPCA Approval - UST Sump Sampling Report (February 8, 2013)
- Final Supplemental Phase II Exterior Investigation Report(May 31, 2012)
- MPCA Response - Revise Supplemental Phase II Exterior Report(February 4, 2013)
- Revised - Final Supplemental Phase II Exterior Investigation Report (40MB) (May 29, 2013)
- MPCA Approval - Revised Supplemental Phase II Exterior Investig. Report (Sept 5, 2013)
- North Parking Area Statistical Analysis NFA Request (July 2012, 2013)
- MPCA Response - North Parking Area NFA Request (February 7, 2013)
- Final Propane Sampling of tank removals (May 6, 2013)
- Underground Storage Tank (UST) Removal - Environmental Contingency Plan (April 9, 2013)
- MPCA Approval - UST Removal Contingency Plan (May 28, 2013)
- Subsurface Investigation Work Plan - Element 1 (July 15, 2013)
- MPCA Approval - Subsurface Investigation Work Plan - Element 1 (September 17, 2013)
- Site-Wide Environmental Contingency Plan during demolition (July 17, 2013)
- MPCA Approval - Environmental and Site-Wide Contingency Plan (August 14, 2013)
- Area C - Comprehensive Site History and Investigation Report (5MB) (April 4, 2014)
- Subsurface Investigation Work Plan - Element 2 (June 6, 2014)
- Retention Pond Work Plan (July 11, 2014)
- Data Collected from Monitoring Wells Along the Mississippi (September 2, 2014)
- Area C Investigation Work Plan (March 17, 2015)
- MPCA Approval - Area C Investigation Work Plan (May 19, 2015)
- Underground Gasoline Storage Tank Removal Report (April 13, 2015)
- Site Decommissioning Response Action Plan (April 1, 2015)
- MPCA Approval - Site Decommissioning RAP (May 22, 2015)
- Final Phase II Comprehensive Investigation Report – Overview (March 31, 2016 - revised from Dec. 2015 Draft)
Please note: The full report and 7 appendices total nearly 3,000 pages of technical data (175 MB). This overview excerpt from the report provides a summary of the information. The MPCA response letter below requests modest revisions to the report regarding data presentation, which will not change the findings. Additional testing is outlined at the end of the overview document and will be reported here when available. - MPCA Response – Final Phase II Comprehensive Investigation Report (February 19, 2016)
- Final Site Decommissioning Response Action Plan (SDRAP) Implementation Report (March 31, 2016) and MPCA Approval - SDRAP Addendums March 7, 2016 Please note: This overview excerpt from the report provides a summary of the information. The appendices for these reports are very large, with large sets of numbers and field notes, and are therefore not posted here. They are available upon request.
- Interim Response Action Plan for Isolated Impact Area (June 8, 2016)
- Comprehensive Phase II Site Investigation Report: Soil Addendum (August 8. 2016) Summary; Tables; Figures 1-5 and 6-10
Please note: The summary, tables and figures provide key information and highlights from the report. The report appendices are large documents, with tables of numbers and field notes. They are available upon request. - MPCA Approval - Revised Comprehensive Phase II Site Investigation Report (September 15, 2016)
- MPCA Approval - Site Decommissioning Remedial Action Implementation Report (September 20, 2016)
- Comprehensive Phase II Site Investigation Report - Groundwater Addendum -- Summary (September 19, 2016)
Please note: The report appendices noted in the "Summary" (link above) are 14,545 pages of data tables and field notes. They are available upon request. - Interim Response Action Plan - Consolidated Impact Areas (October 2016)
- MPCA Approval for Consolidated Impact Areas Remediation Action Plan ( December 29, 2016)
- Area C - Comprehensive Site History & Investigation Report II (May 5, 2017) (202 MB file)
- City Comments to PCA on Area C - Comprehensive Site History & Investigation Report II (July 2017)
- PCA Response to City Comments on Area C - Comprehensive Site History & Investigation Report II (January 2018)
- Arcadis Technical Memorandum - Arsenic Addendum to the Consolidated Impact Areas Interim Response Action Plan (June 28, 2017)
- Interim Response Action Plan Canadian Pacific Rail Property (November 2017)
- 2017 Fourth Quarter Groundwater Sampling Summary (April 20, 2018)
- Area C Groundwater Sampling Event Summary Documents (December 13, 2017)
- Area C Groundwater Sampling Work Plan (April 24, 2018)
- MPCA Area C Response Letter (January 12, 2018)
- MPCA Area C Groundwater Sampling Work Plan Approval (May 7, 2018)
- MPCA Arsenic Addendum to the Consolidated Impact Areas Interim Response Action Plan (Arsenic RAP) Approval (May 3, 2018)
- MPCA Interim Response Action Plan for the Canadian Pacific Rail Property Approval (May 3, 2018)
- Interim Groundwater Sampling Work Plan (May 4, 2018)
Ford Site Plan Application
WARNING - Files below are VERY large, will be slow to load and view, and may create difficulties for dial-up or portable devices.
- Table of Contents and Section I - Summary of Work; Stormwater Quality Impacts; Traffic Plan; Concrete Crushing; Subsurface Tunnel Evaluation Report (13 MB)
- Section II - Figures of property and general demolition plans and activities (9 MB)
- Section III - Redevelopment Timeline (medium size)
- Section IV - Photos of Wixom plant demolition (33 MB)
- Section V - Demolition Sequencing images (2 MB)
- Section VI - Renderings of before and after demolition (9 MB)
- Section VII - Demolition Phasing images (24 MB)
- Section VIII - Phase 1 Building Demolition detail sheets (utilities, grading, erosion control) and some Phase 2 & 3 information (35 MB)
- Section IX - Phases 2 & 3 Slab and Foundation Removals and Site Restoration (grading, erosion, seeding) (following links all 6400 KB or smaller) -- Sheets 1-10; 11-20; 21-30; 31-40; 41-50; 51-60; 61-65; 66-70; and 70-79