Nicollet Island - East Bank

Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA)

Copyright 2015 Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association, Inc.

Rev 3.0

Two unique places …

… one great neighborhood

Nicollet Island           East Bank

Superior Plating Site

Pollution Remediation

Superior Plating Site Pollution Remediation Review and Status Meeting was held August 26, 2014 – over 70 people attended the meeting at Lourdes Church on one of the best “outdoor” days of the summer to hear elected officials, representatives of the site owners, and professional staff from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) speak and answer questions about the current status and future handling of the this famous site in the neighborhood, which has been the focus of intense pollution remediation activity over the last 8 or 9 months.

Both Jerry Stahnke, MPCA Project Manager, and Candace Sykora, MPCA Hydrologist have spent much of the last 2 years supervising the remediation.  They made a comprehensive presentation and fielded questions from the audience.  

The bottom line – in spite of numerous surprises and unexpected problems, the remediation is largely complete. Although some items remain to be done, it is now possible to contemplate redevelopment of the site into a high quality residential / retail uses. There appears to be great interest the the site in the real estate community (as there should be), so we may expect some serious  development action in the coming few months.     

Superior Plating Site Pollution Remediation Review presented at the NIEBNA Board meeting of March 26, 2012 – MPCA representatives gave a presentation regarding the then current status of pollution and pollution remediation at the Superior Plating site. At the time, the Superior Plating company was in bankruptcy and the the process of liquidation. We were concerned that the pollution control systems operated by Superior Plating for many years would continue to function and that the general pollution situation would be closely monitored.