DERR-2025-005337

Voluntary Cleanup Program
and North Temple Landfill
Site Update
A Presentation to:
Shoreline Heritage Area Workgroup
July 10, 2025
by
Bill Rees, VCP/Brownfields Section Manager
Division of Environmental Response and Remediation
VCP—Information and Benefits
Voluntary Release Cleanup Program Act (VCP) passed during
the 1997 Legislative session creating the VCP. Department
program administered by the DERR.
Collaborative approach with stakeholders to facilitate cleanup.
Truly voluntary, but still must meet standards.
Comprehensive oversight program, DERR staff highly engaged.
Information available to the public on-line.
Successful voluntary cleanup results in the issuance of a
Certificate of Completion.
EPA support of the VCP.
Why Develop These Sites
Potential economic returns, increased tax base
Job creation
Community revitalization
Protect public health
Create open space, parks
Remove blight
Recycle land, re-use infrastructure
Protect environment
Old Town Transit Center – Park City
Historic Drycleaners
Industrial Property
Old Buildings
Undeveloped Land
Historical Mining
VCP Process
VCP application and a formal eligibility review to determine if
a site is eligible for the program.
A VCP Agreement between DEQ and the applicant(s) must be
signed before any workplans or reports, other than the
Environmental Assessment (EA) are reviewed.
Nature and extent of contamination defined prior to developing
a remedy for the site. This is part of site characterization.
The risk is evaluated to ensure the proposed remedy is
protective of public health and the environment.
A Remedial Action Plan (RAP) documents the proposed
cleanup approach.
VCP Process Cont’d
The RAP is subject to public comment and cleanups can be tied to the future land use.
Institutional controls, including a Site Management Plan, are necessary if contamination is managed on-site above an established standard or goal as part of the cleanup.
The nature of institutional controls should be considered well in advance of the remedy as it can impact the cleanup and future redevelopment.
Upon successful completion of the VCP, a Certificate of Completion (COC) is issued to the applicant.
COC notes the proposed future use of the property. DERR defines in terms of an exposure scenario.
VCP in Action
•“The Utah DEQ played an important role in the Ogden Business Exchange, which
is a significant redevelopment project in Ogden City. The project transformed the
historic Ogden Union Stockyards, long vacant and blighted, into a state-of-the-art
business park. Joining the DEQ’s Voluntary Clean-up Program allowed the City to
access technical assistance, planning, and regulatory clarity that helped us to
complete the project correctly and in a timely manner. The DERR team was very
knowledgeable, flexible, and always willing to help – they were essential to the
City’s efforts to return this brownfields site to a productive use.”
—Ogden City
Centro Civico
Soil was removed under the VCP with
assistance of an EPA cleanup grant
facilitating redevelopment to
apartments.
Alta Gateway
A private developer purchased the
property and conducted a voluntary
cleanup. The property has been
redeveloped with apartments.
Current Status - NTL
SITLA and UIPA are co-applicants.
Piles of concrete on the sw corner crushed.
Site characterization on-going to define nature and extent of
contamination off-site. This information will help determine
the remedy for additional phases of cleanup.
Cleanup work commenced in May 2025 on phase I (approx.
150-acres) per the accepted Remedial Action Plan (RAP).
DERR working with UIPA and SITLA to ensure the remedy as
outlined in the RAP is implemented.
Once the cleanup is complete, institutional controls will be
necessary for long-term management.
NTL – Waste Material
NTL - Repository
NTL - Leachate
NTL – WAIV Unit Leachate