The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) has awarded the City of Waterloo a $20,260 grant to complete additional asbestos containing materials (ACM) survey work at the Former Rath Packing Plant located at 1442 Sycamore Street. The investigation is critical to advancing planned ACM abatement activities scheduled to occur at the facility in 2025…. Read more »
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Firm Chosen for Cleanup Project
The City’s brownfield selection committee has chosen Eocene Environmental Group, Inc. to oversee implementation of its EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant. These funds will cover costs associated with developing bid specifications and asbestos abatement activities at the seven-story former Rath Packing plant. The looming brownfields facility represents a symbol of the economic devastation that dramatically impacted the community… Read more »
Rath Cleanup Project Brochure Available
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Rath Project Receives Cleanup Grant
U.S. EPA has awarded the City of Waterloo a $642,400 Brownfields Cleanup Grant to remove asbestos containing material (ACM) from the 7-story former Rath Packing plant structure located at 1442 Sycamore Street. 262 communities across the United States received a portion of the $215 million in FY 2023 funding. The City was one of 14 recipients… Read more »
Meeting Scheduled for Cleanup Grant
On November 22, 2022 the City of Waterloo will be submitting a U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBrownfields Cleanup Grant application for the former Rath Building located at 1442 Sycamore Street inBlack Hawk County, Waterloo, IA. The public meeting for this grant application will take place at Waterloo City Hall in the Mollenhoff Conference Room, 715 Mulberry… Read more »
City Secures EPA TBA Assistance for Rath
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved a technical services application to further investigate the former Rath Meat Packing Plant located along Sycamore Street in downtown Waterloo. The 5.5-acre property contains an 8-story building totaling over 700,000 square feet of space currently used for cold storage. EPA’s Targeted Brownfields Assistance (TBA) program will fund… Read more »