Summary Information
(last updated on: 9/6/2012 8:20:38 AM)
[Jan. 2012] The North Ridge Estates site was developed for residential use, with approximately 25 homes on minimum lot sizes of 2.5 acres. Within a known footprint comprising approximately 100 acres, specific parcels containing residential structures are adversely impacted by asbestos-containing-material (ACM). The ACM is derived from a former Marine Recuperation Barracks (MRB) facility originally constructed in the early 1940s by the U. S. Dept. of Defense (DOD) to treat Marines suffering from tropical diseases contracted during WW2. The U.S. EPA has completed multiple time-critical actions at the facility, which were focused on asbestos source removal. In 2011, using its one-time Superfund site petition, DEQ requested that EPA add this site to the National Priorities List (NPL, or Superfund). EPA agreed, and added the site to the NPL in Sept. 2011.
General Site Information
Site: North Ridge Estates (ECSI Site ID: 2335) CERCLIS (EPA) Id001002476
Project Manager: Cliff Walkey Investigative Status:Listed on the Confirmed Release List or Inventory
PM Phone: (541) 633-2003 NPL(National Priority Listing):Yes
Address: 38S/9E/S15bd Is this site an Orphan?Yes
Klamath Falls, 97601 Is this site a brownfield?No
County: KLAMATH Action Underway or Needed: FEASIBILITY STUDY
Region: Eastern Region Click for more details ...  
Site Documents
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File NameCategory File Size MB Upload Date
ATSDR health consultation for North Ridge Estates, 3-06.pdf Eco/HH Risk Assessments 1.0761 10/15/2007
Parcel Location Site Map_06-2006.pdf Miscellaneous 2.0699 11/1/2007
ACM presence (NRE site map).pdf Miscellaneous 0.3363 11/1/2007
MOA (EPA, DEQ).pdf Miscellaneous 0.3097 11/1/2007
2335_Community Planning Report_08-27-2008.pdf Reports 2.4763 8/28/2008
Community_Visioning_Workshop_Summary_Report.pdf Reports 2.6795 9/2/2008
2335_North_Ridge_Estates_ROD_9_2011.pdf RODs/Staff Reports 2.6872 11/17/2011
Photographs

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Park outside North Ridge Estate.
4/23/1999
Map of former base.
4/23/1999
Former base foundations looking north.
4/23/1999
North Ridge Estates sign with former base foundation in the background.
4/23/1999
View of the site looking southwest.
10/8/2000
Concrete foundation with new home in the background.
4/23/1999
Close-up of existing foundation.
4/23/1999
Former base foundation in hillside.
4/23/1999
Former base foundations with new home in the background looking east.
4/23/1999
Remnants of former base with new home in the background.
4/23/1999
Former base foundation with hydrant in the foreground.
4/23/1999
Test pit.
4/23/1999
Mound with MBK building in the background.
4/23/1999
Remnants of former base in hillside.
4/23/1999
MBK building.
4/23/1999
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