UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONVERSION PROJECT -
BUNKER HILL CERCLA SITE PROJECT - KELLOGG, ID.


TerraGraphics provided negotiation and technical assistance to the State of Idaho in the successful conversion of 70 miles of contaminated railroad right-of-way to a recreational trail under rail-banking rules. This Project is one more example of the “Remediation through Development” approach that is continually being used to convert contaminated property into a destination recreation site. This was a joint project involving several federal agencies, the Union Pacific Railroad, the State of Idaho and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and involved technical, engineering, human health, natural resource and ecological risk assessment issues.

TerraGraphics conducted the human health risk assessment portion of the engineering evaluation cost estimate (EE/CA), designed a combined risk management/cleanup plan for human health and provided engineering assistance in reviewing proposed conversion construction and oversight activities.

TerraGraphics has been involved with the Bunker Hill Superfund Site for over 20 years, and has a proven history of working with Tribal, local, State, and Federal Governments on mining related issues. TerraGraphics is currently working on the institutional controls program (ICP) criteria for the project and is in a unique position to oversee construction with respect to long term ICP goals.