Flying Site Assistance - 2010/09

September 2010 141
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I was made aware
of an outstanding AMA club that had
achieved such success in improving and
operation of their landfill/flying site, that the
EPA awarded them the Region 4 Excellence
in Site Reuse Award. Club President Scott
Kantrowitz accepted the award for the
Tampa Radio Control Aircraft Club
(TRAC).
Many club members put forth untold
hours of effort to locate and obtain this site.
The club members are to be congratulated
for their overall efforts to work with the
community. The best reward a club can
receive is having a great place to fly. TRAC
has certainly done that!
This success story is something that I
hope many clubs will learn from and work
toward creating a similar flying site in their
area.
This award is presented by the EPA
Region 4 division. The site that won this
award is the Taylor Road Landfill in
Tampa, Florida. This is the location of the
TRAC flying site. The club worked with
the local landfill authority along with the
County Parks Department, Solid Waste
Department, and the EPA to obtain use of
the site.
Over time, the club’s constant effort to
be a good steward of the site paid off and
the club was able to obtain more and more
area, including land that was part of the EPA
Superfund area of the Taylor Road Landfill.
Region 4 established the Excellence in
Site Reuse award for those who have
supported the Superfund Redevelopment
Initiative through outstanding
efforts when redeveloping a
Superfund Site. Region 4 has
been successful in facilitating
the redevelopment of
Superfund Sites.
Many developers, site
owners, and local
governments have worked
closely with Region 4 to
ensure that sites are
redeveloped in a manner to
enhance the remedial actions
taken and/or minimize the
agency’s responsibilities for
long-term care and
maintenance. This award was
established to recognize these
outstanding efforts.
Evaluation Criteria for
Excellence in Site Reuse
Award
1. Enhancement of the
selected remedy
2. Reduction of EPA’s longterm
stewardship
responsibilities
3. Effect on local community
4. Enhanced monitoring of
institutional controls
(neighborhood watch)
5. Design of redevelopment
complementary with long-term
implementation of selected remedy
I encourage every club member to
reread this article. Note how the EPA
places importance on the club’s work to
maintain the site. A great relationship with
your site owner is worth everything!
Obviously, the TRAC has fulfilled all
the above, and has done it with excellence!
On behalf of AMA, I would like to
congratulate the TRAC for all of its longterm
efforts, not only with the Taylor Road
Landfill and EPA, but with the local
community as well.
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Academy of Model Aeronautics and the elected district representatives.
Flying Site Assistance Tony Stillman | [email protected]
Tony Stillman
Flying Site
Assistance
Coordinator
102 Cherrywood Ct.
Brunswick GA 31525
(912) 242-2407
[email protected]
The Tampa Radio Control Aircraft Club, Inc.
Receives EPA Region 4
Excellence in Site Reuse Award!
Another aerial view of the field looking southeast toward
the landfill.
An aerial view of the TRAC site looking northeast toward
the county park.
An aerial view of the runway.
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