The Minneapolis Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has added the former Universal Plating site, which consists of 1900-1922 Monroe Street NE and 661-19th Avenue NE, to the State's Superfund Permanent List of Priorities. This is a significant step in ultimately returning this piece of property to productive and beneficial use. Universal Plating was the site of chemical and mechanical plating and finishing from 1944 to 2009. Metals and chlorinated solvents at levels that exceed the MPCA's soil reference values for residential land use have been detected in the site's soil. The property has been included in MPCA's Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup Program since 2014.The property was forfeited to the State of Minnesota for non-payment of taxes in 2015. Hennepin County Resident and Real Estate Services (RRES) currently administers the site on behalf of the State. In addition to securing and maintaining the property, Hennepin County staff have sampled and identified chemicals and process waste on the site and packaged and transferred waste from the site to disposal facilities. The site needs to be completely cleaned before the structures can be demolished. The clean up is expected to be completed by the end of 2016 and the demolition will take place during the spring and summer of 2017.
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