United States
                       Environmental
                       Protection Agency
                       Washington, D.C.  20460
 Solid Waste
 and Emergency
 Response (5105)
 EPA 500-F-01-268
 April 2001
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  &EPA        EPA  Brownfields
                       Assessment
                       Demonstration  Pilot
                                                                       Davenport,  I A
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                   Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, and safely clean up
brownfields to promote their sustainable reuse.  Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or  under-used industrial  and
commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated  by real or  perceived environmental
contamination. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years,
with additional funding provided for greenspace) to test assessment models  and facilitate coordinated assessment
and cleanup efforts at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels; and job training pilot programs (each funded up to
$200,000 over two years) to provide training for residents of communities affected by brownfields to facilitate cleanup
of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field; and, cleanup revolving loan
fund program (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years) to provide financial assistance for the environmental
cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to  provide EPA, states, tribes, municipalities,  and
communities with  useful information and strategies as they  continue to seek new methods to promote a unified
approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA has selected the City of Davenport for a
Brownfields Assessment Pilot. The city also was
selected to receive additional funding for assessments
at brownfields properties to be used for greenspace
purposes. Davenport has targeted 2,450 acres along
the Mississippi River for this Pilot. The economic
base of Davenport (population 98,256) moved away
from the river decades ago, and many manufacturing
operations in the project area closed, leaving an
estimated 100 sites that have possible environmental
problems.

Within the Pilot area, the city has identified two
specific areas, including a wetland, for reclamation
and enhancement using greenspace funding under
the Pilot. The area includes a wide range of land uses,
including undeveloped riverside parcels, active
manufacturing facilities, and idled facilities such as
former coal gasification plants, packing houses,
lumberyards, and rail yards. The area also includes
undeveloped riparian habitats. The 8,271 residents
in and near the Pilot area are 11 percent minority,
with a poverty rate of 19 percent, and a per capita
income of $9,972. The economy of the targeted area
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Davenport, Iowa
Date of Announcement:
April 2001

Amount: $200,000

Greenspace $50,000

Profile: The Pilot targets
brownfields in a 2,450-acre
abandoned industrial area
located along the Mississippi
River. Sites to be assessed will
be selected with the goal of
increasing affordable housing in
the city and  revitalizing
community centers.
Contacts:
City of Davenport
(319)326-7711
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 7
(913)551-7988
      Visit the E PA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
     http://www.epa.gov/region07/specinit/brown/
               brownfields.htm

    Forfurther information, including specific Pilotcontacts,
  additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
  publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
         http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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has been relatively stagnant compared to the rest of
Davenport.

OBJECTIVES

The city's long-term objective is to redevelop the
riverfront and increase affordable housing in and
near the Pilot area. As part of this objective, the Pilot
will establish the West Davenport Brownfields
Partnership Team (BPT), identify candidate sites,
complete Phase I and Phase II environmental site
assessments, and evaluate cleanup options. The
BPT will provide strategies forpublic participation,
propose candidate sites, set criteria for selection of
sites that will receive detailed assessments, and
present recommendations to the city.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Establishing the West Davenport Brownfields
  Partnership Team to provide overall guidance for
  the Pilot;

• Identifying candidate sites within the target area;

• Conducting Phase lenvironmental site assessments
  at approximately 30 sites; and

• ConductingPhasellenvironmentalsite assessments
  and cleanup planning at four sites.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot                                                     Davenport, Iowa
 April 2001                                                                           EPA500-F-01-268

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