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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
St Pai// Port Authority, MN
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, President
George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.
Under the Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through four competitive
grant programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addition-
ally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The St. Paul Port Authority was selected to receive
assessment, cleanup, and revolving loan fund grants.
About 100,000 of St. Paul's 288,000 residents live in
the target areas of the Phalen Corridor, Great Northern
Business Centers, and Scattered Site Initiative. In the
1970s and 1980s, large industrial job centers closed or
left these areas, which altered the landscape of the
surrounding neighborhoods. Now these areas have the
highest crime rates in the city. Minority populations of
the target areas have grown significantly in recent
years, and their poverty rates range from 13 percent to
25 percent, compared to a poverty rate of about 7
percent for the St. Paul metropolitan area.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances r
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Paul Port Authority for
a brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to perform
seven to ten Phase I site assessments, five to
eight Phase II site assessments, and one or two
cleanup plans at sites within the Phalen Corridor
and at sites identified under the Port Authority's
Scattered Sites Initiative. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to perform seven to ten Phase I site
assessments and five to eight Phase II site
assessments at sites with potential petroleum
contamination in the same areas.
Cleanup Grant
$100,000 for hazardous substances
$ 100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Paul Port Authority for
a cleanup grant. The cleanup grant will be used
to clean up petroleum and hazardous substances
contamination on the former Dale Street Shops
property, which has been used to repair and store
locomotives and rail cars for over 100 years.
This site will become part of the Great Northern
Business Center II.
Revolving Loan Fund /NeW\
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$800,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Paul Port Authority for
a revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be
used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from
which the St. Paul Port Authority will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-194
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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for sites contaminated with petroleum or hazard-
ous substances in the Phalen Corridor and the
Great Northern Business Center II neighborhoods
and at smaller sites included in the Port
Authority's Scattered Sites Initiative.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: St. Paul Port Authority, MN
651-224-5686
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the St.
Paul Port Authority has received brownfields funding for
assessment and Showcase Community grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
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