United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-026
April 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
&EPA BrownfieldsSupplemental
Assistance
Kansas City, KS/MO
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, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; 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 programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans 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 awarded Kansas City supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot
and additional funding for assessments at brownfields
properties to be used for greenspace purposes. The
bi-state area is experiencing growing demand from
developers, businesses, and community organizations
for more environmental assessments on additional
brownfields sites in the area. Through the Kansas
City Brownfields Program, administered by the Kansas
City Brownfields Initiative (KCBI), the Pilot will
respond to this demand and continue its work to
reclaim andtransformrelics ofKansas City' s industrial
past into models of economic and sustainable growth.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The Pilot will use the supplemental assistance to
conduct additional environmental assessments and
investigations andplan cleanup and redevelopment at
brownfields sites throughout the city. The effort is
part of KCBI's overall strategy for cleaning up and
redeveloping brownfields in the area and encouraging
brownfields redevelopment through examples of
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri
Date of Announcement:
March 2000
Amount: $150,000
Greenspace: $50,000
Profile: The Pilot will target
seven sitesforenvironmental
assessments and possible
cleanup planning.
Contacts:
Kansas City Department of
Housing and Community
Development
(816)513-3002
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 7
(913)551-7786
Visit the EPA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region07/specinit/brown/brownfields.htm
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
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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successful model projects and by establishing the
foundations of a permanent and comprehensive local
brownfields program.
The Pilot will use the greenspace funding to conduct
assessments of future greenspace sites along the
Heritage Riverfront Trail. The trail is located near
and adjacent to several brownfields properties and
will provide recreational and transportation amenities,
enhancing the redevelopment potential of these
properties. The Pilot will also use the greenspace
funding to explore using engineered wetlands to
manage flooding from a nearby creek and stormwater
impacts on brownfields developments. This project
involves a partnership of local government agencies;
KCBI; the Water Services and Public Works
departments; and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Conduct environmental assessments and
investigations at seven brownfields sites;
• Develop a cleanup plan for one additional property;
• Facilitate involvement of new stakeholders into the
brownfields redevelopment process; and
• Conduct assessments at the Riverfront Heritage
Trail and explore the use of engineered wetlands in
the Central Industrial District, the original Pilot
target area.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Brownfields Supplemental Assistance Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri
April 2000 EPA 500-F:-00-026
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