&EPA
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-98-221
July 1998
Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Clinton, IA
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
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. Since 1995, EPA has funded more than 200 Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of
brownfields solutions. The Pilots 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
EPAhas selected the City of ClintonforaBrownfields
Pilot. Clinton's population has been declining steadily
for years. The economic problems caused by general
population loss were recently compounded by Union
Pacific's decision to close its repair and maintenance
facility in south Clinton, resulting in the loss of 250
jobs.
The Pilot will target a 220-acre areaknown as Liberty
Square, located within a State-certified Enterprise
Zone. Liberty Square's 3,520 residents have a per
capita income of $9,281, and 17% of families are
below the national poverty level. Of all residents 25
years and older, only 41% graduated from high
school and only 14% have a college degree. The
area's unemployment rate is 15%.
Liberty Square includes a 40-acre rail yard, a solid
waste transfer station, and former retail and
manufacturing facilities. The area contains
abandoned and unused building space that is e stimated
to take up hundreds of thousands of square feet.
Despite the high demand to develop the land, fear of
contamination has hindered development on all the
properties in and adjacent to the target area. In
addition, the City believes that the underlying aquifer
is contaminated with pesticides, heavy metals, and
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Clinton, Iowa
Contacts:
Department of Public
Works
City of Clinton
(319)242-0261
Date of Announcement:
July 1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
the 220-acre Liberty
Square area, located
within a State-certified
Enterprise Zone, for
assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment.
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/brownfjelds.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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volatile organic compounds. The Mississippi River
and the City's water supply are at risk from this
contamination.
OBJECTIVES
Clinton's objective is create a corridor of properties
in the Liberty Square area that is attractive to
prospective commercial and light manufacturing
companies. The City expects the project to serve as
a model for stimulating economic redevelopment.
Pilot funding will primarily be used to investigate
environmental contamination and to conduct
community outreach activities.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Performing Phase I environmental assessments on
targeted properties;
• Developing cleanup and revitalization plans for
those sites with the most redevelopment potential;
and
• Conducting community outreach activities to
educate and engage stakeholders in the Pilotproject.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
Bmwnfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Clinton, Iowa
July 1998 EPA 500-F-98-221
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