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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
St. Louis
Development
Corporation, MO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The St. Louis Development Corporation was selected
to receive two brownfields assessment grants. Located
in eastern Missouri on the Mississippi River, St. Louis
(population 352,572) has been adversely affected by
the loss of manufacturing and other businesses that
once flourished in key neighborhoods. The city has lost
53 percent of its population since 1960, and includes a
federally designated Empowerment Zone/Enterprise
Community. More than 54 percent of the city's resi-
dents are minorities, and the poverty rate is 25.4
percent. The older urban core community has experi-
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for two brownfields assessment
grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to perform 10 Phase I and five Phase II
environmental site assessments, and conduct
community outreach activities. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to perform the same tasks at
sites with potential petroleum contamination.
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 7 Brownfields Team
800-223-0425
http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Development
Corporation, MO
314-622-3400, ext. 300
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
enced rapid population loss and has an abundance of
vacant land. There are at least 110 brownfields in the
city. Contaminated groundwater could threaten the
Mississippian aquifer and the Mississippi River.
Assessment of brownfields is expected to quantify
environmental risk at brownfields.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-173
October 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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