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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Kansas City, MO
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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Kansas City (population 441,545) was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant. The grant
targets the Troost Corridor, an area that suffers from
environmental blight from former gas stations, garages,
auto salvage and sales lots, and vacant lots with
illegally dumped waste near schools, playgrounds, and
parks. Within the Troost Corridor, minorities make up
54 percent of the residents, compared to 17.3 percent
for the city as a whole. The Troost community suffers
from 22.1 percent poverty (compared to 8.5 percent
for the city) and 5.1 percent unemployment. The
concentration of brownfields properties in neighbor-
hoods within the Troost Corridor, compared with the
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Kansas City for a brownfields
assessment grant. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to conduct Phase I and II
environmental assessments along the Troost
Corridor, an urban commercial and residential
area believed to be contaminated by former
commercial and light manufacturing operations,
including drycleaners, printing businesses, and car
repair shops. Petroleum grant funds will be used
to assess contamination in the corridor from 19
known or suspected petroleum sites, including gas
stations.
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
913-551-7786
http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Kansas City, MO
816-513-3002
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
rest of the city, raises significant environmental justice
concerns. Kansas City is a federally designated
Enhanced Enterprise Community.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-067
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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