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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
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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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Duluth was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. The target areas are
the central commercial corridor and the western
portion of Duluth (population 86,918). Historically, the
city's economic base was shipping and heavy manu-
facturing, with the core located in the target areas. A
major portion of these industries left the city in the
1970s and 1980s, emptying the target areas of busi-
nesses and jobs. While some portions of the city have
experienced economic growth and revitalization over
the past two decades, the target areas have been
largely bypassed. The population of these areas has a
higher percentage of minorities, including Native
Americans, than the rest of the city, and 19.2 percent
Assessment Grants 2oo5/|
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$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Duluth for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
to conduct assessments in the western portion of
the city and the central commercial corridor.
Grant funds will be used to support community
involvement activities, inventory and prioritize
sites, conduct four to eight Phase I site assess-
ments and three to five Phase II site assessments,
and develop two or three cleanup plans for high-
priority sites.
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: City of Duluth, MN
218-730-5580
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
of the population lives below the poverty level. In
addition, this area is home to many of the city's
brownfields. It includes former shipping slips, active
manufacturing plants, active and vacant commercial
properties, scrap yards, grain mills, lumber yards,
warehouses, and railroad yards. Brownfields redevel-
opment will increase employment and tax revenues, re-
establish economic activity, provide affordable housing
and commercial activity, and recapture the aesthetic
and recreational value of Duluth's waterfront.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-102
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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