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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Clinton, IA
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 Clinton was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Clinton (population
27,772) was founded in the early 1800s as a port city
along the Mississippi River. The city was originally a
major lumber producing center. Later its economy was
based on transportation, trading, manufacturing, and
retail. With the decline of the railroads, the economy of
the city, located in one of the most fertile regions of the
country, turned to agricultural businesses. Today, the
smoke stacks and the air emissions from these indus-
tries characterize Clinton's skyline. Many of these sites
are in the Liberty Square brownfields project area,
home to a large number of low-income and minority
residents. Over the past decade, the area's population
has declined by more than 18 percent while the minority
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Clinton for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances funds will be used to conduct commu-
nity outreach and health monitoring activities,
perform up to 60 Phase I and a select number of
Phase II environmental site assessments, and
develop cleanup plans for several lots located in
the Liberty Square brownfields project area. The
area contains five hazardous waste generators,
five non-petroleum spill sites, a solid waste
processing facility, and an air emissions contami-
nant source. Petroleum funds will be used to
perform the same tasks at above and underground
storage tank and spill sites in the Liberty Square
brownfields project area. Phase I site assess-
ments in the area have revealed widespread soil
and groundwater 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
913-551-7646
http://www.epa.gov/Region7/citizens/brownfields/
index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Clinton, IA
563-242-0261
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
population and the number of housing vacancies have
increased. Residents of the project area are burdened
with a high proportion of environmental and safety
hazards. Assessment and cleanup of these brownfields
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-114
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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sites will help reduce the risk of exposure for area
residents. The city plans to create a greenspace strip
along the south side of the project area to buffer
Liberty Square from the industrial area to the south.
Liberty Square will serve as a transition zone between
the industrial area to the south and the residential
neighborhood to the north.
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