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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Environmental
Improvement and
Energy Resources
Authority, 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, 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 Environmental Improvement and Energy Re-
sources Authority (EIERA) was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The EIERA is a
corporate and political body that serves as Missouri's
link between environmental interests and economic
development. Of Missouri's 5,595,211 residents, 21
percent live in unincorporated areas, and 99 percent of
Missouri's communities have populations below 50,000.
The target communities for the revolving loan fund are
these unincorporated and small-population communi-
Revolving Loan Fund
Grant
$700,000 for hazardous substances
$300,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Environmental Improve-
ment and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA)
for a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan
fund from which the EIERA will provide loans
and subgrants to support cleanup activities for
sites contaminated with petroleum and hazardous
substances. Funds also will be used to conduct
community involvement and cleanup operations.
EIERA will work with the State of Missouri's
Department of Natural Resources to support
cleanup activities.
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: Environmental Improvement and
Energy Resources Authority, MO
573.751.4919
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
ties. Mining and manufacturing have left many of these
rural areas with environmental challenges, and the
small communities do not have the economic resources
necessary to overcome them. It is estimated that there
are over 40,000 abandoned properties in Missouri, most
of which are brownfields. A third of these sites are
located in rural or suburban communities, where they
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-121
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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are often situated in a prominent position in the town.
such as on a main road or street corner. Brownfields
redevelopment will address human health and environ-
mental threats that are barriers to development in these
communities, and create greenspace and recreational
facilities.
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