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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
St. Louis
Development
Corporation, MO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, 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
programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The St. Louis Development Corporation was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant and a revolving
loan fund grant. Of St. Louis's 348,189 residents, 24.6
percent live below the poverty level. The city's unemploy-
ment rate for September 2003 was 10.4 percent, com-
pared to 5.4 percent for the state during the same period.
The city has lost 53 percent of its population since 1960.
The North Riverfront Business Corridor target area is a
low-income area, and almost 75 percent of the 35,717
residents are African-American. This area is in a feder-
ally designated Empowerment Zone, and much of it is in
an Enterprise Community. Redevelopment of brownfields
in the North Riverfront Business Corridor is part of a plan
to develop three new business parks along the Mississippi
Riverfront. Other sites are expected to be redeveloped for
neighborhood retail and commercial use.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct comprehensive analyses at sites in the
North Riverfront Business Corridor, the industrial
heart of the city along the banks of the Mississippi
River. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct Phase I and II assessments at former gas
and filling station sites throughout the city. Grant
funds also will be used for outreach activities.
Revolving Loan Fund/New^
Grant
$950,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. Grant funds will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the St. Louis
Development Corporation will provide loans and
subgrants for brownfields cleanup costs at an 18-
acre former ammunition plant, and the North
Riverfront Business Corridor, a four-mile area
along the Mississippi River. Both sites are in
Brownfields Showcase Community focus areas.
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
913-551-7786
http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Development
Corporation, MO
314-622-3400, ext. 207 (assessment grant)
314-259-3454 (RLE grant)
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-234
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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