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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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