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 Brownfields  2005

  Grant  Fact Sheet

Minnesota Department

   of Employment and

            Economic

         Development

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 Minnesota Department of Employment and
Economic Development (DEED) was selected to
receive a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
target area for this project includes the entire State of
Minnesota (population 4.9 million). During 2001 -2002,
the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency documented
1,587 brownfield sites in the state, of which only 121
have participated in the state's brownfields program.
DEED estimates that there are another 1,000 sites that
remain undocumented. Many of these sites are
  Revolving Loan Fund (2005!
  Grant
  $1,000,000 for petroleum
  EPA has selected the Minnesota Department of
  Employment and Economic Development for a
  brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
  will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
  from which the Minnesota Department of Em-
  ployment and Economic Development will provide
  loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
  for sites contaminated with petroleum substances.
  Grant funds also will be used to coordinate
  community outreach activities throughout the
  state.
  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: Minnesota Department of
  Employment and Economic Development
  651-297-4132
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
contaminated with petroleum and cannot be funded
through the state's existing brownfields Revolving Loan
Fund, which is limited to sites with hazardous sub-
stances contamination. In addition, many small commu-
nities around the state with petroleum cleanup needs do
not have the capacity to apply for funds on their own.
Enhancement of the current RLF program with
additional funds to target petroleum-contaminated sites
will allow Minnesota to build on its success in address-
                                              Solid Waste and
                                              Emergency Response
                                              (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-05-103
                       May 2005
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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ing brownfields. The state anticipates that the distribu-
tion of the petroleum requests will reflect the previous
funding requests, with 30 percent for industrial; 30
percent for commercial, office, or retail; 20 percent for
residential; and the remaining 20 percent for mixed-use
or greenspace redevelopment.

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