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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant Fact  Sheet

 Tri-City Regional Port

District,  Southwestern

                Illinois


EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Tri-City Regional Port District was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant. Located in
southwestern Illinois, the District will focus its
brownfields efforts on the Route 3 Corridor. This
corridor parallels the Mississippi River and includes
the Cities of Venice, Madison, and Granite City, and
the Townships of Chouteau and Nameoki (combined
population 39,000). The target area has been highly
industrialized since the late 1800s and includes steel
mills, wood treatment plants, and chemical plants. In
the last 50 years, many industries in the corridor have
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Tri-City Regional Port
 District for a brownfields assessment grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 inventory brownfield sites in the Route 3 Corri-
 dor, conduct about ten Phase I and at least five
 Phase II environmental site assessments, and
 support community outreach 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 5 Brownfields Team
 312-886-7576
 http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
 Grant Recipient: Tri-City Regional Port District, IL
 618-877-8444
 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
abandoned local operations. The decline of industry
has resulted in job loss, population decline, and
brownfields. The average per capita income for
communities in the target area is $14,000, and 25
percent of residents live in poverty. Brownfields
assessment is expected to make sites more marketable
and provide incentives for developers to consider
properties for redevelopment. Eventual brownfields
redevelopment is anticipated to expand local tax bases,
create jobs,  and increase property values.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-07-179
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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