5 o T> Brownfields 2007 Grant Fact Sheet St. Petersburg, FL 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 City of St. Petersburg was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Located on Florida's west coast on the Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg (population 253,902) is a federally designated Enterprise Commu- nity. The site to be addressed by this grant is located in the Dome Industrial Park Community Redevelopment Area. Fifty-six percent of families in this area live below the poverty level, and 77 percent of residents are African-American. The Dome Industrial Park community needs increased job opportunities for residents, who currently rely on public transportation to reach places of employment in other parts of the city. Cleanup of the targeted Atherton Oil Company site will facilitate its redevelopment for commercial or industrial use. A neighboring light industrial company has ex- pressed interest in acquiring the site for expansion Cleanup Grant $200,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the City of St. Petersburg for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be used to clean up the former Atherton Oil Com- pany site at 638 26th Street South. The site was formerly a bulk fuel facility. Ten underground storage tanks on the site have held several types of petroleum products. Cleanup activities will include the installation, operation, and mainte- nance of a soil vapor extraction system. 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 4 Brownfields Team 404-562-8792 http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm Grant Recipient: City of St. Petersburg, FL 727-893-7035 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. purposes. Other companies have expressed interest in the site, so the creation of new jobs for area residents is very likely once cleanup is complete. Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 560-F-07-221 August 2007 www.epa.gov/brownfields ------- |