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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Minneapolis, MN
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 Minneapolis was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Located in southeastern
Minnesota, Minneapolis (population 382,618) is
focusing its brownfields efforts on the Near Northside
community, a community within a federally designated
Empowerment Zone. In this diverse neighborhood, 38
percent of residents live below the poverty level, and
82 percent of residents are African-American, Latino,
or Hmong. The two target properties lie within the
Near Northside community. This will be the location
of the proposed Van White Memorial Boulevard. The
proposed boulevard will be a parkway-style greenway
that links residential areas to the amenities of down-
town and South Minneapolis. Cleanup of the Scrap
Metal Processors and Special School District # 1 sites
will enable construction of the boulevard and encour-
2007
Cleanup Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Minneapolis for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Grant funds will be
used to clean up the former Scrap Metal Proces-
sors site at 1129 2nd Avenue North. The former
box factory and scrap metal recycling facility is
contaminated with metals, volatile organic com-
pounds, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Funds also will be used to clean up the Special
School District #1 site at 1001 2nd Avenue North.
The site is a former school transportation center
that contains up to ten above-ground storage tanks
and is contaminated with petroleum products.
Funds from both grants will be used for cleanup
planning and 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: City of Minneapolis, MN
612-673-5174
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.
age the redevelopment of brownfields for commercial
and industrial purposes. This redevelopment will
create jobs, increase the city's property tax base, and
reduce potential threats to human health and the
environment.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-112
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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