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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
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Reutilization
Authority, MO
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 this 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 Land Reutilization Authority was se-
lected to receive three brownfields cleanup grants.
Located in eastern Missouri on the Mississippi River,
St. Louis (population 352,572) has been adversely
affected by the loss of manufacturing and other
businesses that once flourished in key neighborhoods.
The city has lost 53 percent of its population since
1960, and includes a federally designated Empower-
ment Zone/ Enterprise Community. More than 54
percent of the city's residents are minorities, and the
poverty rate is 25.4 percent. As residents and busi-
Cleanup Grants
$100,200 for hazardous substances
$233,160 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Land Reutilization
Authority for three brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the former Curley Collins Recycling site
at 121 Dock Street. The property was a manufac-
turing site for 66 years, and later a recycling site
and junkyard. It is contaminated with pesticides,
heavy metals, and PCBs. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to clean up a former gas station at
2848 N. Kingshighway Boulevard and the Delmar/
Whittier site at 4190 Delmar Boulevard and 618
Whittier Street. The properties were filling stations
and auto repair facilities and are contaminated with
benzene and other petroleum products. Grant funds
also will be used to conduct 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 7 Brownfields Team
800-223-0425
http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Land Reutilization
Authority, MO
314-622-3400, ext. 300
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.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-174
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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nesses moved from the older urban core, the city
was left with an abundance of vacant land. There
are at least 110 brownfields in the city. The sites
targeted for cleanup are in areas with higher poverty
and unemployment rates and larger minority popula-
tions than the city as a whole. Once the gas station
site is cleaned up, there are plans to redevelop it into
a kidney dialysis and magnetic resonance imaging
center. When the Delmar/Whittier site is cleaned up,
the city plans to redevelop it with residential housing.
Once the former Curley Collins Recycling site is
cleaned up, the city plans to reuse it for new indus-
trial and commercial redevelopment.
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