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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

         Muscatine,  IA


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 City of Muscatine was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located along the
Mississippi River southwest of Davenport, Muscatine
(population 22,697) has a long history of agricultural
and industrial development. Many businesses were tied
to the river, including those related to freshwater
mussel harvesting and pearl button manufacturing that
flourished between 1890 and 1966. Muscatine is
focusing its brownfields efforts on the many dilapidated
and abandoned residential, industrial, and commercial
properties, and former gas stations and repair shops in
the four-mile U.S. Business Highway 61 corridor along
the riverfront. Over 20 percent of the corridor's
residents are minorities, and nearly 18.5 percent of
residents live in poverty. Assessment of brownfields
 Assessment Grants
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Muscatine for two
 brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous sub-
 stances grant funds will be used to develop a
 brownfields inventory and perform Phase I and II
 environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
 will be used to assess risks to sensitive populations
 and support community outreach activities. Petro-
 leum grant funds will be used to conduct the same
 tasks at sites with potential petroleum contamina-
 tion.
 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: City of Muscatine, IA
 563-262-4141

 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.
along this riverfront is expected to catalyze redevel-
opment of abandoned buildings and expand access to
greenspace.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-08-166
                         April 2008
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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