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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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