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  Brownfields  2007


  Grant  Fact  Sheet


  Missouri Department


 of Natural Resources



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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The natural resources and geography of Missouri
(population 5,595,211) have helped define its indus-
trial history. Rolling  hills in the state's central region
provided high quality clay for brick manufacturing and
grazing land for cattle. More than a century of mining
and smelting has depleted the state's mineral deposits
and left behind potentially contaminated land and
mounds of discarded dust and rock. Most of the state's
refractory brick manufacturing plants have closed due
to a decline in the steel industry and competition from
abroad. Rural areas have been hardest hit by these
changes, losing 36 percent of their population over the
20th Century. Suburban ring communities surrounding
 Assessment Grants
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the Missouri Department of
 Natural Resources for two brownfields assess-
 ment grants. Hazardous substances grant funds
 will be used to conduct 30 Phase I and nine Phase
 II environmental site assessments, primarily in
 rural towns and suburban ring communities
 throughout the state. Petroleum grant funds will
 be used to perform the same tasks for  sites with
 potential petroleum  contamination.
 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/
 index.htm

 Grant Recipient: Missouri Department of Natural
 Resources
 573-522-8139

 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.
the state's largest cities have experienced high unem-
ployment rates, declining median household incomes,
and surging poverty rates. The state has been left with
numerous abandoned and underused properties, many
of which are next to vulnerable water sources. Assess-
ment of brownfields will help the targeted smaller
communities address the potential health risks related
to the properties and remove the blight that discour-
ages redevelopment.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-07-113
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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