United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-011
April 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
v>EPA BrownfieldsSupplemental
Assistance
Coralville, IA
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the City of Coralville supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. Historically, the economy of
Coralville is agriculturally based, and industrial land
use has declined to approximately 6.7 percent from
1958 to 1991. However, the city's population has
grown by an estimated 60 percent in the last 10 years
and the dynamics of its economy are changing.
The State of Iowa is experiencing urban sprawl as
industries continue to develop on greenfields sites.
The City of Coralville, which has limited developable
land, is concerned that the increased development of
greenfields is neglecting the potential use of the city's
brownfields. The Pilottarget area—the Old Industrial
Park bordering the First Avenue Corridor—has
historically been the site of a municipal dump; an on-
ground uncovered coal pile storage area; asphalt
plant; a railroad yard; automotive and trucking repair
businesses; and a waste transfer station. There is
great potential for industrial redevelopment atthe site
of the Old Industrial Park, which is located in the
center of the city, away from residential areas, and
provides access to the riverfront as well as easy
access to Interstate 80 by way of First Avenue.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Announcement:
March 2000
Amount: $100,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the
200-acre Old Industrial Park,
which is part of the First
Avenue Revitalization Project.
Coralville, Iowa
Contacts:
City of Coralville
(319)351-5915
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 7
(913)551-7786
Visit the EPA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region07/specinit/brown/biownfields.htm
Forfurtherinformation, including specific Pilotcontacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The Pilot will use supplemental assistance to continue
the assessment of properties with perceived
contamination within the target area—200 acres of
the Old Industrial Park. The objective of the Pilot is
to eliminate any real or perceived environmental
impairments and encourage sustainable
redevelopment.
By asse ssing any potential threats to public health and
the environment and encouraging the increased
enrollmentoftargetareaproperties in the Pilotprogram,
the city hopes to spur redevelopment of industrial
properties and preserve the greenspace and
agricultural areas that are the basis of the state's
economy.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Engage the community in the redevelopment effort
through meetings on successes, roadblocks, and
land use planning;
• Conduct meetings with property owners to gain their
consensus on the brownfields process and to increase
the percentage of properties enrolled in the Pilot;
• Meet with partners, developers, and agencies to
leverage additional resources;
• Double the number of properties enrolled in the Pilot
for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs);
and
• Prioritize properties receiving Phase I ESAs for
Phase II assessment activities.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this factsheetare subjectto change.
Brownfields Supplemental Assistance Coralville, Iowa
April 2000 EPA 500-F-00-011
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