United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
                   Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response(5105)
EPA500-F-01-307
April 2001
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
&EPA     Brownfields  Supplemental
                                                              Assistance
                                                                   Sioux  City, IA
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                     Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative isdesignedtoempowerstates, communities, and otherstakeholders
ineconomicredevelopmenttoworktogetherinatimelymannertoprevent.assess.andsafelycleanupbrownfieldstopromote
theirsustainable reuse. Brownfieldsareabandoned, idled,orunder-usedindustrialandcommercialfacilitieswhereexpansion
or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. EPAisfunding: assessment demonstration
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years, with additional funding provided for greenspace), to test
assessment models and facilitate coordinated assessment and cleanup efforts at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels;
and job training pilot programs (each funded upto$200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities
affectedbybrownfieldstofacilitatecleanupofbrownfieldssitesandpreparetraineesforfutureemploymentintheenvironmental
field; and, acleanup revolving loanfund program (eachfundedupto$1,000,000 overfiveyears)toprovidefinancial assistance
forthe environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states, tribes, municipalities,
and communities with useful information and strategies astheycontinuetoseek new methodsto promote a unified approach
to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected Sioux City to receive supplemental
assistance  for  its  Brownfields  Assessment
Demonstration Pilot.  Sioux City (population 80,505)
has historically been a commercial center of the upper
Missouri River. Much of the commerce was related
to the processing and distribution of livestock in the
Sioux City stockyards area located at the confluence
of the Missouri and Floyd Rivers. The Pilot is targeting
this 215-acre tract of land that is designated by the city
as an urban renewal  area and is within  the state-
designated enterprise zone.

In the 1920s, the stockyards and related businesses
employed thousands. Beginninginthe 1950s, however,
a changing livestock industry and labor unrest resulted
in a two-decade decline for the stockyards. Today,
only  a few packing plants remain in business while
others have been abandoned, leaving large brownfields
such as former packing plants and livestock holding
facilities. Those employed by the remaining stockyards,
almost 70 percent minority, have an average salary far
below the statewide average.
 PILOT SNAPSHOT
      Sioux City, Iowa
 Date of Award: April 2001

 Amount:  $150,000

 Profile: The Pilot will target
 the 215-acre stockyards
 area, located within a state-
 designated enterprise zone,
 for Phase I and Phase II
 environmental assessment,
 continuing the activities of
 the original Pilot.
  Contacts:
  Sioux City Community and
  Economic Development
  Department
  (712) 279-6345
 Regional Brownfields Team
 U.S. EPA-Region 7
 (913)551-7988
      Visit the EPA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region07/specinit/brown/brownfields.htm

    For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
  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 funding to continue the
activities of  the original  Pilot,  which will involve
conducting a second round of Phase I environmental
assessments  on  target properties and Phase II
assessments on three sites whose Phase I assessments
suggested the need for further investigation. The city's
obj ectives are to remove the stigma of real and perceived
environmental contamination through assessment and
cleanup of targeted sites in the stockyard area, stimulate
economic revitalization in the area, and curtail urban
sprawl by facilitating the reuse of brownfields. The city
also  aims to maintain the few viable businesses that
remain atthe stockyards while expandingthe commercial
use of the area to include biotechnology, agri-industry,
and light industry.

The Pilot plans to:
• Conduct  community  outreach to  enhance  the
 participation of residents, property owners, partners,
 and other stakeholders in the brownfields project;

• Conduct a second round of Phase  I environmental
 assessments on five sites originally targeted by the
 Pilot; and
• Conduct Phase  II environmental  assessments of
 three prioritized sites.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                        Sioux City, Iowa
 April 2001                                                                           EPA500-F-01-307

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