Brownfields 2009  Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
               South St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, MN
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. 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 South St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment
Authority was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. South St. Paul (population 20,167)
was once a one-industry town. Its economic base for
most of the 20th century was the  South St. Paul
Stockyards and related industries, including the
livestock market exchange, packing and rendering
plants, and tanneries. When the city's major employers
closed, the impact on the economy was devastating.
The Authority will focus on the city's BridgePoint area
for assessments. Historical activities  in the area
involved the use and storage of both petroleum and
non-petroleum-related volatile organic compounds. The
percentage of South St. Paul residents living in poverty
is significantly higher than its neighboring cities.
Brownfield assessments will quantify the risk to human
health and the environment posed by sites and are
expected to lead to cleanup and redevelopment.
                  Assessment Grants

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances
                  $100,000 for petroleum

                  EPA has selected the South St. Paul Housing and
                  Redevelopment Authority for two brownfields
                  assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                  substances grant funds will be used to conduct
                  between 10 and 15 Phase I and between 3 and 5
                  Phase II environmental site assessments. Petroleum
                  grant funds will be used to conduct between four and
                  seven Phase I and between two and three Phase II
                  environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
                  will be used to conduct an area-wide vapor intrusion
                  investigation and support community outreach
                  activities.

                  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
                  (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                  EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                  (312)886-7576
                  EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                  (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)

                  Grant Recipient: South St.  Paul Housing and
                  Redevelopment Authority,MN
                  (651)554-3270

                  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 negotiated.
                  Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
                  subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-097
        May 09

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