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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 St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority was
selected to receive two brownfields cleanup grants. St.
Louis (population 350,759) is overburdened with
abandoned properties and 4,391 acres of vacant land.
Health and environmental impacts from contaminated
sites include concerns about polluted groundwater,
which can eventually make its way to the Mississippi
River. St. Louis has lost 53 percent of its residents since
1960, and today, 52.6 percent of residents are
minorities. Poverty rates for children and the elderly in
the city are higher than for the same populations in the
state and country. The unemployment rate is 11.8
percent, and 22.4 percent of residents live in poverty.
The city's foreclosure rate last year ranked third of the
state's 115 counties. When the former U.S. Army
Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM) site is
cleaned up, the Authority plans to redevelop the site for
industrial or commercial reuse. Cleanup of the Porter
Oil site is expected to make the site safe for
redevelopment. Cleanup and redevelopment of these
sites are expected to provide economic benefits in lower
income neighborhoods, including job growth and an
increased tax base.
Cleanup Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Land Reutilization
Authority for two brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the former U.S. Army Aviation and Troop
Command (ATCOM) site at 5701 Lincoln Way. The
site was formerly part of the St. Louis Ordnance
Plant, a 300-acre facility used for weapons
production. It is contaminated with chlordane and
metals. Petroleum grant funds will be used to clean
up the 0.8-acre former Porter Oil site at 1439
Kentucky Avenue, and 1418 and 1434 Wittenberg
Avenue. The former bulk petroleum storage and
distribution facility is contaminated with petroleum
hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds.
Grant funds also will be used to 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 7 Brownfields Team
(800) 223-0425
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Land Reutilization
Authority,MO
(314)622-3400
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)
EPA560-F-09-199
May 09
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