Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact  Sheet
               Adel, IA
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 City of Adel was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Located in central Iowa just west of
Des Moines, Adel  (population 3,435) is bisected by a
former rail line that has since been redeveloped into a
recreational trail. Next to the trail are blighted bulk oil
storage facilities, a brick factory, and a concrete plant,
evidence of the area's industrial past. The area around
the trail  is economically disadvantaged, and the
properties pose a potential environmental and safety
hazard to the residential neighborhoods adjacent to the
trail. These neighborhoods have per capita incomes that
are less than those  of the city and state as a whole. As
Adel's population is growing, the city seeks to reuse its
former industrial sites to reduce development pressure
on prime agricultural land. Brownfield assessments are
expected to determine site impacts of properties
surrounding the former rail line, and catalyze site
cleanup  and redevelopment.
                   Assessment Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the City of Adel for a brownfields
                   assessment grant. Community-wide hazardous
                   substances grant funds will be used to conduct seven
                   or eight Phase I and five or six Phase II
                   environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
                   will be used to evaluate cleanup options 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 7 Brownfields Team
                   (800) 223-0425
                   EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)

                   Grant Recipient: City of Adel,IA
                   (515)993-4436

                   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-09-216
        May 09

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