^ Brownfields 2004 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
St. Paul Port 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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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. Paul Port Authority was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. The city has 287,151
residents. The Twin Cities Metropolitan Area has the
largest Hmong population of any urban center in the
country, with 58.3 percent of the state's Hmong
population living in St. Paul. Both brownfields sites are
in ethnically diverse neighborhoods. The West Side
neighborhood has a population that is 51 percent people
of color. The Dale Street Shops East property is in one
of the most impoverished areas in St. Paul, and has a
population that is up to 76 percent minorities. It is
located in St. Paul's federally designated Enterprise
Community. The St. Paul Port Authority is a
Brownfields Showcase Community.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Paul Port Authority for two
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up a former
dumpsite at Lafayette Frontage Road and Eaton
Street in the West Side of the city. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to clean up petroleum
contamination on the former Dale Street Shops East
property. The West Side property, which has been
vacant for 30 years, will be developed as the location
of a new Hmong funeral home. The Dale Street
Shops East property, which has been used to repair
and store locomotives and rail cars for more than
100 years, will become part of the Great Northern
Business Center, Phase II.
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: St. Paul Port Authority,
MN
Saint Paul Port Authority
(651)224-5686
St. Paul Port Authority
(651)224-5686
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-04-206
Jun 04
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