^   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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