^    Brownfields 2011  Cleanup  Grant Fact Sheet
               Saint Paul,  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 City of Saint Paul was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Saint Paul (population
281,244) has more than 1,000 brownfields, centered
along transportation corridors where large, industrial
job centers were located. Job losses due to the closing
and downsizing of major manufacturing facilities in
various sectors have altered the economic and cultural
landscape of the target area, where about 20 percent of
residents live below the poverty level and the
unemployment rate exceeds the citywide average.
About 50 percent of residents are minorities. Cleanup of
the Trillium South site is expected to address health
risks associated with exposure to petroleum compounds.
Once cleaned up, the target site will be  incorporated
into the Trillium Nature Sanctuary, which is expected to
provide recreation  and environmental education
opportunities and provide greenspace in a part of the
city that has lacked open space.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of Saint Paul for a
                   brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
                   will be used to clean up the Trillium South site,
                   located 800 feet west of Interstate 35E. The site is
                   currently a vacant lot and was formerly a rail yard
                   where petroleum, rail tracks, and other rail structures
                   were stored. Soils at the site are contaminated with
                   petroleum compounds.

                   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: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota
                   (907)546-2331

                   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)
E PA 560-F-128-087
         May 11

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