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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
St. Louis Development
Corporation, MO
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The St. Louis Development Corporation was selected
to receive a brownfields assessment grant. St. Louis is
a "Rust Belt" city whose industrial history has left a
legacy of urban decay, population decline, and loss of
the city's tax base. Nearly 15 percent of the land in the
city is vacant and idle. In addition to the large number
of vacant parcels and buildings, the city's population
has declined by hundreds of thousands of residents in
the past few decades, while the population of the
metropolitan area has remained relatively constant.
Thus, there has been a "hollowing out" of the area's
urban core. The two large parcels targeted for assess-
ment with grant funds are in areas suffering population
loss and economic distress, yet both are ripe for
redevelopment. Assessment and redevelopment of
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances "
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances funds will be used to
conduct environmental assessments at a 40-acre
site that has been used for iron and steel manu-
facturing, natural gas production, and coke oven/
coal gasification; and at a 3 5-acre site with
abandoned gas stations, dumps, and debris from
demolished buildings that is contaminated with a
mix of petroleum, metal, arsenic, lead, and other
contaminants. Petroleum funds will be used to
conduct assessments at sites that have been
involuntarily acquired through tax delinquency
proceedings and that are suspected of petroleum
contamination.
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 at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Team
913-551-7786
http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: St. Louis Development Corpo-
ration, MO
314-622-3400
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the St.
Louis Development Corporation has not received
brownfields grant funding. The City of St. Louis has
received brownfields funding for assessment, Showcase
Community, and revolving loan fund grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
these sites is expected to create jobs and have a
positive economic impact on the city as a whole.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-193
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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