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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Sf. Petersburg, FL
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
EPA has selected the City of St. Petersburg to receive
a brownfields assessment grant. The brownfields
target area, a state-designated Enterprise Zone and
federal Hub Zone, has a 39 percent poverty rate and
an 11 percent unemployment rate. Eighty-nine percent
of residents in the area surrounding the sites targeted
for petroleum assessment are minorities, and the
median household income is just $ 12,200.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of St. Petersburg for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum funding
will be used for assessment activities at eight
abandoned or underutilized gas and fuel oil sites
with suspected petroleum contamination. Grant
funds also will be used for community outreach,
cleanup planning, and updating the city's geo-
graphic information system.
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8661
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of St. Petersburg, FL
727-892-5288
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of St. Petersburg has received brownfields funding for
assessment 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.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-196
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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