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                            Assessment
                            City of Dubuque, I A
BACKGROUND

EPA has selected the City of Dubuque for a Brownfields
Assessment Pilot. The city is located in an agricultural and
dairy area of northeastern Iowa on the Mississippi River,
a designated  American Heritage River. Dubuque
(population 57,687) has targeted several properties on 64
acres in the Port of Dubuque for this Brownfields Pilot.
The city's riverfront has a long history of manufacturing
and industrial use, and that pattern, though declining,
continues today. Current and previous industrial uses,
including food processing, farmmachinerymanufacturing,
shipbuilding, bulk petroleum storage, and coal storage,
have resulted  in  various degrees of  subsurface soil
contamination in portions of the target area. Because of
the legacy of environmental problems in the city's old
industrial areas, much of the city's growth has been in
greenfields to the west.

Although no one lives in the target area, which is separated
from residential neighborhoods by an expressway and
railroad tracks, low- to moderate-income residents live
within  sight of the port.  Minorities constitute about 4
percent  of Dubuque's  population.  Dubuque's
unemployment rate is 5 percent, per capita income is
$ 12,377, and 7.6 percent of families live belowthe poverty
level.

OBJECTIVES

The city's overall objective is to redevelop the entire Port
of Dubuque into anew urban neighborhood, complete with
tourist attractions and  commercial and recreational
complexes. The Pilot will help the city accomplish this
objective by providing funds for assessing environmental
conditions and planing response actions on properties not
yet under city control. The city intends to gain control of
many properties needed to redevelop the entire area. The
majority of the  Pilot funds will be used to conduct Phase
I and II  environmental site assessments and  develop
cleanup plans and funding strategies for selected properties.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
    City of Dubuque,
    Iowa
Date of Announcement:
May 2002


Amount: $200,000

Profile: The Pilot targets 64
acres in the Portof Dubuque for
redevelopment into a riverfront
commercial, recreational, and
entertainmentcomplex.
   Contacts:
   CityofDubuque
   (563)589-4393
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 7
(913)551-7988
        Visit the EPA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
        http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields/

      For furtherinformation, including specific Pilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
              www.epa.gov/brownfields
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental site
  assessments on identified sites;

• Developing cleanup and reuse plans for the target area;
  and

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• Conducting community involvement and  outreach
  activities.

The cooperative agreement forthis Pilot has notyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                  Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-044
                                                                  and Emergency          May 2002
                                                                  Response (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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