\ Brownfields 2010 Assessment and Cleanup
Grant Fact Sheet
Saint 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. 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 Saint Paul Port Authority was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants and three brownfields
cleanup grants. Saint Paul (population 287,151) has about
1,000 acres of brownfields that range in size from less
than an acre to dozens of acres. They are mostly
concentrated along transportation corridors where large
industrial job centers were formerly located, and are
sources of contamination that threaten residents,
groundwater, and the Mississippi River. Job losses due to
the closing and downsizing of major manufacturing
facilities have altered the economic and cultural
landscape of the target areas. These areas have great
ethnic and cultural diversity. Approximately 50 percent of
residents are minorities, including African-Americans,
Latinos, and Hmong, and 19 percent of residents live
below the poverty level. One of the key strategies of the
city"s Comprehensive Plan is the redevelopment of five
corridors, including the target areas for assessment and
cleanup. Assessment of brownfields is expected to
determine contaminants of concern, facilitate
implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, and catalyze
redevelopment. When the 3M Parcel 2, 4, and 5 sites are
cleaned up, the Port Authority plans to redevelop them for
light industrial use that is expected to create more than
500 jobs.
Assessment Grants $200,000 for
hazardous substances $200,000 for
petroleum
EPA has selected the Saint Paul Port Authority for
two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to perform from six to 10 Phase
I and four to six Phase II environmental site
assessments in three target areas: the Phalen, Great
Northern, and Rice Street Corridors. Grant funds
also will be used to prepare two to four cleanup
plans and conduct community involvement
activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct the same tasks at sites with potential
petroleum contamination. Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances EPA has
selected the Saint Paul Port Authority for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up 3M Parcel 2 at
Arcade Street and Minnehaha Avenue. The
12.1-acre site was formerly a lumber yard,
printing facility, and tape manufacturing plant,
and is contaminated with volatile organic
compounds. Grant funds also will be used to clean
up 3M Parcel 4 at 900 Bush Avenue. The 5.4-acre
site was formerly a lumber and steel
manufacturing facility and an abrasives factory,
and is contaminated with benzene and arsenic.
Grant funds also will be used to clean up 3M
Parcel 5 at 878 Russell Street. The 11.4-acre
property was formerly a lumber company, iron
foundry, and machine shop. It is contaminated
with metals and volatile organic compounds.
Grant funds for all three sites also will be used to
conduct community involvement activities.
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).
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-10-115
April 2010
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EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)
Grant Recipient: Saint Paul Port Authority,MN
(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)
EPA560-F-10-115
April 2010
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