Brownfields 1996 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Greater Kansas City, KS and MO
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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. 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through a
separate mechanism.
Background
EPA has selected Greater Kansas City for a Brownfields
Pilot. The proposed project area is the bi-state Central
Industrial District (CID), the oldest industrial sector in
the City. A long history of intensive rail activity in the
CID has led to real and perceived environmental
problems. The area is also in a Federally-designated
Enhanced Enterprise Community-one of four nationwide.
Population in the CID (49,000) is 79 percent minority,
the poverty rate is about 35 percent, unemployment is 17
percent, and per capita income has fallen. For the greater
metropolitan area, the manufacturing index (where 1977
= 100) had fallen to 87 in 1991 compared with a drop to
96 nationwide.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 06/13/1996
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets up to six sites within the
Greater Kansas City downtown Central Industrial
District (CID).
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 7 Brownfields Team
(800)223-0425
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)
Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City
(816)274-2585
Objectives
The focus of Kansas City's brownfields effort is to show
that economic redevelopment of environmentally
contaminated sites in the bi-state CID is both
environmentally and economically achievable. This will
be accomplished by identifying the CID's best candidate
sites for developing a model process for other sites.
Existing tools for addressing brownfields, such as
prospective purchaser agreements, the economic
incentives provided through the Missouri Brownfields
Redevelopment Program, and other funding
mechanisms, will be compiled from local and national
sources and applied to a few select sites. The Pilot will
seek to involve key developers and investors and closely
interact with the environmental justice communities
most affected by the brownfields. Key interstate
planning issues such as transportation and regional
environmental management will also be dealt with as
part of this Pilot.
Activities
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The Pilot is:
• Conducting an inventory of the many properties
intheCID;
• Engaging the residential and business
communities in the decision-making process;
• Conducting Phase I and II environmental site
assessments on four to six sites and planning for
cleanup and redevelopment;
• Integrating community issues, cleanup
requirements, and the interests of developers and
investors in the brownfields process at selected
sites; and
• Ensuring the involvement and consideration of
those communities most adversely impacted by
the sites through a stakeholders' council.
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.
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Brownfields 1996 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Kansas City, KS/MO
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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. 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through a
separate mechanism.
Background
EPA awarded Kansas City supplemental assistance for
its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot and
additional funding for assessments at brownfields
properties to be used for greenspace purposes. The
bi-state area is experiencing growing demand from
developers, businesses, and community organizations for
more environmental assessments on additional
brownfields sites in the area. Through the Kansas City
Brownfields Program, administered by the Kansas City
Brownfields Initiative (KCBI), the Pilot will respond to
this demand and continue its work to reclaim and
transform relics of Kansas City's industrial past into
models of economic and sustainable growth.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
Amount: $150,000
$50,000 for Greenspace
Profile: Kansas City, KS/MO. The Pilot will target
seven sites for environmental assessments and
possible cleanup planning.
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 7 Brownfields Team
(800)223-0425
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)
Grant Recipient: City of Kansas City
(816)513-3002
Objectives
The Pilot will use the supplemental assistance to
conduct additional environmental assessments and
investigations and plan cleanup and redevelopment at
brownfields sites throughout the city. The effort is part
of KCBI's overall strategy for cleaning up and
redeveloping brownfields in the area and encouraging
brownfields redevelopment through examples of
successful model projects and by establishing the
foundations of a permanent and comprehensive local
brownfields program.
The Pilot will use the greenspace funding to conduct
assessments of future greenspace sites along the
Heritage Riverfront Trail. The trail is located near and
adjacent to several brownfields properties and will
provide recreational and transportation amenities,
enhancing the redevelopment potential of these
properties. The Pilot will also use the greenspace
funding to explore using engineered wetlands to manage
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flooding from a nearby creek and stormwater impacts
on brownfields developments. This project involves a
partnership of local government agencies; KCBI; the
Water Services and Public Works departments; and the
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
- Conduct environmental assessments and investigations
at seven brownfields sites;
- Develop a cleanup plan for one additional property;
- Facilitate involvement of new stakeholders into the
brownfields redevelopment process; and
- Conduct assessments at the Riverfront Heritage Trail
and explore the use of engineered wetlands in the
Central Industrial District, the original Pilot target area.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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)
EPA 500-F-00-026
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