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Brownfields 2009 Assessment,
Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund
Grant Fact Sheet
Saint Paul Port Authority, MN
RECOUERY.GOV
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. On
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Saint Paul Port Authority was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants, a brownfields cleanup
grant, and a brownfields revolving loan fund grant.
Within Saint Paul (population 287,151), there are 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,
where 19 percent of residents live below the poverty
level. Within targeted transportation corridors, there is
great ethnic and cultural diversity. Approximately 50
percent of residents are minorities, including
African-Americans, Latinos, and Hmong. The assessment
of brownfields is expected to help the Port Authority
determine the most appropriate cleanup and
redevelopment options for sites in the target areas.
Brownfields cleaned up through the cleanup and
revolving loan fund grants are expected to support the
redevelopment of blighted sites into light industrial and
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the Saint Paul Port Authority for
two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide grant funds will be used to
perform from 6 to 10 Phase I and from 4 to 6 Phase
II environmental site assessments for hazardous
substances and petroleum contamination.
Assessments will be targeted in the Phalen, Great
Northern, and Rice Street Corridors. Grant funds
also will be used to develop cleanup plans and
support community involvement activities,
including translating materials into
community-appropriate languages.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the Saint Paul Port Authority for
a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
Minehaha Lanes site at 955 Seminary Road. The
site is currently a vacant bowling center and
parking lot, and was formerly an unpermitted
dump. Contaminants at the site include metals,
vinyl chloride, and other volatile organic
compounds. Grant funds also will be used to
support community involvement activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the Saint Paul Port Authority for
a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the Saint Paul Port Authority will
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Environmental
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Washington, DC 20450
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redevelopment projects are expected to increase
community vitality by creating jobs, increasing tax
revenue, and reducing blight.
provide loans to support cleanup activities for sites
contaminated with hazardous substances. Target
areas will be the Phalen, Great Northern, and Rice
Street Corridors.
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 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-09-139
May 2009
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