\   Brownfields 2010  Cleanup and  Revolving  Loan
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   **лл*      South St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment 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 South St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment
Authority was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup
grant and a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. South
St. Paul (population 20,167) is a small city surrounded by
the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. From the late  1800s
through the 1970s, the city's history, economy, and
identity were bound to the stockyards and meat packing
industries. When the city's two main employers, Swift and
Armour, closed their plants, the city lost its tax and jobs
base. Related businesses and supportive service industries
also closed. The city was left with a vast area of
underused, contaminated land. Soils and groundwater are
contaminated with volatile organic compounds and other
contaminants left by the area"s historic activities. The
Mississippi River, immediately east of the stockyards, is
at risk from surface water runoff and groundwater
discharge. Cleanup of the former Van Hoven Auxiliary
site will reduce the health and safety risks posed by
contamination at the site, and is expected to facilitate its
sale and redevelopment. Brownfield cleanups conducted
through the RLF grant will pave the way for the Authority
to attract new and existing businesses to build and expand
in the city.
                     Cleanup Grant $200,000 for hazardous
                     substances
                     EPA has selected the South St. Paul Housing and
                     Redevelopment Authority for a brownfields
                     cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the 4.6-acre former Van
                     Hoven Auxiliary site at 455 Hardman Avenue
                     South. The area around the site was developed in
                     the late 1800s and early 1900s for industrial and
                     agricultural uses primarily associated with the
                     stockyards and railroad. The site was originally
                     part of the Armour and Company meat processing
                     facility. Site soils are contaminated with
                     polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals,
                     and other compounds. Revolving Loan Fund Grant
                     $1,000,000 for hazardous substances EPA has
                     selected the South St. Paul  Housing and
                     Redevelopment Authority for a brownfields
                     revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used
                     to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
                     South St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment
                     Authority will provide loans and subgrants to
                     support cleanup activities in four redevelopment
                     areas for sites contaminated with hazardous
                     substances. Grant funds will be used to market the
                     fund, oversee cleanups, and support 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).

                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                     (312)886-7576
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                     Grant Recipient: South St.  Paul Housing and
                     Redevelopment Authority,MN
                     (651)451-1838
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-10-181
      April 2010

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                                                          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-10-181
       April 2010

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