Brownfields 1997  Assessment  Pilot  Fact Sheet
               St. Louis County, 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 selected St. Louis County for a Brownfields Pilot.
The Pilot is focusing its activities on Wellston, which is
part of a federally designated Enterprise Community, a
state-designated Enterprise Zone, and part of the St.
Louis Regional Empowerment Zone. Wellston's
population has declined by 60 percent over the past 50
years, 46 percent of the current residents live below the
poverty level, and the city has a 22 percent
unemployment rate. Most industries have  moved to the
outer suburbs, and a once-vibrant retail district has
disappeared from the city. The St. Louis County Pilot is
focusing on a 100-acre area near the Wellston Metro
Link Station. A previous user of a portion of that area
was the Wagner Electric Company. It manufactured
electrical transformers, electric motors, brake linings, and
other components. A portion of the Wagner site was
cleaned up under Superfund authority; however, the city
believes that other areas adjacent to the site may be
contaminated due to activities that took place at the
Wagner property.

The main focus of the Land Clearance for
Redevelopment Authority of St. Louis County and the
City of Wellston is to redevelop some of their
brownfields areas (including portions of the Wagner site)
as the Wellston Technology Park (WTP).  The WTP
                   Pilot Snapshot

                   Date of Announcement: 05/13/1997
                   Amount: $200,000
                   Profile: The Pilot targets a 100-acre area near the
                   Wellston Metro Link Station.

                   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: St. Louis County, MO
                   (314)889-7663
                 Objectives

                 The Pilot's goal is to create employment and
                 reinvestment opportunities by redeveloping a 100-acre
                 abandoned industrial area into a light industrial
                 technology park, complimented by residential and
                 commercial redevelopment. Objectives of the Pilot are
                 to conduct environmental assessments of properties in
                 the target area, prepare cleanup and redevelopment
                 plans, and develop a community outreach program.

                 Activities

                 The Pilot has:

                      • Identified 350 brownfields in the project area
                       through its geographic information system (GIS)
                       efforts; and
                      • Completed Phase I assessments at 135 sites
                       throughout the target area and determined that
                       129 sites do not require cleanup.

                 The Pilot is:
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numerous properties surrounding the WTP are to be           . Preparing a comprehensive redevelopment plan,
assessed and redeveloped according to the adopted              including land-use strategies; and
redevelopment plan for the City of Wellston. The Pilot is      . Developing a community outreach program to
seen as an opportunity to recapture a long-lost regional          mvolv£ regldents m ^ Pllot ar£a m ^
asset and to create a stronger tax base for the city.               redevelopment efforts.

                                                     Experience with the Wellston Pilot has been a catalyst
                                                     for related activities, including the following:

                                                          • The Pilot is leveraging $1,075,000 for the
                                                            development of a nonprofit day care  center
                                                            proposed for one of the Pilot-assessed sites
                                                            through partnerships with the Federal Transit
                                                            Authority's Livable Communities Initiative
                                                            ($325,000), the Department of Human  Services'
                                                            Community Development Block Grants
                                                            ($500,000), and the Department of Housing and
                                                            Urban Development's Economic Development
                                                            Initiative ($250,000).
                                                          • EPA awarded St. Louis County a $100,000
                                                            supplemental assistance grant to target four
                                                            brownfields in Wellston and Lamay.

                                                     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 1997 Supplemental  Assessment
               Pilot  Fact Sheet
               St. Louis County, 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 St. Louis County, Missouri, supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. Inner suburbs and municipalities in St. Louis
County have experienced an economic decline as both
residents and businesses have moved  to outlying
suburbs. For example, 50 years ago, Wellston, a St.
Louis County municipality, counted 40,000 residents and
its industry supported 10,000 jobs. Today, Wellston's
industry is struggling and its population has declined
more than 60 percent. Half of the residents live below the
poverty line, and 93 percent are minorities.

To help revitalize aging "inner ring" suburbs such as
Wellston, St. Louis County launched  a brownfields
initiative in 1997, partially funded through the initial
EPA Pilot. The St. Louis County brownfields initiative
has worked to spur cleanup and redevelopment at several
abandoned and/or contaminated sites  in Wellston and
other inner ring communities. The Pilot will use the
supplemental assistance to expand beyond the initial
targeted project-the Wellston Technology Park (WTP)-to
two other Wellston brownfields and two potential
greenspace projects in the Lemay area of St. Louis
County.
                   Pilot Snapshot

                   Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
                   Amount: $100,000
                   Profile: The Pilot will target four brownfields in the
                   towns of Wellston and Lemay for residential,
                   commercial, and recreational reuse.

                   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: St. Louis County, MO
                   (314)615-7663
                 Objectives

                 St. Louis County, in conjunction with the St. Louis
                 Brownfields Initiative, seeks to ensure that the entire
                 community benefits from brownfields revitalization. In
                 Wellston, the Pilot will support these efforts at a project
                 adjacent to the WTP that will be  redeveloped into a
                 300-unit residential area and another brownfield that
                 will become a light industrial park. In Lemay, the
                 supplemental assistance will facilitate greenspace
                 creation as part of the Rivers South Restoration  project,
                 located within the federally designated Empowerment
                 Zone. Revitalization of brownfields within these
                 communities hopefully will demonstrate the feasibility
                 and potential for business expansion in older St. Louis
                 County communities.

                 To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

                      • Conduct environmental assessments at four
                       targeted brownfields in the towns of Wellston
                       and Lemay;
                      • Prepare preliminary cleanup plans for the
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                                                           targeted brownfields; and
                                                          • Develop a community outreach program to
                                                           ensure residents understand the potential risks
                                                           and benefits of brownfields reuse.

                                                     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.
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