Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
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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
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.
Community Description
The City of Coralville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Coralville (population
15,123) borders Iowa City, the home of the University
of Iowa. Many lower income people and college
students look for less expensive dwellings, typically in
the older part of the city near the industrial park.
Because Coralville has limited opportunities to expand
beyond its current borders, its economic survival
depends on revitalizing its older areas, which contain
about 56 brownfields. Among African-Americans and
Asians in the target area, per capita income is lower
than statewide levels for these minorities. Additionally,
city-wide poverty is higher than that of the state.
Assessment and redevelopment of the industrial park
will turn an aging commercial and industrial area with
riverfront access into a convention center, hotel
complex, and mixed retail and residential area
dedicated to green design features and open space.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$150,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Coralville for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to perform four Phase I and
four Phase II site assessments and community
outreach within the First Avenue Revitalization
Project, a 200-acre industrial park, and areas south
and west of 1st Avenue. Commercial and light
industry, such as waste hauling, trucking repair,
asphalt manufacturing, coal and fuel storage,
injection molding, and roofing, characterize the
200-acre target area. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to perform three Phase I and three Phase II site
assessments, as well as community outreach within
the First Avenue Revitalization Project.
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 Coralville, IA
City of Coralville
(319)248-1700
Mayor of Coralville
(319)248-1700
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 560-F-04-036
Jun 04
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