A \ Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
I	I Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa, Inc., Pottsville,
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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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country clean up and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, and job training.
Additional funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding
to local brownfields challenges,
particularly where multiple brownfield
sites are in close proximity, connected by
infrastructure, and limit the economic,
environmental and social prosperity of
their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance
programs by providing grant funding to
communities so they can perform the
research needed to develop an area-wide
plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and
reuse. The resulting area-wide plans
provide direction for future brownfields
area improvements that are protective of
public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area.
Project Description
$200,000.00
EPA has selected Resource Conservation and
Development for Northeast Iowa, Inc., as a
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient.
Resource Conservation and Development for
Northeast Iowa, Inc., will work with the
community and other stakeholders to develop an
area-wide plan and implementation strategy for
the Postville Community Planning Project Area.
This area, comprised of 107 acres in Postville, has
been identified as key to the economic
revitalization of the community. Postville has
been an immigration entry point for U.S.
immigrants for decades, and has struggled
socially and economically for the past 15 years.
The catalyst site is the AgriStar property/former
Iowa Turkey Plant, located at the entrance to the
community. This project will help restore social
partnership and community vision, and bring
together diverse private and public entities in the
community to develop a comprehensive vision for
community revitalization. The area-wide plan will
encourage business improvement, expansion, and
recruitment. Key partners who will work with
Resource Conservation and Development for
Northeast Iowa, Inc., on this project include the
City of Postville, Iowa Department of Natural
Resources, University of Iowa, Driftless Area
Scenic Byway, Allamakee County Economic
Development, and Iowa Living Roadway Trust
Fund.
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
(913)551-7265
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001N
January 2017

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EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-iowa-kansas-
missouri-nebraska-and-nine-tribal)
Grant Recipient: Resource Conservation&Development for Northeast
Iowa, Inc., IA
(563)864-7112
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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 560-F-17-001N
January 2017

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