/ O \ Brownfields 1999 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
\ J Sioux City, I A
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 has selected Sioux City to receive supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. Sioux City (population 80,505) has historically
been a commercial center of the upper Missouri River.
Much of the commerce was related to the processing and
distribution of livestock in the Sioux City stockyards area
located at the confluence of the Missouri and Floyd
Rivers. The Pilot is targeting this 215-acre tract of land
that is designated by the city as an urban renewal area
and is within the state-designated enterprise zone.
In the 1920s, the stockyards and related businesses
employed thousands. Beginning in the 1950s, however, a
changing livestock industry and labor unrest resulted in a
two-decade decline for the stockyards. Today, only a few
packing plants remain in business while others have been
abandoned, leaving large brownfields such as former
packing plants and livestock holding facilities. Those
employed by the remaining stockyards, almost 70
percent minority, have an average salary far below the
statewide average.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 04/01/2001
Amount: $150,000
Profile: The Pilot will target the 215-acre stockyards
area, located within a state-designated enterprise
zone, for Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessment, continuing the activities of the original
Pilot
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 Sioux City,IA
(712) 279-6345
Objectives
The Pilot will use supplemental funding to continue the
activities of the original Pilot, which will involve
conducting a second round of Phase I environmental
assessments on target properties and Phase II
assessments on three sites whose Phase I assessments
suggested the need for further investigation. The city's
objectives are to remove the stigma of real and
perceived environmental contamination through
assessment and cleanup of targeted sites in the
stockyard area, stimulate economic revitalization in the
area, and curtail urban sprawl by facilitating the reuse of
brownfields. The city also aims to maintain the few
viable businesses that remain at the stockyards while
expanding the commercial use of the area to include
biotechnology, agri-industry, and light industry.
Activities
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Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Conduct community outreach to enhance the
participation of residents, property owners,
partners, and other stakeholders in the
brownfields project;
•	Conduct a second round of Phase I environmental
assessments on five sites originally targeted by
the Pilot; and
•	Conduct Phase II environmental assessments of
three prioritized sites.
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.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
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/r^. Brownfields 1999 Supplemental Assessment
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% PK^ Sioux City, I A
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 has selected Sioux City for a Brownfields Pilot.
Sioux City (population 80,505) has historically been a
commercial center of the upper Missouri River. Much of
the commerce was related to the processing and
distribution of livestock in the Sioux City stockyards area
located at the confluence of the Missouri and Floyd
Rivers. The Pilot is targeting this 215-acre tract of land
that is designated by the city as an urban renewal area
and is within the state's certified Enterprise Zone (EZ)
and the Floyd Valley tax increment financing district.
In the 1920s, the stockyards and related businesses
employed thousands. Beginning in the 1950s, however, a
changing livestock industry and labor unrest resulted in a
two-decade decline for the stockyards. Today, only a few
packing plants remain in business while others have been
abandoned, leaving large brownfields such as former
packing plants and livestock holding facilities. Those
employed by the remaining stockyards, almost 70
percent minority, have an average salary far below the
statewide average.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 06/21/1999
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the 215-acre Sioux City
stockyards near the confluence of the Floyd and
Missouri Rivers.
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 Sioux City,IA
(712) 279-6345
Objectives
By conducting environmental assessments, the Pilot
plans to help reduce potential environmental risks,
create new jobs, and increase the average wages through
cleanup and redevelopment of the Sioux City
stockyards. Consistent with the Floyd Valley
redevelopment plan, proposed reuses of the targeted site
include agribusiness, light manufacturing, high
technology, and warehouse and transportation facilities.
The Pilot will work within the city's holistic and
collaborative strategy for revitalizing the community.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Identifying brownfields within the targeted area;
•	Performing Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessments on priority sites in the target area;
•	Designing cleanup plans for assessed sites; and
•	Conducting public outreach and community
involvement activities.
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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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 500-F-99-153
Jun 99

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