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1 J St. Paul Port Authority, MN
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 the St. Paul Port Authority as a
Brownfields Pilot. Historically, the City of St. Paul's
industrial development evolved from its location as both
a navigation hub on the Mississippi River and railroad
center. No longer dependent on railroads or shipping,
facilities moving into the St. Paul area are locating in
areas outside the urban core.
The City of St. Paul has 4,000 acres of land zoned for
industrial use, but nearly 1,000 of these acres are
under-used or abandoned. Redevelopment of industrial
property needed to maintain the city's tax base, increase
employment opportunities, and attract suitable industrial
facilities has been limited due to either known or
suspected contamination. In addition to the health issues
associated with potential contamination, many sites in the
urban core have deteriorating structures that attract
illegal activities, such as drug trafficking and vagrancy.
Such conditions foster further disinvestment in the inner
city and investment in undeveloped suburban greenfields,
perpetuating a cycle of urban core decline and suburban
sprawl.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 04/01/1997
Amount: $146,000
Profile: The brownfields pilot will focus on up to
six sites of under-used and abandoned industrial
sites..
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: St. Paul Port Authority,MN
(612) 224-5686
Objectives
The goals of the St. Paul Port Authority are to optimize
the reuse of abandoned and under-used industrial sites
within the City of St. Paul, create increased employment
opportunities for local residents, and generate sufficient
tax revenues to provide services needed for long-term,
ecologically sound, industrial growth. The Port
Authority will partner with neighborhood organizations
to gain support for redevelopment projects and
workforce development. The initial work will focus on
up to six sites targeted for redevelopment.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this pilot include:
•	Working with neighborhood organizations to
identify up to six target brownfields sites for
redevelopment;
•	Conducting site assessments at up to six
brownfields sites;
•	Preparing and publishing reports on the results of
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the site assessments;
•	Preparing response action or cleanup plans for
one to three targeted sites; and
•	Partner with neighborhood organizations to
establish a workforce development plan.
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 1998 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota
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 the Saint Paul Port Authority supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments at
brownfields properties to be used for greenspace
purposes. Historically, the City of St. Paul's industrial
development was based on its location as both a
navigable hub on the Mississippi River and a center for
railroad transportation. No longer dependent on railroads
or shipping, businesses moving into the St. Paul area are
locating outside of the urban core. The Phalen Corridor,
a 2Vi mile underused rail corridor on the east side of the
city, has suffered from numerous plant closings, growing
unemployment, and rising crime. An initiative has been
underway since 1994 to develop a broad-based
community partnership to rebuild the economic, social,
and physical prosperity of St. Paul's East Side.
The original EPA Pilot and the city's Showcase
Community program focused on conducting
environmental assessments for a 32-acre western
segment of Phalen Boulevard. This area will be the future
location of the Westminster Junction Business Center,
which is the first phase of redevelopment conducted
through the city's Phalen Corridor Initiative. The
objective of the Phalen Corridor Initiative is to spark
redevelopment of the East Side neighborhoods of St. Paul
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000
$50,000 for Greenspace
Profile: Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota. The
Pilot targets up to five properties along the central
segment of Phalen Boulevard for assessment and
planning and two primary sites in the corridor area
for greenspace 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 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: St. Paul Port Authority,MN
(612) 224-5686
Objectives
The supplemental funding will be used to conduct site
assessments at additional sites and develop a response
action plan (RAP) for the second phase of the Phalen
Corridor Initiative. RAP development will encompass
four properties that will comprise the Westminster
Junction Business Center. Additional site assessments
will be conducted at sites that will comprise the central
segment of Phalen Boulevard. This segment is expected
to become the site of several hundred new housing units
and up to 100,000 square feet of industrial space.
The greenspace funding will be used to conduct
assessments to support creation of open space
opportunities along Phalen Boulevard. Two locations
will be assessed. The first location is at the intersection
of Payne Avenue and Phalen Boulevard. The second
location is just west of Interstate 35E, the Trillium site,
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which has been acquired by the city and is a critical
piece of the Trout Brook Greenway Project. The end use
of these sites will be passive open space for the local
community.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Formulating a Response Action Plan for the
second phase of the Boulevard construction;
•	Convening a neighborhood task force for the new
sites to discuss site selection and prioritization;
•	Conducting Phase II environmental assessments
and developing RAPs for up to five properties in
the central segment of Phalen Boulevard; and
•	Conducting Phase I and II site assessments for
the Trillium site and two parcels along Phalen
Boulevard for greenspace reuse.
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-02-097
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