Brownfields 2005 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
f	Fact Sheet

Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority,
MO
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 Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources
Authority (EIERA) was selected to receive a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. The EIERA is a corporate and
political body that serves as Missouri's link between
environmental interests and economic development. Of
Missouri's 5,595,211 residents, 21 percent live in
unincorporated areas, and 99 percent of Missouri's
communities have populations below 50,000. The target
communities for the revolving loan fund are these
unincorporated and small-population communities.
Mining and manufacturing have left many of these rural
areas with environmental challenges, and the small
communities do not have the economic resources
necessary to overcome them. It is estimated that there are
over 40,000 abandoned properties in Missouri, most of
which are brownfields. A third of these sites are located in
rural or suburban communities, where they are often
situated in a prominent position in the town, such as on a
main road or street corner. Brownfields redevelopment
will address human health and environmental threats that
are barriers to development in these communities, and
create greenspace and recreational facilities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$700,000 for hazardous substances
$300,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Environmental Improvement
and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA) for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the EIERA will provide loans and
subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
contaminated with petroleum and hazardous
substances. Funds also will be used to conduct
community involvement and cleanup operations.
EIERA will work with the State of Missouri's
Department of Natural Resources to support
cleanup activities.
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/cle anup/brownfields
)
Grant Recipient: Environmental
Improvement and Energy Resources
Authority, MO
Environmental Improvement and Energy
Resources Authority
(573)751-4919
Environmental Improvement and Energy
Resources Authority
(573)751-4919
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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 560-F-05-121
May 2005

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