A \ Brownfields 2004 Assessment and Revolving
Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
St Louis Development Corporation, 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 St. Louis Development Corporation was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant and a revolving
loan fund grant. Of St. Louis's 348,189 residents, 24.6
percent live below the poverty level. The city's
unemployment rate for September 2003 was 10.4 percent,
compared to 5.4 percent for the state during the same
period. The city has lost 53 percent of its population since
1960. The North Riverfront Business Corridor target area
is a low-income area, and almost 75 percent of the 35,717
residents are African-American. This area is in a federally
designated Empowerment Zone, and much of it is in an
Enterprise Community. Redevelopment of brownfields in
the North Riverfront Business Corridor is part of a plan to
develop three new business parks along the Mississippi
Riverfront. Other sites are expected to be redeveloped for
neighborhood retail and commercial use.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$950,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. Grant funds will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the St. Louis
Development Corporation will provide loans and
subgrants for brownfields cleanup costs at an
18-acre former ammunition plant, and the North
Riverfront Business Corridor, a four-mile area
along the Mississippi River. Both sites are in
Brownfields Showcase Community focus areas.
Assessment Grant
$1,150,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct comprehensive analyses at sites in the
North Riverfront Business Corridor, the industrial
heart of the city along the banks of the Mississippi
River. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct Phase I and II assessments at former gas
and filling station sites throughout the city. Grant
funds also will be used for outreach activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,150,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the St. Louis Development
Corporation for a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. Grant funds will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the St. Louis
Development Corporation will provide loans and
subgrants for brownfields cleanup costs at an
18-acre former ammunition plant, and the North
Riverfront Business Corridor, a four-mile area
along the Mississippi River. Both sites are in
Brownfields Showcase Community focus areas.
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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: St. Louis Development
Corporation, MO
St. Louis Development Corporation
(314) 259-3454
St. Louis Development Corporation
(314) 622-3400
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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United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 560-F-04-234
June 2004

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