1. EPA’s Brownfields Mission Empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to inventory, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to inventory, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Provide financial and technical assistance for brownfield revitalization, including grants for: Provide financial and technical assistance for brownfield revitalization, including grants for: –Environmental Site Assessments –Cleanups (Direct Cleanups or Revolving Loan Funds) –Job Training

2. Brownfields Definition “...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.” “...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.”

3. Brownfields Process Identify Property Identify Property Assess Environmental Conditions Assess Environmental Conditions –Phase I assessment site visit, interviews, records search site visit, interviews, records search –Phase II assessment sampling and testing sampling and testing Cleanup Cleanup Sustainable Redevelopment Sustainable Redevelopment

4. 2009 Brownfield Funding *25% For Petroleum Targeted Brownfields Assessments ASSESSMENT GRANTS CLEANUP Revolving Loan Fund GRANTS Direct CLEANUP GRANTS JOB-TRAINING GRANTS STATE & TRIBAL RESPONSE PROGRAM GRANTS $78 Million* Communities $50 Million States & Tribes $100 Million* 2009 Economic Stimulus TRAINING, Research and technical Assistance GRANTS

5. Iowa River Landing Coralville, IA After Before Before After Ice Harbor Port of Dubuque Dubuque, IA

6. Resource Contacts U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Brownfield Program U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Brownfield Program –Steve Kovac, Region 7 Program Director (913) 551-76986 / Kovac.Steve@epa.gov Kovac.Steve@epa.gov –Susan Klein, Region 7 Brownfield Coordinator (913) 551-7786 / Klein.Susan@epa.gov Klein.Susan@epa.gov –Ronald King, Region 7 Targeted Brownfield Assessment Coordinator (913) 551-7568 / king.ronald@epa.gov king.ronald@epa.gov Iowa Brownfields Program Iowa Brownfields Program –Mel Pins, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (515) 281-8489 / Mel.Pins@dnr.state.ia.us

7. Web-based Resources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) –National Brownfields and Land Revitalization http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ –U.S. EPA Region 7 Brownfield Program http://www.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/brownfields/ http://www.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/brownfields/ –U.S. EPA Region 7 Targeted Brownfield Assessment Application www.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/brownfields/targeted_a ssessment.htm www.epa.gov/region07/cleanup/brownfields/targeted_a ssessment.htm Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) –http://www.iowadnr.gov/land/consites/brownfields http://www.iowadnr.gov/land/consites/brownfields