CERP Brownfields Programs: East St. Louis

Serving the East Saint Louis and Saint Louis Communities!

  Definition

  Background
  - History
  - Conditions
  - Health
  - Literature

  Identification

  What to Do

  Programs
  - St. Louis
  - East St. Louis

  Data & Maps

Brownfields - Programs: East St. Louis

City of East St. Louis

The city of East St. Louis is ripe for redevelopment opportunities. The Mayor, the City Manager and the City Council are all committed to brownfields revitalization in all sections of the city.

Contacts:

Diane Bonner Ph: (618) 482.6635
Ralph Muhammad Ph: (618) 482.6679
301 River Park Drive
East St. Louis, IL 62201-3022
Fx: (618) 482.6788

State of Illinois

Illinois is committed to the redevelopment of brownfields and provides various financial support programs through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The following programs and associated funding are currently available for brownfields cleanup and redevelopment activities:

Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Program

Up to $120,000 per municipality for brownfields identification, prioritization, investigation and remediation planning. Grant recipients are required to provide a cost share through a 70/30 match.

Brownfields Redevelopment Loan Program

Up to $500,000 low interest revolving loan per site to support efforts by local governments and private parties to cleanup eligible brownfield sites. All cleanups must take place under IEPA's Voluntary Site Remediation Program.

Environmental Remediation Tax Credits

Up to $40,000 annual tax credit for remediation expenses at a brownfield site, with a maximum total Illinois income tax credit of $150,000 per site.

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Fund

Up to $1,000,000 (minus a deductible) for tank owners and operators to pay for cleaning up petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks. The Program is administered through the Leaking Storage Tank Program.

Contact:

Tom Miller
Illinois EPA
2009 Mall Street
Collinsville, IL 62234
Ph: (618) 346.5120
Fx: (618) 346.5155
Website www.epa.state.il.us

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-Funded Brownfields Grants

The region has received three U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Pilot Grants. This funding is earmarked for environmental site investigations and planning for site cleanup requirements. The areas of focus for these grants are the Dr. Martin Luther King Business Park and the North Riverfront Industrial Corridor in St. Louis City and several areas in the heart of East St. Louis.

The St. Louis region has also been the recipient of an education grant that was awarded to the St. Louis Community College. The ultimate benefit of this grant will be to increase the quality and quantity of the area's workforce to complete site remedial requirements.

Local Contacts:

Assessment Pilots --

City of St. Louis
Eric Klipsch
St. Louis Development Corporation
1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Ph: (314) 622.3400
Fx: (314) 231.2341

City of East St. Louis
Diane Bonner   Ph: (618) 482.6635
Ralph Muhammad   Ph: (618) 482.6679
301 River Park Drive
East St. Louis, IL 62201-3022
Fx: (618) 482.6788

Job Training Pilot --

Michael Holmes
St Louis Community College
William J. Harrison Northside Education Center
4666 Natural Bridge Road
St. Louis, MO 63115-1923
Ph: (314) 381.3822
Fx: (314) 381.4637

U.S. EPA Brownfields Showcase Communities Initiative

In October 2000, the cities of St. Louis, MO and East St. Louis, IL received EPA's national Showcase Communities designation along with 11 other cities throughout the country. The goal of the Showcase Initiative is to promote environmental protection and economic development; link Federal, State and local public, private and non-governmental community efforts to reuse brownfields; and develop national models demonstrating positive collaboration in addressing brownfields challenges. The bi-state Showcase project, officially known as the Mississippi River Corridor Brownfields Initiative (MRCBI), will focus its brownfields redevelopment activities along the mighty Mississippi River. Through the MRCBI, each community envisions a regional approach to brownfields redevelopment that will bring a collaborative focus, increased resources and viable solutions to assist both sides of the river.

Local Contacts:

City of St. Louis
Laura Zacher
Kevin McGrew
St. Louis Development Corporation
1015 Locust Street, Suite 1200
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Ph: (314) 622.3400
Fx: (314) 231.2341

City of East St. Louis
Diane Bonner   Ph: (618) 482.6635
Ralph Muhammad   Ph: (618) 482.6679
301 River Park Drive
East St. Louis, IL 62201-3022
Fx: (618) 482.6788

Federal Brownfields Tax Incentive

Under the Brownfields Tax Incentive, environmental cleanup costs are fully deductive in the year incurred, rather than having to be capitalized. Two requirements must be met by the taxpayer for eligibility:

1. The property must be held by the taxpayer incurring the eligible expenses for use in a trade or business or for the production of income, or the property must be properly included in the taxpayer's inventory; and

2. Hazardous substances must be present or potentially present on the property.

Both rural and urban sites may qualify for this tax incentive. Sites listed, or proposed for listing, on EPA's National Priorities List are not eligible for the tax incentive.

As part of the December 2000 amendments, the Brownfields Tax Incentive was extended for an additional two years, to cover qualifying expenditures from the original date of the incentive's enactment until midnight of December 31, 2003.

Contact: U.S. EPA-OSWER    Ph: (202) 260.4039
Outreach and Special Projects Staff

Federal Contacts for all EPA Programs:

Region 7 (Supports Missouri)
Kerry Herndon
U. S. EPA Region 7
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
Ph: (913) 551.7286
Fx: (913) 551.7063
Website www.epa.gov/region7

Region 5 (Supports Illinois)
Noemi Emeric
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd., T-16J
Chicago, IL 60604
Ph: (312) 886.0995
Fx: (312) 886.2737
Website www.epa.gov/region5