MDNR Expands Brownfields Program for Site Assessments

Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 21, 2007 — Community development will benefit from an expanded statewide program to return potentially contaminated property into productive use.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Assessment Grants that will enable the department to provide free Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments through a state contract to cities, counties, and qualifying nonprofits.

One $200,000 grant will address properties where the contamination is primarily petroleum and the other $200,000 grant will assess sites of potential hazardous materials contamination.

For more information, please contact:

Jim Gilstrap
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Division of Environmental Quality
Brownfields/Voluntary Cleanup Section
P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
(573) 522-8139 or (573) 526-8913
jim.gilstrap@dnr.mo.gov
www.dnr.mo.gov or www.missouribrownfields.com