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EPA awards $3 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Sioux Falls,
Lead and rural South Dakota communities
Brownfields grants to SDDANR and SDSTA to spur community and economic
revitalization Sioux Falls, Lead, Box Elder and Lake City
Contacts 
Sioux Falls, S.D. (May 20, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency announced $3 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the
environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in
communities across South Dakota.  The EPA awards are being provided to two
grantees.  The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(SDDANR) will receive $2 million in EPA Brownfields funding for high-priority
projects in several South Dakota communities including Box Elder, Lake City
and Sioux Falls.  The South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA)
will also receive $1 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties at
the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead. 
These investments are part the agency’s Brownfields Multipurpose,
Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs.  
“EPA’s Brownfields grants continue to help South Dakota communities
transform blighted properties,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker. 
“Today’s funding will help leaders in Sioux Falls, Lead, Box Elder and
Lake City reclaim contaminated buildings and outdoor spaces and put them back
into safe and productive reuse as businesses and public amenities.” 
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources: $2 million 
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources will receive
a $2 million EPA Brownfields grant to help local leaders assess and cleanup
properties in Sioux Falls (Falls Park, Quarry Lake, and Sioux Empire
Fairgrounds) Lake City (Fort Sisseton State Park) and Box Elder (Villa
Ranchaero). 
“The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is
committed to protecting and preserving our environment and natural resources
through the assessment of blighted properties across the state,” said DANR
Secretary Hunter Roberts. “Using these grant dollars to expand our
Brownfields program will help ensure abandoned properties are properly
assessed, facilitating growth and development in our communities.” 
SDDANR will use the EPA grant funds to support several projects in Sioux
Falls, including efforts to address contamination at former landfills in Falls
Park and Quarry Lake and enhance the City’s “Parks for All”
initiative.  Environmental assessments will include dredge and soil sampling
as well as water quality tests for PFAS and other contaminants.  Reuse plans
include new recreational access and features, a restored fishery, and park
amenities such as an expanded picnic shelter, community pavilion and great
lawn, a visitor center and a hands-on agricultural experience for visitors. In
addition, EPA funds will be used to evaluate the 22-acre Sioux Empire
Fairgrounds Former Landfill site for methane, PFAS and potential risks to the
Big Sioux River. This site has been identified for potential reuse as a
rideshare parking lot, electric vehicle charging stations, greenway, community
garden and walking and biking trails.  
The State will also use EPA funds to assess and cleanup the Villa Ranchaero
site in Box Elder, which includes approximately 4 acres near Ellsworth Air
Force Base. The site has been home to several small retail shops, restaurants
and dry cleaners and has been designated as a priority site for assessment,
cleanup and reuse. The State will also complete environmental assessments Fort
Sisseton Historic State Park to enable the construction of a new visitor
center, including soil borings, asbestos and lead paint investigations in
historic buildings.  
South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Lead, SD: $1 million 
The South Dakota Science and Technology Authority will receive $1 million in
EPA Brownfields funding to assess and clean up several contaminated properties
that are a high priority for reuse at the former Homestake Gold Mine, which
has been transformed into the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in
the City of Lead.  SURF is the deepest underground laboratory in the U.S.,
and an internationally renowned science facility.  
“Protecting the environment has always been a core value at SURF,” said
Mike Headley, the executive director of the South Dakota Science and
Technology Authority and the Laboratory Director at SURF. “This strong
support from the EPA advances the on-going efforts to ensure environmental
health and safety, habitat restoration, historic preservation, and sustainable
practices here at America’s Underground Lab.” 
EPA’s grant funding will allow SDSTA to address asbestos and other
environmental concerns at priority buildings throughout the SURF facility,
including the Yates Compressor Building, the Ellison Boiler Building and the
Foundry Building. In addition to asbestos, known and potential environmental
concerns include petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs, volatile organic compounds,
lead-based paint and metals such as lead, mercury and arsenic. Redevelopment
plans include the safe reuse of contaminated spaces and a proposed new main
entrance to the facility.  
Additional Background: 
EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
which set a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal
investments flow to communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and
overburdened by pollution. Approximately 86% of the MAC and RLF Supplemental
program applications selected to receive funding proposed to work in areas
that include overburdened communities. 
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion
in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return
blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each
year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment
nearly 400 percent.   
To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants
selected for funding visit EPA’s FY 2024  Multipurpose, Assessment and
Cleanup Applicants webpage.  
For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program visit EPA’s Brownfields
webpage. 
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