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                           Assessment
                           CityofManistee, Ml
BACKGROUND

EPA has  selected the City of Manistee  for  a
Brownfields Assessment Pilot. Manistee is located
on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan approximately
90 miles north of Grand Rapids. This small coastal
community of 6,500  people has  witnessed the
deterioration of its once thriving industrial shipping
economy. The remnants of this decline are reflected
in large abandoned factories, unattractive shorelines
with possible environmental problems, andadeclining
population. Manistee already has identified several
potential brownfields and has targeted six of them for
this Pilot.  The specific sites  include three vacant
parcels in  the city's industrial park, a wastewater
treatment plant, an iron foundry, and a former boat
manufacturing site. These potentially contaminated
properties minimize the marketability of parcels in the
industrial park, limit opportunities for reuse,  and
perpetuate economic instability in city neighborhoods.

Although Manistee is the only city in the county, and
it serves most of the financial and social needs of the
area, the local economy lags behind that of the state.
Manistee's median household income is 26 percent
lowerthanthe statewide average, and 14.5 percentof
the residents live in poverty compared to 11.5 percent
statewide.

OBJECTIVES

Manistee's objective is  to return the community to a
productive  place where families  and businesses
flourish and stay. To further this objective, the Pilot
will help establish a brownfields program that can
identify and assess sites, obtain cleanup funding,
develop reuse plans, and involve the community in
decision making.
   PI LOT SNAPSHOT
    CityofManistee,
    Michigan
Date of Announcement:
May 2002


Amount: $200,000

Profile: The Pilot targets six
sites  in a small coastal
community that is economically
distressed due to the decline of
its industrial shipping activities.
   Contacts:

   CityofManistee
   (231)723-2558
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 5
(312)353-0123
        Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
           http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

      For further information, including specificPilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
              www.epa.gov/brownfields
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting six Phase I environmental assessments;

• Conducting Phase II  environmental assessments of
  target sites identified by  Phase I environmental
  assessments;

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• Developing cleanup and reuse plans; and

• Involving the community in decision making.

The cooperative agreement forthis Pilot has notyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                  Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-051
                                                                  and Emergency          May 2002
                                                                  Response (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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