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 Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

       Wayne County

           Brownfield

      Redevelopment

         Authority,  Ml


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
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. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants through four competitive grant programs:
assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup
grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority was selected to receive a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. Wayne County has 2,061,162
residents, of whom 48 percent are minorities, and 16.4
percent live in poverty. The Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority has identified 2,000
brownfields in the county. Detroit, the county's largest
city, has lost a large percentage of its population since
1990, and has thousands of vacant and abandoned
commercial, industrial, and residential properties.
                     Revolving Loan Fund
                     Grant
                     $1,000,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the Wayne County Brownfield
                     Redevelopment Authority for a brownfields
                     revolving loan fund grant. Grant funds will be used
                     to capitalize a revolving loan fund, from which the
                     Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment
                     Authority will provide loans and subgrants to
                     support cleanup activities at sites contaminated
                     with hazardous substances in the county's cities
                     and towns. These towns include Detroit, Ecorse,
                     Highland Park, Hamtramck, Inkster, Melvindale,
                     and River Rouge.
                     Contacts
                     For further information, including specific grant
                     contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
                     news and events, and publications and links, visit
                     the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
                     brownfields

                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                     312-886-7576
                     http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

                     Grant Recipient: Wayne County Brownfield
                     Redevelopment Authority, MI
                     313-224-5025

                     The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                     yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
                     described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                   Brownfields redevelopment is expected to re-establish
                   neighborhoods and create new commercial and
                   industrial sites.
                                              Solid Waste and
                                              Emergency Response
                                              (5105T)
                                          EPA 560-F-04-221
                                          June 2004
                                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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