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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Downriver Community
Conference, Wayne and
Monroe Counties, 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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Downriver Community Conference was selected
to receive a brownfields assessment grant. The target
area includes the 11 communities that make up the
Downriver Area Brownfield Consortium (DABC), in
Wayne and Monroe Counties in southeast Michigan.
These downriver communities, which have a combined
population of 295,453, have been home to heavy
industry, and now have a legacy of disadvantaged and
contaminated areas, often in close proximity to old
industrial sites. The state has identified over 400
brownfield sites in DABC communities, which have
created seriously contaminated water courses in the
Assessment Grant
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$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Downriver Community
Conference for a brownfields assessment grant.
Grant funds will be used to conduct Phase I and
II site assessments at contaminated sites in 1 1
communities in Wayne and Monroe Counties.
Funds also will be used to perform risk assess-
ments, and community outreach activities.
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: Downriver Community Confer-
ence, MI
734-362-3477
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
downriver area, including the Rouge and Detroit
Rivers. The communities suffer from declining popula-
tions and rising poverty rates, with some areas having
poverty rates above 30 percent. Unused brownfield
properties detract from the communities' abilities to
promote new development and provide the quality of
life that is important to them. Brownfields redevelop-
ment will protect residents, enhance communities, and
attract economic activity and new residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-091
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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