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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
KeweenawBay
Indian Community,
L'Anse Indian
Reservation, 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 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The KBIC, the second largest tribe in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan, is located on the L'Anse Indian
Reservation. The reservation is located primarily within
Baraga County, with small parcels in Marquette and
Ontonagon Counties. The total population of the three
counties is 80,969. There are 3,208 enrolled members
of the KBIC, of which more than 800 live on or near
the reservation and another 800 live in Baraga and the
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Assessment Grants \2ooL
$200,000 for hazardous substances"
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community for two brownfields assessment
grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to conduct Phase I and Phase II environ-
mental site assessments, and perform community
outreach activities. Petroleum funds will be used
to conduct the same tasks at sites with potential
petroleum contamination. All sites targeted for
assessment are located in the counties of Baraga
and Marquette in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
MI
906-524-5757, ext. 18
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
adjacent counties. Although Baraga's economy has
benefitted from the success of the Keweenaw Bay
gaming activities, the unemployment rate for tribal
members living on the reservation is still more than 19
percent. The Tribal Employee Office documents a 28
percent rate of unemployment. Twenty-eight percent
of KBIC households live below the poverty level, and
only 30 percent have high school diplomas. Assessment
of the area's brownfields sites will help the KBIC
address the potential contamination of its natural
resources, including its drinking water supply, and the
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-095
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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associated health risks. It also will help the KB 1C
achieve the goals of its Integrated Resource Manage-
ment Plan by helping prevent future pollution on tribal
properties and providing a first step toward cleanup
and reuse.
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