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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Michigan Department
of En viron mental
Quality
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 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment
grant. Michigan (population 9.9 million) is a large state
with many small rural towns and villages plagued with
high unemployment rates and lacking the resources to
assess and redevelop brownfields sites. The seven
targeted assessment sites are in the rural towns and
villages of four Michigan counties (combined popula-
tion 20,337) with median household incomes ranging
from less than half the state median to 88 percent of
the median. The family poverty levels range from 6.7
to 38.5 percent. The six petroleum sites all have old,
Assessment Grant
$50,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will
be used to conduct Phase I site assessments,
surface and subsurface surveys, soil sampling,
groundwater sampling, and remediation plan
preparation at a former hardware store in the
Village of Twining. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to perform the same tasks at six petroleum-
contaminated sites in the counties of Arenac,
Saginaw, Tuscola, and Berrien.
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: Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality
517-373-4805
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
substandard, uncoated steel underground storage tanks
in areas of unconfined groundwater at shallow depths.
Assessment of these sites will help determine the
impact of the UST-related contamination on the towns'
private groundwater wells, the primary source of
drinking water for local residents. Reuse plans for
these sites include residential, commercial, office, and
community center facilities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-231
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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