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 Brownfields  2007

  Grant Fact  Sheet

   Jackson  Brownfield

      Redevelopment

         Authority,  Ml


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 City of Jackson Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
was selected to receive two brownfields assessment
grants. Located in south-central Michigan, Jackson
(population 36,316) was once an industrial and commer-
cial center in the region, drawing on the resources of the
Grand River. Recent economic downturns have left
abandoned, underused, and contaminated properties
throughout the city. The city's poverty rate is 19.6 percent,
and the average unemployment rate in 2006 was 10.3
percent. The state has identified 36 sites contaminated by
hazardous substances, and 89 leaking underground
 Assessment Grants
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Jackson Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority for two brownfields
 assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant
 funds will be used to conduct 12 Phase I and
 eight Phase II environmental site assessments.
 Funds also will be used for community outreach
 activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
 perform the same tasks at sites with potential
 petroleum contamination.
 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: City of Jackson Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority, MI
 517-788-4060

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
storage tanks that are contaminated with petroleum in the
city. Many of these sites are near the Grand River
corridor and downtown areas. These brownfields pose
potential threats to groundwater, the source of the city's
drinking water supply. Brownfields assessment will
leverage investment in the River Arts Walk project, an
urban walking trail along the Grand River. Brownfields
redevelopment will create jobs, increase the tax base, and
reduce potential health threats.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-07-082
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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