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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Manistee, 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 City of Manistee was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Manistee (population
6,600), the economic and government center of the
county, has a history of thriving industrial and maritime
activity going back to the 1870s. Beginning in the
1970s, with the decline in the industrial and maritime
sectors, the city began losing manufacturing jobs and
was left with large abandoned industrial buildings,
blighted and unattractive shorelines, and properties of
questionable environmental integrity. The shores of the
Manistee River and Manistee Lake were lined with
chemical production and heavy manufacturing facili-
ties. Many of the former industrial and commercial
sites are in old neighborhoods that have concentrations
Assessment Grant
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$195,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Manistee for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to inventory brownfields throughout the city;
perform Phase I, Phase II, and baseline environ-
mental site assessments; and develop a master
plan and site-specific plans for selected properties
in a part of the city with high concentrations of
brownfields. Funds also will be used to implement
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: City of Manistee, MI
231-723-2558
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
of low-income housing. The unemployment rate in
Manistee is nearly 12 percent, and the median house-
hold income is only two-thirds of the state average.
Assessment of the city's brownfields sites will help
lower the risk of contamination leaching into area
waterways, and, by addressing the concerns associated
with these properties, help create redevelopment
potential in the downtown targeted areas along the
river and lake.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-097
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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