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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Bay C/fy, 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 this 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 programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Bay City was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in eastern Michi-
gan, Bay City (population 36,817) is a port city bisected
by the Saginaw River with access to Lake Huron.
Early in its history, the city's economy was based on
the lumber industry and then became heavily involved
in automotive component manufacturing, heavy
machine operations, and shipbuilding. Since the 1960s,
the city has experienced a steady decline in industrial
activity and population. The unemployment rate is 6.4
percent, and the median household income is lower
than the state and national medians. The evolution of
industrial and manufacturing facilities during the past
150 years has resulted in many vacant and abandoned
industrial sites adjacent to the Saginaw River. In the
neighborhood adjacent to the Industrial Brownhoist
properties, 33.3 percent of residents live below the
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Bay City for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the 34-acre
former Industrial Brownhoist properties at 202
Saginaw Street, 206 South Water Street, and 201
and 301 North Water Street. The sites were
historically used for heavy lift crane manufacturing
and other industrial operations for more than 100
years, and are contaminated with metals, volatile
organic compounds, and polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be used to
conduct health monitoring and support 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 Bay City, MI
989-894-8159
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.
poverty level, and the median family income is $20,353.
The site is part of a 48-acre site called the Uptown at
RiversEdge, which is a major redevelopment goal for
the city. When the site is cleaned up, the city plans to
redevelop it with a boat basin, marina, and public
riverwalk.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-105
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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