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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
East Lansing, 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 East Lansing was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in south
central Michigan, East Lansing (population 46,525) is
home to Michigan State University (MSU), one of the
largest universities in the country. The university owns
5,200 acres of land within the city, and its students
account for 63 percent of the city's residents. While
the presence of the university benefits the community
in many ways, the social and economic impacts of the
enormous student body also strain the limited re-
sources and services of the small, permanent popula-
tion of the city. The impact of this large student
population has led to an increasing growth of "student
only" neighborhoods. These are neighborhoods of
older single family homes typically converted into
multi-unit apartments. This phenomenon has intensi-
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of East Lansing for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
community outreach, develop a brownfields site
inventory, and perform approximately five
baseline environmental assessments and ten
Phase I and Phase II environmental site assess-
ments. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct community outreach, develop a
brownfields site inventory, and perform approxi-
mately three baseline environmental assessments
and five Phase I and Phase II environmental site
assessments. Although grant funds will target
sites throughout the city, the focus will be on the
East Village Redevelopment area.
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 East Lansing, MI
517-319-6864
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
fied the flight of families and the elderly from East
Lansing. The city has been working with the university
to develop creative solutions to this problem and make
neighborhoods more balanced and viable. They have
targeted the 3 5-acre East Village neighborhood for
assessment. It is an area with an old, intensively used
housing stock, and a commercial corridor. East Village
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-06-112
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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is a gateway to the MSU campus. The corridor has at
least two dozen sites that will require assessment. Once
the area is assessed and cleaned up, the city plans a
mixed-use commercial and residential neighborhood
that will include students and residents of all ages and
lifestyles.
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