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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Wayne County
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 Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. Located in eastern Michigan,
Wayne County (population 2,061,162) is a primarily
urban area that includes the City of Detroit. The
Detroit River borders the county and the Rouge River
flows through it. Detroit contains a federally desig-
nated Empowerment Zone, and is a federally desig-
nated Renewal Community. The legacy of abandoned
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority for two brownfields
assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to conduct about ten Phase I,
and five to eight Phase II environmental site
assessments. Funds also will be used to perform
three to five baseline environmental assessments
and conduct 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: Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority, MI
313-224-8422
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.
industrial facilities and urban flight has left many of
the county's older communities economically
distressed. More than 2,000 brownfields, including
1,770 open leaking underground storage tanks, have
been identified in the county. The state has identi-
fied over 150 abandoned gas stations in Detroit
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-189
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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alone. The Rouge River and areas along the Detroit
River have been heavily contaminated by industrial
activities. The county has a 16.4 percent poverty
rate, and 48 percent of its residents are minorities.
Brownfields assessment will promote the eventual
cleanup and redevelopment of these sites, which will
foster the re-establishment of vibrant urban neighbor-
hoods throughout the county.
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