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 Brownfields  2006

  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 a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. Located in eastern Michi-
gan, Wayne County (population 2,061,162) includes
the City of Detroit, a federally designated Empower-
ment Zone. A legacy of abandoned industrial facilities
and urban flight have left many of the older communi-
ties severely distressed and adversely affected by the
county's approximately 2,000 brownfields. In Wayne
 Revolving  Loan  Fund
 Grant
 $1,000,000 for hazardous substances

 EPA has selected the Wayne County Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority for a brownfields
 revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used
 to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which
 the Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment
 Authority will provide loans and subgrants to
 support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
 with hazardous substances. Grant funds also will
 be used to conduct community involvement
 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/R5 Brownfields/

 Grant Recipient: Wayne County Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority, MI
 313-224-8422

 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
County, the poverty rate is 16.4 percent. Brownfields
have created seriously contaminated watercourses in
the county. There also are 1,770 open leaking under-
ground storage tanks and 185 hazardous waste sites.
When brownfields are cleaned up, exposure to environ-
mental contaminants that contribute to public health
problems will be reduced, and redevelopment will be
possible. Brownfields redevelopment will restore
neighborhoods where people can live within easy
access to work, shopping, and recreation.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-06-122
                        May 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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