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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Wisconsin
Department of
Natural Resources
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 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The Department of Natural Resources (state popula-
tion 5,363,675) is focusing its assessment efforts on
the 30th Street Industrial Corridor of Milwaukee, a
federally designated Renewal Community. The
corridor was once a major manufacturing center, but
now has an unemployment rate of 19 percent. Of the
corridor's 31,918 residents, 95 percent are minorities,
and 39 percent live below the poverty level. The area's
200 known brownfields pose potential threats to public
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources for two brownfields assess-
ment grants. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to conduct about 15 Phase I environ-
mental site assessments in the 30th Street Indus-
trial Corridor area of Milwaukee. Funds also will
be used for up to five site investigations, and
community outreach activities. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to conduct 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: Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
608-267-6713
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.
health and the environment. Brownfields assessment
will raise the investment profile of this disadvantaged
neighborhood. Brownfields redevelopment will create
job opportunities for area residents, remove blight, and
increase city revenues.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-194
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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