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Ingham County, Ml
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EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
Ingham County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. The county (population 279,295) is
located in south-central Michigan and includes Lansing,
the state capital. Once a thriving automotive
manufacturing community, the county is now
distressed. Four large automotive manufacturing
facilities have closed in just the past four years. Many
support businesses, such as parts manufacturers, have
closed as a result. Ingham County's poverty rate of 20.4
percent is substantially higher than the statewide
average. There are an estimated 2,000 brownfields in
the county, including former manufacturing facilities,
dry cleaners, and automotive service stations.
Contamination from these sites is impacting
groundwater and surface water quality. Many minority
and low-income residents live in distressed
neighborhoods that surround abandoned and
deteriorating manufacturing facilities. Brownfield
assessments are a major economic hurdle that must be
cleared before proposed redevelopment projects can be
started. The assessment of brownfields is expected to be
a first step in brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$100,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected Ingham County for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
conduct 10 Phase I and 8 Phase II environmental site
assessments, conduct 8 baseline environmental
assessments, conduct cleanup planning, and support
outreach to the community. Community-wide
petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct five
Phase I and three Phase II environmental site
assessments, conduct four baseline environmental
assessments, conduct cleanup planning, and support
outreach to the community.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Ingham County,MI
(517)676-7285
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 negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-084
May 09
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