Brownfields 2003 Assessment  Grant Fact Sheet
              Wayne County Brownfields Redevelopment Authority, Ml
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
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. Additionally, 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 assessment grants.
Over 2,000 brownfields and 1,638 open leaking
underground storage tank sites have been mapped in
Wayne County, which includes Detroit and five smaller
communities with populations under 100,000. Detroit
alone contains thousands of brownfields. While the
statewide poverty rate is 10.5  percent, the average
poverty rate in the county is 16.4 percent. Poverty rates
in four county communities exceed 20 percent. The
assessment of brownfields in the county's most
distressed areas will stimulate economic development
opportunities for impoverished communities. The
county's brownfields program will continue to be a very
public process involving government, foundations, and
community-based organizations.
                  Assessment Grant

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances
                  $200,000 for petroleum

                  EPA has selected the Wayne County Brownfield
                  Redevelopment Authority to receive a brownfields
                  assessment grant. The county plans to select sites for
                  assessment using an established process that
                  involves impacted communities, perform Phase I and
                  Phase II environmental assessments, and develop
                  redevelopment plans. The county, which includes the
                  City of Detroit, contains thousands of brownfields
                  left over from a long history of heavy industry, will
                  focus on its most economically distressed areas.

                  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: Wayne County, MI BRA
                  (313)224-0749

                  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)
EPA500-F-03-210
        Jun 03

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