Brownfields 2010 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
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Grand Traverse County, 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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
Grand Traverse County was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Located along
the shore of the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan,
Grand Traverse County (population 86,071)
participated in the logging boom of the late 19th
century and eventually in the area's industrial
development. This history has left a legacy of
contamination from a variety of operations, including a
steel factory, coal gasification plant, and brining and
canning plants. Through the mid-2Oth century,
thousands of tons of pesticides were applied to former
forest land converted to agricultural lands. The state has
identified 124 hazardous substances sites and 137
petroleum sites in Grand Traverse County. The county
has been seriously impacted by the recent economic
downturn and has the highest foreclosure rate of any
county in the area. Cleanups conducted through the
RLF grant will reduce potential threats to human health
and protect the natural resources in the Grand Traverse
Bay watershed.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$800,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Grand Traverse County for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from
which Grand Traverse County will provide loans and
subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
contaminated with hazardous substances and
petroleum. Grant funds will be used to capitalize
four to 10 loans each for cleanup of hazardous
substances and petroleum sites. Subgrants will be
used to address the four-corner area where there is
contamination under the public right-of-way. Grant
funds also will be used for 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
(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: Grand Traverse County,MI
(231)922-4780
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)
EPA560-F-10-179
Apr 10
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