Brownfields 2010  Revolving Loan Fund  Grant
               Fact Sheet
              Detroit/Wayne County Port 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. 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

The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority was selected
to receive a brownfields revolving loan fund grant.
Wayne County (population 2,000,000) consists of 614
square miles with a largely urban landscape, including
the Cities of Hamtramck and Detroit. The county is
bisected by the Rouge River and bordered by the
Detroit River. Abandoned industrial facilities along the
riverfronts and population movement from the cities
have left many older communities severely impacted by
contaminated brownfields. There are more than 3,000
identified brownfields in the county, including more
than 1,800 leaking underground tank sites. These sites
tend to be in communities with the highest percentages
of minority residents and rates of poverty. In August
2009, the unemployment rates for Wayne County,
Detroit,  and Hamtramck ranged from 18.2 to 27.8
percent. Brownfield cleanups conducted through the
RLF grant are expected to reduce barriers to
redevelopment, create job opportunities, and increase
tax revenues, especially along the Detroit Riverfront.
                   Revolving Loan Fund  Grant

                   $750,000 for hazardous substances
                   $250,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the Detroit/Wayne County Port
                   Authority for a brownfields revolving loan fund
                   grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
                   revolving loan fund from which the Detroit/Wayne
                   County Port Authority will provide loans and
                   subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
                   contaminated with hazardous substances and
                   petroleum. Grant funds will be used to establish and
                   market the fund, plan for and oversee cleanups, and
                   support community outreach activities. The
                   Authority expects to award two to four loans from
                   this RLF.

                   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: Detroit/Wayne County Port
                   Authority,MI
                   (313)331-3842

                   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-10-102
        Apr 10

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