Brownfields 2000 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
City of Frankfort, Michigan
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded the City of Frankfort supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. Frankfort (population 1,500) is a rural, Great Lakes
coastal community in transition from an economy based
on lumber production, shipping, and agriculture to a
scenic waterfront resort and tourist community. This
transition has left Frankfort scarred with many
brownfields properties and a struggling economy. Most
of the property within the city limits already is
developed, and sprawl to surrounding areas would
require new infrastructure, which this small town cannot
afford.
The goal of Frankfort's brownfields program is to
enhance and redevelop blighted properties, optimize
existing greenspace, and attract new businesses in order
to renew and sustain economic development. The city
has established a Brownfields Redevelopment Authority
with tax increment financing jurisdiction to implement
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields.
The original Pilot enabled Frankfort to conduct Phase I
and II site assessments on eight sites and identify an
additional seven sites with brownfields potential. There is
a potential for migration of mercury and waste oil from
two of the original eight sites toward Betsie Lake and
into Lake Michigan. Another two sites appear to have
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000
Profile: Frankfort will conduct additional
assessments at four sites addressed by the original
EPA Pilot and will conduct Phase I and II
assessments at seven additional sites crucial to the
economic redevelopment of the town.
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: Frankfort, MI, City of
(231)352-7117
Objectives
The supplemental assistance will be used to conduct
further studies of four contaminated sites assessed
through the original Pilot and assess the seven newly
identified sites, some suspected of being contaminated
with TCE, metals, waste oil, or lead arsenate. The first
objective of this Pilot is to perform additional
assessments and remedial planning crucial for economic
redevelopment on four of the original eight sites. The
second objective is to investigate the seven new sites
critical to the economic growth of the residential areas
of the community.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Performing supplemental Phase II assessments
on four of the original Pilot sites;
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arsenic contamination in the surface soils.
• Conducting Phase I and II assessments on seven
new sites; and
• Conducting community outreach and public
involvement activities.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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.
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Brownfields 2000 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Frankfort, Ml
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA has selected the City of Frankfort for a Brownfields
Pilot. Frankfort is a small, rural community of 1,500
residents that historically has been a lumber-producing
community, a shipping port, and an agricultural center
for fruit distribution. As the city has moved into the
twenty-first century, it is transitioning from its rural roots
to a scenic waterfront resort and tourist community.
Potential redevelopment property involves both
waterfront and upland sites that historically have been
used for commercial, industrial, or landfill operations.
Some of these areas are physical eyesores, and most have
environmental stigmas associated with previous use.
Unknown levels of environmental contamination exist on
many of these properties, and some of the properties
have the potential to impact surface water and potable
water. Several sites are known to be contaminated with
documented releases to groundwater. In addition,
Frankfort has several historic orchard properties within
its city limits. Due to the potential presence of
agrichemicals in surficial soils, these properties are
potential brownfields sites.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/18/2000
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets up to eight sites on
waterfront and upland areas that have historically
been used for commercial, industrial, or landfill
operations and on historic orchard properties.
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: Frankfort, MI, City of
(231)352-7117
Objectives
Frankfort's long-term goal is to proceed with selective
redevelopment and growth that enhances its resources
and contributes to its overall economic well-being while
still maintaining its rural, small town character.
Frankfort aims to establish financial means and a
process by which potential brownfields sites may be
characterized and assessed with the goal of moving
underutilized, unwanted, and/or vacant properties to
economic and public reuse.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting site characterization and assessment
activities on up to eight potential brownfields;
• Assessing the potential for environmental impact
on residential development from historic
agrichemical usage;
• Planning cleanup activities at the targeted sites;
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and
• Conducting community education and outreach
activities at the targeted sites.
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.
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