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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Lansing Brownfields
Redevelopment Authority, Ml
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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 con-
taminant. 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 Lansing Brownfields Redevelopment Authority
(BRA) was selected to receive an assessment grant.
The BRA will target brownfields contaminated by
hazardous substances and petroleum in areas of
disinvestment within low-income downtown neighbor-
hoods. Approximately 53 of Lansing's 210 under-
ground storage tank sites are found in these targeted
neighborhoods. The city's per capita income is 20
percent below state levels and the percentage of
people living in poverty is slightly higher than the
statewide average. However, the brownfields target
areas have large minority populations and poverty rates
that are more than double that of the state. The
brownfields assessments will initiate a program of
redevelopment incentives backed by the state to spur
economic activity in Lansing. The BRA will continue
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Lansing Brownfields
Redevelopment Authority (BRA) for a
brownfields assessment grant. The BRA will
use grant funds to prioritize sites and conduct
Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments
on hazardous substances and petroleum-contami-
nated properties identified in the inventory
performed under a previous brownfields grant.
Grant funds also will be used to reach out to
neighborhoods and potential developers, and to
draft redevelopment plans.
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 at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Lansing Brownfields Redevel-
opment Authority, MI
517-483-4140
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the
Lansing Brownfields Redevelopment Authority has not
received brownfields grant funding. The City of Lansing has
received brownfields funding for assessment and revolving
loan fund grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
to involve the public and the Greater Lansing Neigh-
borhood Council, which represents most of Lansing's
70 neighborhood-based groups, in the redevelopment
process.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-119
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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