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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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