5 o T> Brownfields 2008 Grant Fact Sheet Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Detroit, Ml EPA Brownfields Program EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu- nities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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 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 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality was selected to receive two brownfields cleanup grants. The Department of Environmental Quality (state population 10,095,643) will clean up two sites in the City of Detroit (population 871,121), a federally designated Renewal Community. Detroit is the largest city in the state but remains far below the state aver- ages for many economic measures. The poverty rate in the city is 30.1 percent, and the unemployment rate in Wayne County, where Detroit is located, is nine percent. There are 7,437 abandoned properties in the Cleanup Grants $220,000 for petroleum EPA has selected the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for two brownfields cleanup grants. Petroleum grant funds will be used to clean up the former John's Tire Repair site at 665 East Philadelphia Street and the former Samuel B. Jolly gas station at 3445 West Warren Avenue, both in Detroit. The John's Tire Repair site was formerly a filling station with under- ground storage tanks and is contaminated with petroleum substances, including volatile organic compounds. The Samuel B. Jolly site had been used since 1897 as a delivery service, gas station, and towing service. It contains underground storage tanks and is contaminated with petroleum substances, including benzene and xylenes. Grant funds also will be used to develop cleanup plans and support community outreach 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 at: www.epa.gov/ brownfields. EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team 312-886-7576 http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields Grant Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 517-373-4805 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 negoti- ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. city, of which more than 260 are potentially contami- nated. The city also contains at least 40 abandoned Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 560-F-08-257 July 2008 www.epa.gov/brownfields ------- underground storage tank sites. The former John's Tire Repair site is in a neighborhood where the poverty rate is 40 percent, and the per capita income is $8,363. Five schools are within about half a mile of the site. When the site is cleaned up, it is expected to provide temporary or permanent greenspace. The former Samuel B. Jolly gas station is in a neighborhood where the poverty rate is 44 percent, and the per capita income is $9, 111. Two schools are within about half a mile of the site. When the site is cleaned up, it may be redeveloped for mixed residential-commercial use or greenspace. ------- |