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  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

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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.

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