Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant
Fact Sheet
Lincoln Park, Ml
RECOUERY.GOV
EPA Brownfields Program
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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The City of Lincoln Park was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Lincoln Park (population
38,005) is a small land-locked city that lies within the
Detroit metropolitan area in southeastern Michigan. It is
situated on heavily used transportation routes. The city
has long been home to automotive suppliers and other
manufacturing businesses. The manufacturing sector in
the Detroit region has been steadily declining since
1950. Manufacturing facilities have closed or
downsized, leaving behind numerous abandoned and
deteriorating commercial and industrial facilities with
unknown contamination. The city will focus assessment
efforts on the north industrial area, brownfield business
corridor, and unregulated dumps. Many of these sites
are adjacent to low-income neighborhoods. Between
August 2007 and August 2008, the city experienced a
14 percent loss of jobs. Assessment of brownfields will
help the city identify health threats, establish priorities
for reuse projects, and encourage redevelopment.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the City of Lincoln Park for a
brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide
hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
develop a comprehensive inventory of sites and
conduct 10 Phase I and 8 Phase II environmental site
assessments at priority sites. Grant funds also will be
used for cleanup planning and 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
(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: City of Lincoln Park,MI
(313) 386-1800 ext 270
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.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-09-190
May 09
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