Brownfields 2009 Assessment and  Revolving
              Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
              Downriver Community Conference, Wayne and Monroe
              Counties, Ml
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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. 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 Downriver Community Conference (DCC) was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment coalition
grant and a brownfields revolving loan fund grant.
Coalition partners for the assessment and revolving loan
fund grants are the DCC's 14 member communities
(combined population 356,832). The DCC is located in
southeastern Michigan near Detroit. It has been home to
heavy industry, dominated by the automobile industry, for
nearly a century. The continuing decline of the
automobile industry has resulted in the closing of major
industrial facilities and many associated automotive
suppliers. These closings have left a legacy of abandoned
and contaminated properties throughout the DCC
communities. Over 400 brownfields have been identified
by the state, and many are located near low-income
residential areas with large minority populations. The
unemployment rate in the DCC area is 12 percent.
Assessment of brownfields is expected to reduce barriers
to the cleanup and redevelopment of potentially
contaminated sites. Cleanups conducted through the RLF
grant are expected to help member communities put
brownfields back to productive reuse.
                    Assessment Grant

                    $700,000 for hazardous substances
                    $300,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Downriver Community
                    Conference for a brownfields assessment coalition
                    grant. Community-wide hazardous substances and
                    petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct 50
                    Phase I and 40 Phase II environmental site
                    assessments throughout the 14 DCC member
                    communities. Grant funds also will be used to
                    prepare cleanup plans and support community
                    outreach activities.

                    Revolving Loan Fund Grant

                    $1,000,000 for hazardous substances
                    $500,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Downriver Community
                    Conference for a brownfields revolving loan fund
                    grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
                    revolving loan fund from which the Downriver
                    Community Conference will provide loans to
                    support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
                    with petroleum and hazardous substances. Grant
                    funds will be used to select projects, manage the
                    loans, and conduct cleanups. Grant funds also will
                    be used to support community involvement
                    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/R5Brownfiel ds)
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-053
      May 2009

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                                                         Grant Recipient: Downriver Community
                                                         Conference,MI
                                                         (734) 362-3477

                                                         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)
EPA 560-F-09-053
       May 2009

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