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Brownfields 2009 Assessment,
Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund
.2IS/ Grant Fact Sheet
Redevelopment Authority of the City of
Milwaukee, Wl
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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed. 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 both laws in Fiscal Year 2009, 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 Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee
(RACM) was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants, three brownfields cleanup grants, and a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Located in eastern
Wisconsin along Lake Michigan, Milwaukee (population
596,974) was built around a foundation of robust
industrial activity dominated by die cast companies,
machine tool manufacturers, and tanneries. The decline in
the city's traditional manufacturing base over the last three
decades has left numerous vacant and underutilized
brownfields. RACM has documented approximately 300
acres of brownfields, including 145 tax-delinquent sites
and many small neighborhood sites such as dry cleaners
and gas stations. RACM is targeting the city's community
development block grant area for assessment. Sixty-nine
percent of area residents are minorities, and 28 percent
live below the poverty level. Assessment of this area's
brownfields will help RACM evaluate levels of
contamination and cleanup options. The three sites
targeted for cleanup are all in distressed neighborhoods.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Milwaukee for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide grant funds
will be used to perform six Phase I environmental
site assessments each for hazardous substances
and petroleum sites, and an undetermined number
of Phase II assessments. Grant funds also will be
used to obtain access to sites and conduct
community outreach activities.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Milwaukee for three brownfields
cleanup grants. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to clean up the 104 East Nash Street
site. This former electroplating facility is
contaminated with volatile organic compounds,
metals, and PCBs. Grant funds also will be used to
clean up the 2055-63 North 30th Street site. With a
variety of past uses, the site is contaminated with
metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Grant funds also will be used to clean up the 31st
and Galena site. The site was used for a variety of
commercial and industrial activities and is
contaminated with volatile organic compounds,
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and metals.
Grant funds from each cleanup grant also will be
used to conduct community outreach activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Redevelooment Authoritv of
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-077
May 2009
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Once the East Nash Street site is cleaned up, the city plans
to reuse it as greenspace for the surrounding
neighborhood. Once the North 30th Street site is cleaned
up, the city plans to redevelop the site as an urban
agricultural business. When the 31st and Galena site is
cleaned up, the city plans to redevelop it as a
mixed-income residential development. The central
portion of the city, targeted by the revolving loan fund
(RLF) grant, is the location of a majority of Milwaukee's
brownfields. Cleanups funded through the RLF are
expected to remove blight from distressed neighborhoods
and jump-start neighborhood economic development
efforts.
the City of Milwaukee for a brownfields revolving
loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the
Redevelopment Authority of the City of
Milwaukee will provide loans and subgrants to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
with hazardous substances. Grant funds also will
be used to oversee cleanups and 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)
Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Authority of the
CityofMilwaukee,WI
(414)286-5642
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-09-077
May 2009
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