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            Brownfields 2009 Assessment,
            Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund
.2IS/   Grant Fact Sheet
            Redevelopment Authority of the City of
            Milwaukee, Wl
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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
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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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