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Brownfields 2013 Assessment and Cleanup
Grant Fact Sheet
Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Wl
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.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Milwaukee for a brownfields
assessment grant. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
eight Phase I and 10 Phase II environmental site
assessments, and support community outreach
activities. Assessment efforts will focus on sites in
the city's Community Development Block Grant
area.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Milwaukee for three brownfields
cleanup grants. Petroleum grant funds will be used
to clean up the Century City-Area A site at 2725
West Hopkins Street. The seven-acre site was
formerly used to manufacture auto frames,
military equipment, and electric motors, and is
contaminated with petroleum substances. Grant
funds also will be used to clean up the 29th and
Hopkins site, which consists of two adjacent
properties at 2900 and 3010-24 West Hopkins
Street. The two-acre site formerly included a gas
station, plastics research laboratory, and
manufacturing facility, and is contaminated with
petroleum substances. Grant funds also will be
used to clean up the 2823 West Vienna Avenue
site. The 1.4-acre site was formerly occupied by
residential and commercial buildings that included
a gas station and machine shop. It currently is a
vacant parking lot and is contaminated with
petroleum substances. Grant funds at all three sites
also will be used to support community
involvement activities.
Contacts
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-13-124
May 2013
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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
312-886-4747
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds/)
Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Authority of the
City of Milwaukee,WI
414-286-5693
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-13-124
May 2013
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