Brownfields 2003 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
               Delavan, 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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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 City of Delavan was selected to receive two cleanup
grants. This city of 8,100 people has targeted two sites in
the city's industrial corridor for cleanup in conjunction
with a comprehensive master plan. Most residents of the
area surrounding the corridor are young families renting
homes or elderly people living on fixed incomes. More
than 20 percent are minorities. Residents of the county in
which Delavan is located have a per capita income that is
20 percent below that of the surrounding counties. The
cleanup and commercial reuse of Site #9 will attract
professional services firms to the mixed-use
neighborhood and spur cleanup and reuse of the
remaining ten parcels in the corridor.  Cleanup of the Borg
facility will create new open space in an urban
neighborhood. The city is conducting community
meetings and other community involvement activities to
help plan the Ann Street Railroad Corridor redevelopment
project.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $400,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the City of Delavan for two
                     cleanup grants totaling $400,000. The cleanup
                     grants will target the 2.2-acre Borg facility at 902
                     Wisconsin Street and the 919 Ann Street property,
                     also known as Site #9. Both parcels are former
                     bulk petroleum storage facilities in the city's Ann
                     Street Railroad Corridor. Environmental
                     contaminants at these sites include solvents,
                     petroleum, heavy metals, and polychlorinated
                     biphenyls (PCBs).
                     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: Delavan, WI, City of
                     (262) 728-5585

                     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 500-F-03-081
      June 2003

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