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Brownfields 2004 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 (population 7,956) was selected to
receive five brownfields cleanup grants. The five target
properties are all part of the Ann Street Brownfield
Railroad Corridor, a four-block, approximately 14-acre
corridor of light industrial/commercial properties in a
mixed-use area within one-quarter of a mile of historic
downtown Delavan. The corridor is considered low- to
moderate-income and has become a stable residential
area for much of the city's Hispanic population.
Twenty-five percent of the residents in the surrounding
neighborhood (population 1,077) are Hispanic. More
than 16 percent are low-income. Over the years, the rail
corridor housed a variety of manufacturing operations,
bulk oil storage firms, auto paint and salvage facilities,
consumer cooperatives handling creosote, grain, and
chemicals, and a rail yard depot, fueling and storage
area. These operations have left behind contaminated,
blighted properties that pose a health and safety threat
to the community. Redevelopment plans for the area
include a mix of high-density land uses, including
commercial, retail, residential, and greenspace.
Preliminary assessments indicate that the tax base
within this corridor would increase at least $250,000 if
the blight were removed.
Cleanup Grant
$800,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Delavan for five
brownfields cleanup grants. The cleanup grants will
be used to clean up groundwater and soil
contamination, involving chlorinated solvents,
aromatic hydrocarbons, and metals, at five properties
(725, 829, 915, and 917 Ann Street and 231 South
Seventh Street), reflecting five separate cleanup
grants, in the Ann Street Brownfield Railroad
Corridor.
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/R5 Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Delavan,WI
(262)728-1891
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-04-126
Jun 04

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