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Brownfields 1998 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Wayne County, Ml
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA selected Wayne County for a Brownfields Pilot.
The county, which includes the City of Detroit (a
federally designated Empowerment Zone), has a
population of approximately 2.1 million. Automobile and
steel manufacturing are the area's major industries; Ford,
General Motors, Chrysler, and National Steel are all
located in the county. Of the almost 30,000 acres of
industrial land located in urban, suburban, and rural
areas of Wayne County, it is estimated that at least
one-third are brownfields (15.5 square miles). Closed
plants, illegal dumps, and closed landfills are scattered
throughout the county.
The Cities of Ecorse, River Rouge, Inkster, Highland
Park, Hamtramck, and Melvindale will be targeted by the
Pilot because of their particularly heavy concentration of
abandoned and underused sites. The abandoned
structures on these properties and the illegal occupants
they attract, including drug traffickers, lower property
values and encourage further abandonment in these
areas.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 07/15/1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets brownfields in urban,
suburban, and rural areas, including closed industrial
plants, illegal dumps, and closed landfills in Wayne
County.
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority,MI
(313)224-5025
Objectives
The county's primary objective is to return the vacant
properties to economic and public reuse as industrial
plants or recreational areas. This redevelopment will
create jobs, attract further investment, and increase the
tax base in the distressed communities. Michigan's
existing environmental programs, which work to
address liability and contamination concerns, have
helped create a demand for brownfields ready for
redevelopment. Sites in Wayne County that have
potential for redevelopment will be added to existing
lists of brownfields properties in order to more quickly
bring these sites to the attention of developers.
Communities affected by brownfields will be involved
in all areas of the Pilot's activities.
Activities
The Pilot has:
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•	Developed a database containing more than
1,900 identified brownfields in the Pilot area;
Identified 16 sites to be targeted for assessment,
cleanup, and redevelopment; and
•	Completed Phase I environmental site
assessments at 14 of the targeted sites.
The Pilot is:
•	Gathering brownfield site information for entry
into Detroit Edison Company's geographic
information system (GlS)-formatted site database
and web site;
•	Meeting monthly as part of the Wayne County
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Technical
Advisory Committee to provide updates and
obtain input from the communities affected by
the Pilot's targeted brownfields; and
•	Conducting Phase I environmental assessments
on six new sites that have been selected as a
result of supplemental assistance funding.
Experience with the Wayne County Pilot has been a
catalyst for related activities, including the following:
•	Twenty-two cleanup jobs will be leveraged at the
former Sears site and the Cook Family Foods
site.
•	Funding in the amount of $1,686,000 was
leveraged from various sources for site cleanup.
•	Approximately 300 jobs were created from the
redevelopment of the former Sears site.
•	Approximately $38 million was leveraged from
public and private sources to redevelop two
Pilot-targeted sites.
•	The county was awarded an additional $500,000
grant under EPA's Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund Pilot program.
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.
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Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Wayne County, Ml
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded Wayne County supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot. The
county, which includes the City of Detroit (a federally
designated Empowerment Zone), has a population of 2.1
million. Automobile and steel manufacturing are the
area's major industries; Ford, General Motors, Chrysler,
and National Steel are all located in Wayne County. Of
the almost 30,000 acres of industrial land in Wayne
County, it is estimated that at least one-third are
brownfields (15.5 square miles). These brownfields are
located in urban, suburban, and rural areas; several
closed plants, illegal dumps, and closed landfills are
located in the most distressed communities in the county.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2000
Amount: $150,000
Profile: The Pilot targets brownfields in the most
distressed communities in the county. Of almost
30,000 acres of industrial land in Wayne County, at
least one-third are brownfields.
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority,MI
(313)224-0749
Objectives
The county's primary objective is to return the vacant
properties to economic and public reuse as industrial
plants or recreational areas. This redevelopment will
create jobs, attract further investment, and increase the
tax base in the distressed communities. Since the
original Pilot was awarded, the county has formed a
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) under the
State of Michigan's brownfields program. This authority
gives each municipality within the county access to
several state programs, including BRA tax increment
financing, BRA single business tax credits, brownfields
redevelopment grants, and technical assistance.
Municipalities within the county submit brownfield
candidates for assistance under the county's brownfields
program. Once a brownfield is targeted, the county
provides assessment, cost analysis, and community
outreach assistance. The supplemental assistance will
allow the county to continue to implement this program.
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To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
•	Select additional brownfields within the county
for further investigation;
•	Conduct environmental site assessments at
targeted brownfields;
•	Prepare Baseline Environmental Assessments
(BEAs) and due care plans under State of
Michigan specifications;
•	Conduct brownfields cost analysis of cleanup and
reuse plans to evaluate the need for other
public-sector financing to complete the project;
• Continue community outreach related to these
activities.
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.
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Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment
Pilot Fact Sheet
Wayne County, Michigan
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
EPA awarded Wayne County supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
This is the second time Wayne County has been awarded
supplemental assistance. The county (population 2.1
million) includes the City of Detroit, which is a federally
designated Empowerment Zone. Automobile and steel
manufacturing are the area's major industries. It is
estimated that at least one-third (15.5 square miles) of the
county's industrial area is covered with brownfields.
Closed plants, illegal dumps, and closed landfills are
scattered throughout the county. These sites attract illegal
occupants, lower property values, and encourage further
abandonment in these areas.
Under the original EPA Pilot and using previous
supplemental funding, the county initiated Phase I
assessments at 23 sites, Phase II assessments at 10 sites,
and baseline environmental assessments at four sites.
Seven sites have started cleanup activities and another
seven have started redevelopment activities. At least 17
of the selected brownfield sites are either in the
Empowerment Zone, other economically distressed
areas, or predominantly minority areas of Wayne
County. The supplemental assistance will be used to
expand the county's successful brownfields assessment
and reclamation program into the most severely
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000
Profile: Wayne County, Michigan. This Pilot will
target up to six new sites in the most severely
contaminated areas of Wayne County for assessment.
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Wayne County Brownfield
Redevelopment Authority,MI
(313)224-5025
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Objectives
The primary goals of the county's brownfields program
are to return vacant and underused properties to
economic or public use, leverage other governmental
funding sources, create jobs, and enhance the county tax
base. Supplemental assistance will be used to assess
sites recommended by the various county municipalities
based on the sites' development potential and
community benefits. In addition, the county will
continue assessment and redevelopment support at four
sites at which initial assessment were conducted under
the original Pilot or previous supplemental assistance.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Selecting new brownfields based on criteria such
as development potential, community impact,
site desirability/accessibility, and market value
from among those submitted by municipalities;
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•	Conducting Phase I assessments on up to six
sites;
•	Conducting Phase II assessments, baseline
environmental assessments, and due care
planning on four to six sites;
•	Completing assessment support for four
previously selected sites; and
•	Continuing outreach to private developers,
municipalities, local groups, community
organizations and development corporations.
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.
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