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Brownfields 2006 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
Downriver Community Conference, Wayne and Monroe
Counties, Ml
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 Downriver Community Conference (DCC) was
selected to receive a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. The DCC consists of 12 municipalities south of
Detroit in Wayne and Monroe Counties (combined
population of 475,078). The area's long history of
industrial and manufacturing activities has left behind
numerous vacant and contaminated brownfields
properties. The population in many of these communities
has declined dramatically after the loss of industrial and
manufacturing jobs in the area. Some areas have poverty
rates as high as 31 percent, and some cities experienced
population declines as high as 53 percent over the last 40
years. The Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality's database of contaminated sites indicates that
over 400 brownfields sites are located within these
communities. More than 70 percent of the City of
Monroe's land area is occupied by brownfields. In
addition, brownfields in the area contributed to
contamination of the Rouge and Detroit Rivers.
Revitalized brownfields may be used for new businesses,
residential communities, schools, and medical clinics.
Brownfields redevelopment will bring new life and
economic activity to communities, and protect the
environment, especially near surface water bodies.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$2,500,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Downriver Community
Conference for a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Downriver
Community Conference will provide loans and
subgrants to support cleanup activities at sites
contaminated with hazardous substances. Grant
funds also will be used for cleanup planning and
community involvement activities. Coalition
partners include 12 communities in Wayne and
Monroe Counties, Michigan.
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: Downriver Community
Conference,MI
(734) 362-3477
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-06-111
May 2006

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