Q \ Brownfields 2018 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet

Wj ^ Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Redford Charter Township,

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. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up 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.

Cleanup Grant

$200,000for petroleum

EPA has selected the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
clean up the General Oil Company site located at 12680 Beech Daly
Road in Redford Charter Township. The now vacant cleanup site
operated as an industrial oil recycling facility from the late 1960s
through 2014. At least three underground storage tanks and another 16
above ground storage tanks have been removed from the site. At least
one, possibly more, small process tanks are still located inside the
5,900-square-foot industrial building, which is surrounded by
deteriorating concrete pads, and a gravel driveway. The site is
contaminated with petroleum constituents in the soil and shallow
groundwater.

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)353-2112

EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-illinois-ind
iana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and)

Grant Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, MI
(517)242-9048

Hie 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

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

EPA-560-F-18-079
April 2018

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