Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy 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 brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Assessment Grant $2,000,000 EPA has selected the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for a Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant for States and Tribes. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct 60 Phase I and 50 Phase II environmental site assessments and develop three reuse plans. Grant funds also will be used to develop a market study, revitalization plan, and conduct a land and infrastructure analysis. The target areas for this grant are the Cities of Flint, Detroit, Benton Harbor, and Escanaba. Priority sites include former gas stations, a blighted housing complex, the vacant ruins of a former automobile factory, and a property formerly used as a jail. 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)886-5740 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r5) Grant Recipient: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, MI (517)242-9048 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 Land and Emergency Management (5105T) EPA-560-F-22-147 May 2022 ------- |