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Brownfields 1998 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet

City of Saginaw, 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 has selected the City of Saginaw for a Brownfields
Pilot. Saginaw (population 69,512) is located
approximately 100 miles north of Detroit. The City is
situated at the north end of Michigan's industrial corridor
and near the gateway to the State's recreational areas.
Principle employment is automotive manufacturing,
medicine, education, and agriculture. In the past, lumber,
oil, and coal industries have been large employers for
the region. Saginaw's 31.7% poverty level is among the
highest in the nation, and the unemployment rate is
9.75%.

The City has hundreds of idle and abandoned former
industrial and manufacturing sites. During the last 30
years, more than 800 abandoned properties in the central
business district have reverted to City or State
ownership. The Pilot targets City-, State-, and
privately-owned commercial and industrial properties
located within or adjacent to the State-designated
Renaissance Zone and on the City's riverfront. As a
result of the Renaissance Zone designation, the City has
received numerous inquiries from developers and
prospective businesses about properties and tax benefits.
Uncertainty about the existence of environmental
contamination has hindered redevelopment.

Pilot Snapshot

Date of Announcement: 07/15/1998
Amount: $200,000

Profile: City of Saginaw, MI. The Pilot targets
City-, State- and privately-owned commercial and
industrial properties located within or adjacent to the
State-designated Renaissance Zone or on the City's
riverfront.

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: City of Saginaw,MI
(312)886-7257

Objectives

Saginaw's primary objective is to increase
redevelopment and create jobs in the target areas by
encouraging private and public investment. To assist in
this effort, the Pilot will develop a working inventory
database of brownfields target properties; address those
properties with high economic priority; and attempt to
maximize the communities' involvement and
understanding of the benefits of brownfields
redevelopment.

Activities

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

•	Developing a brownfields site inventory;

•	Conducting an economic analysis of prospective
properties within the target area;

•	Performing Phase I and II environmental site
assessments for those targeted properties; and

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• Providing outreach and education to the
community regarding brownfields redevelopment
issues.

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

City of Saginaw, 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 the City of Saginaw supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments at
brownfields properties to be used for greenspace
purposes. Saginaw (population 69,512) is located
approximately 100 miles north of Detroit. The city is
situated at the north end of Michigan's industrial corridor
and near the gateway to the state's recreational areas.
Principle employment is automotive manufacturing,
medicine, education, and agriculture. In the past, lumber,
oil, and coal industries have been large employers for
the region. Saginaw's 31.7 percent poverty level is
among the highest in the nation, and the unemployment
rate is 9.75 percent.

The city has hundreds of idle and abandoned former
industrial and manufacturing sites. During the last 30
years, more than 800 abandoned properties in the central
business district have reverted to city or state ownership.
Uncertainty about the existence of environmental
contamination has hindered redevelopment. The original
Pilot targeted city-, state- and privately owned
commercial and industrial properties located within or
adjacent to the state-designated Renaissance Zone and on
the city's riverfront. The supplemental assistance will
expand to target several priority brownfields located
anvwhere within the citv. including nronerties within the

Pilot Snapshot

Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
Amount: $150,000

$50,000 for Greenspace
Profile: City of Saginaw, MI. The Pilot targets
approximately 12 brownfields located within the
boundaries of Saginaw's Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority and a 2 8-acre abandoned marsh area in the
central city for greenspace activities.

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: City of Saginaw,MI
(517)759-1550

Objectives

Saginaw's primary objective is to increase
redevelopment and create jobs in the target areas by
encouraging private and public investment. The goal of
the supplemental assistance is to use the brownfields
systems and infrastructure in place as a result of the
initial Pilot efforts to maximize cleanup and
redevelopment opportunities within the boundaries of
the city's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. In
conjunction with the city's riverfront development plans
and in partnership with the Saginaw public school
system and several non-profit entities, the city is
developing a plan to use greenspace funding to create
urban wetlands within the central city in a 2 8-acre
abandoned marsh area. The additional funding for
assessment will help facilitate restoration of this habitat.

To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

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Renaissance Zone, adjacent to the Zone, along the
riverfront, or within the boundaries of the city's
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

•	Select priority brownfields among those
inventoried within the city limits;

•	Conduct approximately 12 Phase I environmental
assessments;

•	Conduct approximately 10 Phase II
environmental assessments;

•	Conduct approximately eight Baseline
Environmental Assessments (BEAs) to State of
Michigan specifications, providing liability
protection to new owners and operators;

•	Perform Phase I and II assessments and BEAs to
facilitate restoration of the wetland area; and

•	Continue to give outreach presentations, solicit
input, and focus on community involvement in
cleanup and redevelopment issues at the targeted
properties.

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

City of Saginaw, 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 the City of Saginaw supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot. Saginaw (population 69,500) is located
approximately 100 miles north of Detroit at the north end
of Michigan's industrial corridor and near the gateway to
the state's recreational areas. The lumber, oil, and coal
industries have been replaced by automotive
manufacturing, medicine, education, and agriculture as
the area's principal employers. Saginaw's 32 percent
poverty level is among the highest in the nation, and
unemployment among city residents is 9.7 percent.

The original EPA Pilot completed an inventory of
brownfield properties located on the city's waterfront
and within the tax-free, state-designated Renaissance
Zone. Supplemental funding was used to complete
assessments on target properties. The success of the
original EPA Pilot and supplemental funding for this
area of Saginaw has led to the assessment of 28
properties, leveraging $34 million in redevelopment
funding, and the projected creation of more than 575
permanent jobs. This second supplemental grant will be
used to assess and facilitate the redevelopment of new
sites within or adjacent to the Renaissance Zone,
particularly, brownfield properties along Saginaw's
riverfront corridor in the downtown area.

Pilot Snapshot

Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000

Profile: City of Saginaw, Michigan. The Pilot will
target properties within or adjacent to the
state-designated Renaissance Zone.

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: City of Saginaw,MI
(989)759-1318

Objectives

The goal of Saginaw's brownfields program is to
encourage redevelopment and create jobs in the pilot
areas by encouraging public and private investment. The
objectives of this Pilot are to select priority sites among
those inventoried within or adjacent to the city's
Renaissance Zone, complete the assessments on
properties with high redevelopment potential, and
continue to provide outreach to the community.

Activities

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

•	Conducting approximately 12 Phase I
environmental assessments;

•	Conducting approximately 10 Phase II
environmental assessments;

•	Conducting approximately 8 baseline
environmental assessments; and

•	Continuing outreach to the community.

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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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Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450

and Emergency
Response (5105T)

Solid Waste

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