Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

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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 City of Saginaw was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Over the past three
decades, Saginaw (population 61,799) has lost 30,000
residents. The decline in the city's industrial base has left
over 700 abandoned or tax-reverted properties city-wide.
In the area targeted by the assessment grant, the poverty
rate is over 28 percent, and 47 percent of its residents are
minorities. The city is using its brownfields program to
assemble properties into parcels that are attractive to
commercial developers, and whose redevelopment will
provide jobs for the local residents and an increased tax
base for the city.

Assessment Grant

$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the City of Saginaw for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to perform ten
Phase I site assessments, ten Phase II site
assessments, and six baseline environmental
assessments. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
perform 12 Phase I site assessments, 12 Phase II
site assessments, and six baseline environmental
assessments. Community outreach activities will
be conducted throughout the assessment period.
The city has completed an inventory of
brownfields sites and is in the process of ranking
them. Priority will be given to sites in blighted
areas that have identified developer interest.

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: City of Saginaw, MI

City of Saginaw
(989) 759-1237

City of Saginaw
(989) 759-1237

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

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