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Brownfields 2008 Grant Fact Sheet
Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, MI
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 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.
ASSESSMENT GRANTS
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority for two brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to complete a brownfields inventory and perform about eight to 10 Phase I and four to six Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to support community outreach activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at sites with potential petroleum contamination.
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION
The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority was selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants. Located in southeast Michigan, Wayne County (population 2,061,162) consists of a largely urban landscape that includes the City of Detroit (population 1,000,000). The city includes several federally designated Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, and is a Renewal Community. The region's industrial legacy and disinvestment have left Detroit and many inner-ring suburbs distressed and affected by contamination and blight. In Detroit, 88 percent of residents are minorities, and 26 percent of residents live in poverty. The county has identified more than 2,000 brownfields, including 1,638 leaking underground storage tanks. The Port Authority is focusing its brownfields efforts along the Detroit and Rouge Rivers, in Southwest Detroit, and in five other target areas. Assessment of brownfields along the riverfront areas is expected to serve as a catalyst for redevelopment throughout the community and provide opportunities for waterfront revitalization.
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.
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site
Grant Recipient: Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, MI
313-331-3842
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.