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EPA Brownfield Grants for Michigan Applicants in 2011-12

Contact: Ronald Smedley 517-373-4805
Agency: Environmental Quality

The 2012 U.S. EPA Section 104 Brownfield Grants were due on November 28, 2011. The DEQ Remediation Division provided letters of acknowledgement for 49 different entities applying for funding. Entities provided the following information to the DEQ:
1. The name of the entity applying for EPA funding (City, County, Coalition, Brownfield Authority, etc.);
2. Contact information (name and title of local official, or authority director, and address);
3. The type of grant being applied for (petroleum or hazardous substances, assessment, cleanup, or revolving loan fund);
4. The amount being requested for each grant;
5. General information about the use of the funds (type of properties being assessed, specific sites being cleaned up, etc.)

List of Applicants for 2012

Grant Applicant	H.S. Assessment	Petro Assessment	H.S. Cleanup	Petro Cleanup	RLF	Site
Leelanau County BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Menominee County	$200,000	$200,000
Kalamazoo County BRA	$200,000
Detroit Wayne County Port Authority	$200,000	$200,000
Marquette County BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Jackson County BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Kalamazoo BRA			$200,000			General Chemical
Lansing	$200,000	$200,000
Hillsdale County	$200,000	$200,000
Lenawee County	$200,000
Mecosta County	$200,000	$200,000
Wyoming	$200,000	$200,000
Shiawasee Coalition	$200,000
Rogers City	$200,000	$200,000
Oakland County Brownfield Consortium	$1,000,000
Hamtramck	$200,000
Sturgis BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Jackson BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Ottawa County	$200,000	$200,000
Grand Traverse County Land Bank Authority Coalition	$750,000	$250,000
Genesee County Land Bank, Flint-Genesee County Coalition	$500,000	$500,000
Mt. Pleasant			$200,000			Mt. Pleasant Regional Center
City of Battle Creek					$1,000,000
Calhoun County Coalition	$780,000
Huron County Coalition	$1,000,000
Roscommon County		$200,000
Sanilac County Coalition					$1,000,000
Tri-County Coalition (Mid-Michigan Brownfield Assessment Coalition)	$1,000,000
Neighborhood Development LLC			$200,000			6420 Sterling St.
Southwest Housing Solutions			$200,000			Porter Townhouses
City of Dowagiac	$200,000	$200,000
Osceola County	$200,000
Dickinson County BRA	$394,200	$144,900
Macomb County Coalition	$450,000	$150,000			$1,000,000
City of Traverse City and Charter Township of Garfield Recreational Authority			$200,000
West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission	$500,000	$500,000
DCCBC	$1,000,000
Delta County Coalition	$1,000,000
Iron River	$200,000	$200,000
Village of Ontonagon	$200,000	$200,000
Wayne County Coalition	$1,000,000
Marquette BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Cadillac BRA	$200,000	$200,000
Branch County	$200,000	$200,000
Midland County	$200,000
Grand Valley Metro Council	$200,000	$100,000
Buena Vista Charter Township	$200,000
Gratiot-Isabella Coalition	$650,000	$350,000
Subtotal	$15,424,200	$5,994,900	$1,000,000	$0	$3,000,000
Total					$25,419,100

Coalitions were not required to indicate the exact amounts for hazardous and petroleum funds being applied for, therefore the total amounts were included only as hazardous substances grants.

2011 Grants
The EPA announced $2.9 million in brownfield grant awards to seven Michigan applicants on June 6, 2011. The list of awardees for the total $76 million in funding can be found on the EPA's website.The awardees are:
City of Lansing- $1,000,000 RLF
Montcalm County- $200,000 Hazardous Substances Assessment, $200,000 Petroleum Assessment
City of Inkster- $200,000 Hazardous Substances Assessment, $200,000 Petroleum Assessment
City of Albion- $200,000 Hazardous Substances Assessment
Lenawee County- $200,000 Hazardous Substances Cleanup
Northville Charter Township- $200,000 Hazardous Substances Cleanup
Downriver Community Conference Brownfield Consortium- $500,000 RLF Supplemental

The DEQ Remediation Division, Program Support Section provided letters of acknowledgement for 52 different applicants for the 2011 EPA brownfield grants, with the DEQ as an additional applicant. Applicants requested a total of $24.2 million in funding, slightly less than the 58 applicants for the 2010 grant round who collectively submitted proposals for $28.884 million. The table below shows the applicants and the amounts they requested, with the recipients and amounts highlighted.
H.S.A.- Hazardous Substances Assessment, P.S.A.- Petroleum Substances Assessment, H.S.C.- Hazardous Substances Cleanup, P.S.C.- Petroleum Substances Cleanup, R.L.F.- Revolving Loan Fund

Grant Applicant	H.S.A.	P.S.A.	H.S.C.	P.S.C.	R.L.F.
Ottawa County	$200,000	$200,000
Wayne County	$200,000	$200,000
Leelanau County Brownfield Authority	$200,000	$200,000
City of Kalamazoo	$200,000
Detroit Wayne County Port Authority	$200,000	$200,000
Kalamazoo County	$200,000	$200,000
Ionia County	$200,000	$200,000
City of Sturgis Brownfield Authority	$200,000	$200,000
City of Three Rivers (Essex Wire property)				$200,000
Jackson County Brownfield Authority	$200,000
Northville Township (Former State Mental Hospital)			$200,000	$200,000
City of Jackson Brownfield Authority	$200,000	$200,000
Tuscola County	$200,000	$200,000
Macomb County Coalition	$450,000	$150,000			$1 mil.
City of Inkster	$200,000	$200,000
City of Flint	$200,000	$200,000
Menominee County	$200,000	$200,000
City of Adrian	$200,000	$200,000
Lenawee County (Buckeye Property)			$200,000
Osceola County	$200,000	$200,000
Newaygo County	$200,000	$200,000
Mecosta County	$200,000	$200,000
Hamburg Township (Hoskins Manufacturing)			$200,000
Midland County Economic Development Corp.	$200,000
Dickinson County Area Coalition	$400,000	$600,000
City of Detroit	$200,000	$200,000
Muskegon Township	$200,000	$200,000
City of Dowagiac	$200,000	$100,000
Oakland County Brownfield Consortium	$1 million
Michigan Land Bank Coalition	$1 million
Arenac County Brownfield Authority	$200,000	$200,000
City of Grand Haven	$200,000
Roscommon County		$200,000
City of Lansing					$1 mil.
Montcalm County	$200,000	$200,000
Hillsdale County	$200,000	$200,000
City of Walker	$200,000	$100,000
City of Wyoming	$200,000	$200,000
City of Albion	$200,000
Delta County Coalition					$1 mil.
West Mich. Shoreline Regional Dev. Council	$500,000	$500,000
Berrien County	$200,000	$200,000
Downriver Community Conference	$1 million				$500,000
Gladwin County	$200,000	$200,000
City of Marquette	$200,000	$200,000
City of Muskegon Heights	$200,000	$200,000
City of Cadillac	$200,000	$200,000
Cheboygan County	$200,000	$200,000
Alger County	$200,000	$200,000
Branch County	$200,000	$200,000
Mich. Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment now DEQ	$200,000	$200,000

Totals	$12,150,000	$7,850,000	$600,000	$400,000	$3 mil.

Details regarding communities which have received EPA grants in prior years can be found at the EPA's website- http://cfpub.epa.gov/bf_factsheets/index.cfm.