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Oakland County to use $1.5 million EPA brownfield grant; Southfield allocated $60,000 in consortium agreement
Summary
County planning staff told the committee the EPA awarded $1.5 million for environmental site assessments; county will manage a consortium agreement that earmarks $60,000 for the city of Southfield and $60,000 for Community Housing Network, with the remainder available to other communities.
Oakland County planning staff described how a new U.S. EPA brownfield assessment grant of $1.5 million will be used to pay for environmental site assessments and to support brownfield redevelopment across the county. The committee voted to recommend a consortium memorandum of understanding for the grant to the Board of Commissioners.
Kristen Wolfgang and Brad Hanson of the county planning division explained the program and the consortium arrangement. "Put in a nutshell, the Brownfield program is the cleanup and redevelopment of old contaminated or received contaminated lands," Hanson said. County staff said the grant funds will be used primarily to pay for Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments for nominated properties and will be administered through a consortium…
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