MDEQ Brownfield Program Update
Foreign Trade Zone Building – Sault Ste. Marie (before and after)
Jeff Hukill
Brownfield Redevelopment Program Coordinator
Upper Peninsula and Mid-Michigan
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Presentation Overview
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Act 381 – Update on the recent amendments
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Brownfield grant/loan program update
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Brownfield Site Specific Assessments
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•Brownfield Stakeholder
Work Group
•Eliminate Statutory
Sunset Date
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Brownfield Redevelopment Fund
• New Fund Designed to Create Greater
Sustainability for Brownfield Funding
• Funded by 3-Mills of
State Education Tax
Capture
• Uses:
- Grants/Loans for
Brownfield Projects
- Administration for
MEDC/DEQ
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Increased Flexibility
• Eliminates the public notice in newspaper for BF Plan
approval
• “Unanticipated” Environmental expenses
• Local taxes prior to a BF Plan
• BRA’s with > 31 active plans get an increased
administration funding cap with local taxes
• BRA Regionalization: 10% extra administrative funding
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Clarifications
• Can terminate a brownfield plan within 5 years of
the resolution approving the plan if the project
doesn’t go forward
• Can add new projects to a previously terminated
plan and capture taxes for full 30 years
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Even Newly Created ad valorem Taxes are
Captured
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•Baseline Environmental Assessment Activities
•Due Care*
•Additional Response Activities*
•Reasonable Costs of Environmental Insurance*
*Indicates activities that require DEQ approval. Any
activity that requests interest costs needs DEQ approval as
well.
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Reporting
• Developer
– Annually submit to BRA
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Capital Investment
Residential Units Constructed
Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City
Square Footage of new or rehabilitated space
New Jobs
• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
– Report to MDEQ, MSF and Governing Body
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Reporting
• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
– TIF Revenue
– TIF Expenditures
– Outstanding Indebtedness
– Taxable Value
– Tax Capture
– Capital Investment, Residential Units, Jobs…
– Square Footage
Zephyr Refinery, Muskegon Co.
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Reporting
• MDEQ and MSF Report to Legislature
– Annual Combined Report to Legislature
– Local and School Taxes
– No Longer Reporting to Treasury
• Quarterly on Internet
for MDEQ and MSF
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Name, location and
amount of funding
approved
Bridgewater Place, Grand Rapids
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Michigan Brownfield Incentives
Our Purpose: Level the Playing Field
DEQ Brownfield Grants & Loans
DEQ Brownfield Site Specific Assessments
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Part 196 Amendments
• $12.5 Million Transfer
• Full Faith and Credit
• Remaining Grant and Loan Balances
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Brownfield Redevelopment Grants
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Cooley Law School Stadium, Lansing
Brownfield Redevelopment Loans
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BROWNFIELD SITE SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS
• Conducted by DEQ at no charge to municipality.
• Local units of government, local development authorities, and not-forprofit community development agencies are eligible applicants.
• Properties with a high chance for redevelopment are a higher priority.
• Requests for assessments are made by submitting a request letter and
application to the MDEQ Brownfield Assessment Program Manager.
• Reports are similar to Phase I/II ESA and can be used to develop Baseline
Environmental Assessments or All Appropriate Inquiry determination.
• Submit Application to: Joseph Walczak
517-335-2151
walczakj@michigan.gov
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What’s to come?
• DEQ and MEDC are currently creating a template TIF table,
format and guidance for the “Combined” Work Plan, and
updating the Act 381 FAQ.
• Re-evaluate some brownfield policies
• Preferences for projects that are “placemaking”
• Seek legislative change to allow CMI to be used for Site
Assessment Activities
• Allow for renegotiation of loan terms for CMI loans
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Local DEQ Contacts
District Supervisor – Clif Clark 906-346-8515
Gogebic, Ontonagon (Part 213 Issues) Joan Park 906-346-8513
Alger, Baraga – Mark Petrie 906-346-8509
Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac – Scott Schaefer 906-293-5131 x 4301 (Newberry Office)
Delta, Menominee – Lori Ostanek-Maki 906-346-8512
Dickinson, Iron – Chris Austin 906-875-2072 (Crystal Falls Office)
Gogebic, Marquette, Schoolcraft – Steve Harrington 906-346-8507
Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon – Amy Keranen 906-337-0389 (Calumet Office)
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Questions?
For more information on DEQ Brownfield Grants/Loans,
Act 381 Tax Capture or information about establishing a
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, please visit:
www.michigan.gov/deqbrownfields
Jeff Hukill 517-335-2960
hukillj@michigan.gov
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