MDEQ Brownfield Program Update Jeff Hukill Brownfield Redevelopment Program Coordinator Upper Peninsula and Mid-Michigan Foreign Trade Zone Building – Sault Ste. Marie (before and after) 1

Presentation Overview  Act 381 – Update on the recent amendments  Brownfield grant/loan program update  Brownfield Site Specific Assessments 2

Brownfield Stakeholder Work Group Eliminate Statutory Sunset Date 3

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 4

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 5

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 Even Newly Created ad valorem Taxes are Captured Clarifications 6

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. 7

Reporting Developer – Annually submit to BRA Capital Investment Residential Units Constructed Square Footage of new or rehabilitated space New Jobs Brownfield Redevelopment Authority – Report to MDEQ, MSF and Governing Body Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City 8

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. 9

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 —Name, location and amount of funding approved Bridgewater Place, Grand Rapids 10

Our Purpose: Level the Playing Field Michigan Brownfield Incentives DEQ Brownfield Grants & Loans DEQ Brownfield Site Specific Assessments 11

$12.5 Million Transfer Full Faith and Credit Remaining Grant and Loan Balances Part 196 Amendments 12

Brownfield Redevelopment Grants Cooley Law School Stadium, Lansing 13

Brownfield Redevelopment Loans 14

BROWNFIELD SITE SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS Conducted by DEQ at no charge to municipality. Local units of government, local development authorities, and not-for- profit 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

16 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

Local DEQ Contacts District Supervisor – Clif Clark Gogebic, Ontonagon (Part 213 Issues) Joan Park A lger, Baraga – Mark Petrie Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac – Scott Schaefer x 4301 (Newberry Office) Delta, Menominee – Lori Ostanek-Maki Dickinson, Iron – Chris Austin (Crystal Falls Office) Gogebic, Marquette, Schoolcraft – Steve Harrington Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon – Amy Keranen (Calumet Office) 17

Questions? For more information on DEQ Brownfield Grants/Loans, Act 381 Tax Capture or information about establishing a Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, please visit: Jeff Hukill