Brownfields  2005
  Grant  Fact  Sheet
         Hinesville,  GA
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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 the
Brownfields 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Hinesville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Hinesville (population
30,392), founded in 1836, is located in coastal Georgia,
approximately 30 miles southwest of Savannah. The
economy and culture of the city are inextricably linked
to the Fort Stewart Military Reservation, the largest
Army installation east of the Mississippi River and the
area's largest employer. Over 55 percent of city
residents are minorities, nearly 14 percent live in
poverty, and the median household income is 44
percent of that of the state. Downtown Hinesville has
many older commercial and residential buildings that
have  not benefitted from the city's rapid growth.
During the process of adopting a number of revitaliza-
   Assessment Grant
   $200,000 for petroleum
   EPA has selected the City of Hinesville for a
   brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
   funds will be used to conduct community outreach
   activities, perform Phase I and II site assess-
   ments, and develop cleanup and reuse plans for
   sites throughout the city. Funds also will be used
   to monitor the health of residents in neighborhoods
   surrounding the sites.
   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 at: www.epa.gov/
   brownfields.
   EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
   404-562-8684
   http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm

   Grant Recipient: City of Hinesville, GA
   912-876-3564

   The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
   yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
   in this fact sheet are subject to change.
tion plans over the past few years, the city has identi-
fied several abandoned and underutilized sites that
warrant further investigation. At least 20 percent of
these properties contain petroleum contamination.
Assessment and cleanup of the sites will allow the city
to move forward with its plan to revitalize its down-
town core and surrounding residential and commercial
properties.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-05-047
                         May 2005
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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