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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Hamilton, OH
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Hamilton was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in southwestern
Ohio, Hamilton (population 60,960) is a federally
designated Renewal Community. It is estimated that,
after several successful brownfields projects, the city
is still home to more than 1.5 million square feet of
underutilized, functionally obsolete, and potentially
environmentally challenged industrial and commercial
properties. The city plans to clean up the former
Mercy Hospital site, which between 1887 and 2001
has been used as residences, a lumber yard, paper mill,
marble works, laundry company, and hospital. The site
is located in the German Village neighborhood, which
has a poverty rate of nearly 37 percent. It is in close
proximity to several sensitive ecological receptors,
including the Great Miami River, a sole-source
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Hamilton for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the former
Mercy Hospital site at 100 Riverfront Plaza,
which is contaminated with polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, volatile and semivolatile organic
compounds, and metals. Grant funds will be used
to excavate contaminated soils, remove under-
ground storage tanks, and clean up contamina-
tion.
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-7576
http: //www. epa.gov/R5 Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Hamilton, OH
513-785-7070
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
aquifer, and residential properties. Cleanup of the
former Mercy Hospital site is part of the city's Rivers
Edge Redevelopment Project. Under this project, the
city anticipates that its redevelopment partner will
invest approximately $10 to $12 million to develop
approximately 8,000 to 12,000 square feet of commer-
cial, retail, and office space, and approximately 100 to
120 housing units. The plan also calls for the preserva-
tion of an existing park on the property and the creation
of an amphitheater along the Great Miami River. This
redevelopment is expected to bring new, well-paying
jobs to the city, and generate property and income tax
revenues for Hamilton.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-06-132
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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