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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Greenville, SC
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 Greenville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in northwestern
South Carolina, Greenville (population 56,002) plans
to continue successful brownfields redevelopment
efforts in the West Greenville/Reedy River corridor by
conducting additional brownfields assessments.
Approximately 40 percent of families in the West
Greenville/Reedy River corridor live at or below the
poverty level, and the corridor's unemployment rate is
12 percent. Minorities, primarily African-Americans,
make up 66 percent of West Greenville residents. The
abandonment of the city core has left the residents of
the West Greenville/Reedy River corridor with little
hope of economic prosperity. The city has identified
more than 50 potential brownfields sites in the corri-
dor. A number of large abandoned or underutilized
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Greenville for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to support health
monitoring activities, conduct community out-
reach activities, and perform Phase I and II
environmental site assessments in the West
Greenville/Reedy River corridor. Grant funds
also will be used to support cleanup and redevel-
opment planning.
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
404-562-8866
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Greenville, SC
864-467-4495
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
industrial facilities are the remnants of a once profit-
able textile industry. Gas stations, drycleaners, railroad
sites, and other commercial and industrial sites line the
corridor. Assessment and eventual cleanup of the
brownfields sites in the West Greenville/Reedy River
corridor will protect public health and the environment
and result in redevelopment opportunities, thereby
creating jobs and reducing the unemployment and
poverty rates in the community.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-088
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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