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  Brownfields 2006

  Grant  Fact Sheet

           Wadley,  GA


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 Wadley was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in Jefferson
County, Wadley (population 2,088) is a rural,  federally
designated Enterprise Community. Many potentially
contaminated sites in Wadley are located along rural
roads or in the city's primary economic areas, and are
abandoned properties used for light industrial and
commercial activities, including gas stations, manufac-
turing facilities, and machine and agriculture shops.
Minorities comprise 80.1  percent of the population,
and the unemployment rate is 15.2 percent. The
median household income in the city is less than half
the state level, and 40.2 percent of residents live below
the poverty level. Because of the large amount of
greenspace in Wadley, brownfields are often over-
looked for development opportunities. Brownfields
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Wadley for a
 brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
 funds will be used to perform approximately ten
 Phase I and five Phase II environmental site
 assessments, develop cleanup plans, and conduct
 community outreach activities.
 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 Wadley, GA
 478-252-1116

 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
redevelopment is expected to create employment and
entrepreneurial opportunities, eliminate blight, increase
tax revenue, and improve the quality of life for citizens.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-06-076
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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