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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

          Geneva,  NY


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 Geneva was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in the central
Finger Lakes region of New York, the City of Geneva
(population 13,617) is the most populous community
in Ontario County. Geneva and the downtown target
area have vacancy rates between 9.4 and 14.6 percent,
respectively, compared to the county's vacancy rate of
five percent. The unemployment rate in the target area
is 9.2 percent, and nearly 34 percent of its residents
have incomes below the poverty level. To help spur
revitalization of the downtown target area, the city will
clean up petroleum-contaminated soil and groundwater
at a former service station. Cleanup and redevelop-
ment of the target site, which is located next to a
historic opera house, will bring new energy to the
 Cleanup  Grant
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Geneva for a
 brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
 will be used to clean up an abandoned service
 station located at 305 Main Street. Site soil and
 groundwater are contaminated by petroleum
 hydrocarbons from the site's former use as a gas
 station and automotive repair facility. Grant funds
 also will be used to install a groundwater moni-
 toring well to measure the effectiveness of the
 soil cleanup.
 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 2 Brownfields Team
 212-637-4314
 http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
 brownfields/

 Grant Recipient: City of Geneva, NY
 315-789-3101

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
surrounding business district, beautify the city, and
complement events at the opera house. The city also
anticipates that cleanup and redevelopment of the
former service station will enhance surrounding
property values and increase tax revenues.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-07-058
                         May 2007
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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