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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Louisville, 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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Louisville was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in east-central
Georgia, Louisville (population 2,680) was founded in
1786 and served as the state capital from 1796 to 1806.
The region's industries included tobacco and cotton
farming, which eventually were replaced by manufac-
turing. Today, one-third of the city's workforce is
employed in the manufacturing industry. Louisville is
predominately a minority community where two-thirds
of residents are African-American. The poverty and
unemployment rates in the city are 30 and 15.5 per-
cent, respectively. The city has identified 19
brownfields with potential petroleum contamination
along its main commercial corridors and in the down-
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Louisville for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to conduct at least six Phase I
and at least two Phase II environmental site
assessments in the city's commercial corridors and
downtown. Grant funds also will be used to support
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
404-562-8792
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf
Grant Recipient: City of Louisville, GA
478-625-3166
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.
town area. All but two of these sites formerly
operated as service stations. Many are now
abandoned or vacant lots. They pose potential threats
to area residents and hinder the city's economic
development efforts to create an attractive, historic
downtown. Brownfields assessment is expected to
help the community spur redevelopment that will
generate new employment and revenue opportunities
in the city.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-069
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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