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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Rock Hill, SC
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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 Rock Hill was selected to receive an
assessment grant. Rock Hill has a population of 49,700.
The Arcade-Westside target area contains several
small-business operations, but has lost four major
textile mills in the last 15 years. The 2,500 residents of
the neighborhood surrounding the target area relied
heavily on these mills for employment and have
suffered from their loss. Unemployment is high and 21
percent of Arcade-Westside residents have incomes
below the poverty level. Statistics indicate that im-
pacted residents may be more sensitive to environmen-
tal hazards, and the Arcade-Westside area has been
designated as a Medically Underserved Area and
Medically Underserved Population. Plagued by dilapi-
dated housing and environmental justice issues, the
neighborhoods have been actively involved in
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Rock Hill for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city will use
grant funds to conduct four Phase II assess-
ments of former textile mills in the Arcade-
Westside neighborhood area. Grant funds also
will be used to conduct community outreach
activities and redevelopment planning for three of
the four sites to be assessed.
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
404-562-8661
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Rock Hill, SC
803-329-7094
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Rock Hill has not received brownfields grant funding.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
brownfields issues. Area residents and the city's
Council of Neighborhoods are working together to
revitalize the target area.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-174
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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