Brownfields 2009  Assessment Grant
               Fact Sheet
               Geneva, OH
                                                        RECOUERY.GOV
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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
February  17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.

Community Description

The City of Geneva was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Geneva (population 6,595) was settled
in 1816 on the shores of Lake Erie in northeast Ohio.
Years of heavy industry, property neglect, and economic
decline have adversely affected new business growth in
Geneva. Many of the city's brownfields are former tool
and kitchen utensil manufacturing, metal plating, and
capacitor recycling plants located in residential
neighborhoods. There are concerns about contamination
at a majority of the deteriorating industrial sites. Most
residents in this Appalachian community have
low -to-moderate incomes. Assessment of brownfields is
expected to remove perceived environmental barriers that
hinder site cleanup and redevelopment, and promote
reinvestment in the community.
                     Assessment Grant
                     $200,000 for hazardous substances
                     (Recovery Act Funding)
                     EPA has selected the City of Geneva for a
                     brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide
                     hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                     inventory and prioritize brownfields, conduct six
                     to eight Phase I and two to three Phase II
                     environmental site assessments, develop cleanup
                     plans, and perform 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
                     (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                     (312)886-7576
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                     Grant Recipient: City of Geneva, Ohio
                     (440) 466-4675

                     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
                     negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this
                     fact  sheet are subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-09-189
      May 2009

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