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Great Falls, SC

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. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this
law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants,
Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup
Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Cleanup Grant

$309,523

EPA has selected the Town of Great Falls for a Brownfields Cleanup
Grant. Grant funds will be used to clean up 3.5 miles of the former CSX
Rail Bed located north of Great Falls. The site was an active rail line
from the early 1900s to the 1980s and currently is an unused rail bed.
Hie soil at the site is contaminated with metals and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be used to conduct three public
meetings, develop a Community Involvement Plan, and support other
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8604

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r4)

Grant Recipient: Town of Great Falls, SC
(803)482-2055

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

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

E PA-560-F-22-241
May 2022

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