EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield sites. 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 Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
$1,000,000
EPA has selected the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority to lead a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be used to conduct 20 Phase I and 12 Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop eight cleanup plans and ten redevelopment plans, and support community outreach activities. Assessment activities will occur throughout the county with a focus on the City of Fountain Inn, the City of Simpsonville, the Former Woodmont High School target area in Piedmont, and the Augusta Road Corridor. Priority sites include the 33-acre former Wilson's Sporting Goods Factory in Fountain Inn, the former Spinx gas station in Simpsonville that was demolished in 2016, the Former Woodmont High School that has been unused since 2005, and the Triangle Parcels that contain a vacant restaurant, a former gas station, and an underutilized motel. Non-lead coalition members include the Cities of Fountain Inn and Simpsonville and the community-based nonprofit United Housing Connections.