Greene County was awarded a USEPA grant for a Brownfield Coalition Assessment to Investigate Brownfield Sites. The agreement with USEPA will provide funding for the coalition, which includes Columbia Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) and the Hunter Foundation, to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites located throughout Greene and Columbia Counties, New York. Priority sites include a former brick manufacturing mill, a petroleum storage yard, early nineteenth century fuel terminal, former plastic manufacturing site, former automobile mechanic site, and municipal DPW garage. The project will include, but not be limited to, twenty-eight Phase I and ten Phase II environmental site assessments, community engagement efforts, prioritization and site inventorying, reuse assessments, revitalization plans, resource roadmaps, and area-wide plan. Brownfields are defined as real property, the expansion, development, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
