2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:35:36 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Garden City, Georgia Town Center
 
[Does anyone know what exactly is meant by a U.S. EPA "Brownfield Certification"? - LS]


Garden City Earns Certified Brownfield Status for Once-Contaminated Land at Garden City Town Center
Certification Recognizes Successful Clean-Up of the 20-Acre Site


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GARDEN CITY (GA)
PR Log
June 03, 2010

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has officially certified 20 acres of land at the Garden City Town Center as a brownfield, recognizing a successful partnership between public and private interests to clean up the once-contaminated site.

"Earning this brownfield certification opens doors to economic development in Garden City," said Brian Johnson, Garden City's City Manager. "It's important to return this land to public use."

The site, located on Dean Forest Road between Sunshine Avenue and I-16, was once home to a Department of Motor Vehicles office and a Georgia State Patrol post, both of which have been closed for more than a decade. The land was contaminated by benzene from leaking underground gasoline tanks that were previously used to fuel Georgia State Patrol police cars.

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.prlog.org/10714742-garden-city-earns-certified-brownfield-status-for-once-contaminated-land-at-garden-city-town-center.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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