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General conditions - The property’s general characteristics.

General plan - A proposed outline for the overall development of a city or other municipality that is written and issued by that municipality. Also known as a master plan.

Generator - A site where the hazardous waste is produced.

Gentrification economics - Improvement and fixing-up of older neighborhoods.

Geotechnical issues - Matters relating to soils or soils engineering.

Government incentives - A city’s or other governmental entity’s enticement to develop or use a property in a particular manner, which may alter the highest and best use of the property.

Government mandates - A city’s or other governmental entity’s decree or order to develop or use a property in a specific manner.

Grading - Earth moving for the purposes of property development.

Ground lease - The rental of a site for a specified period and at specified terms.

Groundwater - Water below the land surface or subsurface soils that are saturated with water.

Groundwater contamination - The introduction of hazardous or toxic material into the underground water supply or aquifers.

Groundwater seepage - Saturated soils that flow up to the surface.

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