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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Tulsa Industrial
Authority, OK
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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. On January 11, 2002, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
Law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants through four competitive grant programs:
assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup
grants, and job training grants. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Tulsa Industrial Authority was selected to receive
a brownfields assessment grant. The population of the
Tulsa metropolitan area is 803,235. Old housing,
poverty rates as high as 35.7 percent, and unemploy-
ment between 9.2 and 21.9 percent characterize the
target neighborhoods. These communities reflect some
of Tulsa's most economically challenged areas with
blighted and abandoned brownfields corridors. At least
39 of Tulsa's 100 industrial brownfields exist in these
areas that have a combined population of 24,721.
Assessment and redevelopment of sites in the im-
pacted areas will encourage and stimulate job growth,
and improve economic and environmental conditions.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Tulsa Industrial Authority
for a brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds
will be used to perform Phase I and Phase II
assessments at blighted and abandoned industrial
sites to be selected in North Peoria, the downtown
area, and the Charles Page Boulevard areas of
Tulsa. Grant funds also will be used for risk
assessments, cleanup planning, further develop-
ment of the city's inventory of brownfields sites,
and 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 at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
214-665-2180
http://www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Tulsa Industrial Authority, OK
918-584-7880
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-04-214
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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