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Brownfields
Supplemental Assistance
Association of South Central
Oklahoma Governments, OK
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the Association of South Central
Oklahoma Governments (ASCOG) supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. ASCOG represents 272,000
residents within a consortium of eight counties and 71
municipalities in southern Oklahoma. ASCOG is the
regional leader on environmental issues in this rural and
agricultural region where poverty rates range as high as
28 percent.
The ASCOG brownfields inventory developed during
the original Pilot contains 103 sites, and the Association
estimates that there are over 250 brownfields in the
region. Ofthe 103 identified sites, ASCOG accomplished
initial assessments and planning for 14 high priority sites
targeted under the original Pilot. One of these sites has
already been cleaned up and awaits construction of a
soccer complex. The state has agreed to conduct
Phase II assessments at three of the high priority sites.
Supplemental assistance is needed to work toward
completion of the site assessments and planning on the
tenremaining high priority sites. Mostofthese properties
are abandoned or underused former industrial sites and
environmental concerns are a major consideration in
redeveloping them.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Supplemental assistance will be used to advance several
sites towards redevelopment and thus improve the
environment and economy of this rural region of
Oklahoma. Successfully redeveloping a few high
priority, highly visible sites is expected to demonstrate
the value of a coordinated brownfields program and
generate enthusiasm for undertaking additional projects.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Association of South
Central Oklahoma
Governments,
Oklahoma
Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $150,000
Profile:The Pilot will complete
Phase II environmental
assessments on eight high-
priority sites in this rural, eight-
county region.
Contacts:
Association of South Central
Oklahoma Governments
(580)252-0595
Regional Brownfields
Team
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214)665-6736
Visit the E PA Region 6 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/sf/bfpages/sfbfhome.htm
Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts, additional
Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and publications
and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
Supplemental assistance will be used to implement
Phase II environmental assessments at eight sites that
underwent Phase I assessments under the original
Pilot. ASCOG also will expand public outreach, continue
to identify new brownfields, develop partnerships, and
leverage additional resources.
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Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Completing four Phase II environmental assessments
and identifying cleanup requirements for these sites;
• Conducting Phase II environmental assessments on
four more of the targeted brownfields properties; and
• Conducting outreach and community involvement
activities.
ThecooperativeagreementforthisPilothasnotyetbeennegotiated;therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste EPA 500-F-02-101
and Emergency May 2002
Response (5105) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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