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  Brownfields 2004

  Grant Fact Sheet

  Biomedical Research

        Foundation of

  Northwest Louisiana


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 Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest
Louisiana was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. The Former Modern Iron Works facility
is within the 800-acre InterTech Science Park, which is
anchored by the three largest hospitals in Shreveport.
Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, which has 252,161
residents, of whom 2,026 live in the immediate area of
the site. Approximately 87 percent of this area's
residents are African-American, and  the per capita
income is only 48 percent of the national level. The site
is part of a local Enterprise Zone, and is surrounded by
ten neighborhoods that are eligible for Community
  Cleanup Grant
  $43,431 for hazardous substances
  EPA has selected the Biomedical Research
  Foundation of Northwest Louisiana for a
  brownfields cleanup grant. The cleanup grant will
  be used to clean up hazardous substances con-
  tamination at the vacant former Modern Iron
  Works facility on Mansfield Road in Shreveport.
  Environmental concerns include hydrocarbons in
  the soil, underground storage tanks, drums,
  asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint,
  and PCB light ballasts. Grant funds will also be
  used for cleanup planning and community out-
  reach. The site will be developed as facilities for
  technology companies in the InterTech Science
  Park.
  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: Biomedical Research Foundation
  of Northwest Louisiana
  318-675-4109

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Development Block Grant funds. As part of the
InterTech Science Park Master Plan, the site will be
used for developing facilities and amenities for biotech-
nology, medical, information technology, and life
sciences companies that will stimulate economic
growth in the region.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-04-109
                        June 2004
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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