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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Northwest Louisiana
Council of
Governments, LA
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 Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
The target sites are located in a low-income, high-
unemployment neighborhood of Shreveport (population
252,161). Eighty-seven percent of the target commu-
nity population of 2,026 is minority. The average per
capita income of residents in the area is $10,349, less
than half the national per capita income. During the
regional decline of the oil industry in the 1980s, Shreve-
port lost 10,000 jobs, many of them in the older, inner-
city industrial area. The inner city has hundreds of
acres of potentially contaminated industrial sites. The
Assessment Grant
$152,429 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Northwest Louisiana
Council of Governments for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct
community outreach activities and perform Phase
II post-demolition environmental assessments and
cleanup planning at two properties located in an
industrial park in central Shreveport.
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: Northwest Louisiana Council of
Governments, LA
318-841-5950
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
two target properties are part of the InterTech Science
Park, a combination of technology-based businesses
and ventures dedicated to medical, scientific, and
biotechnology development in progress in the inner-city
section of Shreveport. Assessment and cleanup of
these properties will help move the tech park along,
providing many employment opportunities for the
residents of surrounding communities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-04-162
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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