Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent,
assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brown-
fields. A brownfield 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. In 2002, the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfields sites. Un-
der this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants to assess and clean up brownfield sites.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program
EPA is piloting an area-wide planning approach to com-
munity brownfield challenges, which recognizes that
revitalization of the area surrounding the brownfield site(s)
is just as critical to the successful reuse of the property as
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of an individual
site. The pilot program will help further community-based
partnership efforts within underserved or economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods by confronting local envi-
ronmental and public health challenges related to brown-
fields, while creating a planning framework to advance
economic development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
EPA has selected the City of Tulsa as a Brownfields Area-
Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient. The city will target
the Evans/Fintube property and surrounding communities,
which have 248,586 residents. The project area encom-
passes an area of northern Tulsa where many abandoned
structures, vacant lots, and active industrial facilities are
adjacent to residential and recreational areas. There are
approximately 69 brownfields in the area. These communi-
ties are challenged by the number of additional potential
brownfields and high poverty levels. They are home to a
higher concentration of minority residents than surrounding
Tulsa, OK
EPA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients. Recipients will
each receive up to approximately $175,000 in EPA
cooperative agreement and/or direct technical assis-
tance. Assistance will help recipients initiate develop-
ment of an area-wide plan and identify next steps and
resources needed to implement the plan.
Contacts
For additional information, brownfields news and
events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.aov/brownfieldsy
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient: City of Tulsa, OK
(918)584-7880
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the ac-
curacy of this information. The cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance have not yet been
negotiated. Activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
areas. Development of an area-wide plan will help the city
implement its Downtown Area Master Plan, which was
created through public input and recently presented to
the citizens of Tulsa. The area-wide planning process will
facilitate community involvement in identifying potential
reuses for brownfield sites, and help the city to prioritize
brownfields cleanup and redevelopment as part of its
larger planning initiative.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003Q
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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