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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

  Absentee Shawnee

    Tribe  of Oklahoma



EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under this 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 programs through
a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Located in south-central Oklahoma, the Absentee
Shawnee Tribe (population 3,057) is a federally recog-
nized tribe. The average per capita income for Native
Americans in Oklahoma is $ 14,459, and nearly 20
percent of Native American families in the state live
below the poverty level. The tribe purchased the Old
Lillard Pipe Supply site for use as tribal environmental
offices and the environmental training center for the
tribe's Brownfields Job Training Program. The site
contains former open dumping areas and unlabeled
bulging drums. It is adjacent to a tributary of Squirrel
Creek, which flows into the North Canadian River, a
 Cleanup Grant
 $156,466 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of
 Oklahoma for a brownfields cleanup grant. Haz-
 ardous substances grant funds will be used to clean
 up the seven-acre Old Lillard Pipe Supply site at
 40206 Benson Park Road in Tecumseh. The site
 was used to sell new and used oil field equipment
 from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s, and was
 idle until 2003, when the tribe purchased it. It is
 contaminated with metals and drums of unidentified
 substances. Grant funds also will be used to
 support community involvement 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
 214-665-6780
 http://www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields

 Grant Recipient: Absentee Shawnee Tribe of
 Oklahoma
 405-273-9966

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
major water source for one of the state's largest
reservoirs. Cleanup of the site is expected to raise
awareness about preventing future brownfields.
Redevelopment plans for the site include space for two
businesses and an expanded tribal environmental
training center.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-08-155
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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