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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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