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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant Fact  Sheet

     Latino Community

  Development Agency,

    Oklahoma City,  OK


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 Latino Community Development Agency (LCDA)
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The LCDA is targeting the former JC Penney Building
in the Capitol Hill District (population 1,382), part of the
federally designated Empowerment Zone of Oklahoma
City (population 537,734) in central Oklahoma. The
Capitol Hill District is the center of the city's Latino
community. More than 35 percent of residents in the
district live below the poverty level, and the median
household income is $ 11,621. The city has inventoried
nearly 1,000 brownfields. Abandoned storefronts such
as the former JC Penney Building detract from the
 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Latino Community Develop-
 ment Agency for a brownfields cleanup grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 clean up the former JC Penney Building at 313
 South Commerce Street in the Capitol Hill District
 of Oklahoma City. The site building was con-
 structed between 1947 and 1949 and was used by
 various retail stores until the early 1980s. The
 building is contaminated with metals and inorganic
 substances.
 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: Latino Community Development
 Agency, OK
 405-236-0737

 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.
neighborhood's vitality, deter potential investor interest,
and pose potential human health concerns. Cleanup of
the site is expected to help alleviate those concerns,
and help leverage funds to complete the renovation of
the building that is planned to be the new home of the
LCDA.  Redevelopment of the site is expected to help
the LCDA expand its child, social, and educational
services to the city's Latino residents and to the Capitol
Hill District.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-08-157
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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