Giddings, TX
After EPA completed a TEA addressing possible environmental risk, the
property was sold. Today the property boasts several employers including a
brick/tile/stone manufacturer, a drywall supplier, steel products welding/
manufacturer and a boat manufacturer.
           A new industrial facility in Giddings,
             one of 12 buildings on the site
 Whafs My Next Step?
 Contact: Janet Brooks, TEA Coordinator Region 6
       US Environmental Protection Agency — 6SF-VB
       1445 Ross Ave., Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202-2733
       Telephone: 214-665-7598 or 1-800-887-6063
       Email: brooks.janet@epa.gov
                                    August 2010
                                                                                  Region 6
Targeted
                                                          Brownfields
                                                           Assessment
                                                            Plant the Seeds of
                                                              Redevelopment

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What is a Targeted Brownfields Assessment?
Many  communities  are burdened by brownfields — vacant
properties where contamination (or perceived contamination) pre-
vents  their  redevelopment  and  reuse.  Brownfields depress
neighborhoods and slow economic growth.

EPA offers  a  free brownfields evaluation, including sampling
and analyses, cleanup planning based on proposed reuse, cleanup
cost estimates and other valuable technical reports.

This program is called Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TEA)
and can be provided to communities in the five states of Region 6
(Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas).

These assessments ensure that sufficient environmental informa-
tion is  obtained about the property to encourage the process of
redevelopment.
Who is eligible?
Many properties are eligible for TEA funding. Applicants
may include:
         Local government units

         A quasi-public entity such
         as a community develop-
         ment organization

         Non-profit entities
Tribal governments

Private owners if the rede-
velopment will benefit the
general public
                    little Rock, AR
      Heifer International
         Headquarters
                                The Arkansas Department
                                of Environmental Quality,
                                EPA and non-profit Heifer
                                International  worked   to-
                                gether on a major TEA to
                                assess property in the city's
                                old  contaminated  ware-
                                house district. This  assess-
                                ment led to a new facility
                                which   has  won  many
                                environmental awards.
                     Albuquerque, NM
Abandoned for  more than
three  decades, the  historic
buildings at the Albuquerque
High School downtown cam-
pus have been converted into
loft  apartments.   These
provide   needed  housing,
generate  tax income  and
mark a victory for preserva-
tionists, who feared the land-
mark  buildings  would  be
demolished.
                                                                                                         Old Main Building

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