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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