*   Brownfields 2010  Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
              Community Development Support Association, Inc., Enid, OK
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. 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 Community Development Support Association, Inc.,
(CDSA) was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup
grant. The CDSA serves a 20-county area (population
473,278)  in northern Oklahoma. The targeted former
Newman"s Department Store site is in Garfield County
(population 58,167). Enid, the largest city in the area, is a
regional center for health, educational, and cultural assets
and services. The city was founded as part of the
Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893 and planned around a
central square. The target site is the largest building
around the square and is a detriment to the economic
vitality of the downtown business district. Over the years,
Enid has experienced a boom-and-bust economy fueled
by oil and gas production, wheat, and cattle. In the area of
the target site, more than 50 percent of residents are
considered very low-income. The area has a high vacancy
rate. Cleanup of the target site will reduce potential
human health risks posed by the site and help preserve a
historic building. The CDSA plans to reuse the site as a
nonprofit center where organizations will co-locate to
provide increased services.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the Community Development
                     Support Association, Inc., for a brownfields
                     cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the former Newman"s
                     Department Store site at 116 South Independence
                     Avenue in Enid. The site building is contaminated
                     with metals and inorganic contaminants.
                     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
                     (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                     EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
                     (214) 665-6780
                     EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/region6/bro wnfields)

                     Grant Recipient: Community Development
                     Support Association, Inc.,OK
                     580-242-6131

                     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
                     negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this
                     fact  sheet are subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-10-137
      April 2010

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