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Brownfields 1997 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Tulsa, OK
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Background
EPA selected the City of Tulsa as a Brownfields Pilot.
Located in the northeastern quadrant of Oklahoma, Tulsa
is the 43rd largest city in the country and is continuing to
grow. The economic boom of the late 1970s and early
1980s contributed to rapid expansion in outlying
greenfields and pulled businesses and residents from the
city core, leaving large tracts of land that may be
environmentally contaminated. Numerous
redevelopment efforts adjacent to the core area have been
delayed due to potential environmental risks. The city
faces a shortage of greenfields within the city limits, and
industrial development must focus on brownfields for
future economic growth.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 04/13/1997
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets five potential brownfields
located primarily in northwest neighborhoods of the
city.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Tulsa, OK
(918) 584-7898
In March 1996, EPA Region 6 provided the Tulsa
Industrial Authority (TIA) with a list of 85 sites in Tulsa Activities
County that were removed (archived) from Superfund's
Comprehensive Environmental Response,	The Pilot has:
Compensation, and Liability Information System
(CERCLIS). After researching the status of the sites, TIA
is focusing on 5 of 46 potential brownfields located
primarily in the northwest neighborhoods of the city. The
sites were used for a wide variety of commercial and
industrial activities, including electroplating, transformer
repair, and electrical equipment and chemical
manufacturing. Tulsa plans to assess the level of
Objectives
Tulsa's objective is to restore abandoned, idled, or
underused industrial and commercial sites to productive
use and create jobs through a brownfields
redevelopment plan. The Pilot will serve as a
mechanism to empower the community and other
redevelopment stakeholders to work together to assess,
safely clean up, sustainably reuse, and prevent future
brownfields.
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•	Developed an atlas of 53 maps showing all of the
potential brownfields sites archived from EPA's
CERCLIS list;
•	Developed a Targeted Response Team that
recommended ideas about funding, incentives,
and removing barriers to brownfields
redevelopment;
•	Implemented a Brownfields Redevelopment
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redevelopment at these five properties.
Information Management System/LandView III
database and is using the TIA geographic
information system to target sites for
redevelopment;
•	Created a brownfields web site
(www.Tulsachamber.com/brownfield.htm),
which contains information on the history and
progress of the Pilot;
•	Identified five areas of the city that contain the
most potential brownfields sites and developed
site profile sheets with photographs, ownership,
and tax information; and
•	Identified brownfields within North Tulsa that
have the greatest likelihood of being redeveloped
with specific recommendations tied to
demographics.
The Pilot is:
•	Planning to conduct environmental assessments
at the five targeted sites, and working with eight
local companies and four out-of-state investors
interested in potential brownfields
redevelopment;
•	Clarifying liability issues by developing a model
redevelopment process that uses provisions of
the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act;
•	Exploring methods of financing cleanups through
state voluntary cleanup programs, state tax
incentive programs, contributions from
responsible parties, and prospective purchaser
agreements; and
•	Generating effective public involvement in the
cleanup and redevelopment planning process for
residents living near the targeted sites.
Leveraging Other Activities Experience with the Tulsa
Pilot has been a catalyst for related activities, including
the following:
•	The Pilot has leveraged $415,000 from public
and private partners, including $58,000 from the
owners of the Flint and Oklahoma Steel Castings
sites for assessments to be partially funded by the
Pilot in 1999, $150,000 in Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development to be used for the Oklahoma Steel
Castings site, and $207,500 from the owner of
the Oklahoma Steel site for future site demolition
and asbestos abatement.
•	Upon receiving the CDBG funds, the Oklahoma
Steel Castings site owner offered to donate more
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than 11 acres to the TIA, which is expected to
save taxpayers $500,000 in related property
acquisition and legal costs.
• The Pilot's partnership with the Tulsa District
Corps of Engineers leveraged $50,000 from EPA
Region 6 to utilize the Corps services on target
•	Phase II assessments were completed at two sites
(Oklahoma Steel Castings and Flint Steel
Building) with funding from the site owners. No
cleanup is required on the Flint Steel Building.
•	EPA awarded the city a $150,000 supplemental
assistance grant to target 10 additional
brownfields properties.
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.
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Brownfields 1997 Supplemental Assessment
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Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000
Amount: $150,000
Profile: City of Tulsa, OK. The Pilot targets 10 new
brownfields sites, several of which are adjacent to
existing brownfields sites that are already being
redeveloped under the Tulsa Brownfield
Redevelopment Program.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Tulsa, OK
(918) 584-7898
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Background
EPA awarded the City of Tulsa supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Located in the northeastern quadrant of Oklahoma, Tulsa
is the 43rd largest city in the country and is continuing to
grow. The economic boom of the late 1970s and early
1980s contributed to rapid expansion in outlying
greenfields and pulled businesses and residents from the
city core, leaving large tracts of land that may be
environmentally affected. Numerous redevelopment
efforts adjacent to the core area have been delayed due to
potential environmental risks. The city faces a shortage
of greenfields within the city limits, and future industrial
development must focus on brownfields for future
economic growth.
Objectives
The ultimate goal of Tulsa's Brownfields
Redevelopment Program is to restore abandoned, idle,
or underused industrial and commercial sites to new
productive uses and thereby create jobs and attract
capital investments. The Pilot will use the supplemental
assistance to add to the established program by
furthering its capacity to assess more brownfields sites.
Several of the 10 sites to be targeted are adjacent to
existing brownfields properties that are being
redeveloped. Four of the 10 new sites are next to
Oklahoma Steel Castings; one site is adjacent to Flint
Industries; and two sites are by Wheatley/Halliburton.
Three other sites are located along Dawson Road, North
Utica, and West 21st Street.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Conduct environmental assessments at 10
redevelopment sites;
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•	Explore methods of financing cleanup costs and
create innovative long-term financial incentives,
such as preparing for future capitalization of
revolving loan funds;
•	Clarify liability and cleanup issues through the
EPA/Oklahoma Department of Environmental
Quality Memorandum of Agreement and the
Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary
Redevelopment Act; and
•	Continue to enhance public involvement in
determining reuse options at the targeted sites.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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.
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