I JBt | Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
V c/ Oklahoma Energy Resources Board
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. 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.
Community Description
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant. The State of
Oklahoma (population 34.5 million) includes three
Enterprise Zones, and is home to 39 federally recognized
Native American tribes. More than 11 percent of
Oklahoma families live below the poverty level, and
almost 52 percent of school children qualify for free or
reduced price meals. Since the beginning of petroleum
exploration and production in the late 1890s, an estimated
450,000 wells have been drilled across Oklahoma. There
are thousands of orphaned and abandoned petroleum
exploration and production sites, many of which are
within or near urban settings. In the past ten years, the
board has restored 5,000 of these sites across the state.
The assessment grant will allow the board to leverage its
existing funds to maximize the number of sites it can
inventory, assess, characterize and, ultimately, restore.
This will benefit the economy, environment, and health
and safety of local communities throughout the state.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Oklahoma Energy Resources
Board for a brownfields assessment grant. Grant
funds will be used to inventory, assess, and
characterize multiple sites throughout the state.
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: Oklahoma Energy Resources
Board
(800) 664-1301 ext 234
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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