SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Hudson Oil Refining Company
Cushing, OK
Pilots
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) is a nationally coordinated effort to facilitate the return of Superfund
sites to productive use by selecting response actions consistent with anticipated use. The SRI Pilots are intended to
help local governments enhance their involvement in the Superfund decision-making process by assisting EPA in
predicting future land uses for Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA will provide up to $100,000 in financial
assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities. Applicants are offered several types of program
assistance, including funding through a cooperative agreement, access to facilitation services, and/or the availability of
personnel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
BACKGROUND
EPA selected the City of Cushing, Oklahoma, for a
Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Cushing is home to
the Hudson Oil Refining Company Superfund site.
Throughout the 1900s, majoroil companies drilled,
stored, and refined oil products in and around the city.
The refineries eventually went out of business, and in
1982, Cushing's last refinery, the Hudson Oil Refinery,
filed for bankruptcy and closed. This decline in the
local oil industry devastated the economy in Cushing
and created a dangerous eyesore in the community. As
the unused refinery deteriorated, asbestos insulation
blew off towers, tanks leaked toxic chemicals, and
vandals broke into laboratories and stole supplies. EPA
added the site to its list of hazardous waste sites
needing cleanup in July 1999. The site is near a
residential community which is primarily made up of
minority groups.
OBJECTIVES
Cushing plans to use Pilot funds to form an advisory
committee comprising citizens, and local, state, and
federal officials, to create a plan for reusing the site.
The city will also provide training for city officials and
committee members on the Superfund process and
environmental issues critical to the redevelopment of
the site. Once a reuse plan is in place, the city will buy
the property to ensure that the future use will continue
to benefit the community.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Hudson Oil Refining
Company
Oklahoma f Ity

Applicant Name: Cushing, OK
Site Name: Hudson Oil Refining Company
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement
($100,000)
Profile: The community will form an advisory
committee to reach consensus and to create
a plan to reuse the site.
Contacts:
Barbara Greenfield	Superfund Hotline:
U.S. EPA Region 6	(800) 424-9346 or
(214) 665-3111	(703) 412-9810
greenfield.barbara@epa.gov (DC Metro Area)
reuse.info@epa.gov
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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