Putting Sites to Work how Superfund Redevelopment in Region 6 Is Making a Difference in Communities EPA Region 6 Economic Profile Data Supplement (2023 Data)

PUTTING SITES TO WORK

HOW SUPERFUND REDEVELOPMENT IN REGION 6 IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNITIES
EPA REGION 6 ECONOMIC PROFILE - DATA SUPPLEMENT (2023 DATA)

Oklahoma

New Mexico

Arkansas

The cleanup and reuse of Superfund sites often restores value
to site properties and surrounding communities negatively
affected by contamination. Site redevelopment can revitalize
local economies with jobs, new businesses, tax revenues and
spending. EPA also works to ensure that existing businesses
on properties being cleaned up under Superfund can continue
operating in a way that protects human health and the
environment, enabling these businesses to remain open and
serve as a source of jobs and income for local communities.
EPA tracks current and former Superfund sites in use across
the country. Each year, EPA researches the beneficial effects of
redevelopment and continued use of these sites.

Louisiana

: Total number of sites in use per state.

This profile looks at how EPA's effort to safely support long-
term uses and facilitate redevelopment at Superfund sites
makes a difference in communities across Region 6, including
communities that experience environmental and economic
burdens. It also provides the land values and property taxes
associated with Superfund sites returned to use and sites
remaining in use throughout the cleanup process.

In Reuse

Part or all of a site is being used in a new,
different manner than before Superfund
involvement. Or, the property was vacant
and cleanup was designed to support a
new, specific land use.

Continued
Use

Historical uses at a site remain active,
and/or the site is still used in the same
general manner as when the Superfund
process started at the site.

In Reuse and
Continued
Use

Part of a site is in continued use and part
of the site is in reuse.

= 78 SITES IN USE1

= 42 SITES WITH BUSINESSES

1 Six sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.

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ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS —STATE REDEVELOPMENT2

EPA partners with the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites
in Arkansas.

AR

LA



Sites

Sites with
Businesses

Businesses

Total Annual
Sales

Total
Employees

Total Annual
Employee
Income

In Reuse

3

2

5

$3 million

126

$8 million

In Continued
Use

1

1

1

$12 million

20

$2 million

In Reuse and in













Continued Use













Totals

5

4

7

$15 million

146

$10 million

EPA partners with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund

sites in Louisiana.















Sites

Sites with
Businesses

Businesses

Total Annual
Sales

Total
Employees

Total Annual
Employee
Income

In Reuse

7

3

4

$5 million

19

$1 million

In Continued

0











Use











In Reuse and in
Continued Use

7

5

45

$29 million

525

$20 million

Totals

14

8

49

$34 million

544

$21 million

EPA partners with the New Mexico Environment Department to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites in
New Mexico.

NM



Sites°

Sites with
Businesses

Businesses

Total Annual
Sales

Total
Employees

Total Annual
Employee
Income

In Reuse

6

0

-

-

-

-

In Continued
Use

2

1

2

-

34

$2 million

In Reuse and













in Continued

7

4

13

$13 million

54

$3 million

Use













Totals

15

5

15

$13 million

88

$5 million

' Two sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.

2 Business information is not available for all businesses at all Superfund sites in reuse and/or continued use.

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EPA partners with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund
sites in Oklahoma.



Sites"

Sites with
Businesses

Businesses

Total Annual
Sales

Total
Employees

Total Annual
Employee
Income

In Reuse

4

3

6

$16 million

97

$6 million

In Continued



0









Use











In Reuse and













in Continued

3

2

104

$406 million

1,582

$93 million

Use













Totals

9

5

110

$422 million

1,679

$99 million

a One site is a federal facility. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.

EPA partners with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to oversee the investigation and cleanup of Superfund sites
in Texas.



Sites°

Sites with
Businesses

Businesses

Total Annual
Sales

Total
Employees

Total Annual
Employee
Income

In Reuse

13

6

18

$316 million

389

$28 million

In Continued
Use

3

1

1

$2 million

8

$1 million

In Reuse and













in Continued

19

13

155

$322 million

2,349

$139 million

Use













Totals

35

20

174

$640 million

2,746

$168 million

a Three sites are federal facilities. Federal facility sites are excluded from all other site and business data above.

PROPERTY
VALUES3

m

4- ^

State

Total Land Value

Total Improvement
Value

Total Property Value

Total Annual Property
Taxes

Arkansas

$1 million (2 sites)

$2 million (2 sites)

$3 million (2 sites)

$7,000 (2 sites)

Louisiana

$1 million (7 sites)

$1 million (7 sites)

$94 million (8 sites)

$2 million (8 sites)

New Mexico

$5 million (6 sites)

$4 million (6 sites)

$9 million (6 sites)

$99,000 (6 sites)

Oklahoma

$1 million (2 sites)

$2 million (2 sites)

$28 million (3 sites)

$304,000 (3 sites)

Texas

$268 million (19 sites)

$569 million (19 sites)

$837 million (19 sites)

$8 million (19 sites)

! The property value and tax amounts reflect the latest property value year and tax data year available in county assessor datasets, which varied from 2021 to
2023. Detailed property value data (land and improvements) as well as tax data were not available for every site.

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REGIONAL DATA — TOTAL ANNUAL SALES

$339 MILLION

IN REUSE

§14 MILLION IN CONTINUED USE

§771 MILLION

IN REUSE AND CONTINUED USE

§1.1 BILLION

TOTAL EMPLOYEES

5,203 EMPLOYEES

TOTAL ANNUAL EMPLOYEE INCOME4

§43 MILLION
A «T§5 MILLION

§254 MILLION

§302 MILLION

EPA collected economic data for 355 businesses, government agencies and
civic organizations operating at 38 National Priorities List (NPL) sites and four
non-NPL sites in reuse and continued use in Region 6. The businesses and
organizations at these sites generate about $1.1 billion in estimated annual
sales and employ about 5,203 people who earn an estimated $302 million in
annual employment income. This income injects money into local economies
and generates revenue through personal state income taxes.

TOTAL LAND
VALUE

TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL PROPERTY

VALUE

VALUE5

TOTAL ANNUAL
PROPERTY TAXES

$276
MILLION

$577
MILLION

$970 MILLION
$193,000 PER ACRE6

$10
MILLION

' Throughout this report, sales and annual employee income may not sum exactly to the totals presented due to rounding.
5 Results are based on an EPA Superfund Redevelopment Program effort to collect on-site property values and property taxes for a
subset of Superfund sites. Property and tax values in this data supplement may not sum exactly to the totals presented due to
rounding.

5 Based on total property value amount of $970 million total property value divided by total acreage of 5,015 acres.

j. For more information about methods and data sources for highlighting economic site uses, please visit:
epa.gov/superfund-redevelopment/redevelopment-economics-superfund-sites.

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