EPA's Region 6 Office
Serving: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 Tribal Nations
Region
6 Brownfields Program
Region 6 Brownfields Resources
National Brownfields Resources
- ACRES
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- The Brownfields Revitalization Act
- Grants & Funding
- National Brownfields & Land Revitalization Home Page
- National Brownfields Grant Competition
- Tools and Technical Information
- Where You Live
- Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (ARC) Grant Program--Selections for the FY2012 ARC competition are expected to be announced in late May or early June.
- The Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Program has funded over 60 environmental site assessments this past year. Services also include brownfield inventories, area-wide planning and site cleanup planning. There are now over 40 active TBA sites taking advantage of the free assessment services provided. Can your community use this assistance?
Brownfields Success Story
City of the Village, Oklahoma – The City of the Village, a community located to the north of Oklahoma City, proved that sometimes it is just best to face an economic development challenge head on. At the heart of their 2.6 square mile foot print, was an abandoned apartment complex, whose environmental contamination was keeping a sale and subsequent redevelopment from occurring. With land such a precious commodity in this landlocked suburb, the city leaders used proactive thinking and problem solving to turn this blighted property into a clean up lesson from which many can benefit. Click here (PDF, 1 page, 742 KB) to read how the city used EPA Revolving Loan Funds and an EPA Cleanup Grant to remove blight, encourage redevelopment and spur growth.
Featured Brownfields Projects
Cherokee Nation, Rose, Oklahoma - Old Saline Courthouse - Lead-based Paint Remediation
Christian Charitable Clinic
, Hope, Arkansas - Hazardous material cleanup allows renovations to move forward.
Region 6 Brownfields Accomplishments
Since the Brownfields Program inception in 1996, Region 6 grantees have been awarded nearly $70 million in brownfields competitive grants. Region 6 is proud to report that over 1200 sites have been assessed, 16,400 jobs created and $3.2 billion leveraged in redevelopment.
Data on EPA grant-funded Brownfields sites, by region, is available at Where You Live. Brownfield sites in Region 6 are also available using Google Earth. Instructions for viewing Brownfield sites (PDF, 1 page, 22 KB) will get you started using a free mapping tool from Google Earth.
Find a Brownfields Project Near You!
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