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Several groups in Oklahoma will be working to transform polluted properties into community assets with the help of $2.6 million in brownfields grants from EPA.

The grants were recently announced by EPA to support cleanup efforts by the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Latino Community Development Agency, Love Link Ministries Inc., and Oklahoma City Empowerment Zone.

“EPA continues to use the brownfields program to stimulate environmental and economic success in our communities,” said EPA Regional Administrator Richard E. Greene. “This program is a great example of how EPA, tribes and local groups can work together to turn contaminated properties into viable developments.”

Brownfields are vacant, abandoned or under-used properties with redevelopment potential that suffer from known or potential environmental contamination. EPA’s brownfields program encourages redevelopment of America's estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites.

More than $5 million in brownfields grants were awarded in EPA Region 6, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

In addition to the Oklahoma grants, other brownfields recipients across EPA Region 6 include the following:

1. Arkansas - a total of $800,000 to the City of Pine Bluff, Camden Port Authority and River Baring Cross Neighborhood Renewal Organization;
2. Louisiana - a total of $1 million to the cities of Alexandria, Lake Charles and New Orleans;
3. New Mexico - $200,000 to the City of Clovis; and
4. Texas - $400,000 to the City of Houston.

Learn more about the brownfields recipients and their projects.

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