Brownfields are real property, the expansion, development or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded the City of Oklahoma City Planning Department - Economic Development Division a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. The award funds eligible brownfield assessment-related activities authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 104(k)(2) within designated neighborhood revitalization strategy areas in Oklahoma City, including the Northeast Planning Area south of 8th Street, the NE 23rd and Martin Luther King Corridor, and the Core to Shore Area.

Under this cooperative agreement, the City will conduct comprehensive brownfield remediation support services, including inventorying, characterizing, and assessing contaminated properties; conducting cleanup planning and community involvement activities; and directing qualified environmental professionals to perform environmental site assessments. Specific deliverables include 21 Phase I and 5 Phase II environmental site assessments, 8 community meetings, 2 site-specific cleanup plans with alternatives analyses, 5 Ready for Anticipated Use determinations to facilitate revitalization, and 16 quarterly progress reports submitted through the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). The City has engaged Summit Holdings Inc., doing business as Oklahoma Environmental Services Inc., as a sub-awardee to provide contractual assessment work and brownfield cleanup assessment services, leveraging the firm's environmental remediation expertise to support neighborhood revitalization and benefit residents, business owners, and stakeholders in the targeted areas.

This agreement will provide funding for the city of oklahoma city to conduct eligible assessment-related activities as authorized by cerlca 104(k)(2) in northeast planning area south of 8TH street, the NE 23RD and martin luther king corridor, and the core to shore area and other areas within the jurisdiction of the city of oklahoma city, oklahoma. Activities:specifically, this agreement will provide funding to the recipient to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities. Additionally, the recipient will competitively procure (as needed) and direct a qualified environmental professional to conduct environmental site activities. Also, the recipient will report on interim progress and final accomplishments by completing and submitting relevant portions of the property profile form using EPA's assessment, cleanup and redevelopment exchange system (acres). Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:further, the recipient anticipates conducting 21 phase i and 5 phase II environmental site assessments, holding 8 community meetings, developing 2 site-specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing 5 ready for anticipated use raus to initiate brownfields revitalization, and submitting 16 quarterly reports. Work conducted under this agreement will benefit the residents, business owners, and stakeholders in and near neighborhood revitalization strategy area (nrsa) in oklahoma city, oklahoma.