Targeted Brownfield Assessments
What is a Brownfield?The Brownfields Revitalization Act, signed by the President on January 11, 2002, defines Brownfields as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program supports the cleanup and revitalization of brownfields in local communities.
What is a Targeted Brownfield Assessment?
A Target Brownfield Assessment (TBA) is a free service the EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team provides to communities to support their eligible brownfield projects. The services include brownfield inventories, area-wide planning, site environmental assessments and investigations, and site cleanup planning. The states located in Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas) have similar programs to provide environmental assessment services. The TBA brochure provides more details.
Who Can Request a TBA?
Public (local units of governments), quasi-public (community development organizations), Tribal governments, and non-profit entities can request EPA TBA services.
Privately-owned sites can be submitted as candidate sites, if the redevelopment will result in significant benefits to the general public. Land owners (private or public) must voluntarily sign a site access consent agreement for TBA services to be provided.
How to Request a TBA?
You should first contact your local governmental agencies to determine whether a community-wide brownfieldsassessment grant exists in the area. If a community-wide brownfield assessment grant recipient does not exist in the area or the grant recipient can not or chooses not to provide the requested assessment service, the respective state should be contacted next. The State Brownfield Coordinators are listed below. If the state cannot or chooses not to provide the assessment service, the site can then be referred to EPA Region 6.
To request TBA services from the EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team, simply complete the R6 Request for TBA and the 2011 TBA Access Agreement forms. Click the "Submit by Email" button located at the top of the request form to submit. The Consent form will need to be scanned and emailed, or mailed to Janet Brooks, at the following address:.
Janet Brooks, Brownfields Program (6SF-VB)
U.S. EPA Region 6
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
State Brownfields Coordinators
ARKANSAS
Terry Sligh
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
501-683-0822
terry@adeq.state.ar.us
LOUISIANA
Roger Gingles or Duane Wilson
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
225-219-3192
brownfields@la.gov
NEW MEXICO
Dale Doremus
New Mexico Environment Department
505-827-2754
dale.doremus@state.nm.us
OKLAHOMA
Rita R. Kottke
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
rita.kottke@deq.ok.gov
405-702-5157
Patricia Billingsley
p.billingsley@occemail.com
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
405-522-2758
TEXAS
Christine Whitney (Hazardous Sites)
Texas Department of Environmental Quality
512-239-0843
Christine.Whitney@tceq.texas.gov
Aimee Beveridge (Petroleum Sites)
Railroad Commission of Texas
512-463-7995
aimee.beveridge@rrc.state.tx.us
Information
If you have questions about EPA’s TBA program, please contact Janet Brooks at 214-665-7598, brooks.janet@epa.gov.EPA TBA Brochure (PDF, 2 pages, 433 KB) (About PDF)