The city of Tulsa is getting a $300,000 federal grant to clean up old pollution sites known as Brownfield locations.
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee noted how Tulsa has used Brownfield grants in the past to clean up sites that led to the construction of the BOK Center, ONEOK Field and the refurbishing of the Mayo Hotel. A Brownfield was also used in restoring Oklahoma City’s historic Skirvin hotel.
“Reauthorizing the Brownfields program has been a key priority of mine as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,” said the Senator. “This year, my legislation to reauthorize this program includes key reforms that expand the benefits of the Brownfields program to rural communities and tribes.”
The Brownfields program is one run by the Environmental Protection Agency. Senator Inhofe’s legislation to expand the program is called the BUILD Act, the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local development Act of 2015. It passed the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28.
“I am hopeful Congress is on the cusp of sending the BUILD Act to the president’s desk.”