What is a Targeted Brownfields Assessment?
A Target Brownfields Assessment (TBA) is a service the EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team provides to communities to support their brownfields projects. The services include 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. 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 brownfields assessment grant exists in th
