Hazardous Substance Research Centers/South & Southwest

Site description

Houston received its EPA Brownfield Pilot funding in March 1996, and targets eight sites in a 20-square mile area in Houston's inner city for redevelopment activities.

Summary of TOSC Interaction with Community

In June 1999 the S&SW TAB program presented a two-and-one-half day Phase I Environmental Site Assessment training seminar to the City of Houston's City Planning Department and communities in the Houston metropolitan area. Approximately 20 people attended the program which provided information on the Phase I process, legal and regulatory drivers, technical issues including assessing property for various contaminants, and a mock assessment field exercise for participants to put into practice the lessons learned in the classroom. This training program was coordinated by TAB, Houston's City Planning Department and by Western Fifth Ward Community Services.