TODAY, One PM: E.P.A. Regional Administrator, Shreveport Mayor to Discuss Cleanup Grants

DALLAS - (June 30, 2015) Today, E.P.A. (EPA) Regional Administrator Ron Curry and Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler will outline how a $400,000 E.P.A. cleanup grant will help the city address contaminated properties known as brownfields sites.

The briefing will focus on Shreveport's latest brownfields redevelopment initiative, the Cross Bayou Corridor Project, as well as other cleanup opportunities throughout the city. The backing will help Shreveport assess and clean brownfields sites, which are abandoned properties that are difficult to redevelop because of the presence or potential presence of contamination.

During the event, members of the media may contact Africa Price, Director of Public Relations and Communications for the city of Shreveport, at 318-716-8794.


WHO: U.S. E.P.A. Regional Administrator Ron Curry
Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler

WHEN: Tuesday, June 30, 2015
one pm

WHERE: Mayor's Conference Room

two^nd Floor, Government Plaza

505 Travis St., Shreveport, LA, 71101

WHAT: Discussion of E.P.A. cleanup grants to city of Shreveport

Media wishing to attend should RSVP to 214-665-2200 or email [email protected].

More about activities in E.P.A. Region six is accessible at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.htm

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