SHREVEPORT, La. — The city of Shreveport has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to support the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties, part of a broader $4.5 million investment across Louisiana announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The funding comes through the EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Grant program and will be used to conduct site inventories, environmental assessments, planning, community outreach and cleanup activities at locally owned brownfield sites.
EPA officials said the funding is intended to help communities return blighted and potentially hazardous properties to productive use, supporting both environmental protection and economic development.
“EPA is focused on delivering practical results that transform contaminated properties into clean, valuable spaces that spark economic growth and that directly benefit American families,” said Thomas Croci, acting assistant administrator for land and emergency management.
Regional Administrator Scott Mason said the program enables communities to address contamination while advancing economic goals.
“This funding provides local communities in Louisiana the tools to assess and clean up contaminated sites to bring them back into economic use,” Mason said. “EPA’s Brownfields program is the perfect example of accomplishing two goals at once—protecting the environment and powering our nation’s economy.”
The Shreveport award is part of a larger package that includes $2 million for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and $1.5 million for the Delta Agricultural Research and Sustainability District.
The EPA’s Brownfields Program, launched in 1995, has provided more than $3 billion nationwide to assess and clean up contaminated properties. The agency said those investments have leveraged more than $45 billion in redevelopment funding and supported more than 228,000 jobs.
EPA said grant awards will be finalized after recipients complete required legal and administrative steps.