For Immediate Release
Contact: Erin Hatfield, (405) 437.8468 or erin.hatfield@deq.ok.gov
On Wednesday, officials from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will join Scott Mason, Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6, for a tour of various Brownfield sites in and around downtown Oklahoma City. Members of the media are invited to join the tour, which will begin at the Omni Hotel,100 West Oklahoma City Boulevard, at 1:00 pm and conclude at 3:00pm.
Tour stops will include: American Indian Boulevard Site, Bricktown Fire Station 6, Sheridan MFP Parcel and OCURA West, Social Capital, BOK Park Plaza, Walnut Project, Downtown Airpark Property, Second Sunshine, 8th & 9th Street Project, MAPS 3 Upper Park, OCURA, Bricktown Phase 1 & 1A, and the Skirvin Hotel. During the tour, a brief site summary will be given at each stop outlining the efforts that went into the property redevelopment and the work done by state and federal agencies.
To RSVP or for more information, please contact Erin Hatfield, DEQ Communications Director, at 405.437.8468 or Jennah Durant, EPA press officer, at 214-676-0655.
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