USEPA Media Advisory:

TODAY: EPA Officials to Visit Oklahoma City

DALLAS, TEXAS (April 16, 2024)- EPA officials will visit Oklahoma City today to attend the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Mid-Year meeting. As part of the meeting, EPA is joining Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) officials to tour various Brownfield sites in and around downtown Oklahoma City. Members of the media are invited to join the tour.

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 email R6press@epa.gov.

Members of the media are invited to attend, please RSVP to R6Press@epa.gov.

Date: April 16^th

Location: Omni Hotel, 100 West Oklahoma City Boulevard

Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM