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<br />Texarkana Education Cultural Arts Partners are dedicated to the arts and culture of the <br />community . <br /> <br />Texarkana College Earth Club is a university based environmental organization that helps <br />keep roads clean and the water protected. <br /> <br />Tex Ark Audubon Club is the local chapter of the Audubon Society. They are dedicated <br />to preserving wildlife and the environment. <br /> <br />._- .---.-------.-.- ----.- --..---- <br /> <br />-------.'.----"'.-- .-.. - <br /> <br />G. <br /> <br />Reduction of Threats to Human Health and the Environment <br /> <br />The cleanup of brownfield properties and its ripple effect on redevelopment policy and <br />practice in the region will result in a significant reduction of threats to human health and <br />the environment. During the site selection stage, training volunteers will collect and <br />evaluate health and environmental indicators in the neighborhoods surrounding the <br />brownfield site. The project will specifically seek to identify any heightened occurrences <br />of cancer, asthma or birth defects among members of the community that may be <br />associated with the contaminants thought to be at the site. This baseline data will be used <br />to evaluate any change in conditions that occur as a result of the site cleanup. The <br />cleanup and redevelopment of these contaminated properties will improve the <br />environmental quality of the region and prevent further contamination from impacting the <br />area's soil and water. <br /> <br />State health department officials as well as local health officials will be involved in the <br />assessment of all sites selected for remediation. Those agencies will be involved in all <br />aspects of the process to insure that public health issues are being considered and <br />addressed. In addition, EP A technical assistance will also be sought in resolving the <br />different technical and programmatic requirements of the States of Arkansas and Texas. <br />Other federal and state agencies, including the D~partments of Commerce and Housing <br />and Urban Development, and the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) <br />Voluntary Cleanup Program will be contacted and asked for assistance in determining <br />technical assessment and remediation procedures and standards, identifying available <br />fmancial assistance programs, and potential brownfields site redevelopment assistance. <br /> <br />.. ...,¿ <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Leverae:ine: of Additional Resources <br /> <br />As the sites have not yet been selected for redevelopment, A TCOG does not have <br />estimates for the cleanup and redevelopment of the properties. A TCOG will work with <br /> <br />Ark- Tex Council of Government <br />2004 EP A Brownfields Grant Application - Hazardous Substance <br /> <br />Page 11 <br /> <br />I <br />