Every state has a federal Superfund site.
This is the principle federal program to clean up hazardous waste, and protect public health and the environment from the release of harmful substances. Cleanup of these sites creates strong incentives for more careful hazardous waste management. Once revitalized, however, these underutilized and abandoned plots provide open space and parks, and encourage real estate development that creates jobs and boosts local tax revenue. Shreveport is a successful example of how brownfields restoration can revitalize a community. The new HICA Steel Castings, LLC, which runs an environmentally safe operation in Shreveport's Cedar Grove neighborhood, now employs about 60 people, a number that is expected to reach 250 in the next two to three years.