Baker said the hospital is important to many Choctaw Nation citizens and will take four years to clean up. The biggest grant the nation received is $800,000 to make the hospital environmentally safe and revitalize the building. Lead-based paint, asbestos that they used for insulation, and several other problems.” “It's got a lot of hazardous pollutants still in it.
“The old tuberculosis hospital still remains, and we don't use it for anything at the moment,” Baker said. The grants will be used to assess the cleanup of abandoned properties, greenhouse gas emissions, and viable climate solutions on tribal lands.Īccording to Tye Baker, the Choctaw Nation’s Senior Director of Environmental Protection Services, projects will start soon that will focus on reducing GHG and cleaning up the Talihina Indian Hospital Campus in Latimer County. The Choctaw Nation received $2 million in federal grants from the Environmental Protection Agency.
