United States Office of Research and EPA/600/9-90/035
Environmental Protection Development August 1990
Agency Washington, DC 20460
>EPA Minority Support
Programs within ORD
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Category
Recruiting Efforts
Education
Training &
Development
Title Page
Annual Puerto Rico Recruiting Effort 1
Recruitment of Scientific/Technical
Personnel from Underrepresented
Groups 2
Recruitment of the Physically
Handicapped 3
Minority Recruitment Activities
and Job Fairs 4
Training the Recruiter 5
EPA Faculty Fellows Program 6
Recruitment Databases 7
HBCU Linkages 9
HBCU Lecture Series 10
Minority Engineering Program 11
Stay-in-School Program 12
Adopt-a-School Program 13
School Outreach Program 14
Women and Minorities Honors
Program 15
Minority Institution Assistanceship
Program 16
Minority Research Apprenticeship
Program 18
Equipment Donation Program 20
Mentoring Program 21
Federal Women's Program 22
Management Training 23
Secretarial Career Management
Program 24
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Category
Community
Awareness
Contracts &Grants
Planned Minority
Programs
Title Page
Training Grants for the Native
AmericanTribes 25
Special Observances 26
Minority Contracts, Cooperative
Agreements & Grants 27
Senior Environmental Employee
Program ' 28
"2+2" Environmental Education
Program- 30
Small Business Innovation Research 31
Hazardous Substance Research Centers 32
Engineering Traineeships for HBCUs
Pilot Program to Incorporate Minority
Institutions into tile' Gulf Coast 33
Hazardous Substance Research Center
(GCHSRC) ' 34
Program Matrix
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Recruiting Efforts
This is a general overview of the existing and planned minority
support programs within ORD. Many of the programs exist within each
ORD office or laboratory. If, within a given program, a specific point of
contact is not listed for a particular office or laboratory, please contact
the Office or Laboratory's Program Operations Office to locate the
individual who has local responsibility for the program.
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Annual Puerto Rico Recruiting Program
ORD actively supports the annual EPA recruiting trip
to Puerto Rico. ORD offices and laboratories provide
specific job opportunities, primarily scientific and
engineering positions, for which the ORD representa-
tive can make employment offers to qualified candi-
dates during the recruiting trip. ORD has recruited
nineteen Puerto Rican scientists and engineers during
the past two years.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Sandra Wells, ORPM, 382-2585
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Maxine Kellum, ERL Athens, 250-3517
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Nancy VanMeter, CERI Cincinnati, 684-7394
Diana Irwin, EMSL Cincinnati, 684-7485
Diana Guzman, RREL Cincinnati, 684-7953
Pam Taylor, ERL Corvallis, 420-4651
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Robert Menzer, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Richard Garnas, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2568
Patricia Gant, ERL Narragansett, 838-6005
Shirley Bowens, HRMD RTP, 629-4381
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Recruitment of Scientific/Technical Personnel from
Underrepresented Groups
In December 1989, ORD implemented a program to
encourage the active recruitment of scientists and
engineers in underrepresented groups, which includes
women, minorities and the handicapped. This program
sets aside twenty-six positions per year for recruiting
qualified scientists and engineers from these
underrepresented groups. The Assistant Administrator
provides funding for salaries and expenses during the
first two years for any individual recruited under this
program. In the third year, the recruiting office or
laboratory must fund the expenses associated with the
positions.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Maxine Kellum, ERL Athens, 250-3517
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Linda Schwaegerle, ECAO Cincinnati, 684-7535
Diana Irwin, EMSL Cincinnati, 684-7485
Pam Taylor, ERL Corvallis, 420-4651
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Robert E, Menzer, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Richard Garnas, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2568
Art Sandoval, HRMD Las Vegas, 545-2414
Lucy Garedo, ERL Narragansett, 838-6008
Terri J. Burrell, HRMD RTP, 629-4359
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Recruiting efforts
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Recruitment of the Physically Handicapped
HRMD Cincinnati has an active recruitment program
for the physically handicapped. HRMD notifies the
Ohio Vocational Rehabilitation Office of all vacancy
announcements. All the facilities in Cincinnati are
easily accessible by the physically disabled and all
major telephone exchanges have been adapted for the
hearing impaired. The physically disabled represent
approximately 8 percent of Cincinnati's workforce.
ERL Narragansett is implementing a similar program
in conjunction with the Rhode Island Vocational
Rehabilitation Office. The staff at Narragansett is
striving to make their entire facility easily accessible
by the physically disabled as funding becomes avail-
able.
ERL Duluth is implementing a similar program in
conjunction with The Minnesota Vocational Rehabili-
tation Office. All the facilities at ERL Duluth are
easily accessible by the physically disabled.
ERL Gulf Breeze has a similar program with the
Pensacola Junior College. Many of the facilities at
ERL Gulf Breeze are easily accessible by the physi-
cally disabled.
HRMD RTF is considering re-establishing this pro-
gram at the RTF center. All the facilities in RTF are
easily accessible by the physically disabled and all
major telephone exchanges have been adapted for the
hearing impaired.
ORD Offices and Laboratories
Local Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Mary Merredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9246
Art Sandoval, HRMD Las Vegas, 545-2414
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Randy Brady, HRMD RTF, 629-3071
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title Minority Recruitment Activities and Job Fairs
Description ORD representatives have participated in numerous
minority-sponsored recruitment activities and job fairs.
The primary purpose is to identify potential candidates
for employment by providing information concerning
ORD missions, programs and career opportunities.
Participating
Organizations All ORD Offices and Laboratories
Contact ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Zandra Kern, OHRM (HQ Offices), 382-2973
Linda Exum, ERL Athens, 250-3145
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Mary Merredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9246
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Tern J. Burrell, HRMD RTP, 629-4359
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Recruiting Efforts
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Training the Recruiter
Both HRMD Cincinnati and HRMD RTF conduct
programs to train senior scientists, engineers, supervi-
sors and managers within ORD laboratories and offices
to use effective recruiting methods when participating
in job fairs. This training program includes the identi-
fication of targeted groups (such as women, minorities
and the handicapped) to be considered during the
recruitment process.
Cincinnati and RTF
Local Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Terri J. Burrell, HRMD RTF, 629-4359
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
EPA Faculty Fellows Program (Minority Summer
Faculty Intern Program)
This program was established in 1981 to provide
opportunities for faculty members from accredited
minority institutions to work in Agency laboratories
and offices during the summer. This provides a unique
opportunity for the faculty members to actively partici-
pate in ORD science and engineering research activi-
ties in order to share these experiences and information
concerning career options with the students and faculty
at their respective colleges and universities.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories.
Agency Le'Ontyne Buggs, OHRM, 382-3266
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Jessie Burdett, RREL Cincinnati, 684-7514
Grady Neely, ERL Corvallis, 420-4684
Robert E. Menzer, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Shirley T. Bowens, HRMD RTP, 629-4381
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Recruiting Efforts
Title
Description
Recruitment Databases
Most of the ORD Offices and Laboratories have
developed either manual or automated recruitment
databases which are used as mailing lists in recruiting
women, minorities and the handicapped for scientific,
engineering and support positions.
Participating
Organizations ORD Offices and Laboratories
Contact Local Zandra Kern, OHRM (HQ Offices), 382-2973
Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Rosemarie C. Russo, ERL Athens, 250-3134
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Pam Taylor, ERL Corvallis, 420-4651
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Mary Merredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9246
Art Sandoval, HRMD Las Vegas, 545-2414
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Terri J. Burrell, HRMD RTF, 629-4359
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Education
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Linkages
Senior scientists and engineers in ORD laboratories
have been named as adjunct professors in their areas of
expertise and provide laboratory work experience for
science and engineering students in Historically Black
Colleges and Universities. This program also provides
a source for minority recruitment.
RTF and ERL, Athens
Local Linda Exum, ERL Athens, 250-3145
Terri J. Burrell, HRMD RTF, 629-4359
August Curley, HERL RTF, 629-2729
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title HBCU Lecture Series
Description A lecture series has been initiated to strengthen ties
between the Agency and HBCUs. These lectures have
been designed to provide a forum for discussion on the
role of minorities in science and engineering as a key
to national strength in research and development.
Participating
Organizations: RTF
Contact Local
August Curley, HERL RTF, 629-2729
Dianne Laws, AOCR RTF, 629-4249
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Education
Title Minority Engineering Program
Description This is a cooperative agreement with the University of
Nevada at Las Vegas to provide engineering students
with training projects and assignments associated with
environmental issues and research problems.
Participating
Organizations EMSL Las Vegas
Contact Local Anders Denson, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2577
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Stay-in-School Program
This program provides scientific, professional, techni-
cal and clerical assistance to ORD offices and laborato-
ries by providing student hires working on a part-time
basis within these organizations. The program is
limited to students meeting financial aid requirements.
In several ORD facilities, a specific percentage of the
available opportunities are set aside for minority and
female applicants.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Maxine Kellum, ERL Athens, 250-3517
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Pam Taylor, ERL Corvallis, 420-4651
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Mary Meredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9246
Art Sandoval, HRMD Las Vegas, 545-2414
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Shirley Bowens, HRMD RTF, 629-4381
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Education
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Adopt-a-School Program
ORD facilities participate in the Agency-sponsored
"Adopt a School" Program by sponsoring activities for
local minority schools. The program is designed to
foster an interest in science and engineering at junior
and senior high school levels. Individuals from the
laboratories sponsor school activities; provide tours of
EPA facilities; judge school science contests; sponsor
environment-related public awareness activities; collect
coupons/receipts to support the school's participation in
education bonus programs [e.g., the Giant (grocery
chain) Apple Computer program]; and set aside a
certain number of "Stay-in-School" positions as
employment opportunities for students of the "adopted"
schools. Cincinnati laboratories have instituted a
"shadow" program which will allow 10 children from
the "adopted" school to follow a volunteer scientist in
the ORD laboratory for a day.
ORD Headquarters Offices
Cincinnati
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
School Outreach Program
All of the ORD facilities participate in outreach
programs at the local elementary schools, high schools,
colleges and universities, including the minority
schools, to cultivate an interest in the environmental
sciences and engineering. Individuals from the labora-
tories sponsor school activities; provide tours of EPA
facilities; judge school science contests; sit on school
panels; sponsor environment-related public awareness
activities; and participate in science fairs and career
days. Many of the EPA employee associations donate
money for local school science awards/prizes and
scholarship funds.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Robert Ryans, ERL Athens, 250-3306
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Pam Taylor, ERL CorvaUis, 420-4651
Robert Drummond, ERL Duluth, 780-5733
Betty Jackson, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Marianne Carpenter, EMSL Las Vegas,
545-2168
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Billie Hudson, OSORD RTP, 629-4303
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Education
Title Women and Minorities Honors Program
Description This program will provide scholarships through the
University of West Florida to scholarly women and
minorities as an incentive to enter graduate-level
training in the marine sciences.
Participating
Organizations ERL Gulf Breeze
Contact
Local Raymond Wilhour, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Minority Institution Assistanceship (MIA) Program
The MIA Program was initiated in 1981 to increase
research support for eligible minority institutions
(Historically Black Colleges or Universities, and
Hispanic Association of Colleges or Universities) by
providing fellowships for their students.
The MIA Program has three separate components:
a Research Assistance Program for faculty; an Under-
graduate/Graduate Fellowship Program; and a Summer
Intern Program for students who have completed the
Student Fellowship Program.
The objective of the Research Assistance Program is to
promote environmental research capability within
minority institutions and to provide an opportunity for
minority students to gain research experience in the
environmental sciences. Eight research grants totaling
$800K are funded in FY 1990.
The Student Fellowship and Summer Intern Program is
intended to encourage students to develop careers in
environmental research. Approximately $6K per
student for one academic year is provided to pay for
tuition, fees, books and a monthly stipend. All fellow-
ship recipients are required to serve a three month
summer internship at an EPA facility which allows
them to apply their newly acquired skills to real-world
environmental problems. Twenty-three fellowships
and ten summer internships totaling $200K are funded
in FY 1990.
ORD-sponsored program
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Education
Minority Institution Assistantship (MIA) Program (continued)
Contact ORD Virginia Broadway, OER, 382-7445
Alvin Edwards, OER, 382-7445
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Maxine Kellum, ERL Athens, 250-3517
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Diana Irwin, EMSL Cincinnati, 684-7485
Grady Neely, ERL Corvallis, 420-4684
Sherry Linder, ERL Duluth, 780-5543
Mary Merredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9246
Evelyn Clay, EMSL Las Vegas,
545-2326/2536
Robert Mosley, EMSL Las Vegas,
545-2326/2536
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Billie Hudson, OSORD RTF, 629-4303
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title Minority Research Apprenticeship Program (MRAP)
Description Cincinnati has participated in the MRAP since 1980.
The MRAP is an eight week program where students
participate in ongoing research projects to gain work
experience and exposure to scientific and engineering
careers. Thirty-five minority students from Cincinnati
area high schools and colleges participate in the
program each year. EPA scientists and engineers
volunteer to be mentors and work on a one-to-one basis
with the students.
ERL Duluth has three programs under the auspices of
the MRAP: an eight-week summer session for high
school students; the NISHOU program in cooperation
with the University of Minnesota; and a six-week
hands-on training session with the students from
Staples Technical Institution at Cloquet, Minnesota. In
each of these programs EPA scientists and engineers
work on a one-to-one basis with the students as men-
tors. Currently there are three students enrolled in the
high school program, two students in the NISHOU
program and three students in the technician program.
RTP is establishing a MRAP in cooperation with Shaw
University. During the academic school year the high
school students will participate in weekend sessions at
Shaw University in addition to an eight-week summer
session during their freshman and sophomore years.
These students will then be assigned to work with an
EPA mentor at RTP for an eight-week summer session
during both their junior and senior years in high school.
RTP plans to initially enroll 16 students in FY 1990
and expand the program to 32 students in FY 1991,
rotating 16 new students each year.
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Education
Minority Research Apprenticeship Program (MRAP) (continued)
Participating
Organizations Cincinnati, RTF and ERL Duluth
Contact ORD Patricia Powers, OER, 382-2573
Local Johnny Springer, RREL Cincinnati, 684-7529
Andrea Tanner, OS ORD Cincinnati,
684-7771
Diana Irwin, EMSL Cincinnati, 684-7485
Sherry Linder, ERL-Duluth, 780-5543
Millard Thacker, HRMD RTF, 629-4356
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Equipment Donation Program
An OARM Pilot Program has been established to
donate excess physical plant property to HBCUs. It is
anticipated that this program, if successful, will reduce
the Agency's excess equipment inventories and provide
useful laboratory and office equipment for use by
minority institutions. The current recipient of the
equipment is Benedict College in Columbia, South
Carolina.
Cincinnati has a similar program for institutions of
higher education in general. Currently, equipment is
being donated to the University of Cincinnati. ERL
Duluth is implementing a program to donate their
excess equipment to local area schools.
Cincinnati, RTP and ERL Duluth
Local Bob Carr, OSORD Cincinnati, 684-7966
Jeffrey Denny, ERL Duluth, 780-5518
Dianne Laws, AOCR RTP, 629-4249
David Westmoreland, FMSD RTP, 629-2162
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Training and Development
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Mentoring Program
Guidelines were established two years ago for a
laboratory mentoring program for newly-recruited
Puerto Rican scientists and engineers (See "Annual
Puerto Rico Recruiting Effort") to help ensure the
successful transition of these newly recruited members
of ORD's workforce to adjust to their new careers.
HRMD Cincinnati has expanded on this idea to de-
velop an orientation and mentoring program for all new
employees, including special provisions for new
minority hires.
The Mentoring Program includes six segments:
(1) a "sponsor" is assigned to all new hires;
(2) a formal "human resources" presentation and
orientation is provided;
(3) a presentation has been developed to provide an
overall view of the laboratories and offices;
(4) an orientation checklist, which emphasizes the
individual's role in the office or laboratory, has
been developed;
(5) a three-month feedback interview to identify any
shortfalls in the orientation process; and
(6) a research mentor, where appropriate, is assigned
on a voluntary basis.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories (Guidelines)
Cincinnati (6-phase mentoring program)
ORD Sandra Wells, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Jeff Denny, ERL Duluth, 780-5717
Martha Daniel, AEERL RTP, 541-2922
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Federal Women's Program
ORD participates in the Federal Women's Program at
both the local and national level. Greater Leadership
Opportunity (GLO), which has been part of the Federal
Women's program, is an active career development
program throughout ORD. Women in Science and
Engineering (WISE) is very active in the recruiting,
development and education programs throughout ORD.
In Cincinnati, WISE members have compiled a va-
cancy announcement distribution list which consists of
organizations whose members include women in
science, engineering and technical fields. WISE
members have also volunteered to act as mentors under
the newly initiated mentoring program in Cincinnati.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Dee Hutchings, ERL Ada, 743-2227
Linda Exum, ERL, Athens, 250-3145
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati,
684-7801
Kathy Martin, ERL Corvallis, 420-4654/4599
Liz Durban, ERL Duluth, 780-5515
Virginia Snarski, ERL Duluth, 780-5556
Betty Jackson, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Faye Cromar, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2566
Sanrda Baksi, ERL Narragansett, 838-6162
Suzanne Lussier, ERL Narragansett, 838-6083
Jewel Morris, OSORD RTP, 629-4303
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Training and Development
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Management Training
HRMD Cincinnati has conducted several management
training sessions on the findings of the Hudson
Institute's Workforce 2000 Study. This study con-
cludes that the number of women and minorities
entering the workforce during the next twenty years
will increase, while the number of professionals with
postgraduate degrees in science and engineering will
decrease. This training provides management person-
nel with relevant information concerning the future of
the ORD community. The briefing is presently sched-
uled to be given to the OMMSQA Program Operations
Directors.
ERL Athens has expanded the Zenger-Miller Manage-
ment Program to include employees at the OS-12 level
who have demonstrated supervisory or managerial
potential. They have also targeted four women and
minorities below the GS-12 level who have displayed
supervisory potential to participate in the program to
enhance their career potential.
Cincinnati, RTP and ERL Athens
Local Maxine Kellum, ERL Athens, 250-3517
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Randy Brady, HRMD RTP, 629-3071
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Secretarial Career Management Program
ORD is sponsoring a pilot program for secretaries and
support staff to provide career enhancement opportuni-
ties. The program includes title changes, as appropri-
ate, and an evaluation process that places emphasis on
developmental assignments, assessment of existing
support requirements, and a training plan which
focuses on the career goals of the individual.
ORD-sponsored program
ORD Sandra Wells, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Carolyn Taylor, ERL Ada, 743-2228
Joan Price, ERL Athens, 250-3134
Sandra Bowman, HRMD Cincinnati, 684-7801
Pam Taylor, ERL Corvallis, 420-4651
Nancy Novy, ERL Duluth, 780-5708
Bonnie Clayton, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Robin Shoemaker, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2525
Ina Taylor, ERL Narragansett, 838-6011
Randy Brady, HRMD RTP, 629-3071
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Community Awareness
Title Training Grants for the Native American Tribes
Description These grants are made in support of curriculum devel-
opment for environmental concerns relating to Indian
Reservations and the dissemination of the curriculum
through workshops and seminars. Additional grants are
provided to assist Indian tribes in their understanding
of how tribal governments can participate in the
intergovernmental task of protecting the environment.
Grants have been made to:
National Congress of American Indians
Council of Energy Resource Tribes
Great Lake Intertribal Council
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
Michigan Intertribal Council
Oneida Tribe
S. Regis Tribe
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Participating
Organizations EPA Program
Contract
ORD Patricia Powers, OER, 382-2573
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title Special Observances
Description ORD Headquarters and each of the laboratories and
field offices observe special events (e.g., Black History
Month, Martin Luther King's Birthday, etc.) with local
programs.
Participating
Organizations All ORD Offices and Laboratories
Contact ORD Art Payne, ORPM, 382-7462
Local Chursey Fountain, ERL Ada, 743-2210
Ava Ivery, ERL Athens, 250-3467
Art Turner, EEO Cincinnati, 684-7941
Grady Neely, ERL Corvallis, 420-4684
Judy Rudman, ERL Duluth, 780-5585
Emile Lores, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Evelyn Clay, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2326/2536
Robert Mosley, EMSL Las Vegas,
545-2326/2536
Lucy Garedo, ERL Narragansett, 838-6008
Diane Laws, AOCR RTP, 629-4249
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Contracts & Grants
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Minority Contracts, Cooperative Agreements and
Grants
Throughout ORD, every effort has been made to ensure
minority-owned small businesses receive an opportu-
nity to participate in the contracting process. There are
a variety of contracts and agreements in place which
provide ORD laboratories and offices with a variety of
services, including laboratory and clerical support.
Minority procurement workshops are conducted to
assist minority and women-owned environmental firms
in competing for EPA-funded procurements at the State
and local level.
Since FY 1985 the Center of Environmental Research
Information (CERI) has maintained a Minority 8-A
Set-Aside contractor to provide technical support
services to include the development of seminars and
user oriented handbooks and manuals. A three year
cost plus fixed fee contract for $1.5 million per year
was awarded effective 1/1/90 to provide technical
support services to any ORD activity with technology
transfer activities relating to Hazardous Waste Control.
All ORD Offices and Laboratories
ORD Colleen Lentini, ORPM, 382-7462
Patricia Powers, OER, 382-2573
Local Jerry D. Davis, ERL Ada, 743-2209
Annie Smith, ERL Athens, 250-3129
Clarence demons, CERI Cincinnati,
684-7358
Betty Livingstone, ERL Corvallis, 420-4654
Arlene Shelhon, ERL Duluth, 780-5540
Frank Wilkes, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Anders Denson, EMSL Las Vegas, 545-2577
Patricia Gant, ERL Narragansett, 838-6005
Jerry Dodson, CMD RTP, 629-2249
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title Senior Environmental Employee (SEE) Program
Description The SEE Program, authorized by the Environmental
Programs Assistance Act of 1984, allows EPA to enter
into assistance agreements with select organizations in
order to obtain the services of Americans, age 55 years
or older, to provide technical assistance to EPA. These
organizations include:
American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP)
National Caucus/Center on Black Aged, Inc.
National Council of Senior Citizens
National Pacific/Asian Resource Center on
Aging
National Urban League
National Council on the Aging, Inc.
National Association for the Hispanic Elderly
Green Thumb, Inc.
In FY 1990, EPA participation in the SEE program is
expected to encompass 70 agreements and 1100 SEE
employees totaling $33M. The Office of Exploratory
Research manages the SEE Program; however, each
EPA program office is responsible for funding its own
grants. Although the majority of agreements are with
AARP, the remaining organizations constitute 20
percent of the SEE agreements, many of which are
minority organizations. Although women, minorities
and the disabled are employed through the SEE
program; the extent to which these groups are repre-
sented is uncertain.
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Contracts & Grants
Senior Environmental Employee (SEE) Program (continued)
Participating
Organizations EPA Program
Contact ORD Patricia Powers, OER, 382-2573
Local Jimmie L. Kingery, ERL Ada, 743-2226
Maxine Kellum, ERL. Athens, 250-3517
Diana Irwin, EMSL Cincinnati, 684-7485
Jessie Burdett, RREL Cincinnati, 684-7514
Grady Neely, ERL Corvallis, 420-4684
Kimberly Johnson, ERL Duluth, 780-5544
Mary Meredith, ERL Gulf Breeze, 228-9011
Marianne Carpenter, EMSL Las Vegas,
545-2168
Brenda Laing, ERL Narragansett, 838-6021
Shirley Bowens, HRMD RTP, 629-4381
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
"2+2" Environmental Education Program
Congress provided additional funding in FY 1990 for
Academic Training. The "2+2" Environmental Educa-
tion Program, which was initiated in FY 1989, will
result in a national model for cooperative technical and
vocational competency-based education programs
between community colleges and high schools. Its
goal is to increase the number of hazardous material
technicians nationally to meet a critical need. The
program encourages high school counselors to promote
the environmental field as a viable career choice for
women and minorities.
EPA Program
ORD Patricia Powers, OER, 382-2573
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Contracts & Grants
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Small Business Innovation Research (SBER)
Public Law 97-219 requires EPA to devote 1.25
percent of its extramural budget to SBIR. OER
manages EPA's SBIR program and provides contract
funding for small businesses with ideas relevant to
EPA's mission. The program focuses on projects in
control technology or process instrumentation develop-
ment. Proposals are solicited in the fall of each year
for Phase I research, which consists of feasibility
studies that are funded up to $50K. The best Phase I
studies are selected for product development in Phase
II and are funded up to $150K. Results from the SBIR
Program are expected to lead to commercial develop-
ment of a product or process used in pollution control.
The FY 1990 SBIR budget is approximately $2.5M
R&D and $.7M Superfund. Women and minority
owned businesses are encouraged to participate in this
program.
EPA Program
ORD Donald Carey, OER, 382-7445
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRC)
Authorized by the 1986 amendments to the Superfund
Act, the HSRC program supports five university-based
research centers across the country. The HSRCs are
required to commit approximately 10 to 20 percent of
their funding to the development of an active technol-
ogy transfer program. Howard University, the Univer-
sity of Michigan and Michigan State are equal partners
in the HSRC consortium which focuses on organic
bioremediation research. Howard University receives a
proportionate share of the Center's $2.0M start-up
funding and the $1.0M annual funding for up to eight
years.
EPA Program
ORD Karen Morehouse, OER, 382-5750
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Planned Minority Programs
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Engineering Traineeships for HBCUs
An FY 1992 budget proposal will support several
traineeships in engineering at approved HBCUs.
Approximately $1.7M would fund graduate research in
hazardous waste reduction, and $3.3M would fund
undergraduate and graduate education in engineering
disciplines supporting Superfund issues. The proposal
will include criteria for distribution of the monies to
participating minority institutions.
ORD-sponsored program
ORD Roger Cortesi, OER, 382-5750
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Minority Sapport Programs within ORD
Title
Description
Participating
Organizations
Contact
Pilot Program to Incorporate Minority Institutions into
the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center
(GCHSRC), Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
This program would involve minority institutions in
joint research projects with the eight major universities
which comprise the GCHSRC. The goal is to share
faculty, students and laboratories leading to an en-
hanced capability in minority institutions. It is envi-
sioned that the program can be expanded to include
community colleges and magnet schools to encourage
the early involvement of women, minorities and the
handicapped in the sciences and mathematics. During
phase one, the University of Central Florida will
develop a partnership with the HBCUs in the State of
Florida. Upon successful development of the Florida
framework, this approach would be expanded to the
other Gulf Coast states.
Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology
Demonstration
ORD Darwin Wright, OEETD, 382-4073
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Recruiting Efforts:
Annual Puerto Rico Recruiting Effort
Recruitment of Scientific/Technical Personnel
from Underreoresented Grouos
Recruitment of the Physically Handicapped
Minority Recruitment Activities & Job Fairs
Training the Recruiter
EPA Faculty Fellows Program
Recruitment Databases
Education:
HBCU Linkage
HBCU Lecture Series
Minority Engineering Program
Stay-in-School Program
Adopt-a-School Program
School Outreach Program
Women & Minorities Honors Program
Minority InstitutionAssistanceship Program
Minority Research Apprenticeship Program
Equipment Donation Program
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Minority Support Programs within ORD
Training and Development:
Mentoring Program
Federal Women's Program
Management Training
Secretarial Career Management Program
Community Awareness:
Training Grants for Native American Tribes
Special Observances
Contracts and Grants:
Minority Contracts, Agreements & Grants
Senior Environmental Employee Program
"2 + 2" Environmental Education Program
Small Business Innovation Research
Hazardous Substance Research Centers
Planned Minority Programs:
Engineering Trainees/lips for HBCUs
Pilot Program to Incorporate Minority
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