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EPA 500 00 2TM-
December 1998
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Brownfields Economic
Redevelopment Initiative
Proposal Guidelines for
Brownfields Job Training and
Development Demonstration Pilots
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EPA's Brownfields Job Training and
Development Demonstration Pilots
The brownfields environmental job training and development pilots will each be funded up to
$200,000 over two years. These funds are to be used to bring together community groups, job
training organizations, educators, investors, lenders, developers, and other affected parties to
address the issue of providing training for residents in communities impacted by brownfields.
The goals of the pilots are to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with hazardous
substances and prepare the trainees for future employment in the environmental field. The pilot
projects must prepare trainees in activities that can be usefully applied to a cleanup employing an
alternative or innovative technology.
EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental Job Training and
Development pilots by the end of June 1999. Pilot applicants must be located within or near one
of the brownfields assessment pilot communities (see Attachment A on page 12). Colleges,
universities, nonprofit training centers exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501 (c)(3),
community job training organizations, states, cities, towns, counties, U.S. Territories, and
Federally recognized Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for the funds. EPA welcomes and
encourages applications from coalitions of such entities, but a single eligible entity must be
identified as the legal recipient. Entities with experience in providing environmental job training
and placement programs, including training in alternative or innovative cleanup technologies,
are invited to apply. The deadline for the new proposals for the 1999 environmental job
training and development pilots is March 1,1999.
EPA's Brownfields Demonstration Pilots
EPA defines brownfields as abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities
where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental
contamination. EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is an organized
commitment to help communities revitalize such properties both environmentally and
economically, mitigate potential health risks, and restore economic vitality to areas where
brownfields exist. Successful brownfields cleanup and redevelopment are proof that economic
development and the environment can, and indeed, must coexist.
As a part of the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative, EPA has funded 227
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots. The pilots are designed to empower states,
communities, tribes, and other economic redevelopment stakeholders to work together in a
timely manner to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainable reuse brownfields. EPA has
awarded cooperative agreements to states, cities, towns, counties, and Tribes for demonstration
pilots that test brownfields assessment models, direct special efforts toward removing regulatory
barriers without sacrificing protectiveness, and facilitate coordinated public and private efforts at
the federal, state, tribal and local levels.
A critical part of EPA's efforts to encourage assessment and cleanup of brownfields is
participation by affected residents. In addition, EPA works to ensure that disadvantaged residents
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Proposal Contents
Proposals for brownfields environmental job training and development pilots should consist of
the following sections:
1.0 Cover Page (1 page)
2.0 Project Overview (Up to 2 pages)
3.0 Responses to Evaluation Criteria (Up to 10 pages)
3.1 Budget
3.2 Problem Statement and Needs Assessment
3.3 Community Involvement and Partnerships
3.4 Institutional Capacity
3.5 Training Program Goals and Plans
3.6 Measures of Success
4.0 Attachments (As appropriate; please provide an index)
4.1 Letters of Support
4.2 Abbreviated Training Course Outline
4.3 Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Status (if applicable)
Attachments that will be considered during proposal evaluation are those requested above.
Examples of attachments that will not be considered during proposal evaluation include
strategies or plans developed for other programs, advertising brochures, newspaper articles,
resolutions, statutes, and videotapes. Information in these types of attachments should be distilled
and incorporated into the responses to criteria.
To ensure fair and equitable evaluation of the proposals, please do not exceed the above, single-
sided page limitations. In addition, all materials included in the proposal (including attachments)
must be printed on letter-sized paper (8l/z" by 11"). Font sizes may be no smaller than 11 points.
Please submit two copies of your proposal, including attachments, to EPA headquarters. In
addition, please submit one copy of your proposal, including attachments, to your EPA
Regional Brownfields Coordinator (see Attachment B on page 14).
1.0 COVER PAGE
This is intended to identify the brownfields environmental job training and development pilot
applicant and a point of contact for communication with EPA. This should be on a single page
and in the format of your choice.
1.1 Project title: this should be as descriptive as possible.
1.2 Location: city, county, and state or reservation, tribally-owned lands, tribal fee lands, etc.
of your assessment pilot partner.
1.3 Applicant identification: the name of the main implementor of your proposed training
pilot project.
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1.4 Project director: the name, telephone number, Fax/E-mail and address of the person who
is responsible for the project proposal. This person will be contacted if other information
is needed.
1.5 Date submitted: the date when the proposal is postmarked or sent to EPA via registered or
tracked mail.
1.6 Project period: the project period must not exceed two years.
1.7 Cooperative partners: provide names and phone numbers of individuals and organizations
that have agreed to participate in the implementation of the project. Please note that
funding to cooperative partners will be subject to compliance with applicable EPA
assistance resolutions (40CFR Part 30 for nonprofits and universities, 40 CFR Part 31 for
states, local governments and tribes, and 40 CFR, Part 45 for training assistance).
2.0 PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Project Overview is an important opportunity to summarize your plans for the proposed
pilot. Information you provide in the Project Overview may overlap with your responses to the
evaluation criteria. Provide an overview of the following topics:
2.1 Background
Describe your experience in providing training, particularly training in the handling of
hazardous materials.
Include a description of how this experience relates to training in alternative or innovative
cleanup technologies.
2.2 Goals and Objectives
Discuss the goals of your overall brownfields environmental job training and
development efforts. This should represent broader goals than those to be attained by an
EPA brownfields pilot. This should provide a context for understanding your plans for
use of pilot funding. Goals should be specific, measurable, realistic, and within a specific
time frame, and relationship to innovative and alternative technology.
Discuss the educational and employment objectives of the EPA-funded aspects of your
brownfields environmental job training and development demonstration pilot. Please
adhere to the limitations on the use of EPA funds (see page 2).
2.3 Project Strategy
Provide an overview of your proposed curriculum plan, target participants, and
participation plan. Describe follow-up employment development plans, such as
recruitment, placement and employment tracking.
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Describe the role and resources to be provided by all of your public and private partners
in the pilot. Provide documented evidence of the commitment of employers.
Describe other training programs offered to your target community and demonstrate that
your program does not duplicate other existing programs.
Describe the involvement of advisory boards or councils and other commitments to
involve the community in decision making.
3.0 RESPONSES TO EVALUATION CRITERIA
Your response to each of the following criteria will be the primary basis on which EPA selects or
rejects your proposal for one of the pilots. The proposal evaluation panels will- review the
proposals carefully and assess each response based on how well it addresses each criterion.
3.1 Budget (5 points)
Provide a detailed proposed budget for your training project. This should include cost
estimates for each of the proposed pilot activities to be conducting using EPA funds. The
budget breakdown also should include specific resource commitments from public and
private partners. Provide the names and budget estimates of committed partners who will
be responsible for: 1) nontechnical training courses (for example, life skills training); and
2) stipend or transportation costs. Clearly distinguish between the use of EPA funds and
resources to be provided by your partners. The following is a suggested format for your
budget:
Budget
Categories
Personnel
Fringe Benefits
Travel
Equipment
Supplies
Contractual
Other
Total
Project Tasks
Taskl
Task 2
Task3
Task 4
Total
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3.2 Problem Statement and Needs Assessment (5 points)
Identify your brownfields assessment pilot partner (recipient of an EPA assessment pilot
grant located in your service delivery area, see page 12).
Describe the community you propose to serve under this pilot. Provide demographic
descriptions of the population, poverty rate, unemployment rate, and minority
constituents within the service delivery area or community you are targeting in your
proposed pilot.
Demonstrate the need for environmental training in your targeted community. The need
for training can be indicated by environmental and economic conditions, brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment activities, environmental job training planning, and
commitments from future employers to hire local residents to fill environmental cleanup
jobs.
Explain how environmental training will impact the environmental and economic
situation in the target community.
Indicate specifically whether you are applying for a specially designated pilot category,
such as a small community (population < 100,000), or an Empowerment Zone/Enterprise
Community (EZ/EC).
3.3 Community Involvement and Partnerships (10 points)
Describe your efforts to involve community-based organizations in developing this
proposal. Provide a list of the community-based organizations involved and a contact
person, phone number, and brief description of the organization's activities and
representation. These organizations may include, but are not limited to, local citizen
groups, environmental organizations, civic organizations, local business groups and
institutions, educational institutions, and local labor organizations. Letters of support
should be included as attachments. These organizations may be contacted by EPA during
the evaluation process.
Describe how the recipient of the EPA assessment pilot grant in your service delivery
area will be involved in your proposed project.
Describe how you plan to leverage funds and other resources to support the pilot. For
example, provide details on how you intend to fund life skills training, pre-employment
training, counseling, child care, academic enhancement, placement assistance,
transportation assistance, and other activities not funded by this grant. Letters of
commitment from your partners should be included as attachments.
Describe how the employers' community (for example, local businesses, environmental
contractors, brownfields site owners) has been involved in the development of the
proposed training. This involvement could include curriculum development, advisory
councils, apprenticeships, and mentoring.
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Describe prerequisite skills or knowledge (math, science, or other related education)
required by participants in the training program. Describe partnerships with local
community groups, labor unions with apprenticeship programs, academic and other
institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and public schools located in or
near the target community that can provide the prerequisite skills or knowledge.
3.4 Institutional Capacity (5 points)
Describe your experience and the experience of your partners in providing environmental
and other job training services to the targeted or similar communities. Include a
description of experience and capacity to provide training in alternative or innovative
treatment technologies. Describe the success of your organization in recruitment, job
training, and placement.
Describe the certifications that your organization has been approved to provide to
graduates.
3.5 Training Program Objectives and Plans (5 points)
Describe the objectives of your proposed project. Specify: 1) how many participants you
expect to train through this pilot; 2) when you expect to conduct training classes; 3) your
targeted placement rate at jobs that bear a direct correlation to the training received; 4)
and the target time frame for retention (for example, 90 days, 6 months, one year).
Discuss your training plans. How will classes be structured and what topics will be
covered. Discuss how your plan will address skills and knowledge required in the
handling and removal of hazardous substances. Provide an abbreviated course outline as
an attachment.
Describe ordinances requiring employment of local residents (first source hiring) and
how the ordinances will affect your training and placement plans.
Describe how you will ensure that local brownfields residents have easy access to
training facilities.
3.6 Measures of Success (10 points)
Describe how you will measure the success of your project. Discuss your plans for
establishing and demonstrating achievement of milestones and endpoints.
Describe how your organization proposes to ensure sustainable employment, including
plans to track progress upon initial job placement and continue environmental job
training when this pilot ends.
Describe reports or other deliverables you plan to provide to EPA as documentation of
your project's progress and success.
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Schedule for Selecting Brownfields Job
Training and Development Pilots
Activity Schedule for Applications
December 1998 Federal Register Notice published
March 1, 1999 Proposals due to EPA
Mid-April 1999 Final selection of proposals
June 1999 Announcement of Pilots
Please submit two copies of your proposal, including attachments, to EPA headquarters. In
addition, please submit one copy of your proposal, including attachments, to your EPA Regional
Brownfields Coordinator (see Attachment B on page 14). Applications must be to EPA via
registered or tracked mail by the March 1, 1999, deadline to:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
OSWER Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101), Room SE 385
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
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Attachment A.
U.S. EPA Assessment Demonstration Pilots
(as of September 30,1998)
Alameda County, CA
Atlanta, GA
Atlantic City, NJ
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MIX'
Baltimore County, MD
Bellingham, WA
Bernalillo County, NM
Birmingham, AL:
Bonne Terre, MO
Boston, MA+:
Bridgeport, CT*
Brockton, MA
Brownsville, TX
Bucks County, PA
Buffalo, NY
Burlington, NC
Burlington, VT
State of California Trade and
Commerce Agency
Calumet City, IL
Camden, NJ+
Canton, IL
Cape Charles-Northampton
County, VA
Cedar Rapids, IA
Charleston, SC
Charlotte, NC
Chelsea, MA
Chicago, IL/
Chicopee, MA
Chippewa County/Kinross
Township, MI
Cincinnati, OH
Clearwater, FL"
Cleveland, OH
Clinton, IA
Colrain, MA
Colton, CA
Columbia, MS
Columbia, SC
Columbus, OH
Comanche Nation, OK
Concord, NH
Cook County, IL
Coralville, IA
Cowpens, SC
Cuyahoga County, OH*
Dallas, TX/+*
Danbury, CT
Dayton, OH
Des Moines, IA
Detroit, MI*
Downriver Community
Conference, MI
Duwamish Coalition, WA
East Moline, IL
East Palo Alto, CA'
East Point, GA
East St. Louis, IL
Elizabeth, NJ
Elmira, NY
Ely Shoshone Tribe, NV
Emeryville, CA
Englewood, CO
Escambia County, FL
Evanston, WY
Everett, WA
Fayetteville, NC
Flint, MI
Ford City, PA
Fort Wayne, IN
Gainesville, FL
Galveston, TX
Glen Cove, NY7
Glendale, WI
Grand Prairie, TX
Greenfield, MA
Gretna, LA
Hagerstown, MD
Hamilton, OH
Hartford, CT
Hennepin County, MN
High Point, NC
Hoopa Valley Tribe, CA
Houston, TX
Hudson County, NJ
State of Illinois
State of Indiana*
Indianapolis, IN*
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL
Jersey City, NJ
Johnstown, PA
Kalamazoo, MI
Kansas City, KS & MCK+
Kemmerer, WY
Kenosha, WI
Ketchikan Gateway
Borough, AK
Knoxville, TN
Lakewood, CO
Laredo, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Lawrence, MA
Lewiston, ME
Lima, OH
Long Beach, CA
Long Branch, NJ
Los Angeles, CA"'
Louisville, KY*
Lowell, MA'
Lynn, MA
State of Maine
Maiden, Medford, and
Everett, MA
Mansfield, MA
State of Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection
Memphis, TN
Methuen, MA
Miami, FL
Miami-Dade County, FL+
Middlesex County, NJ
Middletown, CT
Milwaukee, WT
Milwaukee County, WI
State of Minnesota?
Missoula, MT
Montachusett Regional
Planning Commission, MA
Montebello, CA
Morris County, NJ
Murray City, UT
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Naugatuck Valley, CT
Navajo Nation, AZ
New Bedford, MA+
New Britain, CT
State of New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire
Coastal Piscataqua River
Watershed
New Haven, CT
State of New Mexico
Environment Department
New Orleans, LA*
New York, NY
Newark, NJ
Niagara County, NY
Niagara Falls, NY
North Stapleton, CO
Northampton County, PA
Northwest Indiana Cities
Northwest Regional Planning
Commission, WI
Norwich & Griswold, CT
Oakland, CA+
Ogden City, UT
Ogdensburg, NY
Oklahoma City, OK
Oktibbeha County, MS
Omaha, NE
Oregon Mill Sites
Panhandle Health
District, ID
Paterson, NJ
Perth Amboy, NJ
Philadelphia, PA+:
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenixville, PA
Pioneer Valley, MA
Pittsburgh, PAJ
Pomona, CA
Port of Seattle, WA
Seattle/King Count/
Portland, ME
Portland, OR'
Prichard, AL
Provo, UT
Puerto Rico Industrial
Development Company
Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Puyallup Tribe of Tacoma,
WA
Reading, PA
State of Rhode Island
State of Rhode Island
Economic Development
Corporation
Richmond, CA*
Richmond, VA *
Rio Grande Council of
Governments, TX & NM
Rochester, NY1
Rome, NY
Sacramento, CA1
Saginaw, MI
St. Joseph/Benton
Harbor/Benton Charter
Township, MI
St. Louis, MO*
St. Paul Port Authority, MNK
St. Petersburg, FU
Salt Lake City, UP'
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
Sand Creek Corridor, CO}
Santa Barbara County, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Shenandoah, VA
Shreveport, LA
Sioux Falls, SD
Somerville, MA
Southeast Florida s
Southern Ohio Port Authority
Springfield, MA
Springfield, OH
Stamford, CT'
Stockton, CA
Tacoma, WA
Tallahassee, FL
Tohono O'odham Nation, AZ
Toledo, OH
Trenton, NJ/J
Tri-County Metropolitan
Transportation District, OR
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa, ND
Ulster County, NY
Uniontown, AL
Utica, NY
Washington, DC
Waukegan, IL
Wayne County, MI
Wellston, MO
West Central Municipal
Conference, IL{
West Hollywood, CA
West Jordan, UT1
Westfield, MA
Wheeling, WV
Wilmington, DE
Winston-Salem, NC
Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources
Worcester, MA
Yonkers, NY
Youngstown/Campbell/
Struthers, OH
Ypsilanti, MI
/ Showcase Communities
+ Job Training & Development
Demonstration Pilots
J Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund
Pilots
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Attachment B. EPA HQ/Regional Brownflelds Coordinators
If you have questions regarding your application, call
Mvra Blakelv, EPA Headquarters at (202)260-4527
Regions and States
EPA Region 1
John Podgurski
EPA Region 2
Larry D'Andrea
EPA Region 3
Tom Stolle
EPA Region 4
Mickey Hartnett
EPA Region 5
Jim Van der Kloot
EPA Region 6
Stan Hitt
EPA Region 7
Susan Klein
EPA Region 8
David Ostrander
EPA Region 9
Jim Hanson
EPA Region 10
Lori Cohen
EPA Headquarters
Myra Blakely
CT, ME, MA, NH,
RI,VT
NJ, NY, PR, VI
DE, DC, MD, PA,
VA,WV
AL, FL, GA, KY,
MS, NC, SC, TN
IL, IN, MI, MN, OH,
WI
AR, LA, NM, OK,
TX
IA, KS, MO, NE
CO, MT, ND, SD,
UT,WY
AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS,
GU
AK, ID, OR, WA
Address and Phone Number
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
One Congress Street
Suite 11 00 (HIO)
Boston, MA 02203
Phone (6 17) 9 18- 1209 Fax (617) 918-1291
290 Broadway
1 8th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Phone (212) 637-4314 Fax (212) 637-4360
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone (2 1 5) 8 1 4-3 1 29 Fax (2 1 5) 8 1 4-3254
Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone (404) 562-8661 Fax (404) 562-8628
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Phone (3 12) 353-3 161 Fax (3 12) 886-0753
First Interstate Bank Tower at Fountain PI.
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Phone (214) 665-6736 Fax (214) 665-6660
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101-2728
Phone (9 13) 55 1-7786 Fax (9 13) 551-7063
999 18th Street, Suite 500 (EPR)
Denver, CO 80202-2405
Phone (303) 312-6931 Fax (303) 312-6071
75 Hawthorne Street, H-l
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone (415) 744-2237 Fax (415) 744-2180
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone (206) 553-6523 Fax (206) 553-0124
401 M Street, SW (5101)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone (202) 260-4527 Fax (202) 260-6606
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