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      Redevelopment Pilots during 1995 and 1996,
      working with Empowerment Zones and Enter-
      prise Communities (EZ/EC), and building
      partnerships with key stakeholders to gain their
      input and advice.

      Under EPA's Superfund removal program, a
      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers subcontractor
      hired 19 local workers out of a total of 26 that
      live in the community near the Bunker Hill
      Superfund site hi Idaho.

      EPA worked with NIEHS to solicit grant
      applications for partnerships in establishing a
      new minority worker training program. The
      program will focus on supporting the inclusion
      of young people of color in environmental
      restoration activities. Applications are cur-
      rently being reviewed.

     . EPA funded and organized the EPA-Morgan
      State University Summer Environmental
      Teacher's Institute to recruit and inform teach-
      ers about environmental issues and concerns.
      At the second Teacher's Institute in Baltimore,
      Maryland, EPA's special recruitment efforts
      resulted hi over half of the participating teach-
      ers being people of color. Furthermore, EPA
      has  established partnerships with community
      colleges in Cleveland, Ohio; Bridgeport,
      Connecticut; and Richmond, Virginia.

CONTRACTS and GRANTS

      EPA has awarded more than 12 million dollars
      hi contracts to minority business enterprises in
      one Region alone.

      EPA piloted a seminar in New Orleans which
      brought together several Federal agencies,
      EPA prime contractors, and training vendors/
      providers  hi one room and made them directly
      available to potential disadvantaged and
      minority contractors. Several subcontracts
      were awarded as a result of the seminar.

      EPA conducted an environmental grants
      writing workshop for 200 Chicago Public
      School faculty members so that community
      organizations conducting environmental justice
      related activities can learn how to compete for
      funds.

      EPA awarded a grant of $100,000 to the
      National Association of Minority Contractors
      to tram and certify minority contractors hi the
      removal, installation, monitoring and leak
      detection of underground storage tanks.

PARTNERSHIPS

      Building cooperative partnerships is integral to
      addressing environmental issues. EPA has
      entered into niter-governmental, business,
      nonprofit, and academic partnerships.

      EPA has initiated a large interagency effort
      called the Federal Field Workgroup (FFW) to
      identify and solve severe sanitation issues of
      minorities in rural Alaska. The interagency
      group is composed of representatives from
      many Federal and State agencies

FOR INFORMATION

      Copies of the Accomplishments Report
      (EPA540/R-95/057) and its Executive Sum-
      mary (EPA540/R-95/058) will be available,
      when printed, through the National Technical
      Information Service (NTIS) at (703) 487-4650.
      Please, use the appropriate document number
      when ordering. If you have questions, please
      contact the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 1-800-
      424-9346 or 703-412-9810.

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