United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-173
May 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
Brownfields Job Training
and Development
Demonstration Pilot
City of Long Beach, CA
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the City of Long Beach for a
Brownfields Job Training and Development
Demonstration Pilot. The City of Long Beach is the
recipient of a Brownfields Assessment Pilot and a
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot. The
City of Long Beach (population 442,000) is located on
the Pacific coast, 20 miles south of the City of Los
Angeles. The Job Training Pilotwill focus on the state
Enterprise Zone, which is the largest such area in the
state, including approximately 26 square miles and
over 10,000 businesses. The city-wide poverty rate is
approximately 17 percent; however, the poverty rate
among minorities is higher, at approximately 27
percent.
The City of Long Beach has identified four major
brownfields areas and numerous, scattered,
environmentally impacted sites. Three Brownfields
Assessment Pilots (City of Los Angeles, City of
Carson, and City of Lynwood) are located near the
City of Long Beach's assessment pilot. In the State
of California, environmental and hazardous waste
employment opportunities are increasing. However,
contractors do not have enough certified workers to
PILOT SNAPSHOT
LongBeach,
California
Date of Announcement:
May 2000
Amount: $100,000
Prof He: The Pilot will train 150
participants as environmental
technicians. Students will be
recruited from low-income resi-
dents and TAN F recipients liv-
ing in thestate Enterprise Zone,
which encom passes the im pov-
erished neighborhoodseconomi-
cally impacted by numerous,
scattered brownfields.
Contacts:
City of Long Beach
(562)590-9762
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 9
(415)744-2237
Visit the E PA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.html
Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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meet the cleanup challenges posed by the many
contaminated sites awaiting cleanup in the area.
Workers possessing hazardous materials training and
certification are expected to be in high demand.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
The City of Long Beach plans to train 150 participants,
achieve a 55 percent placement rate, and support
career placement of graduates for one year after the
training is completed. Participants will be recruited
from residents of the Enterprise Zone receiving
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
and other residents with incomes at or below the
poverty level. The Pilottraining program will consist
of 15 weeks of customized pre-apprenticeship
instruction, including construction, selected hands-on
projects, and the 40-hour HAZWOPER training,
including training in the use of innovative assessment
and cleanup technologies. An advanced environmental
testing program will be available for selected students.
The City of Long Beach's training efforts will be
supported by organizations such as the City of Long
Beach Private Industry Council, Long Beach
Community College, Advanced Technology
Laboratories, University of California-Los Angeles,
Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, Women in
Non-Traditional Employment Roles, and California
Department of Transportation. Program graduates
will be provided the opportunity to earn 10 college
credits.
ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting outreach to recruit low-income residents
of the Enterprise Zone, particularly those receiving
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF);
• Conducting brownfieldstechniciantraining,including
courses in the use of innovative assessment and
cleanup technologies; and
• Supporting career placement of students for one
year after the job training is completed.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
BrownfieldsJob Training and Development Demonstration Pilot City of Long Beach, California
May 2000 EPA500-F-00-173
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