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                       United States
                       Environmental
                       Protection Agency
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                         Solid Waste
                         and Emergency
                         Response (5105)
 EPA 500-F-01-359
 December 2001
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
Brownfields Job Training
and  Development
Demonstration  Pilot
                                                          City of Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                                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 $250,000 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 $1,000,000 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 Cincinnati  for a
Brownfields  Job  Training  and Development
Demonstration Pilot. The City of Cincinnati, which
also is a recipient of a Brownfields Assessment Pilot,
is partnering with the Village of Lockland Brownfields
Assessment Pilot. Undeveloped brownfields plague
the low-income, ethnic minority, and disadvantaged
communities in the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton
County. Most brownfields are located in urban cores,
where unemployment and minority populations are
high.

Redevelopment activitie s are being generated through
the activities of two Brownfields Assessment Pilots,
a state Enterprise Zone, and the federal Empowerment
Zone. While the redevelopment of brownfields is
retaining businesses and encouraging public/private
partnerships, there is a major gap in the participation
of community residents in jobs created through the
redevelopment process. The City's  Office of
Environmental Management has found that there is a
lack of community residents with adequate skills to
participate inbrownfields assessment andremediation
projects.
                       PILOT SNAPSHOT
                        Cincinnati,
                        Ohio
                        Contacts:

                        City of Cincinnati Career
                        Resource Center
                        (513)458-6147
Date of Announcement:
December 2001
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot will train 75
students as  environmental
technicians. Students will be
recruited from unemployed and
underemployed  residents in
areas affected by brownfields,
which plague the low-income,
ethnic minority, and dis-
advantaged communities in
Hamilton County urban cores.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 5
(312)886-4747
                            Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
                                 http://www.epa.gov/Region5/

                          Forfurtherinformation, including specific 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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TRAINING OBJECTIVES

The City of Cincinnati plans to train 75 students,
achieve an 80% placement rate, and support career
placement of graduates for one year after the training
is  completed. Students will be recruited from
unemployed and underemployed residents in areas
affected by brownfields. The 224-hour Pilot training
program will consist of training in the areas of OSHA
safety,  emergency   response,   remediation
technologies, lead abatement, incident command,
OSHA  confined   space,   and   technology
demonstrations,  including  training  in the use of
innovative assessment and cleanup technologies.

The training efforts of the City of Cincinnati will be
supportedby organizations such as Greater Cincinnati
Occupational Health Training Center, University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati State Technical andCommunity
College, Cincinnati Institute for Career Alternatives,
Mill Creek Restoration Proj ect, Northside Community
School, Better Housing League of Greater Cincinnati,
Cincinnati Office of Environmental  Management,
and Cincinnati Job Corps. Ten apprenticeships will be
made available through the Cincinnati Job Corps, and
on-the-job  training  will be  offered by  local
environmental employers.

ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Conducting outreach to  recruit unemployed and
 underemployed residents  in areas  affected by
 brownfields;

• Conducting training for entry-level  positions as
 brownfields technicians, 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.
 Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilot
 December2001
                               City of Cincinnati, Ohio
                                 EPA500-F-01-359

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