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                      United States
                      Environmental
                      Protection Agency
                      Washington, D.C. 20460
                                  Solid Waste
                                  and Emergency
                                  Response (5105)
 EPA 500-F-01-362
 December 2001
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
          Brownfields Job Training
          and  Development
          Demonstration  Pilot
Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, Montana
                                                                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 Montana Tech of the University of
Montana  for a Brownfields Job Training and
Development Demonstration Pilot. Montana Tech's
assessment pilot partner is the Crow  Nation
Brownfields AssessmentPilot. The Job Training Pilot
will focus onresidents of the Crow Indian Reservation.
Unemployment among the 7,900 tribal members living
on the reservation has ranged from 60% to 85 % over
the last 10 years.

The community was severely impacted from closure
and abandonment of the Big Horn Carpet Mill in 1974,
which left behind known contamination and a public
health threat. A Phase II assessment of the site is
scheduled to begin soon. Many illegal or uncontrolled
disposal sites are located on the Reservation. The
Crow Indians have a natural  resources-based
economy, and major employers on the Reservation
are linked to the environment and environmental
preservation. With proper environmental training for
Tribal members, these resources can be preserved
for future generations while providing additional job
opportunities for impoverished  residents  of the
Reservation.
                                 PILOT SNAPSHOT
                                 Crowlndian
                                 Reservation,
                                 Montana
                                 Contacts:

                                 Montana Tech
                                 (406)496-2169
Date of Announcement:
December 2001
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot will train 60
students as  environmental
technicians. Students will be
recruited from unemployed and
underemployed residents of the
Crow Indian Reservation, which
has suffered from unemployment
rates ranging from 60% to 85%
over the last decade.
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 8
(303)312-6626
                                      Visit the E PA Region 8 Brownfields web site at:
                                           http://www.epa.gov/region08/

                                    Forfurther information, 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

Montana Tech plans to train 60 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 of the Crow Indian
Reservation. Three two-year certification tracks will
be provided simultaneously:  1)  hazardous waste
specialist certification track; 2) remediation specialist
certification track; and 3) ecosystem management
and policy certification track. All tracks include 40-
hour initial and 8-hour refresher HAZWOPER, health
and safety courses, and training in the use of innovative
assessment and cleanup technologies.

The training efforts of Montana Tech will be supported
by organizations  such as Little Big Horn College,
Crow Tribal Government, Pentacore  Resources,
Montana Department of Environmental Quality, and
the U.S. Forest Service. Montana Tech plans to build
train-the-trainer  capabilities to ensure  that the
environmental technician training program will continue
after the Job Training Pilot is completed.

ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Conducting outreach to  recruit unemployed and
 underemployed residents  of the  Crow Indian
 Reservation;

• 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.
 BrownfieldsJob Training and Development Demonstration Pilot
 December2001
       Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, Montana
                                  EPA500-F-01-362

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