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     Brownfields  Training,

   Research, and Technical

Assistance Grant Fact Sheet


  Hazardous Materials

          Training and

    Research Institute


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA/s Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through assistance agreements to provide training,
research, and technical assistance to facilitate
brownfields revitalization.

Organization Description

The Hazardous Materials Training Research Institute
(HMTRI) was established in 1987 by two Iowa
community colleges that have long been active in
environmental  health and safety education and train-
ing. HMTRI promotes worker protection and the
maintenance of a clean and safe environment through
education and training. HMTRI offers and promotes
educational opportunities, partnerships, and training
programs related to brownfields cleanup and redevel-
opment.
Brownfields  Training
and Job Development
Program
                 Grantee:

                 Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute

                 Project Focus:

                 Technical Assistance for Brownfields Job Training

                 Project Period:

                 October 2003 to September 2008

                 Project Description:

                 HMTRI builds successful job training partnerships to
                 protect the environment, stimulate the marketplace,
                 provide local employment, and promote sustainable
                 reuse. HMTRI conducts workshops throughout the
                 United States, focusing on the development of envi-
                 ronmental and job training projects. Under the grant,
                 HMTRI conducts an annual job training workshop.
                 HMTRI also provides brownfields job training
                 materials, which are included in the "Brownfields
                 Toolbox: A Guide to Developing Successful and
                 Sustainable Job Training Programs," available at http:/
                 /brownfields-toolbox.org/.
                  Contacts
                 For further information, including specific grant
                 contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
                 news and events, and publications and links, visit the
                 EPA Brownfields web site at: http://www.epa.gov/
                 brownfields or call 202.566.2777.

                 For further information about HMTRI's brownfields
                 technical assistance activities, visit the HMTRI web
                 site at http://www.ateec.org or call 563.441.4081.

                 *The information on this fact sheet is subject to
                 change.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                                         EPA 560-F-07-249
                                         September 2007
                                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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