Brownfields Training,  Research,

     and Technical Assistance

           Grant Fact Sheet


     Hazardous Materials

   Training  and Research

                Institute

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, tribes.
communities, 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
funds eligible applicants through assistance agreements to
provide training, research, and technical assistance to
facilitate brownfields revitalization.

Organization Description

The Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute
(HMTRI) was established in 1987 by two Iowa
community colleges that have long been active in
environmental health and safety education and training.
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 redevelopment.

Project Description

HMTRI will establish the Brownfields to Greenfields
Program to provide assistance to communities across the
country in establishing equitable and sustainable
brownfields job development and training programs. The
project's objectives are to provide Professional Learning
Communities with support to train residents for jobs in
brownfields economic development programs and
conduct annual forums for community participants with
established brownfields job development and
environmental training programs. The project will
provide community residents with education and
information regarding sustainable, renewable, and green
                                                       Brownfields to Greenfield
 Grantee:
 Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute

 Project Focus:
 Technical Assistance for Establishing Equitable and
 Sustainable Brownfields Job Training Programs

 Project Period:
 October 2008 to September 2013

 Estimated Annual Funding Amount:
 $150,000
 Contacts
 For further information about the Hazardous Materials
 Training and Research Institute and its brownfields
 technical assistance activities, visit
 http://www.hmtri.org/hmtri/index hmtri.htm. For more
 information about this project, call 563-336-3331.

 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.

 * The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
 the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
 this information. The implementation plan for the grant
 has not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
practices. It also will update and expand the "Brownfields
Job Development Toolbox and Trainers Resource" web
site to provide instruction, networking, and resource
materials to brownfields grantees, stakeholders, and other
interested individuals.
                                                           Solid Waste and
                                                           Emergency Response
                                                           (5105T)
                          EPA560-F-08-281
                          September 2008
                          www.epa.gov/brownfields

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