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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Oakland Private Industry
Council, Inc., CA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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 con-
taminant. On January 11, 2002, President George W.
Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief
and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund grants,
cleanup grants, and job training grants. The job training
grants provide training for residents of communities
affected by brownfields to prepare them for employment
in the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites.
Additionally, funding support is provided to state and
tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Oakland Private Industry Council, Inc. (Oakland
PIC) was selected to receive a job training grant. The
unemployment rate in the City of Oakland is 10%, and
almost 20% of Oakland residents live in poverty. The
Oakland PIC will focus on residents of three Enhanced
Enterprise Communities (EECs) for training. The
EECs include the Oakland Industrial Corridor and
Uptown area, where significant redevelopment activi-
ties are underway. The Oakland Industrial Corridor
contains more than 700 properties with known or
suspected contamination. The Corridor includes the
Coliseum Redevelopment area, which is targeted by
Job Training Grant
$125,000
EPA has selected the Oakland Private Industry
Council, Inc. for a job training grant. The Oakland
PIC plans to train 120 students with the EPA
grant, achieve an 85% graduation rate, achieve a
63% placement rate, and track students for one
year. The 152-hour training program consists of
hazardous waste worker, confined space entry,
lead remediation, asbestos removal, and alterna-
tive and innovative technologies. Students will be
recruited from inner-city Enhanced Enterprise
Community zones in the City of Oakland, with an
emphasis on recruiting minorities and women.
Training will be conducted at the 16,000 square-
foot Cypress Mandella Training Center. The
Alameda County Building and Construction
Trades Council and the Association of General
Contractors will assist with placement of gradu-
ates in environmental jobs.
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: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3143
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
index.html
Grant Recipient: Oakland Private Industry
Council, Inc., CA
510-208-7355
the city for cleanup and redevelopment. The Uptown
area includes three city blocks that need to be investi-
gated for soil contamination in preparation for a major
housing development. Hazardous waste workers
represent one of the fastest growing occupations in the
Alameda County, and there is high demand for local
environmental technicians.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-04-012
March 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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