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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
C/V/c l/l/or/cs,
Baltimore, MD
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 contaminant. 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
brownfields job training grants provide residents of
communities impacted by brownfields with the skills
and training needed to effectively gain employment in
assessment and cleanup activities associated with
brownfield redevelopment and environmental
remediation. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.
Community Description
Civic Works was selected to receive a job training
grant. Civic Works is located within the City of Balti-
more, a federally designated Empowerment Zone/
Enterprise Community. The city's poverty rate is 23
percent, and the unemployment rate is 7.5 percent.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected Civic Works for a job training
grant. Civic Works plans to train 40 students,
place 30 graduates in environmental technician
jobs, and track students for one year. The 205-
hour training program will include instruction in
HAZWOPER, sampling, lead and asbestos
abatement, Chesapeake Bay water quality
management, and an introduction to brownfields.
Civic Works will be the primary trainer, with
assistance from the Baltimore County Community
College. Students will be recruited primarily from
among the unemployed or underemployed resi-
dents of Baltimore, and if space is available, from
the entire Baltimore metropolitan area. Students
will be placed in environmental technician jobs
through Civic Works' existing relationships with
environmental employers.
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3246
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm
Grant Recipient: Civic Works, MD
410-366-8533
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Minorities comprise 68 percent of the city's residents.
An extreme decline in the city's manufacturing sector
has resulted in a loss of half of the city's manufacturing
jobs in the last 20 years and a high concentration of
brownfields within the city. Many of Baltimore's
brownfields are on its industrial waterfront. Redevelop-
ment of these sites requires a heightened sensitivity to
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-254
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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water-quality impacts to the Chesapeake Bay. There
are 61 brownfields in the city that are larger than three
acres. One third of these larger brownfields are
undergoing redevelopment activity. The high number of
brownfields-related projects will create demand for an
estimated 60 entry-level environmental positions a year.
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