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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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