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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Concurrent
Technologies
Corporation, Southeast
North Carolina
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
Concurrent Technologies Corporation was selected to
receive a job training grant. The proposal targets three
counties in Southeastern North Carolina, and Robeson
County (population 123,339) in particular. Robeson
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected Concurrent Technologies
Corporation (CTC) for a job training grant. CTC
plans to train 75 students, place 60 graduates in
environmental jobs, and track students for one
year. The 240-hour training program includes
HAZWOPER, OSHA Class I/asbestos emer-
gency response, asbestos abatement, and innova-
tive and alternative treatment technologies
instruction. Other courses include lead worker,
mold remediation, OSHA general industry stan-
dards, heavy equipment operation and safety, and
hazardous materials handling and shipping.
Students will be recruited from the Lumbee Tribe
and residents of Robeson, Scotland, and
Cumberland Counties, North Carolina. Graduates
will be placed in environmental jobs through CTC
contacts and the Center for Indian Health and
Environmental Technologies, the non-profit
affiliate of Porter Scientific, Inc.
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8660
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: Concurrent Technologies Corpo-
ration, NC
803-748-7662
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
County, which is a federally designated Enterprise
Community, ranks 99 out of 100 counties in North
Carolina in its ability to create j obs, maintain a local
employed labor force, and attract income from other
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-259
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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regions. Approximately 23 percent of Robeson County
residents live in poverty. In the year 2000, the county's
unemployment rate was 3.5 percentage points greater
than the rates in surrounding counties. Robeson
County is racially diverse, with American Indians
comprising nearly 40 percent of the population. In
addition to county residents, this program also targets
the Lumbee Tribe, which extends into the neighboring
counties of Scotland and Cumberland. A survey of
potential public and private sector employers through-
out the region indicated that 50 percent are willing to
hire program graduates as environmental technicians.
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