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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Los Angeles
Conservation Corps,
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 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
The Los Angeles Conservation Corps was selected to
receive a job training grant. The grant will focus on the
federally designated Los Angeles Empowerment Zone,
a 19-square-mile area with a population of 163,229.
The poverty rate in the Empowerment Zone is 40
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected the Los Angeles Conservation
Corps for a job training grant. The Los Angeles
Conservation Corps plans to train 50 students,
place 50 graduates in environmental jobs, and
track graduates for one year. The 240-hour
training program will offer instruction in
HAZWOPER, lead abatement, asbestos abate-
ment, forklift certification, and environmental
technologies. The Los Angeles Conservation
Corps will be the primary trainer. Students to be
recruited will be low-income, unemployed, and
underemployed residents of the Los Angeles
Empowerment Zone, a 19-square-mile area with
a population of 163,229. The Los Angeles Conser-
vation Corps has established a Brownfields
Advisory Board comprised mainly of environmen-
tal employers who will assist with job placement.
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 or 415-972-3270
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
index.html
Grant Recipient: Los Angeles Conservation
Corps, CA
213-749-3601, ext. 204
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
percent, and unemployment is 18 percent. These
compare to state-wide averages of 14 percent and
seven percent, respectively. There are thousands of
vacant and underused properties in Los Angeles, many
of which are located along commercial and industrial
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-256
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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corridors and are suspected to be contaminated. The
location of these properties makes their economic
potential very high. The Los Angeles Brownfields
Revitalization Fund and other sources of funding are
spurring increased redevelopment activity in the
Empowerment Zone. Environmental employers partici-
pating in the city's Brownfields Advisory Board have
described increasing needs for certified environmental
technicians.
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