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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Cincinnati, OH
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 City of Cincinnati was selected to receive a job
training grant. Cincinnati (population 308,728), a port
city on the Ohio River, and Hamilton County (popula-
tion 806,652) will be served by this grant. In the past
Job Training Grant
$171,250
EPA has selected the City of Cincinnati for a job
training grant. Cincinnati plans to train 60 stu-
dents, place 45 graduates in environmental
careers, and track students for one year. The
training program, which will provide 246 hours of
instruction and hands-on training, includes
HAZWOPER, lead and asbestos abatement
certification classes, and courses on OSHA
construction outreach, mold remediation, and
brownfields advanced technologies training.
Cincinnati USA Super Jobs and several commu-
nity agencies will recruit students from
brownfields-affected areas of the city and county.
Primary trainers will be the International Chemi-
cal Workers Union Council's Center for Worker
Health and Safety Education and the University
of Cincinnati. With assistance from the local Port
Authority, the applicant will work with its existing
network of potential employers to place graduates
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 5 Brownfields Team
312-886-4747
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Cincinnati, OH
513-352-1947
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
five decades, Cincinnati's population has declined by
more than 35 percent, due in part to an outward
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-257
November 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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migration of residents seeking employment in the
suburbs or other metropolitan areas. This population
loss and the associated decline in local industry have
left the city and county with numerous abandoned or
underused properties. These brownfields continue to
plague the low-income, ethnic minority, or otherwise
marginalized communities in Cincinnati and Hamilton
County. Nine of Cincinnati's communities have been
designated as federal Empowerment Zones, and the
city's poverty and unemployment rates are 25 percent
and 6 percent, respectively. Several large redevelop-
ment projects have increased the need for trained
environmental technicians. In a recent survey of local
environmental employers, the vast majority of respon-
dents indicated a strong need for skilled environmental
workers.
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