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Brownfields 2007
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 target
residents of Los Angeles' federally designated Empow-
erment Zone (population 221,595) and Urban Renewal
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected the Los Angeles Conservation
Corps (LACC) for a job training grant. LACC
plans to train 60 individuals, place 48 in environ-
mental remediation jobs, and track graduates for
one year. The training program will consist of 230
hours of course work, including HAZWOPER,
lead and asbestos abatement, and training in
environmental technologies and Cal-OSHA
industry standards. LACC and North Orange
County Community College District will provide
most of the training. Local WorkSource Centers
and the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Social Services will recruit trainees from
the City of Los Angeles' Empowerment Zone.
LACC will work with local WorkSource Centers
and prospective employers on the Brownfields
Advisory Board to place graduates in environ-
mental 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3270 or 213-244-1821
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.
Community, with a particular focus on the communities
of Pacoima, Wilmington, and South Central Los
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-262
November 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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Angeles. The poverty and unemployment rates for the
census tracts that make up the Empowerment Zone
are 41 percent and 19 percent, respectively. There are
thousands of potentially contaminated vacant and
underused properties in Los Angeles, many of which
are located along commercial and industrial corridors.
The location of these properties makes their economic
potential very high. Three of the city's major
brownfields redevelopment sites—the Crown Coach
site, the Goodyear Tract site, and the Wilmington
Industrial Park site—are located in the targeted
recruitment area. These sites are in the early stages of
redevelopment, and together with numerous additional
sites that have yet to be addressed, will ensure a
continued demand for employees trained in environ-
mental cleanup.
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