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            Canton, OH
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EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to train unemployed or underemployed
individuals to evaluate and clean up former industrial and
commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.

Community Description

The City of Canton was selected to receive a job training
grant. Located in northeast Ohio, Canton (population
78,319) has a history of heavy manufacturing. A number
of former industrial  sites are now brownfields. Several
residential neighborhoods have been affected by a plume
of contaminated groundwater and now require
groundwater monitoring. The city has an unemployment
rate greater than the county and state as a whole. The
program will train graduates for jobs at companies
working to address contamination, benefiting both
residents and the community. A recent labor market
assessment by the state found that the occupations with
the highest projected rate of increase were hazardous
materials removal workers, occupational health and safety
specialists, and supervisors and managers of construction
trades. Employers are enthusiastic about opportunities to
hire graduates from this program, as there is currently a
shortage of trained personnel for environmental jobs.
                                                    Job Training Grant
                                                    $444,004.00
                                                    EPA has selected the City of Canton for a job
                                                    training grant. Canton plans to train 105
                                                    participants, graduate 92 students, place at least
                                                    69 graduates in environmental jobs, and track
                                                    graduates for one year following employment.
                                                    The training program will consist of 232 hours, 14
                                                    college credits, and 30 weeks of classes.
                                                    Graduates will receive certifications in OSHA
                                                    10-hour health and safety training, HAZWOPER,
                                                    lead abatement, asbestos worker 32-hour training,
                                                    and sustainable green building technologies. The
                                                    primary trainers will  be instructors from the
                                                    Environmental Health and Safety Technology
                                                    program at Stark State College of Technology.
                                                    The city will work with over 12 private
                                                    environmental contractors 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
                                                    (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                                                    EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
                                                    (312)886-7576
                                                    EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                                                    (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                                                    Grant Recipient: City of Canton, Ohio
                                                    (330) 489-3330

                                                    The information presented in this fact sheet comes
                                                    from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
                                                    accuracy of this information. The cooperative
                                                    agreement for the grant has not yet been
                                                    negotiated. Therefore, activities described in this
                                                    fact sheet are subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
                               Solid Waste
                               and Emergency
                               Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-487
    August 2009

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