^ Brownfields 2010 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
King County, WA
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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this 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.
Additionally, funding support is provided to state and
tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
King County was selected to receive a job training grant.
Located in northwest Washington, King County
(population 1,808,000) includes the City of Seattle. Thirty
percent of county residents are minorities, and nearly 22
percent are classified as low-income. The county will
focus its job training program on underemployed and
unemployed adult residents living near the
Duwamish/Tukwila Manufacturing and Industrial Center
(MIC) neighborhood. The Duwamish/Tukwila MIC has
the greatest concentration of brownfields in the state and
has a significant number of low-income residents. In the
target neighborhood, almost 50 percent of residents are
minorities. Labor market assessments indicate a growing
demand for green jobs and a large number of companies
who need employees with environmental cleanup skills.
Job Training Grant
$200,000
EPA has selected King County for a job training
grant. King County plans to train 75 students,
place 62 graduates in environmental jobs, and
track graduates for one year. The training program
will consist of eight 238-hour training cycles.
Trainees will receive certifications in 40-hour
HAZWOPER, lockout/tagout, industrial spill
response, confined space entry, lead and asbestos
abatement, and OSHA construction readiness.
Participants also will receive instruction in
industrial hygiene, fall protection/fall arrest, blood
borne pathogens, energy auditing, and
weatherization. Primary trainers will be instructors
at RGA Environmental and the Safety Training
Institute at South Seattle Community College.
Students will be recruited from among
unemployed and underemployed residents of the
county, with an emphasis on the
Duwamish/Tukwila Manufacturing and Industrial
Center neighborhood. King County will work with
county agencies and community-based
organizations 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 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: King County,WA
(206) 263-9022
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-10-254
April 2010
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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-10-254
April 2010
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