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Brownfields Training, Research,
and Technical Assistance
Grant Fact Sheet
Hazardous Materials
Training and Research
Institute at Eastern Iowa
Community College
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.
EPA's Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical
Assistance grants provide funding to eligible
organizations to provide training, research, and technical
assistance to facilitate brownfields revitalization. These
grants will also provide research and technical assistance
to communities throughout the United States.
Organization Description
The Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute
(HMTRI) at Eastern Iowa Community College is an
environmental health and safety education and training
organization established in 1987. HMTRI promotes
environmental worker health and safety and the
maintenance of a clean and safe environment through
education and training. HMTRI offers and promotes
educational opportunities, partnerships, and training
programs related to brownfields cleanup and
redevelopment.
Project Description
HMTRI's Community Support, Networking, and
Assistance for Environmental Career Training
(CONNECT) Program will provide technical assistance,
information, and peer-to-peer networking to new,
existing, and prospective Environmental Workforce
Grantee:
Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute at
Eastern Iowa Community College
Topic Area:
Technical Assistance to Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grantees
Project Period:
2014-2019
Total Grant Award:
$988,975
Contact'
For further information about the Hazardous Materials
Training and Research Institute at Eastern Iowa
Community College and its brownfields technical
assistance activities, visit http://www.hmtri.com/. For
more information about this project, call 563-441-4081.
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: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields
or call 202-566- 2777.
* The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
the proposal for technical assistance; EPA cannot attest to
the accuracy of this information. The implementation plan
for the technical assistance has not yet been finalized.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
Development and Job Training grantees. HMTRI will
assist communities to build and expand their programs
through annual workforce development meetings,
professional learning communities, mentor links,
webinars, individualized technical assistance, the
Brownfields Job Development Toolbox and Trainers
Resource website, the grantee and community outreach
listserv, and other support services. The CONNECT
Program will contribute to the economic sustainability of
communities by providing employment to residents who
otherwise are likely to be unemployed or receiving public
assistance and linking graduates with on-going
environmental assessment and cleanup projects, as well
as wastewater treatment and other land restoration
projects; the social sustainability of communities by
providing residents a career path and meaningful work
that requires specialized training and certifications that
result in livable wages and career pathways; the
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-14-199
June 2014
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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environmental sustainability of communities by
establishing a local skilled workforce capable of
performing environmental remediation; and the public
health of communities by educating residents to identify
and reduce health and environmental threats posed by
contaminants at brownfields and other solid and
hazardous waste sites.
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