Brownfields 2017 Job Training Grant Fact Sheet
PathStone Corporation, Arecibo, Barceloneta and Manati, PR
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.
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training
grant funds are provided to nonprofit organizations and other
eligible entities to recruit, train, and place residents from solid
and hazardous waste-impacted communities, including
low-income and minority, unemployed, and underemployed
individuals. To date, EPA has funded 274 job training grants
totaling over $57 million through the Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training program. As of
May 2017, more than 16,300 individuals have completed
training, and of those, almost 12,000 have obtained
employment in the environmental field, an average starting
wage of over $14 an hour. This equates to a cumulative
placement rate of approximately 73% since the program was
created in 1998.
Job Training Grant
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the PathStone Corporation for an Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training grant. The PathStone
Corporation plans to train 55 students and place at least 40 graduates in
environmental jobs. The core training program includes 62 hours of
instruction in 40-hour HAZWOPER, pesticide safety worker protection
standard, and forklift driver training. An additional 122 hours of
instruction will be offered in courses on asbestos remediation, lead
abatement, asbestos inspector, heavy motor vehicle with hazmat
certification, and OSHA 10-hour construction safety. Participants who
complete the training program can earn a total of eight state or federal
certifications. The PathStone Corporation is targeting unemployed and
underemployed residents of the Municipalities of Arecibo, Barceloneta,
and Manati. Key partners include Toledo Engineering LLC, Vanguard
Caribe Inc., Central Industrial Services, Posada de Amor y Esperanze,
Gobiemo Municipal de Arecibo, Municipality of Manati, One Stop
Center M-D, AES International, Universidad Metropolitana,
GonzalezPR.net LLC, New Robles Driving School Inc., and Association
of Farmworker Opportunity Programs.
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 2 Brownfields Team
(212)637-3260
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-new-jersey-n
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Grant Recipient: PathStone Corporation, PR
(585)340-3365
Hie 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.
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