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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. 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 Santa Fe Community College for an Environmental
Workforce Development and Job Training grant. Santa Fe Community
College plans to train 69 students and place at least 51 graduates in
environmental jobs. The core training program includes 164 hours of
instruction in 40-hour E1AZWOPER, hazardous waste management,
solid waste management, CPR/first aid, OSE1A 30-hour, Phase I and II
environmental site assessments, forklift operator, environmental
sampling, confined space entry, mold remediation, asbestos awareness,
and DOT hazmat. Participants who complete the training program will
earn 12 state or federal certifications. Santa Fe Community College is
targeting rural Native Americans, veterans, and disconnected youth in the
Counties of Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Taos. Key partners include
Coordinated Vision LLC, Northern New Mexico College, New Mexico
Branch of the Association of General Contractors, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Santa Fe YouthWorks, SER Jobs for Progress, New Mexico
Workforce Connection, Northern Area Local Workforce Development
Board, and Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council Office of
Environmental and Technical Assistance.
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 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-8358
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/epa-regi
on-6-south-central-brownfields )
Grant Recipient: Santa Fe Community College, NM
(505)428-1811
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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