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Toledo, OH
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
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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
The City of Toledo was selected to receive a job
training grant. A significant portion of Toledo
(population 370,579) is a federally designated
Enterprise Community (EC), which encompasses the
distressed neighborhoods this grant will focus on. The
EC contains the majority of brownfields in the city and
a significant percentage of the city's minority
populations. The average poverty rate of residents in the
EC is 25%, which is double the city's average poverty
rate. Brownfields redevelopment activities include a
city project to remediate a 125-acre former coal-fired
power generating plant, a plan to conduct lead
abatement in 400 homes in the EC, the upcoming $800
million renovation of 64 public school buildings, and
increased brownfields assessments and cleanups
resulting from the city's EPA grant awards. These
projects are expected to result in high demand for
skilled environmental workers, making the employment
outlook for graduates of the job training program very
promising.
Training Grant Fact Sheet
Job Training Grant
$150,000
EPA has selected the City of Toledo for a job
training grant. Toledo plans to train 80 students,
graduate and place 85% of program participants, and
track students for one year. The four-week, 160-hour
training program will be offered at Owens
Community College. The curriculum will include a
30-hour OSHA general industry course, 40-hour
HAZWOPER training and certification, Ohio's
asbestos abatement worker training and certification,
lead abatement training, and optional Commercial
Driver's License training. Students will be recruited
from Toledo neighborhoods with high concentrations
of unemployment and poverty. Placement in
environmental jobs will be facilitated through a job
fair with prospective employers and through the
services of the Owens Community College Job
Placement Office.
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/R5 Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Toledo, OH
(419) 936-3757
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.
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