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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 the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board for
an Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant. The
Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board plans to train 28
students and place at least 22 graduates in environmental jobs. The core
training program includes 170 hours of instruction in 40-hour
HAZWOPER, OSHA 10-hour construction safety, commercial driver's
license (CDL)-class B, CDL air brakes, CDL hazardous materials
transport, CDL tanker truck operation, CDL hoisting and endorsement
testing, and backhoe/front end loader operation. Participants also will get
credit for an additional 38 hours for attending an environmental careers
fair, touring a wastewater treatment plant and the Department of Physical
Works facility, learning job site vocabulary and job seeking and
resiliency skills, getting physical exams, and undergoing drug testing.
Participants who complete the training program can earn one state and
six federal certifications. Hie Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment
Board is targeting low-income and minority residents of Lawrence. Key
partners include Centro de Apoyo Familiar, EnviroVantage,
Groundwork Lawrence, Lawrence Community Works, Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection, Merrimack Valley Planning
Commission, National Response Corporation, Teamsters Local Union
Number 25, TRC Environmental Solutions, Triumvirate Environmental,
and ValleyWorks Career Center.
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 1 Brownfields Team
(617)918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
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Grant Recipient: Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board, MA
(978) 682-7099 ext 7082
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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