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City of Richmond, CA
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 City of Richmond for an Environmental Workforce
Development and Job Training grant. The City of Richmond plans to
train 51 students and place at least 45 graduates in environmental jobs.
Hie core training program includes 286 hours of instruction in 40-hour
HAZWOPER, asbestos abatement, lead abatement, confined space entry,
OSHA 10-hour construction safety, emergency response, solar
technology, refinery safety, and a pre-apprenticeship in construction.
Participants who complete the training program will earn two state and
four federal certifications. The City of Richmond is targeting
low-income, unemployed, and underemployed residents of Richmond.
Key partners include the Richmond Housing Authority, Cenergy Power,
Marin Clean Energy, Net Electric Inc., IQ Personnel Environmental
Staffing, Literacy of Every Adult Program, Laborers' Community
Service and Training Foundation, and Richmond Workforce
Development Board.
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 9 Brownfields Team
(213)244-1821
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-california-a rizona-nevada-and-hawaii)
Grant Recipient: City of Richmond, CA
(510)307-8009
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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