EPA Brownfields Job Training Grants:
Interested in Applying for Funding?
Here's what you need to know...
What Is EPA's Brownfields Program ? What Are Job Training Grants ?
Lakewood, Colorado
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's
(EPA's) Brownfields and
Land Revitalization
Program empowers
states, Tribal Nations,
communities, and other
stakeholders to build strong partnerships and local
capacity to assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfield sites. EPA provides technical and financial
assistance for brownfields activities that protect human
health and the environment, encourage sustainable reuse,
promote partnerships, strengthen locai economies, and
create jobs. By providing funds and technical assistance to
assess, cleanup, and plan for site reuse, EPA enables
communities to overcome
the environmental, legal,
and fiscal challenges
associated with
brownfields properties.
EPA's investments in
communities across the
Lakewood, Colorado
country help local leaders eliminate uncertainties, clean
up contaminated properties, and transform brownfield
sites into community assets.
Brownfields Job Training Grants provide funding for a
grant recipient to deliver trainings to unemployed and
under-employed residents from communities impacted by
brownfields. Students develop skills needed to secure full-
time employment in various aspects of hazardous and solid
waste management and within the larger environmental
field, including sustainable cleanup and reuse, and chemical
safety.
Funds may be used to offer trainings in:
~ Brownfields hazardous waste training
~ "Green Remediation" technologies
~ Green infrastructure and stormwater management
~ Emergency planning, preparedness, and response
training for emergencies leading to contamination
on brownfield sites
~ Enhanced environmental health and safety related
to site remediation
~ Energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies
~ Training in assessment, inventory, analysis, and
remediation of brownfield sites
~ Use of techniques and methods for cleanup of
hazardous substances
~ Awareness training in Environmental Stewardship and
Environmental Justice
~ Training in climate change mitigation and adaption
A brownfield isdefined as: 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. The Brownfields Law
further defines the term to include a site that is:
"contaminated by a controlled substance; con-
taminated by petroleum or a petroleum prod-
uct excluded from the definition of'hazardous
substance'; or mine-scarred land."
How Much Funding Is Available?
An applicant may request up to $500,000 in funding
to use for their environmental job training curriculum
development.
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Who Is Eligible To Apply For A
Job Training Grant?
Eligible entities include:
General Purpose Unit of Local Government.
Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-
governmental entity that operates under the supervision
and control of, or as an agent of, a general purpose unit
of local government.
Government Entity Created by State Legislature.
Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of
Local Government.
~ Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise
sanctioned by a state.
State.
Indian tribe other than in Alaska.
~ Alaska Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native
Village Corporation, and Metlakatla Indian Community.
~ Nonprofit organization; including, but not limited to,
organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code.
Public and nonprofit private institutions of higher
education.
How Long Is The Job Training Grant
Period?
The performance period for a Job Training Grant is up to
five years.
How Do I Apply For A Job Training
Grant?
Applicants submit an application through www.grants.gov.
Applications should be concise and well organized, and
must provide the information requested in the guidelines.
Applicants must demonstrate that they meet threshold
criteria requirements and must respond to evaluation
criteria. Factual information about your proposed project
and community must be provided.
Where Do I Find The Application
Guidelines?
Copies of the Application Guidelines can be
obtained from EPA's Brownfields Program website at
www.epa.gov/brownfields or from www.grants.gov.
What Is The Evaluation/Selection
Process?
Responses to threshold criteria are evaluated on a
pass/fail basis. If the application does not meet the
threshold criteria, the application will not be evaluated.
In limited circumstances, EPA may seek additional
information.
Brownfields Grants are awarded on a competitive basis.
Evaluation panels consisting of EPA staff and other federal
agency representatives assess how well the applications
meet the threshold and evaluation criteria outlined in the
Application Guidelines. The Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization will provide to the Selection Official a
ranking list of applicants to select based on the
application's final score, availability of funds, and as
appropriate, the other factors described in the Application
Guidelines.
Is Pre-Application Assistance
Available?
If resources permit, EPA Regions may conduct open
meetings with potential applicants. Check with your
regional office for date and location information. Your
regional Brownfields Program contacts can be found at
www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-contacts-epa-
regional-offices.
EPA can respond to questions from applicants about
threshold criteria. EPA staff cannot meet with appli-
cants to discuss draft applications or provide assistance
in responding to evaluation criteria.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Office of Land and
Emergency Management
(5105T)
EPA-560-F-22-302
August 2022
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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