Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements

Brownfield sites are 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 objective of the Brownfields Job Training Program is to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities with the skills needed to obtain full-time, long term employment. This program promotes the facilitation of activities related to assessment, cleanup, or preparation of contaminated sites, including brownfields, for reuse, by building a local workforce with the skills needed to perform remediation work that is supportive of environmental protection and environmental health and safety. Underemployment is the condition in which people in a labor force are employed less than full-time or at jobs inconsistent with respect to their experience, training, or economic needs. Job Training Grants provide funding to individual nonprofits, local governments, and other eligible organizations to provide environmental training for residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted communities. Brownfields Job Training Coalition grants are designed for one �lead� eligible entity to partner with one or more eligible entities that do not have the capacity to apply for and manage their own EPA cooperative agreement and otherwise would not have access to Brownfields Grant resources. These grants allow eligible entities to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of solid and hazardous waste-impacted...

Applications will be accepted from either eligible entities as defined in CERCLA Section 104(k)(1) or eligible nonprofit organizations as defined in 2 CFR 200.1. Eligible governmental entities include a general purpose local unit of government; a land clearance authority or other quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a general purpose unit of government; a governmental entity created by a state legislature; a regional council or group of general purpose units of local government; a redevelopment agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a state; a state; a Federally recognized Indian Tribe other than in Alaska, an Alaskan Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation as those terms are defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 and following); and the Metlakatla Indian Community. Intertribal consortia, except consortia comprised of ineligible Alaskan tribes, are eligible to apply as well. Eligible nonprofit organizations include any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. Workforce Investment...

Fiscal year 2016: No content available. Fiscal year 2017: No content available. Fiscal year 2018: EPA awarded cooperative agreements to a variety of eligible entities and nonprofit organizations to provide local residents with the skills needed to gain employment in careers related to the assessment and cleanup of hazardous and solid waste sites, wastewater and stormwater management, Superfund site cleanup, emergency response,and chemical safety. These cooperative agreements included training and instruction in a variety of subjects, including: OSHA health and safety training, HAZWOPER and HAZMAT certification, lead and asbestos abatement, forklift operations, phytoremediation, mold remediation, site assessment, sampling, wastewater management, chemical safety, leaking underground storage tank removal, field investigation, instrumentation, and treatment technologies. Furthermore, these cooperative agreements provided job training programs the funds needed to perform recruitment and community outreach to unemployed residents impacted by contaminated sites. Fiscal year 2020: Information on the types of projects funded under this assistance listing can be found at:...