Aug. 6
The U.S. EPA will make job training to help protect human health and the environment available to workers across America because of $6.8 million provided under the Stimulus Bill, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The money will train workers to clean up brownfields sites, which may be contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants, revitalizing the areas and putting the property to valuable use according to the EPA.
EPA’s brownfields program will award up to $500,000 each to governmental entities and non-profit organizations in 14 communities in 8 states. Funding will train residents living near brownfields sites in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Washington.
Information on brownfields job training grants and other EPA brownfields activities is available at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/eparecovery/index.htm
Contact Waste & Recycling News senior reporter Bruce Geiselman at 330-865-6172 or bgeiselman@crain.com
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