[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62200-62201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29896]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6476-2]


Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability 
Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 311(b)(9)(A), CERCLA Section 
311(b)(3); Announcement of Competition for EPA's Brownfields Job 
Training and Development Demonstration Pilots

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency will begin accepting 
applications for Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration 
Pilots through March 3, 2000. The application period will close March 
3, 2000 and the Agency intends to competitively select ten Pilots by 
May, 2000.

DATES: This action is effective November 16, 1999. All proposals must 
be received by March 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested applicants must submit a response to the 
Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilot 
Guidelines. Job training guidelines can be obtained via the Internet: 
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/, or by calling the Superfund Hotline at 
1-800-424-9346 (TDD for the hearing impaired at 1-800-553-7672).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA's Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, Myra Blakely, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, 
(202) 260-4527 or Nancy Wilson at (202) 260-1910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brownfields Job Training and Development 
Demonstration Pilots will each be funded up to $200,000 over two-years. 
These funds are to be used to bring together community groups, job 
training organizations, employers, investors, lenders, developers, and 
other affected parties to address the issue of providing training for 
residents in communities impacted by brownfields. The goals of the 
pilots are to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with 
hazardous substances and prepare the trainees for future employment in 
the environmental field. The pilot projects must prepare trainees in 
activities that can be usefully applied to a cleanup employing an 
alternative or innovative technology.
    EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental 
Job Training and Development pilots by the end of May 2000. Pilot 
applicants must be located within or near one of the 307 pre-2000 
brownfields assessment pilot communities. Colleges, universities, non-
profit training centers, community-based job training organizations, 
states, cities, towns, counties, U.S. Territories, and Federally 
recognized Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for funds. EPA welcomes 
and encourages applications from coalitions of such entities, but a 
single eligible entity must be identified as the legal recipient. 
Entities with experience in providing environmental job training and 
placement programs are invited to apply. The deadline for applications 
is March 3, 2000.
    EPA's Brownfields Initiative is an organized commitment to help 
communities revitalize abandoned contaminated properties, and to 
thereby eliminate potential health risks and restore economic vitality 
to areas where these properties exist. EPA defines brownfields as 
abandoned, idled or under-used industrial and commercial facilities 
where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived 
environmental contamination.

Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
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Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and 
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not 
a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

    Dated: October 26, 1999.
Linda Garczynski,
Director, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, Office of Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 99-29896 Filed 11-15-99; 8:45 am]
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