[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44344-44345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21341]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7041-4]


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 October 19, 2001. The application period will close 
October 19, 2001 and the Agency intends to competitively select ten 
Pilots by December 2001. All funding will be contingent upon 
availability of appropriated funds.

DATES: This action is effective as of August 23, 2001. All proposals 
must be received by October 19, 2001.

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 Call Center at 1-
800-424-9346 (TDD for the hearing impaired at 1-800-553-7672). Copies 
of the job training guidelines will be mailed upon request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA's Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, Myra Blakely, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, 
(202) 260-4527 or Doris Thompson at (202) 260-4483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Brownfields Job Training and

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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 treatment 
technology.
    EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental 
Job Training and Development pilots by the end of December 2001. Pilot 
applicants must be located within or near one of the 399 pre-2002 
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 October 19, 2001.
    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.

    Dated: August 10, 2001.
Ann McDonough,
Associate Director, Outreach and Special Projects Staff, Office of 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. 01-21341 Filed 8-22-01; 8:45 am]
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