The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced that workers across America will have the opportunity to receive job training to help protect human health and the environment. More than USD6.8 million provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will be invested to train workers to clean up “brownfields” sites, which may be contaminated by hazardous chemicals or pollutants, turning these rundown areas to revitalised, productive properties.
"The Recovery Act is not only helping train individuals for good jobs in their communities, it's helping them rebuild a lasting foundation for prosperity. With new skills in environmental clean up, these workers will begin restoring their communities into better places for businesses to invest and create jobs,” said EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “EPA is providing solutions in these challenging economic times, and making clear that protecting our health and our environment is a great way to rebuild our economy.”
EPA’s Brownfields Programme will award up to USD500,000 each to governmental entities and non-profit organisations in 14 communities in eight states. Funding provided by the Recovery Act will help train residents living near brownfields sites in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Washington.
Since 1998, EPA has awarded more than USD25 million in brownfields job training funds. EPA established the Brownfields Job Training Programme to help residents take advantage of jobs created by the assessment, as well as to spur cleanup and sustainable reuse of brownfields sites and to ensure that the economic benefits derived from brownfields redevelopment remain in the affected communities.
Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalisation Act (Brownfields Law) was passed. The Brownfields Law expanded the definition of what is considered a brownfield, so communities may now focus on mine-scarred lands or sites contaminated by petroleum or the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs. EPA’s Brownfields Programme encourages redevelopment of America’s estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites.
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009, and has directed that the Recovery Act be implemented with unprecedented transparency and accountability.
"The Recovery Act is not only helping train individuals for good jobs in their communities, it's helping them rebuild a lasting foundation for prosperity. With new skills in environmental clean up, these workers will begin restoring their communities into better places for businesses to invest and create jobs,” said EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “EPA is providing solutions in these challenging economic times, and making clear that protecting our health and our environment is a great way to rebuild our economy.”
EPA’s Brownfields Programme will award up to USD500,000 each to governmental entities and non-profit organisations in 14 communities in eight states. Funding provided by the Recovery Act will help train residents living near brownfields sites in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Washington.
Since 1998, EPA has awarded more than USD25 million in brownfields job training funds. EPA established the Brownfields Job Training Programme to help residents take advantage of jobs created by the assessment, as well as to spur cleanup and sustainable reuse of brownfields sites and to ensure that the economic benefits derived from brownfields redevelopment remain in the affected communities.
Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalisation Act (Brownfields Law) was passed. The Brownfields Law expanded the definition of what is considered a brownfield, so communities may now focus on mine-scarred lands or sites contaminated by petroleum or the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs. EPA’s Brownfields Programme encourages redevelopment of America’s estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites.
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009, and has directed that the Recovery Act be implemented with unprecedented transparency and accountability.
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