**December 15, 1998**

***FY 1998 Accomplishments and Highlights:***

***NIEHS/EPA Superfund Worker Training Program***

**Submitted by the**

**National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences**

**Division of Extramural Research and Training**

**Worker Education and Training Program**

**Research Triangle Park, NC**

**[Table of Contents]{.underline}**

1 Introduction [1](#introduction)

2 1998 Program Highlights [2](#fy-1998-program-highlights)

2.1 Continuation of the peer-reviewed Worker Training awards for
training of hazardous waste workers, emergency responders and minority
workers
[2](#continuation-of-the-peer-reviewed-worker-training-awards-for-training-of-hazardous-waste-workers-emergency-responders-and-minority-workers)

2.2 Minority Worker Training Program Development
[4](#minority-worker-training-program-development)

2.3 Continued expansion of national training opportunities to
under-served, low literate and non-English-speaking populations
[9](#continued-expansion-of-national-training-opportunities-to-under-served-low-literate-and-non-english-speaking-populations)

2.4 Completion of National Labor Market Study of Brownfields Remediation
[10](#completion-of-national-labor-market-study-of-brownfields-remediation)

2.5 Publication of \"Resource Guide for Evaluating Worker Training: A
Focus on Safety and Health\"
[10](#publication-of-resource-guide-for-evaluating-worker-training-a-focus-on-safety-and-health)

2.6 Continued operation and support for a national clearinghouse on
hazardous waste worker training
[11](#continued-operation-and-support-for-a-national-clearinghouse-on-hazardous-waste-worker-training)

2.7 Trainee Environmental Job Tracking Initiative
[12](#trainee-environmental-job-tracking-initiative)

2.8 Worker Trainer Programs: Guidelines for Success in hazardous waste
operations and emergency response
[13](#worker-trainer-programs-guidelines-for-success-in-hazardous-waste-operations-and-emergency-response)

2.9 Summary of the Environmental Job Training Summit in New Orleans, LA
[14](#summary-of-the-environmental-job-training-summit-in-new-orleans-la)

2.10 The Brownfields National Partnership Agenda
[14](#the-brownfields-national-partnership-agenda)

2.11 EPA Regional and Local Coordination
[15](#epa-regional-and-local-coordination)

3 Program Update for FY 1999 EPA-supported Worker Training Activities
[15](#program-update-for-fy-1999-epa-supported-worker-training-activities)

3.1 Continuation Applications [15](#continuation-applications)

3.2 Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program (BMWTP)
[16](#brownfields-minority-worker-training-program-bmwtp)

3.3 Conference on Workplace Safety & Health Training
[16](#conference-on-workplace-safety-health-training)

3.4 Guidelines for Training in Support of Workplace Safety and Health
Programs
[17](#guidelines-for-training-in-support-of-workplace-safety-and-health-programs)

3.5 Technical Workshop on Virtual Safety and Health Training
[18](#technical-workshop-on-virtual-safety-and-health-training)

3.6 RFA Development Process
[18](#request-for-applications-rfa-development-process)

4 Conclusion [19](#conclusion)

**[List of Appendices]{.underline}**

Appendix 1: Eleven-Year Summary [20](#appendix-1-eleven-year-summary)

Appendix 2: FY 97 Funding [21](#appendix-2-fy-97-funding)

Appendix 3: Course Data by EPA Region
[22](#appendix-3-course-data-by-epa-region)

Appendix 4: Total Training by NIEHS Awardee
[23](#appendix-4-total-training-by-niehs-awardee)

Appendix 5: Target Populations [24](#appendix-5-target-populations)

Appendix 6: Third Year Summary of Type and Number of Courses
[25](#appendix-6-third-year-summary-of-type-and-number-of-courses)

Appendix 7: Demographics [26](#appendix-7-demographics)

Appendix 8: Three-Year Summary of Training
[26](#appendix-8-three-year-summary-of-training)

Appendix 9: Three-Year Summary of Training per Awardee
[27](#appendix-9-three-year-summary-of-training-per-awardee)

Appendix 10: Three-Year Summary of Employment per Awardee
[28](#appendix-10-three-year-summary-of-employment-per-awardee)

Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative
[29](#appendix-11-superfund-jobs-training-initiative)

Appendix 12: Samples of Awardee Job Tracking Pilots
[35](#appendix-12-samples-of-awardee-job-tracking-pilots)

Appendix 13: FY 98 Funding [43](#appendix-13-fy-98-funding)

Appendix 14: Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program Fact Sheets
[44](#appendix-14-brownfields-minority-worker-training-program-fact-sheets)

**December 15, 1998**

**FY 1998 Accomplishments and Highlights:**

**NIEHS/EPA Superfund Worker Training Program**

# Introduction

Since the initiation of the Superfund Worker Training Grants Program in
1987, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
has developed a strong network of non-profit organizations that are
committed to protecting workers and their communities by delivering
high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curriculum to target
populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders.

The Worker Training Program was originally authorized for five years (FY
87-91) by Congress with the passage of Section 126 of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). The program is
administered by NIEHS through an interagency agreement with EPA. During
October 1990, Congress reauthorized the Superfund program for an
additional three years (FY 92-94), which included an authorization of
\$20 million per year for the NIEHS Worker Training Program. For FY 96,
Congress provided \$18.5 million for the NIEHS Worker Training Program.
EPA separately transferred \$2 million to support the continuation of an
initiative for pilot project to train minority young adults for careers
in the environmental restoration industry.

Through the encouragement of multi-state, university-based consortiums
and the development of national non-profit organizations which have
focused on specific workforce sectors, this NIEHS program has
established technically-proficient curriculum materials and
quality-controlled course presentations. These courses have been
delivered to hazardous waste workers and emergency responders in every
region of the country and have established new national benchmarks for
quality worker safety and health training. The program also has
represented a major prevention education activity for NIEHS as technical
scientific and basic research information is delivered to target
populations with high-risk toxic exposures.

During the first eleven years of the Superfund Worker Training Program
(FY 87-98), the NIEHS has successfully supported twenty primary
awardees. These represent over ninety different institutions who have
trained over 730,000 workers across the country and presented nearly
38,000 classroom and hands-on training courses, which have accounted for
over 11.0 million contact hours of actual training (See Appendix 1).

Through an Interagency Agreement, NIEHS received \$21,456,455 from the
FY 97 EPA appropriations, which provided funding to NIEHS awardees
during the past year (FY 98). Approximately nineteen million two hundred
thousand dollars of the FY 97 funds were allocated to continue support
of the Superfund Worker Training Program to train hazardous waste
workers and emergency responders. One Million two hundred thousand
dollars of the FY 97 funds were allocated to continue support for the
Minority Worker Training Program (MWTP) with \$256,589 to support
Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (Super JTI) activities, which
provided additional funding to NIEHS MWTP awardees. As a result of the
Interagency Agreements, NIEHS awarded three programs (See Appendix 2):

-   17 EPA/HWWT awardees received awards totaling \$19,194,866

-   6 EPA/MWT awardees received awards totaling \$1,200,000

-   2 Super JTI awardees received awards totaling \$256,589

During the past year (FY 98), training delivery has been carried out in
all regions of the country to all relevant target populations regulated
under 29 CFR 1910.120 (See Appendix 3). The seventeen primary worker
training awardees, in conjunction with over seventy collaborating
institutions, have delivered 4,810 courses, reaching 84,261 workers,
which account for 1,090,790 contact hours of health and safety training.
This training ranges from 4 hour refresher programs through more complex
train-the-trainer courses lasting up to 120 hours in duration (See
Appendix 4). Between September 1, 1997 and August 31, 1998, 54% of the
training has been focused on delivering CERCLA cleanup worker training.
This comprises 34,537 workers who received 80 hour training, basic 40
hour training or 4-8 hour refresher courses out of the annual total of
workers reached by the program (See Appendix 5).

# FY 1998 Program Highlights

During FY 98, (September 1, 1997 -- August 31, 1998) major program
accomplishments of the Superfund Worker Training Program include:

## Continuation of the peer-reviewed Worker Training awards for training of hazardous waste workers, emergency responders and minority workers 

##  {#section .unnumbered}

After the completion of the third program year on the projected five
year long cooperative agreements to support worker training activities,
17 organizations submitted progress reports, training data and budget
requests and training plans on July 1, 1997. Budget adjustments in the
proposed funding plan were based on the training needs of high-risk
populations, national geographic coverage in training availability and
the published program priorities for training support. Awards were made
on September 1, 1997 for each of the programs supported with EPA
Superfund resources.

Highlights of the training activities carried out by the NIEHS/EPA
Worker Training awardees include:

######### United Auto Workers Union {#united-auto-workers-union .unnumbered}

As a result of one Health & Safety Representative's training received at
this year's United Auto Workers refresher program, a site visit and
walkaround were requested at ITT Automotive, UAW Local 1686, in New
Lexington, OH. The walkaround indicated needs for improvement in
Emergency Response capabilities at the plant, such as purchase of new
response equipment (SCBAs and other PPE), and especially a need for
training for all plant employees in Emergency Response Awareness, and
for a smaller group of workers for Operations Level IER training. An IER
Awareness Level program has been completed with 700 attendees.

######### University of Cincinnati {#university-of-cincinnati .unnumbered}

A trainee of the NIEHS-supported Midwest Consortium reported that a
major warehouse operation had an early morning fire at one of their
facilities late last fall. First-on-the scene was their Facility
Maintenance Chief who had completed emergency response training provided
by the Midwest Consortium during the previous summer. He grabbed his
response kit and briefed each arriving municipal response team on the
physical layout of the facility to include the locations of hazardous
materials, confined spaces, process system control points, and
evacuation routes. He said it was his emergency response training that
taught him the importance of emergency response planning and saved his
company from losing a multi-million dollar facility. Local municipal
responders credited his detailed knowledge of the potential hazards in
his facility with enabling them to react quickly and effectively in
bringing the situation under control.

**[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]{.underline}**

In a summary report covering over 10,000 trainees for the past year,
UMDNJ reports that in written examinations administered in several
training courses, sixty five percent of trainees passed the written exam
with a score of 80% or higher; 85% passed with a score of 70% or higher.
NIEHS guidelines call for proficiency assessment of trainees, which can
include a combination of written and demonstrated items. Proficiency
assessment includes a skills demonstration against a checklist of
procedures for equipment handling and mock decontamination, as well as
skills related to specific target audiences. In additional follow-up
course surveys, ninety one percent of trainees responded by stating that
the course objectives were completely met and 96% believed the level of
technical instruction they received was on target.

######### George Meany Center for Labor Studies {#george-meany-center-for-labor-studies .unnumbered}

George Meany Center for Labor Studies, eight rail unions, the AFL-CIO
Department of Occupational Safety and Health, and the AFL-CIO
Transportation Trades Department has developed training program for rail
workers involved in the transportation of hazardous materials and
hazardous waste. This year, their Union Pacific peer instructors trained
over 2,300 rail workers responsible for car inspection, car repair and
wrecking activities. The eight-hour training addresses the objectives
required by OSHA 1910.120(q)(6)(I) for the awareness level and DOT in 49
CFR 172, Subpart H, for awareness, safety and function-specific
training.

**[DePaul University]{.underline}**

Because of the specific hazards at the Dial Tool Company in the northern
suburbs of Chicago, DePaul University/OAI offered a course in Hazardous
Materials Awareness and a Lock-out/Tag-out class. The students reacted
very well to the courses, and after the training the safety director
noted that their employees now clearly understood how to read and
interpret the MSDS's for the products at the site. The company has
implemented a hazardous materials response team to evaluate any
accidents and handle them, if they can do so safely. Since the training,
there has been only one situation that necessitated emergency response,
which was a partial degreaser shutdown with trichloroethylene.

**[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]{.underline}**

Six-months post course, the UMDNJ administered a follow-up mail survey
to a sample of 210 trainees from all training agencies in New York and
New jersey, comprising three major target audiences: hazardous waste
site workers, RCRA-TSD workers and emergency responders. Among hazardous
waste site and RCRA-TSD workers, 89% were currently employed, 51% had
conducted work at a site since the training, of these 35% were currently
working at a site. Additionally, an average of 18 hours was spent per
week at hazardous waste or RCRA/TSD sites. Emergency responders reported
responding to an average of 6 hazardous materials incidents since their
most recent training.

**[Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund]{.underline}**

The Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation recently remarked on
NIEHS-supported training at the Times Beach Superfund Site: \"During the
period of performance for our project, hundreds of Laborers were
employed by our numerous subcontractors. These Laborers supported
various remediation actions that required the implementation and
application of a high level of training including, but not limited to,
relevant OSHA training and the skills and knowledge required to work in
various levels of protection. We could not have achieved success without
them Laborers-AGC."

## Minority Worker Training Program Development

Our joint efforts with EPA to support Minority Worker Training for
inner-city young adults are preparing them for career-path jobs related
to environmental cleanups. The Program, at the completion of its third
year, has recruited and successfully trained 918 minority young adults
in worker health and safety training for environmental cleanup. The six
programs target twelve urban cities including New York City, NY;
Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; New Orleans, LA; Memphis,
TN; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, Oakland, and San
Francisco, CA; and Cleveland, OH. For the period of September 1, 1997 to
August 31, 1998, 240 students were trained with 160 courses given
representing 146,053 contact hours. There were 20 different training
courses/subjects (See Appendix 6). Even with the reduction in the budget
this year to 1 million, the awardees were able to provide quality
training. During the first three years, the program focused on
developing and testing of curriculum, refining training plans and
adapting to the challenges and difficulties in running job-training
programs.

[Demographics and Placement Data]{.underline}

The progress reports indicate successful completion and job placement of
graduates of the program. Of the 240 students that completed training
this budget period, 156 are currently employed. This represents a 64%
job placement rate for all programs. The 64% employment is consistent
with the overall employment rate of 65% since 1995. The jobs range from
environmental, general construction, hazardous waste including lead and
asbestos. It is anticipated that by 1999 follow up data will indicate an
increase in the placement rate to 80%. This has been the trend from
previous years of the program. For example, the UMDNJ program has
indicated the 80% placement rate as an average after three years of
their program. The demographics for this training population are found
in Appendix 7. There were 84 percent African American; 14 percent
Hispanic; 1 percent Pacific Islanders and 1 percent Asian students.
There were 80 percent males and 20 percent females. (See Appendices 8, 9
and 10 for detailed information on student employment).

Program Changes and Accomplishments

Several programs developed and refined their training plans to focus on
reoccurring concerns such as high student drop out and lack of
information on job availability. The development and institution of
mentoring by former graduates of the program has been extremely
successful in increasing the number of individuals applying for the
program and increasing student retention. For example, CAU hired several
graduates to initiate focus groups of current trainees to discuss
concerns and develop strategies to succeed in the environmental
industry. Other programs developed other ways to describe their measures
of success other than job placement status of trainees. Individual
program accomplishments are profiled below.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

The most extensive data on employment has been collected from the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Their
current job employment data indicate that of the 25 trained, 18 are
employed. Specifically 9 trainees employed in environmental jobs and 9
trainees in construction jobs. The UMDNJ submitted two reports that
highlight significant achievements and improvement in their program. The
first, a job placement report covering two years of training graduates
which demonstrates significant impact on job placement and longevity. A
second report demonstrated significant improvements in student
retention, reductions in tardiness and absences, and a record graduation
rate of more than 80%. This data represents information UMDNJ has
gathered on trainees systematically over the course of their employment
histories that includes placement, employer, wage, duration of
employment, SIC code, job title, relationship to environmental cleanup
and assessment and whether the employee is represented by a union. The
results of their reports indicate the following

-   Wages earned by trainee's equal or exceed the total costs of their
    training.

-   There are significant improvements in student retention, reductions
    in tardiness and absences, and a record graduation rate of more than
    80%.

-   The successful UMDNJ program has expanded by receiving additional
    funds for more training programs using the NIEHS model.

    [Wages and Income]{.underline}

UMDNJ graduates (1995-1997) earned an average hourly wage of \$11.03
before benefits. Graduates in 1995-96 and 1996-97 of UMDNJ program have
earned significant incomes since graduation. The earliest graduates
earned a median income of \$17,215, before benefits, with a maximum of
\$44,315. More recent graduates (on the job market since July 1997 to
November 1997) have earned a mean income of \$5,212, with the highest
already earning \$11,477. Since graduation of both programs, the
students have earned a combined pre-benefit total of \$385,606, about
the total award for a single year of training to the UMDNJ consortium.
Estimating approximately \$200,000 in benefits earned by students, the
amount earned back by students has about equaled the total cost of
training for both cycles.

Student Retention

To address the low student retention program, UMDNJ made extensive
changes in recruitment and screening of students. The highlight of this
effort was a three-day intensive try-out at which students were
systematically evaluated for their participation, dynamics in-groups,
attitudes, drive and ability to perform in classroom and shop
(construction) setting.

Program Expansion

UMDNJ due to the achievement of the NIEHS program were successful in
acquiring new sources of supplemental support for training additional
students. These two contracts are for Empowerment-Zone related training
of young people in the South Bronx and in Northern Manhattan. The first
program funded by the US Department of Labor, supports UMDNJ in
partnership with FEGS, a job development program in the South Bronx.
This program will train 75 young residents of two public housing
developments over the next three years. An additional program in
Northern Manhattan through an agreement with the New York City Housing
Authority (NYCHA) will train 50 people in the next three years who are
residents of NYCHA owned property. While not supported by NIEHS funding,
the model developed by UMDNJ in the NIEHS-MWT will be followed.

DePaul University

DePaul's current training, and employment centered on twenty-two (22)
ethnic minority inner-city residents from communities in Granite City,
Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. These trainees successfully participated
in and completed dynamic critical thinking skills development, life
support skills development, job readiness, and environmental technician
training to acquire jobs and enter into careers in the environmental
remediation industry. Of the 22 trained, 21 are currently employed in
the environmental industry. The program has continued to improve their
training by focusing on a highly successful learning tool called
Cognitive Education: The Integration of Feuerstein's Instrumental
Enrichment (FIE) and Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) in conjunction
with the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response and
Lead-based Paint Abatement Worker Training.

The course content of environmental technician training comprises a set
of subject matter elements, hands-on demonstrations, and field
operations. The subject matter elements uniquely lend themselves to
cognitive linkage with the principles that are introduced in FIE
exercises, mediating application of these principles, enhancing the
cognitive functions, and promoting higher order, interdisciplinary, and
analytic thinking. Professor Reuven Feuerstein developed Instrumental
Enrichment in the 1950's which has been used in 70 countries as a tool
for the enhancement of learning potential in specially challenged
individuals and those in high-risk environments. Specifically, the major
outcome attributed to this training is the increased retention rate of
students. Some of the other outcomes are:

-   Help students reduce or eliminate impulsive behavior and their
    trial-and-error approach to life;

-   Help students develop within themselves the intrinsic motivation to
    become proactive learners, and critical, independent thinkers;

-   Provide students with the facility to engage in creative thinking
    and problem solving when dealing with job related, individual,
    family, and community challenges;

-   Bring about motivational and attitudinal changes in students'
    approach to reality by encouraging their application of perceptual
    processes to develop cognitive strategies for addressing career
    development and a broad array of situations in life; and,

-   Enhance their self-esteem and build their feelings of competence and
    independence.

    Clark Atlanta University

This consortium is a collaborative effort between Clark Atlanta
University (CAU), Xavier University (XU) and the Laborers-AGC Education
and Training Fund. Of the 35 students in the program, 24 are employed.
In addition to the great placement record, CAU acquired a job
development/placement specialist during this period that has been
instrumental to their program. The placement specialist developed a
MWTP - Employment Handbook. The handbook included the following
information: "Things to Remember" when looking for a job, listing of
environmental/construction contractors, and current listing of job
openings. In addition, Career Days were hosted on the campuses of XU and
CAU. This provided an opportunity for potential employers to meet
program graduates and share additional information concerning their
companies and description of jobs in the construction and environmental
industry. The most beneficial aspect of career days hosted on campus was
that students were able to apply directly for jobs with the employers.
Therefore, program participants did not have to travel to remote areas
to complete hire packets for employment. This process allowed many
program participants to go directly to work.

Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund

Since 1995 Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund (Laborers-AGC) has
successfully trained 123 minority youth through their program at San
Francisco State University and Cuyahoga Community College. The third
year, Laborers-AGC trained 32 students with 28 students employed. The
wages range from \$8/hr to \$47/hr with an average wage of \$16. This is
one of the most diverse programs with recruitment of individuals at 16 %
Hispanics, 3 % Asian/Filipino and 81 % African American. This is due in
part to the diversity of its consortium members. The members represent
several ethnic organizations including Chinese for Affirmative Action,
Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, Young Community Developers and Mission
Hiring Hall. This year, in both locations, the Laborers-AGC was highly
successful in placing students in environmental jobs. Another success
for the Laborers is their ability to encourage students to enroll in
degree programs. For instance, the Cuyahoga Community College component
reports 20% enrollment of graduates in degree programs.

Carpenters Health and Safety Fund

The Carpenters Health and Safety Fund (UBC) has formed a consortium
including the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades
(IBPAT) and other Building and Construction Trades Unions. The UBC, the
largest program, implemented training in five cities; Los Angeles, CA;
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; New Orleans, LA; Baltimore, MD; and Oakland,
CA. The UBC trained 126 students with 63 employed with ongoing efforts
for job placement of the remaining students. All programs provided life
skills training, GED training and/or remedial reading and math, as well
as construction pre-apprenticeship skills and environmental worker
training courses. The program added another training site, the Cypress
Mandela Training Center in West Oakland, CA with excellent results. The
Mandela Center placed 11 of their first class of 18 students in jobs
performing construction work in the East Bay area involving the
dismantling of buildings and/or demolition of structures prior to
reconstruction. These properties contained both lead and asbestos. The
amount of work currently underway is far greater than the available
manpower. Because Cypress Mandela has been working closely with the Bay
Area Carpenters District Council that relationship has enabled the
transition from training to employment for a significant number of
minorities. Additionally, established working relationships with other
Construction and Building Trades unions offer even greater opportunities
for the program graduates.

Superfund Jobs Training Initiative

The Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (Super JTI), a project of the
Office of Community Involvement for the EPA Superfund Program, has
partnered with the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program to
provide additional training to residents around Superfund Sites across
the country. This initiative is similar to the MWTP therefore
collaboration has been beneficial for both EPA and NIEHS with the
beneficiaries being the residents receiving training and jobs under this
partnership. Since the partnership began in 1996, approximately 50
students from 3 different communities have been trained.

Under the Super JTI, supplemental funds were used to provide recruitment
and training to residents of 4 sites. Those sites are Agriculture Street
Landfill Site, New Orleans, LA; NL Taracorp Site, Granite City, IL; East
Palo Alto, CA site and the AT&SF Site, Albuquerque, NM. The NL Taracorp
Site training this year was very successful with the completion of
training of 16 students. Of the 16 students, 15 students are employed.
The Agriculture Street Site, under the direction of the CAU consortium
with Xavier University and the Laborers, has trained 5 young men. All 5
completed all facets of basic skills and technical training. There are 2
students employed in environmental jobs and the remaining are scheduled
to begin work in the surrounding areas including the Pointe La Hache
courthouse outside of New Orleans. In East Palo Alto, the UBC trained 22
students of which 20 students are employed in construction and hazardous
waste jobs. The majority of students are working in construction for the
new airport construction program. The UBC training in Albuquerque
involved a consortium of the Carpenters Local 1319, IBPAT, and the San
Josè Community Awareness Council to train ten (10) residents surrounding
the AT&SF Site. Due to difficulty in recruitment and slow startup at
this site, the UBC has abandoned the Albuquerque Program. They have
plans to re-direct the Albuquerque funding during the next year for
training in the Bay View Hunters Point area. In the next year, training
will expand to the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC; a site in North
Denver, CO; RSR Smelter Site, Dallas, TX; and the Dutchboy Site,
Chicago, IL. (See Appendix 11 for more information).

## Continued expansion of national training opportunities to under-served, low literate and non-English-speaking populations

Based on review criteria established by NIEHS in 1992 and the
President's Executive Order on Environmental Justice, the NIEHS Worker
Training Awardees continue to implement special initiatives to ensure
that disadvantaged populations who are exposed to hazardous waste and
toxic materials will have meaningful access to high quality safety and
health training. Many of the NIEHS awardees have responded by
translating curricula into appropriate languages and dialects for
non-English speaking waste cleanup workers and forming partnerships with
community organizations in contaminated regions with large minority
populations. Efforts by all awardees have been made to incorporate
environmental justice concerns into program development, outreach to
high-risk target populations, curricular modifications and training
evaluation. Some recent examples include:

**[George Meany Center for Labor Studies]{.underline}**

In Flagstaff, Arizona, 50 rail workers received awareness level
training. An estimated 90% of participants were Native American,
reflecting the substantial population of Native American railroad
workers in the Four Corners area of the U.S. Almost all of these workers
were members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, which
coordinates the training location, date and recruitment. Maintenance of
way workers are most likely to be required to repair and replace track
before or during hazardous waste control and clean-up.

######### AFSCME Training and Education Institute  {#afscme-training-and-education-institute .unnumbered}

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), working AFSCME Training and
Education Institute (ATEI) and the Chemical Workers Training Center is
continuing its Community Action and Response Against Toxics Team
Activities in order to provide information and assistance to communities
of color to help prevent and reduce exposures to environmental hazards.
Two planning meetings and three Community Toxics Conferences were held
prior to the end of the year, with ATEI support.

Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union

OCAW has been working with the Environmental Justice Network to bring
together community residents around chemical plants with workers for
Jobs and Environment training. OCAW has adapted its Jobs and the
Environment training for use in Environmental Justice training and
included as the central theme transitioning the community and the
workforce affected by bans, phaseouts and other issues that cause
changes or loss of workers' jobs and negative impacts to the community
tax base and economy. This training promotes discussion on what would be
good public policy for workers and communities to justly transition to
new work and economic paradigms.

**[University of California at Los Angeles]{.underline}**

The California-Arizona Consortium, under the direction of the UCLA Labor
Occupation and Health Program, has continued to provide an extensive
training program to minority workers through out the Western part of the
United States. Due to the large number of Hispanic workers in their
training area, they have developed an integrated consortium of trainers
to address the need for bi-lingual training. With a cadre of bi-lingual
instructions with translated curriculum to include extensive training
exercises and other training materials, their outreach to small
businesses has been very successful. Their work in providing training to
all levels of workers in electroplating industry in California has been
a hallmark of their program. In addition, their program with the
Southwest Network for Economic and Environmental Justice on the
Worker/Community Toxics Health and Safety Program, has produced a
network of community trainers addressing worker training issues and
community issues around exposure to workplace and contaminated sites.
This alliance has produced not only a cadre of community trainers but
training manuals in Navajo, Spanish, Korean and Cantonese that has been
used to train over 75 community residents and affected workers. UCLA has
begun a program working with the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
to train a core group of Native American occupational health and safety
outreach trainers based in tribal areas in the Western US. Also, they
held 3 First Responder courses in Hilo, Hawaii with Alaska courses
reaching many Alaskan natives.

####  {#section-1 .unnumbered}

## Completion of National Labor Market Study of Brownfields Remediation

In conjunction with the EPA-Superfund Labor Task Force and EPA-OSWER
staff, NIEHS has published a study protocol to capture site specific,
environmental restoration employment data and describe the workforce
which is involved in brownfields site cleanup projects. Through a
supplemental award to the George Meany Center for Labor Studies,
Ruttenberg & Associates has implemented the study design to examine
specific labor markets where brownfields cleanups have already been
carried out. **[Brownfields: Hazmat Cleanup But More]{.underline},** a
study carried out by Ruth Ruttenberg and Associates**,** (RRA) explains
what brownfields are and how, though the path taken to remediate them
differs from other sites, they are, in many basic, and obvious ways,
quite similar to many hazardous waste sites. It then goes on to discuss
the scope of interest being generated by Brownfields, from communities
to the federal government, and private industry. Finally, the paper
considers the impact of Brownfields initiatives on communities and how
best to assure that impacted communities benefit from the redevelopment
efforts, not only in terms of a nicer environment, but in terms of
opportunities for personal growth, leading to continuous employment. The
study found that the HAZWOPER standard clearly applies not only at
Superfund sites, but at virtually all hazardous waste sites, including
Brownfield sites. With the application of 1910.120 comes much
responsibility on the part of the employer. It is necessary that all
those who work at hazardous waste sites in the brownfields program have
full knowledge of the standard and how it applies to them so that they,
as well as their employers, can ensure safety.

## Publication of \"Resource Guide for Evaluating Worker Training: A Focus on Safety and Health\" 

During May 1998, the Resource Guide for Evaluating Worker Training: A
Focus on Safety and Health was published by RRA in conjunction with the
George Meany Center and NIEHS. This guide summarizes the insights and
methodologies of the NIEHS Worker Training Awardees in conducting
formative and summative program, training, instructor and trainee
evaluations. During March 1996, NIEHS sponsored the first national
conference on Measuring and Evaluating the Outcomes of Hazardous Waste
Worker Training to examine the methods which have been developed by
various programs to document the effectiveness of training activities.
Drawing on public health experts in the evaluation field, awardee
representatives spent two days exploring the methodological issues that
underlie the collection of program effectiveness data. Breakout sessions
examined issues from trainee comprehension of curricula to outcome
results in the workplace after training had taken place. The significant
resources that have been allocated for NIEHS training awards require
that recipients demonstrate not only effective implementation, but also
positive impacts on the health and safety of trained workers. The
findings reported at the technical workshop and the publication of the
Resource Guide clearly demonstrate that NIEHS grantees have responded to
the challenge for program evaluation and have documented monumental
changes in the health and safety of workers and communities across the
United States.

## Continued operation and support for a national clearinghouse on hazardous waste worker training 

The Clearinghouse functions as a link between awardees of NIEHS Worker
Training cooperative agreements and other members of the general public
who are concerned with quality worker health and safety training. Tasks
of the Clearinghouse include, but are not limited to, the distribution
of curricula, research work to support the development of the NIEHS
Worker Training Program, cataloguing of training materials, and other
information pertaining to worker health and safety training for
hazardous materials, waste operations, and emergency response, as well
as other related activities. The Clearinghouse is the information
exchange and dissemination mechanism for 19 worker training programs
whose support from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is intended
to set a high standard for health and safety training to protect workers
in the burgeoning environmental technology sector.

The Clearinghouse web page has been redesigned and includes a help desk
section designed to provide information on the Internet for both the
computer novice and the expert. Links exist for the following topics:
Brownfields, Regulations, Hazard Communication, Hazardous Materials
Libraries, Lead and Asbestos, Material Safety Data Sheets, NIEHS
Grantees, Pollution Prevention, Radiation, and State Resources.

Also linked to the page are documents produced by the Clearinghouse,
including the **Resource Guide for Evaluating Worker Training: A Focus
on Safety, and the Minimum Criteria Document**. Interested parties are
now able to register for workshops and meetings on-line via the
Clearinghouse Web Page.

Features of the updated Web Page were presented at the October awardee
meeting. This task by the Clearinghouse will also include enhancing the
existing Web page and related resources, collecting data on existing
computer technology, linkages to other resources, and direct assistance
and consultations in creating on-line access for individual users and
participating organizations in the NIEHS program. The Help desk program
will increase the use of Web page resources, available LISTSERV
resources, NIEHS FTP site, email exchange, on-line conferencing
capabilities and related electronic resources. The Clearinghouse web
address is: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/clear.htm

## Trainee Environmental Job Tracking Initiative 

In our request for continuation applications during May 1998, NIEHS
asked that each awardee propose a system to track trainees and collect
post-training employment information. A number of the awardees have
proposed approaches which build on existing trainee registrations, while
others are creating innovative systems to catalogue employment
experience through refresher training exercises. At a September 1998
all-awardees meeting, NIEHS and EPA staff discussed the various
approaches which various awardees have proposed in their applications
and initiated a process to set a \"minimum criteria\" for the collection
of baseline employment information on trainees.

#  {#section-2 .unnumbered}

In addition, RRA and the Clearinghouse have been tasked with supporting
this effort by providing technical assistance to awardees during this
process. During the first six months of the contract year, the
Clearinghouse helped coordinate and support several awardee pilots on
trainee tracking. Significant attention will continue to be dedicated to
trainee tracking during the second half of the contract year.

Besides conducting a telephone survey of awardees to gather information
on data collection systems, the Clearinghouse helped organize a meeting
on tracking, in Washington, D.C., which was attended by about 40
representatives of awardee organizations, NIEHS, DOE, and EPA. As a
basis for discussion, before and after the meeting, the Clearinghouse
collected and disseminated, by fax and with the help of a tracking
listserve, the data collection instruments used by various awardee
organizations.

Technical/research support was also supplied to awardees who
participated in a series of tracking conference calls organized by NIEHS
during September and October. The conference calls were organized for
sub-groups of NIEHS awardees: separate calls were conducted for the
industrial union group, the construction group, the DOE group, the
university group and the Minority Worker Training Program group. The
results of these conference calls were presented at the October awardee
meeting. A new trainee tracking page has been added to the Web Page. All
awardees have created pilots projects to collected trainee employment
data. Three sample charts are included as examples of Awardee Job
Tracking Pilots as Appendix 12. Descriptions of these efforts include:

International Association of Firefighters

The IAFF has selected training sites by identifying departments near
geographic locations with the highest densities of Superfund sites and
TSD facilities. The IAFF entered data from the federal EPA NPL Final
Site Bulletin (dated 10/02/95) into a software program (Geographic
Information System) that mapped the entered locations and listed the top
locations for NPL sites. For site clusters near several smaller cities,
the IAFF identified central locations for training. The sites receiving
training over the past three years were among these top locations.

Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund

Laborers-AGC recently developed a separate application to be used for
all environmental remediation refresher courses. This form continues to
provide demographic information that was included on the old form, but
it also has a section on recent work activities in the environmental
remediation field. Trainees are asked to provide their work history on
hazardous waste sites, including the job location , contractor, and date
of job. They are also asked to indicate if their training was relevant
to their job, prepared them for their job, or improved their health and
safety on the job.

University of Massachusetts at Lowell

The New England Consortium (TNEC) is required to survey its Refresher
Course attendees and report back to NIEHS regarding certain information
about hazardous waste sites at which attendees have worked during the
past year. Information desired includes Types and names of sites,
chemicals involved, involvement of a respective employer and the
approximate number of workers there.

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

The registration form used by the New Jersey/New York Consortium is a
scannable form. Data are collected in several means. 1. Registration
forms; 2. Follow-up questionnaires; 3. Refresher Courses. It collects
typical demographic data, including age, gender, education level,
ethnicity, primary language. Additionally, it collects whether the
trainee is employed, and where they are employed (i.e. private industry,
government, union, DOE site), and job duty (i.e. clean-up of waste
sites, transport wastes, TSD of wastes, site investigation).

## Worker Trainer Programs: Guidelines for Success in hazardous waste operations and emergency response 

Key to the success of the Superfund Worker Training Program has been the
continuing development of trainers at the local level throughout the
United States. NIEHS has undertaken an effort to inventory
Train-the-Trainer Programs for hazardous waste workers and emergency
responders in order to examine the characteristics of successful
programs. This inventory process and a companion technical workshop was
resulted in the publication of **Worker Trainer Programs: Guidelines for
Success in hazardous waste Operations and Emergency Response,** a
technical document which summarizes best practices and lessons learned
for the development of high quality train-the-trainer programs**.** It
is the goal of this effort to establish a national consensus for how to
maintain the delivery of high quality HAZWOPER training through the
ongoing support and development of both professional and worker
trainers. This national development of a minimum criteria document
includes a state of the art discussion concerning the current status of
the unique characteristics of train-the-trainer programs which will
include the content of training programs, mechanisms for ongoing support
of peer trainers, and minimum qualifications for trainers in 1910.120
programs. Information has been collected and catalogued from NIEHS
Worker Training awardees to document the processes and content of
existing trainer programs, refresher and tune-up activities, and other
activities which assure the ongoing technical competency of trainers
supported by NIEHS programs.

## Summary of the Environmental Job Training Summit in New Orleans, LA

In March 1998 more than 170 participants conferred for a workshop on
environmental job training with the focal point of continuing review and
planning for the Minority Worker Training Program. Participants
represented trainees, peer trainers, labor unions, professional
trainers, training program administrators, colleges and universities,
community groups, environmental justice advocates, consultants, and
government officials. Hosted by Xavier University and sponsored by Clark
Atlanta University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and NIEHS in
cooperation with the National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health
Training, discussion centered on:

-   A look-back of three years of start-up and training in the MWTP and
    progress since the technical workshop at Cuyahoga Community College
    in Cleveland, April 17, 1995 on "Environmental Job Training for
    Inner City Youth."

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    recruitment, life skill training, jobs skill training, safety and
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-   A look forward at ways to improve training, training partnerships,
    and training-to-work partnerships. Substantial time both formally
    and informally was spent strengthening and forging such vital links.

Participants were invited to a tour of facilities such as training
sites, chemical companies, brownfield sites, and other sites in the New
Orleans and Mississippi River Chemical Corridor. The Opening Plenary
included welcome from Norman Francis, President of Xavier University,
and Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Executive Director and CEO of the Black
Leadership Forum. This first plenary provided an excellent overview and
challenge to training with emphasis on urban infrastructure issues, and
how to maximize the benefits of training for trainees, the community and
the training providers. Several breakout sessions were presented on
topics such as Life Skills Management and Curriculum Issues; Incentives
and Barriers to Modifying Construction/Cleanup Contracts; Linking Up
With Other Job Training Programs; and Raising the Level of Training.

## The Brownfields National Partnership Agenda

Under the brownfields program, NIEHS staff are active members of the
Interagency Working Group that has convened several times during this
year to promote and develop an Interagency Brownfields National Action
Agenda. Under a special taskforce established by the Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, a Sub-Committee on Job Training and
Workforce Development has been established and NIEHS staff are members
of that Sub-Committee. The major goals of this collaboration is to share
information between EPA/NIEHS program regarding brownfields pilots; tie
Minority Worker grants closely to ongoing activities in brownfields
pilot cities; and leverage job training opportunities for residents of
brownfields pilots communities.

The NIEHS has been working diligently with EPA/OSWER Staff and is one of
the leading contributors to Workforce Development for the Brownfields
Program. During the development of the EPA Job Training and Development
Demonstration Pilots initiative, NIEHS provided comments on the review
criteria as well as served on the committee to review the applications.
In addition to providing written responses, staff participated on
several conference calls to develop a ranking of top applications for
funding under the program.

## EPA Regional and Local Coordination 

Under the Brownfields Program and the Super JTI Program, OERR and the
Regional EPA offices, especially Region 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9, are working
with NIEHS to address specific projects. Some of those projects include
the Super JTI programs in East Palo Alto, CA; New Orleans, LA; Granite
City, IL; Dallas, TX; and Denver, CO. Some of these programs are
completed and new projects have just started this September.

# Program Update for FY 1999 EPA-supported Worker Training Activities

Through an Interagency Agreement, NIEHS received \$26 million from the
FY 98 EPA appropriations to support cooperative agreements for providing
model occupational safety and health training for workers and their
supervisors that perform dangerous jobs in the nation\'s hazardous waste
management and remediation programs, as well as for emergency responders
to uncontrolled hazardous materials releases.

## Continuation Applications

Twenty million dollars of the FY 98 funds for the were allocated to
continue support of the Superfund Worker Training Program to train
hazardous waste workers and emergency responders. Three million dollars
of the FY 98 funds were allocated to continue support for the Minority
Worker Training Program (MWTP). EPA transferred \$3 million to support
Brownfields MWTP and \$275,000 to support Superfund Jobs Training
Initiative (Super JTI) activities, which provided additional funding to
NIEHS MWTP awardees. As a result of the Interagency Agreements, NIEHS
awarded:

-   17 EPA/HWWT awardees received awards totaling \$19,044,000

-   6 EPA/MWT awardees received awards totaling \$3,000,000

-   4 Brownfields awardees received awards totaling \$3,000,000

-   4 Super JTI awardees received awards totaling \$275,000

See Appendix 13 for Awardee Breakout of FY 98 Funds for the period of
September 1, 1998 to August 31, 1999. Budget adjustments in the proposed
funding plan have been based on the training needs of high-risk
populations, national geographic coverage in training availability and
the published program priorities for training support. Consideration has
also been given to previous funding patterns, awardees\' efforts to
generate program income for independently continuing their programs, and
the availability of unobligated balances from prior years, as well as
other administrative considerations. Budget line items have been
adjusted for each individual awardee to target training delivery to
focused populations and assure that program costs are related to direct
training support. Budget adjustments have been recommended which will
assure that awardees will still be able to undertake the most critical
parts of their proposed programs as outlined in their initial
applications.

For each component of each awardees' noncompeting reapplication, an
analysis and review was carried out to evaluate the program progress
during the current year, compliance with existing terms and conditions,
measures of program effectiveness and other quality assurance factors.
Individual progress report forms for each awardee are included as
appendices to this document, along with budget worksheets, in which
targeted reductions have been made in specific line item categories.

## Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program (BMWTP)

As part of the Department of Health and Human Services commitment to the
Brownfields National Partnership Agenda, the NIEHS provided support for
the establishment of the Brownfields Minority Worker Training Programs
targeting the Showcase Communities. Through an interagency agreement
between NIEHS and EPA, the NIEHS awarded \$3 Million for the development
of brownfields environmental job training programs targeting people of
color at the 16 Brownfields Showcase Communities. The NIEHS made four
(4) awards for the Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program. The
four awards were provided to Laborers-AGC, DePaul University, Clark
Atlanta University, and United Brotherhood of Carpenters. These 4
programs focus on 11 of the 16 communities including Lowell, MA;
Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO; Baltimore, MD; Eastward Ho!, Fl; Dallas,
TX; Los Angeles, CA; East Palo Alto, CA; Portland, OR; St. Paul, MN and
Salt Lake City, UT. This program represents an tremendous opportunity to
enhance the successful partnership between NIEHS and EPA. This
partnership will assist in broadening the Minority Worker Training
Program to include a new component on Brownfields Worker Training,
addressing the need for a more comprehensive training program to foster
economic and environmental restoration of the identified brownfields
sites. For more information about this program, review the fact sheets
listed at <http://www.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/bfield/htm> or Appendix 14.

During the development of the administrative supplemental request, NIEHS
actively engaged in discussions with EPA headquarters and regional staff
to develop specific review criteria and asked key EPA staff to review
the applications. NIEHS staff also participated in several Brownfields
Meetings including Brownfields '97, Showcase Community Kickoff Meetings
including Eastward HO!, FL; Glen Cove, NY; Kansas City, MO/KS; State of
Rhode Island; and Baltimore, MD.

Other proposed activities for the coming program year will include:

## Conference on Workplace Safety & Health Training

With the involvement of the EPA/NIEHS Superfund Worker Training Program,
an interagency effort has been initiated to examine health and safety
training. A National Conference on Workplace Safety & Health Training
will be held October 24-26, 1999 in the Henry VIII Hotel & Conference
Center, St. Louis, Missouri, co-sponsored by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety & Health, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, and the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences. The conference is planned to bring together cross-sector
representatives to look at the workplace of the future, and plan new
approaches to occupational safety and health training, evaluation
strategies, and enabling policies to meet better the challenges ahead.

The conference is designed to be participatory and engage conference
attendees in the process of planning for the future. Considering
medical, insurance, lost-productivity, and personal costs, it is
estimated that occupational injury and illness costs totaled \$171
billion/year in 1992 for the U.S. These great costs to industry,
insurance, and society highlight the need for safety and health
interventions in the workplace, and an important role for public health
training and education professionals.

The conference will discuss how changes in the nature of work and the
makeup of the work force require changes in training and education
programs; explore how training and education relate to other components
of effective health and safety systems; identify new approaches and
technologies that can enhance traditional teaching methods; consider how
to evaluate the impact of training and education programs as one
component of many in the health and safety system; and stimulate
collaboration among business, labor, academia, professional
associations, government agencies and others to identify additional
resources and shape future directions for training and education.

## Guidelines for Training in Support of Workplace Safety and Health Programs

On November 12-13, 1998, a National Technical Workshop was held in
Silver Spring, Maryland at the George Meany Center to develop a
consensus document "*Guidelines for Training in Support of Workplace
Safety and Health Programs."* This Workshop was organized with the
specific intent to develop consensus guidelines, based upon the unique
experience of the participants, to provide guidance associated with the
development of training programs in support of employer safety and
health programs. OSHA recently announced, in the annual regulatory
agenda for the Agency, the intention to promulgate a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking for a comprehensive Safety and Health Program Rule. Training
is proposed as a requirement in the draft rule. Yet, very little detail
is included with regard to the development of training programs
associated with the Program rule.

The Guidelines developed in this Workshop and the resulting Guidance
Document will serve as important resource to OSHA during the rulemaking
process and to employers and trainers who seek to develop quality
workplace training programs in support of their safety and health
programs. The purpose of this guidelines document, therefore, is to
provide a comprehensive source of guidance and information to aid
employers, trainers, training providers, and training program developers
in the development, delivery, evaluation and continual improvement of
training to support and enhance workplace safety and health. These
guidelines are based upon the extensive experience of the Workshop
participants in occupational training and training associated with the
OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard
specifically.

## Technical Workshop on Virtual Safety and Health Training

[WORKER TRAINING AND THE INTERNET: A RESOURCE AND A TRAINING
MEDIUM]{.underline} will be an upcoming technical workshop in April 1999
in Denver, Colorado. Both computer-based training and on-line distance
learning are becoming invaluable resources for hazardous waste and
emergency response training information. Worker access to the Internet
can provide quick information on locations of hazardous waste sites,
types of chemical hazards, methods of accident and exposure prevention,
details about choosing and using personal protective equipment,
suggestions about monitoring and surveillance, and a myriad of other
topics of critical importance to worker safety and health. Many of these
Internet resources are linked to the NIEHS Clearinghouse Web Page. This
upcoming technical workshop and companion research paper surveys
resources currently available on-line to aid in hazardous materials
training and will examine efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of these
training methods and resources.

The Internet is also being used increasingly as a training provider.
Many colleges and universities are on-line to provide a variety of
academic and technical courses. Some of these courses are of a
correspondence nature, and students can contact a faculty member and
submit papers by E-mail. Some courses provide chat room and live-on line
interaction. Some courses provide interactive curricula on-line complete
with videos and self-testing. This technical workshop will survey the
state-of-the-art of virtual training, with a focus on safety and health
training, and a further focus on HAZMAT training.

## Request for Applications (RFA) Development Process

During August 1999, the NIEHS will be releasing the next formal program
announcement which will describe the hazardous waste worker training
program and its specific objectives, delineated grant application
procedures, defined characteristics of the programs to be funded and
established review criteria and procedures. In its announcement, the
NIEHS will specify a deadline in December 1999 for grant applications
from qualified non-profit organizations to support curriculum
development, direct training delivery and program evaluation.

NIEHS\' announcement will specifically state that proposed training
activities and curricula will be required to meet OSHA regulations, as
NIEHS has significantly expanded the proposed target populations for
OSHA-required training to include workers involved in waste site
investigations and assessments and in the transportation and generation
of hazardous waste; groups facing potential health risks that are
similar to cleanup workers and emergency responders.

The NIEHS will request that potential grant applicants demonstrate the
following: the ability to describe, access and train identified target
populations; to assemble an experienced program staff with adequate
technical expertise to work under a qualified training director and to
provide appropriate training facilities and equipment for implementing a
multi-year worker training program. The NIEHS will also require that
grant applicants submit a detailed training plan with numerical goals
and objectives, as well as develop an independent board of advisors with
appropriate training and expertise to evaluate and oversee the proposed
worker training program. Each applicant also will be required to develop
a proposed training program quality control and evaluation plan.
Consortium arrangements will be encouraged to minimize duplication of
efforts, to provide wide geographic coverage and to reduce
administrative costs.

# Conclusion

Based on our program experience over the past eleven years, the NIEHS
will continue to use cooperative agreements as the appropriate mechanism
for making awards to non-profit training organizations for fiscal years
1995-99. Because of the substantial programmatic involvement by NIEHS
staff to ensure the consistency, appropriateness and technical
reliability of funded training programs, the use of cooperative
agreements appear to be a more suitable instrument for supporting
extramural training of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders
and assuring the delivery of high quality safety and health programs to
high-risk populations.

In administering the Superfund Worker Training Program through an
Interagency Agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the NIEHS ensures that the traditional peer review process of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides the essential framework for
the oversight of grant application reviews, and guidance of the program
with grants management activities and ongoing program administration.
Technical experts in toxicology, industrial hygiene, labor education and
hazardous waste management from both the public and private sectors have
played an ongoing role in assuring that NIEHS supported programs
demonstrate high technical merit and adhere to stringent standards for
quality control through periodic site reviews and an ongoing peer review
process.

The NIEHS/EPA Superfund Worker Training Program must continue to meet
the Superfund-related national environmental goals of protecting
communities from exposures to wastes at abandoned dumpsites and
currently operating facilities and from exposures related to the
storage, treatment and disposal of waste. Additionally, we will continue
to develop programs to protect and train those who live and work in
communities affected by EPA brownfields and environmental justice
initiatives; and everyone who works with disease-causing hazardous
materials. These goals will be achieved by responding to the nation's
changing needs for worker training in the area of hazardous waste
operations and emergency response to hazardous materials.

The NIEHS model programs will continue to encourage innovation for
training difficult-to-reach populations. This program is addressing
issues such as literacy, appropriate adult education techniques,
training quality improvement and other areas unaddressed directly by the
market place. The program enhances rather than replaces private sector
training by demonstrating new and cost-effective training techniques and
materials.

#### Appendix 1: Eleven-Year Summary {#appendix-1-eleven-year-summary .unnumbered}

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| ### EP          |                 |                 |                 |
| A HWWT {#epa-hw |                 |                 |                 |
| wt .unnumbered} |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **11 YEAR       |                 |                 |                 |
| TRAINING        |                 |                 |                 |
| SUMMARY**       |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| #               | ###  {#section  | #               | **Total Contact |
| ####  {#section | -4 .unnumbered} | ## Total Worker | Hours**         |
| -3 .unnumbered} |                 | s {#total-worke |                 |
|                 | #               | rs .unnumbered} |                 |
| ##### Year {#ye | ## Total Course |                 |                 |
| ar .unnumbered} | s {#total-cours |                 |                 |
|                 | es .unnumbered} |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1988            | 623             | 12,319          | 261,542         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1989            | 1,353           | 29,827          | 551,832         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1990            | 5,142           | 123,358         | 2,120,390       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1991            | 2,731           | 58,637          | 878,673         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1992            | 2,973           | 65,000          | 1,100,381       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1993            | 2,651           | 56,000          | 789,226         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1994            | 4,025           | 65,716          | 1,101,758       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1995            | 4,667           | 81,245          | 1,391,107       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1996            | 4,752           | 73,724          | 1,087,297       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1997            | 4,212           | 79,976          | 1,041,279       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 1998            | 4,810           | 84,261          | 1,090,790       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| ##              | **37,939**      | **730,063**     | **11,414,275**  |
| ### TOTAL {#tot |                 |                 |                 |
| al .unnumbered} |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

#### Appendix 2: FY 97 Funding {#appendix-2-fy-97-funding .unnumbered}

+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| **EPA/NIEHS Worker        |         |       |          |            |
| Education and Training    |         |       |          |            |
| Awards**                  |         |       |          |            |
|                           |         |       |          |            |
| **For Budget Period       |         |       |          |            |
| 09/01/97-08/31/98**       |         |       |          |            |
|                           |         |       |          |            |
| # FY 1997 Funds {#f       |         |       |          |            |
| y-1997-funds .unnumbered} |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| ### EPA HWWT              |         | **EPA |          |            |
| {#epa-hwwt-1 .unnumbered} |         | MWT** |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| **AWARDEE**               | *       | **MWT | **JTI**  | **TOTAL**  |
|                           | *HWWT** | 9/97  |          |            |
|                           |         | AW    | **9/97** | **9/97**   |
|                           | *       | ARD** |          |            |
|                           | *9/97** |       | *        | **AWARD**  |
|                           |         |       | *AWARD** |            |
|                           | **      |       |          |            |
|                           | AWARD** |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| University of Alabama     | 449,990 |       |          | 449,990    |
| Birmingham                |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| International Chemical    | 1,      |       |          | 1,700,000  |
| Workers Union Council     | 700,000 |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| International Association | 550,000 |       |          | 550,000    |
| of Fire Fighters          |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| George Meany Center for   | 520,700 |       |          | 520,700    |
| Labor Studies             |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| University of             | 700,000 |       |          | 700,000    |
| Massachusetts, Lowell     |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| University of California  | 1,      |       |          | 1,000,176  |
| at Los Angeles            | 000,176 |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education    | 5,      | 10    |          | 5,792,000  |
| and Training              | 687,000 | 5,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| Oil, Chemical & Atomic    | 783,000 |       |          | 783,000    |
| Workers                   |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| HMTRI Kirkwood Community  | 300,000 |       |          | 300,000    |
| College                   |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| Service Employees         | 490,000 |       |          | 490,000    |
| International             |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| University of Medicine &  | 800,000 | 27    |          | 1,020,000  |
| Dentistry of New Jersey   |         | 0,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| International Union,      | 625,000 |       |          | 625,000    |
| United Auto Workers       |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| International Union of    | 1,      |       |          | 1,208,000  |
| Operating Engineers       | 208,000 |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| University of Cincinnati  | 1,      |       |          | 1,400,000  |
|                           | 400,000 |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| United Brotherhood of     | 1,      | 31    | 100,000  | 2,154,000  |
| Carpenters                | 839,000 | 5,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| Jackson State University  |         | 6     |          | 60,000     |
|                           |         | 0,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| AFSCME Training and       | 707,000 |       |          | 707,000    |
| Education Institute       |         |       |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| Clark Atlanta University  |         | 37    | 100,000  | 220,000    |
|                           |         | 0,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| DePaul University         | 435,000 | 8     | 56,589   | 571,589    |
|                           |         | 0,000 |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+
| **TOTAL**                 | **19,19 | **1   | **2      | **20       |
|                           | 4,866** | ,200, | 56,589** | ,651,455** |
|                           |         | 000** |          |            |
+---------------------------+---------+-------+----------+------------+

#### Appendix 3: Course Data by EPA Region {#appendix-3-course-data-by-epa-region .unnumbered}

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| **EPA HWWT**    |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **COURSE DATA   |                 |                 |                 |
| BY EPA REGION** |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **9/1/97 -      |                 |                 |                 |
| 8/31/98**       |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| #  {#section    | **Courses       | **Workers       | **Contact       |
| -5 .unnumbered} | Completed**     | Trained**       | Hours**         |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| #  {#section    |                 |                 |                 |
| -6 .unnumbered} |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **EPA Region**  |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 1        | 255             | 4,843           | 59,340          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 2        | 1,129           | 20,611          | 223,541         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 3        | 324             | 6,404           | 87,310          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 4        | 311             | 4,169           | 73,067          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 5        | 949             | 18,641          | 229,725         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 6        | 246             | 2,825           | 37,771          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 7        | 470             | 9,254           | 118,898         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 8        | 176             | 1,840           | 34,420          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 9        | 505             | 8,985           | 139,234         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 10       | 353             | 3,534           | 59,388          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Other           | 92              | 3,155           | 28,096          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| ###             | **4,810**       | **84,261**      | **1,090,790**   |
| # TOTAL {#total |                 |                 |                 |
| -1 .unnumbered} |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

########   {#section-7 .unnumbered}

#### Appendix 4: Total Training by NIEHS Awardee {#appendix-4-total-training-by-niehs-awardee .unnumbered}

+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| **EPA/NIEHS Worker     |             |               |              |
| Education and Training |             |               |              |
| Awards**               |             |               |              |
|                        |             |               |              |
| **TOTAL TRAINING For   |             |               |              |
| Budget Period          |             |               |              |
| 09/01/97-08/31/98**    |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| # AWARDEE              | **COURSES   | **WORKERS**   | **CONTACT**  |
| {#awardee .unnumbered} | COMPLETED** |               |              |
|                        |             | **TRAINED**   | **HOURS**    |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| University of Alabama  | 231         | 5,620         | 52,854       |
| Birmingham             |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| International Chemical | 201         | 6,340         | 61,489       |
| Workers Union Council  |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| International          | 20          | 461           | 10,040       |
| Association of Fire    |             |               |              |
| Fighters               |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| George Meany Center    | 462         | 4,828         | 41,880       |
| for Labor Studies      |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| University of          | 40          | 600           | 10,384       |
| Massachusetts, Lowell  |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| University of          | 182         | 2,873         | 43,090       |
| California at Los      |             |               |              |
| Angeles                |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education | 508         | 7,590         | 185,217      |
| and Training           |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| Oil, Chemical & Atomic | 36          | 593           | 5,064        |
| Workers                |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| HMTRI Kirkwood         | 728         | 10,799        | 138,732      |
| Community College      |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| Service Employees      | 82          | 1,584         | 12,540       |
| International          |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| University of Medicine | 694         | 12,682        | 125,864      |
| & Dentistry of New     |             |               |              |
| Jersey                 |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| International Union,   | 57          | 1,271         | 13,536       |
| United Auto Workers    |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| International Union of | 832         | 17,880        | 243,030      |
| Operating Engineers    |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| University of          | 287         | 4,247         | 58,933       |
| Cincinnati             |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| United Brotherhood of  | 211         | 3,287         | 56,144       |
| Carpenters             |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| AFSCME Training and    | 174         | 2,853         | 21,935       |
| Education              |             |               |              |
|                        |             |               |              |
| Institute              |             |               |              |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| DePaul University      | 65          | 753           | 10,056       |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+
| **TOTAL**              | **4,810**   | **84,261**    | *            |
|                        |             |               | *1,090,790** |
+------------------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+

####  {#section-8 .unnumbered}

####  {#section-9 .unnumbered}

####  {#section-10 .unnumbered}

#### Appendix 5: Target Populations {#appendix-5-target-populations .unnumbered}

+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| **EPA     |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| HWWT**    |          |         |        |        |       |       |
|           |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| **TARGET  |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| POPU      |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| LATIONS** |          |         |        |        |       |       |
|           |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| **9/1/97  |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| --        |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| 8/31/98** |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| #### T    | **C      | **%**   | **\#** | **%**  | *     | **%** |
| arget {#t | ourses** |         |        |        | *\#** |       |
| arget .un |          | **Co    | #      | **Wor  |       | **Co  |
| numbered} | **Com    | urses** | #####  | kers** | **Co  | ntact |
|           | pleted** |         | Worker |        | ntact | Ho    |
| **Popu    |          | **Comp  | s {#wo | **Tra  | Ho    | urs** |
| lations** |          | leted** | rkers  | ined** | urs** |       |
|           |          |         | .unnum |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | bered} |        |       |       |
|           |          |         |        |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | ####   |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | Traine |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | d {#tr |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | ained  |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | .unnum |        |       |       |
|           |          |         | bered} |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| CERCLA    | 2,069    | 43%     | 34,537 | 41%    | 58    | 54%   |
| C         |          |         |        |        | 5,076 |       |
| leanup^1^ |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Emergency | 1,083    | 23%     | 21,353 | 25%    | 22    | 20%   |
| Response  |          |         |        |        | 0,447 |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Other     | 617      | 13%     | 12,342 | 15%    | 12    | 11%   |
| Safety    |          |         |        |        | 1,052 |       |
| and       |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| Health    |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Hazmat    | 546      | 11%     | 6,476  | 8%     | 4     | 5%    |
| Transport |          |         |        |        | 8,822 |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| RCRA/I    | 449      | 10%     | 8,867  | 11%    | 10    | 9%    |
| ndustrial |          |         |        |        | 0,048 |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Asbestos  | 22       | 0%      | 107    | 0%     | 1,592 | 0%    |
| Abatement |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Radiation | 16       | 0%      | 409    | 0%     | 9,816 | 1%    |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Lead      | 4        | 0%      | 69     | 0%     | 1,752 | 0%    |
| Abatement |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Ed        | 4        | 0%      | 101    | 0%     | 2,183 | 1%    |
| ucational |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| En        |          |         |        |        |       |       |
| hancement |          |         |        |        |       |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| **FY 98   | *        | *       | **84   | **     | **1   | **1   |
| TOTALS**  | *4,810** | *100%** | ,261** | 100%** | ,090, | 00%** |
|           |          |         |        |        | 790** |       |
+-----------+----------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+

^1^ The overall majority of training remains in the CERCLA Cleanup
training.

#### Appendix 6: Third Year Summary of Type and Number of Courses {#appendix-6-third-year-summary-of-type-and-number-of-courses .unnumbered}

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA MINORITY WORKER       |                                   |
| TRAINING PROGRAM:**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ####### Third Year Su             |                                   |
| mmary of Type and Number of Cours |                                   |
| es {#third-year-summary-of-type-a |                                   |
| nd-number-of-courses .unnumbered} |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| #### Type of Cou                  | ### Number of Cours               |
| rse {#type-of-course .unnumbered} | e {#number-of-course .unnumbered} |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Life Skills                       | 19                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Basic Construction Skills         | 13                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Mentoring/Career Guidance         | 14                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Basic Reading/Writing Skills      | 12                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Basic Math Skills                 | 12                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Worker Basic       | 15                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Basic Superfund Site Worker       | 10                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| GED Training and Certification    | 8                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Worker Basic   | 10                                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Physical Fitness                  | 6                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Confined Space                    | 4                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| General Construction Safety       | 8                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Environmental Justice             | 5                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Adult CPR                         | 8                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Environmental Preparation         | 2                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| First Aid                         | 8                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Hazardous Waste Operations        | 2                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Basic Electrical Training         | 1                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Underground Storage Tank Basic    | 1                                 |
| Worker                            |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Site Worker Refresher             | 2                                 |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

####  Appendix 7: Demographics  {#appendix-7-demographics .unnumbered}

+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA    |        |        |      |                          |
| Minority       |        |        |      |                          |
| Worker         |        |        |      |                          |
| Training       |        |        |      |                          |
| Program:**     |        |        |      |                          |
|                |        |        |      |                          |
| #####          |        |        |      |                          |
| # Demographics |        |        |      |                          |
|  {#demographic |        |        |      |                          |
| s .unnumbered} |        |        |      |                          |
|                |        |        |      |                          |
| ######         |        |        |      |                          |
|    {#section-1 |        |        |      |                          |
| 1 .unnumbered} |        |        |      |                          |
+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+
| **STUDENTS**   | 240    |        |      |                          |
+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+
| **AGE**        | [18]   |        |      |                          |
|                | {.unde |        |      |                          |
|                | rline} |        |      |                          |
|                | [19]   |        |      |                          |
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|                | 28 41  |        |      |                          |
|                | 27 31  |        |      |                          |
|                | 24 30  |        |      |                          |
+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+
| **ETHNICITY**  | [      | [HIS   | [AS  | [PAC.                    |
|                | BLACK] | PANIC] | IAN] | ISLANDER]{.underline}    |
|                | {.unde | {.unde | {.un |                          |
|                | rline} | rline} | derl | 3 (1%)                   |
|                |        |        | ine} |                          |
|                | 200    | 34     |      |                          |
|                | (84%)  | (14%)  | 3    |                          |
|                |        |        | (1%) |                          |
+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+
| **GENDER**     | [MALE] |        |      |                          |
|                | {.unde |        |      |                          |
|                | rline} |        |      |                          |
|                |        |        |      |                          |
|                | 193    |        |      |                          |
|                | (80%)  |        |      |                          |
+----------------+--------+--------+------+--------------------------+

#### Appendix 8: Three-Year Summary of Training {#appendix-8-three-year-summary-of-training .unnumbered}

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA     |                 |                 |                 |
| Minority Worker |                 |                 |                 |
| Training        |                 |                 |                 |
| Program**       |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| #### T          |                 |                 |                 |
| HREE-YEAR SUMMA |                 |                 |                 |
| RY OF TRAINING  |                 |                 |                 |
| {#three-year-su |                 |                 |                 |
| mmary-of-traini |                 |                 |                 |
| ng .unnumbered} |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| **YEAR**        | **STUDENT       | **PLACE IN      | **PERCENTAGE OF |
|                 | TRAINED**       | JOBS**          | STUDENTS        |
|                 |                 |                 | PLACE**         |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 | **IN JOBS**     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| FY 96           | 368             | 246             | 67%             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| FY 97           | 310             | 193             | 62%             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| FY 98           | 240             | 154             | 64%             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| OVERALL TOTAL   | 918             | 593             | 65%             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

#### Appendix 9: Three-Year Summary of Training per Awardee {#appendix-9-three-year-summary-of-training-per-awardee .unnumbered}

+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| **NIEHS/EPA Minority Worker      |         |       |       |       |
| Training Program:**              |         |       |       |       |
|                                  |         |       |       |       |
| ###### (tHREE-                   |         |       |       |       |
| YEAR SUMMARY OF TRAINING Per awa |         |       |       |       |
| rdee) {#three--year-summary-of-t |         |       |       |       |
| raining-per-awardee .unnumbered} |         |       |       |       |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| **AWARDEE**                      | **FY    | **FY  | **FY  | **TO  |
|                                  | 96**    | 97**  | 98**  | TAL** |
|                                  |         |       |       |       |
|                                  | **ST    | **ST  | **ST  |       |
|                                  | UDENT** | UDENT | UDENT |       |
|                                  |         | TRAI  | TRAI  |       |
|                                  | **TR    | NED** | NED** |       |
|                                  | AINED** |       |       |       |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| University of Medicine &         | 26      | 25    | 25    | 76    |
| Dentistry of New Jersey          |         |       |       |       |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| Laborers-AGC Education and       | 50      | 41    | 32    | 123   |
| Training                         |         |       |       |       |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| Alice Hamilton Occupational      | 46      | 20    | 0     | 66    |
| Health Center                    |         |       |       |       |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| United Brotherhood of Carpenters | 60      | 139   | 126   | 325   |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| DePaul University                | 70      | 34    | 22    | 126   |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| Jackson State University         | 86      | 27    | 0     | 113   |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| Clark Atlanta University         | 30      | 24    | 35    | 89    |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+
| **TOTAL**                        | **368** | **    | **    | **    |
|                                  |         | 310** | 240** | 918** |
+----------------------------------+---------+-------+-------+-------+

#### Appendix 10: Three-Year Summary of Employment per Awardee {#appendix-10-three-year-summary-of-employment-per-awardee .unnumbered}

+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| **NIEHS/EPA Minority Worker  |          |          |         |     |
| Training Program:**          |          |          |         |     |
|                              |          |          |         |     |
| ###                          |          |          |         |     |
| ### (tHREE- YEAR SUMMARY OF  |          |          |         |     |
| EMPLOYMENT pER aWARDEE) {#th |          |          |         |     |
| ree--year-summary-of-employm |          |          |         |     |
| ent-per-awardee .unnumbered} |          |          |         |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| **AWARDEE**                  | **FY     | **FY     | **FY    | **T |
|                              | 96**     | 97**     | 98**    | OTA |
|                              |          |          |         | L** |
|                              | **TOTAL  | **TOTAL  | **TOTAL |     |
|                              | EMPL     | EMPL     | EMPLO   |     |
|                              | OYMENT** | OYMENT** | YMENT** |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| University of Medicine &     | 16       | 12       | 18      | 46  |
| Dentistry of New Jersey      |          |          |         |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| Laborers-AGC Education and   | 27       | 25       | 28      | 80  |
| Training                     |          |          |         |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| Alice Hamilton Occupational  | 38       | 11       | 0       | 49  |
| Health Center                |          |          |         |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| United Brotherhood of        | 54       | 85       | 63      | 202 |
| Carpenters                   |          |          |         |     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| DePaul University            | 56       | 26       | 21      | 103 |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| Jackson State University     | 39       | 17       | 0       | 56  |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| Clark Atlanta University     | 16       | 17       | 24      | 57  |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+
| **TOTAL**                    | **246**  | **193**  | **154** | *   |
|                              |          |          |         | *59 |
|                              |          |          |         | 3** |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----+

#### Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative {#appendix-11-superfund-jobs-training-initiative .unnumbered}

Superfund Jobs Training Initiative

**Summary**

The Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (Super JTI), a project of the
Office of Community Involvement for the EPA Superfund Program, has
partnered with the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program to
provide additional training to residents around Superfund Sites across
the country. This initiative is similar to the MWTP therefore
collaboration has been beneficial for both EPA and NIEHS with the
beneficiaries being the residents receiving training and jobs under this
partnership. Since the partnership began in 1996, approximately 50
students from 3 different communities have been trained.

***[Pilot Sites]{.underline}***

Clark Atlanta University

1.  Agricultural Street Landfill Community, New Orleans, LA

    In 1997, supplemental funds were provided to Clark Atlanta
    University to recruit and train residents of the Agricultural Street
    Landfill community in New Orleans, LA. The Five (5) men selected
    from this area joined with the 1997 class of MWTP trainees conducted
    by CAU's consortium member Xavier University. All five students
    completed every facets of basic skills and technical training.
    Two (2) of them are currently employment in the construction
    industry and three (3) students are pending employment with
    Environmental Abatement Services in Baton Rough, LA. The three
    trainees' are scheduled to perform primarily asbestos abatement at
    the Pointe La Hache courthouse outside of New Orleans.

2.  RSR Smelter Site, West Dallas, TX

    On September 1, 1998, CAU received an award to respond to the
    educational and training needs of the West Dallas community affected
    by the RSR Corporation lead smelter. Xavier University will provide
    the training for this site. To this end, the project will develop
    comprehensive educational and job training programs designed to
    improve the general academic skills and provide job training in the
    areas of basic construction and hazardous material abatement that
    should lead to employment in this area.

    A major objective is the development of a partnership for
    collaboration between the Deep South Center for Environmental
    Justice at Xavier University (XU), the New Start Community
    Organization, and the Laborer\'s-AGC Education and Training Fund.
    The focus of the interaction will be on the identification,
    recruitment, and training of West Dallas residents for employment in
    basic construction and hazardous material abatement. The project is
    designed to achieve the following goals: (1) develop an
    intake/recruitment plan to identify fifteen (15) community residents
    for training; (2) assess the academic skills levels of potential
    trainees/screen potential participants

    **Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative Cont.**

    through an interview process; (3) modify DSCEJ existing basic skills
    curriculum to address the reading, writing, math, study skills, and
    life skills levels of trainees; (4) conduct one six weeks basic
    skills/pre-apprenticeship training cycle; and (5) conduct one six
    weeks job training cycle.

    The program has six components: (1) administrative/management
    component; (2) outreach and recruitment component; (3) curriculum
    development component; (4) job development and placement
    component; (5) evaluation and tracking component; and (6) advisory
    board.

###### Training Components {#training-components .unnumbered}

  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
  **Subjects**                          **Provider**

  Recruitment, Outreach to Community,    XU/New Start, West Dallas
  and Job Placement                     Community Development
                                        Corporation, and West Dallas
                                        Multipurpose Center and other
                                        community based organizations

  Basic Remedial Skills which includes   XU/New Start and Mountain View
  reading, writing, mathematics,        College, TX
  environmental awareness, life skills, 
  and job readiness training.           

  General Construction - Tool and        L-AGC Texas/LA
  Material Recognition, safety, etc (80 
  hours)                                

  Lead Abatement (40 hours)              L-AGC Texas/LA

  Asbestos Abatement (40 hours)          L-AGC Texas/LA

  Hazardous Waste Worker Training (40    L-AGC Texas/LA
  hours)                                
  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------

United Brotherhood of Carpenters Health and Safety Fund

3.  East Palo Alto, CA

In 1997, the UBC was awarded funds to develop training with Carpenters'
District Council, OIC-West, DePaul University, Private Industry Council,
the City of East Palo Alto Economic Development Office, Mission
Community College, and the Regional EPA office to train 22 residents.
The project originally proposed to train 10 students but with such
strong support from the local partners, they were able to provide for a
large class of trainees. Union contractors have been awarded
construction work for the new airport construction project and twenty
(20) jobs have been lined up for the East Palo Alto program graduates.

**Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative Cont.**

**Training Components**

+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| **Subjects**                       | **Provider**                    |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Recruitment, Outreach to           |  OIC-West                      |
| Community, and Job Placement       |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Basic Remedial Skills which        |  OIC-West and DePaul           |
| includes reading, writing,         | University                      |
| mathematics, environmental         |                                 |
| awareness, life skills,            |                                 |
| instrumental enrichment and job    |                                 |
| readiness training.                |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| General Construction - Tool and    |  L-AGC Texas/LA                |
| Material Recognition, safety, etc. |                                 |
| (80 hours)                         |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement (40 hours)          |  UBC                           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement (40 hours)      |  UBC                           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Confined Space                     | -   DePaul University           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Underground Storage Tank           | -   DePaul University           |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Hazardous Waste Worker Training    |  DePaul University             |
| (40 hours)                         |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+

4.  AT&SF Site, Albuquerque, NM

    Also in 1997, the UBC subcontracted with the San Jose Community
    Awareness Council, local Carpenters Local 1319 and the IBPAT to
    train ten (10) young adults. The Carpenters JATC provided the funds
    to cover the costs of their pre-apprenticeship instructor and
    materials. Recruitment of trainees has been extremely difficult,
    thus causing a delay in program start up. They had planned on
    providing1 lead and hazardous waste course integrated into six weeks
    of construction skills training with 3 weeks of carpentry and
    painting. Due to the slow startup and the inability to recruit
    individuals for this program, the UBC has decided to end this
    program and devote their efforts to either the Bayview Hunters Point
    in San Francisco, CA or Washington Navy Yard in Washington, DC Super
    JTI sites. More information will be provided on this change in
    training scope by the end of December 1998.

######### DePaul University {#depaul-university .unnumbered}

5.  NL Taracorp Site, Granite City, IL

In 1997, sixteen ethnic minority residents of ages 18-25 years from the
community surrounding the Superfund site in Granite City, Illinois
participated in education and environmental technician training. This
opportunity was provided through a unique
university-public-private-community partnership involving DePaul
University's Office of Applied Innovations (OAI), Chicago, Illinois; the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA); US EPA Region 5,
Chicago, Illinois; US Army Corps of Engineers, Madison, Illinois;
Belleville Area Community College (BACC), Madison, Illinois; Venice
Lincoln Technical Center (VLTC), Venice, Illinois; and OHM Remediation
Services Corporation, Madison, Illinois.

**Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative Cont.**

Residents of this community have been and continue to be
disproportionately impacted by historical and current industrial
pollution emissions and releases into the atmosphere, watercourses, and
soils. Adults, children, and the unborn are confronted daily with
exposure to contaminants that range from high levels of toxic lead and
other heavy metals to toxic organics that have invaded all domains of
their environment. In addition to the lead-contaminated Superfund site,
there are steel mills and other heavy industries, high vehicular traffic
volumes, old housing stocks that contain lead-based paint and asbestos,
and lead-contaminated yards and playgrounds. Many of the residents live
in austere poverty and are chronically unemployed or underemployed.
These conditions constitute a serious case of environmental injustice
for the Granite City community. This cognitive education and
environmental training program is a response to a much needed synergy of
environmental quality, economic vitality, and community well-being that
should be the norm for every at-risk community and city in this country.

The cognitive education and environmental technician training took place
between February 23 -- March 20, 1998 at OHM Remediation Services
Corporation's facilities in Madison, Illinois. Thinking skills were
developed using Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) with Mediated
Learning Experience (MLE). The environmental training consisted of 40
hours of Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
and 27 hours of Lead-based Paint Abatement Training.

On Tuesday and Thursday of each week, from 10 A.M. to noon, trainees
were given job readiness instruction at BACC. On Friday, February 22,
students were given an 8-hour special mathematical skills development
workshop at OHM. The instructor for this workshop was from VLTC.

Sixteen MWT students completed the Lead Abatement Training, passed the
course examination, were certified by DePaul University, and were
licensed by the State of Illinois. Thirteen MWT students completed the
HAZWOPER Training, passed the course examination, and were certified by
DePaul University as HAZWOPER technicians. Thirteen of the MWT students
also completed the 32-hours of critical thinking skills development.

6.  Dutchboy Site, Chicago, IL

Both the Taracorp and the Dutchboy sites are the focus of the MWTP for
DePaul University for the September 1, 1998 to August 31, 1999 year.
Last year DePaul was successful in training at the NL Taracorp site
through collaboration with the EPA Region 5 office. They were able to
work with the Community Involvement Coordinator, Remedial Project
Manager and OHM Environmental (EPA cleanup contractor) for the site.

The Dutchboy site is a new designated Super JTI pilot that DePaul will
provide training for during the 1998 year. They will work with the
Abraham Lincoln Center and the One Stop program and EPA Region 5 to
provide the training for resident surrounding this site.

**Appendix 11: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative Cont.**

7.  Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC

DePaul University has subcontracted with the Alice Hamilton Occupational
Health Center to provide training for residents surrounding the
Washington Navy Yard Site in Washington, DC. As apart of the AHOHC
Minority Worker Training Program in 1998, the AHOHC will provide one
training class targeting the Washington Navy Yard site. AHOHC will
partner with the Friendship House Association for Round One MWTP that
will take place in the Fall and Winter of 1998. Friendship House has
supported the recruitment efforts of the Alice Hamilton Centers MWT for
years.

AHOHC and Friendship House has been working together, as two non-profits
incorporated in the District, with the Washington Navy Yards' Bridge to
Friendship Partnership Program. The Bridges to Friendship is working
partnership dedicated to supporting the cleanup and redevelopment of the
Washington Navy Yard and the greater South Washington Community. Along
with the AHOHC and Friendship House, Bridges to Friendship, initiated by
the Washington Navy yard, is supported by the Covenant House Washington,
Urban Tree House, District of Columbia Government, Ellen Wilson
Redevelopment LLC, GSA, Global Environmental & Technological Foundation,
US Dept. of Agriculture, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, US
Dept. of Interior, National Park Services, US Department of Labor, and
the US Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to the \$100,000
from the regular MWTP, AHOHC was awarded an additional \$15,000 to
support this Super JTI at the Washington Navy Yard.

**[Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW)]{.underline}**

##### North Denver Super JTI Site

For the period of September 1, 1998 to August, 31, 1999, the OCAW has
partnered with the EPA Regional Office 8 in Denver and other local
community based organization to train minority Latino residents of North
Denver, CO. The goal of this program is, that by providing this
training, affected residents will be better prepared to become employed
on Superfund cleanup project. The partners include the EPA Region 8,
Colorado People's Environmental and Economic Network (COPEEN) and the
Denver Mayor's office. COPEEN is a non-profit community coalition made
up of residents, environmental activities, and churches whose interest
includes environmental justice. Ms. Jenni LaBlanc, a EPA student intern,
has worked as a coordinator for this program assisting with recruiting,
training, and arranging post training employment with contractors. In
order to address the economic justice issues surrounding the cleanup of
this Superfund site, the OCAW are working with COPEEN and the Mayor's
office to ensure that the contractors are fully aware of this training
program. In particular, the Mayor's office will alert contractors that
the residents of this targeted community have completed the appropriate
regulatory health and safety training to be considered for hire.

The OCAW will furnish current EPA worker trainees with workbooks and
materials to conduct 2 Hazwoper training classes in the 1999 budget year
to approximately 48 trainees. These trainees will be recruited from the
residents of the Swansea, Elyria and Globeville communities of North
Denver. There will be an interpreter for those trainees who have limited
English language skills.

This program started on September 1 with early exceptional results. Of
the 16 participants in the first training class, 10 are preparing
resumes to present to contractors. Of these 10, approximately 5 are
working for a local environmental contractor at \$21/hr.

#### Appendix 12: Samples of Awardee Job Tracking Pilots {#appendix-12-samples-of-awardee-job-tracking-pilots .unnumbered}

**Sample Chart on United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC)**

**Trainee Follow** **Up**

Construction Consortium training has helped members of the participating
trades obtain work on jobs which require hazardous waste certification
and/or other health and safety training. Information on job placement is
obtained from students in UBC Health & Safety Fund refresher courses.
The following is a sampling of the information reported by trainees who
attended refresher courses during the current grant year.

+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| **[Contra           | **[Site,                | **                   |
| ctor]{.underline}** | location]{.underline}** | [Work]{.underline}** |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| UNOCAL              | Pier 70, Seattle, WA    | Pile Driving         |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| A. J. Diani         | Vandenberg AFB, CA      | Decon                |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| R. P. Richards      | Vandenberg AFB, CA      | Asbestos             |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Hurland             | Terminal 5, Seattle, WA | Pile driver / Augur  |
|                     |                         | crew                 |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Am. Construction    | Fremont Bridge,         | Soil monitoring,     |
|                     | Seattle, WA             | piledriving          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Bechtel             | Diablo Canyon, CA       | Scaffolding          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| L.A., Rasmussen     | San Luis Obispo         | Bridge retrofit--    |
|                     |                         | lead                 |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Diani Construction  | Vandenberg AFB, CA      | Oil spill            |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Perini              | Tunnel cut, Boston, MA  | Struts               |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Schnabel Foundation | Naval Fuel Depot,       | Soldier piles,       |
|                     | Newport, RI             | lagging, tie backs   |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| JJ Wuellner         | Shell, Hartford, IL     | Scaffolding          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Rice Equipment      | Ethyl Corp., Sauget, IL | Millwright           |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| BiState LDS         | P&G, St. Louis, MO      | Millwright, piers &  |
|                     |                         | docks                |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Clayco Accurat      | Times Beach             | Millwright           |
|                     | Incinerator, MO         |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Hanna Construction  | Harbor Point, Utica, NY | Cleanup              |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| WMX                 | Adams Center Landfill,  | Adding cells         |
|                     | Ft. Wayne, IN           |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| MJK Construction    | Various sites, CA       | UST removal          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Carter Pile         | Central Artery Project, | Piledriving          |
|                     | Boston, MA              |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Franks              | Columbia Hts. Metro     | Piledriving, welding |
|                     | Station, Washington, DC |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Kajima-Kiska        | 11^th^ & Park Road      | Sheeting & shoring   |
|                     | Metro site, Washington, |                      |
|                     | DC                      |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Franks              | Columbia Hts. Metro     | Removal of           |
|                     | Station, Washington, DC | contaminated soil    |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| MJK Construction    | Edwards AFB,. CA        | UST removal          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| OHM                 | Richmond, CA Marina     | Hazardous waste      |
|                     |                         | recovery             |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Manson Construction | Sitcum Remediation,     | Dredging             |
|                     |                         |                      |
|                     | Port of Tacoma, WA      |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Luedtke Engineering | Ford Motor, Monroe, MI  | Dredging, cleanup    |
| Co.                 |                         |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| CCS                 | Salem Harbor, Salem, MA | Diving               |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| William             | McNanas Power Plant,    | Soil Contamination   |
| Environmental       | Brunswick, GA           |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| The Righte Co.,     | BP Refinery, Lima, OH   | Drive sheet pile     |
| Inc.                |                         | along Ottawa River   |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Raytheon            | BP, Oregon, OH          | Scaffold             |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Raytheon            | Belpre, OH              | Scaffold, Carpentry  |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| MJD                 | Bayer, New Market, WV   | Concrete forms       |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Rudolph Libbe       | G&H Landfill, Utica, MI | New construction     |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Davidson Crane      | Envirosafe, OR          | Machinery            |
|                     |                         | replacement          |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Lathrop             | BP, Oregon, OH          | Scaffold, Carpentry  |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Carl Bolander       | Glennview, IL Naval     | Diesel spill         |
|                     | Station                 | containment, cleanup |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Case & Slurry       | Kerr McGee, West        | Piledriver           |
|                     | Chicago, IL             |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Newberg / Perini    | Kerr McGee, West        | Piledriver           |
|                     | Chicago, IL             |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Jay Fortune         | Missoula Gulch, Butte,  | Concrete forms       |
| Construction        | MT                      |                      |
+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+

**Appendix 12:Samples of Awardee Job Tracking Pilots Cont.**

University of Massachusetts Lowell

# Trainee Site Activity Summary {#trainee-site-activity-summary .unnumbered}

**Information supplied by students who took the 8-hour refresher course
between September 1, 1997 and May 31, 1998.**

+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| No.   | Name of Site        | State     | Type of Site              |
| Of    |                     |           |                           |
|       |                     |           |                           |
| Stu   |                     |           |                           |
| dents |                     |           |                           |
+=======+=====================+===========+===========================+
| 1     | New Bedford         | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | NCBC                | RI        | Military                  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 6     | Kokusai BTI         | MA        | Haz Mat ER/Spill cleanup  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Maxwell AFB         | AL        | Military cleanup          |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Ft. Carson          | CO        | Military cleanup          |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Gilson Road         | NH        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Mass Military       | MA        | Superfund/Military        |
|       | Reservation         |           | Cleanup                   |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 2     | Saco Landfill       | ME        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Oil Spill           | RI        | ER                        |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Degreaser Mist      | MA        | Industrial                |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Industriplex        | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Well G & H          | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 3     | Charles George      | MA        | Superfund -               |
|       | Landfill            |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Allied Signal       | MA        | Superfund/Site Specific   |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Boston University   | MA        | RCRA/Correction Action    |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | City of Boston      | MA        | RCRA/Correction Action    |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Unamea              | OH        | RCRA/Correction Action    |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Gas Station         | NH        | UST                       |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Soil Pile           | MA        | Private Cleanup           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Great Northern      | MA        | State-lead site           |
|       | Paper               |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Duracell Battery    | MA        | State-lead Site           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Lowell              | MA        | Brownfield                |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     |                     | CT        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Edwards Field       | MA        | Brownfield                |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     |                     | ME        | Site Specific Cleanup     |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Laboratory/chemical | ME        | Emergency Response        |
|       | spill               |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Confidential        | CT        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Confidential        | RI        | Private Cleanup           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Lowery Landfill     | CO        | RCRA/TSD                  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Pease AFB           | NH        | Military Cleanup          |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 3     | Silresim            | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 2     | Colonial Gas        | MA        | Private Cleanup           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Billerica Street    | MA        | Private Cleanup           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Natick Labs         | MA        | Military                  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Ft. Devens          | MA        | Military                  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Hingham Training    | MA        | Military                  |
|       | Annex               |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 2     | Logan St (MGP)      | MA        | RCRA/TSD                  |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Picillo             | RI        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Groundwater pump &  | MA        |                           |
|       | Treatment           |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Holyoke Water Power | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | GE                  | CT        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Holbrook            | MA        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Acton               | ME        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Electro Circuits    | MA        | Emergency Removal         |
|       | Plating Co.         |           |                           |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Various Landfills   | NJ        | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+
| 1     | Ft. Campbell        |           | Superfund                 |
+-------+---------------------+-----------+---------------------------+

**Appendix 12:Samples of Awardee Job Tracking Pilots Cont.**

International Brotherhood of Teamsters:

**[TRAINEE FOLLOW UP]{.underline}**

Trainee Employment

The following is a summary of trainees who participated in the Hazardous
Waste Worker Training Program, and as a result of the training, have
acquired employment on hazardous waste sites, Superfund sites, and
construction sites found to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals. It
is broken down by the IBT's regional training sites.

Eastern Region Training Center

Name of Site

Location

Employment

Kingsland Landfill

Brooklyn, NY

2

Central Landfill

Johnstown, RI

3

Brookhaven Natl. Labs

New York

3

Coakley Landfill

North Hampton, NH

3

Colesville Landfill

Colesville, NY

2

Craig Farm Dump

Parker, PA

2

Croton Landfill

Croton, NY

18

Delaware Sand and Gravel Landfill

New Castle County

3

DuPont Pumpton Lakes

New Jersey

1

Pelham Bay Landfill

Pelham Bay, NY

7

Davy/IDM

Boundbrook, NJ

2

Elizabethtown Landfill

Elizabeth, PA

2

BASF

Westchester, PA

2

Big Hill Landfill

South Hampton, NY

7

Haviland Complex

Hyde Park, NY

3

Industrial Highway

Eddystone, PA

2

Kin-Buc Landfill

Edison Township, NJ

6

Kodak Remediation Site

Rochester, NY

24

Liberty Finishing

Farmingdale, NY

9

Name of Site

Location

Employment

NY Environmental Contract

Freeport, NY

2

Mobile Oil Remediation Site

Eggsboro, NJ

2

Alcoa Clean-Up

Massena, NY

5

Onondaga Lake Project

Syracuse, NY

4

Pup Landfill

Jersey City, NJ

4

NJ DOT Rail Line

Jersey City, NJ

8

Tamapo Landfill

Ramapo, NJ

2

Austin Avenue Superfund Site

Niagara Falls, NY

6

Freshkill Landfill

Flushing, NY

2

Clarkstown Landfill

Clarkstown, NY

3

\"5445\" Countries/Taylor Oil Company

Somerville, NJ

2

Warwick Landfill

Tampa, FL

3

Walsh Landfill

Honeybrook Township, PA

3

Big Dig

Boston, MA

2

9A Big Dig

Elmsford, NY

5

City Garage

Yonkers, NY

7

Fashion Mall

White Plains, NY

4

Eastern Region Training Center

TOTAL:

168

Central/Southern Region Training Center

Name of site

Location

Employment

Winfield Locks and Dam

Charleston, WV

13

Metro Airport

Detroit, MI

19

Ulland Brothers and Northland Brothers Construction

Duluth, MN

13

Alcoa Chemical Project

Chattanooga, TN

10

Kirschoff Brothers

Waukegan, IL

7

Rich Park Development/Great Lakes Construction

Valley View, OH

16

Smith\'s Farm Superfund Site

Louisville, KY

16

Crab Orchard Project

W. Frankfort, IL

19

Prairie Concrete

Chicago, IL

57

AK Steel Project

Evansville, IN

54

Stadium Construction Project

Cleveland, OH

47

Cousins Waste/Water Reclamation Project

Toledo, OH

26

Joliet Arsenal/Kerr-McGee Superfund Site/Joliet Landfill

Joliet, IL

50

Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant

Soddy Daisy, TN

20

Rust Precision/Waste Management

Mid-Western United States

29

Dixie Warehouse

Louisville, KY

61 drivers

Central/Southern Regional Training Center TOTAL:

457

Northern California Training Center

Name of Site

Location

Employment

Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Denver, CO

14

Eldorado Company Landfill

California

5

Kennecott Copper/Sharon Steel Midvale

Salt Lake City, UTAH

34

Marysville Landfill

Marysville, WA

12

Sparks Tank Farm

Sparks, NV

4

Empire Sand and Gravel

Concord, CA

12

Pacific Gas and Electric Sites

Auburn, CA

10

Areojet/McClellan AFB/Union Pacific/ Alviso Levee

Sacramento, CA

75

Umatilla Army Depot

Umatilla, OR

3

Hamilton AFB/Hunters Point Shipyard

San Francisco, CA

24

Terminal 9

California

26

Northern California Training Center

TOTAL:

219

Southern California Training Center

Name of Site

Location

Employment

Ancon Marine

Wilmington, CA

50

Johnston Controls

Fort Irwin, CA

50

C.A. Rusmussen, Inc.

Simi Valley, CA

4

Alcoa Cast Plant

Vernon, CA

4

Silverado Contractors

Irvine, CA

4

Pleasant Valley Environmental

Coalinga, CA

2

Fiske Environmental

Cerritos, CA

4

Greenfield Environmental

California

20

OHM Environmental

California

2

On-Site Environmental

Santa Ana, CA

12

Foss Environmental

Long Beach, CA

5

Camp Pendleton Marine Base

Oceanside, CA

45

El Toro Marine Base

Tustin, CA

49

S and E Pipeline Construction

Santa Fe Springs, CA

8

Hood Corporation

South Gate, CA

2

Scalers Union #56

San Pedro, CA

40

Southern California Training Center TOTAL:

301

#### Appendix 13: FY 98 Funding {#appendix-13-fy-98-funding .unnumbered}

+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| *          |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| *EPA/NIEHS |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Worker     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Education  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| and        |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Training   |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Awards**   |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
|            |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| **For      |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Budget     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Period     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| 09/01/98-  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| 08/31/99** |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
|            |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| # FY       |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
|  1998 Fund |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| s {#fy-199 |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| 8-funds .u |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| nnumbered} |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| **EPA      |      |     |      | *    |     |       |      |      |
| HWWT**     |      |     |      | *EPA |     |       |      |      |
|            |      |     |      | M    |     |       |      |      |
|            |      |     |      | WT** |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| *          | **   | *   | **T  | *    | **  | **B   | *    | **9/ |
| *AWARDEE** | HWWT | *JT | OTAL | *MWT | JTI | rownf | *TOT | 98** |
|            | 9/98 | I** | 9/   | 9/98 | 9/9 | ields | AL** |      |
|            | AWA  |     | 98** | AWA  | 8** | 9/98  |      | **   |
|            | RD** | **9 |      | RD** |     | AW    | **9/ | TOTA |
|            |      | /98 | *    |      | **A | ARD** | 98** | LS** |
|            |      | A   | *AWA |      | WAR |       |      |      |
|            |      | WAR | RD** |      | D** |       | *    |      |
|            |      | D** |      |      |     |       | *AWA |      |
|            |      |     |      |      |     |       | RD** |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| University | 450  |     | 450  |      |     |       |      | 450  |
| of Alabama | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Birmingham |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Int        | 1    |     | 1    |      |     |       |      | 1    |
| ernational | ,700 |     | ,700 |      |     |       |      | ,700 |
| Chemical   | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Workers    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Union      |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Council    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Int        | 550  |     | 550  |      |     |       |      | 550  |
| ernational | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| A          |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| ssociation |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| of Fire    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Fighters   |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| George     | 520  |     | 520  |      |     |       |      | 520  |
| Meany      | ,700 |     | ,700 |      |     |       |      | ,700 |
| Center for |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Labor      |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Studies    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| University | 700  |     | 700  |      |     |       |      | 700  |
| of         | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Mass       |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| achusetts, |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Lowell     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| University | 958  |     | 958  |      |     |       |      | 958  |
| of         | ,176 |     | ,176 |      |     |       |      | ,176 |
| California |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| at Los     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Angeles    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| La         | 5    |     | 5    | 691  |     | 39    | 1    | 6    |
| borers-AGC | ,329 |     | ,329 | ,948 |     | 0,000 | ,081 | ,411 |
| Education  | ,999 |     | ,999 |      |     |       | ,948 | ,947 |
| and        |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Training   |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Oil,       | 783  | 50, | 833  |      |     |       |      | 833  |
| Chemical & | ,000 | 000 | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Atomic     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Workers    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| HMTRI      | 350  |     | 350  |      |     |       |      | 350  |
| Kirkwood   | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Community  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| College    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Service    | 550  |     | 550  |      |     |       |      | 550  |
| Employees  | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Int        |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| ernational |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Union      |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| University | 711  |     | 711  | 483  |     |       | 483  | 1    |
| of         | ,682 |     | ,682 | ,916 |     |       | ,916 | ,195 |
| Medicine & |      |     |      |      |     |       |      | ,598 |
| Dentistry  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| of New     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Jersey     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Int        | 625  |     | 625  |      |     |       |      | 625  |
| ernational | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Union,     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| United     |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Auto       |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Workers    |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Int        | 1    |     | 1    |      |     |       |      | 1    |
| ernational | ,133 |     | ,133 |      |     |       |      | ,133 |
| Union of   | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
| Operating  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Engineers  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| University | 1    |     | 1    |      |     |       |      | 1    |
| of         | ,400 |     | ,400 |      |     |       |      | ,400 |
| Cincinnati | ,000 |     | ,000 |      |     |       |      | ,000 |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| United     | 1    |     | 1    | 575  | 15, | 1,35  | 1    | 3    |
| B          | ,855 |     | ,855 | ,000 | 000 | 0,000 | ,940 | ,795 |
| rotherhood | ,442 |     | ,442 |      |     |       | ,000 | ,442 |
| of         |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Carpenters |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Jackson    |      |     |      | 174  |     |       | 174  | 174  |
| State      |      |     |      | ,136 |     |       | ,136 | ,136 |
| University |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| AFSCME     | 653  |     | 653  |      |     |       |      | 653  |
| Training   | ,001 |     | ,001 |      |     |       |      | ,001 |
| and        |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Education  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
| Institute  |      |     |      |      |     |       |      |      |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| Clark      |      |     |      | 525  | 1   | 59    | 1    | 1    |
| Atlanta    |      |     |      | ,000 | 50, | 0,000 | ,265 | ,265 |
| University |      |     |      |      | 000 |       | ,000 | ,000 |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| DePaul     | 774  |     | 774  | 550  | 60, | 67    | 1    | 2    |
| University | ,000 |     | ,000 | ,000 | 000 | 0,000 | ,280 | ,054 |
|            |      |     |      |      |     |       | ,000 | ,000 |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+
| **TOTAL**  | **   | *   | **   | *    | **  | **3   | *    | **   |
|            | 19,0 | *50 | 19,0 | *3,0 | 225 | ,000, | *6,2 | 25,3 |
|            | 44,0 | ,00 | 94,0 | 00,0 | ,00 | 000** | 25,0 | 19,0 |
|            | 00** | 0** | 00** | 00** | 0** |       | 00** | 00** |
+------------+------+-----+------+------+-----+-------+------+------+

#### Appendix 14: Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program Fact Sheets {#appendix-14-brownfields-minority-worker-training-program-fact-sheets .unnumbered}