**January 28, 2000**

***FY 1999 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 FY 1999 Program Highlights [1](#fy-1999-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. Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (SuperJTI)
[7](#superfund-jobs-training-initiative-superjti)

2.4. Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program (BMWTP)
[8](#brownfields-minority-worker-training-program-bmwtp)

2.5. 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)

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

2.7. Worker Trainer Programs: Y2K Worker Awareness Handbook and Century
Date Change (CDC) Preparedness
[13](#worker-trainer-programs-y2k-worker-awareness-handbook-and-century-date-change-cdc-preparedness)

2.8. Meeting on Environmental Jobs and Superfund Jobs Training
Initiative in Estes Park, Colorado
[13](#meeting-on-environmental-jobs-and-superfund-jobs-training-initiative-in-estes-park-colorado)

2.9. EPA Regional and Local Coordination
[14](#epa-regional-and-local-coordination)

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

3.1. Continuation Applications [14](#continuation-applications)

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

3.3. Guidelines for Training in Support of Workplace Safety

and Health Programs
[16](#guidelines-for-training-in-support-of-workplace-safety-and-health-programs)

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

3.5. Request for Applications (RFA) Development Process
[18](#request-for-applications-rfa-development-process)

4 Conclusion [19](#conclusion)

[List of Appendices]{.underline}

Appendix 1: Twelve-Year Summary [20](#__RefHeading___Toc474574864)

Appendix 2: FY 1998 Funding [21](#__RefHeading___Toc474574865)

Appendix 3: Course Data by EPA Region [22](#__RefHeading___Toc474574866)

Appendix 4: Total Training by NIEHS Awardee
[23](#__RefHeading___Toc474574867)

Appendix 5: Target Populations [24](#__RefHeading___Toc474574868)

Appendix 6: Total Training by MWTP Awardee
[25](#__RefHeading___Toc474574869)

Appendix 7: Four-Year Summary of Training
[25](#__RefHeading___Toc474574871)

Appendix 8: MWTP Demographics [26](#__RefHeading___Toc474574870)

Appendix 9: MWTP Summary of Type and Number of Courses
[27](#__RefHeading___Toc474574872)

Appendix 10: Four-Year Summary of Student Trained per Awardee
[28](#__RefHeading___Toc474574873)

Appendix 11: Four-Year Summary of Employment per Awardee
[29](#__RefHeading___Toc474574874)

Appendix 12: MWTP Job Training Characteristics
[30](#__RefHeading___Toc474574875)

Appendix 12: MWTP Job Training Characteristics Cont.
[31](#__RefHeading___Toc474574876)

Appendix 13: Superfund Jobs Training Initiative
[32](#__RefHeading___Toc474574877)

Appendix 14: BMWTP Demographics [39](#__RefHeading___Toc474574878)

Appendix 15: Brownfields Summary of Training
[40](#__RefHeading___Toc474574879)

Appendix 16: Total Training by BMWTP Awardee
[40](#__RefHeading___Toc474574880)

Appendix 17: Brownfields Summary of Type and Number of Courses
[41](#__RefHeading___Toc474574881)

Appendix 18: Laborers-AGC --Lowell, MA (Environmental J.O.B.S.) Job
Placement Characteristics [42](#__RefHeading___Toc474574883)

Appendix 19: FY 1999 Funding [43](#__RefHeading___Toc474574884)

Appendix 20: WETP Staff Activities [44](#__RefHeading___Toc474574885)

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**January 28, 2000**

**FY 1999 Accomplishments and Highlights:**

**NIEHS/EPA Superfund Worker Training Program**

# Introduction

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)
established an assistance program for training and education of workers
engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal, containment
and emergency response. Grant recipients are non-profit organizations
with demonstrated access to appropriate worker populations and
experience in implementing and operating worker health and safety
education training programs. The National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) was given responsibility for establishing and
managing this program through Interagency Agreements with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE).

Through competitively awarded cooperative agreements, the NIEHS Worker
Education and Training Program (WETP) has supported the development of
curricula and initiation of training programs throughout the country to
help employers meet OSHA requirements under 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous
Waste Operations & Emergency Response. This model program encourages
innovation for training difficult-to-reach populations by addressing
issues such as literacy, appropriate adult education techniques,
training quality improvement, and other areas un-addressed directly by
the private sector. The program enhances rather than replaces private
sector training responsibility by demonstrating new and cost-effective
training techniques and materials.

New support has expanded the scope of NIEHS-supported training to
include workers involved in transporting hazardous materials, a Minority
Worker Training Program to serve urban youth, an initiative focused on
job training for Brownfields cleanup sites, and a program targeted to
workers involved in the cleanup of DOE nuclear weapons facilities.

# FY 1999 Program Highlights

WETP, through its EPA Superfund-supported programs, has established an
effective national framework to develop and provide comprehensive
training that is needed to address the complex needs of Superfund
cleanups, chemical emergency response, RCRA corrective actions, and
urban communities surrounding brownfields sites.

In completing the twelfth year of the Superfund WETP (FY 1987-1999), the
NIEHS has successfully supported twenty primary awardees. These
represent over ninety different institutions who have trained over
800,000 workers across the country and presented nearly 42,000 classroom
and hands-on training courses, which have accounted for over 12 million
contact hours of actual training (See Appendix 1).

Through an Interagency Agreement, NIEHS received \$26 million from the
FY 1998 EPA appropriations, which provided funding to NIEHS awardees
during the past year (FY 1999). Approximately, nineteen million one
hundred thousand dollars of the FY 1998 funds were allocated to continue
support of the Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) to train
hazardous waste workers and emergency responders. Three million dollars
of the FY 1998 funds were allocated to continue support for the Minority
Worker Training Program (MWTP). EPA transferred \$3 million to support
Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program (BMWTP) and \$275,000 to
support Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (SuperJTI) activities, which
provided additional funding to NIEHS MWTP awardees. As a result of the
Interagency Agreements, NIEHS made the following awards (See Appendix
2):

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

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

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

-   4 SuperJTI supplemental awards totaling \$275,000 under the MWTP and
    HWWTP programs

During the past year (FY 1999), 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 3,980 courses, reaching 74,013 workers,
which account for 954,935 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, 1998 and August 31, 1999, 56% of the
training has been focused on delivering CERCLA cleanup worker training.
This comprises 32,574 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).

## Continuation of the Peer-Reviewed Worker Training Awards for Training of Hazardous Waste Workers, Emergency Responders and Minority Workers 

After the completion of the fourth program year on the projected five
year long cooperative agreements to support worker training activities,
17 organizations submitted progress reports, training data, budget
requests, and training plans on July 1, 1999. 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, 1999 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:

-   The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) wastewater
    treatment facility is one of the largest water treatment facilities
    in the United States. Recently, Michigan OSHA (MIOSHA) cited the
    facility for a number of HAZWOPER and Lockout related violations.
    The City of Detroit asked the United Auto Workers (UAW) Health &
    Safety Department for assistance to abate the citations, as well as
    to provide expertise in planning for emergencies. UAW Locals 2342
    and 2334 represent approximately 100 workers at the facility. Since
    the request for assistance, the UAW provided emergency response and
    Operations Level training to 33 employees, with a commitment from
    the City of Detroit to train over 100 DWSD employees over the course
    of the next year. A walkthrough of the facility was conducted, for
    the purpose of identifying Lockout concerns to be highlighted in a
    site-specific Lockout training program.

-   Subsequent to a Lockout Train-the-Trainer program provided to New
    Mather Metals in Toledo, OH (UAW Local 12), the company and local
    union worked jointly to review and revise Lockout procedures for the
    plant and identified all energy sources. In addition, an opportunity
    arose to provide confined spaces training at the same location, and
    a UAW representative was asked to help the company evaluate a
    baghouse to determine whether it should be classified as a
    permit-required confined space.

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-   All 22 trainers (100 percent) in the two-week Hazardous Materials
    Training and Research Institute (HMTRI) Train-the-Trainer program
    felt the training was useful and contributed to their knowledge and
    skills. The course was attended by instructors having an average 1-5
    years experience and more than 16 years formal education.
    Fifteen (15) rated the course excellent; 6 very good; and 1 good.
    They all reported a gain in knowledge and skills in all 14
    categories evaluated, with 25-63 percent improvement noted in
    knowledge and skills gained in Rules and Regulations, Chemistry
    Principles, Personal Protective Equipment, Emergency Response,
    Rights and Responsibilities, Decontamination, Monitoring Techniques,
    Work Practices, Hazard Control, Hazard Recognition, Safe Work
    Practices, Hands-on Applications, and Instructional Techniques.

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-   HMTRI was awarded \$50,000 in NIEHS supplemental funding to support
    two six-day Brownfields Train-the-Trainer Institutes, fondly
    referred to as BrownEST Institutes in FY 1999. The Institutes were
    held June 7-12 and June 21-26. Evaluations, although not compiled by
    the third party evaluator, were very positive. HMTRI will focus
    particular attention on developing the environmental, health and
    safety instructional capability of colleges serving EPA Brownfields
    Pilot Communities, National Priorities List (NPL) sites, and
    Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) sites in FY 1999.
    Priority for Train-the-Trainer slots were given to colleges serving
    these priority sites. HMTRI has immediate access to these colleges
    through work they conduct for EPA OSWER and through the Partnership
    for Environmental Technology Education (PETE).

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-   A representative of Ford Motor Company wrote to the Midwest
    Consortium after the Rouge Power House explosion in Detroit. The
    company noted that "the training provided by Michigan State
    University enabled us to establish proper procedures for dress out,
    air monitoring, decontamination, and most importantly, incident
    command. Each of these components was critical to the success of our
    commitment to protecting the safety of all personnel who were on
    scene.\"

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-   The Springfield, IL Office of Public Utilities commented after an
    NIEHS-supported training session that "the training provided by the
    University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
    has provided long-term benefits for City Water, Light, and Power. We
    have found that the trained employees and supervisors are more
    responsive to hazardous chemical spills. They are more aware of the
    risks. They tend to take more precautions and ask more questions
    when working with chemicals. This helps create a better working
    relationship between the Environmental Health & Safety Office and
    the Power Plant.\"

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-   The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) implemented
    major advancements in its training technologies. Advancements
    included web page updates and enhancements, the release of a
    refresher training program, the release of new programs and case
    studies via the internet, and work towards updating and digitizing
    its First Responder course with active learning strategies and small
    group activities. IAFF plans on conducting Instructor Development
    Conferences (IDCs) to enable the IAFF to provide refresher training
    to its instructional team while updating them with new training
    approaches, skills, technological advancements, evaluation protocol,
    and administrative changes.

## Minority Worker Training Program Development

The MWTP completed its fourth year of training through six programs at
the Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR), Clark Atlanta University
(CAU), Jackson State University (JSU), DePaul University (DePaul),
Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund (Laborers-AGC), and the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The main
goal of this program is to recruit young people of color and provide a
vigorous training program that eventually leads to productive
employment. Over the past four years 1,2 78 young minority adults have
been successfully training in worker health and safety training for
construction and environmental cleanup. These six programs during the
period of September 1, 1998 to August 31, 1999 provided training to 360
students in the 18 cities. These cities are Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD;
Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; East Palo Alto, CA; Granite City, IL;
Jackson, MS; Los Angeles, CA; New Haven, CT; Exton, PA; Memphis, TN;
Newark, NJ; New Orleans, LA; New York City, NY; Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN; Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, DC. Of those 360
students trained, 233 students are gainfully employed. The courses
provided ranged from Life Skills to Environmental Technician training
with a total of 196 courses offered representing 118,600 contact hours
(See Appendix 6).

Demographics and Placement Data

Overall the job placement rate for training this year was 65 % with 233
students gainfully employed (See Appendix 7). With four years of
training completed, trends have started to emerge to indicate that
sustained employment is a direct result of strong training programs with
support systems that continues providing tracking and job placement to
all students regardless of whether they are current graduates or past
graduates. This year due to aggressive partnering with organizations
that represent Women- in-Trade organizations and woman working as
mentors, there was an increase in females trained up to 18% (See
Appendix 8). The diversity of courses along with the high quality of
training provided by the Awardees has produced a cadre of workers that
are functioning in various construction and environmental jobs across
the U.S. (See Appendix 9). Those jobs are located in the communities
where the training occurs and with concentrated efforts on training
local residents for jobs in their communities. Specific characteristics
from the training and progress report data indicate that the majority of
jobs remain in the construction industry, this consistent with the
redevelopment occurring in urban areas. As trainees develop specialized
skills and with the extensive environmental training acquired in this
program, long-term tracking has indicated that more workers are moving
into jobs with an environmental focus. Specific grantees have job
placement rates in the range of 80% and greater with many trainees in
jobs reaching the prevailing wage rate for the specific trade
organization they belong. Programs such as Laborers-AGC, DePaul
University, and UMDNJ have exceptional job placement rates during this
period (See Appendices 10 & 11).

UMDNJ Pre-Apprentice Environmental Worker Training Program (PETP)
successfully recruited 30 students to begin pre-apprentice training. Of
the 30 recruits, 24 completed the program, or 80%. Of those 24 students,
14 are employed roughly 60%. Of the remaining students, 9 are in the
final stages interviewing to join either the Sheetmetal Workers Union,
Stationary Engineer Union, Operating Engineers apprentice programs, and
positions in environmental remediation and/or environmental assessment
arena in the New York City area. According to UMDNJ, graduates have
retained jobs in construction and environmentally related jobs with a
plurality of employment positions. The type and frequency of jobs worked
by PETP graduates indicated that of the 159 reported positions by
student graduates, fully 89% have been in positions targeted by the
training (See Appendix 12, Table A). Many improvements in training such
as increased tracking and case management throughout the program helped
to increase the success rate of training.

The UMDNJ program has developed a system of tracking graduates that
analyzes hours worked, wage and earning data, title, and basic job
description information (See Appendix 12, Table B). This data has been
extremely beneficial to demonstrate the benefits of the training
program. For example, their study determined that the 12 months
following graduation, the two classes (graduates from 1996 and 1997)
earned a combined pre-benefit total of \$385,606, about the total award
for a single year of training for the UMDNJ consortium. In addition,
data on full-time employment has provided some excellent background as
to the long-term outcomes of training. For instance, on average
full-time employment in construction is widely considered 1,400 annual
hours of work. The last column in Table C recalculates the mean percent
employed using 1,400 hours as a benchmark for full employment (See
Appendix 12, Table C). Overall, the UMDNJ graduates have been employed
an impressive 81% of full-time construction employment.

Program Changes and Accomplishments

Each year the MWTP enhances the way NIEHS and the Awardees developed
their training programs. By focusing on results from outside
evaluations, peer/student evaluations and NIEHS progress report reviews,
the programs have continued to advance. There were significant
improvements to strengthen recruitment strategies, increase
mentoring/life skills enrichment, utilize lessons learned, enhance
trainee tracking/job placement, infuse ancillary support services, to
refine and increase the effectiveness of the training. Some examples of
these enhancements are Promotion of Instrumental Enrichment Training,
Utilization of Supportive Services and Fostering Relationships with EPA
Regional Offices.

**Promotion of Instrumental Enrichment Training**

Instrumental Enrichment (IE) is a component of DePaul's program on
integrated educational and training models that promotes rigorous
cognitive and affective engagement within the content and process of
experience in hazardous waste training. Briefly the history of IE dates
back to 1950 when Professor Reuven Feuerstein developed this technique.
It 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. IE has been used to develop specific life skills
curricula and other deductive reasoning skills in DePaul's hazardous
waste worker training and minority worker training programs. The unique
life skills component that bridged to the IE principles was conducted by
DePaul with the assistance of community partners with expertise and
knowledge of the specific target population from each of the minority
worker training communities that they serve. These IE/life skills
training placed great emphasis on developing interview skills, marketing
one's training and skills, and resume development.

In particular, DePaul's integration of IE and Mediated Learning
Experience (MLE) with hazwoper and lead abatement training was utilized
extensively in the MWTP, BMWTP and SuperJTI 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 IE exercises, mediating application of
these principles, enhancing the cognitive functions, and promoting
higher order, interdisciplinary, and analytic thinking. The "bridging"
back and forth between cognitive principles introduced from the
exercises in IE and subject matter elements form a powerful integration
of cognitive enhancement and interdisciplinary learning techniques.

The integration of the IE components of the curriculum were designed to:

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

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

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

This training raised the level of self-reflection and evaluation for all
trainees who has as a result of this training reduced the rate of
student drop out for their program.

**Utilization of Support Services**

Each Awardee worked to increase their knowledge and interaction with
various support services for students enrolled in their programs.
Linkages to Workforce Development Programs such as One-Stop Centers in
each city, Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Welfare to Work, School
to Work, Housing & Urban Development, EPA Regional Programs, and other
similar programs were instrumental in helping to provide additional
support to students through each stage of the training program. Some of
the major support services provided through these services were, general
education degree (GED) training, child care provisions, life skills,
resume development, job placement, mentoring, transportation subsidies,
different skills training such as apprenticeship training, and longer
term case-management/tracking.

An example of this collaborative approach to providing support services
was the South Bend, IL SuperJTI program at DePaul. Through the local
partners and supporting organizations such as the Charles Martin Youth
Center (CMYC), Workforce Development Services, Opportunities
Industrialization Center (OIC), South Bend Heritage Foundation, the
Urban League of South Bend, and St. Joseph County, Inc., the project
provided additional benefits to the students. The community partners,
through existing alliances, grants, etc. provided funding to support
items such as lunch, work clothing, bus fares, medical exams, etc. In
many cases, these support services were essential to keep the students
in class to complete the overall training program. Community partners
along with EPA also took a lead role in raising funds and carrying out
the graduation exercises and organizing and supporting job fairs.

Another excellent instance of partnering was the Laborers-AGC program in
San Francisco, CA. The stakeholder partnering of Laborers-AGC, local
training funds, local unions, colleges and/or universities,
community-based organizations, and environmental/construction
contractors resulted in an increased number of trainees entering the
union. Moreover, 17 of the 21 individuals trained in their San Francisco
program are indentured into the Construction Craft Laborers (CCLs)
Apprenticeship Program, a comprehensive system that encourages lifelong
learning and advancement. Referenced as a career path in the original
application, this is the first year MWTP graduates have continued
training and employment through the CCLs Apprenticeship Program.

In addition, expanded partnerships with other unions, local businesses,
and government agencies were also a highlight of this program year. A
pilot collaboration with the San Francisco MWTP and the Northern
California Teamsters Apprenticeship Program produced two students
certified in hazardous waste worker, hazardous materials transportation
awareness, and received Class A Commercial Drivers License. Both
students are employed as teamster apprentices. In addition,
collaborations with local business and government agencies brought
expanded funding for support services such as transportation, GED
training, trainee supplies, and first source hiring in respective
programs. Specifically, contributors included Hensel Phelps Construction
Co., Bode Gravel Company, City of San Francisco, San Francisco
Redevelopment Agency, Private Industry Council, San Francisco Building &
Trades Council, and Bayview Hunters Point community. Using this model
training in San Francisco, CA; New Haven, CT; and Exton, PA; the
Laborers-AGC has trained 96 students with 80 of them employed.

**Fostering Relationships with EPA Regional Offices and Other Federal
Agencies**

By working in tandem with EPA regional offices and other Federal, State
and local environmental agencies, several programs are on track to
broaden professional licensing opportunities for students. By working
with state and local agencies, programs have analyzed the job market in
adjacent states to determine if graduates should be certified in
specialized training such as lead and asbestos for multiple states. In
the DePaul program in Chicago and South Bend, a rigorous curriculum was
utilized to train participants in meeting licensing requirements for the
states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. This licensing
diversity broadened the scope of employment for trainees who are
considered by various environmental firms in Michigan and Ohio. Working
with EPA Superfund Community Involvement Coordinators and other EPA
offices shaped more opportunities for learning for participants. New
courses offered to students by EPA regional offices proved to be
beneficial. In particular, the Superfund Overview course developed by
Region 5 EPA in connection with the DePaul program was very informative
for the students. The course gave an overview of the Superfund Program
and covered such topics as assessing a Superfund site, community
involvement and the cleanup of Superfund sites.

Other partnerships developed by Laborers-AGC in the New Haven, CT and
the Exton, PA training provided significant support for the program. The
Regional Growth Connection (RGC), a Regional Growth Partnership
affiliate in New Haven, CT, committed transportation support for the
second cycle of participants of the MWTP during their training period as
a group. The commitment during the training period for one cycle alone
represents a \$7,000 contribution. The RGC will also assist participants
in getting to and from work for at least their first month of work as
individuals. One of the understandings for providing transportation to
and from work is that this ride to work is a temporary solution, and
individuals must be actively engaged in securing transportation that
will continue to support them after this subsidized transportation
expires.

After some hard work and diligence, the community-based agency working
with the Laborers-AGC in New Haven, the Greater Dwight Community
Development Corp (GDCDC) secured Department of Labor (DOL) approval for
the New Haven MWTP as a DOL-approved program. This entitles its
qualifying participants to state reimbursement for childcare while they
are in the program. Several participants in the program used this
arrangement. This allowed GDCDC to expand the number of participants
with dependents.

## Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (SuperJTI) 

NIEHS is in the second year of working with EPA to support the SuperJTI.
This collaboration has allowed EPA and NIEHS to partner and provide much
needed training particularly in disadvantaged communities to priority
sites across the U.S. Some of the previous sites include: Agricultural
Street Landfill, New Orleans, LA; Taracorps Site, Granite City, IL;
AT&SF, Albuquerque, NM; and East Palo Alto, CA. In addition to the base
training for the MWTP and the HWWTP, the awardees provided additional
training under the SuperJTI. This training occurred at 5 locations, the
Dutch Boy site, West Pullman, IL; Douglas Road/Uniroyal, Inc. site,
South Bend, IN; Washington Naval Yard, Washington, DC; RSR Site, West
Dallas, TX; and the MDI Site, Houston, TX. See table below. Under the
program, 100 students were trained. For more information on the specific
training accomplishments, please refer to Appendix 13.

+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+
| **Superfund     |              |                         |         |
| Jobs Training   |              |                         |         |
| Initiative**    |              |                         |         |
+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+
| **Awardee**     | **Program**  | **Site Name and         | *       |
|                 |              | Location**              | *Number |
|                 |              |                         | of      |
|                 |              |                         | s       |
|                 |              |                         | tudents |
|                 |              |                         | tr      |
|                 |              |                         | ained** |
+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+
| DePaul          | MWTP         | Dutch Boy Site --       | 69      |
| University in   |              | Chicago, IL             |         |
| collaboration   |              |                         |         |
| with Alice      |              | Douglas Road/Uniroyal,  |         |
| Hamilton        |              | Inc. Site - South Bend, |         |
| Occupational    |              | IN                      |         |
| Health Center   |              |                         |         |
|                 |              | Washington Naval Yard   |         |
|                 |              | Site -- Washington D.C. |         |
+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+
| Clark Atlanta   | MWTP         | RSR Site --West Dallas, | 3       |
| University in   |              | TX                      |         |
| collaboration   |              |                         |         |
| with Xavier     |              |                         |         |
| University      |              |                         |         |
+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+
| Laborers-AGC    | HWWTP        | MDI Site -- Houston, TX | 28      |
+-----------------+--------------+-------------------------+---------+

## Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program (BMWTP)

The NIEHS is committed to promote the President's focus on the
Brownfields National Action Agenda. As part of the Department of Health
and Human Services commitment to the Brownfields National Partnership
Agenda, the NIEHS has provided support for the establishment of the
Brownfields Minority Worker Training Programs targeting the Showcase
Communities. The strategy of this initiative is to broaden the NIEHS
MWTP 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 brownfield
sites. The NIEHS has awarded, through an interagency agreement with EPA,
\$3 Million for the development of brownfields environmental job
training programs targeting people of color at 11 of the 16 Brownfields
Showcase Communities.

The BMWTP completed its first year of training. The four awardees,
Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR), Clark Atlanta University
(CAU), DePaul University (DePaul), Laborers-AGC Education and Training
Fund (Laborers-AGC) provided training to 406 local residents in the
Brownfields communities as indicated below.

**Brownfields Minority Worker Training Program Awardees and Target
Communities**

  -------------------------------- --------------------------------------
  **Awardee**                      **Brownfields Showcase Communities**

  Center to Protect Workers'       East Palo Alto, CA, Los Angeles, CA,
  Rights                           Salt Lake City, UT, St. Paul, MN and
                                   Portland, OR

  Clark Atlanta University         Eastward Ho, FL and Dallas, TX

  DePaul University                Chicago, IL; Kansas City, KS/MO; and
                                   Baltimore, MD

  Laborers-AGC Education and       Lowell, MA
  Training Fund                    
  -------------------------------- --------------------------------------

Each of the programs were successful in building strong collaborative
relationships with the Brownfields Showcase Community and other
organizations working within the Brownfields communities. A detailed
description of each of the programs can be found at
<http://www.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/bfield.htm>. In addition to the
descriptions, specific data on program employment and contact hours are
vital pieces of information to determine the effectiveness of the
training programs (See Appendices 14 & 15). For the Brownfields program,
approximately 187,989 contact hours of training was performed with 185
courses offered (See Appendix 16 & 17). Some of these courses were
broader in scope than the MWTP with several programs offering 2 distinct
tiers or tracks of training one in environmental technology and one in
construction training. This diversity in training opportunities was
powerful in assisting trainees to become more marketable in the
environmental and construction community.

Training Accomplishments and Highlights

**Laborers-AGC Education and Training Program**

The Laborers--AGC program with the University of Massachusetts Lowell
and its partners, the Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) and the
Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA) named the Environmental
Justice On Brownfield Sites in Lowell (Environmental J.O.B.S.) located
in Lowell, MA utilized the two track training program, one in
construction another in environmental technology. The Lowell program
enrolled 20 participants selected out of a pool of 130 applicants, with
12 in construction and 8 in environmental technology. Fifteen students
completed the 13-week program (9 construction; 6 environmental
technicians). The trainees were offered 12 courses representing 6,219
contact hours of training. The program's employment rate was excellent
with graduates working in highly specialized environmental fields on
various sites including Brownfields sites in Lowell. (See Appendix 18)
Specifically 6 students are working in Lowell, with 4 of those at
Brownfield sites. Three students are working at Treatment Storage and
Disposal (TSD) sites. One was employed in the Superfund Technical
Assessment and Response Team (START) program.

Students were exposed to various environmentally related careers such
environmental technician training, wastewater treatment and sampling,
environmental engineering, etc. Some of the specialized training
represented a clear focus on promoting a hands-on culture with field
trips to local brownfields sites, as well as groundwater treatment
facilities and other contaminated sites in the Lowell area. Local
organizations were instrumental in providing this hands-on training. In
particular, a tour of Brownfield sites in Lowell was narrated by several
local contracts including a representative of the city\'s Department of
Planning and Development, Lowell\'s EPA-assigned Brownfields Showcase
Coordinator, and the project manager for the city\'s two major
Brownfields rehabilitation projects (the Tsongas Arena and LeLacheur
Stadium). A tour of a nearby Superfund site, Charles George Landfill in
Tyngsboro, MA, included thorough descriptions of the site history, the
remediation process, and the on going sampling monitoring program
presented by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Additional
field trips for the Environmental Technicians included visits to the EPA
Laboratory, a private laboratory (Hygeia), a local Brownfield site to
observe core drilling, and the City\'s wastewater treatment plant.

**Center to Protect Workers' Rights**

The CPWR Program was conducted in five (5) cities: East Palo Alto, CA;
Los Angeles, CA; Salt Lake City, UT; St. Paul, MN; and Portland, OR. The
program provided pre-apprenticeship and environmental skills training in
each of the five cities, connecting the training, trainees and program
agencies with Brownfields agents and activities within each respective
community. The four components in each program were life skills,
construction skills, environmental or occupational health & safety, and
job development and placement. Each city and their program partners
provided all four components. During the first year, CPWR trained 270
trainees, offering 103 courses representing 148,094 contact hours of
training. Of the 270, 168 trainees (60%) are currently employed with the
majority of trainees working in construction.

Working with the different City Brownfields and redevelopment
initiatives has been vital to the success of the CPWR training program.
The East Palo Program shared a win-win relationship with City's First
Source Hiring Program. First Source Hiring served as a valuable end user
for the program and this program aided them in meeting their goals. Of
the 54 trainees in the East Palo Alto training, roughly 50 of the
program participants have gone to work in some aspect with the city's
redevelopment. This program was the primary pool for hazardous abatement
workers. As the redevelopment continues, the process will depend more
and more on the trained work force developed through this training. In
addition, this program is structured so those trainees who graduate and
leave the program will be able to continue their studies of the
environmental field at Mission College/REBRAC. By broadening the
educational opportunities of the trainees, CPWR advocates that trainees
move into higher levels of careers such as engineering and supervisor
position.

**DePaul University**

The DePaul consortium served a total of 75 trainees offering 18,208
contact hours with 48 courses offered ranging from Environmental Justice
to Asbestos Supervisor. DePaul targeted the 75 trainees recruited from
the 3 Brownfields Showcase Communities Chicago, IL; Kansas City, KS/MO;
and Baltimore, MD. Of the 75 trainees, 62 are currently employed. This
represents the largest successful training program with an excellent 83%
job placement rate. DePaul heads this consortium with local partners
working in each Showcase City. Along with DePaul and the Center for
Workforce Education, two Kansas City partners, ERA Environmental and the
Full Employment Council (FEC) have implemented this program in Kansas
City. In Chicago, DePaul worked with the Chicago Department of
Environment, Bethel New Life, One Stop Employment Center, and Center for
Workforce Education. In Baltimore, DePaul University shared leadership
of this training with the Alice Hamilton Occupational Health Center
(AHOHC) and several community based organizations to include East
Baltimore Career Center, Baltimore Works, Jubalee Baltimore, Gateway,
and Plowshares. The wide range partners prepares them for some of the
many challenges of the environmental work place.

One of the most significant alliances in this program is the
relationship DePaul has cultivated in Kansas City, KS/MS with ERA
Environmental and the FEC. FEC is a business-led, private, nonprofit
corporation whose mission is to obtain employment for the unemployed and
the underemployed in the Greater Kansas City Area. FEC accomplishes this
goal by working in collaboration with business, local units of
government, educational institutions, and community-based organizations.
FEC, through the empowerment zone initiative for Kansas City, provided
numerous resources to the trainees that included transportation,
additional stipends, physicals, and work equipment such as safety
goggles, boots, etc. With the helpful guidance of FEC and ERA
Environmental, seven of the trainees formed a partnership and
incorporated their own environmental business. With much determination,
they succeeded in launching their own company and are now legally known
as the Brownfield Environmental Group, LLC. These graduates have
completed their first local contract and are looking to bid on other
environmental jobs. To keep their income flow consistent, the graduates
who comprise the Brownfield Environmental Group are also employed by
environmental contractors such as ERA Environmental and Major Abatement
& Demolition while working on their next bid. As a result of
participating in the productive alliances and the diversity of courses
such instrumental enrichment training, technical training and life
skills training from DePaul and its partners, these graduates are well
on their way as entrepreneurs in the environmental remediation field.

**Clark Atlanta University**

CAU designed and implemented a comprehensive job training program in the
Brownfields Showcase Communities of Eastward Ho!, FL and Dallas, TX. The
Eastward Ho! Brownfields Partnership is a regional collaboration
focusing on shared environmental restoration and urban revitalization
efforts. As stated by EPA, the Partnership comprises local, state,
regional, and Federal government agencies, as well as public, private,
and non-profit community organizations in southeast Florida. The
Eastward Ho! initiative was established in 1995 to direct future growth
to the region\'s urban core and away from the threatened Everglades
ecosystem to the west. Because contaminated lands are a significant
barrier to redevelopment in the Eastward Ho! corridor, the
identification, assessment, cleanup, revitalization, and redevelopment
of brownfields on a regional scale is essential to the Eastward Ho!
strategy. In Eastward Ho!, the BMWTP partners included the CPWR, United
Brotherhood of Carpenters Apprenticeship Trust of Southeast Florida,
Miami-Dade Community Action Agency, and the Bass-Dillard Neighborhood
Issues and Prevention, Inc.

According to the EPA, Dallas has been involved in brownfields
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment for more than two years, and has
identified more than 200 brownfields within the city. The city targets
the area of West Dallas for brownfields redevelopment. West Dallas is an
11.45-square-mile, low-income, minority populated section of Dallas
greatly affected by the presence of a Superfund site, a large public
housing development, and industrial land use of approximately 26% of the
area. The city is also targeting the 280-square-mile Southern Sector,
which consists of 38% vacant land, to both address community need and
take advantage of growth potential. Both targeted areas fall within
Dallas\' Federal Enterprise Community. In West Dallas, TX the BMWTP
partners were Xavier University, Laborers-AGC, New Start for a Better
Environment, West Dallas Multipurpose Center within the City of Dallas,
West Dallas Neighborhood Development Center, and Mountain View College.
Both Region 4 and Region 6 worked closely with CAU in creating and
sustaining the partnerships within the program.

CAU trained 41 students and completed 48 courses representing 15,468
contact hours of training in the Eastward Ho! and Dallas communities.
The specific communities targeted within the designated Brownfields
communities were the Wynwood, Model City, Opa Locka, West Little River,
and Overtown in Miami and Fort Lauderdale of Eastward Ho!, FL and West
Dallas neighborhoods in Dallas, TX. Their strong local alliances
represented by the contributions of the training partners have enabled
the program to successfully provide jobs to these residents.

In the Eastward Ho! community though trainees are not working on
specific Brownfields cleanup or redevelopment sites, 16 of the 20
individuals who completed the training program are working in the
following areas: 7 - construction; 5 - environmental; and, 3 - other
industry. Fifteen of the 16 trainees working are working within
designated Brownfields communities in Miami-Dade County.

## Continued Operation and Support for a National Clearinghouse on Hazardous Waste Worker Training 

Technology continued to play a leading role in most of the work carried
out by the Clearinghouse during contract year 1999-2000, its fifth year
of activity on behalf of the NIEHS awardees and the WETP. On-line
registration via the Web site, as well as a centralized database of
contact names, helped to streamline organization of the October awardees
meeting. New links were made between the Clearinghouse Web Page and
several hundred health and safety Internet sites. In addition, NIEHS
documents and reports were posted on the Web \-- including workshop and
awardee reports, the Y2K Handbook, and data to aid trainees in tracking.
The on-line version of the curricula catalogue, introduced in November
1998, facilitated inquiry management and the order fulfillment process
for awardee curricula. It has been updated continuously during the year,
whenever new curricula are received. Throughout the year, the on-line
version of the [Newsbrief]{.underline} continued to generate time and
cost efficiencies: because many readers now access the publication
on-line, the mailing list has been streamlined, yielding savings in
photocopying, postage, and handling costs. On-line power point
presentations were added to the web \-- for Y2K and 10 year
accomplishments.

From August to October, an intensive effort \-- via telephone, letter
and e-mail \-- was made to collect a full and up-dated set of curricula
from all of the awardees. Special attention was given to ensuring that
missing components and missing pages of stored curricula were supplied
to the Clearinghouse. Thanks to timely responses from most awardees, the
hard copy curricula catalogue was completed during September. A hard
copy of the catalogue was distributed to each participant.

A continuously updated version of the catalogue is listed on the Web
Page. Web posting of the catalogue has made the process of handling
curricula inquiries simpler and faster: before, Clearinghouse staff
often had to fax pages of the curricula catalogue to callers unsure
about what to order; now, all inquiries regarding the catalogue are
referred directly to the Web site.

## Trainee Environmental Job Tracking Initiative 

In our request for continuation applications during May 1999, NIEHS
again 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.

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In addition, the Clearinghouse has 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. Currently,
the Clearinghouse is completing a technical report on trainee tracking
which will evaluate the data which has been compiled and submitted by
the awardees, as well as make recommendations to NIEHS for the format
and critical data elements for tracking site worker

Job occurrences in environmental remediation. As soon as this report is
completed, it will be forward to EPA.

Examples of successful trainee tracking protocols such as Laborers-AGC
have been utilized to exchange techniques among the Worker Training
Community. Laborers-AGC has been developing a new data base that will
track training and trainee information for all Laborers-AGC affiliated
training funds, including those that conduct courses under the NIEHS
training program. The Laborers-AGC tracking database, when completed,
will be provided to all Laborers-AGC training sites to track their
training information. Information required by NIEHS will be provided to
Laborers-AGC directly from the training funds through a network system.
In addition to demographic and course data on trainees, Laborers-AGC
will input data on work history that is obtained from the new refresher
surveys. Other features will allow sites to track apprenticeship
training, identify workers with various certifications, track refresher
dates, create mailing lists, obtain individual trainee or class data,
compare data sets, and create customized reports.

## Worker Trainer Programs: Y2K Worker Awareness Handbook and Century Date Change (CDC) Preparedness 

NIEHS WETP staff and awardees have been active participants in
addressing chemical safety concerns as a result of the Century Date
Change (CDC) and has worked closely with EPA CEPPO staff, EPA regional
offices, and the President's Chemical Safety Board (CSB). NIEHS recently
released the Y2K Worker Awareness Handbook and will be supporting
training activities among high risk worker populations on duty during
the millennium rollover period.

The course targets specific risks for workers in a variety of sectors
including chemical and industrial facilities, the construction trades,
the health care industry, hazardous materials related fields, and
emergency response activities. The Y2K awareness materials include a
handbook with an overview of who and what the Y2K problem could
potentially impact, an update of the state of individual industries\'
Y2K compliance, an outline of how the problem might effect different
workplaces, as well as measures workers can take to safeguard
themselves, their facilities, and their communities. The NIEHS Year 2000
Worker Awareness Handbook and associated training resource materials are
available for free download from the Internet at:
<http://204.177.120.20/wetp/clear/y2k/y2kcourse/y2kcoursemain.htm> .

NIEHS has developed its materials in response to health and safety
concerns raised during the past year by the President's Council on Year
2000 Conversion, the President's Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSHIB), the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), and the EPA.

On June 4, 1999, officials from NIEHS, CSB, and 12 WETP awardee groups
met in Washington, DC at Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
headquarters to discuss training activities that could better prepare
workers for possible Y2K-related emergencies. Dr. Gerry Poje, Chemical
Safety Board, focused his comments on controls related to hazardous
materials that could fail: alarms, computer motherboards, lighting, and
pumps, to name a few. He warned that most of the current focus is on
information technology, but an information technology officer is
unlikely to be able to deal with embedded systems issues which are
probably the greatest risks associated with chemical safety. The
importance of inventory, assessment, and remediation was stressed.

## Meeting on Environmental Jobs and Superfund Jobs Training Initiative in Estes Park, Colorado

During the Bi-annual Awardee Meeting on April 19-20, 1999 at the YMCA in
Estes Park, Colorado, a special session explored topics related to the
SuperJTI. Specifically, it focused on MWTP and the partnership with EPA
in developing the SuperJTI. While exploring opportunities, successes,
and barriers that have occurred during the MWTP, as well as the unique
challenges that have been faced during the past two years of this
program incorporating the SuperJTI, over 150 individuals interacted at
the workshop.

Creating smoother connections in the environmental cleanup industry and
learning about different job training programs and success stories
between government, trainers, employers, and communities was a primary
goal of the workshop. Representatives from local, county, state, and
Federal governments, community based organizations, labor, contractors,
and training organizations that were working with various job-training
programs participated. Among these representatives were 33 individuals
selected by Superfund Community Involvement Coordinators from each
region which NIEHS provided travel scholarships for them to attend.

Through a series of panels and breakout sessions, the workshop was
successful in creating and sustaining a collaborative dialogue among the
participants. This dialogue promoted the exchange of ideas and helped to
establish a framework for strengthening the MWTP, the SuperJTI
collaborative, and providing additional opportunities for growth for all
worker training programs. A detailed summary of the meeting is available
for review or download at
<http://204.177.120.20/wetp/clear/resource/minimum.htm>.

## EPA Regional and Local Coordination 

Under the EPA Brownfields Program and the SuperJTI Program, OERR and the
Regional EPA offices, especially EPA headquarters, Regions 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 9, were working with NIEHS to address specific projects. Some of
those projects included the SuperJTI programs South Bend, IN; Chicago,
IL; Washington, DC; Houston, TX; as well as the 11 sites of the BMWTP.
In particular, the Showcase Communities coordinators in Lowell, MA; East
Palo Alto, CA; and Chicago, IL were substantially involved with the
development and implementation of the programs.

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

## Continuation Applications

Twenty million dollars of the FY 1999 funds were allocated to continue
support of the Superfund Worker Training Program to train hazardous
waste workers and emergency responders. Of the \$20 million, 3
supplemental awards were made, which included \$133,000 for SuperJTI,
\$400,000 for Y2K Supplemental Training, and \$390,000 for Advanced
Training Technologies (ATT). Three million dollars of the FY 1999 funds
were allocated to continue support for the MWTP and \$3 million to
support BMWTP. As a result of the Interagency Agreements, NIEHS awarded:

-   17 EPA/HWWTP awardees received awards totaling \$18,277,558

-   6 EPA/MWTP awardees received awards totaling \$2,990,000

-   4 BMWTP awardees received awards totaling \$3,010,000

-   2 SuperJTI awardees received awards totaling \$133,000

-   4 Y2K awardees received awards totaling \$400,000

-   4 ATT awardees received awards totaling \$390,000

See appendix 20 for awardee breakout of FY 1999 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.
For each awardee, individual progress report forms were developed, along
with budget worksheets, in which targeted reductions were made in
specific line item categories.

**Advanced Training Technologies** (**ATT) Supplements**

NIEHS has awarded competitive supplements to encourage applications that
pilot the use of advanced training technologies. The pilots focus on
either improvements to the overall training infrastructure or on areas
of content that might be delivered using advanced technology. NIEHS
awardees created pilots to target improvements in the training
infrastructure. These improvement included areas such as improving the
overall ATT knowledge level of training developers, involving worker
trainers or course instructors in the development technology-based
course development, baselining the status of hardware and software
across the health and safety training community, as well as researching
and implementing a media selection model for use across an awardee, or
group of awardees' health and safety training community.

Delivery pilots of health and safety content focus on new,
technology-based methods for delivering training that improve learning,
reduce costs, and can be demonstrated as effective for the specific
content for a defined target population. These technologies include but
are not limited to web-based, computer-based, televideo, virtual
reality, and combinations of technology.

**NIEHS Y2K Supplemental Training Awards**

As the Nation approached the turn of the Century, increasing attention
has been devoted to matters associated with the "Year 2000 Computer
Technology Problem," otherwise known as the Y2K problem. Of particular
concern are commercial and industrial activities involving hazardous and
toxic materials. The first two Hazwoper sectors, waste site operations
and RCRA/TSD facilities are among those activities of particular concern
owing to the nature of these operations. Emergency response activities
are of even more concern, as the emergency response personnel, whether
on-site or off-site, will be required to respond to any emergency
arising from Y2K induced incidents which constitute an emergency.

NIEHS supported supplemental applications to provide additional
resources to awardees for the purposes of responding to near-term
training requests arising as a consequence of the Y2K problem. It is
anticipated that such training will include special supplemental
training involving new training objectives associated, for example, with
manual process operations; focused refresher training; and Y2K problem
awareness training. In addition, supplemental funds may be used to meet
needs directly associated with responding to Y2K training issues such as
travel to local, state, or regional meetings for contingency planning.

Supplemental grants were provided in order to avoid major impact on the
awardees core program particularly in view of the near-term emerging
need. This could include training facilities, attendance at Y2K
pertinent local/State/Regional planning meetings, consultants to aid in
training needs assessments, or training product development.

**Superfund Jobs Training Initiative (SuperJTI) Supplements**

To continue the NIEHS commitment to SuperJTI training in collaboration
with OERR for the period of September 1, 1999 to August 31, 2000, the
NIEHS encouraged the MWTP awardees to use existing funds to apply for
training at SuperJTI priority sites. While under the HWWTP program,
NIEHS solicited responses to administrative supplements up to \$100,000
for focused training on the priority sites.

The following is the list of the priority sites for the September 1,
1998 to August 31, 1999 budget period as identified by the EPA. They are
Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC; American Bemburg, Elizabethton,
TN; Region 4, Community Based Environmental Protection Site, West
Louisville, KY; Wingate, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Tennessee Products,
Chattanooga, TN; Dutch Boy, Chicago, IL; Fields Brook, Ashtabula, OH;
(TBD) Denver, CO; Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA; and
Tulalip Landfill, Marysville, WA. Each awardee received contact
information on each Superfund Site. The contact sheets included EPA
contacts, Community Representatives, and other organizations that have
been involved at each specific site.

As a result of this solicitation, NIEHS made two new supplemental awards
to HWWT awardees, DePaul University and International Chemical Workers
Union (ICWU). DePaul University received a supplemental award to perform
training of residents in 3 SuperJTI communities, Kerr-McGee Superfund
Site, West Chicago, IL; Reilly Tar and Chemical, Indianapolis, IN; and
the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. ICWU received a supplemental
award to provide training to residents of the Copper Hill community.
Specific information on their training plans for September 1, 1999 to
August 30, 2000 are found in Appendix 13.

## Conference on Workplace Safety & Health Training

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

The conference was 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 was
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 participants discussed how changes in the nature of work
and the makeup of the work force require changes in training and
education programs; explored how training and education relate to other
components of effective health and safety systems; identified new
approaches and technologies that can enhance traditional teaching
methods; and considered how to evaluate the impact of training and
education programs as one component of many in the health and safety
system. Also they discussed how to 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 and 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
was proposed as a requirement in the draft rule. Yet, very little detail
was included with regard to the development of training programs
associated with the Program rule.

The Workshop focused on the development of guidelines for training
programs to be used to support the training requirements within generic
workplace safety and health programs. The guidelines addressed the
development of state-of-the-art training programs from analysis through
evaluation. In addition, factors, which were demonstrated to be of
importance in enhancing the over-all effectiveness of workplace safety
and health programs and site/facility-specific safety and health plans,
were included. Such factors include worker participation, supervisor
involvement, management commitment, and related matters. Guidelines
directed toward criteria for training providers, training quality
assurance, training for safety and health committee members, and
training program certification/accreditation were also considered. The
Workshop also presented suggestions for Implementation of the
Guidelines. A number of appendices and an extensive list of references
were included to serve as aids in the development of training programs.

The Guidelines developed in this Workshop and the resulting Guidance
Document served 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 guideline document, therefore, was 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 were 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} was a technical workshop held during April 1999 in
Denver, Colorado. Both computer-based training and on-line distance
learning have become invaluable resources for hazardous waste and
emergency response training information. Worker access to the Internet
has provided 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
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 email. 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.

The final version of the Report: "Computer and Internet-Based Learning
Methods for Safety and Health Training," from the Spring NIEHS Technical
Workshop in Estes Park, CO (April 20-21, 1999) is now available on the
Clearinghouse web page at: \<[http://204.177.
120.20/wetp/clear/resource/minimum.htm](http://204.177.120.20/wetp/clear/resource/minimum.htm)\>.
The final report integrates the HAZWOPER-specific training issues that
need to be addressed when considering the application of ATT to such
training. The report also includes a summary of the workshop breakout
team issues, along with a summary of the issues agreed upon by the
workshop participants in the closing plenary.

## Request for Applications (RFA) Development Process

After substantive meetings with a number of EPA program office staff
during the past year, NIEHS released the next formal program
announcement for the WETP requesting applications to support training
activities over the next five year period (FY 2000-2004). The Request
for Applications (RFA) included three distinct components for EPA
supported programs: the Superfund Worker Training Program, the Minority
Worker Training Program, and the Brownfields Minority Worker Training
Program.

During August 1999, the NIEHS released the formal program announcement
which described 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 specified a
deadline in November 19, 1999 for grant applications from qualified
non-profit organizations to support curriculum development, direct
training delivery and program evaluation. A briefing was held in
Research Triangle Park, NC for all potential applicants during September
1999.

The NIEHS announcement specifically stated 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. This OSHA-required training includes workers
involved in waste site investigations and assessments, transportation,
generation of hazardous waste; and groups facing potential health risks
that are similar to cleanup workers and emergency responders.

The NIEHS requested 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 also required 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 were encouraged to minimize duplication of
efforts, to provide wide geographic coverage, and to reduce
administrative costs.

**WETP Staff Activities**

The WETP staff is very active in exploring new areas of workplace safety
and health training related to the mission of the program. The staff has
been involved in a number of activities to stimulate interest in, and
knowledge about, the NIEHS and the WETP. The staff has continued to make
presentations at various conferences and meetings on the success of the
program and have participated in outreach activities with EPA regional
offices and other federal agencies. For a complete list of activities
please see Appendix 21.

# Conclusion

The EPA/NIEHS WETP continues to play a critical role in assisting the
EPA in implementing its primary objective of reducing and controlling
risks to human health and the environment at hundreds of hazardous waste
sites across the nation. NIEHS has made significant contributions to the
achievement of outcome measures in numerous EPA GPRA sub-objectives,
including: training of workers for RCRA Subtitle I programs in
underground storage tank remediation, for hundreds of remedial action
construction activities of National Priority List sites, for cleanup
activities at DOE and DOD contamination sites and facilities; and for
hundreds of workers and professionals for state-lead, tribal and
Brownfields-related contaminated sites. New data collection requirements
are being implemented to capture site-specific data on the nature of
employment of trainees of the NIEHS programs. These will supplement the
current rigorous data collection efforts which document specific
measurable outcomes of HAZMAT training and which verify the retention of
curricula learning objectives.

Since the beginning of the program, data have been collected to document
the training accomplished, as well as to document the outcome and
performance measures that have resulted from training delivery. The WETP
has utilized \"Cost per contact hour\" as an important programmatic and
fiscal yardstick to gauge the cost-effectiveness of awardee training
delivery. Throughout the life of the program, the costs of training
delivery have been driven down significantly. To assure compliance with
the GPRA, the WETP will continue to supplement its program
accomplishment measures with an ongoing analysis of training delivery
costs.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574864 .anchor}Appendix 1: Twelve-Year Summary

+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **EPA HWWTP**    |                |                |                |
|                  |                |                |                |
| **12 YEAR        |                |                |                |
| TRAINING         |                |                |                |
| SUMMARY**        |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **YEAR**         | **TOTAL        | **TOTAL        | **Total        |
|                  | COURSES**      | WORKERS**      | Contact        |
|                  |                |                | Hours**        |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 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      |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| 1999             | 3,980          | 74,013         | 954,935        |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **TOTAL**        | **41,919**     | **804,076**    | **12,369,210** |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574865 .anchor}Appendix 2: FY 1998 Funding

+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| **EPA/NIEHS  |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Worker       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Education    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| and Training |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Awards**     |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
|              |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| **For Budget |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Period       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| 09/01/1997-  |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| 08/31/1998** |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
|              |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| # FY 199     |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| 8 Funds {#fy |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| -1998-funds  |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| .unnumbered} |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| **EPA        |      |      |      | **  |     |       |     |      |
| HWWTP**      |      |      |      | EPA |     |       |     |      |
|              |      |      |      | MWT |     |       |     |      |
|              |      |      |      | P** |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| **AWARDEE**  | **H  | **SJ | **T  | **M | **S | **B   | **T | **9/ |
|              | WWTP | TI** | OTAL | WTP | JTI | rownf | OTA | 98** |
|              | 9/98 |      | 9/   | 9   | 9/9 | ields | L** |      |
|              | AWA  | **   | 98** | /98 | 8** | 9/98  |     | **   |
|              | RD** | 9/98 |      | A   |     | AW    | **  | TOTA |
|              |      | AWA  | *    | WAR | **A | ARD** | 9/9 | LS** |
|              |      | RD** | *AWA | D** | WAR |       | 8** |      |
|              |      |      | RD** |     | D** |       |     |      |
|              |      |      |      |     |     |       | **A |      |
|              |      |      |      |     |     |       | WAR |      |
|              |      |      |      |     |     |       | D** |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| University   | 450  |      | 450  |     |     |       |     | 450  |
| of Alabama   | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Birmingham   |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| I            | 1    |      | 1    |     |     |       |     | 1    |
| nternational | ,700 |      | ,700 |     |     |       |     | ,700 |
| Chemical     | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Workers      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Union        |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Council      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| I            | 550  |      | 550  |     |     |       |     | 550  |
| nternational | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Association  |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| of Fire      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Fighters     |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| George Meany | 520  |      | 520  |     |     |       |     | 520  |
| Center for   | ,700 |      | ,700 |     |     |       |     | ,700 |
| Labor        |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Studies      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| University   | 700  |      | 700  |     |     |       |     | 700  |
| of           | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Ma           |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| ssachusetts, |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Lowell       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| University   | 958  |      | 958  |     |     |       |     | 958  |
| of           | ,176 |      | ,176 |     |     |       |     | ,176 |
| California   |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| at Los       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Angeles      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Laborers-AGC | 5    |      | 5    | 6   |     | 39    | 1,0 | 6    |
| Education    | ,329 |      | ,329 | 91, |     | 0,000 | 81, | ,411 |
| and Training | ,999 |      | ,999 | 948 |     |       | 948 | ,947 |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Paper,       | 783  | 50   | 833  |     |     |       |     | 833  |
| Allied       | ,000 | ,000 | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| -Industrial, |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Chemical and |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Energy       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Worker       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| I            |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| nternational |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Union        |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| HMTRI        | 350  |      | 350  |     |     |       |     | 350  |
| Kirkwood     | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Community    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| College      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Service      | 550  |      | 550  |     |     |       |     | 550  |
| Employees    | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| I            |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| nternational |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Union        |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| University   | 711  |      | 711  | 4   |     |       | 4   | 1    |
| of Medicine  | ,682 |      | ,682 | 83, |     |       | 83, | ,195 |
| & Dentistry  |      |      |      | 916 |     |       | 916 | ,598 |
| of New       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Jersey       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| I            | 625  |      | 625  |     |     |       |     | 625  |
| nternational | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Union,       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| United Auto  |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Workers      |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| I            | 1    |      | 1    |     |     |       |     | 1    |
| nternational | ,133 |      | ,133 |     |     |       |     | ,133 |
| Union of     | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
| Operating    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Engineers    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| University   | 1    |      | 1    |     |     |       |     | 1    |
| of           | ,400 |      | ,400 |     |     |       |     | ,400 |
| Cincinnati   | ,000 |      | ,000 |     |     |       |     | ,000 |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Center to    | 1    |      | 1    | 5   | 15, | 1,35  | 1,9 | 3    |
| Protect      | ,855 |      | ,855 | 75, | 000 | 0,000 | 40, | ,795 |
| Workers'     | ,442 |      | ,442 | 000 |     |       | 000 | ,442 |
| Rights       |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Jackson      |      |      |      | 1   |     |       | 1   | 174  |
| State        |      |      |      | 74, |     |       | 74, | ,136 |
| University   |      |      |      | 136 |     |       | 136 |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| AFSCME       | 653  |      | 653  |     |     |       |     | 653  |
| Training and | ,001 |      | ,001 |     |     |       |     | ,001 |
| Education    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
| Institute    |      |      |      |     |     |       |     |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| Clark        |      |      |      | 5   | 1   | 59    | 1,2 | 1    |
| Atlanta      |      |      |      | 25, | 50, | 0,000 | 65, | ,265 |
| University   |      |      |      | 000 | 000 |       | 000 | ,000 |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| DePaul       | 774  |      | 774  | 5   | 60, | 67    | 1,2 | 2    |
| University   | ,000 |      | ,000 | 50, | 000 | 0,000 | 80, | ,054 |
|              |      |      |      | 000 |     |       | 000 | ,000 |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+
| **TOTAL**    | **   | **   | **   | *   | **  | **3   | *   | **   |
|              | 19,0 | 50,0 | 19,0 | *3, | 225 | ,000, | *6, | 25,3 |
|              | 44,0 | 00** | 94,0 | 000 | ,00 | 000** | 225 | 19,0 |
|              | 00** |      | 00** | ,00 | 0** |       | ,00 | 00** |
|              |      |      |      | 0** |     |       | 0** |      |
+--------------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-------+-----+------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574866 .anchor}Appendix 3: Course Data by EPA
Region

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| **EPA HWWTP**   |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **COURSE DATA   |                 |                 |                 |
| BY EPA REGION** |                 |                 |                 |
|                 |                 |                 |                 |
| **09/01/1998 -  |                 |                 |                 |
| 08/31/1999**    |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| **EPA Region**  | **Courses       | **Workers       | **Contact       |
|                 | Completed**     | Trained**       | Hours**         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 1        | 180             | 3,221           | 48,325          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 2        | 968             | 18,736          | 209,451         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 3        | 257             | 5,661           | 79,856          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 4        | 341             | 5,835           | 89,204          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 5        | 835             | 17,082          | 202,847         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 6        | 140             | 2,495           | 33,098          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 7        | 370             | 6,984           | 73,929          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 8        | 191             | 2,037           | 31,150          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 9        | 535             | 9,611           | 148,023         |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Region 10       | 148             | 1,928           | 33,839          |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Other           | 15              | 423             | 5,213           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| TOTAL           | **3,980**       | **74,013**      | **954,935**     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574867 .anchor}Appendix 4: Total Training by
NIEHS Awardee

+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| **EPA/NIEHS Worker         |            |              |            |
| Education and Training     |            |              |            |
| Awards**                   |            |              |            |
|                            |            |              |            |
| **TOTAL TRAINING For       |            |              |            |
| Budget Period              |            |              |            |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999**    |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| **AWARDEE**                | **COURSES  | **WORKERS**  | *          |
|                            | C          |              | *CONTACT** |
|                            | OMPLETED** | **TRAINED**  |            |
|                            |            |              | **HOURS**  |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| University of Alabama      | 146        | 4,618        | 44,307     |
| Birmingham                 |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| International Chemical     | 198        | 5,040        | 50,825     |
| Workers Union Council      |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| International Association  | 28         | 596          | 14,508     |
| of Fire Fighters           |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| George Meany Center for    | 47         | 614          | 8,512      |
| Labor Studies              |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| University of              | 39         | 569          | 10,184     |
| Massachusetts, Lowell      |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| University of California   | 151        | 2,961        | 39,923     |
| at Los Angeles             |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education and | 477        | 7,248        | 171,915    |
| Training                   |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| Paper, Allied-Industrial,  | 39         | 947          | 10,184     |
| Chemical and Energy Worker |            |              |            |
| International Union        |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| HMTRI Kirkwood Community   | 714        | 11,096       | 129,174    |
| College                    |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| Service Employees          | 42         | 841          | 9,064      |
| International              |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| University of Medicine &   | 594        | 11,469       | 113,872    |
| Dentistry of New Jersey    |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| International Union,       | 84         | 1,823        | 15,927     |
| United Auto Workers        |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| International Union of     | 703        | 15,591       | 199,268    |
| Operating Engineers        |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| University of Cincinnati   | 283        | 3,933        | 52,926     |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| Center to Protect Workers' | 242        | 3,299        | 52,352     |
| Rights                     |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| AFSCME Training and        | 119        | 2,194        | 16,705     |
| Education                  |            |              |            |
|                            |            |              |            |
| Institute                  |            |              |            |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| DePaul University          | 74         | 1,174        | 15,289     |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+
| **TOTAL**                  | **3,980**  | **74,013**   | *          |
|                            |            |              | *954,935** |
+----------------------------+------------+--------------+------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574868 .anchor}Appendix 5: Target Populations

+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| **EPA      |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| HWWTP**    |         |         |        |        |       |       |
|            |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| **TARGET   |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| POP        |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| ULATIONS** |         |         |        |        |       |       |
|            |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| **For      |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| Budget     |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| Period     |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| 09/        |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| 01/1998-08 |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| /31/1999** |         |         |        |        |       |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| **Target** | **\#**  | **%**   | **\#** | **%**  | *     | **%** |
|            |         |         |        |        | *\#** |       |
| **Pop      | **Co    | **Co    | **WOR  | **Wor  |       | **Co  |
| ulations** | urses** | urses** | KERS** | kers** | **Co  | ntact |
|            |         |         |        |        | ntact | Ho    |
|            | **Comp  | **Comp  | **Tra  | **Tra  | Ho    | urs** |
|            | leted** | leted** | ined** | ined** | urs** |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| CERCLA     | 1,885   | 47%     | 32,574 | 44%    | 52    | 56%   |
| Cleanup^1^ |         |         |        |        | 9,619 |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Emergency  | 777     | 20%     | 17,270 | 24%    | 18    | 20%   |
| Response   |         |         |        |        | 7,954 |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Other      | 742     | 19%     | 14,484 | 20%    | 11    | 12%   |
| Safety and |         |         |        |        | 8,207 |       |
| Health     |         |         |        |        |       |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Hazmat     | 105     | 3%      | 1,549  | 2%     | 1     | 1%    |
| Transport  |         |         |        |        | 3,308 |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| RCRA/      | 433     | 11%     | 7,574  | 10%    | 9     | 10%   |
| Industrial |         |         |        |        | 6,989 |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Asbestos   | 16      | 0%      | 280    | 0%     | 5,138 | 1%    |
| Abatement  |         |         |        |        |       |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Radiation  | 12      | 0%      | 140    | 0%     | 1,176 | 0%    |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| Lead       | 7       | 0%      | 73     | 0%     | 2,200 | 0%    |
| Abatement  |         |         |        |        |       |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| E          | 3       | 0%      | 69     | 0%     | 344   | 0%    |
| ducational |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| E          |         |         |        |        |       |       |
| nhancement |         |         |        |        |       |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+
| **FY 1999  | **      | *       | **74   | **     | *     | **1   |
| TOTALS**   | 3,980** | *100%** | ,013** | 100%** | *954, | 00%** |
|            |         |         |        |        | 935** |       |
+------------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+-------+

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

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574869 .anchor}Appendix 6: Total Training by
MWTP Awardee

+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| **EPA/NIEHS MINORITY    |             |             |               |
| WORKER TRAINING         |             |             |               |
| PROGRAM**               |             |             |               |
|                         |             |             |               |
| **Worker Education and  |             |             |               |
| Training Awards**       |             |             |               |
|                         |             |             |               |
| **TOTAL TRAINING For    |             |             |               |
| Budget Period           |             |             |               |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999** |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| **AWARDEE**             | **COURSES   | **WORKERS** | **CONTACT**   |
|                         | COMPLETED** |             |               |
|                         |             | **TRAINED** | **HOURS**     |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| University of Medicine  | 16          | 30          | 21,834        |
| & Dentistry of New      |             |             |               |
| Jersey                  |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education  | 45          | 96          | 23,460        |
| and Training            |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| Center to Protect       | 46          | 100         | 34,100        |
| Workers' Rights         |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| DePaul University       | 39          | 69          | 14,740        |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| Jackson State           | 15          | 20          | 6,104         |
| University              |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| Clark Atlanta           | 35          | 45          | 18,362        |
| University              |             |             |               |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+
| **TOTAL**               | **196**     | **360**     | **118,600**   |
+-------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574871 .anchor}Appendix 7: Four-Year Summary of
Training

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA     |                 |                 |               |
| Minority Worker |                 |                 |               |
| Training        |                 |                 |               |
| Program**       |                 |                 |               |
|                 |                 |                 |               |
| **FOUR-YEAR     |                 |                 |               |
| SUMMARY OF      |                 |                 |               |
| TRAINING**      |                 |                 |               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| **YEAR**        | **STUDENT       | **PLACE IN      | **PERCENTAGE  |
|                 | TRAINED**       | JOBS**          | OF STUDENTS   |
|                 |                 |                 | PLACE**       |
|                 |                 |                 |               |
|                 |                 |                 | **IN JOBS**   |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| FY 1996         | 368             | 246             | 67%           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| FY 1997         | 310             | 193             | 62%           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| FY 1998         | 240             | 154             | 64%           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| FY 1999         | 360             | 233             | 65%           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+
| **TOTAL**       | **1,278**       | **826**         | **65%**       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+---------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574870 .anchor}Appendix 8: MWTP Demographics

+-----------+--------+--------+-----+------------------+-------------+
| **        |        |        |     |                  |             |
| NIEHS/EPA |        |        |     |                  |             |
| Minority  |        |        |     |                  |             |
| Worker    |        |        |     |                  |             |
| Training  |        |        |     |                  |             |
| P         |        |        |     |                  |             |
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|           |        |        |     |                  |             |
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| /1998-08/ |        |        |     |                  |             |
| 31/1999** |        |        |     |                  |             |
+-----------+--------+--------+-----+------------------+-------------+
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| TUDENTS** |        |        |     |                  |             |
+-----------+--------+--------+-----+------------------+-------------+
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+-----------+--------+--------+-----+------------------+-------------+
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+-----------+--------+--------+-----+------------------+-------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574872 .anchor}Appendix 9: MWTP Summary of Type
and Number of Courses

+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA Minority Worker       |                                  |
| Training Program**                |                                  |
|                                   |                                  |
| **SUMMARY OF TYPE AND NUMBER OF   |                                  |
| COURSES**                         |                                  |
|                                   |                                  |
| **For Budget Period               |                                  |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999**           |                                  |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| **COURSE NAME**                   | **NUMBER OF COURSES**            |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Adult CPR                         | 4                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Supervisor     | 3                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Worker Basic   | 20                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Worker         | 1                                |
| Refresher                         |                                  |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic Construction Skills         | 15                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic Electrical Training         | 1                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic First Aid                   | 4                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic Math Skills                 | 12                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic Reading/Writing Skills      | 8                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Basic Superfund Site Worker       | 22                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Confined Space                    | 5                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Environmental Justice             | 7                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Environmental Preparation         | 5                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Environmental Sampling            | 2                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| GED Training and Certification    | 1                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| General Construction Safety       | 7                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Supervisor         | 3                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Worker Basic       | 22                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Worker Refresher   | 1                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Life Skills                       | 27                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Mentoring/Career Guidance         | 13                               |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Physical Fitness                  | 7                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Scaffold                          | 4                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Site Worker Refresher             | 1                                |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| Underground Storage Tank Basic    | 1                                |
| Worker                            |                                  |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+
| **TOTAL**                         | **196**                          |
+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574873 .anchor}Appendix 10: Four-Year Summary
of Student Trained per Awardee

+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| **NIEHS/EPA Minority     |        |        |        |       |      |
| Worker Training          |        |        |        |       |      |
| Program:**               |        |        |        |       |      |
|                          |        |        |        |       |      |
| **(FOUR- YEAR SUMMARY OF |        |        |        |       |      |
| STUDENT TRAINED PER      |        |        |        |       |      |
| AWARDEE)**               |        |        |        |       |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| **AWARDEE**              | **FY   | **FY   | **FY   | **FY  | *    |
|                          | 1996** | 1997** | 1998** | 1     | *TOT |
|                          |        |        |        | 999** | AL** |
|                          | **STU  | **S    | **S    |       |      |
|                          | DENT** | TUDENT | TUDENT | *     |      |
|                          |        | TRA    | TRA    | *STUD |      |
|                          | **TRA  | INED** | INED** | ENT** |      |
|                          | INED** |        |        |       |      |
|                          |        |        |        | *     |      |
|                          |        |        |        | *TRAI |      |
|                          |        |        |        | NED** |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| University of Medicine & | 26     | 25     | 25     | 30    | 106  |
| Dentistry of New Jersey  |        |        |        |       |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| Laborers-AGC Education   | 50     | 41     | 32     | 96    | 219  |
| and Training             |        |        |        |       |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| Alice Hamilton           | 46     | 20     | 0      | 0     | 66   |
| Occupational Health      |        |        |        |       |      |
| Center                   |        |        |        |       |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| Center to Protect        | 60     | 139    | 126    | 100   | 425  |
| Workers' Rights          |        |        |        |       |      |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| DePaul University        | 70     | 34     | 22     | 69    | 195  |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| Jackson State University | 86     | 27     | 0      | 20    | 133  |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| Clark Atlanta University | 30     | 24     | 35     | 45    | 134  |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+
| **TOTAL**                | *      | *      | *      | **    | *    |
|                          | *368** | *310** | *240** | 360** | *1,2 |
|                          |        |        |        |       | 78** |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574874 .anchor}Appendix 11: Four-Year Summary
of Employment per Awardee

+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| **NIEHS/EPA      |          |          |          |          |     |
| Minority Worker  |          |          |          |          |     |
| Training         |          |          |          |          |     |
| Program:**       |          |          |          |          |     |
|                  |          |          |          |          |     |
| #                |          |          |          |          |     |
| ##### (four- YEA |          |          |          |          |     |
| R SUMMARY OF EMP |          |          |          |          |     |
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| DEE) {#four--yea |          |          |          |          |     |
| r-summary-of-emp |          |          |          |          |     |
| loyment-per-awar |          |          |          |          |     |
| dee .unnumbered} |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| **AWARDEE**      | **FY     | **FY     | **FY     | **FY     | **T |
|                  | 1996**   | 1997**   | 1998**   | 1999**   | OTA |
|                  |          |          |          |          | L** |
|                  | **TOTAL  | **TOTAL  | **TOTAL  | **TOTAL  |     |
|                  | EMPL     | EMPL     | EMPL     | EMPL     |     |
|                  | OYMENT** | OYMENT** | OYMENT** | OYMENT** |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| University of    | 16       | 12       | 18       | 14       | 60  |
| Medicine &       |          |          |          |          |     |
| Dentistry of New |          |          |          |          |     |
| Jersey           |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| Laborers-AGC     | 27       | 25       | 28       | 80       | 160 |
| Education and    |          |          |          |          |     |
| Training         |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| Alice Hamilton   | 38       | 11       | 0        | 0        | 49  |
| Occupational     |          |          |          |          |     |
| Health Center    |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| Center to        | 54       | 85       | 63       | 45       | 247 |
| Protect Workers' |          |          |          |          |     |
| Rights           |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| DePaul           | 56       | 26       | 21       | 48       | 151 |
| University       |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| Jackson State    | 39       | 17       | 0        | 19       | 70  |
| University       |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| Clark Atlanta    | 16       | 17       | 24       | 27       | 74  |
| University       |          |          |          |          |     |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+
| **TOTAL**        | **246**  | **193**  | **154**  | **233**  | *   |
|                  |          |          |          |          | *82 |
|                  |          |          |          |          | 6** |
+------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574875 .anchor}Appendix 12: MWTP Job Training
Characteristics

**Table A: Type, Frequency of Jobs Worked by PETP Graduates (All
Cycles)**

  ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------
  Title                                    Number of Students who have
                                           Worked in this Title

  Administrative/Clerical Assistant        3

  Asbestos Handler                         9

  Asbestos Restricted Handler              6

  Carpenter Apprentice                     16

  Carpenter\'s Helper                      5

  Construction Helper                      4

  Dock Builder                             5

  Driver                                   1

  Electrician                              1

  Environmental Technician                 12

  Filter Plant Operator                    1

  Hazardous Waste Operations               6

  Laborer                                  11

  Lead Inspector                           13

  Lead Paint Handler                       4

  Millwright                               1

  Mover                                    3

  Painter\'s Helper                        2

  Plumber/Pipefitter                       1

  Retail Sales                             4

  Security Guard                           7

  Sheetmetal Worker                        4

  Site Technician                          4

  Waste Transfer Technician                6
  ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574876 .anchor}Appendix 12: MWTP Job Training
Characteristics Cont.

While the nature of construction work may be widely known, new titles
emerging in environmental fields may be less known. Table IV, below,
describes the nature of some of these titles.

> **Table B: Environmentally Related Work by Program Graduates**

  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
  Job Title                Type of Work

  Hazardous Waste          Assessment, cleanup, treatment of hazardous
  Operations               materials, or non-cleanup work on a designated
                           hazardous waste site.

  Asbestos Handler         Safe removal of asbestos-containing material
                           from homes, workplaces, environment.

  Lead Paint Inspector     Inspecting for presence of lead-based paint in
                           housing, on infrastructure and in the
                           environment.

  Lead Paint Remover       Safe removal of lead-based paint to prevent
                           childhood lead poisoning.

  Asbestos Restricted      Carpentry work setting up critical barriers
  Handler                  prior to asbestos removal.

  Environmental Technician Inspects for presence of hazardous materials,
                           compliance with worker and environmental
                           safety regulations.

  Waste Transfer           Sorting, packaging, compliance verification of
  Technician               solid municipal waste for transfer to off-site
                           landfills and recycling plants.
  ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------

> **Table C: Percent Employment of Graduates**

  ------------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------------
  Training Cycle      Maximum %      Mean % Employed  Mean % Employed
  Start Date          Employed                        Compared to
                                                      "Full-Time
                                                      Construction Hours"

  12/95 (n=17)        134            54               77

  1/97 (n=18)         108            54               77

  1/98 (n=21)         114            61               87

  1/99 (n=24)         102            58               83
  ------------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------------

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574877 .anchor}Appendix 13: Superfund Jobs
Training Initiative

Training from September 1, 1998 to August 30, 1999

**Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund**

Laborers-AGC under the Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program conducted
special training for minority residents living near the Many Diversified
Interests, Inc., (MDI) Superfund site in Houston, TX. Laborers-AGC
received no supplemental funds but re-budgeted existing funds to provide
the training. EPA Region 6 requested a total of 240 hours of training in
general construction, hazwoper, asbestos, and lead abatement for
potential workers at the site. In partnership with EPA Region 6, Make
Ready, Inc., SEARCH Inc., and the Texas Natural Resources Conservation
Commission, Laborers-AGC was able to train 28 students with 21
completing all courses. While none of the trainees were actually
employed at MDI site, job placement was successful. To date job
placement is as follows:

  --------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------
  **Number Of     **Employer or Superfund Site** **Location of
  Students**                                     Site/Employer**

  1               Bonfuca Superfund Site         Madison, LA

  1               Tetra Tech                     Houston, TX

  4               Brown and Root - NASA Site     Houston, TX
                  through Laborers Local #80     

  2               Waste Management               Houston, TX

  3               On Site Temporary Placement    Houston, TX
  --------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------

**Clark Atlanta University/Xavier University (CAU/XU)**

CAU was awarded a \$150,000 supplement to respond to the educational and
training needs of the West Dallas community affected by the RSR
Corporation lead smelter. XU a sub-contractor of CAU took the lead in
training at RSR. XU, in partnership with New Start for a Better
Environment, and the Laborers-AGC, received supplemental funding from
NIEHS and EPA-Region 6, to conduct the West Dallas training this past
year. In addition to the NIEHS funds, this program was scheduled to
receive funds from the principal responsible party (the RSR Lead Smelter
Company, formerly known as Murph Metals), however, the court awarded
funds of \$72,000 have not been released and are apparently being
protested in the judicial system.

For recruitment and intake, a one-week long
testing/interviewing/orientation program was conducted. Ten students (6
males, 4 females) were recruited for the RSR training program. The basic
academic skills training began on April 19, 1999 and ended May 28, 1999.
The basic academic skills component included math; reading; study
skills; basic computer skills; worker health and safety; environmental
awareness; fitness-for-duty; life skills; group and individual
counseling; and job development and job placement assistance. Of the 10
trainees enrolled in the program, 8 trainees completed the basic
academic skills training and enrolled in the technical training program
conducted by the Laborers-AGC.

Of the 10 trainees initially enrolled in the training program, 8
trainees completed various components of the of the technical training
program (8 -- lead abatement; 8 -- asbestos abatement; 7 --
construction; and, 7 -- hazmat). The technical training program was
conducted in Livonia, LA at the Laborers-AGC training site. The
technical training consisted of 80 hr hazardous waste worker training,
40 hr asbestos abatement training, 40 hr lead abatement training, and 80
hr construction skills training.

Due to scheduling at the Livonia Training Site, trainees experienced a
month-long gap between the basic academic skills training and the
technical training. During this month, trainees were provided with
several days of activities including an environmental justice seminar
and job readiness training (interview skills, videotaped mock interviews
and interview critique). XU staff conducted the seminars. In addition,
the instructors and counselors from West Dallas and key members of the
advisory board identified temporary jobs for all participants to help
with their finances until technical training begins.

Of the eight trainees who were graduates from this program, five of them
succeeded in obtaining employment. Two job placements were obtained
through the local Laborers union. Of the three remaining graduates, one
had medical problems and is now able to seek employment; two are pending
employment on the lead smelter dismantling. At the time of this report,
final numbers of workers trained can not be verified due to
discrepancies in recruitment strategies by CAU. According to NIEHS
analysis of CAU progress reports, only 3 students were qualified for
entry in the program. More information about the RSR training is
forthcoming.

**DePaul University**

This year the MWTP at DePaul focused its efforts on education and
training at the Douglas Road/Uniroyal Superfund site in South Bend,
Indiana, the Dutch Boy Superfund site in the West Pullman area of South
Chicago and the Washington Naval Yard in Washington DC. The SuperJTI
program at DePaul University operates through and within the framework
of the MWTP. DePaul supports the SuperJTI premise that although the
SuperJTI program itself is not authorized to perform job training
activities, it can use its considerable community outreach mechanisms to
create partnerships with local businesses, community organizations, and
develop and support job training simultaneously. For this program year
approximately 14,740 contact hours were delivered with 39 course offered
to 69 trainees by DePaul and the Alice Hamilton Occupational Health
Center (AHOHC). Forty-eight (48) of the 69 students are currently
employed with 32 in environmental and 16 in construction/other jobs.

The MWTP/SuperJTI program at DePaul was highly effective this year due
to a number of unique and productive elements. These special elements
were: 1) diverse and aggressive partnering; 2) a dynamic
outreach-retention approach; 3) implementation of their integrated
educational and training model that promoted rigorous cognitive and
affective engagement with the content and process of experience; 4) a
novel approach and modality for delivering life skills training; 5) an
on site job fair that interfaced the trainees with environmental
contractors as an integral part of the training schedule curriculum; 6)
a graduation ceremony that highlighted accomplishments of the trainees
which catalyzed and enhanced further with combined support from all
constituencies in the community, as well as contractors, officials in
the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Superfund
program, politicians and the media.

######## **South Bend -- Douglas Road/Uniroyal** {#south-bend-douglas-roaduniroyal .unnumbered}

The city of South Bend is in proximity to the 30-acre Superfund Douglas
Road/Uniroyal site. The cleanup work has two primary components: 1)
construction of a landfill cap over the 16-acre property and 2)
construction of a wetland at the site to treat contaminated ground water
pumped from beneath the site. Sixteen (16) ethnic minorities of age's
18-25 years who lived in South Bend, IN received critical thinking
skills development, employability skills development, and environmental
technician training. The training in South Bend took place at the
Charles Martin Youth Center near the Douglas Road/Uniroyal Superfund
site. Utilizing lessons learned from the Granite City Project, over 40
hours of Instrumental Enrichment (IE) were provided and a job fair was
developed that brought environmental contractors to the training site.
The trainees took the technical training course offerings including
Superfund Site Worker, Lead Abatement, and Asbestos Abatement. Trainees
are being licensed in both the state of Illinois and Indiana as asbestos
abatement workers and in the states of Illinois as lead abatement
workers (the state of Indiana's lead program is not in effect at this
time). The double licensing for asbestos enhances each trainee's
employability and regularity of work.

The Charles Martin Youth Center (CMYC) provided excellent instructional,
hands-on, and support facilities that were well maintained by a
conscientious custodial staff. For a modest rental fee, the training
program staff was given access to a boardroom, classrooms, a gymnasium
with a well-equipped kitchen attached, equipment and supplies storage
areas, and access to telephones and a facsimile machine. Life skills
training and was given by DePaul/OAI in conjunction with the CMYC and
the South Bend Heritage Foundation. A unique life skills component that
bridged to the IE principles was conducted on site by community partners
with unique expertise. This component placed great emphasis on
developing interview skills, marketing one's training and skills, and
resume development. Without any additional cost, CMYC provided lunch for
trainees and DePaul staff during the first two weeks of training,
doughnuts, coffee and lunch for the job fair, and a full buffet dinner
for the graduation. Other partners included Workforce Development
Services, Opportunities Industrialization Center, South Bend Heritage
Foundation, Urban League of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Inc., and
a number of individuals who became very committed to the success of the
project.

The job fair was a great success with attendance from such contractors
as CH2M Hill and Kelchner, Inc., who are the contractors for the Douglas
Road Superfund Site. Other local environmental companies were also in
attendance and trainees were able to engage in one on one interviews
with each of the contractors. Of the 16 trainees, 10 are employed
performing environmental work.

######## **Chicago -- Dutch Boy (International Harvest Site)** {#chicago-dutch-boy-international-harvest-site .unnumbered}

The second site located in the West Pullman area and contiguous to the
Dutch Boy Site is the International Harvester Site (IH), known as the
Former West Pullman Works Site. IH, which was enrolled into the Illinois
EPA's Voluntary Cleanup Program by Navistar, is a 21 acre area formerly
owned by Navistar for the production of machine tools and now owned by
the Better Living Foundation (associated with CHRIST Universal Temple).
The Dutch Boy facility was used originally by the Dutch Boy Paint
Company to produce lead-based paints. The building, the basement, and
the surrounding grounds were contaminated with lead, and perhaps-other
paint-related products. In previous sampling conducted at the Dutch Boy
Site, total lead was detected at concentrations ranging as high as
50,000 milligrams per kilogram.

DePaul partnered with a community based organization known as the
Committee for Economic Recovery (CER) with the training located in the
Rectory of Seven Holy Founders in Calumet Park, Illinois. This facility
is very close to the Dutch Boy Site and is near the boundary between the
African American and Latino communities. Although the actual Dutch Boy
Site is a Superfund Site, many 21 trainees were drawn from communities
that extend well beyond the adjacent area but exist in the larger
brownfield context. Thus, DePaul approach of implementing this training
within the MWTP framework addresses the SuperJTI and the MWTP objectives
that so strongly connects with the environmental justice issues.

CER recruited 21 residents for the program and DePaul provided the bulk
of the environmental that included superfund site worker, risk
assessment overview, asbestos abatement Training, instrumental
enrichment, lead abatement training, and soil and water sampling
training. The life skills component was delivered by Joseph Collins, a
local consultant who is affiliated with CER. In an effort to keep
trainees involved in the training, CER provided lunches and minimal
transportation during the first few weeks of training, which was an
excellent means of maintaining student retention. EPA Region 5 provided
the Superfund Overview Training and provided support for the Job Fair
and Graduation. After graduation, 9 of the 21 trainees are employed.

######## **Washington, DC -- Washington Naval Yard** {#washington-dc-washington-naval-yard .unnumbered}

DePaul and Alice Hamilton Occupational Health Center (AHOHC) offered
in-depth training at the Washington Naval Yard site near Washington,
D.C. AHOHC along with community-based organizations Bridges to
Friendship (B2F) conducted three cycles of training, one for Latino
workers and two for English speaking workers. A total of 32 minority
students were trained in a broad range of environmental, technical, and
life skills courses. B2F is an intricate collaboration of governmental
and non-governmental agencies working together to assure community input
and residential employment in the renewal of the Greater Southeast
Washington, DC area. Initiated by the Naval District Washington, a
recently designated Superfund site, B2F partners include US
Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Labor, Housing &Urban
Development, General Services Administration, DC Department of
Employment Services, Friendship House, AHOHC, Covenant House Washington,
and Ellen Wilson Redevelopment Corporation.

AHOHC trained eleven students in its Latino MWTP. Of those eleven, three
are working in the environmental field and one is employed in the
construction industry. Of the remaining seven, four work in other fields
and three are currently seeking employment. The outreach and recruitment
for the Latino MWTP was conducted by Casa del Pueblo and other members
of the Latino MWTP Advisory Board. In addition to recruitment, Casa del
Pueblo also provided academic training in English and mentoring. The
class consisted of six females and five males and all eleven were
Hispanic. Only three students were without a high school diploma or GED.
The remaining seven students all possessed high school diplomas.

B2F program combines the support services of the community-based
partners, Friendship House and Covenant House Washington with the
extensive B2F network and environmental trainings of AHOHC. There were
two cycles of B2F training provided between October 1998 and June 1999.
The B2F Youth Outreach mailing list was activated by AHOHC to inform
those identified youth of the Environmental Restoration Training. The
need for trained workers for the Andrews Air Force Base Hangers, as
identified by the B2F Jobs Training Career Group and the Friendship
House set the time frame for this first cycle of training. Friendship
House and Covenant House provided assessment of skills and talents, life
skills training, case management and job readiness training.

In the first English cycle, environmental preparation information was
provided by AHOHC at the Friendship House and Covenant House with
additional training by AHOHC in Lead Abatement, Asbestos Contractor,
Life Skills, and Superfund Site Worker. While Life Skills classes were
provided by Friendship, Confined Space, Scaffold training, First Aid and
CPR took place at AHOHC in Silver Spring, MD. Mentoring and Career
Guidance was also provided with graduation on January 22, 1999.

During the second cycle of training a new partner, the Greater
Washington Urban League from AHOHC's Advisory Board participated. The
assessment of skills and talents, life skills training, case management
and job readiness training was provided by Friendship House, Covenant
House Washington and the Greater Washington Urban League. All eleven
participants were black males. Three had completed high school, five had
completed their GED and three were non-graduates. All were unemployed at
the start of the program.

Environmental preparation information was provided by AHOHC with the
same training as the first cycle at the Friendship House and Covenant
House. This group was unique in a number of ways. Eleven community
members joined trainees for this cycle. In addition, eight private
sector contractors were enrolled in either the asbestos or lead classes.

The BF2 Collaboration, particularly the Jobs Training Committee,
assisted the program in the provision of an impressive Jobs Fair held at
AHOHC on June 15, 1999. At this fair there were three employers
interviewing for a total of 35 positions to be placed by July 15^th^,
1999. At the conclusion of the program year, AHOHC trained 32
individuals with 29 of them working primarily in the environmental
field. Local firms such as Delaware Cornerstone working at Boiling Air
Force Base doing Asbestos removal and Horn Engineer performing soil
testing hired many trainees. The Washington Navy Yard hired two
participants with intentions to hire more. Speakers from USEPA and the
Washington Naval Yard, as well as the community-based organizations and
most importantly, the participants, attest to the importance of the
program. Many participants spoke about the unity they felt with each
other, both youth and adults. This provides more evidence that the
program works.

**Administrative Supplements for the Period of September 1, 1999 to
August 30, 2000**

**International Chemical Workers Union (ICWU) Training**

The goal of the ICWU SuperJTI program is to train workers, supervisors,
and others in the Copper Hill community Hazardous Waste Worker Responses
training including (40 hr hazwoper, collateral duty emergency response
and RCRA TSD activities). With these skills, the workers will be able to
conduct work as determined by the EPA site evaluation and cleanup plan.
ICWU will utilize the training facility at ICWUC Local 401 and will use
the equipment from Oak Ridge for all classes and hands on activities. It
is anticipated that half the trainees will be from Local 401 and half
from the community as identified by EPA and Local 401 community
contacts. The training is intended to enable workers and community to
prevent injuries and illness by teaching the workers the skills to
conduct remediation activities safety for themselves and the community.
This will be accomplished by increasing the communities' ability to
obtain work in the evaluation of hazards and cleanup of environmental
damage and hazards in their communities. Every effort will be made to
determine with EPA, the State of Tennessee, and the communities in the
Copper Hill area the needs for training in terms of skills and numbers
to be trained. Local organizations will be utilized including the use a
local physician to perform medical screening for trainees to ensure
safety for don and doffing the equipment and that physician will teach
the toxicology module. In addition, the ICWU will use the Trainer
Development program to identify and develop two trainers -- one form
Local 401 and one from the community with a preference to select the
members from Local 401 who have already completed the 5 day
train-the-trainer class. There is support form Region 4 of the EPA as
well as letters of support from the City of Copperhill and Polk County
Executive.

**DePaul University**

DePaul received a supplemental award to perform training of residents in
3 SuperJTI communities of the following sites, Kerr-McGee Superfund
Site, West Chicago, IL; Reilly Tar and Chemical, Indianapolis, IN; and
the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. The training plan is to
recruit and train 60-64 (20-22 at each site) minority students primarily
African-Americans and Hispanics who are residents surrounding the
following three SuperJTI sites:

-   **Kerr-McGee Superfund Site, West Chicago, IL** -- These sites are
    located in West Chicago, Illinois (approximately 30 miles west of
    Chicago), which consists of four different sites throughout the
    city. In 1932, the Lindsey Light Chemical Corporation built a
    factory in West Chicago to extract thorium and other elements from
    ores that were shipped to the Kerr‑McGee facility. Thorium was used
    to make parts for gaslights and lanterns, as well as, being used by
    the federal government for nuclear research projects. In October
    1984, EPA proposed four separate sites for the National Priorities
    List (NPL) in order to bring them under the Superfund program for
    investigation and cleanup. These sites include: (1) Residential
    Areas Superfund Site; (2) Reed Keepler Park Superfund Site; (3)
    Kress Creek/West Branch of the DuPage River Superfund site; and (4)
    Sewage Treatment Plant Superfund Site.

-   **Reilly Tar and Chemical, Indianapolis, IN** - The site is located
    at 1500 S. Tibbs in Indianapolis, Indiana. Reilly Tar is a 120‑acre
    property divided by Minnesota Street. The Oak Park property is
    located north and occupies approximately 40 acres and Maywood
    property is located south occupying 80 acres. Both EPA and Indiana
    Dept. of Environmental Management are overseeing cleanup activities.
    EPA entered in to a Consent Decree with Reilly who agreed to perform
    the remedy for OU2 at the site in 1995. Industrial development
    started at the site in 1921 with a coal tar refinery and a creosote
    wood treatment operation. The environmental problems at the site are
    related to the management and disposal of creosoting process wastes
    and to wastes associated with and substances used in the process of
    manufacturing custom synthesized specialty chemicals. The community
    has requested job training and offers for employment in the past.
    Much of the work at the site has been or is currently underway,
    however, there are substantial opportunities for environmental
    employment in the Indianapolis area, particularly with Brownfields.
    The City of Indianapolis is a recipient of a \$200,000 Brownfields
    Assessment pilot and was awarded \$350,000 for a Brownfields
    Revolving Loan Fund. The site is located within an environmental
    justice area, including both low‑income and minority populations.

-   **Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC.** -- The community
    involvement at the site is through the B2F, that is a collaborative
    effort among community, non-governmental, District of Columbia and
    federal agencies (including EPA Superfund) in Southeast and
    Southwest DC. The effort sprang from environmental justice concerns
    in Southeast, DC and the opportunities created by Washington Navy
    Yard Base Realignment and Closure redevelopment and environmental
    remediation. B2F is an evolutionary step in reinventing government,
    a step that takes a \"systems integration\" approach to link and
    leverage existing expertise and resources to make government work
    better without making more government.

The specific goals of DePaul's SuperJTI program are to: promote
environmental protection, economic redevelopment and community
revitalization through assessment, cleanup and sustainable reuse of
Superfund sites; to link Federal, State, and local and non-governmental
action supporting community efforts. The focus is to assist the
community to restore and reuse Superfund sites and to development
national models demonstrating the positive results of public and private
collaboration addressing Superfund sites and its surrounding
communities. The objective of this project is it to improve employment
opportunities for at-risk residents of Chicago, Washington, Baltimore,
and Indianapolis in a growing field with high paying jobs that can
realistically lead towards economic self-sufficiency. At the conclusion
of the program, DePaul intents to place at least 15 of the 22 trainees
at each site into environmental remediation industry. The training plan
is to:

-   Provide solely the technical and environmental training to
    participants, specifically the hazwoper, lead, asbestos,
    environmental sampling and environmental assessment at all sites. In
    addition, AHOHC will also provide first aid, CPR, confined space
    training, and environmental justice/environmental awareness
    training.

-   Provide educational and supportive training to participants through
    the MWTP to include outreach/recruitment, intake/assessment, like
    skills, critical thinking/Instrumental Enrichment (IE), mentoring
    /career guidance and job placement/tracking.

-   Recruitment will be coordinated with different organizations at each
    site:

-   Kerr-McGee -- DePaul will work with EPA Regional V with plans to
    establish cooperative relationships with the local Human Services
    office service Welfare-to-Work, One-Stop Career Center, the Thorium
    Action Group and the Laborer's Union Local 225.

-   Reilly Tar & Chemical -- DePaul will work with EPA Regional V and
    the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC)

-   Washington Navy Yard -- AHOHC will work with organizations in the
    Bridges to Friendship alliance.

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574878 .anchor}Appendix 14: BMWTP Demographics

+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+
| **NIEHS/EPA   |        |        |      |             |           |
| BROWNFIELDS   |        |        |      |             |           |
| Minority      |        |        |      |             |           |
| Worker        |        |        |      |             |           |
| Training      |        |        |      |             |           |
| Program:**    |        |        |      |             |           |
|               |        |        |      |             |           |
| ###### D      |        |        |      |             |           |
| emographics { |        |        |      |             |           |
| #demographics |        |        |      |             |           |
|  .unnumbered} |        |        |      |             |           |
|               |        |        |      |             |           |
| **For Budget  |        |        |      |             |           |
| Period        |        |        |      |             |           |
| 09/01/1998    |        |        |      |             |           |
| -08/31/1999** |        |        |      |             |           |
|               |        |        |      |             |           |
| ######        |        |        |      |             |           |
|   {#section-2 |        |        |      |             |           |
|  .unnumbered} |        |        |      |             |           |
+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+
| **STUDENTS**  | 406    |        |      |             |           |
+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+
| **AGE**       | [      |        |      |             |           |
|               | 18-25] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [      |        |      |             |           |
|               | 26-35] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [      |        |      |             |           |
|               | 36-45] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [      |        |      |             |           |
|               | 46-55] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [      |        |      |             |           |
|               | 56-65] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [66+]  |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               | [N/A]  |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               |        |        |      |             |           |
|               | 133    |        |      |             |           |
|               | 130 91 |        |      |             |           |
|               | 46 2 0 |        |      |             |           |
|               | 4      |        |      |             |           |
+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+
| **ETHNICITY** | [      | [HIS   | [AS  | [NATIVE     | [PAC.     |
|               | BLACK] | PANIC] | IAN] | AMERICAN]{  | ISL       |
|               | {.unde | {.unde | {.un | .underline} | ANDER]{.u |
|               | rline} | rline} | derl |             | nderline} |
|               |        |        | ine} | 21 (5%)     |           |
|               | 247    | 102    |      |             | 10 (2%)   |
|               | (61%)  | (25%)  | 26   |             |           |
|               |        |        | (6%) |             |           |
+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+
| **GENDER**    | [MALE] |        |      |             |           |
|               | {.unde |        |      |             |           |
|               | rline} |        |      |             |           |
|               |        |        |      |             |           |
|               | 348    |        |      |             |           |
|               | (86%)  |        |      |             |           |
+---------------+--------+--------+------+-------------+-----------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574879 .anchor}Appendix 15: Brownfields Summary
of Training

+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA BROWNFIELDS       |                 |                   |
| Minority Worker Training      |                 |                   |
| Program**                     |                 |                   |
|                               |                 |                   |
| **SUMMARY OF TRAINING BY      |                 |                   |
| AWARDEE**                     |                 |                   |
|                               |                 |                   |
| **For Budget Period           |                 |                   |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999**       |                 |                   |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| **AWARDEE**                   | **STUDENT       | **PLACE IN JOBS** |
|                               | TRAINED**       |                   |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| Center to Protect Workers'    | 270             | 166               |
| Rights                        |                 |                   |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| Clark Atlanta University      | 41              | 20                |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| DePaul University             | 75              | 62                |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education and    | 20              | 15                |
| Training                      |                 |                   |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+
| **TOTAL**                     | **406**         | **263**           |
+-------------------------------+-----------------+-------------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574880 .anchor}

Appendix 16: Total Training by BMWTP Awardee

+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| **EPA/NIEHS BROWNFIELDS |              |              |             |
| MINORITY WORKER         |              |              |             |
| TRAINING PROGRAM**      |              |              |             |
|                         |              |              |             |
| **TOTAL TRAINING For    |              |              |             |
| Budget Period           |              |              |             |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999** |              |              |             |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| **AWARDEE**             | **COURSES    | **WORKERS**  | **CONTACT** |
|                         | COMPLETED**  |              |             |
|                         |              | **TRAINED**  | **HOURS**   |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| Center to Protect       | 103          | 270          | 148,094     |
| Workers' Rights         |              |              |             |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| Clark Atlanta           | 22           | 41           | 15,468      |
| University              |              |              |             |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| DePaul University       | 48           | 75           | 18,208      |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| Laborers-AGC Education  | 12           | 20           | 6,219       |
| and Training            |              |              |             |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+
| **TOTAL**               | **185**      | **406**      | **187,989** |
+-------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+

#  {#section-3 .unnumbered}

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574881 .anchor}Appendix 17: Brownfields Summary
of Type and Number of Courses

+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| **NIEHS/EPA BROWNFIELDS Minority      |                              |
| Worker Training Program**             |                              |
|                                       |                              |
| **SUMMARY OF TYPE AND NUMBER OF       |                              |
| COURSES**                             |                              |
|                                       |                              |
| **For Budget Period                   |                              |
| 09/01/1998-08/31/1999**               |                              |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| **COURSE NAME**                       | **NUMBER OF COURSES**        |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Adult CPR                             | 8                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Supervisor         | 4                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Supervisor         | 1                            |
| Refresher                             |                              |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Asbestos Abatement Worker Basic       | 10                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Asbestos Inspector Certification      | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Basic Construction Skills             | 13                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Basic First Aid                       | 6                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Basic Math Skills                     | 12                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Basic Reading/Writing Skills          | 9                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Basic Superfund Site Worker           | 17                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Confined Space                        | 6                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Environmental Justice                 | 4                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Environmental Preparation             | 5                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Environmental Sampling                | 3                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Environmental Technician              | 2                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Fall Protection                       | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| GED Training and Certification        | 3                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Gen. Industry Safety                  | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| General Construction Safety           | 10                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| HazMat Training for Infectious        | 1                            |
| Diseases                              |                              |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Hazard Communication                  | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Supervisor             | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Lead Abatement Worker Basic           | 13                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Lead Awareness                        | 1                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Life Skills                           | 22                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Lockout/Tagout                        | 4                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Mentoring/Career Guidance             | 10                           |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Physical Fitness                      | 7                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Scaffold                              | 4                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Underground Storage Tank Basic Worker | 5                            |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| **TOTAL**                             | **185**                      |
+---------------------------------------+------------------------------+

Appendix 18: Laborers-AGC --Lowell, MA (Environmental J.O.B.S.)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574883 .anchor}Job Placement Characteristics

+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| **No.   | **Company**  | **S     | ###### Jo        | **Type of      |
| Stu     |              | alary** | b Title {#job-ti | Work**         |
| dents** |              |         | tle .unnumbered} |                |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | ACT          | \       | Laborer (LIUNA   | Asbestos       |
|         | Abatement    | $41,820 | Builders and     | (Brownfield,   |
|         |              | (20     | Wreckers Local   | Lowell),       |
|         |              | .50/hr) | 1421)            | Boston Public  |
|         |              |         |                  | Housing        |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 3       | Air Safe,    | \       | Lead Abatement   | Lead Abatement |
|         | Inc.         | $42,983 | Workers          | from public    |
|         |              |         |                  | housing,       |
|         |              | (\$21   |                  | schools        |
|         |              | .07/hr) |                  |                |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 2       | Alpine       | \       | Lead Abatement   | Lead Abatement |
|         | E            | $22,440 | Technicians      |                |
|         | nvironmental |         |                  |                |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 4       | CDW          | \       | Environmental    | Water supply,  |
|         | E            | $27,040 | Technician       | sewer testing  |
|         | nvironmental |         |                  |                |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 2       | ETI/Safety   | \       | Hazardous Waste  | Cleaning,      |
|         | Kleen        | $26,520 | Technician       | loading        |
|         |              |         |                  | processing     |
|         |              |         |                  | hazardous      |
|         |              |         |                  | waste          |
|         |              |         |                  | containers,    |
|         |              |         |                  | Lawrence       |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | Joan Fabrics | \       | Quality Control  | Product        |
|         |              | $19,380 | Technician       | quality        |
|         |              |         |                  | control,       |
|         |              |         |                  | Lowell         |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | Jones        | \       | Warehouse        | Hazardous      |
|         | E            | $20,400 | Technician       | Waste Storage  |
|         | nvironmental |         |                  | and            |
|         |              |         |                  | T              |
|         |              |         |                  | ransportation, |
|         |              |         |                  | Lowell         |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | Onsite       | \       | Hazardous Waste  | Cleaning,      |
|         | Environm     | $24,480 | Technician       | loading        |
|         | ental/Safety |         |                  | processing     |
|         | Kleen        |         |                  | hazardous      |
|         |              |         |                  | waste          |
|         |              |         |                  | containers     |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | Roy F.       | \       | Environmental    | EPA START      |
|         | Weston, Inc. | $20,400 | Technician       | program, field |
|         |              |         |                  | monitoring,    |
|         |              |         |                  | CAD imaging    |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 1       | UBC Local    | \       | Carpenter        | Lowell         |
|         | 111          | $22,950 | Apprentice       | Superior       |
|         |              |         |                  | Courthouse     |
|         |              |         |                  | (Brownfield)   |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+
| 2       | University   | \       | Junior           | M              |
|         | of           | $30,052 | Environmental    | onitor/inspect |
|         | M            |         | Health and       | Lowell         |
|         | assachusetts |         | Safety Research  | Brownfield     |
|         | Lowell       |         | Technician       | site cleanup,  |
|         |              |         |                  | assist with    |
|         |              |         |                  | lab safety,    |
|         |              |         |                  | hazardous      |
|         |              |         |                  | waste          |
|         |              |         |                  | compliance     |
+---------+--------------+---------+------------------+----------------+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc474574884 .anchor}

Appendix 19: FY 1999 Funding

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<h1 id="epaniehs-worker-education-and-training-awards"
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<p><strong>FY 1999 FUNDS</strong></p></td>
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><strong>AWARDEE</strong></td>
<td><strong>HWWTP 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>Y2K 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>ATT 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>SJTI 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>TOTAL 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>MWTP 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>Brownfields 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>TOTAL 9/99 AWARD</strong></td>
<td><strong>9/99 TOTALS</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>University of Alabama Birmingham</td>
<td>450,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>450,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>450,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>International Chemical Workers Union Council</td>
<td>1,700,000</td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>55,000</td>
<td>1,855,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1,855,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>International Association of Fire Fighters</td>
<td>550,000</td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>650,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>650,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>George Meany Center for Labor Studies</td>
<td>440,700</td>
<td></td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>540,700</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>540,700</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>University of Massachusetts, Lowell</td>
<td>700,000</td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>800,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>800,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>University of California at Los Angeles</td>
<td>960,176</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>960,176</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>960,176</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Laborers-AGC Education and Training</td>
<td>5,000,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>5,000,000</td>
<td>694,500</td>
<td>400,000</td>
<td>1,094,500</td>
<td>6,094,500</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Worker International
Union</td>
<td>683,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>683,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>683,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>HMTRI Kirkwood Community College</td>
<td>300,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>400,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>400,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Service Employees International Union</td>
<td>500,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>500,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>500,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>University of Medicine &amp; Dentistry of New Jersey</td>
<td>711,682</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>711,682</td>
<td>483,916</td>
<td></td>
<td>483,916</td>
<td>1,195,598</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>International Union, United Auto Workers</td>
<td>625,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>725,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>725,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>International Union of Operating Engineers</td>
<td>1,133,000</td>
<td>100,000</td>
<td>90,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>1,323,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1,323,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>University of Cincinnati</td>
<td>1,400,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1,400,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1,400,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Center to Protect Workers’ Rights</td>
<td>1,800,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1,800,000</td>
<td>475,000</td>
<td>1,350,000</td>
<td>1,825,000</td>
<td>3,625,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Jackson State University</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>300,000</td>
<td></td>
<td>300,000</td>
<td>300,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>AFSCME Training and Education Institute</td>
<td>550,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>550,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>550,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>Clark Atlanta University</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>525,000</td>
<td>590,000</td>
<td>1,115,000</td>
<td>1,115,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>DePaul University</td>
<td>774,000</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>78,000</td>
<td>852,000</td>
<td>511,584</td>
<td>670,000</td>
<td>1,181,584</td>
<td>2,033,584</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><strong>TOTAL</strong></td>
<td><strong>18,277,558</strong></td>
<td><strong>400,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>390,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>133,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>19,200,558</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,990,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,010,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,000,000</strong></td>
<td><strong>25,200,558</strong></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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Activities

**Joseph Hughes**

-   Participated in the NIOSH Hazardous Substance Training and Hazardous
    Substance Academic Training Program Joint Annual Meeting.

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-   Participated on the Institute of Medicine NAS Panel to discuss
    training needs for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals
    regarding NIEHS approaches to training*.*

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-   Participated in the American Public Health Association 127^th^
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-   Attended a White House Meeting on Y2K and Chemical Safety

**Sharon Beard**

-   Participated in the review of the EPA Brownfields Job Training
    Demonstration Pilots

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-   Completed the orientation and the five core curriculum training
    courses for the Extramural Science Administrator Training Program.
    The goal of the ESA Training Program is to assure that every
    employee performing extramural science administrator
    responsibilities acquires a specific knowledge base and an
    opportunity to broaden and strengthen his/her perspectives on
    job-related issues through continuing education.

-   Appointed as a member of the Technical Program Committee for the
    upcoming **International Symposium on Occupational Exposure
    Databases and Their Application for the Next Millennium** sponsored
    by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH)
    in collaboration with the American Industrial Hygiene Association,
    United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive and the British Institute
    of Occupational Hygienist. Responsibilities on the Technical Program
    Committee included the review of submitted abstracts, plenary
    session co-chair and alternate session co-chair, and manuscript
    peer-reviewer of conference proceedings.

-   Participated in the **International Symposium on Occupational
    Exposure Databases and Their Application for the Next Millennium**
    held in London, England. The Symposium was convened to further the
    development of consistent, compatible, and interchangeable
    occupational exposure databases worldwide. This conference also
    focused on sharing experiences in occupational exposure database
    development and practices, application in exposure assessment, and
    on facilitating the harmonization of parallel development efforts
    throughout Europe and North America.

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-   Received a Quality of Work Life award for efforts to develop a
    standing DERT committee, the Community Builders Committee (CBC).

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-   Participated in the EPA National Community Involvement
    Conference/Training to continue the outreach activities with the EPA
    Office of Emergency Response and Remediation.

-   Attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition

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-   Represented NIEHS at the Brownfields '98 Conference -- Basics and
    Beyond \-- Showcasing Successful Partnerships

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-   Represented NIEHS at the Brownfields '99 Conference --- Alliances
    for 21st Century Livability --- Environmental Challenges and
    Solutions

**Patricia Thompson**

-   Participated in the American Public Health Association 127^th^
    Annual Meeting and Exposition

**All Staff**

-   NIEHS sponsored a meeting/workshop in partnership with EPA in Estes
    Park, Colorado. Present at the meeting were representatives of the
    21 NIEHS Awardee organizations, as well as representatives of the
    EPA, the DOE, community activists and environmental justice workers
    from all over the United States. Topics covered included the
    enhancement of the Minority Worker Training Program, the development
    process for new curricula for environmental remediation and other
    types of training, the use of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship
    programs, as well as specific environmental remediation programs
    underway at Superfund sites in several states under the auspices of
    the Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) program.

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-   NIEHS (through the Worker Education and Training Program)
    co-sponsored a National Conference on Workplace Safety & Health
    Training. Other sponsors were the National Institute for
    Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Safety and
    Health Administration. The conference brought 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.