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Brownfields Job Training Grants
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 66.815 |
Program
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http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicat.htm#jtfy20
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| Sponsor |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Deadlines |
December 1, 2009 |
| Purpose |
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities, including non-profit organizations to deliver environmental job training. Applicants must propose to serve a community that currently receives, or has received, financial assistance from EPA for a brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, or cleanup grant, a targeted brownfield assessment, and/or site-specific brownfields work carried out under a state or tribal response program. |
| Eligibility |
•General Purpose Unit of Local Government. (For purposes of the brownfields grant program, EPA defines general purpose unit of local government as a “local government” as defined under 40 CFR Part 31.)
•Land Clearance Authority or other quasi-governmental entity that operates under the supervision and control of, or as an agent of, a general purpose unit of local government.
•Government Entity created by State Legislature.
•Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government.
•Redevelopment Agency that is chartered or otherwise sanctioned by a State.
•State.
•Indian Tribe other than in Alaska. (The exclusion of Alaskan tribes from brownfields grant eligibility is statutory at CERCLA §104(k)(1). Intertribal Consortia are eligible for funding in accordance with EPA’s policy for funding intertribal consortia published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2002, at 67 Fed. Reg. 67181. (This policy also may be obtained from your Regional Brownfields Job Training Coordinator listed in Section VII.)
•Alaskan Native Regional Corporation, Alaska Native Village Corporation and the Metlakatla Indian Community. (Alaskan Native Regional Corporation and Alaska Native Village Corporation as those terms are defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 and following.)
•Nonprofit organizations. For purposes of the Brownfields Grant program, the term “nonprofit organization” means any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that is operated mainly for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purpose in the public interest; is not organized primarily for profit; and uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operation of the organization. Workforce Investment Boards that meet these criteria may be eligible nonprofit organizations. Public and nonprofit private educational institutions are eligible to apply. However, nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply. For-profit or proprietary training organizations or trade schools are not eligible to apply.
Applicants who received a Brownfields Job Training Grant in, or before, Fiscal Year 2008 are eligible to apply for this competition. |
Geographic
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Nationwide |
Amount of
funding |
Expected Number of Awards: 13
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,600,000 |
Application
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Electronic copies of these guidelines can be obtained from the EPA brownfields Website (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/applicat.htm) or through www.grants.gov. Hard copies may be requested by contacting your Regional Brownfields Job Training Coordinator listed in Section VII of the Program Guidelines.
Applicants may download individual grant application forms or electronically request a paper application package and an accompanying computer CD of information related to applicants/grant recipients roles and responsibilities from EPA’s Grants and Debarment website by visiting: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.
A link to the application is available through Grants.gov at: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=WrrtKDRVqLz7MH
0dbTDP15j4pPhJ8sf8p3vLtRgfRLj2zhhtnKyL!-1017983794?oppId=49682&mode=VIEW. |
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For more information contact:
Regional contacts are listed in the Contacts Section VII of the Program Guidelines at: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/epa-oswer-oblr-09-07.pdf. Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. |
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