The U.s. Environmental Protection Agency has announced two new grants totaling $ 545,000 brownfieldu in action today on the Chevy in the hole, a place in Flint, Michigan. EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman, u.s. Rep. Dan Kildee and Mayor Dayne Walling joined representatives of Genesee County, which received a $ 350,000 grant to supplement facilities Revolving Fund loans and Mott Community College, who received a grant of $ 195,050 to create a new job training program.
"The grants announced today, the EPA will be used to clean up contaminated sites in Genesee County and train 60 people for work in the field of the environment," said Hedman. "These grants will fund the work, it is good for the environment, good for the economy and good for the Flint."
Several local companies have agreed to provide graduates of the Mott Community Colleges environmental education program internships, on-the-job training and job opportunities.
"Flint will greatly benefit from these two new Federal brownfieldu grants, which will help you to retrain workers and to equip the industrial properties as Chevy in the hole to productive use," said congressman Dan Kildee. "Invest more than half a million dollars in local job training programs, and environmental remediation efforts will help strengthen our local economy, and the location of the Mid-Michigan compete for new investments and jobs," said congressman Dan Kildee, Michigan 5. precinct.
"Organic cleaning and remediation in the Chevy in the hole is the result of many years of effort. This project demonstrates success possible Community initiatives, combined with the creative use of federal resources, "said Flint Mayor Dayne Walling.
"Mott Community College is pleased to be the beneficiary of EPA environmental workforce and job training. This investment will allow us use other EPA's investment in our community, designed to revive key areas in Flint while providing employment and internship opportunities for local residents, "said Robert Matthews, Dean Executive workforce and professional development at Mott Community College.
Since 2004, the EPA to assess brownfieldu and cleansing in Flint and Genesee County provided $ 3.4 million. EPA, city, County and Kettering University will continue to cooperate in the rehabilitation of the Chevy in the hole.
For more information about Chevy in the hole cleaning:
http://www.EPA.gov/region5/Cleanup/chevyinthehole/index.html
For more information about the EPA brownfields program:
http://www.EPA.gov/brownfields/
