ASBESTOS-RELATED NEWS
Washington Navy Yard Superfund Job-Training Program

Asbestos-related job-training news at Washington Navy Yard Superfund.

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Introduction to Asbestos-related news: Created in 1996, the Washington Navy Yard Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) program provides job training opportunities for people living in neighborhoods detrimentally impacted by Superfund sites.

As of January 2004, the Washington Navy Yard SuperJTI project has provided more than 475 Washington, D.C., metropolitan area residents a chance to learn and apply their hazardous waste training skills in jobs across the metro-wide area.

With an over 70 percent job placement rate, the program is a proven success. The following stakeholders were interviewed for an update of this project:

RPM, EPA Region 3;

CIC, EPA Region 3;

Alice Hamilton Occupational Health Center (AHOHC), NIEHS training provider and the Institute for Workplace Safety and Health;

STRIVE DC;

Covenant House Washington, community-based organization;

EnviroControls, contractor/employer;

Asbestos Workers Local Union #24, local union representing workers in the environmental industry;

Horne Engineering., former contractor/employer; and

Two SuperJTI trainees.

Courtesy of the EPA