Sec. 17. Environmental justice basic training program
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The Administrator shall establish a basic training program, in coordination and consultation with nongovernmental environmental justice organizations, to increase the capacity of residents of environmental justice communities to identify and address disproportionately adverse human health or environmental effects by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate— training and education relating to— basic and advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effects of hazardous substances on human health; methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the quantity and toxicity of hazardous substances; the rights and safeguards currently afforded to individuals through policies and laws intended to help environmental justice communities address disparate impacts and discrimination, including— environmental laws; and section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d–1 ); public engagement opportunities through the policies and laws described in subparagraph (E); materials available on the Clearinghouse; methods to expand access to parks and other natural and recreational amenities; and finding and applying for Federal grants related to environmental justice; and short courses and continuation education programs for residents of communities who are located in close proximity to hazardous substances to provide— education relating to— the proper manner to handle hazardous substances; the management of facilities at which hazardous substances are located (including facility compliance protocols); and the evaluation of the hazards that facilities described in clause
(ii)pose to human health; and training on environmental and occupational health and safety with respect to the public health and engineering aspects of hazardous waste control. In carrying out the basic training program established under subsection (a), the Administrator may provide grants to, or enter into any contract or cooperative agreement with, an eligible entity to carry out any training or educational activity described in subsection (a). To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), an eligible entity shall be an accredited institution of education in partnership with— a community-based organization that carries out activities relating to environmental justice; a generator of hazardous waste; any individual who is involved in the detection, assessment, evaluation, or treatment of hazardous waste; any owner or operator of a facility at which hazardous substances are located; or any State government, Tribal Government, or local government. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Director, shall develop and publish in the Federal Register a plan to carry out the basic training program established under subsection (a). The plan described in paragraph
(1)shall contain— a list that describes the relative priority of each activity described in subsection (a); and a description of research and training relevant to environmental justice issues of communities adversely affected by pollution. The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take appropriate steps to coordinate the activities of the basic training program described in the plan with the activities of other Federal agencies to avoid any duplication of effort. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report describing— the implementation of the basic training program established under subsection (a); and the impact of the basic training program on improving training opportunities for residents of environmental justice communities. The Administrator shall make the report required under paragraph
(1)available to the public (including by posting a copy of the report on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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Environmental justice basic training program
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