The U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) will host a few events at Brownfields 2011 that specifically target small and disadvantaged businesses.
Small Business Training at Brownfields 2011
EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) will be offering two days of training sessions (April 4-5) for Small and Disadvantaged Business owners in conjunction with Brownfields 2011 Conference in Philadelphia. All sessions will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) in the Franklin 3 meeting room on the Fourth floor.
Training Sessions will address Best Management Practices (BMP)for Targeted Brownfields Assessments, BMP for Brownfields Remediation, and BMP for Green Remediation Footprint Reduction. These 1.5 to 3 hour sessions will be offered on Monday and Tuesday. For more information, and to register go to the News section on the front page of www.trainex.org.
Small and Disadvantaged Business Listening Session
OSWER also will be holding a one-day Listening Session on April 6. The Listening Session is part of an initiative to build the technical capacity of small and disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) as they compete for environmental cleanup jobs in a greener workforce. The purpose of this event is for EPA to hear from SDBs about challenges, barriers, and issues of concern that would assist it in providing more meaningful and relevant training and technical support.
In addition to the listening session, the event includes an afternoon “match-making” session where SDBs have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with the EPA staff organizing the listening session, as well to network with major Superfund Contractors invited to the meeting. The session will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) in the Franklin 3 meeting room on the Fourth floor. Click here www.trainex.org/listen for information and registration.