NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training

$146,600,225

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: F001 - Grant~F002 - Cooperative Agreement
Popular Name: Superfund Worker Training Program (WTP)
Assistance Listing Number
93.142

Objectives: The Worker Training Program, congressionally mandated under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) provides cooperative agreements and project grant support for the development, delivery, and administration of model worker health and safety training programs that include classroom-based, online, and hands-on instruction. These programs are intended for workers and supervisors engaged in activities involving hazardous materials and hazardous waste generation, treatment, storage, disposal, removal, containment, transportation, environmental restoration, facility decommissioning and decontamination, and disaster/emergency response.

*TAGGS reports awards based on the primary Assistance Listing. Assistance Listings exclusively at the transaction level are reported under the primary Assistance Listing on this page.
 
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