Program Benefits

By working together, EPA and its local partners can make the most of existing resources and expertise to help citizens that are living in communities affected by Superfund sites.

The initiative benefits residents by:

• Increasing their understanding of the cleanup effort in their community, consistent with the EPA's community involvement objectives;
• Providing them with new marketable skills, thus enhancing their employment potential, and;
• Allowing them to play an active role in the protection and restoration of their homes and neighborhoods.

SuperJTI also assists the local community by:

• Providing job opportunities for qualified residents;
• Increasing the skills of the local labor pool, and;
• Increasing the local tax base.

In addition, the program benefits contractors by:

• Providing a local pool of trained workers, which ensures quicker
  start-up at a site;
• Building good will in the community by boosting local economies.

Finally, SuperJTI assists EPA by:

• Removing communications barriers by making community members more aware of cleanup efforts and environmental issues;
• Building trust through productive working relationships, and;
• Demonstrating EPA's commitment to meaningful community involvement.