National Environmental Training and Employment Act of 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program

Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation

Program

Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program

Title II: National Environmental Response Employment Program

Title III: Federal Environmental Coordination Committee and

Related Provisions

Title IV: Administration and Enforcement

National Environmental Training and Employment Act of 1994 - Provides for training, health and safety, employment opportunities, and certification for environmental response employees and employers, emergency responders, and environmental training providers.

Authorizes appropriations to carry out the various titles of this Act. Allows other funds to be used to carry out this Act from appropriations for programs, projects, or activities administered by the Departments of Defense, of Energy, of Housing and Urban Development, of the Interior, of Labor, and of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Title I: National Environmental Response Training Program - Subtitle A: Certification, Training, and Accreditation Program - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish a National Environmental Training Program to: (1) certify environmental response employers (through a National Certification Program in the Department of Labor); (2) train and certify environmental response employees and emergency responders; and (3) accredit environmental training providers.

Subtitle B: Health and Safety Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a national safety and health program covering environmental response employees and emergency responders. Allows such program to be implemented and managed, at the Secretary's discretion, by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Requires such program to include minimum standard medical examination protocols, a medical surveillance program, and a national injury/illness/fatality surveillance system.

Title II: National Environmental Response Employment Program - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a program to ensure employment of minorities and women in activities covered by this Act; and (2) in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, a program to ensure availability of training and employment in activities covered by this Act for displaced military personnel.

Directs the Secretary to provide grants to: (1) public agencies and nonprofit employee organizations qualifying as accredited providers to train environmental emergency responders; (2) joint labor-managed training trust funds and labor organizations accredited as providers for training and related activities for environmental workers subject to this Act; (3) nonprofit veterans' organizations for recruitment and counseling services for recently separated members of the military and other veterans, in connection with environmental response training; and (4) nonprofit minority and women's organizations for recruitment and counseling services for minority and female applicants, in connection with environmental response training.

Title III: Federal Environmental Coordination Committee and Related Provisions - Establishes the Federal Environmental Coordination Committee, including the heads of the aforementioned Federal departments and agencies.

Provides for: (1) enforcement of this Act through Federal contracting procedures; (2) cooperation with States; (3) accreditation and certification/licensure fees; and (4) environmental workforce research and studies.

Title IV: Administration and Enforcement - Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act.

Authorizes the Secretary to seek judicial relief and civil penalties for failure to comply with this Act.