[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR110.40]

[Page 64]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 110--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PUBLIC SECTOR TRAINING AND PLANNING GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 110.40  Activities eligible for funding.

    (a) Planning. Eligible State applicants may receive funding for the 
following activities:
    (1) Development, improvement, and implementation of emergency plans 
required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 
1986, as well as exercises which test the emergency plan. Enhancement of 
emergency plans to include hazard analysis as well as response 
procedures for emergencies involving transportation of hazardous 
materials, including radioactive materials.
    (2) An assessment to determine flow patterns of hazardous materials 
within a State, between a State and another State or Indian country, and 
development and maintenance of a system to keep such information 
current.
    (3) An assessment of the need for regional hazardous materials 
emergency response teams.
    (4) An assessment of local response capabilities.
    (5) Conduct of emergency response drills and exercises associated 
with emergency preparedness plans.
    (6) Provision of technical staff to support the planning effort.
    (7) Additional activities the Associate Administrator deems 
appropriate to implement the scope of work for the proposed project plan 
and approved in the grant.
    (b) Training. Eligible State and Indian tribe applicants may receive 
funding for the following activities:
    (1) An assessment to determine the number of public sector employees 
employed or used by a political subdivision who need the proposed 
training and to select courses consistent with the National Curriculum.
    (2) Delivery of comprehensive preparedness and response training to 
public sector employees. Design and delivery of preparedness and 
response training to meet specialized needs. Financial assistance for 
trainees and for the trainers, if appropriate, such as tuition, travel 
expenses to and from a training facility, and room and board while at 
the training facility.
    (3) Emergency response drills and exercises associated with 
training, a course of study, and tests and evaluation of emergency 
preparedness plans.
    (4) Expenses associated with training by a person (including a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of a State or political 
subdivision thereof or an Indian tribe) and activities necessary to 
monitor such training including, but not limited to examinations, 
critiques and instructor evaluations.
    (5) Provision of staff to manage the training effort designed to 
result in increased benefits, proficiency, and rapid deployment of local 
and regional responders.
    (6) Additional activities the Associate Administrator deems 
appropriate to implement the scope of work for the proposed project and 
approved in the grant.

[Amdt. 110-1, 57 FR 43067, Sept. 17, 1992, as amended by 66 FR 45377, 
Aug. 28, 2001]