[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR110.20]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 110_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PUBLIC SECTOR TRAINING AND PLANNING GRANTS

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 110.20  Definitions.



    Unless defined in this part, all terms defined in 49 U.S.C. 5102 are 

used in their statutory meaning and all terms defined in 49 CFR part 18 

and OMB Circular A-102, with respect to administrative requirements for 

grants, are used as defined therein. Other terms used in this part are 

defined as follows:

    Allowable costs means those costs that are: eligible, reasonable, 

necessary, and allocable to the project permitted by the appropriate 

Federal cost principles, and approved in the grant.

    Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration.

    Budget period means the period of time specified in the grant 

agreement during which the project manager may expend or obligate 

project funds.

    Cost review means the review and evaluation of costs to determine 

reasonableness, allocability, and allowability.

    Indian country means Indian country as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

That section defines Indian country as all land within the limits of any 

reservation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government, 

notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way 

running through the reservation; all dependent Indian communities within 

the borders of the United States whether within the original or 

subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without 

the limits of a State; and all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to 

which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running 

through the same.

    Indian tribe means a tribe ``Federally-recognized'' by the Secretary 

of the Interior under 25 CFR 272.2.

    Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) means a committee 

appointed by the State Emergency Response Commission under section 

301(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 

(42 U.S.C. 11001(c)) that includes at a minimum, representatives from 

each of the following groups or organizations: elected State and local 

officials; law enforcement, firefighting, civil defense, first aid, 

health, local environmental, hospital, and transportation personnel; 

broadcast and print media; community groups; and owners and operators of 

facilities subject to the emergency planning requirements.

    National curriculum means the curriculum required to be developed 

under 49 U.S.C. 5115 and necessary to train public sector emergency 

response and preparedness teams, enabling them to comply with 

performance standards as stated in 49 U.S.C. 5115(c).

    Political subdivision means a county, municipality, city, town, 

township, local public authority (including any public and Indian 

housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1401 et seq.), school district, special district, intrastate district, 

council of governments (whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit 

corporation under State law), any other regional or interstate 

government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local 

government.

    Project means the activities and tasks identified in the grant 

agreement.

    Project manager means the State or Indian tribal official designated 

in a grant as the recipient agency's principal program contact with the 

Federal Government.

    Project officer means the Federal official designated in a grant as 

the program contact with the project manager. The project officer is 

responsible for monitoring the project.



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    Project period means the length of time specified in a grant for 

completion of all work associated with that project.

    State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) means the State Emergency 

Response Commission appointed by the Governor of each State and 

Territory under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 

of 1986.

    Statement of Work means that portion of a grant that describes the 

purpose and scope of activities and tasks to be carried out as part of 

the proposed project.



[Amdt. 110-1, 57 FR 43067, Sept. 17, 1992, as amended by Amdt. 110-3, 59 

FR 49132, Sept. 26, 1994; 66 FR 45377, Aug. 28, 2001]