[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: 49CFR110.40]



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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. 110.40  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.



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    (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]