Resilience
Hazardous Materials and Emergency Preparedness Grants
Agency NameDepartment of Transportation
Funding Amount$234,125,000.00
Bureau Name
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Funding Mechanism
Grant
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Grant
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
Available until expended
Recipients
States, Counties, Territories, Tribes, Cities / Townships, Businesses (Not for Profit), Emergency Response Organizations, and Hazardous Materials Enforcement Organizations.
Program Description
The Hazardous Materials and Emergency Preparedness Grants Programs consist of the following grants: Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness; Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training; Hazardous Materials Instructor Training; and Supplemental Public Sector Training. Programs also include the publication of the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Guidebook and other outreach and training.
Eligible Uses
To develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans including ascertaining flow patterns of hazardous material; to decide on the need for regional hazardous material emergency response teams; to train public-sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous material; and to train hazardous materials safety employees to become instructors to extend the reach of hazardous materials training.
sam.gov link
https://sam.gov/fal/99e2975573dc4afc8b1e809d9282a6ba/view
Statutory Location
26001
Federal Cost Share Requirement
Some grants have a cost share requirement of 20 percent