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E-1 The information presented in Table E-1 is taken directly from the referenced websites and is presented as background information for each grant. To apply for any of these grants requires going to www.grants.gov to secure the necessary applications. A p p e n d i x e Available Grant Programs Program Objectives Use and Restrictions Hazardous Materials Specific National Motor Carrier Safety (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/national- motor-carrier-safety.html) Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) To reduce the number and severity of accidents and hazardous material incidents involving commercial motor vehicles by substantially increasing the level and effectiveness of enforcement activity and the likelihood that safety defects, driver deficiencies, and unsafe carrier practices will be detected and corrected. Financial assistance to states for the implementation of programs for the adoption and uniform enforcement of safety rules, regulations, and standards compatible with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations for both interstate and intrastate motor carriers and drivers. This is financial assistance to the states. Pipeline Safety Program Base Grants (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/pipeline- safety.html) Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration To develop and maintain state gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety programs. State expenditures in any given year, without federal assistance, cannot be less than the average amount expended by the state for gas and hazardous liquid safety programs for the 3 fiscal years prior to the fiscal year in which the Secretary makes the payment. Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants (HMEP) (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/interage ncy-hazardous-materials-public-sector- training-and-planning-grants.html) Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration To increase state, local, territorial, and Native American tribal effectiveness to safely and efficiently handle hazardous materials accidents and incidents; enhance implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA); and encourage a comprehensive approach to emergency planning and training by incorporating response to transportation standards. Increase the emphasis on transportation in ongoing efforts to improve the capability of communities to plan for and respond to the full range of potential risks posed by accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials. The grants have two principal uses Assist states, territories and Native American tribes in developing, improving, and implementing emergency response plans under EPCRA; including the determination of flow patterns of hazardous materials within a state, between states and Native American lands; determining the need for regional hazardous materials response teams. Stimulate support for training of public- sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials. Table E-1. Grant programs. (continued on next page)
E-2 A Compendium of Best practices and Lessons Learned Program Objectives Use and Restrictions for existing needs or by other laws; Be used to supplant other forms of emergency management funding; or Be commingled with other, non-CSEPP funds . Fire Service Hazardous Materials Preparedness and Response (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/fire - service-hazardous-materials-preparedness- and-response.html) Department of Homeland Security Provide information to the fire and emergency services community, emergency managers, and other local government officials concerning issues related to the planning, mitigation, prevention, and response to hazardous materials incidents, which includes acts of terrorism. Restricted to recipient designated by congressional statute or DHS, and limited in scope to the project description for the purpose of information sharing related to hazardous materials and acts of terrorism. Hazardous Materials Assistance Program (http://www.federalgrant sw ire.com/hazardo us-materials-assistance-program.html) Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency To support states, local, and Indian tribal governments in oil and hazardous materials emergency planning and exercises and enhance their capabilities to interact with the National Response System (NRS); through the states, provide technical and financial assistance to support activities under the Comprehensive Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Emergency Response - Capability Assessment Program (CHER-C). Funding must be used for planning, exercising, and educational projects that will serve to enhance emergency management capabilities for dealing with oil and hazardous materials releases. Certain equipment purchases are not authorized, such as automated data processing and facsimile machines, and any other equipment acquired for the sole purpose of carrying out the day-to - day work activities. However, equipment purchased exclusively for the implementation of exercises and/or CHER-CAP activities (disposable personal protective equipment, simulated emergency response equipment used only for training) are authorized. Reimbursement of salaries and benefits is restricted, and funding for contractual support is permitted. Funding for training and educational programs are limited, and may not be used to supplement the nonfederal matching requirements associated with Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), or SARA Title III funds, nor used to attend courses available under any other FEMA programs when separate funds are available for that training. Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/chemical -stockpile-emergenc y- preparedness- program.html) Department of Homeland Security To enhance emergency preparedness capabilities of the states, local, and tribal communities at each of the six chemical agent stockpile storage facilities. The purpose of the program is to assist states and local communities in efforts to improve their capacity to plan for, and respond to, accidents associated with the storage and ultimate disposal of chemical warfare materials . Applications are accepted from the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. T he eligible states house the U.S. Ar my stockpiles unitary chemical warfare agent as bulk chemicals and munitions. Local governments are eligible to participate as subgrantees. C SEPP funds are to be utilized for effective emergency management capabilities in the seven affected states, local, and tribal communities surrounding the six Army stockpile locations. CSEPP funds may not Be used as a substitute for other mandated, unfunded programs required Table E-1. (Continued).
Available Grant programs E-3 Program Objectives Use and Restrictions Other Types of Grants Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/homelan d-security-grant-program.html) Department of Homeland Security To enhance the ability of the state, local, and tribal governments to prepare, prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks and other disasters. The HSGP is comprised of four separate grant programs: State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), Citizen Corps Program (CCP), and Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). Funds will be administered by the respective State Administrative Agency (SAA). Each SAA shall make no less than 80 percent of the total grant program amount available to local units of government within 45 days of the receipt of funds. Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health (http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/) Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration To provide supplemental emergency mental health counseling to individuals affected by major disasters, including the training of workers to provide such counseling. Provides funds for staff, travel, consultants and other expenses incident to the provision of mental health counseling to, and referral of, individuals in a disaster area. Funds may not be used for long-term treatment. Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) (http://www.federalgrantswire.com/emergen cy-management-performance-grants.html) Department of Homeland Security To provide resources to assist state and local governments to sustain and enhance all-hazards emergency management capabilities. Each state shall obligate 100 percent of the total grant program amount to the designated state-level emergency management agency. Table E-1. (Continued).
