U.S. DOT GIVES $20.2 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STATES FOR HAZMAT EMERGENCY TRAINING:
The Department of Transportation’s
Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
(PHMSA) announced grants totaling $20.2 million to
states, territories and Native American tribes this
year for HAZMAT emergency planning and training. The
grants are made under the Hazardous Materials and
Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant program which is
funded by annual HAZMAT registration fees paid levied
on hazardous material transporters, including
petroleum marketers who operatecargo tank vehicles.
For this grant cycle, state HMEP grant
recipients were encouraged to allocate funding towards
activities such as:
- Developing or revising
emergency plans to account for bulk rail shipments of
crude oil;
- Growing commodity flow studies to
determine the frequency and quantity of crude oil and
other hazardous materials shipments transported
through their local communities; and
- Training
emergency responders to respond appropriately to
incidents involving bulk shipments of crude oil.
The following table lists the amount each state
received from the HMEP program for fiscal year 2014:
|
|
FY
2014 HMEP State Grants
|
|
State
|
Grant Award
|
State
|
Grant Award
|
-
Alabama
|
$376,629.54
|
-
Montana
|
$160,454.76
|
-
Alaska
|
$94,525.20
|
-
Nebraska
|
$278,354.58
|
-
Arizona
|
$297,316.35
|
-
Nevada
|
$176,293.59
|
-
Arkansas
|
$231,314.00
|
-
New Hampshire
|
$135,718.62
|
-
California
|
$1,737,421.35
|
-
New Jersey
|
$467,054.37
|
-
Colorado
|
$281,294.32
|
-
New Mexico
|
$225,189.27
|
-
Connecticut
|
$204,629.76
|
-
New York
|
$779,897.07
|
-
Delaware
|
$109,773.00
|
-
North Carolina
|
$543,610.10
|
-
Florida
|
$808,362.51
|
-
North Dakota
|
$191,512.11
|
-
Georgia
|
$513,319.08
|
-
Ohio
|
$878,065.08
|
-
Hawaii
|
$104,814.72
|
-
Oklahoma
|
$283,840.65
|
-
Idaho
|
$152,293.09
|
-
Oregon
|
$257,712.30
|
-
Illinois
|
$1,070,374.20
|
-
Pennsylvania
|
$673,297.68
|
-
Indiana
|
$499,172.85
|
-
Rhode Island
|
$108,806.28
|
-
Iowa
|
$314,677.59
|
-
South Carolina
|
$296,300.79
|
-
Kansas
|
$368,982.15
|
-
South Dakota
|
$170,832.63
|
-
Kentucky
|
$276,024.93
|
-
Tennessee
|
$407,399.52
|
-
Louisiana
|
$308,784.18
|
-
Texas
|
$1,220,523.63
|
-
Maine
|
$136,380.78
|
-
Utah
|
$218,387.25
|
-
Maryland
|
$285,440.25
|
-
Vermont
|
$94,096.47
|
-
Massachusetts
|
$326,980.56
|
-
Virginia
|
$396,345.54
|
-
Michigan
|
$528,764.52
|
-
Washington
|
$325,748.31
|
-
Minnesota
|
$425,642.40
|
-
West Virginia
|
$199,139.97
|
-
Mississippi
|
$263,498.00
|
-
Wisconsin
|
$417,331.92
|
-
Missouri
|
$432,428.61
|
-
Wyoming
|
$ 114,912.66
|
|
|
Total for
States: $19,169,669.09
|
|
(HMEP) Territory Grants
|
Territory
|
Grant Award
|
-
American Samoa
|
$62,471.82
|
-
Guam
|
$64,806.12
|
-
N. Mariana Island
|
$62,948.91
|
-
Puerto Rico
|
$165,085.23
|
-
Virgin Islands
|
$63,386.94
|
|
|
Total for Territories:
$418,699.02
|
(HMEP) Native American Indian Tribal Grants
|
Tribe
|
Grant Award
|
-
Inter Tribal Council of AZ
|
$196,067.00
|
-
Nez Perce
|
$19,972.89
|
-
Seminole Tribe of Florida
|
$144,605.00
|
-
St. Regis
|
$41,991.00
|
-
Pueblo of Laguna
|
$79,264.00
|
-
Paiute Shoshone Tribe
|
$62,000.00
|
-
San Manuel
|
$98,132.00
|
|
|
Total for Tribes:
$642,031.89
|
TOTAL FY 2014 HMEP GRANTS: $20,230,400
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