Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

HAZMAT Grant Programs

International Association of Fire Chiefs Hazmat Conference

Date: May 2015

Baltimore

Presented by Tonya Ngotel,

NASTTPO President

Disclaimer Who I’m NOT:

PHMSA HMEP Staff

Who I AM: PHMSA HMEP Working Group

National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials – NASTTPO

State of Nebraska, SERC Coordinator

PHMSA Organization

Duty—Oversee 2.6 million miles of energy pipelines and close to 1 million daily hazmat shipments.

Mission—To protect people and the environment from the risks of hazardous materials transportation.

Vision –No harm results from hazardous materials transportation.

NASTTPO Organization

www.nasttpo.com

MISSON: The National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials (NASTTPO) is made up of members and staff of Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), Tribal Emergency Response Commissions (TERCS), State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) and private industry. NASTTPO’s mission is to serve as advocates of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) and to ensure that States have the appropriate provisions to support the act and that first responders across the nation are prepared in the event of chemical release.

Nebraska SERC and HMEP Program The primary focus of the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) is to coordinate hazardous materials chemical planning through the establishment of a state hazmat program.

The SERC designates and oversees the Local Emergency Planning Committees known as LEPCs. We coordinate with State and Federal Environmental Protection Agencies and implement the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act within the State of Nebraska. The SERC serves as the pass-through entity for the US Department of Transportation (USDOT)Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning (HMEP) Grant . HMEP monies are provided to the LEPCs to develop and sustain hazmat plans, train first responders and exercise standard operating guidelines.

1984• Bhopal, India• Institute, West Virginia

1986• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know

Act (EPCRA)

1990• Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness

(HMEP) grant

2005• Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety &

Security Reauthorization Act

History of Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grants

Hazmat Grant Programs

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Hazmat Grants Eligible Entities Non-Profit Employee Organizations

National Non-profit Fire Service Organizations

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and Tribal Councils

Emergency Management Agencies

State Homeland Security Office

Environmental Protection Division

State Police

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Hazmat Grants Funding Stream

BeneficiariesPublic Sector

Employees LEPCs Hazmat Employees Fire Service Employees

RecipientsDesignated Agencies: States, Territories, Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, Non-profit

Employee & National Non-profit Fire Service Organizations

AdministratorsPHMSA HMEP/HMIT/SPST Grant Program Office

SourceRegistration Fees from Hazmat Shippers and Transporters

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Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant

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Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant

Program Purpose

The purpose of the HMIT Grants Program is to train hazmat instructors who will then train hazmat employees in the proper handling of hazardous

materials.

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Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT)Grant

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Eligibility – Must be a Non-profit Employee Organization that demonstrates:

An expertise in conducting a training program for hazmat employees,

The ability to reach and involve in a training program a target population of hazmat employees.

Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) Grant

Funding Uses

Eligible funding uses for the HMIT grant are:

General awareness/familiarization training

Function-specific training

Safety training

Security awareness training

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Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant

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Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant

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Purpose – This program provides funding to national non-profit fire service organizations for the purpose of training instructors to conduct hazmat response training programs for individuals with a statutory responsibility to respond to respond to hazmat accidents and incidents.

Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant

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Eligibility– Must be a National non-profit Fire Service Organization that:

Identifies regions or locations in which fire departments or other organizations which provide emergency response to hazardous materials transportation accidents and incidents are in need of hazardous materials training.

Prioritizes such needs and develop a means for identifying additional specific training needs.

Ensures emergency responders who receive training under the grant will have the ability to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents and incidents involving transportation in accordance with existing regulations of the NFPA 472 standard for competence or responders to accidents and incidents involving hazmat.

Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant

Funding UsesEligible funding uses for the SPST grant are: Training instructors to conduct hazmat response training programs.

Equipment necessary to conduct training programs.

Supplies and materials necessary to conduct training programs.

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant Program

Purpose To increase State, Territorial, Tribal, and local effectiveness in safely and

efficiently handling hazardous materials accidents and incidents and to encourage a comprehensive approach to emergency training and

planning by incorporating the unique challenges of responses to transportation situations.

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant

The HMEP grant provides 2 funding areas:

Planning Training$8,150,000 statutory ceiling $13,650,000 statutory floor

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TOTAL— $21.8M

Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP)

Planning Grant 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)- Planning Grants

Purpose – To develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA).

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Planning Grant

Eligibility – Must be a State, Territory or Native American tribe and agree to:

Certify that the total amount the State or Territory or Native American tribe expends to develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans under the Act will at least equal the average level of expenditure for the last 5 fiscal years.

Pass through at least 75 percent of the grant award to local emergency planning committees (LEPCs) for the purpose of, but not limited to developing and or exercising emergency response plans established under section 303(b).

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Training Grant

49 U.S.C. 5116(b)- Training Grants Purpose – To train public sector employees to respond to accidents and

incidents involving hazardous material. To the extent that a grant is used to train emergency responders.

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Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP)Training Grant

Eligibility – Must be a State, Territory or Native American Tribe and agree to:

Certify that the total amount the State or Indian tribe expends to develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans under the Act will at least equal the average level of expenditure for the last 5 fiscal years.

Use grant award to training public sector employees to respond to accidents or incidents involving the transport of hazardous materials.

Make available at least 75 percent of the grant award for the purpose of training public sector employees.

Provide written certification that all training is in compliance with the National Fire Protection Association guide (NFPA 472).

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Hazmat Grants Schedule

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Calling All Applicants

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Maximizing Participation in PHMSAs Hazmat Grant Programs

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s Hazmat Grant Program seeks to increase participation within our grantee communities.

Our intent is to optimize the effectiveness of our hazmat grant programs by increasing outreach efforts to attract a larger targeted audience as well as to maintain an ongoing relationship with current stakeholders by using:

Conferences, Webinars

Brochures, Invitational Letters

Web Resources

Invitation to ApplyPHMSA encourages all State, Territory, Federally Recognized Native American

Tribe, Non-profit Employee, and National Fire Service agencies and organizations, interested in applying and who meet the criteria, to apply for the

HMEP, HMIT, or SPST grant via www.grants.gov.

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Annual Report to Congress on PHMSA’s Hazmat Grant

Programs

Amount of Federal Planning Award for each grantee

Amount of Federal Training Award for each grantee

Amount of award not expended

Common Findings and Concerns:

Lack of geographic diversity (rural vs urban)

Low data return

UNUSED FUNDS – Remember that 21 MILLION Dollars

Data Included in Report to Congress

Increased reporting requirements (MAP 21)

Refunds or Decrease in Fees Instability of Program

Results of Continuous Unspent Funding

Average Unspent – 15-25%

• State of Responsibility receives $305,000. and gives back .1%

• State of Disorder receives $177,511 gives back 100%

What happens to Responsibility?

Results of Continuous Unspent Funding – Let’s Get REAL

Disclaimer – These numbers do not reflect actual HMEP amounts and should be considered the opinion of NASTTPO.

How do WE fix this?

How to maximize your HMEP

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Questions?

Hazmat Grant Program Contact Information

General Grant Inquiries

HMEP.Grants@dot.gov or HMIT.Grants@dot.gov

Website:

www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/grants

Phone:

USDOT Hazmat Grant Program Main Line

(202)366-1109

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