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PHMSA hazmat funding opportunities
2022-07-07T05:00:00Z
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) offers comprehensive funding opportunities that focus on hazmat. The funding opportunities are designed to:
- Foster partnerships with states, local communities, universities, and nonprofits
- Provide resources for emergency preparedness
- Implement best practices for hazmat safety, nationwide
Funding is distributed through five grants:
- Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP),
- Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT),
- Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT),
- Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST), and
- Community Safety (CS).
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness
The HMEP grant supports the planning and training efforts for states, territories, and federally recognized tribes in mitigating transportation-related hazardous materials emergencies. The HMEP grant also enhances the implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986.
Funding available: Estimated $39.1 million
Eligible entities: States, territories, and federally recognized Tribes
Contact: HMEP.grants@dot.gov
Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training
The ALERT grant promotes hazmat response training for volunteer or remote emergency responders. Response activities include the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids by rail consistent with NFPA standards. The ALERT grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations capable of delivering an established curriculum to emergency responders.
Funding available: Estimated $1 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Hazardous Materials Instructor Training
The HMIT grant is a train-the-trainer program that facilitates the training of hazmat instructors who then conduct training in Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) for hazmat employees. The HMIT grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations that satisfy both of the following eligibility requirements: 1) expertise in conducting hazmat employee training programs, and 2) capability to reach a target population of hazmat employees and include them in the training program.
Funding available: Estimated $5 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Supplemental Public Sector Training
The SPST grant is a train-the-trainer program that facilitates the training of instructors who then conduct hazmat response training for individuals with a statutory responsibility to respond to hazmat accidents and incidents. The SPST grant is competitively awarded to national nonprofit fire service organizations.
Funding available: Estimated $2 million
Eligible entities: National nonprofit fire service organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Community Safety
The CS is used to conduct national outreach and training programs to assist communities in preparing for, and responding to, accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids by rail, and in training state and local personnel responsible for enforcing the safe transportation of hazmat. The CSG grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations capable of delivering hazmat enforcement training or outreach and training to local communities.
Funding available: Estimated $4 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
NewsIndustry NewsHazmat Special RequirementsHazmat SafetyHazmatIn-Depth ArticleFocus AreaEnglishTransportationUSA
PHMSA hazmat funding opportunities
2022-07-07T05:00:00Z
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) offers comprehensive funding opportunities that focus on hazmat. The funding opportunities are designed to:
- Foster partnerships with states, local communities, universities, and nonprofits
- Provide resources for emergency preparedness
- Implement best practices for hazmat safety, nationwide
Funding is distributed through five grants:
- Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP),
- Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT),
- Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT),
- Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST), and
- Community Safety (CS).
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness
The HMEP grant supports the planning and training efforts for states, territories, and federally recognized tribes in mitigating transportation-related hazardous materials emergencies. The HMEP grant also enhances the implementation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986.
Funding available: Estimated $39.1 million
Eligible entities: States, territories, and federally recognized Tribes
Contact: HMEP.grants@dot.gov
Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training
The ALERT grant promotes hazmat response training for volunteer or remote emergency responders. Response activities include the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids by rail consistent with NFPA standards. The ALERT grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations capable of delivering an established curriculum to emergency responders.
Funding available: Estimated $1 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Hazardous Materials Instructor Training
The HMIT grant is a train-the-trainer program that facilitates the training of hazmat instructors who then conduct training in Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) for hazmat employees. The HMIT grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations that satisfy both of the following eligibility requirements: 1) expertise in conducting hazmat employee training programs, and 2) capability to reach a target population of hazmat employees and include them in the training program.
Funding available: Estimated $5 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Supplemental Public Sector Training
The SPST grant is a train-the-trainer program that facilitates the training of instructors who then conduct hazmat response training for individuals with a statutory responsibility to respond to hazmat accidents and incidents. The SPST grant is competitively awarded to national nonprofit fire service organizations.
Funding available: Estimated $2 million
Eligible entities: National nonprofit fire service organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
Community Safety
The CS is used to conduct national outreach and training programs to assist communities in preparing for, and responding to, accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials, including Class 3 flammable liquids by rail, and in training state and local personnel responsible for enforcing the safe transportation of hazmat. The CSG grant is competitively awarded to nonprofit organizations capable of delivering hazmat enforcement training or outreach and training to local communities.
Funding available: Estimated $4 million
Eligible entities: Nonprofit organizations, competitive based
Contact: HMIT.grants@dot.gov
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