Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP)
Department Of Transportation, Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PHMSA’s goal is to ensure that responders trained under the grant can protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents or incidents involving HAZMAT transportation. PHMSA’s goal for planning activities is to develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), including ascertaining flow patterns of hazardous material on land. This Assistance Listing 20.705 created in
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Helps state and local agencies train for emergencies involving hazardous materials. Provides funding for planning and training initiatives to improve community response capabilities.
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Governors designate an agency to receive HMEP grant funds.
- Agencies submit grant applications to PHMSA annually.
- PHMSA reviews and evaluates applications.
- If approved, PHMSA offers a Notice of Grant Award (NGA).
- Once executed, the agency distributes grant funds.
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat-safety-enhancement-program/hazardous-materials-safety-enhancement-program-overview
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- personnel costs
- equipment costs
- training programs
- emergency plans development
- 📏Expense Caps
- up to 80 percent of the total cost
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- Yes
- 📊Matching Ratio
- 20% minimum
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- in-kind contributions
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Allowed
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation of matching funds required
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $100,000,000 (minimum $25).
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