2016 PHMSA HMEP Native American Tribes Grant Opportunity | HM HMP 16 002

Opportunity Information: Apply for HM HMP 16 002

The 2016 PHMSA HMEP Native American Tribes Grant Opportunity is a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) discretionary grant program run through PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) to strengthen hazardous materials (hazmat) preparedness and response in Indian Country. It is rooted in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990 and is intended to help public-sector responders and planners become more effective at safely and efficiently handling hazmat transportation incidents. A major emphasis is improving real-world readiness for spills, leaks, derailments, truck crashes, and other transportation-related hazmat emergencies, while also supporting stronger community right-to-know and emergency planning practices required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA).

The program is authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5116 and operates under 49 CFR Part 110, with federal grant management standards governed by 2 CFR Part 200. A key change reflected in the FY 2016 announcement is the impact of the FAST Act (Fixing America s Surface Transportation Act), signed December 4, 2015, which reauthorized the HMEP program through FY 2020. The FAST Act also streamlined how these grants are structured by combining what had previously been separate planning and training grant categories. Starting in FY 2016, applicants no longer need to track planning and training dollars as separate buckets; instead, they can manage the award as an integrated training and planning effort aligned to program purposes.

Funding can be used in two broad ways. First, tribes can develop, improve, and carry out emergency plans consistent with EPCRA, including work that strengthens how jurisdictions understand and prepare for hazmat transportation risks. This explicitly includes identifying and analyzing flow patterns of hazardous materials on tribal lands, and between tribal lands and neighboring jurisdictions, which is important for anticipating what materials are moving through the community, along which routes, and with what response implications. Second, funds can be used to train public-sector employees to respond to hazmat incidents. Where training supports emergency responders, the grant expects that training will build practical capability to protect people, property, and the environment during transportation-related hazmat events, and that it aligns with existing response and safety regulations.

Eligibility is strictly limited to federally recognized Native American tribal governments. That includes tribes, bands, nations, organized groups or communities (including Native villages) that are recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for Bureau of Indian Affairs programs and services. The announcement also allows applications from intertribal consortia, defined here as partnerships of two or more tribes that have been authorized by their governing bodies to apply for and receive assistance under this program. While non-eligible entities cannot apply on their own, they may partner with an eligible tribal applicant, which can be useful when coordinating with local agencies, regional planning organizations, or training providers.

This specific posting applies only to federally recognized tribes; States and Territories are directed to a separate FY 2016 PHMSA HMEP State and Territory announcement on Grants.gov. In the source listing, the opportunity is identified as HM HMP 16 002, CFDA 20.703, with an original closing date of May 2, 2016. The expected number of awards is listed as 10, and the award ceiling is shown as 0 in the listing (often meaning no single maximum was specified in the summary record). Overall, the grant is designed to help tribes build integrated plans and hands-on response capacity for hazmat transportation risks, with the flexibility after FAST Act changes to treat planning and training as parts of one coordinated preparedness strategy.

• The PHMSA Hazmat Grants - Inactive in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2016 PHMSA HMEP Native American Tribes Grant Opportunity" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.703.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-02-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-05-02. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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