The PHMSA ALERT Grant is for providing specialized hazardous materials training to local emergency responders. This grant, funded by prior year HMEP recoveries, focuses on enhancing response capabilities for incidents involving the rail transportation of crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids. Recognizing hazardous material training for volunteer or remote emergency responders as a top priority, PHMSA is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations. These organizations must represent regional public-private partnerships capable of delivering direct or web-based training to ensure the safe transportation of hazardous materials and protect people and the environment. This competitive opportunity aims to equip responders with crucial skills for effectively managing rail-related hazardous material emergencies.
Opportunity ID: 293475
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HM-ALT-17-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY 2017 ALERT Funding Opportunity |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Transportation |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings: | 20.703 — Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 29, 2017 No Explanation |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 29, 2017 No Explanation |
| Archive Date: | Jun 28, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $100,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The FY 2017 ALERT Grant is open to nonprofit organizations representing regional public-private partnerships that can provide hazardous materials direct or web-based training for volunteer or remote emergency responders. Funds granted under this subsection must only be used to conduct training to volunteer or remote emergency responders for response activities to the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids by rail. The training should be conducted as either: (1) web-based hazardous materials training; or (2) direct hazardous materials training that can be made available in an electronic format. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | PHMSA Hazmat Grants – Inactive |
| Description: | The Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant focuses on response activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids by rail. The authority for the ALERT Grant Program derives from appropriations acts, the most recent being the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, P.L.114-113(the Act). Under the Act, PHMSA is authorized to use prior year recoveries from the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grant awards to provide funding for the ALERT Grant. This grant will provide local emergency responders with additional training on hazardous materials transportation incidents. Grant funding will be sourced from HMEP prior year recoveries. As a result, PHMSA will apply existing resources toward its mission of protecting people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily lives. Hazardous material training for volunteer or remote emergency responders has been identified as a top priority by PHMSA in FY 2017.This competitive grant opportunity requests applications from nonprofit organizations representing regional public-private partnerships. The nonprofit organizations must be able to provide hazardous materials direct or web-based training for volunteer or remote emergency responders, with a focus on response activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids by rail. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY 2017 ALERT Funding Opportunity |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Grants.gov Contact Center
Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. Email:support@grants.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 293475 Other Supporting Documents-FAQ -> FY17 ALERT Funding Announcment – FAQ.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Grants.gov Contact Center Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. Email: support@grants.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.703 | HM-ALT-17-001 | FY 2017 ALERT Funding Opportunity | PKG00232207 | Apr 28, 2017 | May 29, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
293475 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
293475 SF424A-1.0.pdf
293475 SF424B-1.1.pdf
293475 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
293475 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
293475 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
293475 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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