FY 2024 HMEP Planning and Training Grant for Tribes | 693JK324NF0007

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The FY 2024 HMEP Planning and Training Grant for Tribes (Funding Opportunity Number 693JK324NF0007) is a discretionary grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). It is designed to strengthen hazardous materials (hazmat) emergency preparedness in Indian Country by helping federally recognized tribal governments improve how they plan for, respond to, and manage incidents involving hazardous materials. The core purpose of the opportunity is to support tribes in developing or enhancing emergency plans consistent with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), which emphasizes community preparedness, coordination, and access to information about chemical and hazardous substances that may be present in a community.

This opportunity provides funding for planning and training activities that build practical readiness for hazmat transportation and related incidents. In plain terms, the grant is intended to help tribal communities put stronger systems in place before an emergency happens, including building out written plans, coordinating roles and responsibilities among responders and officials, and ensuring personnel have the training needed to carry out those plans. Because EPCRA centers on planning and public safety coordination, the grant aligns with activities that improve preparedness structures such as emergency response frameworks, procedures for notification and communications, and mechanisms for coordination with local, state, and federal partners.

Eligible applicants are limited to Native American tribal governments that are federally recognized. The award ceiling is $250,000 per award, and PHMSA anticipates making about 15 awards under this competition. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity focus is categorized under employment, labor and training, and transportation, reflecting the workforce training and transportation-related hazards that hazmat preparedness often involves. The opportunity was created on February 20, 2024, and the original closing date for applications was April 5, 2024, which signals a relatively short application window typical of many federal discretionary grant competitions.

At a high level, this grant is best understood as support for tribes that want to build or upgrade hazmat preparedness capability: improving emergency plans, strengthening interagency coordination, and expanding training so that responders and community partners can act quickly and effectively when faced with hazardous materials incidents. The program’s emphasis on EPCRA-based planning underscores the goal of organized preparedness, clear roles, and better information flow to protect public health and safety.

• The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin in the employment, labor and training, transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 HMEP Planning and Training Grant for Tribes" 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 2024-02-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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