Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 2.djvu/57

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PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 773 involving the transportation of hazardous material and to plan for those responses; (B) recommended basic courses and minimum number of hours of instruction necessary for public sector employees to be able to respond safely and efficiently to an accident or incident involving the transportation of hazardous material and to plan those responses; and (C) appropriate emergency response training and planning programs for public sector employees developed under other United States Government grant programs, including those developed with grants made under section 126 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9660a); and (2) may include recommendations on material appropriate for use in a recommended basic course described in clause (1)(B) of this subsection. (c) TRAINING ON COMPLYING WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. — A recommended basic course described in subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section shall provide the training necessary for public sector employees to comply with — (1) regulations related to hazardous waste operations and emergency response contained in part 1910 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribed by the Secretary of Labor; (2) regulations related to worker protection standards for hazardous waste operations contained in part 311 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribed by the Administrator; and (3) standards related to emergency response training prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association. (d) DISTRIBUTION AND PUBLICATION.— With the national response team— (1) the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall distribute the curriculum and any updates to the curriculum to the regional response teams and all committees and commissions established under section 301 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001); and (2) the Secretary of Transportation may publish a list of programs that uses a course developed under this section for training public sector employees to respond to an accident or incident involving the transportation of hazardous material. § 5116. Planning and training grants, monitoring, and review Indians. (a) PLANNING GnANrrs. —(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants to States— (A) 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 in a State and between States; and (B) to decide on the need for a regional hazardous material emergency response team. (2) The Secretary of Transportation may make a grant to a State under paragraph (1) of this subsection in a fiscal year only if the State— (A) certifies that the total amount the State expends (except amounts of the United States Government) to develop, improve.