DOT PHMSA 2012 One Call Grant

Post Date

October 19th 2011

Application Due Date

November 21st 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

DOT-PH-PHP-12-OC

CFDA Number(s)

20.721

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Number of Awards

35

Eligibility Categories

Other

This optional grant is ONLY open for states that have a 60105 Certification and/or 60106 Agreement with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to do pipeline safety inspections.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1048000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $45000

Grant Description

This optional grant is only open for states that have a 60105 Certification and/or 60106 Agreement with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to do pipeline safety inspections. State agencies who participate in the pipeline safety program are eligible to apply for One Call grant funding on an annual basis. This optional grant program has a maximum amount request of $45,000 per state and supports initiatives to further promote efforts specifically for damage prevention, including one-call legislation, related compliance activities, training and public education. Eligible programs will cover such areas as compliance enforcement, legal assistance with enforcement actions, new equipment to support on-going enforcement programs, compliance monitoring, one call center statistics, compliance/noncompliance statistics, One-call membership initiatives, computer equipment, communication improvements, development and/or conduct of state-provided training programs for locators, development and/or distribution of promotional items or materials, damage prevention awareness campaigns, public service announcements, informational mailings, advertisements and One Call center promotional items.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  Pipeline &Hazardous Material Safety Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Carrie Winslow
  PHMSA Grant Team
  Phone 617-494-3318

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grant Support

• Agency Email Address:

  carrie.winslow@dot.gov

• More Information:

  there is no further announcement