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I. PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is to establish responsibilities and <br />procedures to implement the terms of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of <br />Domestic Preparedness (ODP), FY2003 State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP). A <br />copy of the complete federal grant instructions is provided as Annex D, attached and <br />incorporated by reference herein. <br />II. PARTIES <br />The parties to this Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) are the North Carolina Department of <br />Crime Control & Public Safety, North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, and the <br />County of Orange. <br />III. BACKGROUND <br />The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Office of Domestic Preparedness <br />(ODP), in accordance with the authorities listed below, created the FY2003 State Homeland <br />Security Grant Program. This program was established to provide federal reimbursements to <br />state and local governments for the costs associated with purchasing equipment, conducting <br />exercises, and conducting training for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive <br />(CBRNE) terrorism events. <br />IV. AUTHORITY <br />The parties enter into this MOA under the authority of the following: 1) Public Law 108-7, the <br />Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2003; 2) Public Law 107-56, the USA Patriot Act of 2001; 3) <br />Public Law 107-296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002; 4) the implementing regulations of <br />each Act or Law, if any; 5) the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic <br />Preparedness, FY2003 State Homeland Security Grant Program Guidelines and Application Kit <br />available at http://www.ojp.usdoi.Gov/odp/docs/ODPApplication.udf; 6) applicable ODP <br />Information Bulletins; and 7) the N.C. Emergency Management Act, Chapter 166A of the North <br />Carolina General Statutes. <br />V. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY <br />MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />The Division of Emergency Management and the County of Orange agree to comply with the <br />duties and responsibilities assigned by DHS as outlined in Annex C and Annex D, attached and <br />incorporated by reference herein. <br />FY2003 DHS SHSGP Memorandum of Agreement. Page 2 of 1 <br />