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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda A Item No ` ,-�. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 5, 1994 SUBJECT: Hazardous Materials Grant Awards DEPARTMENT Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT NC Division of Emergency Management Mike Tapp, ext 3030 Award Letter TELEPHONE NUMBER Grant Agreements Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 PURPOSE: To consider accepting two grants from the State of North Carolina Division of Emergency Management. BACKGROUND: The US Department of Transportation, through the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act (HMTUSA) , has offered grant money to the State of North Carolina' s Division of Emergency Management, to assist local governments with monitoring and regulating hazardous materials transportation through their jurisdictions. Available grant funds for 1994-95 were divided into two categories: 1) Special Project Grants; and 2) Program Implemention Grants. In 1993-94, Orange County was chosen to receive a $500 program implementation grant, to assist in defraying the costs of printing and mailouts of the hazardous materials response plan for our Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the Emergency Management Division. For 1994-95, Orange County has been awarded a $200 implementation grant and an $8,000 special project grant. The implementation grant funds will be used for the same purpose as the 1993-94 grant award. The special project grant funds will be used to defray the cost of developing and mailing surveys and results to fixed hazardous materials sites and hazardous materials shippers in Orange County. Part of these funds will be used to purchase computer hardware and software for the project. No County matching funds are required. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board accept the grants and authorize the Manager to execute all documents pertaining to the grants.