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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 60107. State pipeline safety grants
(a) General Authority. - If a State authority files an
application not later than September 30 of a calendar year, the
Secretary of Transportation shall pay not more than 50 percent of
the cost of the personnel, equipment, and activities the authority
reasonably requires during the next calendar year -
(1) to carry out a safety program under a certification under
section 60105 of this title or an agreement under section 60106
of this title; or
(2) to act as an agent of the Secretary on interstate gas
pipeline facilities or interstate hazardous liquid pipeline
facilities.
(b) Payments. - After notifying and consulting with a State
authority, the Secretary may withhold any part of a payment when
the Secretary decides that the authority is not carrying out
satisfactorily a safety program or not acting satisfactorily as an
agent. The Secretary may pay an authority under this section only
when the authority ensures the Secretary that it will provide the
remaining costs of a safety program and that the total State amount
spent for a safety program (excluding grants of the United States
Government) will at least equal the average amount spent -
(1) for a gas safety program, for the fiscal years that ended
June 30, 1967, and June 30, 1968; and
(2) for a hazardous liquid safety program, for the fiscal years
that ended September 30, 1978, and September 30, 1979.
(c) Apportionment and Method of Payment. - The Secretary shall
apportion the amount appropriated to carry out this section among
the States. A payment may be made under this section in
installments, in advance, or on a reimbursable basis.
(d) Additional Authority and Considerations. - (1) The Secretary
may prescribe -
(A) the form of, and way of filing, an application under this
section;
(B) reporting and fiscal procedures the Secretary considers
necessary to ensure the proper accounting of money of the
Government; and
(C) qualifications for a State to meet to receive a payment
under this section, including qualifications for State employees
who perform inspection activities under section 60105 or 60106 of
this title.
(2) The qualifications prescribed under paragraph (1)(C) of this
subsection may -
(A) consider the experience and training of the employee;
(B) order training or other requirements; and
(C) provide for approval of qualifications on a conditional
basis until specified requirements are met.
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