49 C.F.R. § 110.20 Definitions.
Title 49 - Transportation
Unless defined in this part, all terms defined in 49 U.S.C. 5102 are used in their statutory meaning and all terms defined in 49 CFR part 18 and OMB Circular A–102, with respect to administrative requirements for grants, are used as defined therein. Other terms used in this part are defined as follows: Allowable costs means those costs that are: eligible, reasonable, necessary, and allocable to the project permitted by the appropriate Federal cost principles, and approved in the grant. Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Budget period means the period of time specified in the grant agreement during which the project manager may expend or obligate project funds. Cost review means the review and evaluation of costs to determine reasonableness, allocability, and allowability. Indian country means Indian country as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151. That section defines Indian country as all land within the limits of any reservation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation; all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a State; and all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same. Indian tribe means a tribe “Federally-recognized” by the Secretary of the Interior under 25 CFR 272.2. Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) means a committee appointed by the State Emergency Response Commission under section 301(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001(c)) that includes at a minimum, representatives from each of the following groups or organizations: elected State and local officials; law enforcement, firefighting, civil defense, first aid, health, local environmental, hospital, and transportation personnel; broadcast and print media; community groups; and owners and operators of facilities subject to the emergency planning requirements. National curriculum means the curriculum required to be developed under 49 U.S.C. 5115 and necessary to train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams, enabling them to comply with performance standards as stated in 49 U.S.C. 5115(c). Political subdivision means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority (including any public and Indian housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), any other regional or interstate government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government. Project means the activities and tasks identified in the grant agreement. Project manager means the State or Indian tribal official designated in a grant as the recipient agency's principal program contact with the Federal Government. Project officer means the Federal official designated in a grant as the program contact with the project manager. The project officer is responsible for monitoring the project. Project period means the length of time specified in a grant for completion of all work associated with that project. State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) means the State Emergency Response Commission appointed by the Governor of each State and Territory under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Statement of Work means that portion of a grant that describes the purpose and scope of activities and tasks to be carried out as part of the proposed project. [Amdt. 110–1, 57 FR 43067, Sept. 17, 1992, as amended by Amdt. 110–3, 59 FR 49132, Sept. 26, 1994; 66 FR 45377, Aug. 28, 2001]
Title 49: Transportation
PART 110—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PUBLIC SECTOR TRAINING AND PLANNING GRANTS
§ 110.20 Definitions.
