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 PUBLIC LAW 101-615—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3265 cidents and incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials. "(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— By a grant under this section, the Secretary shall reimburse any State or Indian tribe an amount not to exceed 80 percent of the cost incurred by the State or Indian tribe in the fiscal year for carrying out the activities for which the grant is made. The funds of the State or Indian tribe which are required to be expended under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) shall not be considered to be part of the non-Federal share. "(e) APPLICATIONS. — A State or Indian tribe interested in receiving a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary for such grant. Such applications shall be submitted at such times and contain such information as the Secretary may require by regulation to carry out the objectives of this subsection. "(f) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.— For the purpose of minimizing administrative costs and for coordinating Federal grant programs for emergency response training and planning, the Secretary may delegate to the Director, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Administrator, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Energy, and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the Department of Health and Human Services one or more of the following functions: "(1) Authority to receive applications for grants under this section. "(2) Authority to review applications for technical compliance with this section. "(3) Authority to review applications for the purpose of making recommendation on approval or disapproval of such applications. "(4) Any other ministerial function associated with the grant programs under this section. " (g) TRAINING CURRICULUM. — "(1) CURRICULUM COMMITTEE. —Not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Administrator, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and using the existing coordinating mechanisms of the National Response Team and, for radioactive materials, the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, shall develop and update periodically a curriculum which consists of a list of courses necessary to train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams. " (2) MANDATORY CURRICULUM RECOMMENDATIONS. —The curriculum to be developed under this subsection shall include— "(A) a recommended course of study— "(i) for training public sector employees to respond to accidents and incidents involving the transportation of hgizardous materials, "(ii) for planning such responses; "(B) recommended basic courses and minimum numbers of hours of instruction necessary for public sector employees to be able—

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