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 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1311 (1) establish an adequate program for record maintenance, reporting, and inspection designed to assist compliance with applicable safety standards prescribed under this chapter; and (2) prescribe procedures for approval of plans of inspection and maintenance substantially the same as required under section 60108(a) and (b) of this title. (b) NOTIFICATION.— Each agreement shall require the State authority to notify the Secretary promptly of a violation or probable violation of an applicable safety standard discovered as a result of action taken in carrying out an agreement under this section. (c) MONITORING.— The Secretary may monitor a safety program established under this section to ensure that the program complies with the agreement. A State authority shall cooperate with the Secretary under this subsection. (d) ENDING AGREEMENTS. — The Secretary may end an agreement made under this section when the Secretary finds that the State authority has not complied with any provision of the agreement. The Secretary shall give the authority notice and an opportunity for a hearing before ending an agreement. The finding and decision to end the agreement shall be published in the Federal Register and may not become effective for at least 15 days after the date of publication. §60107. State 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 sEifety 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; Federal Register, publication. Effective date.

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