The US Department of Transportation麻豆传媒映画檚 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has announced that 21 local governments and pipeline safety groups will receive nearly US$ 940 000 in Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) to help communities and non-profit organisations develop customised pipeline safety and education programmes.
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Technical Assistance Grants fund training for first responders, and safety equipment and data gathering initiatives. One example is the project in Alameda, California, to develop a pipeline mapping system that will provide data to emergency responders and land use planners.
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2013 Technical Assistance Grant recipients
- Blue Green Alliance (Minnesota) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- City of Allentown (Pennsylvania) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 43 850
- City of Fitchburg (Massachusetts) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- City of Hazard (Kentucky) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 9926
- City of Hogansville (Georgia) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- City of Port Aransas (Texas) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- City of Richmond (Utah) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 49 765
- City of West Liberty (Kentucky) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 26 300
- Connection for Oil, Gas & Environment in the Northern Tier, Inc. (Pennsylvania) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- County of Alameda (California) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- County of Tazewell (Illinois) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- Danielle Dawn Smalley Foundation Inc. (Texas) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- League of Women Voters of PA Education (Pennsylvania) 麻豆传媒映画� US$49 500
- Oak Ridge Utility District (Tennessee) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 41 000
- Palatka Gas Authority (Florida) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Texas) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- Pipeline Safety Coalition (Pennsylvania) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 48 718
- Pipeline Safety Trust (Washington) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- Powell County (Montana) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 18 288
- Sevier County Utility District (Tennessee) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
- West Pikeland Township (Pennsylvania) 麻豆传媒映画� US$ 50 000
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