[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2, Parts 100 to 185]
[Revised as of October 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR110.20]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION

PART 110--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PUBLIC SECTOR TRAINING AND PLANNING GRANTS
--Table of Contents

Sec. 110.20  Definitions.

    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.

    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]