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Information Grants to Communities- Technical Assistance Grants
20.710
Advancement of pipeline safety through the funding of local communities and organizations for technical assistance related to pipeline safety issues. Technical assistance is defined as engineering, research, and other scientific analysis of pipeline safety issues, including the promotion of public participation on technical pipeline safety issues.
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-113) did not appropriate funding for the TAG program. PHMSA will not solicit applications or issue TAG awards in FY 2016. Future funding of the TAG program is contingent upon reauthorization of the program and an enacted appropriation. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-113) did not appropriate funding for the TAG program. PHMSA did not solicit applications or issue TAG awards in FY 2016.
Advancement of pipeline safety through the funding of local communities and organizations for technical assistance related to pipeline safety issues. Technical assistance is defined as engineering or other scientific analysis of pipeline safety issues. TAG funding was also used to help promote public participation in official proceedings.
Advancement of pipeline safety through the funding of local communities and organizations for technical assistance related to pipeline safety issues. Technical assistance is defined as engineering or other scientific analysis of pipeline safety issues. TAG funding was also used to help promote public participation in official proceedings.
In FY 2019, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation created an online training module to educate workers in dredging and construction aquatic environments on marine damage prevention; the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission implemented a pipeline safety awareness project to address public safety, environmental issues, and pipeline infrastructure hazards in the Permian Basin; the Bear River Water Conservatory District completed a GIS-driven risk assessment and developed an asset management system to better understand the risks associated with the hazardous liquid pipelines within the District; and, the Home Energy Efficiency Team conducted a leak detection study to better understand new volume based on leak grade classifications in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and provided pipeline safety education and community awareness to the public, first responders, and municipalities about gas leak classifications and their repair prioritization.
TAG awards have successfully funded activities for improvement of local pipeline emergency response capabilities, development of pipeline safety information resources, community and pipeline awareness campaigns, and enhancements in public participation in official proceedings pertaining to pipelines.
The program provides funding to increase the scope and quality of public participation in the safe planning and operation of pipelines located in and around local communities.
As a result of the TEP evaluation and programmatic review, PHMSA awarded TAG funding for 16 applications for training courses, public awareness, e-learning, outreach, gas detection equipment and leak detection equipment.
Improvement of local pipeline emergency response capabilities; improvement of safe digging or damage prevention programs; development of pipeline safety information resources; implementation of local land use planning practices that enhance pipeline safety; community and pipeline awareness campaigns; and public participation in official proceedings pertaining to pipeline safety.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
