44 CFR Part 360

§ 354.7

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transfers through Automated Clearing
House (ACH) credit payments.
(b) We will send bills that are based
on the assessment methodology set out
in § 354.4 to licensees to recover the full
amount of the funds that we budget to
provide REP Program services. Licensees that have more than one site will
receive consolidated bills. We will forward one bill to each licensee during
the first quarter of the fiscal year, with
payment due within 30 days. If we exceed our original budget for the fiscal
year and need to make minor adjustments, the adjustment will appear in
the bill for the next fiscal year.
§ 354.7 Failure to pay.
Where a licensee fails to pay a prescribed fee required under this part, we
will implement procedures under 44
CFR part 11, subpart C, to collect the
fees under the Debt Collection Act of
1982 (31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.).

PARTS 355–359 [RESERVED]
PART 360—STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING AND
EDUCATION IN COMPREHENSIVE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Sec.
360.1 Purpose.
360.2 Description of program.
360.3 Eligible applicants.
360.4 Administrative procedures.
360.5 General provisions for State Cooperative Agreement.
AUTHORITY: Reorganization Plan No. 3 (3
CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329); E.O. 12127 (44 FR
19367); E.O. 12148 (44 FR 43239).
SOURCE: 46 FR 1271, Jan. 6, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

§ 360.1 Purpose.
The Emergency Management Training Program is designed to enhance the
States’ emergency management training program to increase State capabilities and those of local governments in
this field, as well as to give States the
opportunity to develop new capabilities and techniques. The Program is an
ongoing intergovernmental endeavor
which combines financial and human
resources to fill the unique training
needs of local government, State emergency staffs and State agencies, as well

as the general public. States will have
the opportunity to develop, implement
and evaluate various approaches to accomplish FEMA emergency objectives
as well as goals and objectives of their
own. The intended result is an enhanced capability to protect lives and
property through planning, mitigation,
operational skill, and rapid response in
case of disaster or attack on this country.
§ 360.2 Description of program.
(a) The program is designed for all
States regardless of their present level
of involvement in training or their degree of expertise in originating and
presenting training courses in the past.
The needs of individual States, difference in numbers to be trained, and
levels of sophistication in any previous
training program have been recognized.
It is thus believed that all States are
best able to meet their own unique situations and those of local government
by being given this opportunity and
flexibility.
(b) Each State is asked to submit an
acceptable application, to be accompanied by a Training and Education
(T&E) plan for a total of three years,
only the first year of which will be required to be detailed. The remaining
two year program should be presented
in terms of ongoing training objectives
and programs. In the first year plan applicants shall delineate their objectives
in training and education, including a
description of the programs to be offered, and identify the audiences and
numbers to be trained. Additionally,
the State is asked to note the month in
which the activity is to be presented,
the location, and cost estimates including instructional costs and participant’s travel and per diem. These specifics of date, place, and costs will be
required for the first year of any three
year plan. A three year plan will be
submitted each year with an application. Each negotiated agreement will
include a section of required training
(Radiological Defense), and a section
including optional courses to be conducted in response to State and local
needs.
(c) FEMA support to the States in
their training program for State and
local officials, has been designed

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Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS
around three Program elements. Each
activity listed in the State Training
and Education (T&E) Plan will be derived from the following three elements:
(1) Government Conducted Courses:
Such courses require the least capability on the part of the State. They
are usually conducted through provisions in a FEMA Regional Support
Contract and/or FEMA or other Federal agency staff. The State’s responsibilities fall primarily into administrative areas of recruiting participants,
making all arrangements for the facilities needed for presentation of the
course, and the handling of the cost reimbursement to participants, though
State staff may participate as instructors. These courses for example include:
(i) Career Development Courses:
Phases I, II, and III,
(ii) Radiological Officer and Instructor Courses,
(iii) Technical Workshops on Disaster
Recovery or Hazard Mitigation.
(2) Government and recipient conducted
courses:
Responsibilities
in
these
courses fall jointly upon Federal and
State government as agreed in the
planning for the course. Courses in this
category might include:
(i) Emergency Management Workshops,
(ii) Multijurisdictional Emergency
Operations Simulation Training.
In this category also, it is expected
that the State will be responsible for
administrative and logistical requirements, plus any instructional activity
as agreed upon prior to the conduct of
the course.
(3) Recipient conducted courses: This
element requires the greatest degree of
sophistication in program planning and
delivery on the part of the State.
Training events proposed by the State
must be justified as addressing Emergency Management Training Program
objectives. Additionally, they must address State or community needs and
indicate the State’s ability to present
and carry out the Program of Instruction. Courses in this category could include:
(i) Radiological Monitoring,
(ii) Emergency Operations Simulating Training,

§ 360.3

(iii) Shelter Management.
(d) In order that this three year comprehensive Training and Education
Program planning can proceed in a
timely and logical manner, each State
will be provided three target appropriation figures, one for each of the three
program years. States will develop
their proposals, using the target figure
to develop their scope of work. Adjustments in funding and the scope of work
will be subject to negotiation before finalization. Both the funding and the
scope of work will be reviewed each
year and adjustments in the out years
will reflect increased sophistication
and expertise of the States as well as
changing training needs within each
State.
(e)(1) FEMA funding through the
State Cooperative Agreement for the
training activities is to be used for
travel and per diem expenses of students selected by the States for courses
reflecting individually needed or required training. Additionally funds
may be expended for course materials
and instructor expenses. The funding
provided in the State Cooperative
Agreement is not for the purpose of
conducting ongoing State activities or
for funding staff positions to accomplish work to be performed under this
Agreement. Nor is the Agreement for
the purpose of purchasing equipment
which may be obtained with the help of
Personnel and Administrative funds. In
cases where equipment has been identified as needed in the scope of work submitted with the application, and where
it serves as an outreach to a new audience or methodology, equipment purchase may be approved at the time of
initial application approval.
(2) Allowable cost will be funded at
100%.
[46 FR 1271, Jan. 6, 1981, as amended at 48 FR
9646, Mar. 8, 1983]

§ 360.3 Eligible applicants.
Each of the 50 States, independent
commonwealths, and territories is eligible to participate in a State Cooperative Agreement with FEMA. The department, division, or agency of the
State government assigned the responsibility for State training in comprehensive emergency management
should file the application.

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§ 360.4 Administrative procedures.
(a) Award. Each State desiring to
participate will negotiate the amount
of financial support for the training
and education program. Deciding factors will be the scope of the program, a
prudent budget, the number of individuals to be trained, and variety of audiences included which are in need of
training. All these factors are part of
the required application as discussed in
§ 360.2.
(b) Period of agreement. Agreements
will be negotiated annually and will be
in effect for a period of 12 months.
Each agreement, however, will include
a scope of work for three years as reflected in § 360.2(b) to give continuity
to the total training and education
program.
(c) Submission procedure. Each State
applicant shall comply with the following procedures:
(1) Issuance of a request for application:
Each State emergency management
agency will receive a Request for Application Package from the State’s respective FEMA Regional Director.
(2) How to submit: Each State shall
submit the completed application
package to the Regional Director of
the Appropriate Region.
(3) Application package: The Application Package should include:
(i) A transmittal letter signed by the
State Director of the agency tasked
with emergency management responsibilities for that State.
(ii) A three year projected training
and education scope of work including
both ‘‘required’’ training and ‘‘optional’’
courses. The first of the projected three
year program is to be detailed as to list
of courses, description of training to be
offered, audiences to be reached and
numbers to be trained. Dates and locations of training as well as costs of delivery and student travel and per diem
are to be estimated. Special instructions for this portion of the submittal
will be included in the Application
Package.
(iii) Standard Form 270 ‘‘Request for
Advance or Reimbursement’’ as required by OMB Circular A–102 and
FEMA General Provisions for Cooperative Agreements.
(d) Reporting agreements. Recipients of
State Agreement benefits will report

quarterly during the Federal Fiscal
year, directly to the Regional Director
of their respective Regions. The report
should include a narrative of the training programs conducted accompanied
by rosters for each event, agenda, and
a summary financial statement on the
status of the Agreement funds. Any
course or training activity included in
the Scope of Work and not presented as
scheduled should be explained in detail
as to the reason for cancellation in the
quarterly report. The costs allocated to
this cancelled activity should be reprogrammed to another training activity
approved by the Regional Director no
later than the last day of the 3rd quarter, or released to the Region. An evaluation of the degree to which objectives were met, the effectiveness of the
methodology, and the appropriateness
of the resources and references used
should also be included in the quarterly report. The report is due in the
Regional Office no later than the 15th
day of January, April, and July. A final
report for the year is due the 15th of
October.
§ 360.5 General provisions for State
Cooperative Agreement.
The legal funding instrument for the
State Assistance Program for Training
and Education FEMA is the State Cooperative Agreement. All States will
be required to comply with FEMA General Provisions for the State Cooperative Agreement. The General Provisions for the State Cooperative Agreement will be provided to the States as
part of the Request for Application
package. The General Provisions will
become part of the Cooperative Agreement.

PART
361—NATIONAL
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION
ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Subpart A—Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Assistance Program
Sec.
361.1
361.2
361.3
361.4

Purpose.
Definitions.
Project description.
Matching contributions.

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