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[CITE: 49USC5115]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
              SUBTITLE III--GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS
 
            CHAPTER 51--TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
 
Sec. 5115. Training curriculum for the public sector

    (a) Development and Updating.--Not later than November 16, 1992, in 
coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and 
Health and Human Services, and Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, and using the existing coordinating 
mechanisms of the national response team and, for radioactive material, 
the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall develop and update periodically a 
curriculum consisting of a list of courses necessary to train public 
sector emergency response and preparedness teams. Only in developing the 
curriculum, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with regional 
response teams established under the national contingency plan 
established under section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9605), 
representatives of commissions established under section 301 of the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 
11001), persons (including governmental entities) that provide training 
for responding to accidents and incidents involving the transportation 
of hazardous material, and representatives of persons that respond to 
those accidents and incidents.
    (b) Requirements.--The curriculum developed under subsection (a) of 
this section--
        (1) shall include--
            (A) a recommended course of study to train public sector 
        employees to respond to an accident or incident involving the 
        transportation of hazardous material and to plan for those 
        responses;
            (B) recommended basic courses and minimum number of hours of 
        instruction necessary for public sector employees to be able to 
        respond safely and efficiently to an accident or incident 
        involving the transportation of hazardous material and to plan 
        those responses; and
            (C) appropriate emergency response training and planning 
        programs for public sector employees developed under other 
        United States Government grant programs, including those 
        developed with grants made under section 126(g) of the Superfund 
        Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9660a); 
        and

        (2) may include recommendations on material appropriate for use 
    in a recommended basic course described in clause (1)(B) of this 
    subsection.

    (c) Training on Complying With Legal Requirements.--A recommended 
basic course described in subsection (b)(1)(B) of this section shall 
provide the training necessary for public sector employees to comply 
with--
        (1) regulations related to hazardous waste operations and 
    emergency response contained in part 1910 of title 29, Code of 
    Federal Regulations, prescribed by the Secretary of Labor;
        (2) regulations related to worker protection standards for 
    hazardous waste operations contained in part 311 of title 40, Code 
    of Federal Regulations, prescribed by the Administrator; and
        (3) standards related to emergency response training prescribed 
    by the National Fire Protection Association.

    (d) Distribution and Publication.--With the national response team--
        (1) the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    shall distribute the curriculum and any updates to the curriculum to 
    the regional response teams and all committees and commissions 
    established under section 301 of the Emergency Planning and 
    Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001); and
        (2) the Secretary of Transportation may publish a list of 
    programs that uses a course developed under this section for 
    training public sector employees to respond to an accident or 
    incident involving the transportation of hazardous material.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(d), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 772; Pub. L. 103-
429, Sec. 6(5), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4378.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 103-272
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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5115(a)...............................  49 App.:1815(g)(1), (5).         Jan. 3
, 1975, Pub. L. 93-633, 88 Stat.
                                                                          2156,
 Sec.  117A (g)(1)-(6), (8);
                                                                          added
 Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101-615,
                                                                          Sec. 
 17, 104 Stat. 3265, 3267.
5115(b)...............................  49 App.:1815(g)(2), (3).
5115(c)...............................  49 App.:1815(g)(4).
5115(d)(1)............................  49 App.:1815(g)(6).
5115(d)(2)............................  49 App.:1815(g)(8).
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    In subsection (c)(3), the words ``including standards 471 and 472'' 
are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (d)(1), the word ``updates'' is substituted for 
``amendments'' for clarity.


                             Pub. L. 103-429

    This amends 49:5115(b)(1)(C) to make a cross-reference more precise.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 103-429 substituted ``126(g)'' for 
``126''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-429 effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 
of Pub. L. 103-429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5108, 5116, 5127 of this 
title.
