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42 U.S.C. § 9660a — Grant program
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(1) **Grant purposes** — Grants for the training and education of workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response may be made under this section.
(2) **Administration** — Grants under this section shall be administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
(3) **Grant recipients** — Grants shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations which demonstrate experience in implementing and operating worker health and safety training and education programs and demonstrate the ability to reach and involve in training programs target populations of workers who are or will be engaged in hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response operations.
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(1) **Grant purposes** — Grants for the training and education of workers who are or may be engaged in activities related to hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response may be made under this section.
(2) **Administration** — Grants under this section shall be administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
(3) **Grant recipients** — Grants shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations which demonstrate experience in implementing and operating worker health and safety training and education programs and demonstrate the ability to reach and involve in training programs target populations of workers who are or will be engaged in hazardous waste removal or containment or emergency response operations.
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**(a) Training Grant Program.—**
(1) The Secretary of Energy is authorized to award grants to organizations referred to in paragraph (2) in order for such organizations—
(A) to provide training and education to persons who are or may be engaged in hazardous substance response or emergency response at Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities; and
(B) to develop curricula for such training and education.
(2)
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary is authorized to award grants under paragraph (1) to non-profit organizations that have demonstrated (as determined by the Secretary) capabilities in—
(i) implementing and conducting effective training and education programs relating to the general health and safety of workers; and
(ii) identifying, and involving in training, groups of workers whose duties include hazardous substance response or emergency response.
(B) The Secretary shall give preference in the award of grants under this section to employee organizations and joint labor-management training programs that are grant recipients under section 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ([42 U.S.C. 9660a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9660a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(3) An organization awarded a grant under paragraph (1) shall carry out training, education, or curricula development pursuant to Department of Energy orders relating to employee safety training, including orders numbered 5480.4 and 5480.11.
**(b) Enforcement of Employee Safety Standards.—**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall assess civil penalties against any contractor of the Department of Energy who (as determined by the Secretary)—
(A) employs individuals who are engaged in haza
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**(a) In general** For the purposes specified in this section there is authorized to be appropriated from the Hazardous Substance Superfund established under subchapter A of chapter 98 of title 26 not more than $8,500,000,000 for the 5-year period beginning on October 17, 1986, and not more than $5,100,000,000 for the period commencing October 1, 1991, and ending September 30, 1994, and such sums shall remain available until expended. The preceding sentence constitutes a specific authorization for the funds appropriated under title II of Public Law 99-160 (relating to payment to the Hazardous Substances Trust Fund). The President shall use the money in the Fund for the following purposes:
(1) Payment of governmental response costs incurred pursuant to [section 9604 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9604&num=0&edition=prelim), including costs incurred pursuant to the Intervention on the High Seas Act [[33 U.S.C. 1471](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1471&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(2) Payment of any claim for necessary response costs incurred by any other person as a result of carrying out the national contingency plan established under section 1321(c) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 33 and amended by [section 9605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9605&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, however, That such costs must be approved under said plan and certified by the responsible Federal official.
(3) Payment of any claim authorized by subsection (b) of this section and finally decided pursuant to [section 9612 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-sect
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**(a) Liability of response action contractors**
(1) **Response action contractors** — A person who is a response action contractor with respect to any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant from a vessel or facility shall not be liable under this subchapter or under any other Federal law to any person for injuries, costs, damages, expenses, or other liability (including but not limited to claims for indemnification or contribution and claims by third parties for death, personal injury, illness or loss of or damage to property or economic loss) which results from such release or threatened release.
(2) **Negligence, etc.** — Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a release that is caused by conduct of the response action contractor which is negligent, grossly negligent, or which constitutes intentional misconduct.
(3) **Effect on warranties; employer liability** — Nothing in this subsection shall affect the liability of any person under any warranty under Federal, State, or common law. Nothing in this subsection shall affect the liability of an employer who is a response action contractor to any employee of such employer under any provision of law, including any provision of any law relating to worker’s compensation.
(4) **Governmental employees** — A state employee or an employee of a political subdivision who provides services relating to response action while acting within the scope of his authority as a governmental employee shall have the same exemption from liability (subject to the other provisions of this section) as is provided to the response action contractor under this section.
**(b) Savings provisions**
(1) **Liability of other persons** — The defense provided by [section 9607(b)(3) of this title](http
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**(a) In General.—** In coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretaries of Labor, Energy, and Health and Human Services, and the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and using existing coordinating mechanisms of the National Response Team and, for radioactive material, the Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee, the Secretary of Transportation shall maintain, and update periodically, a current curriculum of courses, including online curriculum as appropriate, necessary to train public sector emergency response and preparedness teams in matters relating to the transportation of hazardous material. 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9605&num=0&edition=prelim)), representatives of commissions established under section 301 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 ([42 U.S.C. 11001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11001&num=0&edition=prelim)), 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 maintained and updated under subsection (a) of this section—
(1)
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9661
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana in order to
carry out the purposes of the Center.
‘‘(4) HAZARDOUS
WASTE
RESEARCH
AT
THE
HANFORD
SITE.—
‘‘(A)
INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENTS.—The
Adminis-
trator and the Secretary of Energy are authorized to
enter into interagency agreements with one another
for the purpose of providing for research, evaluation,
testing, development, and demonstration into alter-
native or innovative technologies to characterize and
assess the nature and extent of hazardous waste (in-
cluding radioactive mixed waste) contamination at
the Hanford site, in the State of Washington.
‘‘(B) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Energy for purposes of
carrying out this paragraph for fiscal years beginning
after September 30, 1986, not more than $5,000,000. All
sums appropriated under this subparagraph shall be
provided to the Administrator by the Secretary of
Energy, pursuant to the interagency agreement en-
tered into under subparagraph (A), for the purpose of
the Administrator entering into contracts and coop-
erative agreements with, and making grants to, the
Center in order to carry out the research, evaluation,
testing, development, and demonstration described in
paragraph (1).
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for
purposes of carrying out this subsection (other than
paragraph (4)) for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 1986, not more than $5,000,000.’’
CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Pub. L. 99–499, title II, § 209(a), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat.
1708, provided that: ‘‘The purposes of this section [en-
acting this section] are as follows:
‘‘(1) To establish a comprehensi
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