The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) was awarded a $156,671 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Hazardous Materials State Inspection (HMSI) Grant Program (CFDA 20.707). The grant will support PUCO's efforts to conduct inspections of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) shippers in Ohio to ensure compliance with transportation safety requirements and reduce risks associated with the transport of...
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio received a $510,392 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's "Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements" (CFDA 20.237) program. The purpose of this grant is to reduce the number of commercial motor vehicle crashes on identified high-risk rural roads in Ohio by 5 during the 2-year grant period, compared to the 3-year average. The grant funds will support the...
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio received a $158,984 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant funding will be used to reduce the number of reports of sex trafficking incidents occurring at truck stop locations in Ohio by one case compared to the prior 3-year average during the...
This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) is focused on reducing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes in work zones in Ohio. The $159,477.00 award supports 2,000 overtime hours for specified work zone enforcement activities, with an anticipated minimum of 500 traffic enforcement contacts and 500 CMV inspections to be...
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) received a $9,067,869 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Formula Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.218). The grant funds support commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety programs in Ohio, with the goal of reducing CMV-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries. Key activities under the grant include driver and vehicle inspections, traffic enforcement, carrier investigations, new entrant safety audits, and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), allocates $334,996 to support an initiative focused on identifying potential human trafficking victims engaged in expedited freight transport operations. The key activities of this 2-year project include conducting 3,000 overtime hours of targeted details to identify...
This $741,335 federal Project Grant award from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) aims to reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes in off-peak hours by 5% compared to a 3-year average. The award provides funding for 8,000 overtime hours for targeted enforcement activities, including CMV traffic enforcement (TE) with inspections and non-CMV TE. The...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $112,001 project grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.237) program to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to reduce the number of commercial motor vehicle crashes on identified high-crash corridors in Ohio by 5 incidents compared to the 3-year average. The grant will fund the...
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission was awarded a $132,000 project grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement a portable weigh-in-motion (WIM) scales project. The grant, awarded under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities program (CFDA 20.237), will support Ohio's efforts to address commercial motor carriers that do not comply with state weight laws. Through September 2026, the project will utilize portable WIM scales to enforce weight...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded the State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management State Accounting $9,906,449.00 under the Hazardous Waste Management State Program Support grant program (CFDA 66.801) to develop and implement an authorized hazardous waste management program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award will support Ohio's efforts to control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. Key activities to be...