Mine Health and Safety Grants

To assist States in providing safety and health training and develop programs to improve mine health and safety conditions.

The purpose of mine safety and health state grants is to assist state, tribal, and territorial governments in developing and enforcing mining laws and regulations. These grants aim to improve workers' compensation systems, enhance safety and health conditions in mines, and support training programs for miners. Specifically, they focus on reducing mining accidents, injuries, and illnesses by providing federally mandated training and re-training for miners.

Any mining State of the United States.

States and their local mining communities.

Provides grants (1) To assist States in developing and enforcing effective coal or other mine health and safety laws and regulations consistent with the provisions of Section 503 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; (2) to improve State workers' compensation and occupational disease laws and programs related to coal or other mine employment; and (3) to provide Federal- State coordination and cooperation in improving the health and safety conditions in coal or other mines.

Selections are made at the State level.

Length of assistance is on a fiscal year basis or a portion thereof. Time phasing of assistance is on a cost reimbursable basis, normally quarterly.

Responses related to the following proposal criteria enable the applicant to show that the proposed grant is consistent with the purposes of the Act: (a) Programs, policies, and methods to be followed in administering the grant, (b) designation of the State mining agency as the sole agency with authority and responsibility for administering the grant throughout the State, (c) assurances that such agency has an adequate and competent staff of trained and qualified inspectors, (d) use of the grant will extend and improve mine health and safety in the State while providing for no advance notice of an inspection, (e) assurances that grant will supplement not supplant existing State mine health and safety programs, (f) period over which program will be pursued, (g) financial plan, (h) fiscal control and accounting procedures, (i) name and title of person who will direct the program, (j) approximate number of qualified personnel who will work on the program, (k) location or locations where program will be pursued, (1) assurance that matching funds from nonfederal sources will be forthcoming, (m) indication of whether the programs or any part have been or will be submitted to other organizations for the purpose of obtaining a grant, and (n) agreement that the official State mine agency shall make required reports.

Notification will be made by the Office responsible for monitoring performance.

Within 3 months.

Within 30 days from the final decision date, an appeal may be filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.