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CNMI, Guam to receive grants from USDOL
The CNMI and Guam are set to receive grants from the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration after it announced the release of over $10.5 million in grant funding.
The CNMI Department of Labor and Guam Department of Labor will each get $13,000 from the $10.5 million distributed to 46 states and the Navajo Nation.
USDOL’s MSHA awarded a total of $10,537,000 in grant funding to support safety and health courses and other programs based on applications from states, and are administered by state mine inspector offices, state departments of labor, and state-supported colleges and universities.
“Each recipient tailors the program to the needs of its mines and miners—including mining conditions and hazards miners may encounter—and provides technical assistance,” a statement from the USDOL MSHA noted.
The grant is provided to any state in which mining takes place under section 503 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. MSHA may fund 80 percent of the activities under a state grant program, and the state must provide matching funds of no less than 20 percent of the total program costs, the MSHA announcement said.
Of the 46 states, the University of Texas at Austin, representing Texas, is the largest recipient at $631,175. In contrast, the CNMI and Guam were awarded the least of all applicants at $13,000 each. Second to CNMI and Guam was Navajo Nation’s Minerals Department at $29,000.
Only Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and South Carolina were either not awarded grant funding or did not participate in the grant application.
