RSPA's hazardous materials emergency training program is a valuable tool in our effort to improve safety because it helps emergency responders to be prepared in case of hazardous materials incidents. The Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant program is funded by user fees paid by shippers and carriers of certain hazardous materials. RSPA estimates that 800,000 shipments of hazardous materials make their way through the national transportation system each day. Since 1993 these grants have helped train approximately 694,000 hazardous materials responders. A list of the fiscal 1999 grant amounts to states, territories and Native American tribes follows.
All figures are in dollars.