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Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement 35. Public Safety Officers' Health Benefits Provision The recipient has certified it is in compliance with the Public Safety Officers' Health Benefits Provision of the Fiscal Year 2002, Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Pub. L. No. 107-77) and agrees to remain in compliance during the life of the grant. This provision requires that the unit of local government which employs a public safety officer (as defined by Section 1204 of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended) to afford such public safety officer who retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emergency situation or hot pursuit (as such terms are defined by State law) with the same or better level of health insurance benefits at the time of retirement or separation as the officer received while employed by the jurisdiction. If the recipient demonstrates noncompliance during the life of the grant, 10 percent of the award amount must be returned to the grantor. 36. "Pay to Stay" The recipient agrees that funds provided under this award may not be used to operate a "pay-to-stay. program in any local jail. The recipient further agrees not to subaward funds to local jails which operate .pay-to-stay. programs. 37. Mitigation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks a. General Reauirement: The subgrantee agrees to comply with Federal, State, and local environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations applicable to the investigation and closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and the removal and disposal of the chemicals, equipment, and wastes used in or resulting from the operations of these labs. b. Specific Reauirements: The subgrantee agrees that any program or initiative involving the aforementioned (36(a), hereafter .Program") can adversely affect (1) the personnel involved, (2) any residents, users and neighbors of the site of a seized lab; (3) the site's surrounding environment; and (4) the surrounding environment of the site(s) where any remains from a seized lab's operations are placed or come to rest. Therefore, the subgrantee agrees that in order to avoid or mitigate the possible adverse impacts of its Program, it will (1) include the nine below-listed measures within its Program; (2) provide for their adequate funding beyond that provided by this subgrant agreement; (3) implement these measures throughout the life of this subgrant agreement. In so doing, the subgrantee understands that these measures must be implemented through its own resources. 1. Provide medical screening of personnel assigned to the Program; 2. Provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training required for personnel involved in the Program; 3. Equip personnel with OSHA required protective gear as determined by their specific duties; 4. Assign properly trained personnel to submit a comprehensive contamination report on each closed laboratory; 5. Remove and dispose of all wastes from the site as required by law; 6. Implementation of an agreement with a state environmental agency that provides for that agency's timely evaluation of environmental conditions and for remediation if necessary; 7. Access to immediate response to the health and custodial needs of children present or living at the seized lab site. c. Additional Reauirements: As part of the application acceptance process, the subgrantee shall, upon request, submit a brief description of its project sufficient for the Department to determine whether any additional compliance with federal environmental statutes and regulations should occur. Furthermore, once LLEBG funds are issued, the subgrantee shall notify the Department if the project changes significantly from the project description. Subarant ADD/jeatjon Paekaae SFY 2005 Section 11/ - Page 10 SIB