State Damage Prevention Program Grants
General Grant Program Information
The State Damage Prevention (SDP) program provides funding to establish, improve, or enforce state new or existing policies and programs which focus on stakeholder education and protecting underground pipeline facilities from excavation damage, which has historically been a leading cause of injurious or fatal pipeline accidents.
Eligibility Information
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include any state authority responsible for protecting underground pipeline facilities from excavation damage (including municipalities) with respect to intrastate gas pipeline transportation, which is or will be responsible for protecting underground pipeline facilities from excavation damage and overseeing pipeline transportation.
Eligible Uses
State authorities may use the funds to help them align with one or more of nine elements considered characteristic of effective damage prevention programs:
- Enhanced operator-excavator communication
- Stakeholder partnership
- Operator use of locator performance measures
- Partnerships for employee training
- Partnerships in public education
- Enforcers’ roles
- Equitable enforcement
- Location technology
- Data analysis for continuous improvement
Funding Information
Since the inception of the SDP grant program, PHMSA has awarded more than $23 million in SDP grant funds to more than 40 state organizations. Under the FY 2025 SDP NOFO, PHMSA will award $1,500,000; the amount of each SDP grant may not exceed $100,000 per grant recipient.
There is no requirement for matching; the federal cost-share is 100 percent.
Contact Information
Tremayne Terry
tremayne.terry@dot.gov
202-366-6942
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