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Application for Funding Assistance Florida Department of Law Enforcement Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program (3 ) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in award documents for all subgrant awards at all tiers and that all subgrant recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. 39. State Restrictions on Lobbying In addition to the provisions contained in Item 38 of Section G , Conditions of Acceptance and Agreement, the expenditure of funds for the purpose of lobbying the legislature or a state agency is prohibited under this contract. 40. "Pay —to-Stay" Funds from this award may not be used to operate a "pay-to-stay" program in any local jail . Furthermore, no funds m ay b e g iven to I ocal j ails t hat o perate "pay-to-stay" programs . "Local jail", as referenced in this condition , means an adult facility or detention center owned and/or operated by city, county, or municipality. It does not include juvenile detention centers . "Pay-to-stay" programs as referenced in this condition , means a program by which extraordinary services , amenities and/or accommodations , not otherwise available to the general inmate population , may be provided , based upon as offender's apparent ability to pay, such that disparate conditions of confinement are created for the same or similar offenders within a jurisdiction . 41 . Mitigation of Health , Safety and Environmental risks dealing with Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories If an award is made to support methamphetamine laboratory operations the subgrant recipient must comply with this condition , which provides for individual site environmental assessment/impact statements as required under the National Environmental Policy Act. a . General Requirement: 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 operation of these laboratories . b. Specific Requirements: The subgrantee understands and agrees that any program or initiative involving the identification , seizure, or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories can result in adverse health , safety and environmental impacts to ( 1 ) the law enforcement and other governmental personnel involved ; (2) any residents , occupants , users, and neighbors of the site of a seized clandestine laboratory; (3) the seized laboratory site's immediate and surrounding environment of the site(s) where any remaining chemicals , equipment, and waste form a seized laboratory's operations are placed or come to rest. Therefore , the subgrantee further agrees that in order to avoid or mitigate the possible adverse health , safety and environmental impacts from any of clandestine methamphetamine operations funded under this award , it will ( 1 ) include the nine, below listed protective measures or components ; (2) provide for their adequate funding to include funding , as necessary, beyond that provided by this award ; and (3 ) implement these protective measures directly throughout the life of the subgrant. In so doing , the subgrantee understands that it may implement these protective measures directly through the use of its own resources and staff or may secure the qualified services of other agencies , contractor or other qualified third party. 1 . Provide medical screening of personnel assigned or to be assigned by the subgrantee to the seizure or closure if of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories; 2 . Provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required initial and refresher training for law enforcement officials and other personnel assigned by the subgrantee to either the seizure or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories ; 3 . As determined by their specific duties , equip personnel assigned to the project with OSHA required protective wear and other required safety equipment; 4 . Assign properly trained personnel to prepare a comprehensive contamination report on each closed laboratory; 5 . Employ qualified disposal contractors to remove all chemicals and associated glassware, equipment, and contaminated materials and wastes from the site (s) of each seized clandestine laboratory; FDLE Byrne Formula Grant Application Package Grant Application Rule 11 D-9.006 Section Il - Page 22 OCJG — 005 (rev. 04/04/03)