Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Scope.
This part establishes the conditions under which the
commissioner shall award grants for costs of implementing safety
recommendations made to eligible applicants.
Subp. 2.
Proposal.
An eligible applicant shall submit a proposal in the form
specified by the commissioner. The commissioner may request additional
information from the applicant if it is necessary to clarify the proposal. A
proposal must include the following information:
A. the names, qualifications, and addresses
of the applicant and other project participants;
B. a description of the proposed project,
including:
(1) a work plan that includes a
list of project activities, an implementation schedule with specific timelines,
and persons involved in completing each activity;
(2) the location of the proposed project if
it involves capital equipment or necessary real property;
(3) the current status of the proposed
project; and
(4) a description or
identification of employees that the proposed project will benefit in terms of
reducing risk of injury;
C. a financial report, including:
(1) an itemized description of the proposed
project costs, including the total estimated cost, the total grant eligible
costs, the amount of grant funding requested, and a discussion of the economic
feasibility of implementing the proposed project;
(2) an itemized description of the proposed
project financing, including the applicant contributions, other government
contributions, private contributions, and, where applicable, any projected
revenues from the proposed project; and
(3) a business plan that demonstrates ongoing
financial commitment over the projected life of the proposed project to be
funded by the grant;
D.
information demonstrating, where applicable, the technical feasibility of the
proposed project, including preliminary design and engineering plans for
capital expenditures; and
E.
information demonstrating that the project will comply with applicable
regulations, including a list of permits required for the project.
Subp. 3.
Evaluation of
proposals.
The commissioner shall evaluate each proposal that is
determined to be eligible and complete, and shall award grants to those
projects that, in the commissioner's view, best satisfy the following
criteria:
A. the proposed project is
technically and economically feasible and is consistent with the
recommendations resulting from the on-site safety survey of the
employer;
B. the applicant has the
experience and knowledge to complete the proposed project and is committed to
implementing the proposed project in a timely manner upon receipt of a grant
award;
C. the proposed project is
consistent with the objective of reducing risk of injury to
employees;
D. the proposed project
has the necessary financial commitment to cover all proposed project
costs;
E. the applicant has
demonstrated that the proposed project has the support of all public entities
that are involved in the proposed project; and
F. the proposed project complies with
federal, state, and local regulations.
Subp. 4.
Proposal preference.
Proposals shall be evaluated in order of need and desirability
on the basis of the following factors and in the descending order as
listed:
A. a project that impacts a
site of employment which provides goods producing, manufacturing, or processing
jobs for a significant proportion of the workers in the area;
B. a project for operating a site where jobs
have been lost or are in jeopardy because of problems relating to safety
shortcomings addressed by the proposal; and
C. other projects that meet the criteria
specified elsewhere.
Statutory Authority: MS s
14.388;
79.253
