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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement 41. "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 may be given to local jails that operate "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. 42. 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 subgrant recipient 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 subgrant recipient 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 from a seized laboratory's operations are placed or come to rest. Therefore, the subgrant recipient 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 subgrant recipient 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 subgrant recipient 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 subgrant recipient 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 SFY 2010 Page 13