Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness funding
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The $67,148 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant is directed to American Samoa Department of Homeland Security from the DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous...

![“Federal funding is important to many of the services that we rely on, in this case preparedness and handling materials safely,” Congresswoman Aumua Amata said. [SN file photo] Congresswoman Aumua Amata](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_new_photo_002_11.jpg?itok=LDx1Tc-e)