Glenn K. Grove - Comments

As the Coordinator of a three county wide (Colorado) HazMat response team with over 100 Hazardous Materials Technicians, I support and concur with the comments of the Colorado Emergency Planning Commission (CEPC). As the end user of the funds, I depend greatly upon the ability of the CEPC to fund training, exercises and planning activities. Any reduction in the State's ability to support these activities would have a negative impact on the local emergency responder training programs. It has been my experience that the funds are used appropriately and efficiently for the intended purpose so I am not sure where the additional reporting requirements are needed or justified. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on these issues.