§864a Grants to Reduce Production of Methamphetamines From Anhydrous Ammonia

Summary

The Secretary may give grants so farmers, co-ops, and certain farm supply sellers or applicators can put a lock or a chemical into anhydrous ammonia fertilizer nurse tanks to make it harder to steal or use the ammonia to make methamphetamine. Each grant pays between $40 and $60 per nurse tank, as chosen by the Secretary, multiplied by the number of tanks the recipient has. Eligible entity: a producer of agricultural commodities; a cooperative whose majority members produce or process agricultural goods; or a business that sells farm products (including chemicals) mainly to farmers or that applies agricultural chemicals from the air or ground. Nurse tank: treated as a cargo tank under 49 C.F.R. 173.315(m) as of the law’s enactment. Up to $15,000,000 was authorized for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to fund these grants.