Administrative provisions
Cooperative agreements
The Secretary—
may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture, or the head of any State department of agriculture or its designee involved in agricultural regulation, in consultation with the State agency responsible for homeland security, to carry out the provisions of this part; and
wherever possible, shall seek to cooperate with State agencies or their designees that oversee ammonium nitrate facility operations when seeking cooperative agreements to implement the registration and enforcement provisions of this part.
Delegation
Authority
Delegation required
Funding
Provision of guidance and notification materials to ammonium nitrate facilities
Guidance
The Secretary shall make available to each owner of an ammonium nitrate facility registered under section 488a(c)(1) of this title guidance on—
the identification of suspicious ammonium nitrate purchases or transfers or attempted purchases or transfers;
the appropriate course of action to be taken by the ammonium nitrate facility owner with respect to such a purchase or transfer or attempted purchase or transfer, including—
exercising the right of the owner of the ammonium nitrate facility to decline sale of ammonium nitrate; and
notifying appropriate law enforcement entities; and
additional subjects determined appropriate to prevent the misappropriation or use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism.
Use of materials and programs
Notification materials
In general
Design of materials
Materials made available under subparagraph (A) shall be designed to notify prospective ammonium nitrate purchasers of—
the record-keeping requirements under section 488a of this title; and
the penalties for violating such requirements.