66.303 SOLID WASTE TRAINING GRANTS FEDERAL AGENCY: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFICE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, Title II of Public Law 89-272, Section 210 as amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Title I of Public Law 91-512. OBJECTIVES: To provide grants to develop, expand, or carry out programs for training persons for occupations involving the management, supervision, design, operation or maintenance of solid waste disposal and resource recovery equipment and facilities. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Full support is provided for the training projects. The allowable costs are determined by Complete restrictions are stated in the above pamphlet. institution or agency. Individuals to be trained apply directly to the grantee. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: None unless requested. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: Coordination in the form of an informal preapplication with the headquarters office is recommended. Application Procedure: Made in the form of an application to the headquarters office listed below. Each application kit includes an instruction sheet for completing the application. Assistance is also available from the headquarters office, upon request. Award Procedure: The Commissioner, Solid Waste Management Office, makes final decisions to award individual projects. Deadlines: See below. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Applications received June 1, reviewed by November 1; received October 1, reviewed by March 1; received February 1, reviewed by June 1. Appeals: No appeals procedure as such. Resubmit application according to above schedule. Renewals: Application for renewal must be submitted in accordance with the deadline dates and instructions attached to the form. This application will be reviewed in same manner as new application and compete for available funds. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: No matching. (renewable). Funds are awarded on a Letter of Credit basis. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: "Report of Expenditures," (annual); "Interim Progress Report,” (annual); “Terminal Progress Report," (90 days after end of project); “Invention Report,” “Invention Statement," (annual); “Statement of Appointments of Trainee,” (annual). Audits: EPA grants are subject to inspection and audit by representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency. Records: All financial records must be kept readily available for 3 years for examination by personnel authorized to examine EPA grant accounts. If questions still remain, related records must be retained until the matter is completely resolved. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 20-00-0100-0-1-999. 72 est $500,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $25,000 to $100,000; $35,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: The program has awarded 13 training grants totaling $1,810,725. In fiscal year 1970, 13 grants totaling $ 414,700 were awarded. In fiscal year 1971, approximately $490,000 will be awarded. These grants are providing technically trained personnel for solid waste management and resources recovery systems. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: “Grants for Training Projects - Policy Statement,” no charge; “Summary of Programs Under Solid Waste Disposal Act,” no charge. with the regional offices listed in the appendix. Headquarters Office: Chief, Research and Training Grants Activity, Solid Waste Management Office, Environmental Protection (513) 684-4323. RELATED PROGRAMS: 66.302, Solid Waste Research Grants; 66.300, Solid Waste Demonstration and Resource Recovery System Grants; 66.301, Solid Waste Planning Grants. 776 4.74 WATER QUALITY OFFICE 66.400 CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 1 101 FEDERAL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY OFFICE, ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; Grants for Construction, section 8; Public Law 84-600, as amended; by Public Laws 87-88, 89-234, 89-753, 91-224, and 91-439; 33 U.S.C. 466, et seq.; 18 CFR, Part 601, Subpart B. OBJECTIVES: To accelerate joint programs of waste treatment works construction by providing grants for part of the eligible construction costs to state, municipal, intermunicipal, or interstate agencies. 'n TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. 0:1 USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Grants under this program are limited to the construction of waste treatment works, including intercepting and outfall sewers, by eligible applicants. Collector sewers and water supply systems are not eligible for grant assistance. Grants cannot be made to a project or portion thereof treating 100 percent industrial wastes, unless: a. The project qualifies for assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-136), or any other Federal law designed to stimulate economic development or ease the impact of Federal action, or b. the applicant demonstrates that the public benefits of the project greatly outweigh any benefits to industry. „ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Any state, municipality, intermunicipal or interstate agency eligible for waste treatment works constructions. 3 Certification by the state, indicating priority of the project, on the basis of financial and water pollution control needs, is required before a grant may be made. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: (a) A certified copy of the authorization from the applicant's governing body for the filing of the application. The authorization must be current, and must designate by name and title the individual who will represent the applicant. (b) A current general description of the project. (c) Current engineering reports. (d) If interceptor sewers, pumping stations, or force mains are included in the project, a map of the proposed interceptor, sewers, pumping stations, or force mains are included in the project, a map of the proposed interceptor, sewers, pumping stations, or force mains, showing their relationship to the existing sewer system, and designating points of interception and discharge. (e) An itemized estimated construction cost breakdown. (1) A statement explaining the exact nature of any other Federal funds which may be used to finance the project. (8) Comments and recommendations of the state, metropolitan or regional clearinghouse as to the project's conformance with the comprehensive plan developed for the area and a statement from the applicant relative to clearinghouse review. (h) Form 1350, "Assurance of Compliance” (Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964). APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: Intent to file must be coordinated with Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-95. application, Federal Assistance for Public Works and Facility Type agency. agency and approval by a regional Water Quality Office. Central Information Reception Agency (SF 240). certifications, and receipt in the regional office. for final eligibility determination, by the regional office. Renewals: Justifiable time extensions requested by the applicant, if authorized by the state agency, are permitted. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Formula provides that 50 percent of the first $100,000,000 of appropriations allotted to the states in the ratio that the population of each state bears to the population of all states, and 50 percent in the ratio that the quotient obtained by dividing the per capita income of the United States by the per capita income of each state bears to the sum of each quotient for all states. Appropriation in excess of $100,000,000 are allotted on basis of relative population; or as specified in the Appropriation Act. Matching Requirements: 30 to 33 percent grant, no state matching program. 40 to 44 percent grant, 30 percent state matching program. 50 to 55 percent grant, 25 percent state matching program, and discharge to meet approved state water quality standards (enforceable). Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Length of Assistance Period: Final grant payment when the construction is completed and the treatment works is operating satisfactorily. Time Phasing of Assistance: Grant payments may be made based on 25, 50, 75, 100 percent of construction completed, or equipment delivered to the project site. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Under 18 CFR 601, Subpart B, an annual inspection by state agency for the first 3 years of operation including a written report concerning the operation and maintenance of the waste treatment facility. Audits: Fiscal audit after project completed. On site operational audit annually by state for 3 years after treatment facilities become functional. Records: Records kept as required by the state agency, to indicate the level of performance. Labor standards records must be kept 3 years after completion of the project. Fiscal records must be kept 3 years after completion of a project or in accordance with state and local laws, whichever is longer. FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Account Identification: 20-00-0103-0-1-401. $1,200,000,000 (includes carryover funds from preceding years); and FY 72 est $1,900,000,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $1,000 to $15,000,000; $1,600,000. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: During fiscal year 1970, 1,053 new projects were assisted. In fiscal year 1971, an estimated 1,650 new projects will be funded. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: 18 CFR 601, Subpart B; Federal Guidelines, Design, Operation and Maintenance of Waste Water Treatment Facilities; Federal grants for clean water CWA-6, January 1969; Fact Sheet, November 1967; Showdown for water, CWA-11, October 1968, Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Government Printing Office 1970, 0-389-779; Clean Water, Washington, D.C. 20240. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Refer to appendix, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Quality Office, for regional office addresses, and for the state and interstate water pollution control agency addresses. Headquarters Office: Director, Division of Facilities Construction and Operation, Water Quality Office, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460. Comprehensive Basin Planning Grants; 66.405, Water Pollution 777 66.401 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMPREHENSIVE BASIN PLANNING GRANTS (Water Quality Management Planning Grants or 3(c) Grants) FEDERAL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY OFFICE, ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, section 3(c); Public Law 89-753, section 101; U.S.C. 466 et seq. OBJECTIVES: Development of comprehensive water quality control and abatement plans in river basins or portions thereof. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Project Grants. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Funds may be used for payment of administrative costs, including cost of planning, consultant services and equipment purchases directly related to the development of a comprehensive plan for water quality control and pollution abatement. The only restriction on the grants is that funds may be expended only for direct planning purposes. Expenditures are subject to the budgetary and accounting practices of the planning agency, the approved budget, and generally accepted accounting practices. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Application is made by Governor of the state concerned, or a majority of Governors if more than one state is concerned, and he designates the recipient public agency. The agency must provide appropriate local, state, interstate, and (when appropriate) international representation and be capable of developing an effective, comprehensive plan for pollution abatement. Beneficiary Eligibility: The states concerned. Credentials/Documentation: The Governor's letter designating the planning agency as the official agency to receive and administer Federal grant funds and the signed application. APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS: Preapplication Coordination: The program requires compliance with OMB Circular A-95. Coordination is accomplished with local governments, other state agencies, other Federal grantor agencies, international agencies (when appropriate) prospective contractors, and EPA regional offices. Assistance is available from EPA regional offices. A preapplication form is not required. Application Procedure: The application form, FWPCA Form-147 (8-67), must be accompanied by letters from the Governor making the actual request for a grant and designating the recipient agency as the official planning agency. All clearinghouse information required by Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-95 must accompany the application. Award Procedure: The EPA-WQO regional office recommends approval to the EPA-WQO Headquarters which reviews the application and regional comments. Upon satisfactory review Headquarters recommends the project to the Commissioner, Water Quality Office, EPA for approval of the award. Standard Form 240 is completed and distributed by Headquarters following grant acceptance. Deadlines: None. Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: 90 days. Appeals: No limitation has been set on rework. There is no provision for appeal. Renewals: Renewals are possible up to a maximum total period of 3 years. Satisfactory annual reports and formal requests are necessary for renewal. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: There is no legislative provision for grant funds allocation and the small size of the program has made an allocation formula unnecessary. Matching funds are restricted to non-Federal, governmental sources and must be at least equal to the grant requested. Planning grants have been made solely on the anticipated merit of their output. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Assistance has a statutory limitation of 3 years. Applicants are requested to complete work within 2 years so that the plan will impact more rapidly on overall water pollution control programs. Funds are paid in advance of each quarter. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: Brief quarterly financial statements are required. Semiannual and annual progress and financial reports are required. Audits: A formal audit will be made at the conclusion of the project. Additional interim audits may be made clearing the first and second years of operation of a 3-year project. Records: Basically only financial records are required. The applicant must maintain these for a 3-year period after grant support is terminated. Account Identification: 20-00-0100-0-1-999. FY 72 est $2,353,000. $92,980. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Seven grants were approved during fiscal year 1970 in the amount of $823,100, and so far in fiscal year 1971, 12 grants have been approved in the amount of $1,658,470. To date none of the 23 active grants has yet been completed. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Guidelines for grants, “Comprehensive River Basin Planning." Grant application procedures and requirements for planning grants. No charge. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Information pertaining to this program may be obtained from each of the EPA regional offices listed in the appendix. Headquarters Office: Chief, Planning Branch, Division of Planning and Interagency Programs, Water Quality Office, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460. Telephone: (703) 557-7716. RELATED PROGRAMS: 66.400, Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works; 66.404, Water Pollution Control - Interstate 778 471 66.402 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DATA PUBLICATIONS SERVICES FEDERAL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY OFFICE, ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended; Public Law S4-660; 33 U.S.C. 466 et. al. Sections 5(a) and 5(c). OBJECTIVES: To collect, analyze, and publish pollution control data in order to show types, trends, and progress in pollution control and prevention and to make these data available for official technical and administrative use and to the general public. (Note: The collection phase is in general a cooperative Federal-State effort. Analyses, publication and dissemination are carried out at Federal level.) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: These data can be used in the planning, programming, and budgeting of water pollution control programs at all levels of Government. They can also be used to measure the effectiveness of these programs, to show a market potential to equipment manufacturers and construction firms, and to give direction to new control efforts. There are no use restrictions. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Some initial automatic distribution of these publications is made from headquarters, WQO, to Government Printing Office. Credentials/Documentation: None. Preapplication Coordination: None. whether application is made to WQO or to the Government Printing Office. Renewals: Not applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Time Phasing of Assistance: With the exception of the inventory of waste facilities publications are furnished on an annual basis. Heretofore, the inventory has been published at approximately 5-year intervals. POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS: Reports: None. Records: None. Account Identification: 20-00-0100-0-1-999. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fiscal year 1970: Normal production of publications range from approximately 3,000 for the waste facilities inventory to approximately 35,000 for the pollution caused fish kills. This may vary according to demand. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: The publications themselves contain an explanation of the scope and purpose of the collected data. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: Requests for the services provided under this program should normally be handled through the regional, field offices, or laboratories of the WQO. (See appendix of the catalog for addresses of WQO offices.) Headquarters Office: Chief, Data and Information Services, Technical Data and Information Branch, Division of Technical 20242. Telephone: (202) 557-7637. RELATED PROGRAMS: 66.404, Water Pollution Control - Interstate Cooperation and Uniform Laws; 66.407, Water Pollution Control, 66.403 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL - DIRECT TRAINING (WQO Short Courses) FEDERAL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY OFFICE, ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Public Law 84-660, section 5(a)(5); 33 U.S.C. 466 et seq. OBJECTIVES: Develop, keep current, and present training courses in water pollution control to personnel of public agencies and other persons with suitable qualifications. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Training. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: A variety of courses are offer at 5 regional training centers. Interested applicants should write for a course bulletin. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: Employed by public water pollution control agency or otherwise qualified occupationally, and meet the requirements of the particular course. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: None. Preapplication Coordination: None. from offices listed in “Information Contacts” section. Award Procedure: Not applicable. Deadlines: Varies with course. Renewals: Not applicable. Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. Reports: Not applicable. Records: Not applicable. Account Identification: 20-00-0100-0-1-999. $1,097,000; and FY 72 est $1,251,000. courses. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See appendix for list of Regional offices of Training Centers: Manpower Development and Training, WQO, 779 South Central Region, Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center, Post Office Box 1198, Ada, Oklahoma 74820; Manpower Development and Training, WQO, Southeast Region, College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30601; Director, WQO National Training Center, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226; Manpower Development and Training, WQO, Pacific Northwest Region, 200 South 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97330; Manpower Development and Training, WQO, Northeast Region, Hudson-Delaware Basin Office, Edison, New Jersey 08817. Headquarters Office: Direct Training Branch, Division of Manpower and Training, WQO, Washington, D.C. 20242. Telephone: (703) 557-7630. RELATED PROGRAMS: 66.406, Water Pollution Control Research Fellowships; 66.408, Water Pollution Control - State and Local 66.404 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL - INTERSTATE COOPERATION AND UNIFORM LAWS Renewals: Not applicable. ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable. Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable. Reports: None. Records: None. Account Identification: 20-00-0100-0-1-999. $165,000; and FY 72 est $ 165,000. Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Not measurable in precise terms. Assistance regularly provided as set out in program objectives and FEDERAL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY OFFICE, ENVIRON MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, section 4; Public Law 84-660; 33 U.S.C. 1154. OBJECTIVES: To encourage the states to enact improved and, so far as practicable, uniform water pollution control laws, and to encourage compacts between states for water quality management. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE: Advisory Services and Counseling; Dissemination of Technical Information. USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Development of effective water quality management laws and compacts with view to consistency with other state and regional programs, as appropriate; furtherance of strong cooperative national program, including eligibility for maximum Federal grant assistance (e.g., requirements of state matching, enforceable standards for increased waste treatment project grants). No specific restrictions imposed by law or regulation. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: State water pollution control agency; other appropriate state authority; committee, members, or staff of state legislatures; compact commission; other interstate group. Beneficiary Eligibility: Same as applicant eligibility. Credentials/Documentation: None. Preapplication Coordination: None. or regional office. uses. REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: None. United States. See appendix. Standards Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, Water No. 2, Arlington, Virginia). Telephone: (703) 557-7760. RELATED PROGRAMS: 66.401, Water Pollution Control Comprehensive Basin Planning Grants; 66.407, Water Pollution 780 4-71 |
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