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agreements to support the following activities: conducting or promoting the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects (including health and welfare effects), extent, prevention, and elimination of water pollution. Demonstrations must involve new or experimental technologies, methods, or approaches, and it is encouraged that the results of these projects will be disseminated so that others can benefit from the knowledge gained. A project that is accomplished through the performance of routine, traditional, or established practices, or a project that is simply intended to carry out a task rather than transfer information or advance the state of knowledge, however worthwhile the project might be, is not considered a demonstration project.

In addition, for this year, the Fiscal Year 2015 Omnibus, Consolidation and Further Appropriations Act, Public Law 113-235 authorizes implementation activities to support SNECWRP priorities. Applicants interested in implementation projects to support SNECWP must identify both the "Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration" Target Program Area and the "Southeast New England Coastal Watersheds" Target Investment Area. Please note that projects identifying the Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Target Program Area must select the Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Target Investment Area and are restricted from selecting additional Target Program Areas and/or Target Investment Areas as part of the proposal. Please see Section I, C, Target Program Areas, F for the types of projects that are eligible under the "Southeast New England Coastal Watersheds" Target Program Area.

Funding Priority Fiscal Year 2015:

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England's main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life. The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that: target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas at risk from climate change impacts, environmental justice areas of potential concern, sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, urban/rural residents, and others at increased risk), and Southeast New England coastal watersheds; assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks; increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects; build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems; Advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience; and achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits in one or more of the following areas:

Capacity Building on Environmental and Public Health Issues: Projects that focus on providing training, education, outreach, and/or engagement on the causes, effects, extent, reduction, prevention and/or elimination of one or more of the following environmental and public health issues: indoor/ambient air quality, lead, asthma, pesticides, chemical risks, recycling, energy efficiency and/or conservation, pollution prevention, food waste minimization or diversion, and/or renewable energy.

Clean, Green and Healthy Schools: Projects that focus on creating clean, green and healthy school environments by promoting EPA's State School Environmental Health Guidelines, EPA's Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe School Location and/or implementing replicable programs across New England serving children's environmental health at K-12 schools.

Community and Water Resource Resilience: Projects that advance the emergency preparedness and resilience of communities and water infrastructure: stormwater, wastewater and/or drinking water.

Healthy Indoor Environments: Projects that focus on reducing and/or preventing childhood lead poisoning, reducing asthma triggers, promoting integrated pest management; reducing childhood exposure to one or more

toxins (PCBs, dioxin, mercury, lead, pesticides, etc.), promoting comprehensive healthy homes and/or other indoor environments.

Healthy Outdoor Environments: Projects that focus on reducing and/or preventing exposure to toxics in the air, soil and/or water by addressing the causes, effects, extent, reduction, prevention and/or elimination of pollution in rivers and/or other natural resources.

Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration: Large-scale projects that focus on regional, bi-state, or watershed approaches to integrate habitat, water quality, and physical processes; facilitate a vision to address complex problems across political boundaries, including next steps for project implementation and maintenance; organize effective and sustainable partnerships for action; accelerate reduction or prevention of nutrient impacts, and promote innovations and efficiencies through integrated ecosystem management. All projects should describe the potential for transferability to other areas located within the Southeast New England Coastal Watershed region. Specific appropriation language in FY15 authorizes implementation activities to support Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration priorities. Please note: Applicants that identify this Target Program Area are required to identify the "Southeast New England Coastal Watersheds" as a Target Investment Area for the proposed project. In addition, projects identifying this Target Program Area are restricted from selecting additional Target Program Areas and/or Target Investment Areas as part of the proposal.

Funding Priority Fiscal Year 2016:

The Healthy Communities Grant Program is EPA New England's main competitive grant program to work directly with communities to reduce environmental risks, protect and improve human health and improve the quality of life.

The Healthy Communities Grant Program will achieve this through identifying and funding projects that: target resources to benefit communities at risk [areas at risk from climate change impacts, environmental justice areas of potential concern, sensitive populations (e.g. children, elderly, tribes, urban/rural residents, and others at increased risk), and Southeast New England coastal watersheds; assess, understand, and reduce environmental and human health risks; increase collaboration through partnerships and community-based projects; build institutional and community capacity to understand and solve environmental and human health problems; Advance emergency preparedness and ecosystem resilience; and achieve measurable environmental and human health benefits in one or more of the following areas:

Clean, Green and Healthy Schools: Projects that focus on creating clean, green and healthy school environments by promoting EPA's State School Environmental Health Guidelines, EPA's Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe School Location and/or implementing replicable programs across New England serving children's environmental health at K-12 schools.

Community and Water Resource Resilience: Projects that provide education, outreach, and training to manage facilities at which hazardous substances are located, advance the emergency preparedness and resilience of communities and water infrastructure through training related to the safe handling and

removal of hazardous waste.

Healthy Indoor Environments: Projects that focus on reducing and/or preventing childhood lead poisoning through compliance assistance, outreach, and/or education on lead-based paint regulations and/or small drinking water systems, reducing asthma triggers, promoting integrated pest management; promoting recycling, energy efficiency and/or conservation, pollution prevention, food waste minimization and/or diversion, and/or renewable energy; reducing childhood exposure to one or more toxins (PCBs, dioxin,

ing or mercury, lead, pesticides, etc.), promoting comprehensive healthy homes and/or

other indoor environments for children or other sensitive populations.

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Tribal Youth Environmental Program: Projects that focus on creating and conducting Tribal youth education programs for federally recognized Tribes in EPA Region 1 that build future tribal environmental leaders by improving tribal a community health and sustainability through pollution prevention/source reduction for ecosystems, land, and water. Programs must address protecting ecosystem functions, goods and services; supporting ecologically sensitive land management and development; and sustaining water resources to ensure quality and availability for desired uses. The projects must prioritize and incorporate ause and understanding of Tribal Environmental Knowledge and help native youth better understand their relationship to the environment, community sustainability, and community health from a landscape prospective. Projects must include a form of camp or programming for high school and/or middle 'school tribal students, an environmental health summit emphasizing youth initiatives and projects, and establish and/or utilize a living classroom (e.g. a greenhouse, garden, etc.) on Tribal lands in partnership with one or more federally recognized Tribes in Region 1.

Funding Priority Fiscal Year 2017:

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TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

PROJECT GRANTS

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:

- Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: http://geodata.epa.gov.

Grant recipients and sub-recipients are encouraged to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving company-owned or -rented vehicles or government-owned vehicles, or while driving privately-owned vehicles when on official government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the government. Grant recipients and sub-recipients are encouraged to conduct initiatives of the type described in section 3(a) of the Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving Executive Order that was signed on October 1, 2009. Generally this program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or regional office.

=Applicant Eligibility:

Assistance under this program is available to State, Local, public nonprofit institutions/organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, K-12 schools or school districts; and non-profit organizations (e.g. grassroots and/or community-based organizations). Funding will be considered for a college or university to support a project with substantial community involvement. Private businesses, federal agencies, and individuals are not eligible to be grant recipients; however, they are encouraged to work in partnership with eligible applicants on projects. Applicants need not be located within the boundaries of the EPA regional office to be eligible to Territories within their Region. For certain competitive funding opportunities apply for funding but must propose projects that affect the States, Tribes, and under this CFDA description, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance

Agreement Competition Policy.

Beneficiary Eligibility:

State, Local, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, public nonprofit institutions/organizations, private nonprofit institutions/organizations, quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, anyone/general public.

Program Descriptions

Credentials/Documentation:

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Tribes may be asked to demonstrate that they are federally recognized. Interstate organizations may be asked to provide a citation to the statutory authority, which establishes their status. Intertribal consortia may be asked to provide documentation that they meet the requirements of 2 CFR 200 Subpart E. Non-profit applicants are not required to have a formal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) non-profit designation, such as 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4); however they must present their letter of incorporation or other documentation demonstrating their non-profit or not-for-profit status. This requirement does not apply to public agencies or Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. Failure to enclose the letter of incorporation or other documentation demonstrating non-profit or not-for-profit status will render full proposal submissions incomplete and they will not be reviewed. Applicants who have an IRS 501(c)(4) designation are not eligible for grants if they engage in lobbying, no matter what the source of funding for the lobbying activities. For-profit enterprises are not eligible to receive sub-grants from eligible recipients, although they may receive contracts, subject to EPA's regulations on procurement under assistance agreements, 2 CFR 200 Subpart E. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program.

Preapplication Coordination:

For competitive awards, an initial project summary format is provided in the competitive announcement. Applicants invited to submit a full proposal are required to submit the SF 424, 424A, 424B, and the pre-award compliance report. Regarding pre-application/pre-proposal assistance with respect to competitive funding opportunities under this program description, EPA will generally specify the nature of the pre-application/pre-proposal assistance, if any, that will be available to applicants in the competitive announcement. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed as "Information Contacts" or see Appendix IV of the Catalog. Interested applicants should review information on the Internet at:

http://www.epa.gov/ne/eco/uep/hcgp.html. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedures:

2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. The Healthy Communities Grant Program has a two step process for evaluating competitive applications which is described in the annual Request for Initial Proposals. The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by 2 CFR 200 and 1500, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards must be used for this program. Application forms are available at http://www.epa.gov/ogd/AppKit/index.htm and by mail upon request to the Grants and Interagency Agreements Management Division at (202) 564-5305. Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit all initial applications for funding through http://www.grants.go

Award Procedure:

For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate applications, proposals, and/or submissions in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the competitive announcement. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements. Deadlines:

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:

Applicants will generally be notified within 60 days of receipt of submission for funding.

Appeals:

Assistance agreement competition-related disputes will be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures published in 70 FR (Federal Register) 3629, 3630 (January 26, 2005). Copies of these procedures may also be requested by contacting the individual(s) listed as "Information Contacts." Disputes relating to matters other than the competitive selection of recipients will be resolved under 2 CFR 1500 Subpart E, as applicable.

Renewals:

All competitive grant awards should be prepared and submitted as new projects, which will be evaluated based on criteria specified in the annual competitive funding announcement. Renewals or extensions of existing projects may be available.

Formula and Matching Requirements:

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching Requirements: The grant program requires a match of 5% of the total budget as part of their proposal. Any exceptions will be identified in the annual competitive funding announcement. Award recipients can use contributions from entities other than themselves as a match. However, other Federal money cannot be used as the match for this grant program. Matching funds are considered grant funds. They must be used for the reasonable and necessary expenses of carrying out the assistance agreement work plan. Any restrictions on the use of grant funds (e.g., prohibition of land acquisition with grant funds) also apply to the matching funds. This program has no statutory formula.

This program does not have MOE requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:

Assistance agreements are normally funded on a 12 (annual) or 24 month basis, at the discretion of the applicant. There is no restriction placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded as long as the money is spent within the budget and project periods of the award specified in the workplan and the budget worksheet in the SF 424. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump

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In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspections and audits by the Comptroller General of the United States, the EPA Office of Inspector General, other EPA staff, or any authorized representative of the Federal government. Reviews by the EPA Project Officer and the Grants Specialis tmay occur each year. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-federal entities that expend $750,000 or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or a program specific audit conducted for that year.

Non-federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503.

Records:

Financial records, including all documents to support entries on accounting records and to substantiate changes to each grant must be kept available to personnel authorized to examine EPA grant accounts. All records must be maintained until expiration of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report. If questions still remain, such as those raised as a result of audit, related records should be retained until the matter is completely resolved.

Account Identification:

68-0108-0-1-304.

Obligations:

(Project Grants) FY 15 $1,753,405; FY 16 est $270,566; and FY 17 Estimate Not Available - FY15 $1,753,405; FY16 $270,566; FY17 Estimate not available. The Healthy Communities Grant Program combines resources across contributing regional and national programs and varies annually. Range and Average of Financial Assistance:

$9,370 to $25,000/fiscal year; $24,331/fiscal year. TAFS Codes:

68-0108.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Fiscal Year 2015: Eighty-four initial proposals were received, 46 proposals were invited to submit a full proposal and 21 projects, worth $1,753,405 were competitively selected through the 2015 Healthy Communities Grant Program. Fiscal Year 2016: No content available. Fiscal Year 2017: No Current Data Available

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:

Grants and cooperative agreements awarded under the Healthy Communities Grant Program are subject to EPA's General Grant Regulations, and Procedures (40 CFR Parts 30 and 40 CFR Parts 31). Costs will be determined on accordance with OMB Circular A-87 for State and Local governments and Indian Tribes, OMB Circular A-21 for educational institutions and OMB Circular A-122 for nonprofit institutions.

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Clean Water Act, Title III, Section 320, Public Law 94-117, 33 U.S.C 1330;

Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 111-8; Clean Water Act, Title
III, Section 320, Public Law 106-457, 33 U.S.C 1330.
OBJECTIVES:

The overall goal of the National Estuary Program is to attain and maintain water quality in designated estuaries that would assure protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife and allows recreational activities in

and on the water.

Puget Sound has been designated as one of 28 estuaries of National thSignificance under 320 of the Clean Water Act. The goal of the National Estuary Program is to attain and maintain water quality in designated estuaries that would assure protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife and allows recreational activities in and on the water. The Puget Sound National Estuary Program's approved Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) is the Action Agenda. The goal of the Action Agenda is to restore and maintain the Puget Sound estuarine environment by 2020 so that it will support balanced indigenous populations of shellfish, fish and wildlife and support the extensive list of recognized uses of Puget Sound.

The EPA is committed to protecting and improving water quality and minimizing the adverse impacts of rapid development in the Puget Sound Basin. These commitments include protecting the watersheds and waters of Puget Sound by protecting the fundamental watershed processes that provide and create aquatic habitats and by reducing the generation and release of toxic, nutrient and pathogen pollution.

EPA is committed to working with the Management Conference to protect and improve water quality and minimize the adverse impacts of rapid development in the Puget Sound Basin by protecting the fundamental watershed processes that provide and create aquatic habitats and by reducing the generation and release of toxic, nutrient and pathogen pollution.

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2015: The Region does not plan on making any solicitations under this program in FFY 2015

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2016: The Region does not plan on making any solicitations under this program in FFY 2016.

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2017: The Region does not plan on making any solicitations under this program in FFY 2017.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

Cooperative Agreements

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:

Local and tribal governments are at various stages of developing and applying effective and robust water quality programs in their watersheds. Some need to improve their scientific understanding of their watersheds. Others understand how their watersheds work and need assistance implementing a watershed plan. Therefore, a wide range of activities will be eligible for funding under this program including, but not limited to activities that: (1) Develop, demonstrate, enhance and implement watershed protection and restoration plans, land use and transportation plans, basin plans, storm water controls and/or land development standards to maintain native vegetation and natural hydrology by protecting and restoring wetland, riparian, upland and nearshore habitats and ecological processes. (2) Promote watershed protection by enhancing local planning processes authorized by the State's Coastal Zone Management Program such as the development of watershed land use designations, development of standards and other regulations or incentive programs that protect and restore coastal watersheds. (3) Refine and implement watershed land use plans based on watershed models that predict the hydrological impacts

of alternative future land cover practices and on development scenarios and their projected impacts on aquatic resources. (4) Develop, carry out and study the effectiveness of laws, ordinances and incentive programs to implement watershed programs such as systematic implementation of low-impact development in sensitive basins, land acquisition or transfer of development rights approaches and techniques.

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Restrictions: All uses of these funds must be consistent with the goals and objectives of the 2020 Puget Sound Action Agenda. Activities permitted under the Clean Water Act are not eligible for funding under this program. Specifically, required activities under NPDES Phase I and II stormwater permits are not eligible for funding under this program.

Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: https://www.epa.gov/geospatial.

Grant recipients and sub-recipients are encouraged to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving company-owned or -rented vehicles or government-owned vehicles, or while driving privately-owned vehicles when on official government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the government. Grant recipients and sub-recipients are encouraged to conduct initiatives of the type described in section 3(a) of the Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving Executive Order that was signed on October 1, 2009. Generally this program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or regional office.

Applicant Eligibility:

Units of local government, under Washington State law, and federally recognized Indian Tribes located within the greater Puget Sound basin are eligible to apply. Also eligible to apply are special purpose districts, as defined by Washington State law at R.C.W. 36.93.020, including but not limited to, irrigation districts, and water and sewer districts that are located in or govern land and water resources within the greater Puget Sound basin. Conservation districts located in or governing land and water resources within the greater Puget Sound Basin are also eligible to apply for assistance under this program. The greater Puget Sound basin is defined as all watersheds draining to the U.S. waters of Puget Sound, southern Georgia Basin, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Federal and state agencies, institutions of higher learning, watershed planning units formed under RCW 90.82.040 and RCW 90.82.060, local management boards organized under RCW 90.88.030, salmon recovery lead entities organized pursuant to RCW 77.85.050, regional fisheries enhancement groups organized pursuant to RCW 77.95.060, Marine Resource Committees organized pursuant to RCW 36.125 and nongovernmental entities are not eligible to directly receive financial assistance awards under this announcement. Business enterprises and individuals or families will also not be eligible applicants.

However, EPA strongly encourages local and tribal governments to solicit participation from these types of entities as local collaborators. All of these types of entities are eligible to apply for subawards or subcontracts from a successful award recipient.

For certain competitive funding opportunities under this CFDA description, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. The specific types of eligible applicants will be identified in the individual Requests for Proposals.

Beneficiary Eligibility:

The ultimate beneficiary of the assistance offered under this program will be the
general public that lives and works in the Puget Sound region.
Credentials/Documentation:

2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles apply to this program. 2 CFR 200,
Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program.
Preapplication Coordination:

Regarding pre-application/pre-proposal assistance with respect to competitive

Program Descriptions

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Matching Requirements: The Puget Sound Watershed Management Assistance program has no statutory formula for allocating the funds. All of the grants will be for implementation projects under the Puget Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) under CWA 320(g)(2) and 320(g)(3)(ii). There is a statutory match of 50% of the total project costs for implementation project grants under CWA 320(g)(3)(ii) and CWA Section 320 allows for an aggregate match.

For awards made under the competitions conducted under this program, the Puget Sound Management Conference, represented by the Puget Sound Partnership, agreed to provide 67% of the 50% required non-federal match for successful project proposals for FFY 2009 and 2010. For future funding, this would need to be negotiated.

Match Example:

For an applicant requesting $600,000 in federal funds under a competition, the total match required would be $600,000. Under the competition, the applicant will be required to provide a match of $198,000, or 33% of the required 50% match. The remaining $402,000 ($600,000 - $198,000) of the required 50% match will be met at the aggregate level by the Puget Sound Partnership. This program does not have MOE requirements. Region 10 has allocated approximately $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 for this program from the Agency's FFY 2009 appropriation for award during Federal Fiscal Year 2010. Additional funds may be awarded under the competitions from the Agency's FFY 2010 appropriation once it is received if appropriate and consistent with Agency policy.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:

Assistance will be disbursed in accordance with the terms specified in the assistance agreement. Typically, assistance recipients draw funds at either monthly or quarterly intervals based on their incurred costs. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Assistance will be disbursed in accordance with the terms specified in the assistance agreement. Typically, assistance recipients draw funds at either monthly or quarterly intervals based on their incurred costs.

Reports:

No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Progress report requirements will be a part of each assistance agreement. A schedule showing interim milestones and the outputs that will be completed by the end of the project period will also be included. Typical progress reports will discuss the progress that the assistance recipient has made towards achieving each major goal or objective identified in the approved statement of work. The report will also discuss the progress that has been made towards each interim milestone. Progress reports will discuss any difficulties or problems that the assistance recipient has encountered and how those problems have been or are being resolved. Other specific reporting requirements will be defined in the Assistance Agreement based on the statement of work described in the application. Expenditure reports will typically be required at the same time intervals as progress reports. The expenditure reports will document expenditures to date, including expenditures of any matching funds, in a manner that allows the user to confirm that matching requirements are being met and that all assistance payments (disbursements to the assistance recipient) are for costs that have been incurred in compliance with applicable cost principles. Recipients of this funding will be required to use EPA's Puget Sound Financial and Ecosystem Accounting Tracking System (FEATS), which is the primary mechanism for performance monitoring. Key grant outputs will be tracked on a semi-annual basis through FEATS, as well as progress project milestones and deliverables. FEATS provides linkages to EPA Puget Sound performance measures and Dashboard Indicators. FEATS allows award recipients to share challenges, solutions, lessons learned, and reflections associated with their work.

Audits:

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In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspections and audits by the Comptroller General of the United States, the EPA Office of Inspector General, other EPA staff, or any authorized representative of the Federal government. Reviews by the EPA Project Officer and the Grants Specialist may occur each year. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-federal entities that expend $750,000 or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or a program specific audit conducted for that year. Non-federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Records:

Financial records, including all documents to support entries on accounting

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