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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:

Not Applicable.

Formula and Matching Requirements:

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching Requirements: In FY13, the SF Bay Fund RFP began requiring the CWA Section 320 match requirement of 50%.

For future appropriations, the CWA section 320 match of 50% stands unless modified by appropriations act language.

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

Assistance agreements generally fund projects for 4 years with a maximum project period of seven years. Funds are issued electronically through automated funds transfer. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Funds are issued electronically through automated funds transfer. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.

Reports:

No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. Progress repots are required under this program. Reporting frequency may be specified in the terms and conditions of the award. EPA may include reporting requirements in the terms and conditions of the assistance agreements, which may require quarterly, semi-annual, interim, and final performance reports, and financial, equipment, and inventory reports. Quarterly and/or semi-annual progress reports are expected to be required for large-scale projects of long duration sought by this grant fund. EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. Agreements may require quarterly, interim, and final progress reports, and expenditure/financial, equipment, and invention reports. Reporting requirements are also identified in the grant regulations at 2 CFR 200 and 1500, as applicable. Program reports are required under this program. Expenditure Reports by the grantee are required to submit for reimbursement. Performance monitoring will be required in the form of grantee reports on outputs and outcomes of their funded projects.

Audits:

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:

Recipients must demonstrate financial management capability, keep financial records including documentation for entries on accounting and for any changes in grant requirements, and make records available to personnel authorized to examine assistance recipients' records. Recipients must maintain all records for a minimum of three years from the date of submission of the final report and until all questions regarding the assistance agreement, such as those arising from audits, are resolved.

Account Identification:

68-0108-0-1-304. Obligations:

(Project Grants) FY 15 $4,481,000; FY 16 est $4,423,000; and FY 17 Estimate Not Available - FY 2016 obligation was authorized up to $4,423,000

FY 2015 obligation was authorized up to $4,481,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance:

Since the beginning of the program in 2008, projects have been funded from a low of $200,000 to a high of $5,000,000. In the last few years of the RFP, the funding range has shifted to approximately $800,000 to $2mil. The average award is now at about $1 mil each.

TAFS Codes:

68-0108.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Fiscal Year 2015: In February 2015, EPA Region 9 received an additional $4,481,000 of San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Funds with the federal FY15 budget. The remaining four projects recommended for funding under the FY14 RFP were awarded 2015 funding as specified in Section II.A of the RFP which indicates that EPA has the right to "&make additional awards&if additional funding becomes available after the original selection decisions." Additional funding became available and the funding decision was made within 6 months of the original 2014 award decision (October 8, 2014) consistent with the RFP provision.

1. Urban Greening Bay Area

Applicant: Association of Bay Area Governments/San Francisco Estuary Partnership

EPA Funds $1,730,862 + Match $1,740,000

2. Suisun Marsh Water Quality Objectives Attainment: Source Reduction Field Testing Project

Applicant: Association of Bay Area Governments/San Francisco Estuary Partnership

EPA Funds $843,982 + Match $843,982

3. Hayward Youth-based Trash Capture, Reduction, and Watershed Education Project

Applicant: City of Hayward

EPA Funds $800,000+ Match $800,000

4. Clean Streams in Southern Sonoma County Applicant: County of Sonoma

EPA Funds $991,156 + Match $991,156. Fiscal Year 2016: Three new project grants totaling $4.21 million were selected in July 2016 and awarded in early October 2016. The projects are: roadside green infrastructure to reduce PCB and mercury loads ($864,634/City of San Pablo); wetlands restoration on 710 acres at the Mountain View Pond complex of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project ($1,677,683/Ducks Unlimited); and watershed redesign, wetlands restoration and urban greening in the South Bay ($1,667,683/ San Francisco Estuary Partnership). Fiscal Year 2017: No Current Data Available REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE: Recipients must comply with 2 CFR Part 200 and 1500 for universities and nonprofit organizations and 2 CFR 200 Subpart E for states, tribes, and local governments. The recipient must comply with the applicable cost principles under 2 CFR 200 Subpart E for state, tribal and local governments and 2 CFR 200 Subpart E for universities and 2 CFR 200 Subpart E for nonprofit organizations.

Regional or Local Office:

See Regional Agency Offices. Luisa Valiela

EPA Region 9 (WTR-3)

December 2016

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Act, Section 6; Solid Waste Disposal Act, Section 8001; Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act, Section 8001; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Section 20; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, Section 203.

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OBJECTIVES:

To fund projects, including surveys, studies, investigations, demonstrations, training, outreach, human health and the environment to (1) prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution through the promotion of environmental sustainability; (2) build capacity on environmental sustainability and public health issues; (3) support the development and implementation of sustainability strategies and enhance environmental literacy; (4) promote coordination and collaboration between and among federal, state, and local governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as build environmental education capacity at institutions of higher education.

Funding Priority 2015:There were no projects funded in FY15.

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2016: There were no projects funded in FY16.

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2017: The projects should be centered around providing a forum for academic advisors and sustainability coordinators to collaborate with industry, college and graduate level students to establish and broaden environmental learning opportunities that promote capacity building on environmental sustainability and public health issues, including the creation of hands-on instructional learning of sustainable practices including pollution prevention, water and energy conservation, watershed protection, and environmental stewardship. The project should also serve to foster an environmental literacy plan to ensure that students have an understanding of environmental sustainability and how it interconnects with the green economy. 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: 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:

Projects conducted within the geographic boundaries of EPA's Region 4, which comprises the states and tribal lands of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, are eligible for funding when it is available. Interstate, state, tribal, intrastate, and local government agencies, districts, and councils; and public and private universities and colleges, laboratories, and research facilities; and public or private non-governmental, non-profit institutions are eligible to apply, unless restricted by the authorizing statutes. Non-profit organizations must have documentation of non-profit status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or their state of incorporation, except that non-profits organizations as defined in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 1995 or superseding legislation are ineligible.

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

Program Descriptions

Policy.

Beneficiary Eligibility:

Interstate, state, tribal, intrastate, and local government agencies, districts, and councils; public and private universities and colleges, laboratories, and research facilities; and public or private non-governmental, non-profit institutions are eligible to apply, unless restricted by the authorizing statutes.

Credentials/Documentation:

EPA may require applicants and principle investigators to demonstrate appropriate background, academic training, experience in the field, and necessary equipment to carry out projects, and to provide curriculum vitae and relevant publications. EPA may require nonprofit organizations to provide documentation of nonprofit status accorded by the Internal Revenue Service or their state of incorporation. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program.

Preapplication Coordination:

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. 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 standard application forms, as furnished by the Federal agency, must be used for this program. EPA requires final applications to be made on Standard Form 424. Requests for application kits must be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, Grants and Interagency Agreements Management Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Mailcode (3903R), Washington, DC 20460 or through the appropriate EPA Regional Office listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Additional information on the EPA grant package can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.

For competitive awards, Requests for Initial Proposals or Requests for Applications will specify application procedures. Applicants, except in limited circumstances approved by the Agency, must submit all initial applications for funding through http://www.grants.gov

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:

Approximately 180 days from receipt of final application, through selection and notification, and development and approval of work plan, to award of funds. 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:

EPA can fund grants and cooperative agreements for surveys, studies, investigations, demonstrations, training, education, limited research, outreach, and/or special-purpose activities incrementally. Approval of incremental funding depends on satisfactory project progress as well as continued relevance of the project and availability of funds. The application procedure is identical to applying for a new grant, with the same funds source, selection criteria, and review procedure.

Formula and Matching Requirements:

This program has no statutory formula.

This program has no matching requirements.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:

EPA may negotiate the project period with each applicant based on project requirements. The term of the grant shall be determined at the time of the grant award. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Funds are issued electronically through automated funds transfer. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: reimbursement. Reports:

No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. EPA may include reporting requirements in the terms and conditions of the assistance agreements, which may require quarterly, interim, and final performance reports, and financial, equipment, and inventory reports. Progress reports are required under this program. An interim and final Federal Financial Report financial status report will be required. No performance monitoring is required. Audits:

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:

Recipients must demonstrate financial management capability, keep financial records including documentation for entries on accounting and for any changes in grant requirements, and make records available to personnel authorized to examine assistance recipients' records. Recipients must maintain all records for a minimum of three years from the date of submission of the final report and until all questions regarding the assistance agreement, such as those arising from audits, are resolved.

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FEDERAL AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency

AUTHORIZATION:

FY 2015 Omnibus, Consolidation and Further Continuing Appropriations Act
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016;; Clean Water Act, Section
104(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)., Title 104, Part 63, Section 33 U.S.C. 1251.
OBJECTIVES:

To develop and support the Southeast New England Program (SNEP) for coastal watershed restoration. SNEP is a geographically-based program intended to serve as a collaborative framework for advancing ecosystem resiliency, protecting and restoring water quality, habitat, and ecosystem function, and developing and applying innovative policy, science, and technology to environmental management in southeast coastal New England (eligibility map is available at www.epa.gov/region1/snecwrp and will be included in competitive funding announcements). A critical aspect of this framework is the integration of physical processes, water quality, and critical habitat at a regional, watershed, and/or landscape scale. Additional background information on SNEP can be found at the following website:

www.epa.gov/region1/snecwrp. EPA intends to fund projects that address SNEP priorities through projects, networks, and/or partnerships among governmental and community resource managers, technology and science practitioners, policy organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), tribes, and other groups. A major focus is to build program capacity for environmental management, including developing and establishing robust institutional, monitoring, information, and technology frameworks that can offer more effective, transferable, and sustainable paths to restoring and protecting the southeast New England coastal watersheds. Through competitive funding announcements, EPA will outline specific program priorities and eligible activities in areas such as restoration planning and construction,

Program Descriptions

ordinance adoption and implementation, technology and policy development, testing, and adoption, financing, monitoring, including methods, equipment, data analysis and interpretation, public understanding and engagement, technical training in new approaches, information sharing, and targeted/applied research. EPA will provide project examples in specific RFP announcements.

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Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2015: In FY15 no awards were made under this CFDA. SNEP made awards through 66.456 (National Estuary Program) and 66.110 (Healthy Communities Grant Program).

Funding Priority - Fiscal Year 2016/2017: EPA's funding priority for SNEP assistance agreements is to fund projects that protect, improve, or restore water quality through innovative projects and partnerships that address nutrients in coastal ecosystems; integrate habitat and ecological restoration with water quality improvement; develop and invest in innovative, cost-effective restoration and protection practices; identify and sustain ecosystem services and functions; and/or contribute directly or indirectly to increased regional ecosystem resiliency.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

Cooperative Agreements

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:

Grants and cooperative agreements are available to support recipients' allowable direct costs in approved scopes of work plus allowable indirect costs, in accordance with established EPA policies and regulations. Funding awarded for research does not include research within the purview of EPA's Office of Research and Development. The funds will support projects that prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution through partnership and innovation; that promote watershed solutions; and that encourage resilience to the impacts of climate change. Specific uses and restrictions on funds will be described in detail in the competitive announcements. 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:

Assistance under SNEP is available to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments; institutions of higher education; nonprofit institutions and organizations; intertribal consortia; and interstate agencies. 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 are not limited to the geographic area of southeastern coastal New England, however, those applying from outside the specified region must carry out their projects and have at least one local partner from within the geographic area specified in the competitive funding announcement. Organizations must be capable of undertaking and managing activities that advance SNEP priorities, including managing potentially complex fiscal and administrative requirements. Non-profit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply; the term interstate agency is defined in Clean Water Act Section 502 as an agency of two or more States established by or pursuant to an agreement or compact approved by the Congress, or any other agency of two or more States, having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the control of pollution as determined and approved by the Administrator. Intertribal consortia must meet the requirements of 40 CFR Section 35.504. 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.

Beneficiary Eligibility:

Assistance under SNEP is available to state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments; institutions of higher education; nonprofit institutions and organizations; intertribal consortia; and interstate agencies. 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 are not limited to the geographic area of southeastern coastal New England, however, those applying from outside the specified region must carry out their projects and have at least one local partner from within the geographic area specified in the competitive funding announcement. Organizations must be capable of undertaking and managing activities that advance SNEP priorities, including managing potentially complex fiscal and administrative requirements. Non-profit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply; the term interstate agency is defined in CWA Section 502 as an agency of two or more States established by or pursuant to an agreement or compact approved by the Congress, or any other agency of two or more States, having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the control of pollution as determined and approved by the Administrator. Intertribal consortia must meet the requirements of 40 CFR Part 35.504. 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. Credentials/Documentation:

Nonprofit applicants may be asked to provide documentation that they meet the definition of a nonprofit organization in 2 CFR Section 200.70. 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 40 CFR Part 35.504. 2 CFR Part 200 applies to this program. Tribes may be asked to demonstrate that they are federally recognized. 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 the procurement regulations found at 2 CFR Part 200. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles applies to this program.

Preapplication Coordination:

EPA awards grants and cooperative agreements supporting eligible activities based on the competitive applications submitted in response to EPA solicitations, considering relevance and likelihood of the success of the projects. The standard application forms, available on Grants.gov, must be used for this program. 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. 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. An environmental impact statement is 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. 2 CFR Part 200 applies to this program. EPA awards grants and cooperative agreements based on the competitive applications submitted in response to EPA solicitations, considering relevance and likelihood of the success of the projects. The standard application forms, available on Grants.gov, must be used for this

program. For additional information, contact the individual(s) listed as Information Contacts or see Appendix IV of the Catalog. 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. Applicants are required to use http://www.grants.gov to electronically apply for grant opportunities under this CFDA.

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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 and federal regulations for competing assistance agreements.

Deadlines:

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

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:
Up to 7 months.
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 Part 1500, Subpart E, as applicable. Renewals:

Not Applicable.

Formula and Matching Requirements:

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula under the. FY 2015 Omnibus, Consolidation and Further Continuing Appropriations Act and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 or under the Clean Water Act, Section 104(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3). EPA has discretion to determine the match requirements for awards made under these authorities and will do so within each announcement. Any other matching requirements will be described in the competitive announcement. This program does not have any maintenance of effort requirements.

In addition to matching requirements, the applicant must demonstrate how they will leverage resources during grant performance.

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

The terms of the grant shall be determined at time of grant award. See the
following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: The method
of fund disbursement will be determined at the time of award.
Reports:

EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. Agreements may require quarterly. interim, and final progress reports, and expenditure/financial, equipment, and invention reports. Specific reporting requirements are also identified in 2 CFR Part 200, as applicable. Program reports are required under this program. EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. Performance monitoring is required in accordance with 2 CFR Section 200.301. No cash reports are required. EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. Agreements may require quarterly, interim, and final progress reports, and expenditure/financial, equipment, and invention reports. Specific reporting requirements are also identified in 2 CFR Part 200, as applicable. Program reports are required under this program. EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. EPA includes reporting requirements for grants and cooperative agreements in the terms and conditions of the agreements. Agreements may require quarterly, interim, and final progress

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