EPA Community Grants - Resources for Recipients

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• Frequent Questions
• Program Requirements
• Calculating Cost Share

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Frequent Questions

Answers to frequent questions provide basic information about the Community Grants Program and applicable requirements to aide recipients apply for their grants. 

• Community Grants Frequent Questions (pdf) (530.67 KB)

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Program Requirements

American Iron and Steel (AIS) Provision

• Overview, guidance, and implementation

Build America, Buy America Act

• Overview
• Implementation resources

Davis Bacon and Related Acts

• Overview, guidance, training, and resources
• Federal Register: Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations

EPA Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Requirements

• Guidance and requirements
• New: Fair Share Objectives

EPA General Grant Terms and Conditions

• Terms and Conditions applicable to all EPA grants

EPA Grant Policy Resources

• Additional information on EPA grant policy and guidance documents, orders, and terms and conditions

Procurement

• Guidance: EPA’s Best Practice Guide for Procuring Services, Supplies, and Equipment Under EPA Assistance Agreements
• Procurement and Subawards (pdf) (2.66 MB)
• Reminders for Preparing Solicitation Documents (pdf) (141 KB)

Environmental Review

• The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires evaluation of how federal grant actions may affect the quality of the environment. Under NEPA, environmental impacts must be considered before EPA can award the grant.
  • The Categorical Exclusion (CATEX) Checklist provides information on assessing whether a project may be considered for a CATEX. EPA’s list of actions that can be categorically excluded is contained within 40 CFR Part 6 Subpart B. EPA makes CATEX determinations based on its own regulations and can use information collected as part of another federal agency’s NEPA process. Recipients having a CATEX determination resulting from another agency’s NEPA review of their project may provide that information to EPA as part of any request for a CATEX.
    • CATEX Checklist (docx) (56.12 KB)
  • The sample Environmental Information Document (EID) Outline provides optional format and content on what to include in an EID and may be used to support development of EIDs. The EID Outline is provided in both PDF and Word formats.
    • EID Outline (pdf) (340.44 KB)
    • EID Outline (docx) (67.93 KB)
• The environmental review includes ensuring compliance with certain federal cross-cutting authorities (i.e., including the Endangered Species Act and National Historic Preservation Act).
  • National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Overview (pdf) (203.04 KB)
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA) Overview (pdf) (291.9 KB)

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Calculating Cost Share

• For the purposes of calculating the cost share amount, the amount specified in the Appropriation Act (EPA contribution) represents 80 percent of the total grant project cost. An example of how to calculate the cost share amount using $100,000 as the EPA contribution is below. Additional information on cost share is provided in Community Grants Implementation Guidance and Frequent Questions.