National Environmental
Performance Partnership System
FY 2016-2017 Guidance
EXTERNAL AGENCY REVIEW DRAFT
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Office of the Administrator
Publication Number: 270P15001
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National Environmental Performance Partnership System
FY 2016-2017 National Program Guidance
CONTENTS
Introduction 3
National Areas of Focus and Related Activities for F Y 2016-2017 4
National Area of Focus I: Ensure that strategic discussions between senior 4
regional leaders and state commissioners/directors focus on priorities, resources
and performance, and are effectively incorporated into PPAs/PPGs, EPA-state/tribal
agreements and grant workplans.
• Activities Related to National Area of Focus 1 4
National Area of Focus II: Support implementation of EPA 's Cross-Agency 8
Strategies through NEPPS, where appropriate.
• Activities Related to National Area of Focus II 8
National Area of Focus III: Foster fiscally sound PPG management practices 9
• Activities Related to National Area of Focus III 10
Appendix A: Programs Eligible for Inclusion in State PPGs 13
Appendix B: Programs Eligible for Inclusion in Tribal PPGs 14
Appendix C: Key Contacts 15
Appendix D: OCIR's Explanation of Changes Between FY 14-15 and FY 16-17 16
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National Environmental Performance Partnership System
FY 2016-2017 National Program Guidance
Introduction
EPA and states share responsibility for protecting public health and the environment.
Since 1995, EPA and states have been implementing the National Environmental
Performance Partnership System (NEPPS),1 an environmental performance system
designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state environmental programs and
EPA-state partnerships.
Several fundamental concepts underlie NEPPS. Goals, priorities, and strategies should be
based on information about environmental conditions, including consideration of local
conditions and respecting the need for a "level playing field" across the country.
Performance should be evaluated based on results that can be achieved in the
environment. By taking full advantage of the unique capacities of EPA and states and
leveraging our collective resources most efficiently and effectively, we can achieve the
greatest results.
The importance of strengthening and modernizing the EPA-state relationship and
revitalizing and re-energizing NEPPS is a priority of the Administrator as reflected in the
Cross-Agency Strategy, "A New Era of State, Local, Tribal, and International
Partnerships" in the FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan. Beginning in FY 2015, the
Agency is transitioning to a 2-year NPM guidance cycle. Guidance development
encompasses a new early engagement process which includes a cross-program
coordination component to ensure an opportunity for states and tribes to identify and
discuss cross-program topics with the NPMs, and ensures alignment with EPA
programmatic grant guidance.
The Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR) is issuing this
guidance to the regions, in conjunction with the Agency-wide process for production and
review of national program guidance through the Office of the Chief Financial Officer
(OCFO), in order to advance the joint planning and priority setting that is central to
Performance Partnerships
This 2-year FY 2016-2017 guidance2 sets out overarching national areas of focus and
related activities for Performance Partnerships and provides a framework to advance the
Agency's partnership objectives. This guidance also reflects and supports EPA's
1 See: Joint Commitment to Reform Oversight and Create a National Environmental Performance
Partnership System at: http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/pdf/joint commit create nepps.pdf.
2 This guidance is a compilation of existing policies and initiatives. It does not impose any new legally
binding requirements.
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commitments and objectives outlined in the Cross-Agency Strategies and annual action
plans for the following: partnerships; communities; sustainability; high-performing
organization.
National Areas of Focus and Related Activities for FY 2016-2017
National Area of Focus I: Ensure that strategic discussions between senior regional
leaders and state commissioners/directors focus on priorities, resources and
performance, and are effectively incorporated into PPAs/PPGs, EPA-state/tribal
agreements and grant workplans.
Description
Both EPA and the states fulfill critical roles in protecting and improving human health
and the environment. By law and through shared experience, EPA, the states and tribes
must effectively collaborate in the planning and implementation of environmental
programs and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements in order to
be successful.
As part of EPA's commitment to revitalize NEPPS and strengthen the EPA-state
partnership, it is important to reassess and reaffirm support for the original principles
embodied in the 1995 NEPPS agreement and the substantive gains realized through
NEPPS, including those achieved through the robust use of Performance Partnership
Grants (PPGs), Performance Partnership Agreements (PPAs), Tribal-EPA Agreements
(TEAs) and EPA-Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs). All of these are valuable, popular
and widely used NEPPS tools which are useful for joint priority setting, leveraging
resources strategically, providing administrative and programmatic flexibility, as well as
in-depth assessments and/or descriptions of state/tribal environmental conditions.
Activities
1. Prior to negotiating NEPPS agreements and grant workplans, senior regional and
state managers should review environmental priorities, available resources and program
flexibilities to further refine priorities and commitments that reflect the most effective
deployment of resources to accomplish state, regional, and national program goals.
[Note: This action is a specific requirement in the FY 2015 Action Plan for the
Partnerships Cross-Agency Strategy. Completing this action in FY 2015 will be an
integral component of the FY 2016-2017 NEPPS process.]
To successfully implement this action and improve communications overall, the regions
are asked to review their existing approaches to accomplish the key principles set forth in
the original 1995 NEPPS agreement by ensuring that: (1) priorities and resources are
considered and discussed together across programs based on the states' environmental
conditions; and (2) the results of these discussions are captured in the priorities and
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commitments negotiated in PPAs, PPGs and individual grant workplans. There are
different approaches to accomplishing this action which may involve, for example,
convening annual meetings with state environmental commissioners/directors to identify
priorities and needed flexibilities that will guide program-to-program discussions
between EPA regional staff and managers and their state counterparts, or employing
other comparable procedures developed by the regions.
2. When partnering with states and tribes to implement E-Enterprise actions in the
FY 2015 Action Plan for the Partnerships Cross-Agency Strategy, regions should
ensure that the relationship and nexus to the FY 2016-2017 NEPPSprocess is
considered.
As the Agency continues to implement E-Enterprise initiatives and activities with states
and tribes, several projects may be connected to and impact the NEPPS process. For
example, the FY 2015 Partnerships Action Plan requires the regions and programs to
embed E-Enterprise principles3 in work processes and projects of EPA and state/tribal
partners, and includes these milestones: (1) by September 30, 2015, state grant workplans
[including PPGs] should align activities with E-Enterprise goals, as appropriate; and (2)
by September 30, 2015 each program and regional office will identify management
processes, projects, and/or program activities that will be adapted to align with E-
Enterprise goals, including through activities such as Lean, burden reduction and rule
effectiveness efforts, and early engagement and collaboration with states and tribes.
3. When negotiating PPAs and TEAs/ETEPs, incorporate all the essential elements to
the extent possible. In addition, joint priorities should be distinguished from state-,
tribal-, and EPA-specific priorities, and the regions should collaborate with states to
identify all available opportunities to share work.
The most effective PPAs contain several essential elements established by a joint EPA-
state work group.4 These essential elements are also helpful in structuring and organizing
effective TEAs/ETEPs. The recommended essential elements are listed below.
• A description of environmental conditions, priorities, and strategies.
• Performance measures for evaluating environmental progress.
• A process for joint evaluation on how well the PPA [or TEA/ETEP] is working and
an agreement to implement any needed improvements that are identified.
3 See: http://www.epa.gOv/exchangenetwork/grants/2015/E Enterprise Blueprint Executive Summary.pdf
for E-Enterprise design and operation principles.
4 State-EPA Planning Alignment/PPA Work Group, now the Partnership and Performance Work Group.
See: http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/policies guidance.htm for the Work Group's findings and
recommendations.
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• A description of the structure/process for mutual accountability, including a clear
definition of roles of each party in carrying out the PPA [or TEA/ETEP] and an
overview of how resources will be deployed to accomplish the work.
• A description of how the priorities in the PPA [or TEA/ETEP] align with those in
EPA's Strategic Plan, and/or the state's own strategic (or other related) plan.
Incorporating each of these elements still allows for a wide range of PPAs or
TEAs/ETEPs, although it may not be feasible for some PPAs or TEAs/ETEPs to include
all the essential elements. The essential elements may be covered at different levels of
detail depending on what is appropriate for a particular state. There is also room for
variation in content (e.g., PPAs or TEAs/ETEPs that cover all programs or just a few
programs), as well as in organizational structure and format. In order to clarify the role of
each party in carrying out the PPA or TEA/ETEP, to the extent possible, both state and
EPA commitments should be delineated.
By including the elements enumerated above, a PPA or TEA/ETEP can become the
unifying agreement that sets out the relationship between EPA and the state or tribe and
how they expect to work together to implement the strategies for achieving the goals and
objectives in the agreement. While they can be consistent with PPGs, PPAs and
TEAs/ETEPs are not financial agreements and can cover issues and concerns of a wider
range than PPGs. In some instances, states and tribes can choose to have PPAs and
TEAs/ETEPs function as workplans.
The EPA-State Worksharing Task Force has published two reports that can guide regions
in working with their states to identify and implement shared work. Both can be found on
OCIR'sNEPPS website.5
4. Regions should discuss and address requests for flexibility early in the negotiation of
NEPPS agreements and, if needed, resolve any disagreements in a timely manner
through the existing NEPPS issue resolution process.
The new FY 2016-2017 NPM guidances (OW, OAR, OSWER, OCSPP) include features
that affirm support for EPA, states and tribes to pursue requests for flexibility and
innovation, leverage resources to more efficiently protect human health and the
environment, and advance Performance Partnership principles. Specifically, these
guidances will include: (1) language in the Introduction that affirms and articulates the
intent to address flexibility issues within identified parameters and using available
Agency processes; (2) language on parameters for flexibilities in sections on National
5 See: Prohibitions, Areas of Caution, and Recommendations to Enhance Worksharing Opportunities at:
http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/pdf/task force report_prohibitions areas caution.pdf and see
Principles and Best Practices for Worksharing at:
http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/pdf/task force reportbstpractices.3.26.13.pdf.
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Areas of Focus and Program-Specific Guidance; (3) guidelines for seeking approval for
flexibilities and elevating issues.
The NEPPS issue resolution process for raising and resolving various policy and
implementation issues related to Performance Partnerships is outlined in EPA's Best
Practices Guide for Performance Partnership Grants with States.6 The process includes
various informal and formal steps culminating in a final decision by the Deputy
Administrator, where needed. This is especially appropriate in situations involving denial
of a state's request for flexibility and innovation in a PPG.
5. Regions are encouraged to reach out to states and tribes about the value and benefits
ofPPAs, PPGs and TEAs/ETEPs as tools for implementing Performance Partnership
principles.
PPAs, PPGs and TEAs/ETEPs are valuable tools enabling states and tribes to gain greater
flexibility in how they use and manage the funds they receive from EPA. PPGs and
PPAs/TEAs/ETEPs serving as PPG workplans allow states and tribes to achieve
significant administrative efficiencies, direct resources where they are needed most,
implement strategies that cut across program boundaries, or try other innovative solutions
to environmental problems. Appendices A and B provide lists of grant programs eligible
for inclusion in state and tribal PPGs. For instance, through PPGs, states and tribes can:
• Use funds from one program area to address a budget shortfall in another, and meet
cost-share requirements by using overmatch from one program to cover the match
from another.
• Hire temporary personnel, fund emergency activities such as hurricane response,
address permit backlogs, and support staff training and travel. The activities must be
fundable under one or more of the included grant programs.
• Fund multi-media inspections and permitting, sector compliance/enforcement
initiatives, and data system improvements such as participating in the National
Environmental Data Exchange Network.7
6. Strategically use the NEPPS process to establish mutual compliance and
enforcement (C/E) priorities and ensure that they are aligned with commitments in
PPGs and other categorical grant workplans.
As a best practice, regions are encouraged to organize and articulate C/E priorities and
commitments through the NEPPS process to achieve more comprehensive, integrated and
flexible work planning. For example:
6 A direct link to the Guide can be found in the Highlights box on the NEPPS home page at:
http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/.
7 See: http://www.epa.gov/ocir/nepps/speeches_publications.htm for more examples of how states have
used PPGs.
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• Enforcement topics should be incorporated into the overall programmatic discussions
about priorities, resources and annual commitments in developing PPGs, categorical
grant workplans, and PPAs serving as grant workplans.
• National, regional and state enforcement priorities should be discussed with the goal
of identifying the most significant sources and the most serious violations.
• Grant workplans should include a clear identification of performance expectations,
commitments on targeting, inspection coverage based on the Agency's Compliance
Monitoring Strategies and the flexibilities within each, and the need for timely and
appropriate enforcement on the most serious violations at significant sources.
• Annual commitments should also include corrective actions that have been identified
in programmatic reviews as well as the State Review Framework.
National Area of Focus II: Support implementation of EPA's Cross-Agency
Strategies8 through NEPPS, where appropriate.
Description
EPA's Strategic Plan identifies five strategic goals to guide the Agency's work in
addition to the following four Cross-Agency Strategies and action plans which set clear
expectations for changing the way EPA does business in achieving its results: A New Era
of State, Local, Tribal, and International Partnerships; Embracing EPA as a High-
Performing Organization; Working to Make a Visible Difference in Communities;
Working Toward a Sustainable Future. Additionally, the Strategy for Protecting
Children's Environmental Health9 seeks to further integrate children's health into the
Agency's work. The regions are encouraged to consider how to advance the goals of
these strategies/action plans when negotiating NEPPS agreements. Relevant actions from
the Partnerships Strategy are included in National Areas of Focus I and III.
Activities
1. The regions are encouraged to advance the principles of sustainability through
ongoing partnerships with the states and tribes, using existing resources and
integrating them into PPAs, PPGs and other categorical grant workplans, as
appropriate.
It is EPA's goal to consider and apply sustainability principles to Agency programs and
functions on a regular basis and collaborate closely with stakeholders to the same end. To
achieve this goal, EPA will routinely consider the following principles in decisions and
actions, as appropriate:
8 EPA's Cross-Agency Strategies are articulated in the FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan.
9 The children's health strategy is currently in draft. A link will be provided when it is finalized.
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1. Conserve, protect, restore and improve the supply and quality of natural resources and
environmental media (energy, water, materials, ecosystems, land, and air) over the
long term.
2. Align and integrate programs, tools, incentives and indicators to achieve as many
positive outcomes as possible in environmental, economic and social systems.
3. Consider the full life cycles of multiple resources, processes and pollutants in order to
prevent problems and pollution and to create a sustainable future.
2. The regions are encouraged to support the Leaning business processes action in the
FY 2015 Action Plan for the High-Performing Organization (HPO) Cross-Agency
Strategy by considering projects that improve efficiencies for EPA-state interactions.
The HPO Action Plan includes a requirement to develop and/or continue to implement Lean
projects Agency-wide with each with each NPM, in coordination with its Lead Region (and
states as appropriate). To support this action, regions should consider areas of federal-state
interaction and identify collaborations to improve efficiency and eliminate waste, using
the appropriate business process improvement techniques. Tools and resources ("how to"
guides, case studies) can be found on the EPA and ECOS websites: www.epa.gov/lean
and www.ecos.org.
3. To better support the Agency's work with environmentally overburdened,
underserved, and economically distressed communities (including tribes), the regions
are encouraged to use the NEPPS process to leverage funds and activities to improve
children's health outcomes.
The Office of Children's Health Protection has developed a Strategy for Protecting
Children's Environmental Health, FY 2015-2018 and is working in close collaboration
with program and regional offices to integrate children's health into all Agency activities.
The children's health strategy contains the following regional measure: Number of
programs, such as technical assistance programs, cooperative agreements, NEPPS
agreements, such as PPAs or PPGs and tribal agreements such as TEAs/ETEPs, internal
and external to EPA with whom regional office staff coordinated to include children's
health in their evaluation, activities, or objectives.
National Area of Focus III: Foster fiscally sound PPG management practices.
Description
It is the Agency's policy to support the use of PPGs as a tool to balance needed flexibility
with fiscal accountability to achieve program outcomes. Overall, PPGs have the same
fiscal accountability requirements as other environmental program grants. These
requirements apply to the entire grant process: the initial grant application, the award of
grant funds, expenditure and post-award monitoring of grant funds, and close-out of the
grant. For example, PPG recipients must maintain accounting and financial records
which adequately identify the source (i.e., federal funds and match) and application of
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funds provided for PPG activities. States must submit to EPA an internal controls
assurance letter so that EPA project officers can complete a required cost review
analysis prior to awarding funds in accord with GPI-08-04, "State Grant Cost
Review." EPA has additional accountability measures in place such as the
environmental results order which requires each proposed grant be linked to the goals
and objectives in EPA's strategic plan, and a variety of grants policy issuances (GPIs)
designed to foster accountability and sound PPG management practices. These strong
measures provide a proper balance between accountability and the flexibility benefits of
PPGs.
Activities
1. Ensure that state and tribal PPGs are managed in a manner that is consistent with
the budget, workplan and progress reporting requirements of 40 CFR 35, Subparts A
andB.
The ability of a state or tribe to combine up to 18 grants in a single PPG provides
administrative benefits that include streamlined paperwork and accounting procedures. It
is important to note that once grants are combined in a PPG, funds do not have to be
tracked by the original program source. In general, 40 CFR Part 35 only requires one
budget, financial status report and a negotiated workplan that incorporates commitments
for each workplan component funded by the PPG. For most grants included in a PPG, an
annual performance report is required, but for some grants a semi-annual performance
report is required. However, regions may require more frequent performance reports (not
to exceed quarterly reporting) only where agreed to by a state or tribe or where there are
performance issues, such as Agency concerns with the timely and appropriate
expenditure of funds.
2. Ensure that grantee performance in PPGs and individual state grants is assessed
consistently and in compliance with relevant grant regulations.
The regions should address grantee performance (noncompliance) issues (e.g., when
deliverables are not met and funds have been expended) through existing remedies
available in 40 CFR Part 31 which lists actions that EPA may take against the grantee
such as temporarily withholding cash payments; disallowing the cost of the activity not in
compliance; suspending, terminating or annulling the current award; and withholding
further awards. Part 31 also contains pre-award (e.g., special grant conditions for "high-
risk" grantees) and post-award (e.g., standards for financial management systems)
requirements.
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3. Promote greater PPG utilization to improve efficiency and streamline grants
management.
In 2014, an EPA-state workgroup undertook a comprehensive analysis of PPG utilization
and determined that, while 43 states currently use PPGs, only one-third of the potential
savings from PPGs is currently being realized. The remaining two-thirds of grants that
are eligible for inclusion in PPGs have the potential to generate significant administrative
savings but are still being managed as stand-alone grants. In FY 2015, EPA will develop
a grants policy issuance (GPI) related specifically to PPGs which will encourage the
increased use of PPGs by communicating the availability of PPGs in grant guidance and
solicitations; provide PPG training to EPA and state personnel; help develop internal
processes for streamlined coordination and improved grants management; and to the
extent possible, remove barriers to PPG use.
4. Encourage the use of multi-year PPG workplans.
Regions are encouraged to promote a shift to 2-year exceptions-based grant workplans
which should be aligned with 2-year NPM guidance. The State Grants Subgroup of the
ECOS-EPA Partnership and Performance Workgroup will review and address
implementation considerations and provide additional guidance, as needed, during the
second quarter of 2015. [Additional information to be added.]
5. Ensure that the following GPIs are implemented when developing PPGs:
• GPI 12-06: Timely Obligation, Award and Expenditure of EPA Grant Funds10
promotes timely and efficient award/utilization of grant funds.
• GPI 09-01: Burden Reduction for State Grants11 codifies and summarizes actions
EPA has taken to address major grant-related issues identified under the Agency's
State Reporting Burden Reduction Initiative.
• GPI 11-03: State Grant Workplans and Progress Reports12 requires that workplans
and associated progress reports prominently display the EPA Strategic Plan Goal; the
EPA Strategic Plan Objective; and Workplan Commitments plus time frame. To
further transparency, the GPI established the State Grant IT Application (SGITA)13
database to electronically store workplans and progress reports.
10 See:
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/final gpi 12 06 streamlining state grant and expediting outlavs.pdf.
11 See: http://intranet.epa.gov/OGD/policv/GPI 09-01 final.pdf.
12 See: http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/final grants_policv issuance 11 03 State Grant_Workplans.pdf.
13 See: https://ofmext.epa.gov/apex/sgita/f?p=SGITA:Home.
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GPI11-01: Managing Unliquidated Obligations and Ensuring Progress under EPA
Assistance AgreementsuaddressQS the Agency's responsibilities under the Federal
Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and EPA Order 5700.6 A2 CHG 2, Policy
on Compliance, Review and Monitoring and includes limits on project periods,
development of indicators to assess the effectiveness of funds utilization, requirements
for workplan milestones and delivery dates, and "sufficient progress" terms and
conditions.
14 See: http://intranet.epa.gov/OGD/policv/gpi 11 01 12 02 10 final.pdf.
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APPENDIX A
GRANT PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE PPGs
Grant Program
Air Pollution Control - CAA 105
Radon Assessment and Mitigation - TSCA 306
Water Pollution Control - CWA 106
Water Nonpoint Source Implementation - CWA 319
Wetlands Development Grants Program - CWA 104(b)3
(competitive)
Public Water System Supervision - SDWA 1443 (a)
Underground Injection Control - SDWA 1443(b)
Hazardous Waste Management - SWDA 301 1 (a)
Brownfields Response - CERCLA 128(a)*
Pesticides Program Implementation - FIFRA 23 (a) 1
Lead-Based Paint Activities - TSCA 404(g)
Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring - TSCA
Pesticides Cooperative Enforcement - FIFRA 23 (a) 1
Environmental Information Exchange Network* -
Authority in EPA Appropriations Acts
Pollution Prevention Initiatives - PPA 6605 (competitive)
Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training
State Underground Storage Tanks
Required State Match
Greater of MOE** or 40%
50%
MOE**
40% and MOE**
25%
25%
25%
25%
0%
0%
0%
25%
0%
0%
50%
50%
25%
*Program added to list of grants eligible for PPGs after publication of the Part 35 rule.
**MOE = Maintenance of Effort: (1) CAA 105 (40 CFR 35.146(a)): To receive funds under section 105, an agency
must expend annually, for recurrent section 105 program expenditures, an amount of non-federal funds at least
equal to such expenditures during the preceding fiscal year. (2) CWA 106 (40 CFR 35.165): To receive a Water
Pollution Control grant, a State or interstate agency must expend annually for recurrent section 106 program
expenditures an amount of non-federal funds at least equal to expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1971. (3) CWA 319 (40 CFR 35.266): To receive section 319 funds in any fiscal year, a State must agree to
maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for programs for controlling nonpoint pollution and
improving the quality of the State's waters at or above the average level of such expenditures in Fiscal Years 1985
and 1986.
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APPENDIX B
GRANT PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR TRIBAL PPGs
EPA Program
Indian Environmental General Assistance
Program (GAP)
Air Pollution Control - CAA 105 -
Not TAS Eligible
TAS Eligible
Water Pollution Control - CWA 106 & 5 18
Wetland Development 104(b)(3)
Nonpoint Source Management - CWA
319(h)&518(f)
Pesticide Cooperative Enforcement Sect.
23(a)(l)
Pesticide Applicator Certification & Training
- Sect. 23(a)(2)
Pesticide Program Implementation Sect.
23(a)(l)
Pollution Prevention - Sect. 6605
Public Water System Supervision
Sect. 1443 (a) & Sect. 1451
Underground Water Source Protection -
Sect. 1443(a)
Lead-based Paint Program - Sect.404(g)
Indoor Radon - Sect. 306
Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring -
Sect. 28
Hazardous Waste Management Program -
Public Law 105-276
Underground Storage Tanks Program -
Public Law 105-276
Tribal Response Program - CERCLA Sect
128(a)
Maximum Match Percent
0
40
10 (after 2-years)
5
25
40
0
50
0
50
25
25
0
40 - 2nd Year
50 -3rd Year
25
0
0
0
Minimum Match Percent
0
40
5*
5*
25
10
0
50
0
50
10
10
0
25- 1st Year
25
0
0
0
*The rules that control EPA grants to Tribes, including PPGs, are codified under 40 CFR Part 35 B. For both the Tribal Air
Rules and the Performance Partnership Grant Rule, Tribes are required to provide a cost share. Tribal match would be
established at 5 percent for the first two years of a grant, which then would be increased to 10 percent contingent upon a Tribe's
ability to meet socio-economic criteria. The cost share could also be waived at EPA's discretion, or reduced based on socio-
economic criteria (see 40 CFR Parts 35.536 and 35.515).
"For these programs, the Regional Administrator may increase the maximum federal share if the Tribe or Intertribal
Consortium can demonstrate in writing that fiscal circumstances within the Tribe or within the member Tribes of the Intertribal
Consortium are constrained to such an extent that fulfilling the match requirement would impose undue hardship.
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APPENDIX C
KEY CONTACTS
Contact Name Subject Area Phone Email
Michael Osinski
Reynold Meni
Laurice Jones
Performance
Partnerships
Performance
Partnerships
Grants policy
(202) 564-3792
(202) 564-3669
(202) 564-0223
Osinski. Mi chael(3)epa.sov
Meni .Revnold(3)epa. sov
Jones. Laurice(3)epa.sov
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APPENDIX D
EXPLANATION OF CHANGES BETWEEN FY 2014-2015 AND FY 2016-2017
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Change from FY 2015 Addendum and FY 2014 NPM Guidance
General
Reason for Change
Location of New/Modified
Information
National Area
of Focus I
National Area
of Focus I
National Area
of Focus I
National Area
of Focus II
National Area
of Focus III
National Area
of Focus III
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Program-
Specific
Guidance
Annual
Commitment
Measures
Contact
Information
N/A
N/A
Reynold Meni, AO/OCIR
Meni.Revnold@epa.gov or 202-564-3669
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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