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Does EPA Require Matching Funds?
Recipients do not have to provide
matching funds for BEACH Act grants.
EPA may establish a match requirement
in the future based on a review of State
program activity and funding levels.
III. Eligible Activities
Recipients of implementation grants
may use funds for activities to support
implementing a beach monitoring and
notification program that is consistent
with the required performance criteria
for grants specified in the document,
National Beach Guidance and Required
Performance Criteria for Grants (EPA-
823-B-02-004). Recipients of
development grants may use the funds
to develop a beach monitoring and
notification program consistent with the
performance criteria.
IV. Selection Process
EPA Regional offices will award CWA
section 406 grants through a non-
competitive process. EPA expects to
award grants to all eligible State, Tribe,
and Territory applicants that meet the
applicable requirements described in
this notice.
Who Has the Authority To Award
BEACH Act Grants?
The Administrator has delegated the
authority to award BEACH Act grants to
the Regional Administrators.
V. Application Procedure
What Is the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number for the
BEACH Monitoring and Notification
Program Implementation Grants?
The number assigned to the BEACH
Act Grants is 66.472, Program Code CU.
Can BEACH Act Grant Funds Be
Included in a Performance Partnership
Grant?
For fiscal year 2009, BEACH Act
Grants cannot be included in a
Performance Partnership Grant.
What Is the Application Process?
Your application package should
contain completed:
* EPA SF-424 Application for
Federal Assistance, and
* Program Summary.
In order for EPA to determine that a
State or local government is eligible for
an implementation grant, the applicant
must submit documentation with its
application to demonstrate that its
program is consistent with the
performance criteria. The Program
Summary must contain sufficient
technical detail for EPA to confirm thatyour program meets the statutory
eligibility requirements and statutory
grant conditions for previously awarded
CWA section 406 grants listed in section
II (Funding and Eligibility) of this
notice. The Program Summary must also
describe how the State or local
government used BEACH Act Grant
funds to develop and implement the
beach monitoring and notification
program, and how the program is
consistent with the nine performance
criteria in National Beach Guidance and
Required Performance Criteria for
Grants (EPA-823-B-02-004) which is
found at http://www.epa.gov/
waterscience/beaches/grants/guidance/
index.html. The Program Summary
should also describe the State or local
program's objectives for the next year.
States, Erie County, and Tribes that
have previously been awarded BEACH
Act grants must submit application
packages to the appropriate EPA
Regional Office by March 24, 2009. EPA
will make an award after the Agency
reviews the documentation and
confirms that the program meets the
applicable requirements. The Office of
Management and Budget has authorized
EPA to collect this information (BEACH
Act Grant Information Collection
Request, OMB control number 2040-
0244). Please contact the appropriate
EPA Regional Office for a complete
application package. See Section VI for
a list of EPA Regional Grant
Coordinators or visit the EPA Beaches
Web site at http://www.epa.gov/
waterscience/beaches/contact.html on
the Internet.
What Should a Tribe's Notice of Interest
Contain?
The Notice of Interest should include
the Tribe's name and the name and
telephone number of a contact person.
Are Quality Assurance and Quality
Control (QA/QC) Required for
Application?
Yes. Three specific QA/QC
requirements must be met to comply
with EPA's performance criteria for
grants:
(1) Applicants must submit
documentation that describes the
quality system implemented by the
State, Territory, Tribe, or local
government. Documentation may be in
the form of a Quality Management Plan
or equivalent documentation.
(2) Applicants must submit a quality
assurance project plan (QAPP) or
equivalent documentation.
(3) Applicants are responsible for
submitting documentation of the quality
system and QAPP for review and
approval by the EPA Quality AssuranceOfficer or his designee before they take
primary or secondary environmental
measurements. More information about
the required QA/QC procedures is
available in Chapter Four and Appendix
H of National Beach Guidance and
Required Performance Criteria for
Grants (EPA-823-B-02-004).
Are There Reporting Requirements?
Recipients must submit annual
performance reports and financial
reports as required in 40 CFR 31.40 and
31.41. The annual performance report
explains changes to the beach
monitoring and notification program
during the grant year. It also describes
how the grant funds were used to
implement the program to meet the
performance criteria listed in National
Beach Guidance and Required
Performance Criteria for Grants (EPA-
823-B-02-004). The annual
performance report required under 40
CFR 31.40 is due no later than 90 days
after the grant year ends. Recipients
must also submit annual monitoring and
notification reports required by the
National Beach Guidance and Required
Performance Criteria for Grants (EPA-
823-B-02-004). Sections 2.2.3 and 4.3
of the document contain the
performance criterion requiring an
annual monitoring report, and sections
2.2.8 and 5.4 contain the performance
criterion requiring an annual
notification report. This document can
be found at http://www.epa.gov/
waterscience/beaches/grants/. These
reports, required to be submitted to EPA
under CWA section 406(b)(3)(A) and the
National Beach Guidance and Required
Performance Criteria for Grants, include
data collected as part of a monitoring
and notification program. As a
condition of award of an
implementation grant, EPA requires that
the monitoring report and the
notification report for any beach season
be submitted not later than January 31
of the year following the beach season.
(See Section II, Funding and Eligibility,
above.)
What Regulations and OMB Cost
Circular Apply to the Award and
Administration of These Grants?
The regulations at 40 CFR Part 31
govern the award and administration of
grants to States, Tribes, local
governments, and Territories under
CWA section 406(b). Allowable costs
will be determined according to the cost
principles outlined in 2 CFR Part 225.
VI. Grant Coordinators
Headquarters-Washington, DC
Rich Healy USEPA, 1200Pennsylvania Ave., NW.-4305,
4194
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