Title  : FDP-EPA  Specific Requirements
Type   : Grant Conditions
NSF Org: OD / LPA
Date   : January 7, 1994
File   : fdpepa


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Agency-Specific Requirements
Modifications to the General Terms and Conditions

     The following constitutes the EPA specific requirements
which are necessary to supplement the FDP General Terms
and Conditions:
     1.  Pursuant to EPA Order 1000.25, dated January 24,
1990, the recipient agrees to use recycled paper for all
reports which are prepared as a part of this agreement and
delivered to the
Agency.  This requirement does not apply to Standard Forms.
These forms are printed on recycled paper as available
through the General Services Administration.
     2.  The Project Manager will attend an EPA Research
Grant Seminar, if asked by EPA, to present and discuss the
project.
     3.  If a contract is awarded under this assistance
agreement, the recipient agrees and is required to utilize the
following affirmative steps to the maximum extent
practicable:
          a)  Placing Small Businesses in Rural Areas (SBRAs) on
solicitation lists;
          b)  Making sure that SBRAs are solicited whenever
they are potential sources;
          c)  Dividing total requirements, when economically
feasible, into small tasks or quantities to permit maximum
participation by SBRAs;
          d)  Establishing delivery schedules, where the
requirements of work will permit, which would encourage
participation by SBRAs;
          e)  Using the service of the Small Business
Administration and the Minority Business Development
Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, as appropriate;
and
          f)  Requiring the contractor to take the affirmative
steps in subparagraph a. through e. of this part if
subcontracts are awarded.
     4.  Rights to inventions made under this assistance
agreement are subject to the provisions of Title 37 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 401 (1988).  (For Part 30
recipients, this regulation supersedes OMB Circular A-124
cited in the EPA patent regulation at 40 CFR Part 30, Subpart
K.)
     5.  If the recipient's method of payment is through the
Automated Clearing House (ACH), the following term and
condition applies:
     By accepting this agreement for the electronic method of
payment through the Automated Clearing House (ACH)
network using the EPA-ACH payment system, the recipient
agrees to:
          a) Request funds based on the recipient's immediate
disbursement requirements by presenting an EPA-ACH
Payment Request to your EPA Servicing Finance Office (see
EPA-ACH Payment System Recipient's Manual for additional
information).
          b) Provide timely reporting of cash disbursements and
balances in accordance with the EPA-ACH Payment System
Recipient's Manual; and
          c) Impose the same standards of timing and reporting
on subrecipients, if any.
     Failure on the part of the recipient to comply with the
above conditions may cause the recipient to be placed on the
reimbursement payment method.