Environmental Protection Agency Award Recipient Responsibilities

The recipient's responsibilities upon notification of the award:
 

• Review the assistance agreement award document and attached terms and conditions;
• Contact the EPA grants specialist if you have any questions or concerns;
• Sign the agreement and return it to the EPA grants specialist within three weeks of receipt (do not make any changes, EPA can issue a corrected agreement);
• Retain a copy of the agreement in your files;
• Begin work on your project, complying with the terms and conditions of the agreement;
• Inform the EPA project officer if problems arise that jeopardize the completion of the project;

Communicate regularly with the EPA project officer on technical issues and the grants specialist on administrative issues (don't ask for help after the fact).

The EPA project officer responsibilities:
 

• Monitor all activities and the recipient's progress on the project;
• Review progress reports to ensure the recipient is performing the work as agreed and approved in the application;
• Provide technical assistance to the recipient;
• Respond to questions or concerns raised by the grant specialists;
• Serves as the focal point for programmatic and technical issues;
• Ensure completion of EPA's programmatic terms and conditions if supported as a cooperative agreement and;
• Maintain documentation.

EPA grant specialists responsibilities include:
 

• Plan oversight reviews of recipient's management of assistance agreements;
• Focal point for administrative issues.