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Can applicants apply directly to EPA?
Applicants, except as noted on page 24 of the RFA, must apply electronically through Grants.gov under this funding opportunity based on the Grants.gov instructions in this announcement.
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How would the principal recipient access federal funds? Via reimbursement?
Full Question: How would the principal recipient access federal funds? Via reimbursement? We understand that the award is funded incrementally according to our submitted annual budget, but we are wondering if this is done through a reimbursement system or if the funds are distributed at the beginning of the fiscal…
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Is it required that the principal recipient conduct a competitive RFP process upon award of the GLRI grant?
Establishing the Project RFA is a key element of the GLEJGP. All subawards to Project Subrecipients must be awarded using a fair and transparent process evaluating the following: An evaluation of any possible Project Subrecipient's entity’s abilities to carry-out the project and sustain expected outcomes after the initial project period…
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Can a City apply to provide service in an EJ community through its own programs and not via pass-through subawards?
An applicant to the NOFO would be either a Principal Recipient or a coalition member, and not eligible for funding for on-the-ground GLRI-funded projects. Principal Recipients or coalition members would use RFA funding to develop the Project RFA, manage Project subawards, and provide technical and administrative support to Project Subrecipients…
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Can you provide the approximate boundaries of the Chicago River watershed?
Full question: Can you provide the approximate boundaries of the Chicago River watershed? Do projects have to be adjacent to the Chicago River to qualify for funding? Do municipalities that have rivers tributary to the Chicago River qualify under this grant? Answer: If a project is otherwise eligible for funding…
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What EPA-required application requirements would exist for the PGs, keeping in mind the desire to eliminate application barriers?
Full Question: What EPA-required application requirements would exist for the PGs, keeping in mind the desire to eliminate application barriers? For instance, I assume they would need to obtain a UEI but would not need to complete a full SAM.gov registration, per the EPA General Terms and Conditions effective October…
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It appears that your NOFO is ONLY for pass-through to sub-recipients. Can a City apply to provide service in an EJ community through its own programs and not subcontract?
An applicant to the NOFO would be either a Principal Recipient or a coalition member, and not eligible for funding for on-the-ground GLRI-funded projects. Principal Recipients or coalition members would use RFA funding to develop the Project RFA, manage Project subawards, and provide technical and administrative support to Project Subrecipients…
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Can you provide the approximate boundaries of the Chicago River watershed?
Full Question: Can you provide the approximate boundaries of the Chicago River watershed? Do projects have to be adjacent to the Chicago River to qualify for funding? Do municipalities that have rivers tributary to the Chicago River qualify under this grant? Answer: If a project is otherwise eligible for funding…
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To what extent would PRs be encouraged or required to assist PGs with applications while maintaining a competitive process?
We cannot provide additional information on how well a particular competitive process may score. Applicants should describe how they will design a competitive process that fulfills Section 1.D for GLEJGP Programmatic elements and the evaluation criteria.
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If an organization is receiving federal funds for a different project, could they be a paid member of the coalition?
Full Question One of the environmental justice orgs that we may want to play a funded role in the coalition is already receiving a large federal award to provide technical assistance. Is there any problem with them receiving funding through this federal program too? Answer As a reminder, a Coalition…
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What does “projected results” mean?
Full Question What is meant by “projected results” in the following paragraph? “The application must identify the relevant measures of progress from the GLRI Action Plan III that you expect project subawards will contribute. In this section of the application, please identify the projected results from all project subawards for…
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Can applications have additional Environmental Justice metrics?
Yes. Page 30 of the RFA encourages applicants to utilize additional, tailored EJ metrics in addition to those listed as required. The RFA does not comment on whether those metrics should be used as evaluation criteria in Project RFAs.
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Are there requirements or factors that limit how frequently the re-grant program distributes money?
Full question: Are there requirements or factors that limit how frequently the re-grant program distributes money and/or how much money the re-grant program can distribute annually toward implementation of projects, assuming Congressional appropriations happen as anticipated? Answer: There are no eligibility requirements or limits to the frequency or amounts the…
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Does funding through this grant include municipalities within the Chicago River watershed?
Yes, including the historic Chicago River watershed.
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Will basin wide PR serve areas without a designated PR for smaller part of the region, or will their service areas overlap?
If the Project RFA will be serving the entire basin, I.e., a basin-wide GLEJGP, this could be delegated within a coalition (if it is a coalition that has applied). Otherwise, the PR organization will be serving the entire basin. If there is a basin-wide PR as well as a smaller…
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