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Consolidated Grants Under the Omnibus Territories Act
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The Omnibus Territories Act (OTA) allows the Insular Areas to consolidate their Federal grants. Insular Areas may submit a single application for two or more grant programs and receive a single award in order to reduce administrative and application burdens. Any consolidated grant for any Insular Area shall not be less than the sum of all grants which such area would otherwise be entitled to receive for such year. The funds received under a consolidated grant shall be expended in furtherance of the programs and purposes authorized for any of the grants which are being consolidated, which are authorized under any of the Acts administered by the EPA, and which would be applicable to grants for such programs and purposes in the absence of the consolidation. The Insular Areas shall determine the proportion of the funds granted which shall be allocated to such programs and purposes. Consolidating grants under the OTA does not represent funding in addition to grants provided under individual authorities, but merely represents the amount of consolidation taking place within the Agency's total grant appropriations. Funding Priorities - Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-28: Consolidated grants under the OTA support and is consistent with EPA Strategic Goals to: 1 – A Cleaner, Healthier Environment; and 2 – More Effective Partnerships. Funding priorities include all activities covered under the grant or cooperative agreement that align with EPA’s strategic goals and objectives (FY24-28), including but not limited to: establishing fishable, swimmable waters through surveillance, monitoring, and enforcement of water quality standards and regulations towards the goal of zero beach closure postings; complying with and enforcing safe drinking water regulations towards the goal of having potable water for 100 percent of the population; advancing watershed management as the overarching mission for all environmental protection activities to help improve water quality; establishing and managing special management areas to prevent groundwater contamination; and mitigating or eliminating nonpoint discharges of pollution.
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Part 35 Pesticide Continuing Environmental Program (Enforcement, C&T, or Program Implementation): These grants supported pesticide programs in the US territories. As EPA’s co-regulators, these pesticide programs worked extensively with pesticide applicators, growers, commodity groups, as well as other government agencies to promote the proper use of pesticides and address pesticide issues. These programs conducted extensive technical assistance for all stakeholders as well as the general public, and provided outreach and education on EPA’s national pesticide priorities such as worker protection, pollinator protection and emerging public health pesticide issues.
For all three (3) territories EPA recruited and stationed on IPA US Public Health Service Officers/Engineers to help build capacity for the environmental and utility agencies, serving as Chief Engineers and Environmental Managers. At Guam EPA continued to upgrade their Environmental Data Base Network for data management for all the categorical programs in the consolidated grant.
For CNMI, a Nonpoint Source Management Project was nationally recognized by EPA, and for American Samoa EPA they completed a “Ridges to Reef” (wetland and nonpoint source) project that had regional recognition. In the CNMI, they completed a “Smart, Safe, and Resilient Growth Plan” just prior to Super Typhoon Yutu that was recognized by FEMA as the most valuable document for FEMA Recovery requirements ever produced.
The territories of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and American Samoa successfully updated their new annual work plans and budgets in a timely fashion, and received EPA approval before the start of the fiscal year. For information on accomplishments, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/tmdl/monitoring-assessment-and-tmdls-pacific-islands .
In Guam, the Lagoon Abandoned Tire Reef Removal Project was successfully completed and included coral transplanting. Guam EPA has 43 approved Total Maximum Daily Loads that continued to be successfully implemented even with the constraints caused by COVID-19. American Samoa (AS)-EPA made substantial progress in establishing a small-scale e-Waste program that includes outreach and e-Waste collection and shipping off-island. In FY22, AS-EPA and Region 9 concurred that the e-Waste activities could be incorporated into future RCRA C component work plans.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
