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ENVIRONMENTAL
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2000
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Insular
Area
Recipients
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Administration
Division
TO:
MB'IYWBE
Coordinators
Regions
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Headquarters
and
Cincinaati
Grants
Management
Oficers
OFFICE
OF
THE
ADMINISTRATOR
Attached
are
new
grant
conditions
for
all
grants
to
Indian
Tribes
and
Insular
Area
(
Trust
Territories
and
the
Conunonwealth
ofPuerto
Rico)
recipients.
The
grant
condilions
are
to
b~
used
for
financial
assislance
awards
made
to
these
recipients
on
or
after
October
1,
2000­

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Grant
Conditions
for
Indian
Tribes
and
Insular
Area
Recipients
Required
Steps,
Docurnentation
and
Reporting
\
ative
steps
stated
in
40
CFR
31
­
36(
e),
to
require
it5
prime
contractor
to
bcontracts;
the
recipient
also
The
six
affirmative
steps
contained
in
40
CFR
31.36(
e)
are
as
follows:

Placing
qualifying
small
and
minority
businesses
and
women's
business
enterprises
and
women's
business
enterprises
on
solicitation
lists;

Assuring
that
sinal1
and
minority
businesses,
and
women
business
enterprises
are
solicited
whenever
they
are
potential
sources;

Dividing
total
requirements,
when
economically
feasible,
into
smaller
tasks
or
quantities
to
permit
maximum
participation
by
small
aiid
minority
business,
and
women
business
enterprises;

Establishing
delivery
schedules,
where
the
requirement
permits,
which
encourage
participation
by
small
and
minority
business,
and
women's
business
enterprises;

Using
the
services
and
assistance
of
the
Small
Business
Administration,
and
the
Minority
Business
Development
Agency
of
the
Department
of
Commerce;
and
Requiring
the
prime
contractor,
if
subcontracts
are
to
be
let,
to
take
the
affirmative
steps
listed
in
I
.
Ji­
v
above]."

The
recipient
agrees
to
submit
an
EPA
Form
5700­
S2A,
"
MBE/
WBE
Utilization
Under
Federal
Grants,
Cooperative
Agreements
and
Interagency
Agreements"
beginning
with
the
Federal
fiscal
year
quarter
the
recipient
receives
the
award
and
continuing
until
the
project
i
s
completed.
These
reports
must
be
submitted
to
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anal
MBElWBE
Coordinator,
Grants
of
the
end
of
the
Federal
fiscal
quarter
er
30).
For
assistance
recipient
agrees
to
s
October
30
each
In
accordance
with
Section
129
of
Public
Law
100­
590,
the
Small
Business
Administration
and
Reauthorization
and
Amendmeiit
Act
of
1988,
the
recipient
agrces
to
utilize
and
io
e
t
to
utilize
sma
exteqt
possible
ihrough
age
any
prime
contractors
U
T
K
h
the
assistance
nesses
located
in
rural
areas
to
the
maximum
of
the
six
affirmative
steps.
