[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR35.102]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 35--STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--Environmental Program Grants
 
Sec. 35.102  Definitions of terms.

    Terms are defined as follows when they are used in this subpart.
    Allotment. EPA's calculation of the funds that may be available to 
an eligible recipient for an environmental program grant. An allotment 
is not an entitlement.
    Consolidated grant. A single grant made to a recipient consolidating 
funds from more than one environmental grant program. After the award is 
made, recipients must account for grant funds in accordance with the 
funds' original environmental program sources. Consolidated grants are 
not Performance Partnership Grants.
    Environmental program. A program for which EPA awards grants under 
the authorities listed in Sec. 35.101. The grants are subject to the 
requirements of this subpart.
    Funding period. The period of time specified in the grant agreement 
during which the recipient may expend or obligate funds for the purposes 
set forth in the agreement.
    National program guidance. Guidance issued by EPA's National Program 
Managers for establishing and maintaining effective environmental 
programs. This guidance establishes national goals, objectives, and 
priorities

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as well as the core performance measures and other information to be 
used in monitoring progress. The guidance may also set out specific 
environmental strategies, criteria for evaluating programs, and other 
elements of program implementation.
    Outcome. The environmental result, effect, or consequence that will 
occur from carrying out an environmental program or activity that is 
related to an environmental or programmatic goal or objective. Outcomes 
must be quantitative, and they may not necessarily be achievable during 
a grant funding period. See ``output.''
    Output. An environmental activity or effort and associated work 
products related to an environmental goal or objective that will be 
produced or provided over a period of time or by a specified date. 
Outputs may be quantitative or qualitative but must be measurable during 
a grant funding period. See ``outcome.''
    Performance Partnership Agreement. A negotiated agreement signed by 
the EPA Regional Administrator and an appropriate official of a State 
agency and designated as a Performance Partnership Agreement. Such 
agreements typically set out jointly developed goals, objectives, and 
priorities; the strategies to be used in meeting them; the roles and 
responsibilities of the State and EPA; and the measures to be used in 
assessing progress. A Performance Partnership Agreement may be used as 
all or part of a work plan for a grant if it meets the requirements for 
a work plan set out in Sec. 35.107.
    Performance Partnership Grant. A single grant combining funds from 
more than one environmental program. A Performance Partnership Grant may 
provide for administrative savings or programmatic flexibility to direct 
grant resources where they are most needed to address public health and 
environmental priorities (see also Sec. 35.130). Each Performance 
Partnership Grant has a single, integrated budget and recipients do not 
need to account for grant funds in accordance with the funds' original 
environmental program sources.
    Planning target. The amount of funds that the Regional Administrator 
suggests a grant applicant consider in developing its application, 
including the work plan, for an environmental program.
    Regional supplemental guidance. Guidance to environmental program 
applicants prepared by the Regional Administrator, based on the national 
program guidance and specific regional and applicant circumstances, for 
use in preparing a grant application.
    Work plan commitments. The outputs and outcomes associated with each 
work plan component, as established in the grant agreement.
    Work plan component. A negotiated set or group of work plan 
commitments established in the grant agreement. A work plan may have one 
or more work plan components.

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