[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR35.130]

[Page 431-432]
 
                   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. 35.130  Purpose of Performance Partnership Grants.

    (a) Purpose of section. Sections 35.130 through 35.138 govern 
Performance Partnership Grants to States and interstate agencies 
authorized in the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and

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Appropriations Act of 1996, (Pub. L. 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 
(1996)) and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, (Pub. L. 
105-65; 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997)).
    (b) Purpose of program. Performance Partnership Grants enable States 
and interstate agencies to combine funds from more than one 
environmental program grant into a single grant with a single budget. 
Recipients do not need to account for Performance Partnership Grant 
funds in accordance with the funds' original environmental program 
sources; they need only account for total Performance Partnership Grant 
expenditures subject to the requirements of this subpart. The 
Performance Partnership Grant program is designed to:
    (1) Strengthen partnerships between EPA and State and interstate 
agencies through joint planning and priority-setting and better 
deployment of resources;
    (2) Provide State and interstate agencies with flexibility to direct 
resources where they are most needed to address environmental and public 
health priorities;
    (3) Link program activities more effectively with environmental and 
public health goals and program outcomes;
    (4) Foster development and implementation of innovative approaches 
such as pollution prevention, ecosystem management, and community-based 
environmental protection strategies; and
    (5) Provide savings by streamlining administrative requirements.