Common use of Substantial Involvement Clause in Contracts

Substantial Involvement. 1. The EPA may be substantially involved in overseeing and monitoring this cooperative agreement. a. Substantial involvement by the EPA generally includes administrative activities by the Project Officer such as: monitoring; reviewing and approving of procedures for borrower and subrecipient selection; review of project phases; and approving substantive terms included in professional services contracts. EPA will not direct or recommend that the CAR enter into a loan, subaward, or contract with a particular entity. b. Substantial EPA involvement also includes brownfields property-specific funding determinations described in II.A. 2. The CAR may also request technical assistance from EPA to determine if sites qualify as brownfields sites and to determine whether the statutory prohibition found in section 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV) of CERCLA applies. This prohibition does not allow a CAR or loan recipient to use cooperative agreement funds to clean up a site if the CAR, borrower or subrecipient is potentially liable under §107 of CERCLA for that site.

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