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GRANT NUMBER (FAIN): 00T82501
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION NUMBER: 1 DATE OF AWARD
PROGRAM CODE: XA 03/06/2014
PROTECTION AGENCY TYPE OF ACTION MAILING DATE
Augmentation: Increase 03/13/2014
Assistance Amendment PAYMENT METHOD: ACH#
Advance 90179
RECIPIENT TYPE: Send Payment Request to:
County Las Vegas Finance Center, Fax (702) 798-2423
RECIPIENT: PAYEE:
Maricopa County Air Quality Department Maricopa County Air Quality Department
1001 North Central Avenue 1001 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phoenix, AZ 85004
EIN: 86-6000472
PROJECT MANAGER EPA PROJECT OFFICER EPA GRANT SPECIALIST
Ben Davis Maeve Clancy Elizabeth Armour
1001 North Central Avenue, Suite 170 75 Hawthorne Street, AIR-8 Grants Management Office, MTS-7
Phoenix, AZ 85004 San Francisco, CA 94105 E-Mail: Armour.Elizabeth@epa.gov
E-Mail: BDavis@mail.maricopa.gov E-Mail: clancy.maeve@epa.gov Phone: 415-947-4264
Phone: 602-258-5155x221 Phone: 415-947-4105
PROJECT TITLE AND EXPLANATION OF CHANGES
CAA 103 -SPECIAL PURPOSE ACTIVITIES - Nitrogen Dioxide Near Road Monitoring
This project will provide assistance to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) by providing funding to identify and establish two near-road
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) monitoring sites, one site that must be operational by January 1, 2013, the other by January 1, 2015. This specific award supports
establishing a site in Maricopa County.
This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $200,000. It also extends the project and budget period end date from 5/31/14 to
5/31/15. The total project and period cost is $400,000. See Terms and Conditions.
BUDGET PERIOD PROJECT PERIOD TOTAL BUDGET PERIOD COST TOTAL PROJECT PERIOD COST
06/01/2012 - 05/31/2015 06/01/2012 - 05/31/2015 $400,000.00 $400,000.00
NOTICE OF AWARD
Based on your Application dated 04/13/2012 including all modifications and amendments, the United States acting by and through the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) hereby awards $200,000. EPA agrees to cost-share 100.00% of all approved budget period costs incurred, up to and not exceeding
total federal funding of $400,000. Recipient's signature is not required on this agreement. The recipient demonstrates its commitment to carry out this award
by either: 1) drawing down funds within 21 days after the EPA award or amendment mailing date; or 2) not filing a notice of disagreement with the award terms
and conditions within 21 days after the EPA award or amendment mailing date. If the recipient disagrees with the terms and conditions specified in this award,
the authorized representative of the recipient must furnish a notice of disagreement to the EPA Award Official within 21 days after the EPA award or
amendment mailing date. In case of disagreement, and until the disagreement is resolved, the recipient should not draw down on the funds provided by this
award/amendment, and any costs incurred by the recipient are at its own risk. This agreement is subject to applicable EPA statutory provisions. The
applicable regulatory provisions are 40 CFR Chapter 1, Subchapter B, and all terms and conditions of this agreement and any attachments.
ISSUING OFFICE (GRANTS MANAGEMENT OFFICE) AWARD APPROVAL OFFICE
ORGANIZATION / ADDRESS ORGANIZATION / ADDRESS
U.S. EPA, Region 9 U.S. EPA, Region 9
Grants Management Office, MTS-7 Air Division, AIR-1
75 Hawthorne Street 75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco, CA 94105
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Digital signature applied by EPA Award Official Denise Zvanovec - Grants Management Officer DATE
03/06/2014

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FUNDS FORMER AWARD THIS ACTION AMENDED TOTAL
EPA Amount This Action $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 400,000
EPA In-Kind Amount $ 0 $ $ 0
Unexpended Prior Year Balance $ 0 $ $ 0
Other Federal Funds $ 0 $ $ 0
Recipient Contribution $ 0 $ $ 0
State Contribution $ 0 $ $ 0
Local Contribution $ 0 $ $ 0
Other Contribution $ 0 $ $ 0
Allowable Project Cost $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 400,000
Assistance Program (CFDA) Statutory Authority Regulatory Authority
66.034 - Clean Air Act of 1963: Sec. 103 as amended (PL 40 CFR PART 31
Surveys-Studies-Investigations-Demonstrations 95-95)
and Special Purpose Activities relating to the
Clean Air Act
Fiscal
Site Name Req No FY Approp. Budget PRC Object Site/Project Cost Obligation /
Code Organization Class Organization Deobligation
- 1409M4S009 13 E1 09M1 102A04 4183 - - 74,374
- 1409M4S009 14 E1 09M1 102A04 4183 - - 125,626
200,000


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Budget Summary Page
Table A - Object Class Category Total Approved Allowable
(Non-construction) Budget Period Cost
1. Personnel $29,902
2. Fringe Benefits $11,420
3. Travel $0
4. Equipment $144,000
5. Supplies $11,365
6. Contractual $160,000
7. Construction $0
8. Other $8,000
9. Total Direct Charges $364,687
10. Indirect Costs: % Base See Terms and Conditions $35,313
11. Total (Share: Recipient 0.00 % Federal 100.00 %.) $400,000
12. Total Approved Assistance Amount $200,000
13. Program Income $0
14. Total EPA Amount Awarded This Action $200,000
15. Total EPA Amount Awarded To Date $400,000

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Administrative Conditions
All Administrative Terms and Conditions Remain in Full Force and Effect.
Administrative Term and Condition number 19 is added as follows:
19. Civil Rights Obligations
GENERAL
This term and condition incorporates by reference the signed assurance provided by
the recipient’s authorized representative on: 1) EPA Form 4700-4, “Preaward
Compliance Review Report for All Applicants and Recipients Requesting EPA Financial
Assistance”; and 2) Standard Form 424B or Standard Form 424D, as applicable.
These assurances and this term and condition obligate the recipient to comply fully with
applicable civil rights statutes and implementing EPA regulations.
STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
In carrying out this agreement, the recipient must comply with:
· Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race,
color, and national origin, including limited English proficiency (LEP), by entities
receiving Federal financial assistance.
· Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination against
persons with disabilities by entities receiving Federal financial assistance; and
· The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, which prohibits age discrimination by entities
receiving Federal financial assistance.
If the recipient is conducting an education program under this agreement, it must also
comply with:
· Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the
basis of sex in education programs and activities operated by entities receiving
Federal financial assistance.
If this agreement is funded with financial assistance under the Clean Water Act (CWA),
the recipient must also comply with:
· Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, which
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in CWA-funded programs or activities.
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
The recipient agrees to comply with all applicable EPA civil rights regulations, including:
· For Title IX obligations, 40 C.F.R. Part 5; and
· For Title VI, Section 504, Age Discrimination Act, and Section 13 obligations, 40
C.F.R. Part 7.
· As noted on the EPA Form 4700-4 signed by the recipient’s authorized

representative, these regulations establish specific requirements including
maintaining compliance information, establishing grievance procedures, designating
a Civil Rights Coordinator, and providing notices of non-discrimination.
TITLE VI – LEP, Public Participation and Affirmative Compliance Obligation
· As a recipient of EPA financial assistance, you are required by Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act to provide meaningful access to LEP individuals. In implementing that
requirement, the recipient agrees to use as a guide the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
document entitled "Guidance to Environmental Protection Agency Financial
Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin
Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons." The guidance can be
found at
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2004_register&docid=fr
25jn04-79.pd
· If the recipient is administering permitting programs under this agreement, the
recipient agrees to use as a guide OCR’s Title VI Public Involvement Guidance for
EPA Assistance Recipients Administering Environmental Permitting Programs. The
Guidance can be found at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-2691.pdf.
· In accepting this assistance agreement, the recipient acknowledges it has an
affirmative obligation to implement effective Title VI compliance programs and
ensure that its actions do not involve discriminatory treatment and do not have
discriminatory effects even when facially neutral. The recipient must be prepared to
demonstrate to EPA that such compliance programs exist and are being
implemented or to otherwise demonstrate how it is meeting its Title VI obligations.
Programmatic Conditions
All Programmatic Terms and Conditions Remain in Full Force and Effect.
Programmatic Term and Condition numbers P1 and P3 are revised as follows:
P1. Annual Performance Reports
The recipient shall submit annual performance reports, which are due 90 calendar days
after the end of the grant year. Reports shall be submitted to the EPA Project Officer
and may be provided electronically.
In accordance with 40 CFR Part 30.51(d) and 40 CFR Part 31.40, as appropriate, the
recipient agrees to submit performance reports that include brief information on each of
the following areas:
(a) a comparison of actual accomplishments to the outputs/outcomes established in the
assistance agreement work plan for the period;

(b) the reasons for slippages if established outputs/outcomes were not met;
(c) additional pertinent information, including when appropriate, analysis and
information of cost overruns or high unit costs.
In accordance with 40 CFR 31.40, the recipient agrees to inform EPA as soon as
problems, delays or adverse conditions become known which will materially impair the
ability to meet the outputs/outcomes specified in the assistance agreement work plan.
P3. Quality Assurance Requirements
This grant includes the performance of environmental measurements; therefore Quality
Assurance Planning Documents are required. Quality Assurance Project Plans for
NOx, SOx. CO, ozone, and PM2.5 monitoring were approved by the Maricopa County
Air Quality department on July 14, 2011. The Maricopa County Air Quality
Department’s QMP was approved on January 6, 2014. These Quality Assurance Plans
should cover all measurement activity in 2014.
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