In June 2005, the state-EPA grants workgroup issued findings and recommendations regarding the timeliness of grant awards to states under 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart A. The workgroup found, among other things, that EPA did not have a consistent approach to performing cost reviews for program grants/performance partnership grants (PPGs), and recommended the agency clarify the application of cost review requirements to these grants.

• Interim Guidance on Cost Review of Grants/Performance Partnership Grants Awarded under 40 CFR Part 35 Subpart A (PDF)(5 pp, 175 K)