---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.4065"
title: "40"
number: "35.4065"
heading: "How can my group get more than $50,000?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.4065"
---

# §35.4065. How can my group get more than $50,000?

- (a) The EPA regional office award official for your grant may waive your group's $50,000 limit if your group demonstrates that:
  - (1) If it received previous TAG funds, you managed those funds effectively; and
  - (2) Site(s) characteristics indicate additional funds are necessary due to the nature or volume of site-related information. In this case, three of the ten factors below must occur:
    - (i) A Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”) costing more than $2 million is performed;
    - (ii) Treatability studies or evaluation of new and innovative technologies are required as specified in the Record of Decision;
    - (iii) EPA reopens the Record of Decision;
    - (iv) The site public health assessment (or related activities) indicates the need for further health investigations and/or health promotion activities;
    - (v) EPA designates one or more additional operable units after awarding the TAG;
    - (vi) The agency leading the cleanup issues an “Explanation of Significant Differences” (ESD);
    - (vii) A legislative or regulatory change results in new site information after EPA awards the TAG;
    - (viii) EPA expects a cleanup lasting more than eight years from the beginning of the RI/FS through construction completion;
    - (ix) Significant public concern exists, where large groups of people in the community require many meetings, copies, etc.; and
    - (x) **Any other factor that, in EPA's judgment, indicates that the site is unusually complex.**
- (b) Your group can also receive more than $50,000 if you are geographically close to more than one eligible site (for example, two or more sites × $50,000 = grant of $100,000) and your group wishes to receive funding for technical assistance to address multiple eligible sites.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9617(e); sec. 9(g), E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200.