What costs are restricted under the EN Grant Program?

The following costs are not allowable under the EN Grant program: 

• Construction costs;
• Operations and maintenance of (1) previously developed or implemented EN projects and (2) flows, including minor schema updates for existing flows;
• Workshops and Conferences not initiated, advertised, and conducted for the benefit of the recipient and other state, Tribal, territorial, or local representatives or public participants or are conducted primarily for EPA’s benefit;
• Pre-Award Costs not previously requested to cover pre-award costs incurred 90 days or less before the award date;
• Management Fees more than the direct costs and indirect costs at the rate approved by the applicant’s cognizant audit agency or at the rate provided for by the terms of the agreement negotiated with EPA;
• Development and deployment of new physical nodes implementing the Exchange Network protocol and specification.

The EN Grant Program also does not pay for work that expressly duplicates work that has been previously completed by the applicant.