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DHS-FEMA-EMPG-FFY 15 Page 7 of 30 Kittitas, County of, E16-157 <br />c. Allowable equipment categories for the 15EMPG Program are listed on the <br />Authorized Equipment List (AEL) located on the FEMA website at <br />http://www.fema.gov/preparedness-non-disaster-grants. The AEL <br />consists of 21 categories which are divided into sub-categories. It is <br />important the Subrecipient and any non-federal entity to which the <br />Subrecipient makes a subaward regard the AEL as an authorized <br />purchasing list identifying items allowed under the specific grant program, <br />and includes items that may not be categorized as equipment according to <br />the federal, state, local, and tribal definitions of equipment. Subrecipients <br />are solely responsible for ensuring purchased items under this Agreement <br />are authorized as allowed items by the AEL at time of purchase. <br />If the item is not identified on the AEL as allowable under EMPG, <br />Subrecipients must contact the Department Key Personnel for assistance <br />in seeking FEMA approval prior to acquisition. <br />Subrecipients are solely responsible for ensuring equipment eligibility in <br />accordance with the AEL. <br />d. Unless expressly provided otherwise, all equipment must meet all <br />mandatory regulatory and/or DHS/FEMA adopted standards to be eligible <br />for purchase using Federal award funds. <br />e. Equipment purchased with DHS federal award funds is to be marked with <br />“Purchased with funds provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland <br />Security” when practicable. <br />f. As a subrecipient of federal funds, the Subrecipient must pass on <br />equipment and supply management requirements that meet or exceed the <br />requirements outlined above to any non-federal entity to which the <br />Subrecipient makes a sub award of federal award funds under this <br />Agreement. <br /> <br />5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION <br />The Subrecipient shall ensure full compliance with the DHS/FEMA Environmental <br />Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) Program. Subrecipients are required to <br />comply with DHS/FEMA EHP Policy Guidance which can be found at <br />https://www.fema.gov/office-environmental-planning-and-historic-preservation; <br />FP 108-023-1 Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Policy Guidance <br />at http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/85376; and FP 108.24.4 <br />Environmental Planning and Historical Preservation Policy at <br />https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/101537, all of which are <br />incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement. <br />a. Subrecipients proposing projects that have the potential to impact the <br />environment, including, but not limited to construction of communication <br />towers, modification or renovation of existing buildings, structures and <br />facilities, or new construction including replacement of facilities, must <br />participate in the DHS/FEMA EHP review process prior to project initiation. <br />Modification of existing buildings, including minimally invasive <br />improvements such as attaching monitors to walls, and training or <br />exercises occurring outside in areas not considered previously disturbed <br />also require a DHS/FEMA EHP review before project initiation. <br />b. The EHP review process involves the submission of a detailed project <br />description that explains the goals and objectives of the proposed project <br />along with supporting documentation so FEMA may determine whether the <br />proposed project has the potential to impact environmental resources <br />and/or historic properties.