RES 2022-200 Federal Interagency Agreement Washington State Dept of Commerce

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DocuSign Envelope lD: F 131 C1 22-EC99-46F7-A1 86-408DgBEOABF3 dllll$;rirftiil[ E. The terms covered transaction, debarred, suspended, ineligible, lower tier covered transaction, person, primary covered transaction, principal, and voluntarily excluded, as used in this section, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of the rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact COMMERCE for assistance in obtaining a copy of these regulations. {2.lnsurance Each party certifies that it is self-insured under the State's or local government self-insurance liability program, and shall be responsible for losses for which it is found liable. 13. Aqquisltion and DiEposition of Assets, The Grantee will account for any tangible personal property acquired or improved with this Grant. The use and disposition of real property and equipment under this Grant will be in compliance with the requirements of all applicable federal law and regulation, including but not limited to 24 CFR Part 84 and 24 CFR Part 570.489,570.502,570.503,570.504, and 570.505 as applicable, which include but are not limited to the following: Real property that was acquired or improved, in whole or in part, with funds under this Grant in excess of $25,000 shall be used to meet one of the CDBG national objectives for ten (10) years after the Grant is closed. Any exception must be made with COMMERCE approvaland the Grantee will be responsible to pay COMMERCE an amount equal to the current fair market value of the property less any portion of the value attributable to expenditures of non-CDBG funds for acquisition of or improvement to the property. Such payment from the disposition of real property acquired with this Grant within ten (10) years of closeout of the Grant shall be treated as CDBG Program lncome. ln cases in which equipmenl acquired in whole or in part with funds under this Grant is sold, the proceeds will be CDBG Program lncome. 14. Environmental Review General Puroose and Economic Onoortunitv Grants COMMERCE shall not release funding to a Grantee until the following conditions implementing 24 CFR part 58 are met: A. The Grantee must complete an environmental review of the project and make a finding of environmental impact. A notice of this finding must be published along with a notice of the Grantee's intent to request release of funds for the project unless the project is exempt from the publication requirements as described. The Grantee must allow a seven (7) or fifteen (15) day period for public review and comment following publication of the notices unless exempt under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). When this review and comment period expires, the Grantee may, after considering any comments received, submit a request for release of funds to COMMERCE. Upon receipt of the request, COMMERCE must allow a fifteen (15) day period for public review and comment. When COMMERCE's public review and comment period expires, COMMERCE may, after considering any comments received, formally notify the Grantee in writing of the release of federal funds for the project. B. This special condition is satisfied when the Grantee completes the environmental review and request for release of funds from COMMERCE. The special condition is effectively removed on the date COMMERCE provides the Grantee with written notice of release of funds. Planninq-Only Activilies and Public Services Activities Funding shall not be released to a Planning-Only Activities or Public Services Activities recipient until the following conditions are met: The Grantee assures that assisted activities are exempt under NEPA (24 CFR 58.34) and categorically exempt under SEPA (RCW 43.21C.110). The Grantee further assures that the activities do not come under the purview of any other federal, state, and known local Page 7 of 16