40 CFR § 35.4100 - Can my group incur any costs prior to the award of our grant?

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title: "40 CFR § 35.4100 - Can my group incur any costs prior to the award of our grant?"
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section_name: "Can my group incur any costs prior to the award of our grant?"
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# 35.4100 Can my group incur any costs prior to the award of our grant?

(a) The only costs you may incur prior to the award of a grant from EPA are costs associated with incorporation but you do so at your own risk.

(b) If you are awarded a TAG, EPA may reimburse you for preaward incorporation costs or allow you to count the costs toward your matching funds requirement if the costs are:

(1) Necessary and reasonable for incorporation; and

(2) Incurred for the sole purpose of complying with this subpart's requirement that your group be incorporated as a nonprofit corporation.