EP 1110-3-8
9 Apr 04
district Commander should determine the type and level of contractual support available from
current contracts when providing technical support to the RAB/TRC.
b. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM).
USACHPPM also has a staff of environmental health professionals (including scientists,
geologists, engineers, and physicians) to assist a RAB. The district Commander can directly
contact USACHPPM to request support. This support can be provided by reimbursable funds, if
needed. The USACHPPM's Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
Program can provide support to RABs by providing assistance on technical issues regarding
human health and environmental risk. The USACHPPM program can also provide risk
communication support to RABs through their consultation and training services, which include
advisory, technical, and logistical support of public meetings, public exhibits, and open dialogue
sessions.
3-10. Funding. RABs may be eligible for TAGs from EPA to cover costs associated with NPL
FUDS properties. For non-NPL FUDS properties, RABs may be eligible for TOSC support from
EPA. RAB members or other community groups may form an organization and apply for a TAG
or TOSC to obtain funding for technical support. Costs associated with administrative support to
RABs/TRCs and TAPP are eligible for funding from the FUDS Environmental Restoration
Account. There is no separate centrally funded RAB/TRC and TAPP account. MSC
Commanders will program and budget RAB and TAPP support from their allocation of Program
Objective Memorandum FUDS funds.
a. RAB/TRC Support. The district Commander will program funding to establish and
operate RABs/TRCs and for the TAPP program. Costs incurred by the district Commander's
staff to operate RAB/TRC and provide TAPP are considered RAB administrative support and are
funded as project management funds. The contractual support and other authorized RAB/TRC
and TAPP execution will be recorded by using the Army Management Structure Code, i.e.,
493008.2A for RAB, 493008.2B for TRC, and 493008.2C for TAPP. The Project Execution and
Accounting Report will be recorded under the FUDS Environmental Restoration Account. The
district Commander's staff should review the definition of RAB/TRC and TAPP administrative
funding when identifying RAB funding requirements and outlays. The following are the
RAB/TRC eligible and ineligible expenditures:
(1) Eligible RAB/TRC Expenditures.
(a) Activities directly related to the establishment and operation of a RAB will qualify as
administrative expenses. Such expenses include member recruitment; meeting announcements;
meeting logistics; development of mission statements and operating procedures; facilitators
(including translators); preparation of meeting agendas, materials, and minutes; document
reproduction for RAB members; maintenance of a RAB mailing list and mailing of relevant
information; and orientation training.
(b) Contractor expenses specifically in administrative support of the RAB.
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