Checklist
Applicants:
•Complete the Preaward Compliance
Review Report form (EPA Form 4700-4).
Recipients:
•Adopt procedures explaining how
complaints will be handled.
•Designate a coordinator to carry out
applicable responsibilities.
•Post nondiscrimination notice in a
prominent place, visible to the public.
•Post notice in a manner to accommodate
those with impaired vision or hearing.
•Post notice in languages other than
English, where applicable.
•Consider publishing nondiscrimination
notice in newspapers, magazines,
internal publications, and on agency
letterhead.
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Nondiscrimination Requirements
for Applicants and Recipients
of EPA Assistance
"No person in the United States shall on the ground of
race, color, or national origin, be excludedfrom
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity' receiving Federal financial assistance."
Title 11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Background
Under EPA's nondiscrimination regulations
(40 C.F.R. Parts 5 & 7) the External Compliance
Program ensures that recipients of EPA assistance
comply with the relevant requirements under
federal law. This is done by investigating
complaints filed by the public which allege
discriminatory conduct by EPA recipients, and
through civil rights compliance reviews of
recipient and/or applicant programs.
EPA has nondiscrimination
responsibilities under the
following statues:
•Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
•Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973
•Section 13 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act Amendments
of 1972
•Title IX of the Education Act
Amendments of 1972
•Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Who must comply with EPA's
Nondiscrimination Regulations?
All applicants for, and recipients of, EPA
assistance are required to comply with the
relevant federal nondiscrimination laws and
regulations. These laws and regulations prohibit
discrimination based on race, color, national
origin, sex, age, or disability.
Procedural Requirements for
Recipients of EPA Assistance
Adopt grievance procedures
that assure the prompt and fair
resolution of complaints that
allege violations of
40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7.
(40 C.F.R. §§ 5.135(b), 7.90)
General Requirements for
Applicants for EPA Assistance
Applicants for EPA assistance shall submit an
assurance with their applications stating that,
with respect to their programs or activities
receiving EPA assistance, they will comply with
the requirements of EPA's nondiscrimination
regulations. Applicants must also submit any
other information that the OCR determines is
necessary for preaward review. By accepting
assistance from EPA, the applicant commits to
comply with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. Parts
5 and 7. (40 C.F.R. §§ 5.115, 7.80)
Provide initial and
continuing notice, in a
prominent place, to the
public that it does not
discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national
origin, sex, age, or disability. Such notice
must accommodate the vision or hearing
impaired, and where applicable, be in a
language or languages other than English.
Methods of notice may also include publishing
in newspapers and magazines, and placing m
recipient's internal publications or on
recipient's printed letterhead.
(40 C.F.R. §§ 5.140, 7.95(a))
If employing more than
fifteen (15) people,
designate at least one
employee to coordinate
efforts to comply with and
carry out responsibilities
under EPA's nondiscrimination regulations.
(40 C.F.R. §§ 5.135(a), 7.85(g))

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