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Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance PROJECT Nt:MAFR 21819-SO-139-3387 AWARD CONTINUATION SHEET Grant AWARD DATF. 09!Q2r200 SPECIAL CONWIONS PAGE 3 OF 10 7. The grantee agrees to assist BJA in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act, and other related federal environmental impact analyses requirements in the use of these grant funds, either directly by the grantee or by a subgrantee. Accordingly. the grantee agrees to first determine if any of the following activities will be funded by the grant, prior to obligating funds for any ofthese purposes. Wit is determined that any of the following activities will be funded by the grant, the grantee agrees to contact 13JA. The grantee understands that this special condition applies to its following new activities whether or not they are being specifically funded with these grant funds. That is, as long as the activity is being conducted by the grantee, a subgrantee, or any third party and the activity needs to be undertaken in order to use these grant funds, this special condition must first he met. The activities covered by this special condition are: a. New construction; b. Minor renovation or remodeling of a property located in an environmentally or historically sensitive area, including properties located within a 100-year flood plain, a wetland. or habitat fur endangered species, or a property listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; c. A renovation, lease, or any proposed use of a building or tatedity that will either (a) result in a change in its basic prior use or (b) significantly change its size. d. Implementation of a new program involving the use of chemicals other than chemicals that are (a) purchased as an incidental component of'a funded activity and (b) traditionally used, for example, in office, household, recreational, nr education environments. and e. Implementation of a program relating to clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operations, including the identification, seizure. Or closure of clandestine mcihamphetamtne laboratories. The grantee understands and agrees that complying with NEPA may require the preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement, as directed by WA. The grantee further understands and agrees to the requirements for implementation ol'a Mitigation Plan, as detailed at (website], for programs relating to methamphetamine laboratory operations. Application ol'This Special Condition to Grantee's Existing Programs or Activities: For any of the grantee's Or Its subgrantecs' existing programs or activities that will be funded by these grant funds, the grantee, upon specific request from BJA, agrees to cooperate with AJA in any preparation by BJA of a national or program environmental assessment of that funded program or activity. 8. To avoid duplicating existing networks or IT systems in any initiatives funded by BJA for law enforcement information sharing systems which involve interstate connectivity between jurisdiction, such systems shall employ, to the extent possible, existing networks as the communication backbone to achieve interstate connectivity, unless the grantee can demonstrate to the satisfaction of BJA that this requirement would not be cost effective or would impair the functionality of an existing or proposed IT system. 0. The grantee agrees to comply with all reporting, data collection and evaluation requirements, as prescribed by law and detailed by the BJA in program guidance for the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. Compliance with these requirements will be monitored by AJA. 10. The recipient agrees that any information technology system funded or supported by OJP funds will comply with 28 C.F.K. Parr 23, Criminal Intelligence Systems Operating Politics, if OJP determines this regulation to be applicable. Should OJP determine 28 C.F.R. Part 23 to be applicable, OJP may, at its discretion, perform audits of the system, as per the regulation. Should any violation of 28 C F.R. Part 23 occur, the recipient may be tined as per 42 U.S.C. 3789g(c)-(d). Recipient may not satisfy such a fine with federal funds. 0JP FORh1 40WY2 (REV, 4-88)