40 CFR §35.4065

1. (a)The EPA regional office award official for your grant may waive your group's $50,000 limit if your group demonstrates that:
   1. (1)If it received previous TAG funds, you managed those funds effectively; and
   2. (2)Site(s) characteristics indicate additional funds are necessary due to the nature or volume of site-related information. In this case, three of the ten factors below must occur:
      1. (i)A Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (“RI/FS”) costing more than $2 million is performed;
      2. (ii)Treatability studies or evaluation of new and innovative technologies are required as specified in the Record of Decision;
      3. (iii)EPA reopens the Record of Decision;
      4. (iv)The site public health assessment (or related activities) indicates the need for further health investigations and/or health promotion activities;
      5. (v)EPA designates one or more additional operable units after awarding the TAG;
      6. (vi)The agency leading the cleanup issues an “Explanation of Significant Differences” (ESD);
      7. (vii)A legislative or regulatory change results in new site information after EPA awards the TAG;
      8. (viii)EPA expects a cleanup lasting more than eight years from the beginning of the RI/FS through construction completion;
      9. (ix)Significant public concern exists, where large groups of people in the community require many meetings, copies, etc.; and
      10. (x)Any other factor that, in EPA's judgment, indicates that the site is unusually complex.
2. (b)Your group can also receive more than $50,000 if you are geographically close to more than one eligible site (for example, two or more sites × $50,000 = grant of $100,000) and your group wishes to receive funding for technical assistance to address multiple eligible sites.