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~ e - plans As further assurance of project completion, a special condition will be added to Grant No. C15-0060-02 requiring the construction of Papaikou Phase. II and Paukaa Phase II projects in accordance with the previously identified schedule. The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) will track the condition on a quarterly basis as a part of their quarterly status report. Additionally, EPA, Region 9's Municipal Assistance Branch will track the County's progress on their audit tracking system. In the event the County fails to construct the collection systems as required by the special condition, the County will be required to repay a proportional share of the grant. Based on the documentation submitted to date and the soon to be added special condition to Grant No. C15-0060-02, I hereby find that the $6,891,902 previously disallowed is grant eligible. Eligible $6,891,902 Ineligible -0- Note 4 C15-0062-06 In the March 23, 1993 FDL, I disallowed $58,299 for the purchase of emergency generators for the Wailoa and Pua Pump Stations. The audit report states that the emergency generators are an unnecessary cost outside the scope of the approved project and are therefore an ineligible "add-on" which has no relation to the original grant. The original grant was awarded on August 13, 1984 to construct a collection system serving the Ice Pond area on the Island of Hawaii. Flows from the Ice Pond area are treated at the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant. On April 17, 1986, a grant amendment was processed which decreased the grant based on the March 19, 1986 Approval-to-Award for the installation of the generators. We disagree with the audit report's statement that the generators are an ineligible "add-on" which has no relation to the original grant. Emergency generators are an eligible item. Both the Wailoa and Pua Pump Stations are in the same facility planning area as the Ice Pond Collection System, as defined by the Clean Water Act, Section 212(2)(A), and 40 CFR 35.905. Sewage from the pump stations and the Ice Pond Collection System is treated at the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant. Although the generators were outside the scope of the original grant, the EPA Regional Administrator expanded the scope to include the generators by issuing an amendment in accordance with 40 CFR 35.903(d) and 40 CFR 30.700. Additionally, in regards to the absence of the generators in 3