627 - Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses various procedures to handle federal financial assistance disputes. For some disputes, such as those involving enforcement decisions, the highest administrative level for appeals is the Environmental Appeals Board. For others (i.e., a denied grant application), the decision of a staff administrator may represent final agency action, a prerequisite to any judicial appeal. For disputes within the board’s jurisdiction, grant recipients must exhaust informal administrative remedies before appealing to the board. Recipients involved in any dispute should follow the statutory requirements for appealing an agency action under a… Read More