What is the maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement?
Section 118(c)(12)(F) of the Clean Water Act states “The Administrator may not carry out a project under this paragraph unless the non-Federal sponsor enters into such agreements with the Administrator as the Administrator may require to ensure that the non-Federal sponsor will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for remediation programs in the area of concern in which the project is located at or above the average level of such expenditures in the 2 fiscal years preceding the date on which the project is initiated.” This means that the non-federal sponsor must calculate its average level of expenditures for sediment remediation programs in the area of concern (AOC) in which the project is located and maintain that level of expenditure during the term of the Project Agreement.
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