State Memorandum of Agreement Program for the Reimbursement of Technical Services

The Defense and State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA) Program was established pursuant to 10 United States Code 2701 (d). The goals of the DSMOA program are to support and expedite environmental restoration at Department of Defense (DOD) installation

To reimburse each State and territory for their costs incurred by providing technical services in support of Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program activities. This program seeks to facilitate State and territory participation in expediting cleanup at DoD hazardous waste sites, and to foster relations between States, military services, Defense agencies and DoD.

State and territorial governments only.

State and territorial governments, local governments, public nonprofit organization/institution, public institution/organization, profit organization, private nonprofit institution/organization.

State/territorial services that qualify for payment under the program include the following types of assistance provided by the State/territory commencing at site identification and continuing through operation and maintenance as well as any other activities that are funded by DERA: 1. Technical review, comments and recommendations on all documents or data required to be submitted to the State/territory under an agreement between the State/territory and a DoD component, all documents or data that a DoD component requests the State/territory to review, and all documents or data that are provided by a DoD component to the State/territory for review as a result of a request from the State/territory made under applicable State/territorial law; 2. identification and explanation of State/territorial applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements related to response actions at DoD installations; 3. site visits to review DoD response actions and ensure their consistency with appropriate requirements, or in accordance with site-specific requirements established in other agreements between the State/territory and DoD Component; 4. participation in cooperation with DoD in the conduct of public education and public participation activities in accordance with Federal and State/territorial requirements for public involvement; 5. services provided at the request of DoD in connection with participation in technical review committees; 6. preparation and administration of a cooperative agreement (CA) to implement this agreement, including the estimates of State/territorial costs; and 7. other services that the State/territory will provide that are set out in the DSMOA or are included in installation-specific cleanup agreements. The DSMOA program does not include costs incurred prior to October 16, 1986. Funded from DERA, BRAC 1, BRAC 91, and Defense stock funds and will soon include selected formerly used Defense site activities.

Two years. Annual budgets are prepared and reimbursement or advances are awarded on a quarterly basis.

see funding announcement

A technical proposal will be selected based off of the type and amount of support services that the State/territory plans to provide for each installation covered in the DSMOA for the specific award period of the agreement.

Reimbursement will be accomplished, using Federal procedures for CAs, with State/territories that have signed DSMOAs. Eligible activities are limited to those authorized for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), and funded by the Defense Environmental Restoration Account (DERA), Sections 2701 et seq., of Title 10 U.S.C., and as specified in the DSMOA. In general, these activities will be centralized in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment) with the assistance of the Army Corps of Engineers who will administer the program on a day to day basis. CAs will be awarded for a term of two years, based on annual estimate of requirements. Applications will be accepted after signature of the DSMOA by both parties; processing time for applications is expected to be two months. The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment) (DASD(E)) will approve the DMOSA, and the Corps of Engineers accept the application, review it, and make a decision as to the award. This CA agreement, when signed by the Head of the Agency signing on behalf of the State/territory, and approved by the Corps of engineers, comprises the contractual relationship between the DoD and the State/territory. States may request funds in accordance with the methods outlined in OMB Circular No. A-102 and 32 CFR 278. These documents provide for the following methods of payment: (1) Advances; and (2) Reimbursement; and a State may request either payment method in its cooperative agreement application.

For receipt of funds in any given year, a complete application must be received by June 1.

30 to 60 days.

For applications not approved, the Army Corps of Engineers (managing office of the program) will work with applicants to complete applications.