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government within 45 days of receipt of the funds. For SHSP awards, no pass through requirements will be applied to the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the US. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Any UASI funds retained by the SAA must be used to directly support the designated Urban Areas in the State. Under SHSP, the State may retain more than 20 percent (20 %) of SHSP funding for expenditure made by the State on behalf of the local unit(s) of government. This may ocour only with the written consent of the local unit of government, with the written consent specifying the amount of funds to be retained and the intended use of funds. If a written consent agreement is already in place from previous fiscal years, FEMA will continue to recognize it for FY 2014. I£ any modifications to the existing agreement are necessary to reflect new initiatives, States should contact their assigned FEMA Program Analyst. If UASI fiends are used by the SAA in support of the Urban Area, the SAA must propose an Investment describing how UASI funds will be used by the SAA to directly support the Urban Area. OPSG Pass - Through Requirement The recipient must pass through 100 percent (100 %) of OPSG allocations to eligible jurisdictions. The recipient is prohibited from obligating or expending funds provided through this award until each wiique and specific county level or equivalent Operational Order /Fragmentary Operations Order with an embedded estimated operational budget has been reviewed and approved through an official electronic mail notice issued by FEMA removing this special programmatic condition. Funds Transfer Restriction The recipient is prohibited from transferring funds between programs (includes SHSP, UASI, and OPSG). Grantees are allowed to submit an Investment /project where fiends come from multiple finnding sources (i.e., SHSP/UASI); however, grantees are not allowed to divert finding from one program to another due to the risk -based funding allocations, which were made at the discretion of DHS. For additional details on restrictions on the use of funds, refer to Appendix C — Funding Guidelines. Ereviraremental Planning andHistorie Preservation (EHP) Compliance As a Federal agency, FEMA is required to consider the effects of its actions on the environment and/or historic properties to ensure that all activities and programs funded by the agency, including grants- funded projects, comply with Federal EHP regulations, haws and Executive Orders as applicable. Grantees and sub- grantees proposing projects that have the potential to impact the environment, including but not limited to construction of communication towers, modification or renovation of existing buildings, structures and facilities, or new construction including replacement of facilities, must participate in the FEMA EHP review process. The EHP review process involves the submission of a detailed project description that 12 FY 2014 HSGP FOA