40 C.F.R. § 33.101 What Are the Objectives of This Part?

• Library: Code of Federal Regulations
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through October 31, 2023

The objectives of this part are:

(a) To foster nondiscrimination in the award and administration of procurements under EPA financial assistance agreements. To that end, implementation of this rule with respect to grantees, sub-grantees, loan recipients, prime contractors, or subcontractors in particular States or locales-notably those where there is no apparent history of relevant discrimination-must comply with equal protection standards at that level, apart from the EPA disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) Rule's constitutional compliance as a national matter;

(b) To harmonize EPA's DBE Program objectives with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena,515 U.S. 200(1995);

(c) To help remove barriers to the participation of DBEs in the award of contracts under EPA financial assistance agreements...