Does the EPA collect SF-LLLs?
Posted by Anupama, July 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Browsing through the 2008 Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill on the Taxpayers for Common Sense site, I noticed that one of the largest amounts ($11 million) was earmarked to the National Rural Water Association – a non-profit organization that provides training and technical assistance and gives out sub-grants to water providers in rural areas. They receive grants from the USDA and the EPA.
Earlier in our search of the elusive SF-LLL forms, I had sent out a FOIA request to the Environmental Protection Agency asking for:
Any and all forms SF-LLL (as required by 31 U.S.C. § 1352) filed by or on behalf of the National Rural Water Association in connection with any and all grants given by the Environmental Protection Agency since 2000 to present; Any declaration (as required by 31 U.S.C. § 1352) filed by the National Rural Water Association.
I recently received a reply with copies of all the lobbying certifications but no SF-LLL’s that look more like this. These forms I received in response are signed statements saying that the organization has not used any federal money paid to them to lobby the government or in litigation against the government.
Also, a few of the EPA officials I talked to had no idea what SF-LLL’s were; where I could find them or even if they existed.
Tags: Earmarks · SF-LLL investigation
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1 MaryG // Jul 21, 2007 at 4:37 pm
What does the National Rural Water Assoc have to say - I presume they had some contact with someone in the EPA in order to be considered for such a large appropriation. The NRWA site looks rather amateurish.
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