Miscellaneous Costs

Miscellaneous Costs 1. Allowable costs include the costs of: A. Equipment rental and material costs necessary for the construction project. B. Meeting specific legal requirements directly related to the project unless otherwise specified in these regulations. C. Royalties associated with the procurement of the right to use, or the rights in, a patented product, apparatus, or process, provided that they are based on a published fee schedule or on reasonable fees charged to other users under similar conditions. D. Training workshops/seminars for Grant recipient employees that are necessary to provide instruction in operational, administrative, fiscal or contracting procedures required to complete the construction of the project. Attendance at such training workshops or seminars shall occur after Grant offer but before the end of the Grant agreement budget period. E. A reasonable project sign. 2. Unallowable costs include the costs of: A. Salaries and benefits for the Grant recipient’s employees. B. Ordinary operating expenses of the Grant recipient, including salaries and expenses of elected and appointed officials and preparation of routine financial reports and studies. C. Administrative, engineering, and legal activities associated with the creation of special departments, agencies, commissions, regions, districts, associations, or other entities. D. Approval, preparation, issuance and sale of bonds or other forms of indebtedness required to finance any portion of the project and the interest on them. E. Personal injury compensation or damages arising out of the project. F. Fines and penalties due to violations of or failure to comply with federal, state or local laws, regulations or procedures, and related legal expenses. G. Operation and maintenance of the water system, which include but are not limited to, labor, utilities, chemicals, materials and supplies, monitoring, testing, equipment replacement, periodic payment of royalties for the right to operate under a patent, etc. H. Lease payments. I. Travel, by the Grant recipient, unless included under an indirect cost agreement, and except as allowed under Rule 5.4.9(1)(d) above.