Common use of Certification of Expenditures Clause in Contracts

Certification of Expenditures. Certification documenting all expenditures by the Discharger. The expenditures may include external payments to outside vendors or contractors implementing the ECA. If applicable, the expenditures may include the costs of internal Environmental Management resources and internal Business Unit resources, provided that such expenditures are directly related to development and implementation of the ECA. In making such certification, the official may rely upon normal company and project tracking systems that captures employee time expenditures and external payments to outside vendors such as environmental and information technology contractors or consultants. The Discharger shall provide any additional information requested by the Central Valley Water Board staff that is reasonably necessary to verify ECA expenditures. The certification need not address any costs incurred by the Central Valley Water Board for oversight.