SEE Guidelines and Procedures Manual

This the first Revision to the Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program Policy and Procedures Manual (5760 1991 Edition); hereafter referred to as "The SEE Guidance and Procedures Manual; and/or The Manual." The purpose of the governing legislation establishing the SEE Program (PL 98-313) is to allow the EPA to award grants to, or enter into Cooperative Agreements with nonprofit organizations (grantees) (designated by the Secretary of Labor under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965) to provide technical assistance to Federal, State, and/or local environmental agencies for projects of pollution, prevention, abatement, and control. The grantees then recruit program participants (enrollees) matching their skills to temporary assignments which may be full time or part-time. An enrollee is an individual, at least 55 years of age, who is enrolled under such a grant or Cooperative Agreement, and who is engaged in providing technical assistance to EPA and/or other Federal, State or local agencies. The program is not intended to, and does not compete with the Civil Service hiring or compensation systems. Enrollees are used to support, not supplant, Federal employees.

The growth of the SEE program has generated many questions regarding personnel policies, guidelines and procedures. General personnel matters are described in the personnel publications of the grantee organizations. The Manual discusses the guidance and procedures for the SEE program.