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Friday, February 13, 2009

State Revolving Fund Workshop on funding for Wastewater Plans

Feb 18, 1 - 3 pm

Also may include plans for septic tank conversions to mee the Stealth Plan updates, and AB885, whenever that finishes up. Speak up now, or forever hold your peace?

To acces the webcast: http://www.ca.epa.ca.gov/broadcast/
Need Internet 4.1 or Netscape 4.x+ web browser, Windows Media Player, some kind of high speed cable & etc.

To submit Questions: Subject line: "Clean Water" at SRF@waterboards.ca.gov.
Posted by Churadogs at 7:52 AM

2 comments:

Watershed Mark said...

From: Valerie508@aol.com [mailto:Valerie508@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:49 PM
To: Onsite/decentralized wastewater management issues
Subject: [decentralized] Good opportunities in stimulus bill--environmentally innovative activities

Stimulus Bill Language

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for "State and Tribal Assistance Grants", $6,400,000,000, which shall be allocated as follows:

(1) $4,000,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and $2,000,000,000 shall be for capitaliza-
tion grants under section 1452 of the Safe DrinkingWater Act: Provided, That the Administrator may retain up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated herein for management and oversight purposes: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein shall not be subject to the matching or cost share requirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) or 202 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching requirements of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That the Administrator shall reallocate funds appropriated here in for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving Funds) where projects are not
under contract or construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the priority rankings they would otherwise receive under each program, priority for funds appropriated herein shall be given to projects on a State priority list that are ready to proceed to construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of this Act:

Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 603(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or section 1452(f) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds appropriated herein, each State shall use not less than 50 percent of the amount of its capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any combination of these: Provided further,That, to the
extent there are sufficient eligible project applications, not less than 20 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Revolving Funds shall be for. projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements or other environmentally innovative activities:
Provided further, That notwithstanding the limitation on amounts specified in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated herein for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds may be reserved by the Administrator for tribal
grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided further,That up to 4 percent of the funds
appropriated herein for tribal set-asides under the Revolving Funds may be transferred to the Indian Health Service to support management and oversight of tribal projects: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for the purchase of land or easements as authorized by section 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or for activities authorized by section 1452(k) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds may be used to buy, refinance or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or after October 1, 2008;

4:34 PM, February 13, 2009
Watershed Mark said...

There will be no shovel ready money, just SRF for the LOSTDEP.

4:36 PM, February 13, 2009

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