Section 663.140 Projects and Activities Eligible for Assistance

TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBTITLE F: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

CHAPTER II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

PART 663 PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING LOANS FROM THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY LOAN PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT

SECTION 663.140 PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE

Section 663.140  Projects and Activities Eligible for

Assistance

a)         Eligible

community water supplies. Funds available under this Part shall only be used

for providing financial assistance to a project or activity that is otherwise

PWSLP eligible and is

a lead service line replacement

project

or associated activities directly connected to the identification, planning,

design, and replacement of lead service lines.

1)         Any

project funded under this Part involving a lead service line replacement must

replace the entire lead service line, not just a portion, unless a portion has

already been replaced or is concurrently being replaced with another funding

source; and

2)         A

lead service line replacement includes the replacement of goosenecks, pigtails,

and connectors, whether standalone or connected to a lead service line.

b)         Ineligible

community water supplies. Funds available under the PWSLP and this Part may not

be used for providing financial assistance to the following:

1)         Federally-owned

public water supply and for-profit non-community water supply;

2)         Systems

that lack the technical, financial, and managerial capability to ensure

compliance with the requirements of the SDWA, unless the assistance will ensure

compliance and the owners or operators of the systems agree to undertake

feasible and appropriate changes in operations to ensure compliance over the

long-term; and

3)         Systems

that are in significant noncompliance with any national primary drinking water

regulation or variance, unless:

A)        The

purpose of the assistance is to address the cause of the significant noncompliance

and will ensure that the systems return to com

e systems agree to undertake

feasible and appropriate changes in operations to ensure compliance over the

long-term; and

3)         Systems

that are in significant noncompliance with any national primary drinking water

regulation or variance, unless:

A)        The

purpose of the assistance is to address the cause of the significant noncompliance

and will ensure that the systems return to compliance; or

B)        The

purpose of the assistance is unrelated to the cause of the significant

noncompliance and the systems are on enforcement schedules (for maximum

contaminant level and treatment technique violations) or have compliance plans

(for monitoring and reporting violations) to return to compliance.

c)         Eligible

Project Categories. Appendix A lists the project categories that are eligible

for assistance under this Part.

d)         Ineligible

Project Categories.

The following project categories

are not eligible for assistance under this Part

:

1)         Corrosion

control studies and corrosion control infrastructure;

2)         Water

meters;

3)         Bottled

water; and

4)         Premise

plumbing.