Alabama Administrative Code
Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 220-1-5 - ALABAMA RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT GRANTS PROGRAM
Section 220-1-5-.02 - Definitions

(a) "Department" means the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(b) "Local Entity" means one of the following:

(c) "Eligibility" means the standard or criteria by which a local government or applicant qualifies for grant funds, as determined by the Department. These standards shall include, but are not limited to, completeness of the grant application; plans for controlling invasive aquatic species or debris removal projects; current status of related efforts underway within the applicant's jurisdiction; and consistency with local management planning.

(d) "Qualified Local Entity" means the local entity with an existing reservoir and/or debris management plan.

(e) "Local Public-Private Partnership" means any partnership between a county, incorporated municipality, unincorporated municipality, or any other public entity of a county or municipality and a private organization.

(f) "State Reservoir" means a quantity of any public spring, brook, creek, stream, river, pond, swamp, lake, reservoir, impoundment, sound, tidal estuary, bay, waterway, aquifer, or any other body or accumulation of water, surface water, or ground water, natural or artificial, that does any of the following:

(g) "Grant agreement" means the binding contract between the Department and the applicant.

(h) "Grant Application" means the initial request from the local entity for a grant from the Department.

(i) "Grant period" means twenty-four months from the time the grant agreement is properly executed by all parties or the time period specified in the grant documents.