Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
339d - Grants to Municipalities and Lake Associations to Improve the Water Quality of Recreational Lakes
Section 22a-339d-2 - Requirements for grant applications
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 22a-339d-2
Current through March 14, 2024
(a) Level of State Assistance.
(1) The grant to an
applicant for a diagnostic feasibility study shall be seventy five percent of
the allowable costs. If federal funds are available under the Federal Act in
the amount of seventy per cent of the costs, the state grant shall be twenty
per cent of the costs. The combined federal and state grant shall not exceed
ninety percent of the costs.
(2)
The grant to an applicant for a eutrophication abatement program shall be fifty
per cent of the costs. If federal funds are available under the Federal Act in
the amount of fifty percent of the costs, the state grant shall be twenty five
percent of the costs. The combined federal and state grant shall not exceed
seventy five percent of the costs.
(3) At least thirty percent of the available
funds shall be allocated to diagnostic feasibility studies, unless a sufficient
number of applications is not received to utilize this allocation.
(b) Grant Applications. An applicant applying for state funding assistance must file properly executed forms and applications prescribed by the Commissioner. In addition, the following supporting documentation shall be submitted as appropriate:
(1) an application for diagnostic
feasibility study funding assistance shall include:
(A) an identification of the lake and a
geographic map of the lake watershed;
(B) a baseline study;
(C) copies of all pertinent previous
diagnostic feasibility studies;
(D)
a statement of the applicant's interest in seeking funding under the Federal
Act and the steps taken to obtain such funding;
(E) a plan of study including:
(i) the nature and preliminary scope of the
study, including a preliminary schedule for the completion of specific
tasks;
(ii) a proposed public
participation program including at least one public meeting during the
diagnostic portion of the study and one public meeting to present the
recommended eutrophication abatement program;
(F) a resolution adopted by the applicant's
governing body authorizing a specific person to file the application and
execute the agreement for the grant. The resolution must be certified and
sealed by the town clerk, lake authority secretary or lake association district
clerk;
(G) documented evidence that
the applicant's share of funding is in place.
(2) An application for eutrophication
abatement funding assistance shall include:
(A) a diagnostic feasibility study meeting
all the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of section 22a-xxx-3 of the
Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(B) if the applicant is seeking funding under
the Federal Act, all other information necessary to comply with 40 CFR Part 35
Subpart H;
(C) a statement
demonstrating to the Commissioner's satisfaction that the local authorities who
will be implementing the eutrophication program have the necessary legal,
financial, institutional, and managerial resources to insure proper design,
construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and monitoring of the
proposed projects;
(D) proposed
subagreements, or an explanation of the intended method of awarding
subagreements, for performance of any substantial portion of the
project;
(E) a resolution, adopted
by the applicant's governing body authorizing a specific person to file the
application and execute the agreement for the grant. The resolution must be
certified and sealed by the town clerk, lake authority chairman, or lake
association district clerk;
(F) any
proposed or executed (as determined appropriate by the Commissioner)
inter-municipal agreements necessary for the design, construction, operation
and maintenance and monitoring of the proposed projects;
(G) a schedule detailing dates for design,
construction, and completion of proposed projects;
(H) documented evidence that the applicant's
share of funding is in place;
(I) a
statement from the applicant's counsel that certifies all necessary easements
or rights-of-way have been acquired;
(J) copies of applications for federal,
state, and local permits necessary for implementation of the proposed
project.
(3) Terms of
Funding Assistance.
Grant agreements will be executed as formal contractual agreements between the Department of Environmental Protection and the applicant and shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(A) the Commissioner may condition grants as
he or she deems appropriate;
(B)
the Commissioner may require the applicant to establish watershed management
practices to prevent the occurrence of eutrophication;
(C) no grant assistance will be allowed for
any work performed before a grant award without the prior written approval of
the Commissioner;
(D) payment terms
will be established by the grant agreement and shall be based on accomplished
tasks;
(E) the award of a grant for
a diagnostic feasibility study does not constitute a commitment to approval of
a subsequent application for a diagnostic feasibility study grant or
eutrophication abatement grant;
(F)
the Commissioner may require post implementation water quality monitoring
reports as a condition of a grant for eutrophication abatement.
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