Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Funding list.
A funding list shall be compiled by the commissioner before
each grant application period. The list shall be used to determine which
municipalities are eligible to apply for individual sewage treatment system
grant funds.
Subp. 2.
Requirements for placement on the funding list.
To be placed on the funding list a municipality must meet the
requirements of part
7077.0710, subpart
5, and either item A, B, or
C, as appropriate.
A. A municipality
with a project proposal must submit a written request for the project to be
placed on the funding list to the commissioner during a submittal period
announced by a notice in the State Register. The notice shall include submittal
deadlines and conditions. The placement request must be made on forms provided
by the agency and must include:
(1) a
resolution of the governing body of the municipality that designates the
municipality as the responsible party for the funding list placement request
and future grant application, authorizes the filing of the request and future
application, and designates the municipal official authorized to sign the
request, future application, and related documents;
(2) a map of the municipal jurisdiction or
approved alternative planning area;
(3) a preliminary list that identifies the
addresses of the individual sewage treatment systems that are suspected to be
failed and that meet the eligibility requirements under part
7077.0710, subpart
2;
(4) median household income data or
alternative median household income data that includes income data and
computation methodology for municipalities and planning areas not included in
the decennial census;
(5) the
municipality's estimated date of site evaluation, design, and construction for
all eligible systems;
(6) a copy of
a draft ordinance for adopting the requirements of chapter 7080 and
establishing a maintenance plan for the individual sewage treatment systems
within the jurisdiction of the municipality; and
(7) the estimated amount of grant funding
necessary for eligible site evaluation, system design, and construction
costs.
B. A municipality
with a project that has been awarded a partial grant under part
7077.0735, subpart
2, shall submit a written
request for the remaining grant fund entitlement to the commissioner by the
published placement-request submittal deadline described under item
A.
C. A municipality eligible for a
grant increase amendment under part
7077.0735, subpart
4, item A, shall submit a
written request for the grant increase to the commissioner by the published
placement-request submittal deadline described under item A.
Subp. 3.
Incomplete
requests.
Municipalities that submit placement requests that do not
include the information required in subpart
2 or that are not postmarked
by the published deadline shall not be placed on the funding list.
Subp. 4.
Priority
ranking.
Priority ranking of projects will be based on the median
household income approved by the commissioner for the project planning area.
Ranking on the funding list shall be determined as described in items A to
C:
A. Partial award projects shall be
ranked before other grant increase amendments and project proposals. Partial
award projects shall be ranked with the lowest median household income
receiving the highest priority.
B.
Grant increase amendments other than for partial awards shall be ranked after
the lowest priority partial award project on the funding list and before
project proposals. These grant increases shall be ranked with the lowest median
household income receiving the highest priority.
C. Project proposals shall be ranked after
the lowest priority grant increase amendment project on the funding list.
Project proposals shall be ranked with the lowest median household income
receiving the highest priority.
Subp.
5.
Determination of fundable range.
To determine the fundable range on the funding list, the
commissioner shall subtract the estimated grant amount or calculated grant
increase for each project, in order of decreased priority, from the amount
available in the individual sewage treatment system grant fund. The projects
classified as fundable are those that have their estimated or calculated
project costs subtracted before the grant fund amount is depleted or diminished
to an amount too small to complete the majority of the project next in priority
on the funding list.
Subp.
6.
Determination of projects eligible to submit
applications.
Only municipalities with projects classified as fundable on
the funding list are eligible to submit applications.
Subp. 7.
Exclusion from fundable
range.
Projects not classified as fundable on the funding list must
resubmit the documents required under subpart
2 during a subsequent
placement request period.
Subp.
8.
Commissioner notification.
The commissioner shall notify each municipality of the
funding list priority for its project.
Statutory Authority: MS s
116.18;
116.182
