Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Funding
is limited to a Grantee as defined in 690-600-0010(5).
(2) Applications for funding may not exceed
$500,000 per project.
(3) For a
project planning study to be considered for review and funding, an applicant
must submit a complete application as determined by the Department and the
project planning study must be eligible for funding under
690-600-0050.
(4) All applicants
for funding shall supply the following information in their application:
(a) Names, mailing addresses, email addresses
(if available), and fax and telephone numbers of the applicant contact
person(s) and the fiscal officer(s);
(b) Partner(s) name and address, if
applicable;
(c) Information
required by the Department regarding the water conservation, reuse or storage
project associated with the project planning study.
(d) For a project planning study associated
with an above ground storage project, information as to whether and to what
extent the project includes provisions for using stored water to augment
in-stream flows to conserve, maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish life or
other ecological values.
(e) For a
project planning study that is not associated with an above ground storage
project, information as to whether the project has been identified by the
Department in a statewide water assessment and inventory.
(f) For a project planning study that is
associated with a proposed storage project that would impound surface water on
a perennial stream, divert water from a stream that supports sensitive,
threatened or endangered fish or divert more than 500 acre-feet of surface
water annually, the proposed project planning study must contain the following
elements:
(A) Analyses of by-pass, optimum
peak, flushing and other ecological flows of the affected stream and the impact
of the storage project on those flows;
(B) Comparative analyses of alternative means
of supplying water, including but not limited to the costs and benefits of
conservation and efficiency alternatives and the extent to which long-term
water supply needs may be met using those alternatives;
(C) Analyses of environmental harm or impacts
from the proposed storage project
(D) Evaluation of the need for and
feasibility of using stored water to augment in-stream flows to conserve,
maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish life and any other ecological values,
and
(E) For a proposed storage
project that is for municipal use, analysis of local and regional water demand
and the proposed storage project's relationship to existing and planned water
supply projects.
(g)
Estimated line item budget for the project planning study including the sources
and amounts of match funding and the amount of funding requested from the
Department. Administrative costs may not exceed 10% of the total funding
requested from the Department.
(h)
A project planning study schedule including identification of specific project
planning study elements for which funding will be used and the project planning
study beginning and completion date; and
(i) Any other information requested by the
Department that is necessary to evaluate the application for funding based on
evaluation criteria developed by the Department.
(5) An applicant must demonstrate that at
least 50% match is being sought, on a form provided by the Department, based on
the total funding request. Match may include:
(a) Associated and documented expenditures
for the project planning study from non-Program sources incurred prior to
program funding and approved by the Department for match purposes.
(b) Secured funding commitments from other
sources;
(c) Pending commitments of
funding from other sources. In such instances, Department funding will not be
released prior to secured commitment of the funds from other sources. Pending
commitments of the funding must be secured within 12 months from the date of
the award; or
(d) The value of
in-kind labor, equipment rental and materials essential to the project planning
study.
(6) An
application must be submitted on a form provided by the Department. An
explanation must accompany the application if any of the information required
in section (4) of this rule cannot be provided.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
536.027
Stats. Implemented: 2008 OL Ch.
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