Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-80 - Limitations on use of Referendum 39 grant funds for water pollution abatement
Section 173-80-050 - Wastewater treatment works grants - Priority rating and other provisions
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) In instances where applications for wastewater treatment works grant funds exceed the amount currently available to the department, the director will establish a project priority list using published priority rating criteria which consider, but are not limited to, the following:
(2) In instances where a priority list is required, the director will ensure that:
(3) The department may use funds authorized by chapter 43.99F RCW as fifteen percent grants to wastewater treatment projects for public entities who have received a federal grant under Title II of Public Law 97-117 prior to October 1, 1982, or a written guarantee from the department, prior to the effective date of this chapter, that such a grant will be available when a federal grant is received. New phases of those continuing construction wastewater treatment projects begun prior to October 1, 1982, are also eligible for a fifteen percent grant. Funds are to be awarded under this authority only if funds provided by chapter 43.83A RCW (Referendum Bill No. 26) are not available.
(4) Prior to December 31, 1982, the department may award a grant for seventy-five percent of the eligible costs for completion of any wastewater treatment facility that began construction under the federal wastewater treatment program prior to October 1, 1981, and is not scheduled to receive a federal grant prior to federal fiscal year 1983.
(5) Wastewater treatment program projects, except those allowed by WAC 173-80-050(4), shall not receive grants exceeding fifty percent of the eligible costs of the project.
(6) The director may enter into a single lump sum design and construction contract with a grantee whose project exceeds a total cost of $100 million and requires more than three years to design and construct, providing that all the following conditions are met:
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.080. 82-05-011 (Order DE 81-50), § 173-80-050, filed 2/5/82.