Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-1-5-.07

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 220-1-5-.07 - Eligibility Requirements
(1) In order to be considered for a grant award under the Program, all applications shall include the following information:
(a) A specific description of the project for which grant funds are requested, including the specific locations where work will be completed.
(b) A description of all existing activities related to the scope of work that have been or are planned on the State Reservoir where the project will be conducted.
(c) A statement that the grant is needed to achieve or surpass the goals established in either the reservoir management plan for projects designed to address invasive aquatic species or the reservoir debris management plan for projects designed to address marine debris.
(d) A summary of all costs incurred, or to be incurred, in planning and implementing the project.
(e) A copy of the Local Public-Private Partnerships agreement into which local entities have entered or will enter to accomplish the purposes of this rule.
(f) Applicants may not apply for any grant funds under this program if they have any open grants under this program that have been open greater than two years.
(g) Applicants must ensure that any projects undertaken through grant funds received under this program do not conflict or interfere with any right or obligation of an owner or operator of such State Reservoir or otherwise create any duty or liability for such owner or operator.
(h) Applications which have not met their obligations under the terms of any previous grant agreements or accounted for any unused grant funds from a previous grant awarded under this rule during the previous 36 months shall be denied by the Department.
(i) Applicants must contribute matching funds equal to 50 percent of the total amount of the grant award.
(j) Applicants must obtain written concurrence for the project from the owner or operator, or both, of the applicable State Reservoir.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-1-5-.07

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2022, eff. 4/14/2022.

Author: Christopher M. Blankenship

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 9-2-170.