Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-15-303

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R18-15-303 - Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List

A. The Authority annually shall prepare a Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List as part of the Intended Use Plan described in R18-15-302. The Board may waive the requirement to develop an annual Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List if funds are not adequate to assist any projects or if the Board determines that no financial assistance will be offered for the annual funding cycle.

B. An applicant pursuing financial assistance from the Authority for a project shall request to have the project included on the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List. The applicant may request that multiple projects be placed on the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List. An applicant shall make a request for placement of a project on the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List on or before a date specified by the Authority and in an application format specified by the Authority. The Authority shall include with the project priority list application form the criteria under each ranking category in R18-15-304(A) by which the project will be evaluated and the relative importance of each of the criterion.

C. In preparing the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List, the Authority shall consider all project priority list applications submitted under subsection (B). The Authority shall evaluate the merits of each project with respect to water quality issues and determine the total points of each project according to R18-15-304. At a minimum, the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List shall identify:

1. The applicant;

2. Project title;

3. Type of project;

4. Population of service area;

5. The amount requested for financial assistance;

6. The subsidy according to R18-15-304(C);

7. Whether the project is within the fundable range according to R18-15-305; and

8. The rank of each project by its total points, determined according to R18-15-304.

D. After adoption of the annual Intended Use Plan and project priority list according to R18-15-302, the Board may allow:

1. Updates and corrections to the adopted Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List, if the updates and corrections are adopted by the Board after public notice; or

2. Additions to the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List, if the additions are adopted by the Board after public notice.

E. After public notice, the Board may remove a project from the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Project Priority List under one or more of the following circumstances:

1. The recipient has received all financial assistance identified in the executed financial assistance agreement with the Authority;

2. The project was financed from another source;

3. The project is no longer an eligible project;

4. The applicant requests removal;

5. The applicant is no longer an eligible applicant; or

6. The applicant did not update, modify, correct or resubmit a project from the project priority list developed for the previous funding cycle.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-15-303

Adopted effective September 18, 1997 (Supp. 97-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 5956, effective December 4, 2001 (Supp. 01-4). Former R18-15-303 renumbered to R18-15-302; new Section made by final rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1709, effective October 9, 2010 (Supp. 10-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 239, effective 3/11/2018.