Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-15-402

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R18-15-402 - Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List
A. The Authority annually shall prepare a Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List. The Authority is not required to prepare a Water Supply Development 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 water supply development project shall request to have the project included on the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List. The applicant may request that multiple projects be placed on the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List. An applicant shall make a request for placement of a project on the Water Supply Development 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 R18-15-403(A) by which the project will be evaluated and the relative importance of each of the criterion.
C. In preparing the Water Supply Development 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 supply development issues and determine the order and priority of each project according to R18-15-403. At a minimum, the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List shall identify:
1. The applicant;
2. Project title;
3. A project description;
4. Population of the water provider's area served;
5. The amount requested for financial assistance; and
6. The order and priority of each project, determined according to R18-15-403.
D. The Authority shall provide for a public comment period of the draft Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List for a minimum of 14 calendar days. The Authority shall summarize all written comments submitted and prepare responses for Board review. After review of the summary, the Board shall make any appropriate changes to the Project Priority List and then adopt the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List at a public meeting.
E. After adoption of the annual Project Priority List, the Authority may allow:
1. Updates and corrections to the adopted Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List, if the updates and corrections are adopted by the Authority after an opportunity for public notice; or
2. Additions to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund Project Priority List, if the additions are adopted by the Authority after an opportunity for public notice.
F. After an opportunity for public notice, the Authority may remove a project from the Water Supply Development 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; or
5. The applicant is no longer an eligible applicant

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-15-402

Adopted effective September 18, 1997 (Supp. 97-3). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1709, effective October 9, 2010 (Supp. 10-3). Renumbered from R18-15-403 by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 239, effective 3/11/2018. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 1982, effective 5/7/2024.