Section 096-592-6 - Applicant's responsibilitiesA.Related laws. The applicant shall abide by the Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules and all other applicable laws.B.Good faith effort by the applicant. Prior to submission of an application, the applicant shall make a good faith effort to ascertain the existence of all malfunctioning septic systems and direct discharges that are affecting water quality or causing a public nuisance within its jurisdiction. These systems are defined under sections 7(B) and (C) below. (1) The applicant shall post a public notice about the program at the Municipal Building asking for information from individuals who may qualify for the program.(2) A Local Plumbing Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer shall inspect all potentially qualifying systems to determine if a malfunction or direct discharge exists.(3) The applicant shall provide the department with information necessary to determine the grant eligibility of each individual system. A list of eligible systems, arranged in order of severity of the pollution problem, will be developed jointly by the applicant and department. Individual systems will be funded based upon this eligibility list, in order of the most severe to the least severe, until available grant funds are expended. Projects not on the eligible list or lower on the list may be funded at the department's discretion.06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 592, § 6