Section 261-2-009 - INELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS OR COMPONENTS OF APPLICATIONS009.01. Interest owed on borrowed money is not a cost which may be included in an application nor will such costs be reimbursed.009.02. Costs incurred by and/or services provided to an applicant prior to approval of an application by the Commission may not be included in project costs and will not be paid or reimbursed.009.03. Operation and/or maintenance expenses will not be costs of a project which can be reimbursed and may not be included in an application.009.04. A rate of inflation may not be used as a component of project costs which are subject to reimbursement and may not be included in an application.009.05. Grant Provisions. 009.05(A) For applicants other than the Department of Natural Resources, after deducting all other sources of funding contributed to offset costs of the project (such as federal, state, Nebraska Environmental Trust and/or other sources regardless of the method(s) of recording and receiving such funds), financial assistance from the Fund will be 60%, or a lesser percentage If requested by the applicant, of the remaining costs which otherwise would have to be paid from local sources. The following project costs may not be included as a share of the applicant costs: (1) Costs paid or reimbursed by a. non-state entities having as a source federal money or b. federal entities;(2) Costs for operation and maintenance, debt interest, applicant administration and management costs;009.05(B) For the Nebraska Department of Natural resources, after deducting federal and Nebraska Environmental Trust funds, financial assistance from the Fund will be 60%, or a lesser percentage if requested by the Department, of the remaining project costs. The Department may meet the match requirement with other sources of state funding and may include preapproved in-kind services. The following project costs may not be included as a share of the Department costs: (1) Costs paid or reimbursed by a. non-state entities having as a source federal money or b. federal entities;(2) Costs for operation and maintenance, debt interest, applicant administration and management costs;009.06. An applicant may use in-kind services for a portion of its local cost share but only if such use is preapproved by the Commission in writing and only upon the applicant showing how the use of in-kind services will result in lower project costs (For example a contractor's bid for the identical services is higher than the proposed value of the in-kind services).261 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 009
Amended effective 12/27/2022