Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 662 - PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING LOANS FROM THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY LOAN PROGRAM › Subpart C - LOAN APPLICATION PROCESS › Section 662.320 - Project Plan

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Loan
				applicants shall submit to the Agency a Project Plan, with its initial Funding
				Nomination Form, that shall consist of plans and studies that are directly
				related to the construction or implementation of the proposed project. The
				Project Plan shall provide documentation on the need for the project for which
				loan assistance is being requested.
b) Planning previously or collaterally
				accomplished under local, State or federal programs may be utilized to the
				extent applicable. If any information required to be furnished as part of a
				Project Plan has been developed separately, it shall be furnished and
				incorporated by reference in the Project Plan.
c) When applicable, the loan applicant shall
				also submit drafts of any intergovernmental agreements or demonstrations of
				legal authority necessary for project implementation.
d) The Project Plan may include more than one
				construction project.
e) The
				Project Plan shall include the following supporting data:
1) A complete description of the selected
				public water supply or other systems, identification of any existing violations
				of federal or State regulations, and identification of the needs to be
				addressed by the proposed project;
2) A discussion of the technical, financial,
				managerial, and environmental considerations that form the basis for the loan
				applicant's selection of the recommended project. When appropriate to the
				project scope, the following issues shall be addressed:
A) The relationship of the capacity of the
				selected alternative to the needs to be served, including reserve
				capacity;
B) A discussion of the
				operational requirements for the selected alternative and provisions for the
				ultimate disposal of waste by-products in accordance with State
				requirements;
C) An inventory of
				the relative environmental impacts of the selected alternative and a discussion
				of the measures that would be required during design and construction to
				mitigate or minimize negative environmental impacts; and
D) Adequate basis of design information for
				the selected alternative to confirm the reasonability of cost
				estimates;
3) A detailed
				description of the alternative selected for loan assistance, including
				preliminary engineering data, complete cost estimates for design and
				construction, one or more
				8.5 by 11 inch
				site map or maps locating areas of construction and indirect impacts, and a
				projected schedule for completion. The engineering data shall include, to the
				extent appropriate, flow diagrams, unit process descriptions, detention times,
				flow rates, unit capacities, etc., sufficient to demonstrate that the project
				proposed will be designed in accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code Subtitle
				F;
4) Any required comments or
				approvals from relevant federal, State, interstate, regional or local
				agencies;
5) An implementation plan
				for the proposed recommendations, including necessary financial arrangements
				for the operation and maintenance of the project and repayment of the proposed
				loan amount, as well as the impact of these costs on the system users;
				and
6) Information sufficient to
				support a determination as to whether any portion of the project addresses
				green infrastructure, energy efficient improvements, or other environmentally
				innovative activities.