Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 482 - Clean Water Fund › Section 22a-482-4 - Administrative program elements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Allowable
			 Grant Costs.
Those costs associated with the planning, design and
			 construction of pollution abatement facilities eligible for state grant
			 assistance are as follows:
(1) costs of
			 salaries, benefits, and expendable materials the municipality incurs for the
			 project, except as provided for in subdivision (b) (8) of this
			 section;
(2) costs under
			 construction contracts;
(3)
			 professional and consultant services;
(4) engineering report costs directly related
			 to the pollution abatement facility;
(5) sewer system evaluation;
(6) project feasibility and related
			 engineering reports;
(7) costs of
			 complying with the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act, section
			 22a-1a
			 to
			 22a-1h
			 of the General Statutes, including costs of public notices and
			 hearings;
(8) preparation of
			 construction drawings, specifications, estimates and construction contract
			 documents;
(9) reasonable
			 landscaping;
(10) materials
			 acquired, consumed, or expended specifically for the project;
(11) shop equipment installed at the
			 pollution abatement facility necessary to the operation of the
			 facility;
(12) a reasonable
			 inventory of laboratory chemicals and supplies necessary to initiate plant
			 operations;
(13) development and
			 preparation of a preliminary and final plan of operation and an operation and
			 maintenance manual;
(14) start-up
			 services for new pollution abatement facilities;
(15) project identification signs;
(16) costs of complying with the procurement
			 requirements of this section;
(17)
			 the costs of technical services for assessing the merits of or negotiating the
			 settlement of a claim by or against the municipality provided;
(A) a formal grant amendment is executed
			 specifically covering the costs before they are incurred;
(B) the costs are not incurred to prepare
			 documentation that should be prepared by the contractor to support a claim
			 against the municipality; and
(C)
			 the Commissioner determines that there is a significant state interest in the
			 issues involved in the claim;
(18) change orders and the costs of
			 meritorious contractor claims for increased costs, provided the costs are not
			 caused by the municipality's mismanagement or vicarious liability for the
			 improper action of others. Settlements, arbitration awards, and court judgments
			 which resolve contractor claims shall be reviewed by the Commissioner and shall
			 be allowable only to the extent they are not caused by municipality
			 mismanagement, are reasonable, and do not attempt to pass on to the State of
			 Connecticut the costs of events that were the responsibility of the
			 municipality, contractor or others;
(19) costs necessary to mitigate only direct,
			 adverse, or physical impacts resulting from the building of the pollution
			 abatement facility;
(20) the cost
			 of groundwater monitoring facilities necessary to determine the possibility of
			 groundwater deterioration, depletion or modification resulting from the
			 project;
(21) for individual and
			 small community systems, allowable costs which include:
(A) the cost of major rehabilitation,
			 upgrading, enlarging and installing small and onsite systems, but in the case
			 of privately owned systems, only for principal residences;
(B) conveyance pipes from the property line
			 to an offsite treatment unit which serves a cluster of buildings;
(C) treatment and treatment residue disposal
			 portions of toilets with composting tanks, oil flush mechanisms, or similar
			 in-house devices;
(D) treatment or
			 pumping units from the incoming flange, when located on private property, and
			 conveyance pipes, if any, to the collector sewer; and
(E) the cost of restoring individual system
			 building sites to their original condition;
(22) necessary safety equipment applicable to
			 federal, state and local requirements;
(23) a portion of the costs of collection
			 system maintenance equipment, as determined by the Commissioner;
(24) the cost of mobile equipment necessary
			 for the operation of the overall pollution abatement facility, transmission of
			 wastewater or sludge, or for the maintenance of equipment. These items include:
(A) portable stand-by generators;
(B) large portable emergency pumps to provide
			 "pump-around" capability in the event of a pump station failure or pipeline
			 breaks; and
(C) sludge or septic
			 tank trucks, trailers, and other vehicles having as their sole purpose the
			 transportation of liquid or dewatered wastes from the collector point
			 (including individual or on-site systems) to the pollution abatement facility
			 or disposal site;
(25)
			 replacement parts identified and approved in advance by the Commissioner as
			 necessary to assure uninterrupted operation of the pollution abatement
			 facility, provided they are critical parts or major system components which
			 are:
(A) not immediately available or whose
			 procurement involves an extended "lead-time";
(B) identified as critical by the equipment
			 supplier(s); or
(C) critical but
			 not included in the inventory provided by the equipment supplier(s);
(26) allowable costs for
			 infiltration/inflow which include:
(A) the
			 cost of sewer system and pollution abatement facility capacity adequate to
			 transport and treat nonexcessive infiltration/inflow; and
(B) the costs of sewer system rehabilitation
			 necessary to eliminate excessive infiltration/inflow as determined in a sewer
			 system evaluation survey under section
			 22a-482-3(g);
(27) the costs of royalties for
			 the use of rights in a patented process or product with the prior approval of
			 the Commissioner;
(28) the cost of
			 legal and engineering services incurred by the municipality in deciding
			 procurement protests and defending their decisions in protest appeals with the
			 prior approval of the Commissioner;
(29) the cost of the services of the prime
			 engineer required under subdivision (p) (10) of this section during the first
			 year following initiation of operation of the pollution abatement facility;
			 and
(30) the costs of municipal
			 employees attending training workshops or seminars that are necessary to
			 provide instruction in administrative, fiscal or contracting procedures
			 required to complete the construction of the pollution abatement facility, if
			 approved in advance by the Commissioner.