Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 362 - PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR GRANTS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 362.104 - Grant Assistance Availability

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) For projects on the Project Priority List,
				the following grant assistance is available, subject to the availability of
				funding under federal appropriation:
1) Step
				1 (facilities planning). No grant assistance is available for Step 1, except
				for amendments to existing Step 1 grants. If a Step 3 or Step 2 + 3 grant is
				later offered, an allowance for facility planning may be provided by the USEPA
				at the prevailing federal share.
2)
				Step 2 (design engineering and specifications). No grant assistance is
				available for Step 2, except for amendments to existing Step 2 grants. If a
				Step 3 grant is later offered, an allowance for design engineering and
				specifications may be provided by the USEPA at the prevailing federal share. If
				a Step 2 + 3 grant is offered, Step 2 will consist of an allowance for design
				engineering and specifications at the prevailing federal share.
3) Step 3 (building). Step 3 grants at the
				prevailing federal share are available in accordance with the approved Water
				Pollution Control Program Plan to grant applicants with a Grant Priority Index
				of 94 or higher as established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 364. Funding for Step 3
				for projects utilizing innovative or alternative wastewater systems with a
				Grant Priority Index of less than 94 is contingent upon the availability of
				funds for alternative and innovative projects. Where no Step 1 and Step 2
				grants, or Step 1 grant and advance of allowance for Step 2, have been
				previously awarded, the Step 3 grant will include the federal share of the
				allowance for both facilities planning and design engineering and
				specifications. Where a Step 1 grant has been previously awarded, and no Step 2
				grant or advance of allowance for Step 2 has been previously awarded, the Step
				3 grant will include the federal share of the allowance for design engineering
				and specifications only. Step 3 grants will include the federal share of the
				total estimated eligible Step 3 costs.
4) Step 2 + 3 (design engineering and
				specifications and building). Step 2 + 3 grants at the prevailing federal share
				are available in accordance with the approved Water Pollution Control Program
				Plan to grant applicants with a Grant Priority Index of 94 or higher as
				established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 364, and which have a population of 25,000
				or less, a total estimated Step 3 building cost of $8 million or less, and a
				project that is not phased or segmented. Step 2 +3 funding for projects using
				alternative or innovative wastewater systems which qualify for a Step 2 + 3
				grant, and with a Grant Priority Index of less than 94, is contingent upon the
				availability of funds for alternative and innovative projects. Where no Step 1
				grant has been previously awarded, the Step 2 + 3 grant will include the
				federal share of the allowance for facilities planning and design. Where a Step
				1 grant has been previously awarded, the Step 2 + 3 grant will include the
				federal share of the allowance for design engineering and specifications only.
				The Step 2 + 3 grant will include the federal share of the total estimated
				eligible Step 3 costs.
5) Advance
				of allowance
A) Advance of the federal share
				of an allowance is available to a community with a population of 25,000 or less
				and which is eligible for the advance under 40 CFR 35, Subpart I. The advance
				shall not exceed the federal share of the allowance for such costs
				received.
B) Where an advance of
				allowance has been awarded to a grantee that subsequently refuses to accept a
				Step 2 + 3 or Step 3 grant, the grantee shall repay the advance. Where a Step 2
				+ 3 or Step 3 grant is awarded to a grant recipient that has received an
				advance, the federal share of the allowance will be reduced by the amount of
				the advance.