Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 15 - WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF ARIZONA › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R18-15-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-1201, the terms of this
				  Chapter, unless otherwise specified, have the following meanings:
"ADEQ" means the Arizona Department of Environmental
				  Quality.
"Applicant" means an entity that is seeking financial or
				  technical assistance from the Authority under the provisions of this
				  Chapter.
"Application" means a request for financial or technical
				  assistance submitted to the Authority by an applicant.
"Authority" means the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority
				  of Arizona pursuant to A.R.S. §
									49-1201(1).
"Board" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-1201(2).
"Certified Water Quality Management Plan" means a plan
				  prepared by a designated Water Quality Management Planning Agency under Section
				  208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (P.L. 92-500) as amended by the
				  Water Quality Act of 1987 (P.L. 1004), certified by the Governor or the
				  Governor's designee, and approved by the United States Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Clean Water Revolving Fund" means the fund established by
				  A.R.S. §
									49-1221.
"DBE" means EPA's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
				  Program.
"Director" means the director of the Water Infrastructure
				  Finance Authority of Arizona.
"Disbursement" means the transfer of cash from a fund to a
				  recipient.
"Discharge" has same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-201(12).
"Drinking water facility" has same meaning as prescribed in
				  A.R.S. §
									49-1201(6).
"Drinking Water Revolving Fund" means the fund established by
				  A.R.S. §
									49-1241.
"EA" means an environmental assessment.
"EID" means an environmental information document.
"EIS" means an environmental impact statement.
"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Federal capitalization grant" means the assistance agreement
				  by which the EPA obligates and awards funds allotted to the Authority for
				  purposes of capitalizing the Clean Water Revolving Fund and the Drinking Water
				  Revolving Fund.
"Financial assistance" means the use of monies for any of the
				  purposes identified in
				  R18-15-102(B).
"Financial assistance agreement" means any agreement that
				  defines the terms for financial assistance provided according to this
				  Chapter.
"FONSI" means a finding of no significant impact, it is a
				  public decision document that briefly describes why the project will not have
				  any significant environmental effects.
"Fundable range" means a subset of a Project Priority List
				  that demarcates the ranked projects which have been determined to be ready to
				  proceed.
"Impaired water" means a navigable water for which credible
				  scientific data exists that satisfies the requirements of A.R.S. § 49-232
				  and that demonstrates that the water should be identified pursuant to
				  33 U.S.C.
				  1313(d) and the regulations
				  implementing that statute.
"Intended Use Plan" means the document prepared by the
				  Authority identifying the intended uses of Clean Water Revolving Fund and
				  Drinking Water Revolving Fund federal capitalization grants according to
				  R18-15-202 and
				  R18-15-302, and the intended uses
				  of funds for technical assistance according to
				  R18-15-502.
"Long-Term Water Augmentation Committee" means the committee
				  established by A.R.S. §
									49-1208(B).
"Master priority list" means the master priority list for
				  Capacity Development developed by the Arizona Department of Environmental
				  Quality under A.A.C.
				  R18-4-803, which ranks public
				  water systems according to their need for technical assistance.
"Onsite system" means a conventional septic tank system or
				  alternative system that is installed at a site to treat and dispose of
				  wastewater of predominantly human origin that is generated at that site.
"Planning and design assistance" means technical assistance
				  that provides for the use of monies for a specific water facility wastewater
				  treatment facility, or water supply delivery system for planning or design to
				  facilitate the design, construction, acquisition, improvement, or consolidation
				  of a drinking water project, wastewater project, or water supply development
				  project.
"Planning and design assistance agreement" means any
				  agreement that defines the terms for technical assistance provided according to
				  Article 5 of this Chapter.
"Planning and design technical assistance applicant" means a
				  governmental unit, a nonpoint source project sponsor, a drinking water
				  facility, or a water provider that is seeking planning and design assistance
				  from the Authority under the provisions of this Chapter.
"Planning and design technical assistance application" means
				  a request for planning and design assistance submitted to the Board by an
				  applicant in a format prescribed by the Authority.
"Planning and design loan repayment agreement" means the same
				  as technical assistance loan repayment agreement and has the meaning at A.R.S.
				  §
									49-1201(11)
"Professional assistance" means the use of monies by or on
				  behalf of the Authority to conduct research, conduct studies, conduct surveys,
				  develop guidance, and perform related activities that benefit more than one
				  water or wastewater treatment facility.
"Project" means any distinguishable segment or segments of a
				  wastewater treatment facility, drinking water facility, water supply delivery
				  system, stormwater system, or nonpoint source pollution control and for which
				  financial or technical assistance is being requested or provided.
"Project Priority List" means the document developed by the
				  Authority according to
				  R18-15-203
									R18-15-303; or R-18-402 that ranks
				  projects according to
				  R18-15-204;
				  R18-15-304; or R-18-15-403.
"Recipient" means an applicant who has entered into a
				  financial assistance agreement or planning and design assistance agreement with
				  the Authority.
"ROD" means a record of decision, it is the conclusion of the
				  EIS process.
"Staff assistance" means the use of monies for a specific
				  water or wastewater treatment facility to assist that system to improve its
				  operations or assist a specific water provider with a water supply delivery
				  system. For water providers, staff assistance is limited to planning and design
				  of water supply development projects according to A.R.S. §
									49-1203(B)(17).
"Technical assistance" means assistance provided by the
				  Authority in the form of staff assistance, professional assistance and planning
				  and design assistance.
"Wastewater treatment facility" has the same meaning as
				  prescribed in A.R.S. §
									49-1201(19).
"Water Conservation Grant Committee" means the committee
				  established by A.R.S. §
									49-1335.
"Water provider" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S.
				  §
									49-1201(20).
"Water supply development" has the same meaning as prescribed
				  in A.R.S. §
									49-1201(22).
"Water Supply Development Revolving Fund" means the fund
				  established by A.R.S. § 49-1271.