Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 76 - Alaska Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds › Article 2 - Alaska Drinking Water Fund › 18 AAC 76.215 - Eligible projects and activities; allowable costs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner of a
				drinking water system described in
				18 AAC 76.210 may apply to the
				department for financial assistance from the Alaska drinking water fund for a
				project or activity that will facilitate compliance with the  40 C.F.R. 141, as
				applicable, or that will otherwise significantly further the health protection
				objectives of 42 U.S.C.
				300 f -
				42 U.S.C.
				300j-26 (Safe Drinking Water Act) and 18 AAC
				80 (Drinking Water).
(b) Except as
				provided in (e) of this section, the following projects and activities are
				eligible for financial assistance from the Alaska drinking water fund:
(1) projects to address health standards
				under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the 18 AAC 80 (Drinking Water) that have
				been violated, or to prevent future violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act
				and 18 AAC 80, including projects to achieve and maintain compliance with the
				primary maximum contaminant levels in
				18 AAC 80.300, the surface water
				treatment requirements in
				18 AAC 80.600 -
				18 AAC 80.699, the total coliform
				requirements in
				18 AAC 80.400 -
				18 AAC 80.440, and the lead and
				copper requirements in
				18 AAC 80.500 -
				18 AAC 80.565;
(2) projects to replace aging drinking water
				infrastructure, including projects to
(A)
				rehabilitate or develop sources (excluding dams, dam rehabilitation,
				reservoirs, and water rights) to replace contaminated sources;
(B) install or upgrade water treatment
				systems if the department determines that the project would improve the quality
				of drinking water to comply with primary or secondary maximum contaminant
				levels in 18 AAC 80.300;
(C) install or upgrade storage facilities,
				including finished water reservoirs, to prevent microbiological contaminants
				from entering the water system; and
(D) install or replace transmission and
				distribution pipes to prevent contamination caused by leaks or breaks in the
				pipe or to improve water pressure to safe levels;
(3) the purchase of a portion of another
				system's hydraulic capacity, if that is a more cost-effective solution than the
				development of a system's own source;
(4) for eligible drinking water systems
				described in
				18 AAC 76.210(a) (2), projects to provide central treatment or
				treatment at the point of entry as described in
				42 U.S.C.
				300 f(4)(B)(i)(III);
(5) acquisition of land or an interest in
				land, if needed to locate an eligible project and the purchase is from a
				willing seller;
(6) the cost of
				complying with 42 U.S.C.
				4601 -  42 U.S.C. 4655  (Uniform Relocation
				Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970);
(7) planning and design of an eligible
				project, including
(A) investigations or
				studies necessary to complete a project plan, including preparation of an
				environmental assessment report; and
(B) surveys, designs, plans, work drawings,
				and specifications; and
(8) restructuring, including consolidation,
				of a drinking water system that is in noncompliance or that lacks the
				technical, managerial, and financial capacity under
				18 AAC 80.207 to maintain the
				system, if the assistance will ensure that the system returns to and maintains
				compliance with the requirements of   40 C.F.R. 141 and 18   AAC 80 (Drinking
				Water).