Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 58 - Environmental Quality, Department of › Rule 58.01.22 - RULES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF PLANNING GRANTS FOR DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES › Section 58.01.22.030 - PROJECT SCOPE AND FUNDING

Current through August 31, 2023
Grant funds awarded under this program will be used entirely to
				prepare a planning document to identify the cost effective and environmentally
				sound alternative to achieve or maintain compliance with IDAPA 58.01.08, "Idaho
				Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems," and the Safe Drinking Water Act,
				42 U.S.C. Sections
				300f et seq.; or, maintain compliance with
				IDAPA 58.01.16, Wastewater Rules, and the federal Clean Water Act,
				33 U.S.C. Sections
				1381 et seq. The planning document must be
				approved by the Department. (3-31-22)
01.
Planning Document
. (3-31-22)
a. A planning document shall include all
			 items required by IDAPA 58.01.08, "Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water
			 Systems," Subsection 503.03 or
			 502.04 or IDAPA 58.01.16,
			 "Wastewater Rules," Subsection
			 411.03 or
			 410.04. Should the grant
			 recipient proceed to construction using federal funds (e.g., a state revolving
			 fund loan), then the items listed in Subsection
			 030.01.b. of these rules will
			 be required prior to construction. (3-31-22)
b. A planning document that is prepared
			 anticipating the use of federal funds shall include an environmental review
			 that will require the Department approval of both a draft and final planning
			 document. (3-31-22)
i. The draft planning
			 document shall include all items required by IDAPA 58.01.08, "Idaho Rules for
			 Public Drinking Water Systems," Subsection
			 502.04 or
			 503.03, as well as the
			 following; or 58.01.16, "Wastewater Rules," Subsection
			 411.03 or
			 410.04 (3-31-22)
(1) Description of existing conditions for
			 the proposed project area; (3-31-22)
(2) Description of future conditions for the
			 proposed project area; (3-31-22)
(3) Development and initial screening of
			 alternatives; (3-31-22)
(4)
			 Development of an environmental review specified by the Department as described
			 in Section 040. (3-31-22)
ii. The final planning document shall include
			 all items required of the draft planning document as well as the following:
			 (3-31-22)
(1) Final screening of principal
			 alternatives and plan adoption; (3-31-22)
(2) Selected plan description and
			 implementation arrangements; and (3-31-22)
(3) Relevant engineering data supporting the
			 final alternative. (3-31-22)
(4)
			 Assessment of the cost and effectiveness, to the maximum extent practicable, of
			 efficient water use, reuse, recapture and conservation, and energy
			 conservation, with cost including construction, operation and maintenance, and
			 replacement. (3-31-22)
iii. The grant recipient shall provide an
			 opportunity for the public to comment on the draft planning document. The
			 public comment period shall be held after alternatives have been developed and
			 the Department has approved the draft planning document. The grant recipient
			 shall provide written notice of the public comment period and hold at least one
			 (1) public meeting within the jurisdiction of the grant recipient during the
			 public comment period. At the public meeting, the grant recipient shall present
			 the draft planning document with an explanation of the alternatives identified.
			 The cost effective and environmentally sound alternative selected shall
			 consider public comments received from those affected by the proposed project.
			 After the public meeting and public comment period, the final alternative will
			 be selected and the Environmental Information Document may be prepared.
			 (3-31-22)
c. The draft
			 and final planning document shall bear the imprint of an Idaho licensed
			 professional engineer's seal that is both signed and dated by the engineer.
			 (3-31-22)
d. The draft and final
			 planning documents must be reviewed and approved by the Department.
			 (3-31-22)
e. The planning period
			 shall be twenty (20) years for all facilities except for distribution and
			 transmission systems which may be forty (40) years.
			 (3-31-22)