Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 6 - Wastewater Pollution Control Regulations › Chapter 4 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality State Revolving Fund Loan Program Regulations (Effective for Projects Funded Prior to 10/1/2000) › Appendix 11-6-4-A - Determination of Eligible and Allowable Costs

Current through June 25, 2024
Eligible and allowable costs under SRF loan agreements will
				  be as described in the EPA publication Handbook of Procedures, Chapter IX, with
				  the following exceptions:
1. Federal procurement requirements do not apply. State law
				  applies as further described in Appendix D of this regulation.
2. Reserve capacity within the design period (up to 20 years)
				  is an eligible cost. Reserve capacity for interceptors, pumping stations, and
				  force mains within a design period of up to 40 years is an eligible
				  cost.
3. On wastewater collection projects which provide sewers to
				  unsewered residences, public buildings and businesses, the service line between
				  the public sewer and the point five (5) feet from the outside wall of
				  residences and public buildings are eligible. Service lines for businesses are
				  eligible between the public sewer and the property line of the business.
4. Construction work and construction related work which
				  occurs by the date representing a 25% time extension to the original
				  construction contract time is eligible. Construction work and construction
				  related work which occurs after this date is eligible only to the extent
				  approved by the Department staff pursuant to a review of the justification for
				  all time extensions.
5. Costs for facilities planning and design are allowable up
				  to the amount of the allowance determined by Appendix B, Table 1 of this
				  regulation. Costs for construction phase services are allowable up to the
				  amount of the allowance determined by Appendix B, Table 2 of this regulation,
				  and as supported by invoices for costs incurred in accordance with the
				  contracts for such services and to the extent such services are allocable to
				  the SRF project.
6. On sewer system rehabilitation projects, the
				  rehabilitation of service lines for residences and public buildings is eligible
				  between the public sewer and the point five (5) feet from the outside wall of
				  residences and public buildings. Such rehabilitation on service lines for
				  businesses is eligible between the public sewer and the property line of the
				  business.
7. Eligible costs include costs for the implementation of a
				  non-point source management program established under Section 319 of the Act,
				  and for development and implementation of an estuary conservation and
				  management plan under Section 320 of the Act. Eligible and allowable costs will
				  be determined in accordance with this Appendix.
8. Eligible costs include the costs of planning, design and
				  construction of publicly owned and operated wastewater treatment and
				  transportation facilities for the purpose of serving industrial users. Eligible
				  and allowable costs will be determined in accordance with this Appendix.
9. Eligible costs include the costs of planning, design, and
				  construction of treatment and transportation facilities for control of
				  pollutant discharges from a separate or combined storm sewer system. Eligible
				  and allowable costs will be determined in accordance with this Appendix.
10. Eligible costs will be determined without regard to any
				  previous EPA grant or SRF loan funding provided for facilities to be replaced,
				  upgraded, or rehabilitated, except as described in Rule
				  4.2.I(1)(g).
11. Eligible costs include any administration fee charged to
				  the loan recipient by the Department, as established in the Intended Use Plan
				  under which the project is funded.