Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 11 - Drinking Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund Program Regulations › Section 33-11-V - Set-Aside Activities

Current through June 25, 2024
The SDWA allows each state to set-aside up to 31 percent of its
				federal Cap grant to support non-project-related drinking water programs which
				includes administration of the loan program, technical assistance to public
				water systems, state program management, and other special activities. The
				state plans to use $2,667,600 of the FFY-2019 Federal Capitalization grant to
				support the non-project-related drinking water programs activities. These
				non-project-related programs will be operated by MSDH within the agency itself
				or through contracts with other agencies or organizations. Contracts between
				the MSDH and other agencies or organizations will be approved by the Board.
				Work plans showing how the set-asides funds will be expended are included as
				appendices within this IUP; additionally, progress reports will be included in
				the Annual Report. The state has elected not to take any additional set-asides
				from the FFY-2019 Local Assistance and Other State Programs set-aside, but
				reserves the right to make revisions to utilize additional funds from this
				set-aside. The amount of funds used from the FFY-2019 Cap Grant-Local
				Assistance and Other State Programs assistance set-aside will be $750,000
				(6.26%).
A.
Administration
The SDWA-DWSRF amendments in the 2017 Water Infrastructure
				Improvements for the Nation Act ( Pub. L. 114-332 ) (2017 WIIN Act - EPA
				memorandum dated June 6, 2017) states that the "Administrative" amount used may
				be the greater of $400,000 or 4% of the Cap Grant amount. The State plans to
				use the maximum allowable for "Administrative" purposes from the FFY2019 Cap
				Grant. Costs beyond this amount will be paid from the funds generated by the 5%
				administrative fee taken from loan repayments.
The state will continue to exercise its right to reserve the
				Administrative amounts from previous Cap Grants. Reserving previous years' 4%
				administrative set-aside can ensure that the Program will continue to operate
				with an adequate DWSIRLF staff for proper management of the
				Program.
B.
Small
			 System Technical Assistance
The state will use the Small Systems Technical Assistance (2%)
				set-aside from the FFY-2019 Cap Grant ($239,700) to provide technical
				assistance to public water systems serving areas with populations of 10,000 or
				less. With approval by the Board, the state intends to use this set-aside to
				fund contracts for the following activities: Special Technical Assistance to
				Referred Systems; Board Management Training for Water System Officials; On-Site
				Technical Assistance; PEER Review Program; Hands-on Operator Training; and
				Asset Management Training. Each of these activities is described in detail in
				the State of Mississippi's Small Systems Technical Assistance Set-Aside Work
				Plan included as Appendix F to this IUP.
C.
State Program Management
The state intends to use the full 10% set-aside from the
				FFY-2019 Cap grant ($1,198,500), as authorized by Section 1452(g)(2) of the
				Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996 for State Program Management. The funds will be
				used for Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) activities conducted under
				Section 1443(a) of the Act. These activities are described in more detail in
				the State of Mississippi's State Program Management Set-aside Annual Work Plan
				included as Appendix G to this IUP.
The SDWA-DWSRF amendments in the 2018 Water Infrastructure
				Improvements for the Nation Act ( Pub. L. 114-332 ) (2017 WIIN Act - EPA
				memorandum dated June 6, 2017) removed the requirement for the State 1:1 match
				for the 10% State Program Management set-aside.
D.
Local Assistance and Other State
			 Programs
The state intends to use $750,000 (6.26%) of the 15% set-aside
				amount which is allowed from the FFY-2019 Cap grant to provide funding for
				wellhead protection projects throughout the state. These funds will be used to
				properly abandon inactive wells that pose a risk to existing active public
				water supply source water wells, as well as the environment.