Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 20 - Bureau of Public Water Supply › Subpart 72 - Public Water Supply › Chapter 5 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT RURAL WATER ASSOCIATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Rule 15-20-72-5.1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in these
						regulations, will have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
						indicates otherwise:
1.
Act
- The Mississippi House Bill 1421 of 2022
2.
Allowable Costs
- Those
					 project costs that are eligible, reasonable, necessary, allocable to the
					 project, within the established project scope and budget, in conformance with
					 the ARPA RWAIG program regulations and as approved by the Mississippi State
					 Department of Health (Department).
3.
Authorized Representative
-
					 The signatory agent of the applicant authorized and directed by the applicant's
					 governing body to make application for assistance and to sign documents, on
					 behalf of the applicant, required to undertake and complete the project. The
					 signatory agent shall be a member or an employee of the applicant's governing
					 body and may not be under a separate contract with the applicant at any time
					 during the execution of the project.
4.
Board
- The Mississippi State
					 Board of Health.
5.
Change
					 Order
- The documents executed by the grant recipient and the
					 construction contractor, upon recommendation of the licensed engineer if
					 required by the contract documents, authorizing a change, alteration, or
					 variance in the plans, specifications, and contract documents, including, but
					 not limited to, additions or deletions of work to be performed pursuant to the
					 contract or a change in costs or time for work performed pursuant to the
					 contract.
6.
Construction
- Any one or more of the following: erection,
					 building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of
					 drinking water systems.
7.
Department
- Mississippi State Department of Health and staff,
					 and their designated representatives.
8.
ARPA RWAIGP (Program)
- The
					 ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program.
9.
Rural Water Association
- a
					 non-profit corporation or organized not for profit with a primary function to
					 finance, construct, operate and maintain a rural water distribution system,
					 which has the authority to collect, treat, store, and distribute piped water
					 for human consumption.
10.
Eligible Applicant
- entity that meets one of the following
					 criteria:
A. is a Rural Water
					 Association
B. or is operating as
					 rural water association regardless of whether such entities were user created,
					 were initially organized not for profit, or have been granted tax-exempt status
					 under state or federal law;
C. or
					 is a nonprofit water or sewer provider not owned by a municipality or county
					 and is not a Rural Water Association; and is currently operating as a
					 not-for-profit entity; and has the authority under state law to receive ARPA
					 RWAI grant assistance; and did not receive funding under this program or the
					 Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act; and
					 has the ability to comply with these regulations and the requirements of the
					 grant agreement.