Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 60 - Safe Drinking Water Commission › Chapter 13 - Grants and Loans › Section 10 CSR 60-13.010 - Grants for Public Water Supply Districts and Small Municipal Water Supply Systems

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the department's grant
				  eligibility and application procedures requirements and for construction of
				  projects at public water supply districts and rural community water system
				  pursuant to sections
				  640.600,
				  640.605,
				  640.615
				  and 640.620, RSMo.
(1)
				Application Requirements.
(A) The recipient
				must first apply with the agency or other financial source which is to furnish
				the primary financial assistance, and after the amount of that assistance has
				been determined, an application for a grant under this rule may be made to and
				processed by the department. An application shall be submitted on forms
				provided by the department. The application shall be supported by the necessary
				documents and forms from other state and federal grant or lending agencies or
				private lending agencies to enable the department to establish eligibility and
				need for grant funds.
(B) The
				project for which the grant application is submitted shall comply with
				appropriate state and local laws, rules and ordinances and is limited to public
				water supply districts or municipal water supply systems of less than ten
				thousand (10,000) population.
(C)
				The ratio of contracted users to potential users shall not be less than
				seventy-five percent (75%).
(D)
				These grants are to be considered secondary sources of funding and, as such,
				shall in no case exceed the per connection amount as specified in section
				640.620,
				RSMo, fifty percent (50%) of the total eligible project cost, or five hundred
				thousand dollars ($500,000), whichever is less.
1. Construction contracts for new
				construction, rehabilitation or upgrade of publicly owned treatment systems
				including upgrades made to comply with additional safe drinking water
				requirements.
2. Engineering costs
				including design, planning and construction phase engineering if the costs are
				supported by an engineering agreement pre-approved by the department. The
				proportional cost of the engineering will be eligible when the project includes
				non-eligible construction costs.
(E) Grant funds may be used for the following costs:
1. Construction costs for new construction,
				rehabilitation or upgrade of publicly owned treatment systems including
				upgrades made to comply with additional safe drinking water
				requirements.
2. Engineering
				services and other services incurred in preparing the design drawings and
				specifications for the project. Such services must have been procured in
				accordance with state law to be eligible costs.
3. The information required to determine the
				cost per contracted connection;
4.
				The median annual household income of the residents in the district or
				community as determined in the latest federal census;
5. Information required to determine the
				ratio of the contracted users to the potential users; and
6. An evaluation of the applicant's
				technical, managerial, and financial (TMF) capacity on forms provided by the
				department. An applicant that does not meet the TMF capacity requirements
				established in
				10 CSR
				60-3.030 shall submit a plan outlining the steps the
				applicant will take to meet the requirements. The plan shall show the applicant
				will meet TMF requirements before the project is complete or within one (1)
				year of the award of the grant unless the department determines that a longer
				period of time is necessary.
(F) The grant application packet shall contain the
				following information:
1. A preliminary
				engineering cost study for the proposed project including, but not limited to,
				the following items: development and administration costs; land, structures,
				right-of-way costs; legal costs; engineering costs; interest costs; equipment
				costs; contingencies; other costs; and total project costs;
2. An engineering report for the proposed
				project which is in accordance with
				10 CSR
				60-3.010 and
				10 CSR
				60-10.010;
3. The information required to determine the
				cost per contracted connection;
4.
				The median annual household income of the residents in the district or
				community;
5. Information required
				to determine the ratio of the contracted users to the potential
				users;
6. An evaluation of the
				recipient's technical, managerial, and financial (TMF) capacity on forms
				provided by the department. A recipient that does not meet the TMF capacity
				requirements established in
				10 CSR
				60-3.030 shall submit a plan outlining the steps the
				recipient will take to meet the requirements. The plan shall show the recipient
				will meet TMF requirements before the project is complete or within one (1)
				year of the award of the grant unless the department determines that a longer
				period of time is necessary;
7. The
				ratio of contracted users to potential users; and
8. The number of acres being protected for
				any source water protection project.