Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 33 - Public Health - Local Governments And Rural Water Systems Improvements Board › Part 8 - Drinking Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund Program Regulations › Section 33-8-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.
				If the FFY-2017 EPA Capitalization Grant amount is $8,607,000, the state plans
				to use $2,108,680 of the FFY-2017 Federal Capitalization grant to support the
				non-project-related drinking water programs activities along with an additional
				$860,700 in state money needed for state program management match. 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-2017 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-2017 Cap Grant-Local
				Assistance and Other State Programs assistance set-aside will be $750,000
				(8.71%).
A.
Administration
Standard Capitalization Grant
The state plans to reserve for use at a later date the 4%
				administrative set-aside from the FFY-2017 Capitalization Grant ($344,280); the
				state will use the 4% administrative set-aside amount previously reserved from
				the FFY-2010 Capitalization Grant ($282,500) by taking an equal amount from the
				FFY-2017 Capitalization Grant for the administration of the Program in
				FFY-2017. Costs beyond this set aside amount will be paid from the funds
				generated by the 5% administrative fee taken from loan repayments. This change
				will decrease the total set-aside amount for the FFY-2017 Cap grant from
				$2,127,120 to $2,065,340.
The state will continue to exercise its right to reserve the
				Administrative amounts from the previous Cap Grants; the remaining balance of
				the FFY-2011 Cap Grant ($392,080), the FFY-2014 Cap Grant ($366,360), the
				FFY-2015 Cap Grant ($363,960) and the FFY-2016 Cap Grant ($344,280). These
				amounts are planned to be taken from future capitalization grants (over the
				next several years) for administration of the Program. Reserving previous
				years' 4% administrative set-aside will ensure that the Program will continue
				to operate with an adequate DWSIRLF staff for proper management of the Program.
				The reserved set-aside amounts are based on the original capitalization grants
				awarded during those previous fiscal years.
B.
Small System Technical
			 Assistance
Standard Capitalization Grant
The state will use the Small Systems Technical Assistance (2%)
				set-aside from the FFY-2017 Cap Grant ($172,140) 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; and Hands-on Operator 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
Standard Capitalization Grant
The state intends to use the full 10% set-aside from the
				FFY-2017 Cap grant ($860,700), 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 state must provide a dollar-for-dollar match
				(100% match) for the Cap grant funds used for these activities. The
				dollar-for-dollar match is in addition to the twenty (20%) percent state match
				required for the Cap grant.
The state is allowed to offset the 100% match requirement by
				claiming credit for State FFY-2017 PWSS expenditures that exceed the State's
				FFY-2017 PWSS match requirement. The state is further allowed to use state
				FFY-2017 PWSS expenditures as a "coupon" to offset the 100% match requirement
				as long as this amount does not exceed the amount that can be claimed from
				FFY-2017 expenditures. The MSDH Bureau of Public Water Supply has elected to
				decline the "coupon" since it sees this as providing no additional monetary
				benefit to the State Program Management Program.
A tabulation showing amount and source of funds to satisfy
				match requirements for the FFY-2017 State Program Management set-aside is
				furnished as Appendix H to this IUP.
D.
Local Assistance and Other State
			 Programs
The state intends to use $750,000 (8.71%) of the 15% set-aside
				amount which is allowed from the FFY-2017 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.