Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - NATURAL RESOURCE COMMISSION › Title 261 - RULES GOVERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE WATER SUSTAINABILITY FUND › Chapter 3 - COMMISSION ACTION AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 261-3-001 - ACTION ON THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR

Current through June 17, 2024
Following receipt of a report and determination prepared by the Director that an application has been determined to be satisfactory, the Commission may request additional information from the Applicant.
001.01. Following receipt of the Director's report and recommendations, the Commission will forward all such applications to the Application Review Committee(s) which will examine each application and rank and score each application based upon the criteria in
Neb Rev. Stat.
§
									2-1508(1) -(8). The criteria will be given a score of 0, 2, 4 or 6 points.
The criteria in §
										2-1508(9) to (15) will be awarded 0, 1, 2, or 3 points.
If the application is designed to meet the requirements of a federal mandate which furthers the goals of the Water Sustainability Fund (for example, Improve water quality, mitigate threats to drinking water, or address flood control impacts), then that application will receive two additional points.
An application which contains either N/A or has a blank In an answer to a question in the scoring question section of an application will receive no points for each such answer.
No points will be awarded for any projects or portions of a project built or developed prior to the date of an application.
001.02. The Application Review Committee or Committees will be comprised of members of the Commission and will be appointed to such committee(s) by the Executive Committee.
001.03. The Application Review Committee(s) will make a preliminary scoring for each application based upon the scoring criteria specified in this chapter. The scoring recommendation will be reviewed by the Commission, which may either adopt the recommendation of the committee or only upon an affirmative vote of at least 14 members of the Commission, revise the recommendation.
001.04. An application as defined in Chapter 2 007, which is recommended for further consideration by the Director, will be reviewed by the Commission for a determination of an adequate demonstration of need by the applicant, a determination of the form of the allocation made by the Director and the percentage of the population served by the applicant compared to the total population served by all of the approved for funding applications, as defined In Chapter 2 007. All of the applications reviewed and approved by the Commission pursuant to this subsection will be awarded their respective proportion of the amount of funds appropriated to the Fund pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									2-1507(2).
001.04(A). Subsequent to the initial year in which approval for funding of applications as defined in Chapter 2 007 is made, renewed applications in subsequent years must state that the applicant is still qualified to apply because its plan is still approved by the Department of Environment and Energy. The renewed application must state whether the applicant still has need for financial assistance and it must state the applicant's current estimated population. Funding to all then approved applications that are made pursuant to Chapter 2 007 will be based upon then current funds and populations served.
001.04(B). Applications filed pursuant to Chapter 2 007 will not be scored.
001.04(C). Applications filed pursuant to Chapter 2 007 are not considered to be part of any cap.