Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 10 - TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD › Chapter 375 - CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND › Subchapter C - INTENDED USE PLAN › Section 375.31 - Rating Process

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Projects in an
				  IUP will be rated based upon the information, and any supporting documentation,
				  submitted by the Applicant on the project information form.
(b) Rating criteria. For projects authorized
				  under
				  33 U.S.C. §
											1383(c)(1) (§212
				  projects) involving the construction or improvements to publicly owned
				  treatment works the following factors will be considered:
(1) Impacts to water quality--Projects that
				  protect stream segments and groundwater from pollution.
(2) Unserved areas--Projects that will bring
				  individual systems into a centralized system or projects that address on-site
				  systems.
(3) Regionalization of
				  treatment works--Projects that will consolidate and eliminate
				  systems.
(4) Reduction or
				  prevention--Projects that will reduce or prevent sewer system overflows and
				  inflow and infiltration.
(5)
				  Eligibility as a Disadvantaged Community--Projects located in disadvantaged
				  communities, as defined in Subchapter A of this chapter.
(6) Enforcement action--Corrective actions
				  imposed by judicial authority or the Commission.
(7) Innovative or alternative technology or
				  approaches--Projects that involve innovative or alternative technology or
				  approaches, such as providing for the reclaiming and reuse of water, otherwise
				  eliminate the discharge of pollutants, and utilize recycling techniques, land
				  treatment, new or improved methods of waste treatment management for municipal
				  and industrial waste (discharged into municipal systems) and the confined
				  disposal of pollutants, so that pollutants will not migrate to cause water or
				  other environmental pollution.
(8)
				  Effective Management--Whether an entity has adopted or plans to prepare an
				  Asset Management Plan and provide training to the Applicant's governing body
				  and employees, whether the project addresses water conservation and energy
				  efficiency, and whether the project implements a state or regional water
				  plan.
(9) Reduction in
				  Demand--Whether a majority of the funds being requested from the CWSRF for the
				  project will be used to implement measures to reduce the demand for publicly
				  owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or
				  reuse.
(10) Non-profits--If the
				  Applicant is a qualified nonprofit entity that has federal tax-exempt status,
				  whether a majority of the funds being requested from the CWSRF for the project
				  will be used to implement assistance to owners and operators of small and
				  medium publicly owned treatment works to either:
(A) plan, develop, and obtain financing for
				  eligible CWSRF projects, including planning, design, and associated
				  preconstruction activities; or
(B)
				  assist such treatment works in achieving compliance with the Act.
(11) Additional factors as
				  designated within the applicable IUP.