Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part VII - Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority › Chapter 965 - CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND › Section 965.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Ad valorem tax
-A tax based on the value of
				  real property.
Affirmative performance certificate
-A
				  certification by the borrower 1 year following the date of initiation of
				  operation stating that the wastewater treatment portion of the project is
				  capable of meeting the design specifications and effluent limitations in the
				  NPDES Part I Permit.
CWSRF-Clean Water State Revolving Fund
-The
				  funding account established in accordance with the requirements of both the act
				  and the Water Quality Act for the purpose of establishing an environmental
				  infrastructure revolving loan program.
Capital financing plan
-A 10-year plan which
				  projects future requirements for wastewater treatment service within the
				  applicant's jurisdiction which includes a description of necessary future
				  expansions or reconstruction for wastewater treatment services, or both, and
				  how this future expansion or reconstruction will be financed.
Corrective action report
-A report submitted
				  by the borrower if an affirmative performance certification cannot be provided
				  following the 1-year performance period containing an analysis of the causes of
				  the inability to certify, a schedule for the necessary corrective actions and a
				  date that an affirmative performance certification is expected.
General facilities plan
-The plans and
				  studies which directly relate to sewerage facilities and which are needed to
				  comply with the Water Quality Act and The Clean Streams Law.
IUP-Intended Use Plan
-A plan identifying the
				  intended uses of the moneys in the CWSRF and describing how those uses support
				  the goals of the CWSRF.
Infiltration
-Groundwater entering a sewer
				  system through broken pipes, defective pipe joints or illegal connections of
				  foundation drains.
Inflow
-Surface water runoff that enters a
				  sewer system through manhole covers; exposed, broken and defective pipe joints;
				  cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers; and illegal
				  connections of roof leaders, cellar drains, yard drains or catch basins.
Initiation of operation
-The date specified
				  by the borrower when the project begins operation for the use for which it was
				  planned, designed and built. The term includes only essential facilities
				  considered functional and does not include nonoperational facilities such as
				  landscaping which may not be or have been completed.
NEPA
-The National Environmental Policy Act
				  of 1969 (42 U.S.C.A.
				  §§
										4321-4347)
NPDES permit
-A National Pollutant Discharge
				  Elimination System permit. A permit issued by the Department of Environmental
				  Protection under section 5 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §
										691.5) and section 402 of the Clean Water Act
				  (33 U.S.C.A. §
										1342).
Project priority list
-The list of identified
				  public sewerage project needs in this Commonwealth established in accordance
				  with Chapter 103 (relating to financial assistance).
SERP-State Environmental Review
				  Processes
-Processes based upon adopted State regulations set forth in
				  Chapters 71, 109, 963 and 965 which include procedures substantially equivalent
				  to a NEPA review, as described by 40 CFR Part 6 , Subparts A-E.
Sewer use ordinance
-An ordinance or
				  resolution adopted by a governmental unit establishing the requirements for the
				  users of the sewerage facilities. The requirements include:
(i) The prohibition of new connections from
				inflow sources.
(ii) The design and
				construction of new connections in accordance with local municipal plumbing
				codes.
(iii) Wastewater may not
				contain toxics or pollutants in amounts which endanger public safety or the
				physical integrity of the sewerage facilities as determined by criteria in 40
				CFR Part 403 (relating to general pretreatment regulations for existing and new
				sources of pollution).
(iv) The
				prohibition against violations of effluent limits or water quality limits as
				outlined in the NPDES permit.
User charge system
-The method by which
				  charges are levied on users of sewerage systems, or that portion of the ad
				  valorem taxes paid by a user, for the user's proportionate share of the cost of
				  debt service, operation and maintenance (including replacement) of that system.
				  The user's proportionate share shall be based on the ratio of the user's
				  contribution to the total wastewater loading from all users. The user charge
				  system shall also include the following:
(i) A provision that each user will receive
				annual written notice of the user rate which may be in the form of a bill or a
				form satisfactory to the Authority.
(ii) A provision for a financial management
				system which will accurately account for revenues and expenditures of the sewer
				system.
Water Quality Act
-The Water Quality Act of
				  1987 (33 U.S.C.A.
				  §§
										1251-1387).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
											66.32 (relating to
					 definitions).