Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 600 - WATER CONSERVATION, REUSE AND STORAGE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 690-600-0020 - Application Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Funding
			 is limited to a Grantee as defined in 690-600-0010(5).
(2) Applications for funding may not exceed
			 $500,000 per project.
(3) For a
			 project planning study to be considered for review and funding, an applicant
			 must submit a complete application as determined by the Department and the
			 project planning study must be eligible for funding under
			 690-600-0050.
(4) All applicants
			 for funding shall supply the following information in their application:
(a) Names, mailing addresses, email addresses
			 (if available), and fax and telephone numbers of the applicant contact
			 person(s) and the fiscal officer(s);
(b) Partner(s) name and address, if
			 applicable;
(c) Information
			 required by the Department regarding the water conservation, reuse or storage
			 project associated with the project planning study.
(d) For a project planning study associated
			 with an above ground storage project, information as to whether and to what
			 extent the project includes provisions for using stored water to augment
			 in-stream flows to conserve, maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish life or
			 other ecological values.
(e) For a
			 project planning study that is not associated with an above ground storage
			 project, information as to whether the project has been identified by the
			 Department in a statewide water assessment and inventory.
(f) For a project planning study that is
			 associated with a proposed storage project that would impound surface water on
			 a perennial stream, divert water from a stream that supports sensitive,
			 threatened or endangered fish or divert more than 500 acre-feet of surface
			 water annually, the proposed project planning study must contain the following
			 elements:
(A) Analyses of by-pass, optimum
			 peak, flushing and other ecological flows of the affected stream and the impact
			 of the storage project on those flows;
(B) Comparative analyses of alternative means
			 of supplying water, including but not limited to the costs and benefits of
			 conservation and efficiency alternatives and the extent to which long-term
			 water supply needs may be met using those alternatives;
(C) Analyses of environmental harm or impacts
			 from the proposed storage project
(D) Evaluation of the need for and
			 feasibility of using stored water to augment in-stream flows to conserve,
			 maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish life and any other ecological values,
			 and
(E) For a proposed storage
			 project that is for municipal use, analysis of local and regional water demand
			 and the proposed storage project's relationship to existing and planned water
			 supply projects.
(g)
			 Estimated line item budget for the project planning study including the sources
			 and amounts of match funding and the amount of funding requested from the
			 Department. Administrative costs may not exceed 10% of the total funding
			 requested from the Department.
(h)
			 A project planning study schedule including identification of specific project
			 planning study elements for which funding will be used and the project planning
			 study beginning and completion date; and
(i) Any other information requested by the
			 Department that is necessary to evaluate the application for funding based on
			 evaluation criteria developed by the Department.