South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 74 - Department of Environment And Natural Resources › Article 74:05 - Water development › Chapter 74:05:08 - State water pollution control revolving fund program › Section 74:05:08:03.01 - Project priority rating system

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Each potential project is assigned points based on the criteria in the
	 following table:
Priority Criteria
Priority Points
(1) Project Type Criteria (points may be awarded to only one
				criterion - 2 to 10 points)
(a) Wastewater treatment works;
(i) Elimination of a combined sewer overflow
10 points
(ii) Construction of a new or rehabilitation of an existing
				wastewater treatment facility to increase or maintain its capacity or treatment
				ability
10 points
(iii) Elimination of a sanitary sewer overflow
8 points
(iv) Reduction in infiltration/inflow identified through
				documented sources, such as televising or smoke testing
6 points
(v) Replacement of existing lift stations or lines without
				documented infiltration/inflow benefits
4 points
(vi) Installation of new lift stations, collectors, or
				interceptors to provide service to undeveloped areas
2 points
(b) Untreated/uncontrolled runoff;
(i) Construction of a manure management system
10 points
(ii) Construction or rehabilitation of a storm water
				treatment/management facility
8 points
(iii) Development or implementation of an agricultural best
				management practice
6 points
(iv) Capping of a landfill
6 points
(v) Construction of storm water conveyance systems
2 points
(c) Groundwater pollution;
(i) Elimination of septic systems
10 points
(ii) Removal of leaking underground storage tanks or
				remediation of impacts resulting from leaking underground storage tanks
10 points
(iii) Construction of systems, to include, but not limited to,
				liners, collection systems, and monitoring wells, to protect groundwater from
				leachate from landfills, hazardous waste sites, or other chemical storage
				facilities
8 points
(iv) Elimination of subsurface discharges
6 points
(d) Aquatic/riparian habitat and lake and stream
				restoration;
(i) Shoreline restoration
6 points
(ii) Sediment removal
5 points
(iii) Re-configuring of streams to enhance in-stream
				habitat
4 points
(e) Other - projects of a type not described above receive 2
				points
(2) Proposed project benefits criteria (points may be awarded
				to only one criterion - 0 to 10 points)
(a) Projects that address enforcement activities
10 points
(b) Projects that address a documented water quality, public
				health, or safety issue, such as listing on the EPA quarterly noncompliance
				list, beach closings, stream sampling showing elevated fecal counts or fish
				kills
10 points
(c) Projects that are identified in an EPA approved §319
				project implementation plan
10 points
(d) Projects that raise the treatment capability of wastewater
				treatment facility from secondary treatment to advanced treatment or total
				retention
8 points
(e) Projects that reduce the loading of a parameter that has
				been identified as an impairment to the receiving water or watershed as
				identified through the TMDL process
8 points
(f) Projects that eliminate or remediate a source of ground
				water pollution
8 points
(g) Projects that provide regional consolidation of
				facilities
6 points
(h) Projects that incorporate pollution prevention or waste
				minimization techniques
4 points
(3) Water quality improvement criteria (points are cumulative
				for subsections (a) and (b) - 12 points maximum);
(a) Surface water restoration (points may be awarded to only
				one criterion - 0 to 8 points);
(i) Projects that benefit a priority 1 waterbody as identified
				on the 303(d) list
8 points
(ii) Projects that benefit a priority 2 waterbody as identified
				on the 303(d) list
6 points
(b) Source water quality protection (points may be awarded to
				only one criterion - 0 to 8 points);
(i) Projects eliminating or remediating a potential
				contamination source within the source water area of a ground water public
				water supply as identified in a Source Water Assessment Report
8 points
(ii) Projects eliminating or remediating a potential
				contamination source within zone A of a surface water public water supply as
				identified in a Source Water Assessment Report
8 points
(iii) Projects eliminating or remediating a potential
				contamination source within zone B of a surface water public water supply as
				identified in a Source Water Assessment Report
4 points
(4) Benefit magnitude criteria (points may be awarded to only
				one criterion - 2 to 10 points);
(a) Projects designed to
  serve the populace of a municipality, sanitary district, or other special
  purpose district are awarded points based on the population of the applicant.
  The source of population data is the 2010 census as prepared by the Bureau of
  Census, Department of Commerce. Points are awarded based on the following
  table:
1 to 200 persons
2 points
201 to 500 persons
3 points
501 to 1,000 persons
4 points
1,001 to 2,500 persons
5 points
2,501 to 5,000 persons
6 points
5,001 to 10,000 persons
7 points
10,001 to 30,000 persons
8 points
30,001 and greater
10 points;
(b) Projects
  benefiting a watershed or large rural area are awarded points based on the area
  of the benefited area as provided in the following table:
less than 25,000 acres
2 points
25,000 to 100,000 acres
5 points
greater than 100,000 acres.
8 points
General Authority:
SDCL
		46A-1-60.3.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
		46A-1-60.1 to
		46A-1-60.3.