Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board › Chapter 50 - Financial Assistance › Subchapter 8 - Rural Economic Action Plan (Reap) Grant Program Requirements and Procedures › Section 785:50-8-4 - Applicable law; deadline for applications; eligible project costs

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Board shall administer applications for
										REAP funds in accordance with any provisions of law applicable to such applications and REAP funds.
(b) To be considered for and receive funding from funds available for REAP
										in any given fiscal year, an application must be completed in accordance with the Board's rules and
										prescribed application form in all material respects with all attachments, and filed by the applicant and
										received by the Board on or before 5 p.m. the first business day of September of that fiscal year. However,
										if the deadline cannot be met due to circumstances beyond the applicant's control, the application may be
										accepted by the Board through the last business day of September with written proof of said circumstances.
										Any application not properly completed and filed shall not be considered for or funded from funds that may
										become available during that fiscal year. Futhermore, if no applications are received before the deadline
										from the area of a given COG, then the Board staff may extend the deadline for that COG through the first
										business day of November and contact an appropriate official for the COG and notify him or her of the
										available funds.
(c) A REAP grant application submitted for
										consideration in a prior fiscal year that was not approved for funding out of funds made available in that
										prior fiscal year shall expire and be deemed denied unless the applicant files and the Board receives a
										timely written request to consider said application during the current fiscal year, together with updated
										application materials as may be reasonably required by the Board. To be timely, such request and updated
										application materials must be received by the board on or before the first business day of September, of the
										current fiscal year.
(d) For purposes of evaluating, approving
										and funding an application for a REAP grant, categories of project costs which are eligible for assistance
										shall including, in addition to those project costs described in
										785:50-3-1:
(1) Architecture and/or engineer fees related to the project. Provided,
										however, that in order for these costs to be eligible for award, applicants shall provide documentation that
										all construction funding is available. If construction funding is not available the request for these costs
										will be placed in a "pending" status until such time as the construction funding is available. If, however,
										an Engineering Report is a requirement of a Consent Order, an applicant under Consent Order may be awarded a
										grant to cover the engineering costs without construction funding being available.
(2) Fees for soil testing.
(3)
										Fees for surveying.
(4) Payments to contractor(s) for
										construction of the improvements.
(5) Legal fees and expenses of
										counsel for the applicant which are related to the project.
(6)
										Services of full-time or part-time inspector.
(7) Administrative
										expenses shall not be eligible project costs.