South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 74 - Department of Environment And Natural Resources › Article 74:05 - Water development › Chapter 74:05:11 - Drinking water state revolving fund program › Section 74:05:11:01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Terms not defined in this section have the meaning given by the Safe
	 Drinking Water Act. Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Act," "Safe Drinking Water Act," the
  federal Safe Drinking Water Act,
  42 U.S.C. §
										300f to
  42 U.S.C. §
										300j-26, inclusive, including the Safe
  Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, as amended to July 1, 2013, Public Law 111-88, enacted October 30, 2009, Public Law 112-10, enacted April 15, 2011, Public Law 112-74, enacted December 23, 2011, Public Law 113-6, enacted March 26, 2013, Public Law 113-76, enacted January 17, 2014, Public Law 113-235, enacted December 16, 2014, Public Law 114-113, enacted December 18, 2015, Public Law 114-322, enacted December 16, 2016, Public Law 115-31, enacted May 5, 2017, Public Law 115-141, enacted March 23, 2018, Public Law 115-270, enacted October 23, 2018, Public Law 116-6, enacted February 15, 2019, Public Law 116-260, enacted December 20, 2019, Public Law 116-93, enacted December 27, 2020, Public Law 117-58 enacted November
  15, 2021, Public Law 117-103, enacted March 15, 2022, collectively known as the Safe Drinking
  Water Act;
(2) "Affordability
  criteria," the expected annual residential water rate, based on 5,000 gallons
  usage per month for municipalities and sanitary districts and 7,000 gallons
  usage per month for all other systems, divided by the median household
  income;
(3) "Applicant," the
  sponsoring entity applying for interim financing or for funding to construct
  drinking water works;
(4)
  "Assistance," financial assistance awarded by the Board of Water and Natural
  Resources for drinking water works pursuant to SDCL
  46A-1-60.1 to
  46A-1-60.3, inclusive;
(5) "Board," the Board of Water and Natural
  Resources acting as that board or as the South Dakota Conservancy
  District;
(6) "Capacity
  assessment," a set of worksheets to be completed and submitted as part of the
  SRF application that assesses the applicant's technical, managerial, and
  financial capacity to operate a water system;
(7) "Capitalization grant," a grant supplied
  by EPA to the state to be matched by the state at a 5-to-1 federal-to-state
  ratio and to be used for purposes outlined in the Act;
(8) "Community water system," a water system
  that has at least 15 service connections for year-round residents or that
  serves at least 25 year-round residents;
(9) "Construction," any of the following
  procedures for drinking water works projects: preliminary planning to determine
  project feasibility; engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, environmental,
  or economic studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications,
  or procedures; rehabilitation or development of new water sources; other
  necessary actions for the erection, building, acquisition, alterations,
  remodeling, improvement, or extension of drinking water works; the purchase of
  equipment; the acquisition of land integral to a project; and the inspection or
  supervision of any of these procedures;
(10) "Department," the South Dakota
  Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
(11) "Disadvantaged community," the service
  area of a community water system that meets the following criteria:
(a) For municipalities and sanitary
  districts:
(i) The median household income is
  below the state-wide median household income of $59,896; and
(ii) The monthly residential water bill is
  $45 or more for 5,000 gallons usage or $30 or more for 5,000 gallons usage for
  projects that will receive loan proceeds from the Drinking Water State
  Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants Funding or the Drinking Water State
  Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement Funding made available through
  Public Law 117-58; or