Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-566 - Streamflow Restoration Funding › Section 173-566-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions provided only apply to this chapter.
"Agreement effective date" means the date on which the grant or
				loan agreement becomes effective, as specified in the grant agreement.
"Agreement expiration date" means the latest date eligible
				costs can be incurred, as specified in the grant agreement.
"Applicant" means an entity that applies for a grant. See
				"eligible applicants" and "ineligible applicant."
"Biennium" means the twenty-four-month fiscal period extending
				from July 1st of odd-numbered years to June 30th of odd-numbered years.
"Budget" means, for the purpose of grant agreements, a
				breakdown of eligible costs by task.
"Consumptive use" is the difference between the quantity of
				water withdrawn from the watershed for use and what is returned through a
				septic system or other means.
"Ecology" means the Washington state department of
				ecology.
"Eligible applicants" includes Washington state agencies, local
				governments and quasi-governments within Washington state, an agency of the
				federal government, tribal governments with reservation lands or treaty rights
				within Washington, and nonprofit organizations.
"Eligible cost" means a cost that meets all criteria
				established in the agreement and grant program funding guidelines.
"Funding cycle" means the period between announcements of grant
				opportunities under this chapter.
"Grant agreement" or "agreement" means the formal, written,
				contractual document that details the terms and conditions, scope of work,
				budget, and schedule of the grant, and that is signed by authorized signatories
				of the recipient and ecology.
"Grant" means an award of financial assistance given to a
				recipient to carry out work for a public purpose or public good authorized by
				law.
"Ineligible applicant" means a private citizen, for-profit
				business including, but not limited to, all forms of private partnerships,
				incorporated entities, LLCs, foreign or out-of-state governments, or any agents
				acting on behalf of such entities.
"Instream resources" for the purposes of this chapter means
				fish and related aquatic resources.
"Local government" means any political subdivision of the
				state, including a town, city, county, special purpose district, or other
				municipal corporation.
"Planning WRIA" means any of the water resource inventory areas
				(WRIAs) identified in chapter 90.94 RCW and directed to create or update a
				watershed plan.
"Recipient" means an entity that has a grant agreement.
"Retroactive costs" means costs incurred before the agreement
				effective date.
"Scope of work" means the tasks and deliverables of the grant
				agreement.
"Site" means any building, structure, installation, equipment,
				pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment
				works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage
				container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, vessel or aircraft, or any area where
				project tasks take place.
"Watershed" means a geographic area draining to a stream or
				tributary.
"Watershed plan" means a watershed plan update adopted under
				RCW
				   90.94.020 or a watershed restoration and
				enhancement plan adopted under
				RCW
				   90.94.030.
"WRIA" means a water resource inventory area as established in
				chapter 173-500 WAC.