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HB 2680 Water Quality Improvement Fund; changes criteria for prioritizing requests for funding therefrom.

Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Water Quality Improvement Fund grants.  Changes several of the criteria for prioritizing requests for funding from the Water Quality Improvement Fund. The bill removes the criterion that places a priority on the issuance of grants from the Fund for projects that exceed state or federal water quality requirements. The purpose of eliminating this condition regarding the awarding of grants is to ensure that grants may be awarded to assist wastewater treatment plants in meeting the new permit requirements that have been proposed by the State Water Control Board. The bill requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to include among the criteria used for prioritizing funding requests incentives for projects that are developed pursuant to the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act. The bill also establishes a formula for funding biological nutrient removal facilities and technologies using a sliding scale that is based upon the percentage of median household income that is expended for annual sewage charges within a given locality.


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