Or. Admin. R. 340-054-0015

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 8, August 1, 2024

Section 340-054-0015 - Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loans: Eligible Projects and Activities

(1) A public agency may apply for a CWSRF loan up to 100 percent of the cost of a water quality project or the project related costs for the following project types:

(a) Implementing a management program established under section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

(b) Developing and implementing a comprehensive conservation and management plan under section 320 of the Clean Water Act.

(c) Constructing, repairing, or replacing decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage.

(d) Managing, reducing, treating, or recapturing stormwater or subsurface drainage water.

(e) Developing and implementing watershed projects meeting the criteria set forth in section 122 of the Clean Water Act.

(f) Reusing or recycling wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water.

(2) A municipality or intermunicipal, interstate or State agency may apply for a CWSRF loan up to 100 percent of the cost of a water quality project or the project related costs for the following project types:

(a) Constructing publicly owned treatment works.

(b) Acquiring the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process. These lands include land used for storing treated wastewater in land treatment systems prior to land application, or will be used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment and acquiring other land, and interest in land, that are necessary for construction.

(c) Reducing the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse.

(d) Reducing the energy consumption needs for publicly owned treatment works.

(e) Increasing the security of publicly owned treatment works.

(3) A qualified institution may apply for a CWSRF loan to finance the capital costs of sub-loans to its sub-borrowers for:

(a) Repairing or replacing failing on-site septic systems, or

(b) For the replacement of failing on-site septic systems with connections to an available sewer.

Or. Admin. R. 340-054-0015

DEQ 2-1989, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-89; DEQ 30-1990, f. & cert. ef. 8-1-90; DEQ 1-1993, f. & cert. ef. 1-22-93; DEQ 3-1995, f. & cert. ef. 1-23-95; DEQ 10-2003, f. & cert. ef. 5-27-03; DEQ 11-2012, f. & cert. ef. 12-14-12; DEQ 9-2015, f. & cert. ef. 10/16/2015; DEQ 18-2017, amend filed 11/06/2017, effective 11/7/2017; DEQ 12-2021, amend filed 07/26/2021, effective 7/26/2021

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & 468.440

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468.423 - 468.440