25 Pa. Code § 951.1

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024

Section 951.1 - Definitions

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Act-32 Pa.C.S. Chapter 75 (relating to Water Facilities Restoration Act).

Administrative staff-Staff specifically assigned by the Department of Environmental Resources to administer the regular business of the Board.

Board-The Water Facilities Loan Board.

Community water supply system-A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption which services at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. The term includes water supply dams, reservoirs or other sources and any collection, treatment, storage or distribution facilities. Pumping and transmission facilities are included within the term "distribution facilities."

Dam facility-Dams other than water supply dams and flood control dams.

Department-The particular department serving as staff to the board under section 7504 of the act (relating to Water Facilities Loan Board). In matters relating to community water supply systems, flood control facilities, and dam facilities, the term means the Department of Environmental Resources. In matters relating to port facilities, the term means the Department of Transportation.

Flood control facility-Structural or nonstructural projects and measures to correct, prevent, or reduce flood damages including, but not limited to, dams, dikes, other flood control works, floodproofing and storm water management projects.

Loan category-The three funding categories established in section 7510 of the act (relating to apportionment and appropriation of funds), specifically:

(i) Community water supply system loans.

(ii) Flood control facility and supply dam facility loans.

(iii) Port facility loans.

Municipality-A city, borough, incorporated town, township, county or municipal authority.

Port facility-A facility which enhances interstate or international commerce upon tidal and inland waters of this Commonwealth. The term includes piers, wharves, docks and similar structures to which vessels may be secured; buildings on or contiguous to them; and equipment and materials essential to the use of the structures and buildings for shipping and commerce. The term includes only those facilities which are actively engaged in interstate or international commerce destined to or from any of the following Commonwealth ports:

(i)Erie Port. The lake-front area of Lake Erie in this Commonwealth between the Ohio state border on the west and the New York state border on the east.

(ii)Philadelphia Port. River-front property on the western bank of the Delaware River; those river-islands in the Delaware River under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth commencing at the Morrisville-Trenton Railroad Bridge and flowing through the Counties of Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware to the Pennsylvania-Delaware border; and river-front and river-island property on both banks of the Schuylkill River from River Mile 0 ("RM") at the junction of the Delaware River and Schuylkill River in Philadelphia County flowing north to RM 6 at the University Avenue Bridge.

(iii)Pittsburgh Port. All river-island and river-front property on both sides of the Monongahela River commencing at the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border (RM 91.4) and flowing through the counties of Greene, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland, and Allegheny to the Point (RM 0) at Pittsburgh; all river-island and river-front property on both sides of the Allegheny River commencing at RM 72.0, the terminus of the Allegheny River navigation channel (above East Brady, Pennsylvania), flowing through the counties of Clarion, Armstrong, Westmoreland, and Allegheny to the Point (RM 0) at Pittsburgh; and all river-island and river-front property on both sides of the Ohio River commencing at the Point (RM 0) at Pittsburgh and flowing through the counties of Allegheny and Beaver to the Pennsylvania-Ohio border (RM 40.0).

Project-The combined eligible costs in a water facilities loan application which the Board has determined to be eligible for loan financing. The term includes the activities and eligible costs described in an approved loan application which are within the scope of the act.

Storm water management project-A project designed to manage the quantity, quality, velocity, or direction of storm water runoff resulting from precipitation and snow or ice melt in a manner which decreases the likelihood of injury to people or property.

Water facility-A community water supply sytem, flood control facility, dam facility, or port facility.

25 Pa. Code § 951.1