La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-7807

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-7807 - Pre-Application and Eligibility for Participation

A. Pre-Application. To be considered for financial assistance, a completed pre-application must be submitted to the department by the applicant, using the form(s) provided by the department.

B. Letter of Intent. An applicant shall include a letter of intent to the department as part of the pre-application package.

C. Eligible Projects. Financial assistance may be provided only for the construction of drinking water facilities as described in a system improvement plan approved by the department. The department may consider only applications for projects by community water systems, both publicly and privately owned, and nonprofit noncommunity water systems.

D. Project Priority Rating. All eligible projects for which a pre-application is submitted will be assigned a priority rating annually by the department based upon the priority criteria described in the Intended Use Plan submitted to the EPA each year as part of the federal capitalization grant application.

E. Allowable/Eligible Costs

1. Allowable cost determinations, based on applicable federal law and guidance, will be made by the department on a project-by-project basis.

2. Pre-Application Conference. Applicants whose pre-application project falls in the fundable portion of the annual priority list, and who have demonstrated a commitment to proceed with the application process, shall be invited to an application conference with the department and the DEQ in order to insure the applicant is acquainted with program requirements and to assist the applicant in preparing an application.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-7807

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services, LR 24:693 (April 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2821 et seq.