Section Env-Dw 1002.17 - Application Ranking and Selection(a) The department shall rank each project within 60 days of the final application submittal deadline established pursuant to Env-Dw 1002.05.(b) Subject to (f), below, the ranking shall be based on the points awarded to each application by the department using the point system specified in Env-Dw 1002.18 after the department reviews the application and conducts a site walk, with the application receiving the most points being ranked the highest.(c) The department shall: (1) Provide notice and otherwise proceed in accordance with RSA 486-A:8-a, II; and(2) Select projects for funding in each grant round starting with the highest ranked project and continuing until all available funding is depleted.(d) No single applicant shall receive greater than 30% of the available funding in any one grant application round.(e) Projects not selected for funding in a grant round due to insufficient funds shall be reconsidered in future grant rounds providing the applicant notifies the department that the grant application is to be reconsidered and any date-sensitive aspects of the application are updated.(f) Notwithstanding the number of points assigned pursuant to Env-Dw 1002.18, for the purpose of allocating funds provided by the department of transportation as part of the mitigation package associated with the wetlands permit for the interstate highway I-93 widening project to permanently protect critical water supply lands in municipalities located near the project, the department shall give first priority to projects in the Lake Massabesic watershed.N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Dw 1002.17
(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Dw 1002) #9490, eff 6-23-09
Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 02, Filed January 11, 2018, Proposed by #12441, Effective 1/1/2018, Expires 1/1/2028.