Section 363.205  Required Content and Filing of Applications for Bond Act Grants

a)         Bond Act grants will be made only for the funding of eligible project costs which comply with the requirements of 40 CFR 35 Subpart I Appendix A and B (1984), as published on February 17, 1984, in the Federal Register (as amended at 55 Fed. Reg. 27098, June 29, 1990). No later editions are included in the incorporation.

b)         Any of the requirements of 40 CFR 35 Subpart I (1984), except facilities planning, sewer system evaluation, user charges, sewer use ordinance, and initiation of construction may be waived in writing by the Agency, in whole or in part, if the purpose of the requirement has been accomplished or if the requirement waived is not considered by the Agency to be necessary to assure that the project attains pollution control goals in a cost-effective manner.

c)         Bond Act grants will not be offered for any project unless a complete application for the project is filed prior to the filing deadline and unless the Agency has entered the project on the priority list for the fiscal year in which the grant is requested as determined by Agency Rules entitled "Procedures and Requirements for Determining Construction Grant Priorities for Municipal Sewage Treatment Works Needs." (35 Ill. Adm. Code 364).

d)         Any of the requirements of Subpart H of this Part, except Sections 363.802(c), 363.803(a), and 363.803(b)(2) and any provisions of Part 360 or Part 365 (as applicable) that may not be waived pursuant to those Parts, may be waived in writing by the Agency, in whole or in part, if the purpose of the requirement has been accomplished or if the requirement is not considered by the Agency to be necessary to assure that the project attains the goals of the Unsewered Communities Grant Program.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 13421, effective July 25, 2003)