TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE C: WATER POLLUTION
CHAPTER II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PART 367 PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS UNDER THE ILLINOIS CLEAN LAKES PROGRAM
SECTION 367.410 ASSISTANCE AWARD PRE-APPLICATION


 

Section 367.410  Assistance Award Pre-Application  

 

Lake owners seeking Phase I, Phase II or LQMP funding assistance shall submit the following pre-application information to the Agency by August 31 of each year:

 

a)         Lake name;

 

b)         Lake location (city and county);

 

c)         Name of local project sponsor (grant applicant, source of local match);

 

d)         Name, address and telephone number of local contact;

 

e)         Name, address and telephone number of person who prepared application;

 

f)         Type of award requested (Phase I, Phase II or LQMP);

 

g)         Estimated project cost;

 

h)         Estimated local match for project;

 

i)          Project period;

 

j)          Lake characteristics:

 

1)         Surface area (acres and hectares);

 

2)         Mean depth (feet and meters);

 

3)         Maximum depth (feet and meters);

 

4)         Volume (acre-feet and cubic meters);

 

5)         Retention time (in years, if available);

 

6)         Type of lake and year constructed (if applicable);

 

k)         Watershed characteristics (in acres and hectares and percentage of total area):

 

1)         Total watershed area;

 

2)         Cropland;

 

3)         Pasture;

 

4)         Forest;

 

5)         Urban;

 

6)         Other;

 

l)          Lake ownership and access:

 

1)         Specific description of lake bottom ownership;

 

2)         Specific description of the degree of public access to lake shoreline;

 

m)        Lake use:

 

1)         List of major uses associated with the lake;

 

2)         List of available recreational facilities;

 

3)         Estimated annual recreational use in visitor days (1 user per day = 1 visitor day);

 

4)         Public water supply usage (population served and millions of gallons per day);

 

n)         A brief description of the lake's history, use, importance and watershed conditions;

 

o)         A brief description of the lake's impaired uses and water quality problems, including the causes of the problems;

 

p)         A brief description of the lake restoration plan including, for Phase I projects, the measures anticipated; and, for Phase II or LQMP projects, the measures planned to be implemented and the estimated cost of each measure;

 

q)         A brief description of the level to which the watershed area has been protected to prevent pollution of the lake;

 

r)          A brief description of the history of any lake restoration or any previous local efforts to solve the existing problems.