Section 365.130  Projects and Activities Eligible for Assistance

Funds available under the WPCLP and this Part shall be used only for providing financial assistance for the following projects or activities:

a)         to any public loan applicant for construction of publicly owned treatment works;

b)         for the implementation of a management program established under 33 USC 1329;

c)         for development and implementation of a conservation and management plan under 33 USC 1330;

d)         for the construction, repair, or replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage;

e)         for measures to manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water;

f)         to any public loan applicant for measures to reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse;

g)         for the development and implementation of watershed projects meeting the criteria set forth in 33 USC 1274;

h)         to any public loan applicant for measures to reduce the energy consumption needs for publicly owned treatment works;

i)          for reusing or recycling wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water;

j)          for measures to increase the security of publicly owned treatment works;

k)         to any qualified nonprofit entity, as determined by USEPA, to provide assistance to owners and operators of small and medium publicly owned treatment works:

1)         to plan, develop, and obtain financing for eligible projects under this subsection (k), including planning, design, and associated preconstruction activities; and

2)         to assist the treatment works in achieving compliance with the CWA. 

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 11141, effective October 1, 2019)