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DEQ streamlines planning grants rules; adds priority points and clarifies eligibility for drinking‑water and wastewater pipeline
Summary
DEQ presented proposed updates to planning grant rules (IDAPA 58.01.122, docket 580-122-2401) to improve readability, update links, harmonize eligibility with EPA revolving‑fund requirements, and adjust the priority scoring system including guidance on affordability and bonus points for systems in good standing.
The Department of Environmental Quality presented proposed revisions to the agency’s planning grant administration rules covering drinking water and wastewater facility planning. Jerry (Jeri) Henry, administrator for DEQ’s Drinking Water Protection and Finance Division, told the committee the updates are administrative and intended to streamline the chapter and align eligibility with federal revolving‑fund requirements.
"This chapter provides a framework for administration of our planning grants, which support public drinking water and wastewater systems and developing planning documents, such as engineering facility plans," Henry said, presenting docket 580-122-2401. He said the rewrite updates web links, removes unused references, reorganizes…
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