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SF 1479 Senate Long Description

E Providing for the coordination of drinking water and wastewater funding requests; transferring the requirement for annual preparation and submission to the federal environmental protection agency (EPA) of an intended use plan under the water pollution control revolving fund from the pollution control agency to the public facilities authority; requiring the PCA to annually provide to the public facilities authority a prioritized list of proposed wastewater and storm water projects identifying projects eligible for placement on the intended use plan; requiring the public facilities authority to offer local government units seeking placement on the intended use plan an opportunity to review and comment on the document before adoption; modifying certain PCA rule adoption requirements, requiring rules relating to the procedure for ranking and reviewing projects and for certifying approved projects to the public faculties authority for funding, authorizing the adoption of implementation rules by both bodies; authorizing local government units to identify areas for new development connecting to existing wastewater treatment systems and consistent with comprehensive land use plans as designated growth areas, authorizing placement of projects for new collection systems in designated growth areas on the project priority list with a certain minimum number of points to encourage future development in less environmentally sensitive areas of the state (ra, ja)