Minnesota Administrative Rules

7035.7700 APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.

Subpart 1.

Articles V and VI grants.

The agency shall apportion funds allocated to it by the legislature for the grant programs set out in articles V and VI of the Waste Management Act, Minnesota Statutes, sections 115A.42 to 115A.54 as follows:

A.

Article V grants (grants awarded under other rules): 40 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency.

B.

Article VI grants (grants awarded under this rule): 60 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency.

C.

If the agency receives more eligible requests for grant assistance under article VI than the agency has funds available and the agency receives less eligible requests for grant assistance under article V than it has funds available, the agency shall adjust the apportionment described in this part. Similarly, if the agency receives less eligible requests for grant assistance under article VI than the agency has funds available to it and more eligible request for grant assistance under article V than it has funds available, the agency shall adjust the apportionment described in this part. No such adjustment shall be made until the last date that grant applications are permitted to be submitted to the agency under this rule and the rule developed to implement article V of the Waste Management Act.

Subp. 2.

Preimplementation and implementation grants.

For preimplementation and implementation grants, the agency shall apportion funds allocated to it by the legislature as follows:

A.

Preimplementation grants: 20 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency; and

B.

Implementation grants: 80 percent of the amount appropriated to the agency.

Severability. If any provision of this rule or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of any other part of this rule or any other rule which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this rule and the various applications thereof are declared to be severable.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.49

Published Electronically:

September 7, 2006