2005 Minnesota Statutes

     446A.073 Total maximum daily load grants. 

    Subdivision 1.    Program established.  The authority 
 must make grants to municipalities to cover up to one-half the 
 cost of wastewater treatment projects made necessary by 
 wasteload reductions under total maximum daily load plans 
 required by section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, 
 United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d). 

    Subd. 2.    Grant application.  Application for a grant 
 must be made to the authority on forms prescribed by the 
 authority for the total maximum daily load grant program, with 
 additional information as required by the authority.  In 
 accordance with section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency 
 shall: 

    (1) calculate the essential project component percentage, 
 which must be multiplied by the total project cost to determine 
 the eligible project cost; and 

    (2) review and certify approved projects to the authority. 

    Subd. 3.    Project priorities.  When money is 
 appropriated for grants under this program, the authority shall 
 reserve money for projects in the order that their total maximum 
 daily load plan was approved by the United States Environmental 
 Protection Agency and in an amount based on their most recent 
 cost estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, 
 whichever is less. 

    Subd. 4.    Grant approval.  The authority must make a 
 grant to a municipality, as defined in section 116.182, 
 subdivision 1, only after: 

    (1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control 
 Agency has certified to the United States Environmental 
 Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for identified 
 waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload 
 allocation; 

    (2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the 
 plan; 

    (3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the 
 cost to it of wastewater treatment projects necessary to comply 
 with the point source wasteload allocation; 

    (4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost 
 estimate; and 

    (5) the authority has determined that the additional 
 financing necessary to complete the project has been committed 
 from other sources. 

    Subd. 5.    Grant disbursement.  Disbursement of a grant 
 must be made for eligible project costs as incurred by the 
 municipality and in accordance with a project financing 
 agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules 
 governing the payments. 

    HIST: 2005 c 20 art 1 s 39