Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-15-50 - Definitions
For the purposes of these regulations, the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
(a)
"Capacity" means the technical, managerial, and financial ability to comply
with applicable national primary drinking water standards.
(b) "Conservation plans and practices" means
conservation plans and practices approved by either the Kansas water office or
the division of water resources, Kansas department of agriculture, as
consistent with guidelines developed and maintained by the Kansas water office
pursuant to
K.S.A. 74-2608 and amendments.
(c) "Debt service coverage ratio" means the
sum of net income plus interest expense plus depreciation, divided by the sum
of principal and interest payments for debt service.
(d) "Department" means the Kansas department
of health and environment.
(e)
"Disadvantaged community" means a loan applicant or the service area of a loan
applicant that meets affordability criteria established by the secretary.
(f) "Equivalency" means that
portion of the Kansas water supply loan fund that is equal to the amount of
capitalization grants provided by the federal government.
(g) "Equivalency project" means a project
that is funded from the equivalency portion of the Kansas water supply loan
fund.
(h) "Fund" means the Kansas
water supply fund established by K.S.A. 1996 Supp.
65-163e et seq., and amendments,
and may consist of more than one pool of money.
(i) "Intended use plan" means the plan
prepared according to K.S.A. 1996 Supp.
65-163h and amendments.
(j) "Loan agreement" means an executed
contract between a loan applicant and the secretary confirming the purpose of
the loan, the amount and terms of the loan, the schedule of the loan payments
and requirements, and any other agreed upon conditions set forth by the
secretary.
(k) "Loan applicant"
means one of the following:
(1) any political
or taxing subdivision authorized by law to construct, operate, and maintain a
public water supply system, including water districts;
(2) two or more such subdivisions jointly
constructing, operating, or maintaining a public water supply system; or
(3) the Kansas rural water finance
authority.
(l)
"National primary drinking water standards" means a regulation that specifies
either a maximum contaminant level or a treatment technique along with
associated monitoring and reporting requirements for contaminants with adverse
health effects on persons.
(m)
"Project completion" means the initiation of operation or the ability to
initiate operation.
(n) "Project"
means acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improving, equipping,
rehabilitation, or extension of all or any part of a public water supply
system.
(o) "Public water supply
system" has the meaning provided by
K.S.A. 65-162a and amendments.
(p) "Secretary" means the secretary of health
and environment.
(q) "Significant
noncompliance" means failure to comply with any national primary drinking water
standard according to criteria established by the administrator of the federal
environmental protection agency.
(r) "Water transfer" has the meaning provided
by K.S.A. 1996 Supp.
82a-1501 and amendments.
Notes
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