W. Va. Code R. § 64-49-4 - Fund Establishment
4.1.
Establishment of the Fund. -- The water development authority shall establish a
permanent and perpetual fund to be known as the West Virginia drinking water
treatment revolving fund . The fund shall be kept separate and apart from all
other funds or programs of the water development authority and the
division.
4.2. Establishment of Set
Aside Accounts. -- There are four (4) allowable set-asides from the
capitalization grant , as described in subdivisions 4.2.a through 4.2.d of this
rule.
4.2.a. Program Oversight
(Administration of the Fund). -- An amount up to four percent (4%) of the
capitalization grant may be used for to finance the cost to the division or its
agents of administering the program.
4.2.b. Technical Assistance. -- Two percent
(2%) of the federal capitalization grants shall be utilized to provide
technical assistance services for small systems to assist those systems in
maintaining compliance with the federal safe drinking water act. The technical
assistance services for small systems shall be contracted by the division to
non-profit organizations that:
4.2.b.1. Have
a membership that represents at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the small
systems of this State; and
4.2.b.2.
Have at least five (5) years of experience in providing on-site technical
assistance to small systems.
4.2.c. Local Assistance. -- An amount up to
fifteen percent (15%) of the capitalization grant may be used for local
assistance such as, but not limited to: delineation and assessment of source
water protection areas, loans for source water protection programs and
well-head protection programs and capacity development assistance. Contractual
services may be funded from this account for these services. No more than ten
percent (10%) may be used for any one (1) activity.
4.2.d. State Activities. -- An amount up to
ten percent (10%) of the capitalization grant may be used for State activities
such as, but not limited to: the public water supply supervision program,
source water protection, capacity development , and operator
certification.
4.3.
Sources of Money for the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund . -- The
drinking water treatment revolving fund is comprised of moneys appropriated by
the legislature, moneys allocated to the State by the federal government for
the purposes of establishing the drinking water treatment revolving fund , all
receipts from loans made from the drinking water treatment revolving fund , all
income from investment of moneys held in the drinking water treatment revolving
fund , and all other sums designated for deposits to the drinking water
treatment revolving fund from any source, public or private.
4.4. Use of Moneys in the Drinking Water
Treatment Revolving Fund . -- Moneys in the drinking water treatment revolving
fund are to be used solely to make loans and to make other allowable financial
assistance to eligible projects for public water systems, as described in the
Safe Drinking Water Act and in W. Va. Code '16-3C-1
et seq. Each loan shall be in an amount that covers those costs of a project
for which funds are sought by the applicant from the water development
authority .
4.5. Investment of
Moneys in the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund . -- The water development
authority is permitted to invest the moneys in the drinking water treatment
revolving fund that are not needed for immediate disbursement or use in
obligations or securities that are lawful investments for public funds of the
State.
4.6. Disbursement of Moneys
from the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund . -- Moneys are to be disbursed
from the drinking water treatment revolving fund only upon written
authorization from the director of the water development authority or his or
her designee.
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