§342D-54 Wastewater treatment works; financial assistance; grants. (a) The director may make grants to any county or state agency for the construction of necessary wastewater treatment works and for other projects intended for recycled water or waste management by other than conventional means to prevent or to control the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or other waste into any state waters.
(b) No grant shall be made for any project unless:
(c) If federal grant funds are available, the applicant shall be required to pay sixty per cent of the nonfederal share of the estimated reasonable cost of the approved wastewater treatment works as defined by Title 33 United States Code section 1251 et seq. If federal grant funds are not available, the director may make grants up to one hundred per cent of the estimated cost of the project.
(d) Nothing in this section shall restrict the director's authority to make grants to wastewater treatment works or projects granted waivers under Title 33 United States Code section 1311(h).
(e) No moneys used or available for financing under part V shall be used for grants under this section.
(f) No later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the director shall submit to the legislature a financial report addressing the status of each grant made during the last completed fiscal year. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §2; am L 1991, c 262, §1; am L 1996, c 81, §1; am L 1997, c 221, §2; am L 2001, c 269, §3]