SB 10

Under the Clean Water Fund Program, administered by the Department of

Natural Resources (DNR) and the Department of Administration (DOA), this state

provides financial assistance to local governmental units for projects to control water

pollution. A portion of the funding for the state program comes from a federal water

pollution control program. Current state law specifies that funding from the Clean

Water Fund Program may be provided for constructing a sewage treatment plant,

implementing a program to manage pollution from nonpoint (diffuse) sources, or

implementing a conservation plan to protect an estuary.

Under this bill, funding through the Clean Water Fund Program may be

provided for other activities associated with achieving and maintaining compliance

with a wastewater discharge permit. In addition, the bill authorizes DNR and DOA

to provide funding under the Clean Water Fund Program for pilot projects that are

consistent with the federal water pollution control program.

Current law also specifies the methods that may be used to provide financial

assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program, including making loans at or below

the market interest rate. This bill authorizes the use of any method of providing

financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program that is consistent with

federal law relating to the federal water pollution control program.

Under the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, also administered by DNR and

DOA, this state provides financial assistance to local governmental units for projects

for the construction or modification of public water systems. A portion of the funding

for the state program comes from a federal safe drinking water program. Current

law specifies the methods that may be used to provide financial assistance under the

Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, including making loans below the market

interest rate.

This bill authorizes the use of any method of providing financial assistance

under the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program that is consistent with federal law

relating to the federal safe drinking water program.