The Facilities Engineering Division administers grant and loan programs for municipal pollution control and water supply construction projects. The division also performs financial audit functions for these projects.  Please contact Winslow Ladue, Financial Management Chief, Facilities Engineering Division, for more information at (802) 498-7374.  Also, please see the Financial Management Section home page for further details.

DRAFT State Fiscal Year 2014 Pollution Control Projects Priority List and Planning List for 2015 to 2018

Greetings,

Regarding the DRAFT State Fiscal Year 2014 Pollution Control Projects Priority List and Planning List for 2015 to 2018

a) DRAFT State Fiscal Year 2014 Pollution Control Projects Priority List and Planning List for 2015 to 2018

b) Public hearing on this document, February 28, 2013, 2:00 pm in the Winooski Conference Room, National Life Main Building, Montpelier . Email me if you would like to have a visitor pass prepared for you in advance of the meeting. Driving directions and agenda below.

c) Comments due by March 15, 2013

State Fiscal Year 2014Pollution Control Projects Priority List and Planning List for 2015 to 2018

The Pollution Control Projects Priority List is adopted each year to identify municipal pollution control projects qualifying for available funding through the State Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program.

The Pollution Control Projects Planning Listis adopted each year to identify municipal pollution Control projects and funding for the second to fifth year of the planning cycle.

The Priority List identifies projects and expected funding levels for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014 (7/1/2013 to 6/30/2014). All projects requesting funding for preliminary engineering and final design (Steps I and II) are scheduled to receive loans in SFY 2014. Continuing projects and projects with higher priority points are scheduled to receive funding for construction in SFY 2014. Projects with lower priority points are scheduled to receive funding for construction in later years.

The Clean Water State Revolving Fund provides loans for qualifying projects. State grants may also be available for qualifying projects as noted below. Projects that may be funded include the following:

Refurbishment projects (REFURB) - Include improvements and renovations that are necessary to enable the treatment facility and/or pump stations to continue to operate efficiently and meet present discharge standards for another twenty to twenty-five year design period.

Combined Sewer Overflow projects (CSO) - These projects address problems caused by sewers that carry both wastewater and stormwater, and become hydraulically overloaded during rainfall events. This results in overflows to surface waters that are in violation of state and federal standards. State grants may be available for 25 percent of eligible costs.

Phosphorus Removal projects (PHOS)- State statute prohibits most discharges to the drainage basins of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog that contain a phosphorus concentration in excess of standards, and requires that phosphorus effluent limits be implemented in any drainage basin (where needed) to meet the requirements of a total maximum load document or attain compliance with water quality standards. These projects are needed to meet existing phosphorus discharge permit limits. State grants may be available for eligible costs.

Dry Weather Flow projects (DWF)- These are projects which abate pollution that occurs during dry weather periods, when systems are not stressed by rainfall events (see CSO discussion). Examples include:

a) the construction of a collection system and new treatment facility to eliminate direct discharges to surface waters,

b) the extension of a sewerage system to collect the flows from failing septic tank or leach field systems and convey them to an existing treatment facility. State grants may be available for eligible costs.

Enlargement projects (ENL)- Upgrades of current facilities to handle increased wastewater flows or organic loading resulting from existing or planned municipal growth.

Sewer Line Replacement projects (SEWRP)- Upgrades of existing sewer lines to address aging infrastructure and limited capacities.

Sewer Line Extension projects (SEWEX)– Construction of new sewer lines in areas previously not served by municipal sewers.

Stormwater/ Green Infrastructure/ Non-Point Source projects (NPS)– These projects store and/or treat stormwater flows which impair surface waters. In addition, projects using natural landscapes and/or plantings to manage wet weather flows to maintain and restore natural hydrology may be funded. Non-point source projects may address discharges to groundwater in leach fields.

Water/Energy Efficiency or Environmentally Innovative projects (EEI)– These projects deliver equivalent, equal or superior services with less water, such as installing water meters, recycling water use, and /or addressing leaks. Energy efficiency projects reduce energy consumption at eligible water facilities or produce clean energy for these facilities. Environmentally innovative projects demonstrate new and/or innovative approaches to managing water resources in a more sustainable way.

Other (OTHER)- Projects that do not neatly fit into the categories above.

Project types with a “C” mean the project is a continuing project and moves to the top of the priority list.

Priority points consider the public health and environmental problem addressed, as well as population and economic factors, and are used to determine the priority of a project for receive a Clean Water State Revolving Loan.

The timeline for this year’s priority list is:

2/28/2013 Hearing in the Winooski Conference Room, National Life, 2 PM

3/15/2013 Comments due on draft Priority and Planning List

May -June 2013 Final Priority and Planning List

7/1/2013 Start of State Fiscal Year 2014

Driving Directions to National Life

From I-89: Exit 8. After exiting, you are on Memorial Drive. At the first traffic light, take a right onto National Life Drive. Go up the hill past the building to the main entrance on the left; park where you can; the Department offices are in the eastern part of the building so use the entrance between the two major buildings and be sure to bring photo ID for security.

From town: take a left at the last traffic light before I-89 (just past the Dept. of Labor & GMP facilities on the right) onto National Life Drive. Go up the hill past the building to the main entrance on the left; park where you can; the Department offices are in the eastern part of the building so use the entrance between the two major buildings and be sure to bring photo ID for security.

Signs will be placed to provide directions to the Winooski Conference Room.

Agenda for Public Hearing

Welcome

Introductions

Comments on proposed Priority and Planning List

Other topics

• Utility Budgets – Title 24 § 4756 (a)(4) requires CWSRF loan recipients to create a fund to be used only for the repair, replacement, improvement or enlargement of the project for which the loan is made. Annual budgets need to include an annual allocation to be deposited into these dedicated reserve funds. Under consideration is a requirement that final design engineering include a determination of amounts that should be deposited into the funds to repair, replacement, improvement or enlargement of the project. Comments are requested on the questions:
  • What assumptions should be used in calculating annual deposits to dedicated reserve funds?
  • What life span of project components should be considered in this calculation? 5 year or less, 10 year or less, 15 year or less, etc.?

• Asset Management – Asset management is a system of managing information about a utility and may include an inventory of assets, their useful life, age, replacement costs, what happens if they fail (criticality) as well as other factors. An evaluation of this information can be used to help determine cost-effective investments in equipment repair or replacement. Some states require municipalities to have an asset management system to be eligible for CWSRF loan. Comments are requested on the following questions:
  • Should Vermont require an asset management system for CWSRF recipients?
  • What is a minimum acceptable asset management system?
  • Should this requirement be applied to utilities serving more than a certain population and if so, what population? (100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, etc)

• Annual Verification – Historically, many municipalities have not made regular annual deposits to reserve funds. Annual verification of these deposits is thought to increase the likelihood deposits being made. Comments are requested on the following questions:
  • What process should be used to verify annual deposits to reserve funds?
  • Should penalties be used when annual payments are not made?
  • Should a process be developed to allow reductions in annual payments?

• Subsidy distribution – In previous years, EPA has required a certain amount of federal funds be distributed as subsidy, in FY 2013 the amount was $383,922. Should a subsidy be required again this year, comments are requested on the method we used to distribute the subsidy.

Please let us know if you have questions, Winslow

Winslow Ladue

Financial Management Chief

Facilities Engineering Division

Department of Environmental Conservation

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/fed/fms.htm

802 498-7374 Cell Phone only

Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) LOAN & State Grant APPLICATIONS:

CWSRF Preliminary Engineering Loan Application Updated 4 May 2011   PDF, 112 KB

CWSRF Final Design Loan Application Updated 18 May 2012   PDF, 117 KB

CWSRF Planning Loan AMENDMENT Updated 4 May 2011   PDF, 117 KB

CWSRF Construction Loan Application Updated 18 May 2012   PDF, 121 KB

CWSRF Construction Loan AMENDMENT Updated 4 May 2011    PDF, 111 KB

State Pollution Grant Application   PDF, 20 KB

CLEAN WATER and DRINKING WATER PAYMENT REQUEST Information (Post ARRA):

CWSRF and DWSRF Post ARRA Payment Request Instructions Updated 7 JUNE 2012

CWSRF and DWSRF Post ARRA Payment Request Form Revised 9 OCTOBER 2012

 

ARRA Clean Water Payment Request Information:

ARRA CLEAN WATER Payment Request Instructions   DOC, 139 KB

ARRA CLEAN WATER Payment Request Blank    XLS, 21 KB

ARRA Drinking WaterPayment Request Information:

ARRA DRINKING WATER Payment Request Instructions   DOC, 139 KB

ARRA DRINKING WATER Payment Request Blank   XLS, 43 KB

Environmental Review Determinations:

Environmental Review Procedures for Projects Funded Through the Vermont/EPA Revolving Loan Program

Categorical Exclusions Issued:

AR1-001 Essex Town Categorical Exclusion March 30, 2009   PDF, 59 KB

AR1-003 Morrisville Village Categorical Exclusion April 10, 2009    PDF, 59 KB

AR1-004 Essex Junction Village Categorical Exclusion April 28, 2009  PDF, 82 KB

AR1-005 Waterbury Village Categorical Exclusion April 20, 2009   PDF, 64 KB

AR1-005 Waterbury Village Categorical Exclusion May 15, 2009   PDF, 62 KB

AR1-006 Hartford Town Categorical Exclusion April 22, 2009   PDF, 73 KB

AR1-007 Bellows Falls Village Categorical Exclusion May 20, 2009   PDF, 66 KB

AR1-009 Rutland City Categorical Exclusion May 19, 2009   PDF, 63 KB

AR1-010 Hinesburg Town Categorical Exclusion May 7, 2009    PDF, 177 KB

AR1-011 Johnson Village Categorical Exclusion May 7, 2009    PDF, 143 KB

AR1-012 Castleton Town Categorical Exclusion May 18, 2009   PDF, 59 KB

AR1-013 Burlington City Categorical Exclusion June 4, 2009   PDF, 63 KB

AR1-014 South Burlington City Categorical Exclusion May 21, 2009   PDF, 57 KB

AR1-015 State of VT BGS Categorical Exclusion May 26, 2009   PDF, 109 KB

AR1-016 Montpelier City Categorical Exclusion June 15, 2009   PDF, 1,599 KB

AR1-018 & AR1-098 Barre City Categorical Exclusion July 20, 2009   PDF, 63 KB

AR1-026 Bristol Town Categorical Exclusion September 8, 2009   PDF, 70 KB

AR1-032 & AR1-033 Essex Town Categorical Exclusion November 17, 2009   PDF, 3,125 KB

AR1-043 Middlebury Town Categorical Exclusion October 13, 2009   PDF, 1,927 KB

AR1-044 Milton Town Categorical Exclusion July 13, 2009   PDF, 1838 KB

AR1-044 Milton Town Categorical Exclusion January 6, 2011   PDF, 77KB

AR1-054 Proctor Town Categorical Exclusion June 22, 2009   PDF, 551 KB

AR1-057 Richmond Town Categorical Exclusion November 5, 2009   PDF, 1,345 KB

AR1-057 Richmond Town Environmental Information November 2009   PDF, 12,470 KB

AR1-061 Rochester Town Categorical Exclusion November 4, 2009   PDF, 69 KB

AR1-062 Shelburne Town Categorical Exclusion June 9, 2009   PDF, 59 KB

AR1-070 & 071 & 072 South Burlington City Categorical Exclusion July 29, 2009 PDF, 85 KB

AR1-073 South Burlington City Categorical Exclusion July 23, 2009   PDF, 69 KB

AR1-079 Troy Town & Jay Town Categorical Exclusion December 16, 2009   PDF, 73 KB

AR1-098 & AR1-018 Barre City Categorical Exclusion July 20, 2009  PDF, 63 KB

AR1-099 Hartford Town Categorical Exclusion November 16, 2009   PDF, 86 KB

         Otter Valley Union High School Categorical Exclusion February 26, 2010   PDF, 2,392 KB

RF1-101 Richmond Town East Main Street Categorical Exclusion August 10, 2012

RF1-113 Enosburg Falls Village Categorical Exclusion January 12, 2011  PDF,1879 KB

RF1-131 Enosburg Falls Village Categorical Exclusion June 19, 2009   PDF, 229 KB

RF1-135 Windsor Town Categorical Exclusion December 16, 2010   PDF, 74 KB

RF1-143 Sherburne Fire District No. 1 Categorical Exclusion March 12, 2012 PDF, 1,603 KB

RF1-145 Hinesburg Town Categorical Exclusion November 4, 2010   PDF, 744 KB

RF1-146 Alburgh Village Categorical Exclusion January 10, 2011  PDF, 75 KB

RF1-148 Essex Junction POTW Refurbishment Categorical Exclusion July 19, 2011 PDF, 2,061 KB

RF1-149 Williston Town Categorical Exclusion January 12, 2011 PDF, 84KB

RF1-150 Newport City Categorical Exclusion February 7, 2011 PDF, 3,235 KB

RF1-151 Williston Town Categorical Exclusion March 16 2011  PDF, 82 KB

RF1-154 Bellows Falls Village Categorical Exclusion June 17, 2011   PDF, 99 KB

RF1-157 Essex Junction HS Pump Stations & Telemetry Upgrades Categorical Exclusion July 18, 2011  PDF, 2,000 KB

RF1-160 Milton Town System Replacement/Rehab Categorical Exclusion  October 25, 2012

RF1-162 Brighton Town Dale Ave PS Categorical Exclusion December 13, 2011  PDF, 359 KB

RF1-163 Williston Town Categorical Exclusiion March12, 2012

RF1-168 St J Routes 2 and Main St CSO April 26, 2013

 

Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) Issued

AR1-024 Brattleboro Town Finding of No Significant Impact June 18, 2009   PDF, 2,745 KB

AR1-041 Hartford Town Quechee Expansion FONSI Environmental June 2009 Document   PDF, 607 KB

AR1-041 Hartford Town Quechee FONSI Letter December 11, 2009   PDF, 316 KB

AR1-067 South Burlington City Airport Parkway FONSI May 4, 2009   PDF, 72 KB

AR1-067 South Burlington City Airport Parkway FONSI Letter to Colchester from EPA May 4, 2009    PDF, 51 KB

Village of Waterbury USEPA Special Grant FONSI Letter, Determination & Phosphorus Environmental Assessment January 31, 2012

EM-96143301.0 Village of Waterbury REVISED Finding of No Significant Impact dated March 11, 2013