The Department of Environmental Protection announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: October 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: The Bob Martinez Center, Room 611, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: To receive testimony and public comment and take final action on adoption of the FY 2010 Small Community Wastewater Facilities Grants priority list and management of the FY 2006 Financially Disadvantaged Small Community Grants priority list under Chapter 62-505, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), and management of the FY 2010 State Revolving Fund priority list for water pollution control loan projects under Chapter 62-503, F.A.C.
New projects which are eligible to receive grants under Chapter 62-505, F.A.C. will be considered for the FY 2010 priority list for use of grant allocation assessment funds available or expected to be available in FY 2010. To be eligible for a grant under this rule. Request for Inclusion form 62-505.900(1) must have been submitted prior to July 1, 2009. Additionally, project sponsors shall be allowed only one open grant in the preconstruction or construction phase at a time. Sponsors with an open grant are not eligible to compete. For construction grants, all documentation required under subsections 62-505.700(1) and (2), F.A.C., shall be complete and approved by the Department by September 1, 2009. To insure facility planning document approval by this date, project sponsors should have submitted planning documentation by June 15, 2009.
Eligible grant amounts may be adjusted for projects already listed on the FY 2006 Financially Disadvantaged Small Community Grants priority list which remain incompletely funded, or which have been closed out.
Pursuant to subsection 62-503.600(4), F.A.C., the Department’s funding commitment to projects currently assigned to the water pollution control loan priority list may be withdrawn at the hearing if a local government is delinquent in submitting documents as scheduled. No new projects will be considered for addition to the fundable or contingency portion of the priority list at this hearing.
Prior to Department action at the hearing, all interested persons will have the opportunity to testify regarding the lists and any proposed actions. The Department may adopt, modify, or deny the proposed actions at the hearing.
After the hearing, the Department will file the written Record of Final Agency Action. A copy of the Record of Final Agency Action will be made available to persons sponsoring the projects at issue and to any person submitting a timely written request. Such written requests must be submitted at the hearing or must be filed with the Department’s Bureau of Water Facilities Funding, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Mail Station #3505, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the first working day after the public hearing.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Gary Powell at the same address as above, or phone (850)245-8358 or e-mail: gary.powell@dep.state.fl.us. The agenda and associated documents will also be available on the Department’s web site at http://internetdev/water/notices.htm on or before October 7, 2009.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Gary Powell at the same address, telephone number and e-mail address as shown above. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).