The Environmental Protection Agency adopted new procedures for issuing loans from the Public Water Supply Loan Program to provide funding for lead service line replacement. See https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/index/register/volume48/register_volume48_6.pdf (pp. 2088-158).
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed amendments to its procedures for issuing loans from the Public Water Supply Loan Program. The amendments would allow 30-year loans to all loan recipients and 40-year loans for disadvantaged communities, in line with the current federal standard under the CWA, and add a definition for the Build America Buy America (BABA) Act to clarify that loan applicants will need to comply with the requirements of the BABA Act, as applicable. Comments are due October 20, 2023.
The Department of Health and Environment proposed to adopt the draft 2024 Intended Use Plans for the Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund and the Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. The plans would make additions to the Project Priority List of each program, include estimates and uses of anticipated capitalization grants from EPA, and establish criteria for loan forgiveness, and establish the procedures for ranking projects. A hearing will be held June 28, 2023.
The Department of Health and Environment proposed amendments to the 2023 Intended Use Plans for the Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund and the Kansas Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. The revisions would make additions to the Project Priority List of each program and establish a new policy for setting interest rates on loan increase amendments. A hearing will be held January 16, 2023.
The Department of Health and Environment proposed amendments to its Public Water Supply Loan Fund 2019 Intended Use Plan. The proposed amendments would make additions to the project priority list and include estimates and uses of anticipated capitalization grants from EPA. A hearing will be held January 29, 2019, and comments are due that same date. See http://www.kssos.org/pubs/register/2018/Vol_37_No_52_December_27_2018_p… (p. 1220).