Guidance for Recovery and Reinvestment Act11/03/2009 |
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| The Environmental Protection Agency released its official guidance for the portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that includes the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs. |
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The ARRA allocated 20% of the USD6 billion appropriated to the CWSRF and DWSRF programs to green activities such as water efficiency projects. The EPA guidance refers to the funding for these types of projects as the Green Project Reserve. States are required to make a concerted effort to fund activities under the Green Project Reserve.
A State may take up to one year to provide funding for projects, and is encouraged to solicit new projects for the Green Project Reserve to add to its Intended Use Plan (IUP). However, after 17th August 2009 (180 days after the President signed the Act), States may certify in writing that there are insufficient applications for green infrastructure and water efficiency projects. If EPA approves this certification, States will be allowed to use Green Reserve funds for conventional SRF projects.
This should not be necessary, according to the Alliance for Water Efficiency. There is a need to ensure that the project lists under the Green Project Reserve submitted by each State are genuinely green. EPA will not likely have the resources to police these lists; therefore it is up to stakeholder groups to make sure water efficiency project submittals are not being unjustly ignored, and that the green projects on States' IUPs are legitimate.
Actions that can be taken are:
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