NAC349.535. Determination to provide grant: Action by Board; amount of grant; duties of Division of Environmental Protection of the Department.  


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  •      1. If the Board determines to provide a grant, it will adopt a resolution which must include:

         (a) A statement of the approval of the Board that sets forth its findings of fact concerning its determinations made pursuant to NAC 349.530;

         (b) The application; and

         (c) The terms for providing the grant to the applicant.

         2. To determine the amount of a grant to a purveyor of water, the Board will, pursuant to NRS 349.983, develop and use a scale which the Board may periodically revise. The factors the Board will consider in developing the scale include, without limitation:

         (a) Whether the improvement for which the grant is requested is included on the priority list for the Account for the Revolving Fund for the current year;

         (b) If applicable, the rank of the improvement for which the grant is requested in relation to other projects on the priority list for the Account for the Revolving Fund for the current year;

         (c) The median household income for the community or area that is served by the community water system or nontransient water system for which the grant is requested as compared to the median household income in this State;

         (d) The number of persons served by the community water system or nontransient water system for which the grant is requested;

         (e) The amount of reduction in the leakage of water, if any, in the community water system or nontransient water system for which the grant is requested;

         (f) The effectiveness of any water conservation in the area that is served by the community water system or nontransient water system for which the grant is requested; and

         (g) The monthly charge for water that residential customers of the community water system or nontransient water system for which the grant is requested are paying for the month in which the application for a grant is submitted.

         3. The Board will send a copy of the resolution to the Division of Environmental Protection of the Department.

         4. Within 10 days after receipt of the resolution of the Board, the Division shall:

         (a) Notify the applicant and the Director of the decision of the Board.

         (b) Send the applicant an inducement letter which:

              (1) States the intention of the Director to issue the grant to be paid as other claims against the State are paid if the improvement meets local, state and federal requirements;

              (2) States the amount of the grant;

              (3) States that if the grant is to be made from the proceeds of bonds, it will be conditioned upon the successful issuance of the bonds;

              (4) Directs the applicant to submit any supporting documentation required by the Division; and

              (5) Directs the applicant to comply with any conditions imposed upon the grant and to enter into the funding agreement required pursuant to NAC 349.549 within 6 months after the date the Board approves the grant or such other date as the Board specifies.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. for Financing Water Projects, eff. 12-24-91; A by R113-96, 1-23-98; R104-04, 9-18-2006)