Except for projects and project-related costs under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, which are considered eligible to receive funds when EPA grants a deviation as allowed under Section 1452 of the SWDA, the following projects and project-related costs are not eligible for assistance from the DWSRF program:
(1) Acquiring, building, or repairing dams or raw water reservoirs;
(2) Acquiring water rights, except if the water rights are owned by a public water system that is being acquired by restructuring;
(3) Laboratory costs for monitoring;
(4) Operation and maintenance costs;
(5) Projects needed primarily for fire protection;
(6) Projects needed primarily to serve future population growth;
(7) Projects that have received assistance from the national set-aside for Indian tribes and Alaska native villages under Section 1452(i) of the SDWA;
(8) Projects for an individual water supply system or a Group B public water system unless the public water system is being restructured into a Group A public water system under WAC
246-296-110; and
(9) Projects that are solely for the purpose of installing service meters.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
70.119A.170, 40 C.F.R. 35.352 and 35.3535. WSR 18-21-021, § 246-296-080, filed 10/4/18, effective 11/4/18. Statutory Authority: RCW
70.119A.170 and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, H.R. 1452. WSR 12-01-077, § 246-296-080, filed 12/19/11, effective 2/1/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
70.119A.170. WSR 01-21-137, § 246-296-080, filed 10/24/01, effective 11/24/01.]