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P.O. Box 200901 • Helena, MT 59620 -0901 • (406) 444 -2544 • www.deq.mt.gov
September 21, 2010
Potential Drinking Water SRF Loan Recipients:
We are contacting communities on the Drinking Water SRF Project Priority List (PPL), as
outlined in the SFY11 Intended Use Plan (IUP). The Project Priority List ranks potential projects
that communities have identified for their respective water systems. The department is planning
to fund some of the lower- ranked projects on the PPL that are ready to proceed at this time. In
accordance with the bypass procedures adopted as part of the IUP, all applicants with higher -
ranked projects must be notified before the bypass is completed.
The project applicants under consideration for a bypass at this time are Gore Hill Water District,
Green Acres Water & Sewer District, and Laurel. The proposed SRF loan for Gore Hill Water
District will be used to fund installation of arsenic removal treatment and construction of
distribution system improvements. The proposed SRF loan for Green Acres Water and Sewer
District will be used to primarily fund construction of storage tanks and distribution system
improvements. The proposed SRF loan for Laurel will be used to construct distribution system
improvements. Since some higher - ranked projects are not ready to proceed, the department is
proposing to bypass those higher- ranked projects in order to fund the projects described above.
The funding of these projects by the Drinking Water SRF program should in no way affect
funding of your project. All known loan applications currently shown on the priority list can be
funded with available funds, even with the bypass for the above projects.
When revising the list by this method the department's policies require that we contact all
affected applicants to solicit comments. We request, by copy of this letter, that any comments
regarding the described changes be provided to this office within 15 days of the date of this
letter. The change will go into effect after the comment period if no unresolvable comments
have been received.
Thank you and please contact me at (406) 444 -5325 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Mark A. Smith, P.E.
DWSRF Engineering Mgr. SEP 2 3 2010
Dept. of Environmental Quality
CITY OF LAUREL
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