§ 4758 - Loan priorities
§ 4758. Loan priorities
(a) Periodically, and at least annually, the secretary shall prepare and certify to the bond bank a project priority list of those municipalities whose publicly owned projects, or privately owned wastewater systems, are eligible for financing or assistance under this chapter. In determining financing availability for wastewater projects under this chapter, the secretary of the agency having jurisdiction shall apply the following criteria:
(1) the probable public benefit to be gained or preserved by the project to be financed;
(2) the long-term costs and the resulting benefits to be derived from the project. In determining benefits, induced growth from a project that is not consistent with a town, city, or village plan, duly adopted under chapter 117 of this title, will not be considered;
(3) the cost of comparable credit or financing alternatives available to the municipality;
(4) the existence of immediate public health, safety and welfare factors, and compliance therewith;
(5) the existence of an emergency constituting a threat to public health, safety and welfare; and
(6) the current area and population to be served by the proposed project.
(b) In determining financing availability for stormwater projects under this chapter, the secretary of the agency having jurisdiction shall apply the following criteria:
(1) that the project is specifically or generally described in Vermont's nonpoint source management plan;
(2) that the project will remedy or prevent the impairment of waters, and the severity of that existing or prevented impairment; and
(3) that the project is consistent with the applicable basin plan for the waters affected by the project. (Added 1987, No. 75, § 1; amended 1997, No. 62, § 72, eff. June 26, 1997; 1999, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 54, eff. May 24, 2000; 2001, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 16, 2002.)