10.1-2130 - General provisions related to grants from the Fund.
§ 10.1-2130. General provisions related to grants from the Fund.
All Water Quality Improvement Grants shall be governed by a legally bindingand enforceable grant agreement between the recipient and the grantingagency. In addition to provisions providing for payment of the total amountof the grant, the agreement shall, at a minimum, also contain provisions thatgovern design and installation and require proper long-term operation,monitoring and maintenance of funded projects, including design andperformance criteria, as well as contractual or stipulated penalties in anamount sufficient to ensure compliance with the agreement, which may includerepayment with interest, for any breach of the agreement, including failureto properly operate, monitor or maintain. Grant agreements shall be madeavailable for public review and comment for a period of no less than thirtydays but no more than sixty days prior to execution. The granting agencyshall cause notice of a proposed grant agreement to be given to allapplicants for Water Quality Improvement Grants whose applications are thenpending and to any person requesting such notice.
(1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 1999, c. 509.)