Selection priorities and process.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

When ranking eligible applications for consideration for limited funds, Agency officials must consider the priority items met by each application and the degree to which those priorities are met. Points will be awarded as follows: (a) (2) The proposed project primarily serves a rural area having a population between 1,001 and 2,500—15 points; (3) The proposed project primarily serves a rural area having a population between 2,501 and 5,500—5 points. (b) (1) Needed to alleviate an emergency situation, correct unanticipated diminution or deterioration of a water supply, or to meet Safe Drinking Water Act requirements which pertain to a water system—25 points; (2) Required to correct inadequacies of a wastewater disposal system, or to meet health standards which pertain to (3) Required to meet administrative orders issued to correct local, State, or Federal solid waste violations—15 points. (c) (1) Less than the poverty line if the poverty line is less than 80% of the statewide nonmetropolitan median household income—30 points; (2) Less than 80 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan median household income—20 points; (3) Equal to or more than the poverty line and between 80% and 100%, inclusive, of the State's nonmetropolitan median household income—15 points. (d) (2) The proposed project will enlarge, extend, or otherwise modify existing facilities to provide service to additional rural areas—10 points; (3) Applicant is a public body or Indian tribe—5 points; (4) Amount of ot

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1780.17