Arkansas Natural Resources Commission receives $4.6M for drinking water systems

Description:this agreement provides a capitalization grant for the recipient's drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF) program. The award furthers the public health protection objectives of the safe drinking water act (sdwa). This is the state of Arkansas's intended use plan (iup), prepared jointly by the Arkansas department of agriculture's natural resources division and the Arkansas department of health's engineering section (adhe). The iup identifies intended uses of the funds available to Arkansas as authorized by the safe drinking water act (sdwa), as amended in 1996 (42 u.s.c. 300J-12 et. Seq.). Activities:the recipient of these funds will provide low interest rate financing to eligible public water systems for the costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water improvement projects. The recipient may also use some of the funding for specific setasides, including but not limited to providing technical assistance to small systems, for operator certification activities, and source water protection activities. Subrecipient:n/a--all srf assistance will be provided as loans. 2 cfr 1500.3(b) states that: 'requirements for subrecipient monitoring and management at 2 cfr 200.331 through 200.333 do not apply to loan, loan guarantees, interest subsidies and principal forgiveness, purchases of insurance or local government debt or similar transactions with borrowers by recipients of clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) capitalization grants outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include financing, planning, design, and construction of eligible public health-related projects. Deliverables will also be used to increase the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of public water systems. The expected outcome is public health protection. The intended beneficiaries include citizens throughout the state of Arkansas.