PFA - Phosphorus Reduction Grant Program

Purpose
This program provides grants to assist municipalities with the cost of wastewater treatment projects that will reduce their discharge of total phosphorus to one milligram per liter or less.

Customers and Services
Any municipality that has an applicable phosphorus discharge limit incorporated into a permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on or after March 28, 2000, or that agrees to comply with the applicable limits is eligible to apply for the program. The MPCA approves the plans and specifications for the project and certifies the eligible as-bid costs for the project to the Public Facilities Authority (PFA). The PFA awards grants to projects certified by the MPCA for 50 percent of the eligible capital costs up to a maximum grant of $500,000. Eligible capital costs include engineering, inspection and construction costs for phosphorus treatment.

Measures - Reporting period is state fiscal year (SFY), July 1 - June 30

More DEED measures: Uniform Program Accountability Measures

Funding Source and Expenditure (in thousands)

Statutory Authority
-- Minn. Stat., Chap. 446A.074

Contact Information
Jeff Freeman, Deputy Director, Public Facilities Authority
Phone: 651.259.7465 or toll-free: 800.657.3858; TTY: 651.296.3900

NOTE: The Public Facilities Authority (PFA) is an independent funding agency housed within DEED.

This information current as of December 2011.