PFA - Total Maximum Daily Load Grant Program


Purpose
This program provides grants to assist municipalities with the cost of wastewater treatment or stormwater projects needed to meet the requirements of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation plans under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act.

Customers and Services
Any municipality needing to construct a wastewater treatment or stormwater project to comply with a point source wasteload allocation under the requirements of a TMDL implementation plan is eligible. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) calculates the essential project component percentage to determine the TMDL eligible project cost, and certifies to the Public Facilities Authority (PFA) the eligible as-bid cost for the project. The PFA awards grants for up to 50 percent of the eligible project costs, to a maximum of $3M, based on the estimated cost submitted by the applicant or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.

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

 

SFY 2009

SFY 2010

SFY 2011

Number of projects

2

5

12

Dollars awarded

$0.5M

$4.6

$7.3


More DEED measures: Uniform Program Accountability Measures

Funding Source and Expenditure (in thousands)

 

SFY 2009

SFY 2010

SFY 2011

General Obligation Bond Proceeds

$1,998

$2,336

$853

Clean Water Fund

0

$590

$5,985


Statutory Authority
-- Minn. Stat., Chap. 446A.073

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.