Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
111.1. Definitions.
111.2. Scope.
111.3. Amount of grant.
111.4. Allowable costs—general.§ 111.1. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act—The Stormwater Management Act (32 P. S. § § 680.1—680.17).
Department—The Department of Environmental Resources of the Commonwealth.
Designated watershed—A watershed delineated by the Department and approved by the Environmental Quality Board for which counties are required to develop a watershed stormwater management plan.
Municipality—A city, borough, town or township, or a county or other governmental unit when acting as an agent thereof, or a combination thereof acting jointly.
Scope of study—A detailed statement which establishes procedures to be used to prepare the detailed watershed stormwater plan, including a description of work, time schedule, level of effort, cost estimates and narratives related to preparation of plan elements required by section 5 of the act (32 P. S. § 680.5) and consistent with Chapter 3 of the Stormwater Management Guidelines.
Stormwater Management Guidelines—A Department publication prepared under section 14 of the act (32 P. S. § 680.14) which provides guidance to counties, watershed plan advisory committees, municipalities, the professions and the general public in the preparation of watershed stormwater plans.
Watershed stormwater plan—A plan for stormwater management developed and adopted by a county under section 5 of the act (32 P. S. § 680.5) and the Stormwater Management Guidelines.§ 111.2. Scope.
This chapter governs the award of grants to:
(1) Counties to assist or reimburse them for costs in preparing or revising watershed stormwater plans.
(2) Municipalities for reimbursement of allowable costs incurred after May 24, 1984, for the preparation, administration, enforcement, implementation and revisions of ordinances and regulations as required by the official watershed stormwater management plans and the act.
§ 111.3. Amount of grant.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amount of grant award shall equal 75% of the allowable costs.
(b) Grants awarded under this chapter shall be limited so that the total of State and Federal grants to the municipality or county does not exceed 75% of the allowable costs. Where the total of other State and Federal grants exceeds 75% of the allowable costs, no grants shall be made and no costs reimbursed under this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit municipalities or counties from accepting grants or payments from other State or Federal sources exceeding 75% of allowable costs.
§ 111.4. Allowable costs—general.
(a) Allowable costs are reasonable expenses actually incurred in the preparation and completion of scopes of study and watershed stormwater plans and plan revisions or reasonable expenses incurred in complying with the act and Stormwater Management Guidelines. Allowable costs include, but are not limited to, costs of data collection and analysis; surveys and inventories; planning and engineering analyses; administration, enforcement and implementation; and ordinance preparation and review.
(b) The Department may award grants for allowable costs incurred after the effective date of the act and before approval of Stormwater Management Guidelines and model ordinances by the General Assembly. The effective date of the amended act to be used by municipalities and counties for costs of administration, enforcement, implementation, and official plan revisions is May 24, 1984. The effective date of the act to be used by counties for costs of preparation of stormwater management plans is October 4, 1978. The county or municipality shall submit justification that this work is an integral and necessary part of the watershed stormwater plan. Proof of actual expenses incurred shall be required.
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