Sec. 2602.10. Equivalency project requirements

(a) Equivalency projects shall comply with section 2602.9 of this Part, as well as with all of the requirements of this section.

(b) Prior to making formal application for CWSRF assistance for construction of an equivalency project, a recipient must submit a facilities plan which:

(1) includes those elements required in an engineering report;

(2) demonstrates that those mandatory planning requirements of title II of the act for equivalency projects have been met; and

(3) incorporates any other requirements of the commissioner. The facilities plan shall replace the requirements of the engineering report.

(c) In preparing the facilities plan, the recipient shall comply with and incorporate all of the requirements of the act.

(d) In carrying out the project design, construction, and other project activities, the recipient shall comply with the requirements of the act as they are described in the approved facilities plan and shall also comply with applicable provisions of the act, including sections 204(d)(2) and 513.

(e) The recipient shall adopt a user charge system that apportions the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project to the users according to the provisions of the act.

(f) Equivalency projects shall comply with those Federal requirements identified by the administrator as applicable to equivalency projects.