After almost 18 years serving in the Iowa DNR Water Supply Engineering Section in various roles, Mark Moeller will be moving to the DNR Land and Waters Bureau as the District Engineer in Southeast Iowa.
Mark is excited to start a new adventure serving the DNR and Iowa's citizens, but will miss and would like to sincerely thank all of his wonderful team-members in Water Supply and the Water Quality Bureau as well as everyone in Iowa's drinking water industry who contributes to the mission of providing safe, sustainable drinking water to Iowans.
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Grants and Debarment recently released a memorandum titled: Guidelines for Implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Signage Term and Condition for the State Revolving Fund Program. The updated BIL signage term and condition requires a physical sign displaying the official Building a Better America emblem and EPA logo be placed at construction sites for BIL-funded projects.
For the Clean Water and Drinking Water SRF programs, this signage requirement applies only to the following projects:
- Construction projects identified as “equivalency projects” for BIL general supplemental capitalization grants;
- Construction projects that receive additional subsidization (forgivable loans) made available by BIL general supplemental capitalization grants;
- All construction projects funded with BIL emerging contaminants capitalization grants; and
- All construction projects funded with BIL lead service line replacement capitalization grants.
Additional information regarding signage requirements has been added to both of the Annexes for the CWSRF and DWSRF IUPs - BIL General Supplemental Fund Q4 Updates, which are available at: https://www.iowasrf.com/infrastructure-bill-funding-opportunities/. This information will also be included in the emerging contaminants and lead service line IUPs upon release. SRF applicants receiving BIL funds for projects that meet the criteria described above will be contacted and provided further information on complying with the signage requirement. The signage requirements will be incorporated into loan agreements and loan forgiveness awards. The SRF Program will also develop a SRF Front-End document for all future BIL funding recipients.
Questions regarding BIL Signage Term and Condition may be directed to the SRF Project Compliance Specialist, Amy Seyffer, at amy.seyffer@dnr.iowa.gov.
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