Definitions

The terms “Board,” “Department,” “Director,” “Person,” and “State” have the meaning provided for those terms in Section 39-103, Idaho Code. The term “Public Drinking Water System” (which includes “Community Water System,” and “Non-community Water System”) is defined in IDAPA 58.01.08. (7-1-25) 01. Applicant. Any qualifying entity making application for planning grant funds. (3-31-22) 02. Categorical Exclusion (CE). Category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, therefore, neither an environmental information document nor an environmental impact statement is required. (3-31-22) 03. Eligible Costs. Costs which are necessary for planning. To be eligible, costs must also be reasonable and not ineligible costs. The determination of eligible costs will be made by the Department pursuant to Section 032. (7-1-25) 04. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). A document prepared by the applicant when the Department determines that the proposed drinking water project will significantly affect the environment. The major purpose of the EIS will be to describe fully the significant impacts of the project and how these impacts can be either avoided or mitigated. The Environmental Review Procedures contained in the Handbook may be used as guidance when preparing the EIS. (3-31-22) 05. Environmental Information Document (EID). Any written environmental assessment prepared by the applicant describing the environmental impacts of a proposed drinking water or wastewater construction project. This document will be of sufficient scope to enable the Department to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed project. (7-1-25) 06. Financial Capability. The ability to raise and manage funds to provide the necessary resources for proper operation of the system. (3-31-22) 07. Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). A document prepared by the Department presenting the reasons why an action, not otherwise excluded, will not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an EIS will not be prepared. It will include the environmental assessment or a summary of it and will note any other environmental documents related to it. (7-1-25) 08. Grant Recipient. An applicant who has been awarded a grant. (3-31-22) 09. Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES). Point source permitting program established pursuant to Section 402 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1342). (7-1-25) IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 58.01.22 – Planning Grants for Department of Environmental Quality Drinking Water & Wastewater Facilities Section 019 Page 4 10. Ineligible Costs. Costs which are not eligible for funding pursuant to these rules. (3-31-22) 11. Nonprofit Noncommunity Water System. A public drinking water system that is not a community water system and is governed by Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and includes, but is not limited to, state agencies, municipalities and nonprofit organizations such as churches and schools. (3-31-22) 12. Planning Document. A document which describes the condition of a public drinking water or wastewater system and presents a cost effective and environmentally sound alternative to achieve or maintain regulatory compliance. Engineering reports and facility plans are examples of such planning documents. The planning documents must be prepared by or under the responsible charge of an Idaho licensed professional engineer and bear the imprint of the engineer’s seal. (7-1-25) 13. Point Source. Any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are, or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture, discharges from dams and hydroelectric generating facilities or any source or activity considered a nonpoint source by definition. (3-31-22) 14. Priority List. A ranked list of proposed projects. (7-1-25) 15. Qualifying Entity. Any county, city, special service district, nonprofit or investor-owned corporation, or other governmental entity, or a combination thereof, which owns or operates a public drinking water system, irrigation system, or wastewater system. (3-31-22) 16. Suspension. An action by the Director to suspend a grant contract prior to project completion for a specified cause. Suspended contracts may be reinstated. (3-31-22) 17. Sustainability. Sustainability will include efforts for energy and water conservation, extending the life of capital assets, green building practices, and other environmentally innovative approaches to infrastructure repair, replacement and improvement. (3-31-22) 18. Termination. An action by the Director to permanently terminate a grant contract prior to project completion for a specific cause. Terminated contracts will not be reinstated. (3-31-22) 19. Wastewater. As defined in IDAPA 58.01.16, “Wastewater Rules.” (7-1-25) 20. Wastewater Facility. Any facility, including land, equipment, furnishings and appurtenances thereof, for the purpose of collecting, treating, neutralizing or stabilizing wastewater and removing pollutants from wastewater or otherwise provide direct water quality benefits. This includes the treatment plant, collectors, interceptors, outfall and outlet sewers, pumping stations, sludge treatment and handling systems and land disposal systems. (7-1-25) 011. -- 018. (RESERVED)