This page is not official. It is not affiliated in any official way with the government (or any agency) of the great state of North Carolina. If you are looking for the official site of the North Carolina Division of Public Health, Public Water Supply Section, Technical Services Branch, Loans and Grants Unit, it is http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/pws/srf/index.htm. The North Carolina Division of Public Health, Public Water Supply Section also has an official website.
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Fast-breaking news and resources for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus").
Revised information on Federal Categorical Exclusion. The procedures are finalized, but the final proofreading is not finished.
Guidance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District Office on Jurisdictional Determinations
I wrote these factsheets and am quite proud of them.
Factsheets:
Download a Final Version of the DWSRF Special Conditions Package, revised to conform to changes in 40 CFR 33.
Download a DRAFT factsheet describing how to search for and solicit DBEs - in such excruciating detail that it will likely never be finalized.
Visual Aids: Flowcharts etc.
Trying to determine impact the project will have on rates? Download the Excel Spreadsheet we use (version 0.5).
Trying to fill out the Application with a budget that properly calculates the fees? Download the Excel Spreadsheet we use (the same spreadsheet we use to check the Part B, DRAFT version 1.8).
Download an example DRAFT InterLocal Agreement (version0.4) that answers the most important questions we have for joint applications.
Is your application complete? Download the checklists we use:
Download the revised High Unit Cost (HUC) grant Application completeness checklist as an MSWord97 document.
Download the revised Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Loan Application completeness checklist as an MSWord97 document.
Download an example resolution establishing a ten percent verifiable percentage goal for minority participation.
Download version 3.0.G of the Owner's Compliance Package (State), the OCP-S. This OCP-S includes the State Special Conditions Package (SCP). It incorporates changes due to The DOA's 1 NCAC 30 .0101 rules and Session Law 2001-496 (Senate Bill 914).
Download version 3.1.i of the Federal Special Conditions Package as an MSWord file. Download PDF (coming soon).
Will we approve your DBE efforts? Previously, you could download the checklists we used to evaluate the owner's and contractor's good faith efforts. Now the checklists are incorporated into the SCPs.
Download an example letter wherein a woman can self-certify that her business is a woman-owned business enterprise (WBE). This will no longer be acceptable for projects that accept federal funds after 25 May 2008 (but will continue to be available for projects whose federal funds predate 25 May 2008.
Download an example resolution establishing a ten percent verifiable percentage goal for minority participation.Are you a small subcontractor needing to document your affirmative action plan? Download the world's shortest good Affirmative Action Plan / Equal Opportunity Employment Statement .
Download a DRAFT Minority Business Participation Outreach Plan. I shameless plagiarized from Wilson County, and placed it in the format used by the State Office of Construction (see below). I guarantee nothing, and offer it only as a public service.
Download the State Office of Construction's Interim Minority Business Participation Outreach Plan. It is WAY more than most towns need, but offers good guidance and insights. I used the format (see above).
Download the memo establishing
that the construction of utilities (e.g. water & sewer lines) is subject
to Session Law 2001-496 (Senate Bill 914).
Will I approve your Part B? Use the checklist on the last page of the instructions for Part B .
Want to check your Part B's math? Download the Excel Spreadsheet we use (DRAFT version 1.8).
The "Project Cash Flow Projection" (CFP-1) form is no longer required;
I expect it to make a return some day.
Download the simplest good (and the best simple) change
order request I have received, as an example.
US Fish & Wildlife Service has been taking such a long time to issue comments on proposals that we have negotiated blanket comments for projects in Eastern North Carolina. You can download the email here. The Factsheets will be changed as soon as possible.
Despite scuttlebutt to the contrary, PWS has not changed the rules we apply to environmental review. We have changed the procedures we use to process environmental review. You can download a memo clarifying this.
DENR's requirements for performing an EA can be downloaded from
this site or from http://www.enr.state.nc.us/files/separ.pdf.
The procedures requirements for submitting an Environmental
Review are discussed in this factsheet.
Request for Categorical Exclusion Form, version 3.1 as MSWord or PDF
Categorical Exclusions published most recently:CE for City of Wilson to add approx. 14,000 LF of 8-inch & 6-inch to the previously excluded 41,000 LF. DEH-1040
CE for City of Wilson to add approx. 24,000 LF of 2-inch & 6-inch to the previously excluded 18,480 LF. DEH-1041
Next town ...
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exclusions and FONSIs by clicking
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Here is an excellent general-information link on drinking water.
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Last updated 9 March 2009