EPA WIFIA Funds Due July 6, 2018

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EPA WIFIA Funds Due July 6, 2018

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The U.S. EPA is accepting letters of interest (LOIs) for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) through July 6. The WIFIA program has $5.5 billion in low cost loans available for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, and is intended to accelerate investment in infrastructure. The LOI is the first step of the application process, and if your project is selected, you will then need to prepare a full application. Eligible applicants include local, state, tribal, and federal government entities, partnership and joint ventures, corporations and trusts, and Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs. More information about the application is available in the notice at the bottom of this email. General information about the WIFIA program is available on the EPA’s website, here: https://www.epa.gov/wifia

The EPA is hosting a series of webinars for interested applicants, each of which is scheduled from 2-3:30 pm Eastern time (11 am – 12:30 pm Pacific time). You can register for these webinars here: https://www.epa.gov/wifia/wifia-resourc ... tionanchor

Webinars:
• April 23 – Submission and selection process for all prospective borrowers
• April 30 – Submission and selection process for small community prospective borrowers
• May 2 – Submission and selection process for Tribal prospective borrowers
• May 30 – Submission and selection process Question and Answer session

WIFIA Program
• Deadline: July 6 (note: LOIs are due by noon, Eastern time)
• Available funding: $5.5 billion
• Max award: 49% of total project costs
• Min. project costs: $20 million for large communities (>25,000 people); $5 million for small communities (<25,000 people)
• Funding match: 20% of project costs in non-federal

Eligible project types:
• Projects that are eligible for the Clean Water SRF, notwithstanding the public ownership clause
• Projects that are eligible for the Drinking Water SRF
• Enhanced energy efficiency projects at drinking water and wastewater facilities
• Brackish or seawater desalination, aquifer recharge, alternative water supply, and water recycling projects
• Drought prevention, reduction, or mitigation projects
• Acquisition of property if it is integral to the project or will mitigate the environmental impact of a project
• A combination of projects secured by a common security pledge or submitted under one application by an SRF program

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