June 21, 2018 |
1:00 PM MT | 001 | Roll Call |
 | 002 | Announcements |
| 003 | Minutes of March 30, 2018 Meeting |
| 004 | Reports of EQC Members |
| 005 | Report of DEQ Director |
| 006 | Old Business |
|  007 | New Business |
| 008 | Next Meeting |
| 009 | Public Hearing on the 2019 IUP and Project Priority Lists for determining loan recipients under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
(See 2019 IUP Final.pdf at the top of this page) |
| 010 | Adjournment |
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
AND PUBLIC MEETING
STATE OF NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (NDEQ)
[now the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE)]
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stats. §81-1505(17), §84-907, and §84-1411, the Nebraska Environmental Quality Council (EQC) will hold a meeting and public hearing on June 21, 2018 beginning at 1:00 P.M. Mountain Time (MT) at the Water and Visitor’s Interpretative Center, Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area, 1475 Hwy 61 N., Ogallala, Nebraska. Preceding the hearing will be business items on the agenda. The hearings are scheduled to begin at 1:00 P.M. MT or as soon thereafter as can reasonably be heard. The purpose of the hearing is to take testimony and evidence about the proposed Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 2019 Intended Use Plan (2019 IUP), as outlined in this notice. The EQC meeting is being held in conjunction with a meeting of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
The meeting agenda and a draft copy of the proposal scheduled for hearing are available at the NDEQ’s Lincoln office, 1200 N St., Suite 400, Lincoln, NE and on the NDEQ website at http://dee.ne.gov.
All interested persons may attend and testify orally or by written submission at the public hearing. Any person may provide advance notice of intent to testify by contacting Carla Felix, Hearing Officer, NDEQ, 1200 N St., Suite 400, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922. Unscheduled testimony will be heard following scheduled testimony. Interested persons may also submit written comments to Carla Felix prior to the hearing, which will be entered into the hearing record if received at the Lincoln office by 5:00 P.M. CT, June 20, 2018.
Please notify the NDEQ at least one week in advance of the EQC meeting if auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations or alternate formats of materials are needed. Contact phone number is 402-471-2186. TDD users call 800-833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call us at 402-471-2186.
A public hearing will be held on the following:
- The 2019 IUP and Project Priority Lists for determining loan recipients under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). This document is developed by the NDEQ, with DWSRF priority system and list as provided by Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health; it is brought before the EQC in conformance with Neb. Rev. Stat. §81-15,152, Neb. Rev. Stat. §71-5321, Title 131 – Rules and Regulations for Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Drinking Water Construction Assistance Program, and the federal Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts. The 2019 IUP describes how Nebraska intends to use money available in the two funds for making loans to qualified recipients for assistance in construction needs. The 2019 IUP includes a Project Priority Rating System and Fiscal Year 2019 Funding List for each of the funds, and an Interest Rate System. The purpose of the hearing is to accept public testimony and EQC adoption of the 2019 IUP. The EQC will vote to adopt, amend or modify the 2019 IUP after hearing and considering all the testimony and written submissions.
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