Drinking Water State Revolving Fund FFY2007 Final Priority System, Intended Use Plan, Project Priority List, and Response Document

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996 authorized a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to assist publicly and privately owned community water systems and nonprofit noncommunity water systems to achieve or maintain compliance with SDWA requirements and to further the public health objectives of the SDWA. The DWSRF is administered as a component of the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program that also administers the State?s Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund (CWSRF). This document comprises the Final version of the Priority System, Intended Use Plan, Project Priority List, and Response Document (IUP) for 2007. It describes how the state plans to spend federal grant moneys, and is the central component of the State?s application to the USEPA for federal funds to continue the DWSRF at the State level. The IUP also contains the FFY2006 and the FFY2007 schedules.Copies of the IUP can also be obtained at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/watersupply/loandata.htmFurther information regarding the IUP or the DWSRF program is available from Philip Royer, Josephine Craver, or Roger Tsao at the NJDEP's Bureau of Loans and Data Management at (609) 292-5550 or fax (609) 292-1654.Purpose: To provide details of NJDEP's 2007 Intended Use Plan (IUP) for distributing grant money allocated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)