Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds in Region 10
The states in Region 10 have each established water pollution control revolving funds that offer financial assistance to eligible water quality projects. Each water pollution control revolving fund is managed and operated in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Regulations (40 C.F.R. ยง35.3100), applicable state law and applicable state regulations. The types of projects that are actually eligible to receive assistance and the types of entities that can be eligible borrowers also vary among the states based on the requirements and limitations imposed by state law.
Each year each state water pollution control revolving fund is required by the Clean Water Act to develop a plan for the uses of all of the money available to the fund. This plan is called an Intended Use Plan and is subject to public review and comment before the state adopts the Intended Use Plan and begins making loans under that plan. Each year each state is required to submit an annual report to the EPA on its water pollution control revolving fund. Similarly, each year the EPA is required to perform an annual review of each state's administration and management of its water pollution control revolving fund. EPA's annual review results in a Program Evaluation Report that is provided to the state.
For the last several years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been urging the states to devote more of the resources of their respective water pollution control revolving funds to financing water quality projects that implement the states' nonpoint source water quality management plans and, where they exist, the approved Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMPs) for national estuaries within the state. Within this context, we have been and are encouraging the states to develop integrated water quality planning and priority setting systems for their water pollution control revolving funds. When a state has such a system, the allocation of funds available for financial assistance among competing water quality projects is determined, mostly, by the state's overall water quality priorities. The thinking behind this approach to allocation of funds is that it would maximize the potential water quality benefits of projects receiving financial assistance from the state water pollution control revolving funds. Additional information on the potential uses of the water pollution control revolving funds and guidance documents that are especially relevant to the Region 10 states can be found on this linked page.
The remaining sections of this page provide links to additional information on each of the four state water pollution control revolving funds in Region 10. Additionally, for those states in which EPA has received the documents in a computer readable format, we have provided links that allow you to download and read the state water pollution control revolving fund's Intended Use Plan, its Annual Report to EPA and the most recently completed Program Evaluation Report .
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington