NR 166.03(54)(54) “Scored project” means a project for which the department reviewed the scope provided by the applicant and assigned a priority score based on the scope determined by the department to be eligible for financial assistance under a single SDWLP project number. NR 166.03(55)(55) “Service line” means a pipe located in the public right–of–way or on private property that connects a residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial user to a publicly- or privately- owned water system. NR 166.03(56)(56) “Significant noncomplier” means a public water system that the U. S. environmental protection agency has reported to the department to be in significant noncompliance with any requirement of a primary drinking water regulation or variance under 42 USC 300g-1. NR 166.03(57)(57) “Subscribing municipality” means a municipality that receives piped water for human consumption from another municipality that owns a public water system. NR 166.03(58)(58) “Subsidy” means the amount provided by the environmental improvement fund to a recipient of SDWLP financial assistance to reduce the interest rate of a loan made under the SDWLP from the market interest rate to a lesser rate, or to forgive a portion of the principal of an SDWLP loan. NR 166.03(59)(59) “Substantial completion” means the date on which construction of the scored project is sufficiently complete in accordance with the contract documents so that the owner can occupy or utilize the scored project for its intended use. NR 166.03(60)(60) “Treatment technique” means one or more methods of treatment that are known to remove or inactivate giardia and viruses as described under ss. NR 810.29 and 810.31. NR 166.03(62)(62) “Water rates” means a charge or system of charges levied on users of a water system for the user’s proportional share of the revenue requirement of a water system that consists of operation and maintenance expenses, depreciation, taxes, and return on investment. NR 166.03(63)(63) “Water system” means all structures, conduits, and appurtenances, including water meters, by means of which water is obtained or drawn from a source and eventually delivered to consumers, except piping and fixtures inside buildings served and any private service lines. NR 166.03(64)(64) “Women business enterprise” or “WBE” means a DBE that is owned or controlled on a daily basis by a woman or women. NR 166.03 HistoryHistory: CR 22-068: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23; correction in (38) (f), (49) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register October 2023 No. 814. NR 166.04NR 166.04 Types of financial assistance available. NR 166.04(1)(1) The department and DOA may, subject to applicable requirements of ss. 281.59 and 281.61, Stats., and ch. Adm 35, provide to an eligible applicant for a scored project any of the following types of financial assistance: NR 166.04(1)(b)(b) The guarantee of, or purchase of insurance for, municipal obligations for construction of a water system if the guaranteed or purchased insurance would improve credit market access or reduce interest costs on the municipal obligations. NR 166.04(1)(d)(d) Using funds received as federal capitalization grants under 42 USC 300j-12, any other type of assistance that is consistent with the federal program for safe drinking water state loan funds under 42 USC 300j-12 or any other federal law providing funding for or otherwise relating to that program, except funds received as federal capitalization grants may not be used to provide principal forgiveness to a private owner of a community water system. NR 166.04 NoteNote: The language included in par. (d) and under s. 281.61 (2r) (e), Stats., allows the department to provide principal forgiveness as part of a financial assistance agreement. NR 166.04(2)(2) If a project reaches substantial completion more than 3 years prior to the date the applicant submits a complete application for financial assistance under s. NR 166.08 (4) or the applicant already has long-term affordable debt outstanding for a project that is already complete or has reached substantial completion prior to the application submittal date, the department and DOA may not provide financial assistance for the project. NR 166.04 HistoryHistory: CR 22-068: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23. NR 166.05NR 166.05 Annual funding policy, project priority list, and funding list. NR 166.05(1)(1) Funding policy and project priority list. The department may produce an annual SDWLP funding policy in conjunction with the fiscal year’s project priority list established under s. NR 166.25. The funding policy may be in the form of the SDWLP annual intended use plan and may describe methods for making funding determinations and other policies related to the fiscal year. When the department publishes a funding policy for a given year, it shall provide an opportunity for public comment regarding the funding policy. NR 166.05 HistoryHistory: CR 22-068: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23.