40 CFR §35.2040

1. (a)Step 2 + 3: Combined design and building of a treatment works and building related services and supplies. An application for Step 2 + 3 grant assistance shall include:
   1. (1)A facilities plan prepared in accordance with this subpart;
   2. (2)Certification from the State that there has been adequate public participation based on State and local statutes;
   3. (3)Notification of any advance received under § 35.2025(b);
   4. (4)Evidence of compliance with all application limitations on award (§§ 35.2100 through 35.2127); and
   5. (5)The project schedule.
2. (b)Step 3: Building of a treatment works and related services and supplies An application for Step 3 grant assistance shall include:
   1. (1)A facilities plan prepared in accordance with this subpart;
   2. (2)Certification from the State that there has been adequate public participation based on State and local statutes;
   3. (3)Notification of any advance received under § 35.2025(b);
   4. (4)Evidence of compliance with all applicable limitations on award (§§ 35.2100 through 35.2127);
   5. (5)Final design drawings and specifications;
   6. (6)The project schedule; and
   7. (7)In the case of an application for Step 3 assistance that is solely for the acquisition of eligible real property, a plat which shows the legal description of the property to be acquired, a preliminary layout of the distribution and drainage systems, and an explanation of the intended method of acquiring the real property (see 40 CFR part 4).
3. (c)Training facility project. An application for a grant for construction and support of a training facility, facilities or training programs under section 109(b) of the Act shall include:
   1. (1)A written commitment from the State agency to carry out at such facility a program of training; and
   2. (2)If a facility is to be built, an engineering report including facility design data and cost estimates for design and building.
4. (d)Advances of allowance. State applications for advances of allowance to small communities shall be on government wide Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424). The application shall include:
   1. (1)A list of communities that received an advance of allowance and the amount received by each under the previous State grant; and
   2. (2)The basis for the amount requested.
5. (e)Field Testing of Innovative and Alternative Technology. An application for field testing of I/A projects shall include a field testing plan containing:
   1. (1)Identification; including size, of all principal components to be tested;
   2. (2)Location of testing facilities in relationship to full scale design;
   3. (3)Identification of critical design parameters and performance variables that are to be verified as the basis for I/A determinations:
   4. (4)Schedule for construction of field testing facilities and duration of proposed testing;
   5. (5)Capital and O&M cost estimate of field testing facilities with documentation of cost effectiveness of field testing approach; and
   6. (6)Design drawing, process flow diagram, equipment specification and related engineering data and information sufficient to describe the overall design and proposed performance of the field testing facility.
6. (f)Marine CSO Fund Project. An application for marine CSO grant assistance under § 35.2024(b) shall include:
   1. (1)All information required under paragraphs (b) (1), (2), (4), (6), and (7), of this section;
   2. (2)Final design drawings and specifications or a commitment to provide them by a date set by the Regional Administrator; and
   3. (3)The water quality benefits demonstration required under § 35.2024(b)(1).
7. (g)Design/build project grant (Step 7). An application for a design/build project grant shall include:
   1. (1)All the information required in paragraphs (b) (1), (2) and (4) of this section; and
   2. (2)The estimated building start and completion dates and Federal payment schedule (the start and completion dates may be revised when the design/build bids are accepted and included in the amended grant).