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<br />I <br />\t <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />8.15_01 <br /> <br />Table 4 (Continued) <br /> <br />Funding Method Advantages Disadvantages <br />Grants 1. Reduce cost burden to residents in 1. Undependable source of revenue. <br /> the eommunity_ 2. Increase administrative costs for <br /> securing and managing the funds. <br /> 3. Most often grants require eost <br /> sharing and thus additional funding <br /> source. This results in double <br /> administrative costs due to several <br /> funding sources. <br /> 4. Limited availabil~y on an irreguiar <br /> schedule. <br /> 5. Requires considerable lead time <br /> from aoolication to receivinn funds. <br /> <br />Grants <br /> <br />State grants are available for surfaee water management and nonpoint source <br />pollution. However, it is generally not a good financial practice to rely on <br />grants for a service program. This source of revenue is not dependable and <br />requires constant speculation as to its availability. Grants are useful but should <br />only be used to supplement a planned local revenue source, Examples of some <br />available grants include: <br /> <br />Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): 604b - Urban Water Ouality Grant <br /> <br />The EPA's 604b Grant Program is targeted at water quality improvements in <br />urban areas. The grant is not a cost share program, but does require local <br />partieipation. The grant is generally administered through the state. <br /> <br />Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Underground Iniection Control <br />Program <br /> <br />The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Underground Injection Control <br />(UIC) program involves inventories of groundwater protection areas in the <br />City to address abandoned drainage or domestic disposal wells which are <br />potentially harmful to underground sources of drinking water. The results of <br />the questionnaire can provide a great deal of information on the degree of risk <br />to the City's underground sources of drinking water. The EPA has provided <br />funding and training for volunteers to implement the UIC program at the loeal <br />level. <br /> <br />Environmental Protection Ageney (EP A): Environmental Education Grant <br /> <br />The EPA's Environmental Education Grant, enacted in 1991, is targeted at <br />cities or organizations in the amount of $25,000 or less. The Environmental <br />Education Grant is intended to fInance local education initiatives related to the <br />nature environment. Grants are awarded on a SO/50 cost share basis. <br /> <br />A-ARDEN0101.00 <br />Page 32 <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills, Minnesota <br />Local Stormwater Management Plan <br />