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For information.. on ISTS, <br />contact Lori Frekot at 6S1/ <br />296-8762. <br />For information on water <br />quality cooperatives, contact <br />Craig Johnson at 651/296- <br />7314. <br />grants for the fund. The total <br />funding needs (grant and loans) <br />on the current IUP reach over <br />$250 million, so the appropria- <br />tion will only fund projects <br />which are ready to begin during <br />fiscal year (F~ 2000. <br />F ~d finis fi®n <br />$126,000 in funding was <br />provided for staff positions to <br />administer ~JVIF grants. (The <br />WIF appropriation always <br />includes this provision, with <br />the level of funding tied to the <br />amount of the appropriation.) <br />p®licy changes <br />Technical changes to the VdIF <br />Program increase the amount <br />for which wastewater jurisdic- <br />tions may be eligible and <br />eliminate the $4~,44Q media:. <br />household income cap for <br />eligible communities. <br />Individual sewage treat ent <br />syste s (IS'I'S) <br />A provision in the Omnibus <br />Environment Bill requires local <br />ISTS inspectors to use a stan- <br />dazd inspection form containing <br />a notice that if an ISTS is not <br />failing and has at least two feet <br />of soil separation, it does not <br />need to be upgraded, replaced, <br />repaired, or discontinued. <br />rest i e Lam I,a e <br />Sanita is 'ct <br />The city of Garrison received a <br />$100,000 grant to assist in <br />creation of the Garrison/ <br />ICathio/West Dille Lacs Lake <br />Sanitary District. The grant <br />will be used to help cover costs <br />of environmental studies, <br />planning, and legal assistance. <br />to a ' eon-site sewage <br />tr ent ®ect <br />The agency was awarded <br />$550,000 to continue a Legisla- <br />tive Commission on Minnesota <br />Resources (LC )project to <br />monitor and test alternative <br />treatment technologies, their <br />longevity, and their effective- <br />ness. <br />Ater-u~Iity coops fives <br />The governor vetoed this item <br />in the budget bill. Co-ops are a <br />relatively new concept in <br />wastewater treatment, similaz <br />to rural electric co-ops but <br />addressing wastewater treat- <br />ment issues in rural or <br />unsewered azeas. Two yeazs <br />ago the Legislature required the <br />University of Minnesota's <br />School of Landscape Architec- <br />ture to develop two pilot <br />projects (with MPCA assis- <br />tance in permitting the <br />projects). The U had initially <br />sought $600,000 for this effort, <br />which was reduced in confer- <br />ence committee to $200,000 <br />and now is zeroed by the veto. <br />Fariault C® ecti®nal <br />Faci 'ty <br />$1.785 million was allocated <br />8 <br />