All Water Quality Improvement Grants shall be governed by a legally binding and enforceable grant agreement between the recipient and the granting agency. In addition to provisions providing for payment of the total amount of the grant, the agreement shall, at a minimum, also contain provisions that govern design and installation and require proper long-term operation, monitoring and maintenance of funded projects, including design and performance criteria, as well as contractual or stipulated penalties in an amount sufficient to ensure compliance with the agreement, which may include repayment with interest, for any breach of the agreement, including failure to properly operate, monitor or maintain. Grant agreements shall be made available for public review and comment for a period of no less than thirty days but no more than sixty days prior to execution. The granting agency shall cause notice of a proposed grant agreement to be given to all applicants for Water Quality Improvement Grants whose applications are then pending and to any person requesting such notice.
1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 1999, c. 509.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 21.1 - Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997
§ 10.1-2118. Cooperative program established
§ 10.1-2119. Effect of chapter on other governmental authority
§ 10.1-2121. Cooperative point source pollution program
§ 10.1-2122. Additional powers and duties of the Director
§ 10.1-2124. Cooperative nonpoint source pollution program
§ 10.1-2125. Powers and duties of the Board
§ 10.1-2126. Additional powers and duties of Director
§ 10.1-2127. Nonpoint source pollution water quality assessment
§ 10.1-2128. Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established; purposes
§ 10.1-2128.1. Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund established
§ 10.1-2128.2. Nutrient Offset Fund; purposes
§ 10.1-2129. Agency coordination; conditions of grants
§ 10.1-2130. General provisions related to grants from the Fund
§ 10.1-2131. Point source pollution funding; conditions for approval
§ 10.1-2132. Nonpoint source pollution funding; conditions for approval
§ 10.1-2133. Annual report by State Comptroller
§ 10.1-2134.1. Water Quality Improvement Fund; estimate of requests