United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-12-17 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f311ec D09002ee1c7f31279 United States Environmental Protection Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing an interim final rule to implement a new program authorized under Subtitle C of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), which is referred to as the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA). WIFIA authorizes EPA to provide secured (direct) loans and loan guarantees to eligible water infrastructure projects. Projects will be evaluated and selected by the Administrator of the EPA based on criteria set out in this rule using weightings established in a separate Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Following project selection, individual credit agreements will be developed through negotiations between the project sponsors and EPA. EPA is soliciting comments on an interim final rule that establishes the guidelines for the new credit assistance program for water and infrastructure projects and the process by which EPA will administer such credit assistance. The interim final rule primarily restates and clarifies statutory language while establishing approaches to specific procedural issues left to EPA's discretion. This interim final rule pertains to a matter involving a federal loan and loan guarantee program and is therefore exempt from the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. As such, EPA is issuing this rule as interim final. 81 FR 91822 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-19/2016-30194 2016-30194 fr19de16-21 RIN 2040-AF63 6560-50-P EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0569 FRL-9953-24-OW https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-19/2016-30194 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-19/html/2016-30194.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-19/pdf/2016-30194.pdf Environmental Protection Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Water Finance 18 p. 91822 91839 81 FR 91822 Title 40 Part 35 40 CFR Part 35 RIN 2040-AF63 Credit Assistance for Water Infrastructure Projects; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-30194 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 2016-12-19 2017-02-17 EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0569 FRL-9953-24-OW 6560-50-P 2016-30194 Interim final rule; request for comments.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing an interim final rule to implement a new program authorized under Subtitle C of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), which is referred to as the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA). WIFIA authorizes EPA to provide secured (direct) loans and loan guarantees to eligible water infrastructure projects. Projects will be evaluated and selected by the Administrator of the EPA based on criteria set out in this rule using weightings established in a separate Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Following project selection, individual credit agreements will be developed through negotiations between the project sponsors and EPA. EPA is soliciting comments on an interim final rule that establishes the guidelines for the new credit assistance program for water and infrastructure projects and the process by which EPA will administer such credit assistance. The interim final rule primarily restates and clarifies statutory language while establishing approaches to specific procedural issues left to EPA's discretion. This interim final rule pertains to a matter involving a federal loan and loan guarantee program and is therefore exempt from the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. As such, EPA is issuing this rule as interim final.

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