Section 217.80  Fund Availability and Submission Deadlines

a)         Upon request, the Department will supply applicants with an application package.

b)         Applications for funding under the Act will be made available on a schedule determined by the Department to coincide with two standard anhydrous ammonia application seasons, one in the first quarter and one in the third quarter.  For FY07, a pilot program will be conducted in the following 21 counties:  Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Macoupin, Mason, McDonough, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Warren.

c)         If funding allows, the pilot program will be expanded beyond the 21 counties.

d)        Public notice of the availability of funding and the application due dates will be published in the State newspaper and on the Department's website.  If an application is received but deemed by the Department to be incomplete, it will be returned to the applicant with a statement of inadequacies.  A corrected and complete application must be received by the announced deadline.  Return of an incomplete application does not change the need to meet the required submission deadline.  Applications received after that deadline will be held for the next renewal cycle.