Section 360.406  Operation and Maintenance

a)         The grantee must make adequate provisions satisfactory to the Agency for assuring economic, effective, and efficient operation and maintenance of its sewage treatment works in accordance with a plan of operation approved by the Agency.

b)         As a minimum, such plan shall:

1)         Be developed and submitted to the Agency for approval in accordance with a schedule developed as a special condition of the grant; and

2)         Include provision for:

A)        An operation and maintenance manual for each facility;

B)        An emergency operating and response program;

C)        Properly trained management, operation, and maintenance personnel;

D)        Adequate budget for operation and maintenance, and for replacement of all equipment with an expected life of less than 30 years;

E)        Operational reports; and

F)         Provisions for laboratory testing adequate to determine influent and effluent characteristics and removal efficiencies.

c)         The Agency shall not pay:

1)         More than 50 percent of the State share of any Step 3 project unless the grantee has furnished and the Agency has approved the plan of operation and the grantee has submitted a draft of the operation and maintenance manual for review, or adequate evidence of timely development of such a draft; and

2)         More than 90 percent of the State share unless the grantee has furnished a satisfactory final operation and maintenance manual or as otherwise provided by a special condition of this grant.