Section 367.310  Phase I Study Awards

a)         Through the Clean Lakes Program, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will provide up to a maximum of 60% of the total cost of a Phase I Diagnostic and Feasibility Study project (up to a maximum of $75,000), with the lake owner or other sources providing a minimum 40% match.

b)         However, the maximum Agency contribution per study project shall not exceed $125,000 in cases where:

1)         a single lake owner applies for a study project involving 2 or more distinct, yet hydraulically connected, lakes; or

2)         a single lake owner applies for a study project involving 2 or more distinct, non-hydraulically connected, lakes that lie within the jurisdictional boundary of the applicant lake owner; or

3)         the Agency determines that it would be technically, economically or administratively more feasible to combine into 1 study project application 2 or more applications submitted by a single lake owner for 2 or more hydraulically connected or non-hydraulically connected lakes.