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COMMENT PERIOD AND HEARING

| April 28, 2004 9:00 PM

CONCERNING FISCAL YEAR 2005 WATER

QUALITY AND

DRINKING WATER

LOAN PRIORITY LISTS AND ASSOCIATED INTENDED USE PLANS (IUP)

FOR WATER QUALITY AND DRINKING WATER

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

AND

DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANNING GRANTS LISTS

This notice is given to fulfill the public information requirements of Idaho's rules for administration of drinking water and wastewater construction grant and loan programs.

The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has scheduled a comment period and one public hearing concerning the following documents:

1. The Draft Fiscal Year 2005 State Drinking Water Loan Intended Use Plan (IUP), which contains the Loan Project Priority List.

2. The Draft Fiscal Year 2005 State Water Quality Loan Intended Use Plan (IUP), which contains the Loan Project Priority List.

3. The Draft Fiscal Year 2005 State Wastewater Planning Grant Project Priority List.

4. The Draft Fiscal Year 2005 State Drinking Water Planning Grant Project Priority List.

DEQ will award grants and loans from these four lists in priority order, highest ranked projects having first access to the funds. Awards will be made until available funding resources are exhausted.

The purpose of the comment period and hearing are to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the grant and loan lists. During the scheduled Hearing (May 12, 2004), DEQ will explain how and why the four priority lists are prepared and describe the relationship between each loan list and its associated Intended Use Plan (IUP). An opportunity will be provided at the hearing for public comment on the lists and the IUPs.

Copies of the lists and IUPs are available for public review at the following locations:

DEQ State Office Drinking Water and Water Quality Loan Program

1410 N. Hilton St. 2nd Floor

Boise, Idaho 83706

(208) 373-0502

Contact: Alan Stanford

Pocatello Regional Office

444 Hospital Way #300

Pocatello, Idaho 83204 (208) 236-6160

Contact: John Kirkpatrick

Coeur d'Alene Regional Office

2210 Ironwood Parkway

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814

(208) 769-1422

Contact: John Tindall

Lewiston Regional Office

1118 "F" Street

Lewiston, Idaho 83501 (208) 799-4370

Contact: Jerry Shaffer

Boise Regional Office

1445 North Orchard

Boise, Idaho 83706 (208) 373-0550 Contact: Chas Ariss

Twin Falls Regional Office

601 Pole Line Road, Suite #2

Twin Falls, Idaho 83301

(208) 736-2190

Contact: Greg Misbach

Idaho Falls Regional Office

900 Skyline, Suite B

Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

(208) 528-2650

Contact: William Teuscher

The four priority lists and two IUPs can also be viewed on the DEQ Web site at:

http://www.deq.state.id.us/

news/news1.htm#water

A Hearing Will Be Held at

7 p.m., Wednesday,

May 12, 2004

in the

CONFERENCE CENTER

of the

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

1410 N. Hilton Street

Boise, Idaho 83706

Anyone may submit comments regarding the proposed lists. Oral and/or written comments may be submitted at the scheduled hearing. Written comments can be sent by regular mail or email to Alan Stanford at the address below. All written comments and data concerning the Priority Lists and IUPs must be received on or before May 21, 2004.

Alan Stanford

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

1410 N. Hilton Street

Boise, Idaho 83706

(208) 373-0577

astanfor@deq.state.id.us

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