There is established a fund to be known as the "sewage works construction fund". All moneys appropriated to and deposited in the sewage works construction fund are hereby appropriated for and shall be used by the department in carrying out the purposes of this part 3 of division III.
When used in said part, and unless the context requires otherwise:
1. "Construction" means the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, reconstruction, improvement, or extension of treatment works; preliminary planning to determine the economic and engineering feasibility of treatment works; the engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, inspection, and supervision, and other action necessary in the construction of treatment works.
2. "Eligible project" means a project for construction of sewage treatment works:
a. For which approval of the director is required under this part 3 of division III.
b. Which is, in the judgment of the director, eligible for federal pollution abatement assistance, whether or not federal funds are then available for such purpose. Eligible projects shall be those which the construction contract therefor shall have been entered into subsequent to July 1, 1966.
c. Which conforms with applicable rules of the commission.
d. Which is, in the judgment of the director, necessary for the accomplishment of the state's policy of water purity.
3. "Federal pollution abatement assistance" means funds available to a municipality, either directly or through allocation by the state, from the federal government as grants for construction of sewage treatment works pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act as defined in section 455B.171.
4. "Municipality" means the city, sanitary district, or other governmental body or corporation empowered to provide sewage collection and treatment services, or any combination of two or more of such governmental bodies or corporations acting jointly, in connection with an eligible project.
5. "Treatment works" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, holding or flow-regulating basin, pumping station, interceptor sewer, or other works installed for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or disposing of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, which qualify for federal grants pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act as defined in section 455B.171, or any other federal Act or program.
[C71, § 455C.1; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455B.67; 82 Acts, ch 1050, § 5]
C83, § 455B.241
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1899
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