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loan forgiveness from future Cap Grants. The CWSRF intends to implement the new criteria in BIL Annex A to the CWSRF IUP.

• Goal: Apply additional subsidization available in FFY 2022 Cap Grant.

Objective: During SFY 2023, SRF staff will utilize the revised affordability criteria to assign loan forgiveness for FFY 2022 Cap Grant. SRF staff will approve plans and specifications and execute loans or loan amendments with loan forgiveness for the amounts required in the FFY 2022 Cap Grant.

• Goal: Comply with grant reporting conditions.

Objective: During SFY 2023, the Iowa CWSRF Program plans to enter data into the CWSRF National Information Management System (NIMS) and the EPA reporting database for the Office of Water State Revolving Funds (OWSRF). • Goal: Comply with EPA guidance on reporting under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA). Objective: In the Annual Report, SRF staff will list loans that met the several requirements of FFATA for open Cap Grants. Grants may not be closed out until equivalency amounts can be reported. • Goal: Comply with EPA guidance on cost and effectiveness requirements under Section 602(b)(13) of the Clean Water Act. Objective: During SFY 2023, CWSRF will require applicants to submit a self-certification form indicating compliance with this requirement.

• Goal: Promote and identify sustainable practices in projects proposed for funding.

Objective: During SFY 2023, SRF staff will provide information on the EPA’s Sustainability Policy to applicants and include sustainability features in project descriptions.

• Goal: Comply with the EPA Signage Guidance.

Objective: During SFY 2023, SRF staff and recipients will notify the public in the most effective ways possible about assistance agreements and benefits of the CWSRF program in order to enhance public awareness of EPA assistance agreements nationwide. The Iowa CWSRF program sends out press releases listing all CWSRF loans that have closed and borrower contact information.

Additional long-term goals include: • Goal: Work with other state and federal agencies to coordinate water quality funding.

Objective: During SFY 2023, SRF staff will meet regularly with staff from the Community Development Block Grant program, and the USDA Rural Development program. SRF staff will also coordinate funding with state and federal grant and loan programs designed to address both point source and nonpoint source water quality initiatives. • Goal: Apply program requirements that are simple and understandable and do not add unnecessary burdens to applicants or recipients. Objectives: During SFY 2023, SRF staff will continue to assist applicants with completing the federal cross- cutting requirements for environmental and historical review, and will advise borrowers as needed with Davis-Bacon compliance. Borrowers will be responsible for compliance and may hire outside consultants to

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