Applications Guidance & Documents

APPLICATIONS

• Wastewater SRF Application
• Drinking Water SRF Application
• Disadvantaged Communities Guidance SFY24

SRF LOAN PROGRAM GUIDANCE AND DOCUMENTS

The SRF Loan Program uses many of the following guidance documents and forms. Once a community has applied to the SRF Loan Program, a project pre-planning meeting will be arranged to discuss the SRF Loan Program Process.

• The SRF Process
• Asset Management Program Guidance and Documents
• General Program Guidance Documents
• Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) Guidance and Documents
• Environmental Guidance and Documents
• Financing Guidance and Documents
• Compliance - Bidding and Contracts - Documents Required for Disbursement, Construction and to Obtain Federal Funding
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Rule, Guidance and Documents - formerly MBE/WBE
• Request for Disbursement - for Word version click here.
• Request for Disbursement Instructions
• Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements
• Green Project Reserve (GPR) Sustainability Incentive
• American Iron and Steel Requirements (AIS)

Asset Management Program (AMP)

• IFA Asset Management Program Update August 2022
• AMP Guidance September 2019
  • Appendix A - Technical Section Sample Tables
  • Appendix E - Financial Section Tables
• AMP Checklist September 2021
• AMP Certification November 2021
• AMP Guidelines September 2021

General Program Guidelines Documents

• CWSRF Program Guidelines September 2021
• DWSRF Program Guidelines September 2021

Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) Guidance and Documents

• WWSRF Preliminary Engineering Report Guidance - July 2018
• DWSRF Preliminary Engineering Report Guidance - July 2018
• WWSRF Preliminary Design Summary Form
• Public Notice Guidance for WWSRF Projects |DWSRF Projects
• Signatory Authorization Resolution
• PER Acceptance Resolution
• Land Acquisition Guidance

Environmental Guidance and Documents

• Environmental Discussion Guidance
• Environmental Graphics Guidance
  • Samples of Acceptable Graphics
    • Booster Station Site Plan and Disturbance Area
    • Interim Report Map
    • Interim Report Maps and Aerial Photo
    • Proposed Well Site Disturbance Area
    • Sewer Project Example 1
    • Sewer Project Example 2
    • Tower Site and Disturbance Area
    • Wetlands and Managed Lands from Indiana Map GIS
    • WWTP and CSO Project
• St. Joseph Sole Source Aquifer in Indiana
• Farmland Conversion Impact Rating Form Guidance
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Farmland Conversion Impact Rating Form - U.S. DOA Form NRCS-CPA-106
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Farmland Conversion Impact Rating Form and Guidelines - U.S. DOA Form AD-1006
• Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA)

Financing Guidance and Documents

• SRF Financing & Due Diligence
• Current SRF Program Interest Rates
• SRF Clean Water Useful Life Worksheet
• SRF Drinking Water Useful Life Worksheet

Compliance - Bidding and Contracts

General Bidding Guidance

• Bid and Contract Review Memo

Compliance Forms

• Front-End Document Certification (FEDC) Attachments

• NEW Front End Document Certification Form for Traditional SRF Loans
• NEW Front End Document Certification Form for Traditional SRF Loans Word Document  Click here for Addendum and forms
• Attachment A: Form WH-347
• Attachment B: Required Provisions Related to Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts
• Attachment C: Required Contract Provisions Related to Wage-Fringe Benefit Certification
• Attachment D: IFA Wage-Fringe Benefit Certification Form
• Attachment E: Required Contract Provision Related to Suspension and Debarment
• Attachment F: Required Bid Instruction Related to GPR Components
• Attachment G: Required GPR Bid Breakdown
• Attachment H: Required Final Bid Summary
• Attachment I:  Required Contract provisions Related to American Iron and Steel 
• Attachment J:  Required Certification From Contractor Related to American Iron and Steel
• Attachment K: Useful Life Certification Wastewater / Drinking Water
  *Where applicable, each Attachment must be submitted to and/or reviewed by SRF as a condition of loan closing.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Rule

Forms and Contract Provisions

• MBE/WBE Good Faith Effort's Worksheet
• Bidder's List
• DBE Packet  
• OEE 1
• OEE 2
• For application for Disadvantage Business Enterprise classification go to http://water.epa.gov/.

DBE Reporting

• DBE Reporting is required of Equivalency projects on an annual basis.    
• U.S. EPA DBE Utilization Under Federal Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Interagency Agreements Form and Instructions - U.S. EPA Form 5700-52A

Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements

• Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations

• General Davis-Bacon Guidance

• Final Federal Labor Standards Compliance Certification

Green Project Reserve (GPR) Sustainability Incentive

• U.S. EPA GPR Guidance for Determining Project Eligibility for Drinking Water and Wastewater Projects
• U.S.EPA GPR Quick Reference Guide Examples Summary for Drinking Water | Wastewater Projects
• GPR Sustainability Incentive Checklists  for Drinking Water | Wastewater Projects
• GPR Sustainability Incentive Certificate of Completion

American Iron and Steel Requirements (AIS)

• EPA's American Iron and Steel Guidance and current waivers
• EPA American Iron and Steel Site Visit Checklist