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Below is a reference guide that serves as a tool for our customers intending to apply for financial assistance from any of our loan programs.
The reference guide provides information, listed alphabetically by topic, on the steps and regulations to be followed from the early stages of the loan process through the closeout stage.
For a list of program specific material, select an EIF program link on the left.
accounting (see financial management) acronyms and abbreviations administrative codes (see statutes and codes) advantages of financing projects with the EIF A/E agreements (see engineering contracts) amendments application contents - clean water fund program application contents - land recycling loan program application contents - safe drinking water loan program authorized representative resolution
bids and construction contracts bond regulations (see IRS Private Activity Bond Regulations) bond swap Top of page capitalized interest (see unsewered projects) change orders closeouts codes and statutes (see statutes and codes) comfort resolution (see reimbursement resolution) construction management contracts (see engineering contracts) cost eligibility (see eligibility index) credit review and project affordability
Top of page
deadlines debt types declaration of intent to reimburse (see reimbursement resolution) definitions disbursements (see request for disbursement)
easements (see land and easements) eligibility index for the Clean Water Fund Program for the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program engineering contracts equipment replacement fund Top of page
FAA amendments (see amendments) FAA (financial assistance agreement) financial assistance agreement (FAA) and loan closing process financial management financing options force account forms and publications funding sources water and wastewater
hardship assistance hardship assistance calculation hardship calculation worksheets hardship assistance criteria hardship assistance deadlines hardship assistance funding list median household income
ineligible costs (see eligibility index) interest rates interim financing intermunicipal agreements - clean water fund program intermunicipal agreements - safe drinking water loan program IRS private activity bond regulations ITA (notice of intent to apply)
land and easments loan closing process and financial assistance agreement (FAA) loan repayment Top of page
MBE/WBE/SBRA Agency Lists Definitions EPA's Fair Share Policy Rural-Urban Continuum Code Solicitation Guidance median household income minority business (see MBE/WBE/SBRA) municipal statutes
notice of intent to apply
operation and maintenance manual - clean water fund program ordinances (see user charge systems and sewer use ordinances)
payment requests (see request for disbursement) parallel cost percentage plan of operation priority evaluation and ranking form (PERF) private activity (IRS private activity bond regulations) project managers PSC (public service commission)
reimbursement resolution repayment (see (see loan repayment) replacement fund (see equipment replacement fund) request for disbursement Top of page
sewer use ordinances (and user charge systems) small loans small businesses in rural areas (see MBE/WBE/SBRA) staff statutes and codes storm water projects
timeline for a typical project two-thirds rule (see unsewered projects)
unsewered projects project financing user charge systems and sewer use ordinances
Wisconsin statutes (see statutes and codes) women owned business (see MBE/WBE/SBRA)
This information is intended solely as guidance, and does not contain any mandatory requirements except where requirements are found in statute or administrative rule. This guidance does not establish or affect legal rights or obligations, and is not finally determinative of any of the issues addressed. This guidance cannot be relied upon and does not create any rights enforceable by any party in litigation with the State of Wisconsin or the Department of Natural Resources. Any regulatory decisions made by the Department of Natural Resources in any matter addressed by this guidance will be made by applying the governing statutes and administrative rules to the relevant facts.