EFC has developed Smart Growth Guidance for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program. This Guidance should be used by CWSRF applicants when completing their Project Listing Form and Smart Growth Assessment.

CWSRF applicants are required to submit a Project Listing Form and to annually update their project information in order for their project to be considered for CWSRF financial assistance. In the form applicants are asked to acknowledge that they understand that their project must comply with the Act in order to receive CWSRF financial.

CWSRF applicants are also required to submit a Smart Growth Assessment that must be completed by the applicant’s project engineer or other design professional. The Smart Growth Assessment should be submitted with the approvable engineering report. The Smart Growth Assessment affords the applicant the opportunity to demonstrate to EFC that the project complies with the Act.  The applicant should provide sufficient information in the Smart Growth Assessment to enable EFC to determine consistency with the Act. 

NOTE:  Submission of an insufficient or untimely Smart Growth Assessment Form can lengthen the review process for a CWSRF application.