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walls, elevation projects, dredging, or nature -based flood mitigation projects be included as <br />eligible projects. <br />Treasury Response: Treasury notes that some floodplain management and flood <br />mitigation infrastructure projects, including green infrastructure designed to protect treatment <br />works from flood waters and flood impact are currently eligible under the CWSRF and therefore <br />continue to be eligible under the final rule. <br />Treasury has not included floodplain management and flood mitigation projects more <br />generally as eligible under the final rule. Although floodplain management and flood mitigation <br />are functions of many state and local governments, they are not the sort of generally -provided <br />essential services included within the meaning of water and sewer projects under the ARPA, as <br />discussed above. <br />Irrigation <br />Public Comment: Some commenters requested that irrigation projects be an eligible use <br />because they consider such projects to be critical infrastructure. Several commenters supported <br />this request by noting that irrigation systems may be used to replenish aquifers and recharge <br />wells, in addition to delivering water for irrigation. One commenter also noted that the national <br />irrigation system is antiquated and in need of repair. <br />Treasury Response: Some irrigation projects were eligible under the interim final rule <br />and continue to be eligible under the final rule as a result of their inclusion as eligible projects <br />under the CWSRF. For example, water efficient irrigation equipment that reduces the runoff of <br />nutrients and implements a management program established under section 319 of the CWA <br />and/or a conservation and management plan under section 320 of the CWA are eligible uses <br />292 <br />