Sec.8-416-4. Application/approval process

(a) The Commissioner may solicit and/or accept applications for financial assistance from eligible homeowners.

(b) As part of the application and loan approval process, the applicant shall be required to furnish the following:

(1) Evidence of applicant eligibility as defined in Section 8-416-3 above;

(2) Certification from the district or local director of health that the repair, replacement or enlargement is required pursuant to the public health code and is feasible and that the cost is consistent with the cost of similar repairs, replacements or enlargements in the district or municipality;

(3) Two itemized estimates of the cost prepared by subsurface sewage disposal system installers licensed under Section 20-341f of the General Statutes or by registered professional engineers; and

(4) Certification by a lending institution regulated by the laws of this state that a loan for the repair, replacement or enlargement of the system has been denied.

(c) The Commissioner may, from time to time, request additional information from the applicant.

(d) Applications shall be approved or disapproved based upon the factors listed in Sections 8-416-4 (b) and 8-416-4 (c) above, as well as the availability of financial assistance.

(e) If an application is disapproved, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the reason(s) for the disapproval.

(f) If an application is approved, the Commissioner shall notify the applicant, in writing, that the repairs, replacement or enlargement may proceed upon receipt of all local permits and approvals and inform the applicant of the contents and terms of the contract for state financial assistance.

(Effective March 28, 1989)