- (a) The borrower shall retain the engineering firm responsible for providing engineering services during construction as the prime engineer to provide the services required by the project performance work plan during the first year following initiation of operation.
(b)
- (1) Within sixteen (16) days of the date one (1) year after the initiation of operation of the project, the borrower shall certify to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission staff whether the project meets the project performance standards.
- (2) Project performance standards are defined as the performance and operational requirements of the project.
- (3) This includes the attainment of permit requirements, performance requirements of the specifications, the quantity of excessive infiltration and inflow proposed to be eliminated, and other requirements the project was designed to meet.
(c)
- (1) Should the borrower be unable to certify that the project meets project performance standards, the borrower shall immediately prepare a corrective action plan report for commission staff approval that includes a description of the problem and proposed corrective actions.
(2) The borrower shall:
- (A) Undertake corrective actions to assure that project performance can be affirmatively certified quickly; and
- (B) Submit an affirmative certification by the date specified in the corrective action plan.