1. (a) By applying for financial assistance, the applicant shall be deemed to have agreed to the following:

   1. (1) From the time of a final application for a grant or loan for a project throughout all stages of construction and implementation, and at any other time while any loan from the DWGTF to the applicant is not fully repaid, the applicant shall allow the department to inspect:

      1. a. The project and any and all incidental works, areas, facilities, and premises otherwise pertaining to the project for which application is made; and
      2. b. Any and all books, accounts, records, contracts or other instruments, documents, and other information possessed by the applicant or its contractors, agents, employees or representatives which relate in any respect to the receipt, deposit, or expenditure of financial assistance funds; and
   2. (2) After project completion, the recipient shall allow the department to conduct periodic site visits to confirm that the project is functioning as intended.
2. (b) Nothing in these rules shall prevent the department from exercising any inspection or other regulatory authority relative to the applicant’s project or other regulated facilities conferred on the department by any provision of law.

Source. #12903, eff 10-23-19