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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 05.11.02.06" title_num="05" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="02" heading="Agency Response to Application.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If the application is not complete, the agency shall promptly notify the applicant. The notice shall inform the applicant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Of what items are required to complete the application; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>That the application will be denied if the required information is not provided within 30 calendar days after the notice.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If the application is complete and the resident is determined to be eligible, the agency shall promptly:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the applicant that the application has been accepted; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Indicate the amount of the grant to be awarded in accordance with §D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the applicant is determined to be ineligible for the Program, the agency shall notify the applicant, within 5 business days, that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The applicant is ineligible for the Program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reason for that determination.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Grants shall be awarded to eligible residents based on the following formulas:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Eligible residents with an annual income of 80 percent or less of area median income shall receive a grant of 25 percent of the cost of the water treatment system;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Eligible residents with an annual income between 81 percent and 100 percent of area median income shall receive a grant of 15 percent of the cost of the water treatment system; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Eligible residents with an annual income between 100 percent and 110 percent of area median income shall receive a grant of 10 percent of the cost of the water treatment system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Funding for each Program grant shall be provided in equal parts by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The participating county in which the eligible resident resides; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The participating county or the agency representing the county shall issue one check in the amount of the aggregate Program grant to each eligible resident.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Department shall reimburse the participating county or agency for 50 percent of each Program grant in accordance with the memorandum of understanding between the Department and the participating county.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>