Municipal Sand & Salt Building Program

Description	New Priority 1 & 2	Priority 3 (State, municipal, County)
A) Preliminary notice form to MaineDOT (one pager)	the later of: 4/1/2001,or 1 yr from notice of availability of State funds	the later of: 1/2003, or 1 yr from notice of availability of State funds
B) Final review of plans by MaineDOT (municipal & county only)	1 year from dates in Step A	1 year from dates in Step A
C) Construction complete and facility in operation	2 years from dates in Step A	2 years from dates in Step A

NO violations or pollution of groundwater may be allowed for more than 3 years from the date of an offer of a state grant.
The Department cannot issue time schedule variances.
An owner or operator of a salt or sand/salt storage area is not in violation of these deadlines if that owner/operator is eligible for a state grant and the state grant is not available.