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Appendices <br />NAME <br />TYPE OF AID <br />DESCRIPTION <br />Minnesota Housing <br />Fix -up Fund <br />Low -Interest, Fixed- <br />The Fix -up Fund is a statewide program that offers affordable, <br />Rate Loans <br />low-interest, fixed-rate loans that can be used for energy efficiency <br />improvements. <br />Community Fix -up Fund <br />Low -Interest, Fixed- <br />The Community Fix -up Fund (CFUF) is available to help <br />Rate Loans <br />communities address their home improvement needs and objectives <br />(including energy efficiency) under geographically targeted <br />initiatives. <br />Rehabilitation Loan Program <br />Low -Interest, Fixed- <br />The Rehabilitation Loan program assists low-income homeowners <br />Rate Loans <br />in financing basic home improvements that directly affect the <br />safety, habitability, energy efficiency, or accessibility of their homes. <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) <br />Information Referral Index <br />Technical <br />List of professionals who can answer questions in most <br />environmental fields. <br />Specific Contacts for Assistance and <br />Technical <br />Specific list of who to call at MPCA for assistance and information. <br />Information <br />MPCA Environmental Assistance <br />Grant <br />To provide financial assistance for the development of <br />environmentally sustainable practices in Minnesota through <br />voluntary partnerships and goal -oriented, economically driven <br />approaches to pollution prevention and resource conservation. <br />Financial Assistance for Nonpoint Source <br />Grant <br />Provides financial and technical assistance to local government and <br />Water Pollution Projects: Clean Water <br />other water resource managers to address nonpoint-source water <br />Partnership, Clean Water Legacy and <br />pollution through the Clean Water Partnership (CWP) and Clean <br />Section 319 Programs <br />Water Act Section 319 programs. <br />Clean Water Legacy Act Surface Water <br />Grant <br />To provide local organizations and citizen volunteers with funds to <br />Assessment Grants <br />complete the monitoring needed to meet assessment requirements <br />on Minnesota lakes and streams. <br />Capital Assistance Program (CAP) <br />Grant <br />To help finance the capital costs of building solid waste processing <br />facilities. <br />MS4 Stormwater Program <br />Technical <br />Development of municipal stormwater systems. <br />Clean Water Legacy Act (CWLA) <br />Grant <br />About $2 million of federal fiscal year 2009 Section 319 nonpoint <br />Funding Round Guidance for Stormwater <br />source water pollution funds are included in the CWLA funding <br />Applications for Federal Clean Water Act <br />cycle. These Section 319 funds are only available to projects that are <br />Section 319 TMDL Implementation Funds <br />directly implementing an approved TMDL implementation plan. <br />Because Section 319 funds are nonpoint-source funds, they cannot <br />be used to fund practices and activities that satisfy permit (point - <br />source) requirements. <br />Climate/Energy Assistance for Local <br />Technical <br />Training and assistance in the areas of green building, sustainable <br />Government <br />industrial development, community sustainability, model <br />ordinances, low -impact development, environmentally preferable <br />purchasing, transportation alternatives, and renewable energy. <br />Additional assistance provided by MPCA-funded Retired Engineers <br />Technical Assistance Program/Climate Change Corps in the areas <br />of energy use and carbon reductions. <br />22 Minnesota GreenStep Cities Program Proposal <br />