o State Aid Grant (SAG) program - RSA 486 established the SAG Program which provides financial assistance in the form of a
to NH communities to off-set the planning, design and construction costs of certain sewage disposal facilities. Due to budg
reductions, the SAG program has not received sufficient funding to provide grants to ail eligibie projects, Projects that wer
approved to receive funding by the Governor and the Executive Council prior to November 2008 continue to receive grant
payments. However, SAG pre-applications received after November 2008 have been placed on the "Delayed and Deferred
and may receive a grant in the event that funding is restored to the program in the future. The SAG program provides a 20
percent grant, depending on the community’s sewer user fee, to NH communities for eligible sewage disposal facilities. Ne
has applied to this program in the past for projects including combined sewers separation, the Screening and Disinfection
Facility, and the Wet Weather Treatment Facility. Until funding is restored to this program, it is not available for mitigation
projects.
o State Aid Grant Plus (SAG Plus) - In addition to the State Aid Grant Program (SAG), funds may be available to municipalities
expand, upgrade, or develop new wastewater treatment facilities to provide for septage disposal. A municipality may be
reimbursed by the state an additional 10 percent of eligible costs, derived from the acquisition and construction of septag:
treatment facilities, which results in increased septage or treatment capacity to meet the septage disposal needs of their
residents. The grant increases by two percent for each municipality with which the host community holds a written agreen
to provide for their septage disposal needs. The total grant amount can equal up to 50 percent of the eligible costs (includi
SAG). This funding could be used for future mitigation projects.
City of Nashua Municipal Budget—the City of Nashua has the authority to prepare and adopt an annual budget according to City C
Sections 56 et seq. General Fund Budget and Departmental Appropriations may potentially be used to implement mitigation actio
However, references to departmental budgets in this Plan do not imply that funding currently exists in these budgets or that it will
available in the future to implement mitigation actions.
Public Private Partnerships — Private developer funding has been used in the past to assist with mitigation projects including the Ja
Mills Crest Gate project and privately funded flood mitigation efforts at Thoreau’s Landing.
Local citizen groups or non-profit organizations focused on environmental protection, emergency preparedness, access and functic
needs populations, etc:
o. Environmental Protection
