SDS MISC
One place where you will be able to find the FY27 Area SDS Guide. One place where you will be able to find the FY27 Area SDS Guide.
What is the STARS Library?
A need arising from existing water, sewer, or solid waste facilities (or the lack thereof) that creates or may result in exposure to environmental conditions that can negatively impact public health.
What is a sanitation deficiency?
This factor represents the potential for occurrence of a disease or other adverse human health effect directly attributable to the identified sanitation deficiency.
What is Health Impact?
Tier 1 project cost estimates are required to have this range of accuracy.
What is +/- 10%
State of Alaska - Division of Water Facilities Program Manager
Carrie Bohan
Indication or a sign your HITS data needs attention.
What is a home identified in the middle of the Yukon River or something similar?
Future Development
Anticipated Needs
Non-Sanitation Facility Needs
Equipment Only Projects
Replacement of adequate individual facilities
Efficiency upgrades
What are examples of deficiencies/projects not eligible for IHS funding?
There are this number of SDS Scoring Factors.
What is eight?
A methodology to convert all users in a project— homes, schools, commercial buildings—into a common unit so costs can be fairly divided between eligible and ineligible users.
What is ERU/EDU?
USDA Community Facilities & Water and Environmental Program Director
Robert Chambers
Minimum Update Frequency for all previously approved Tier 1 Projects and DL 3,4,5 Tier 2 projects.
What is one year /yearly/annually?
This deficiency level is for an Indian tribe orAlaskan Native community with a sanitation system which lacks either a safe water supply system or a sewage disposal system.
What is a Deficiency Level IV?
This factor is intended to give a Tribe an opportunity to adjust the ranking of its projects based on internal preferences and priorities.
What are Tribal Priority Points?
E1, E2, E3, H1 homes
What is HITS classification for Eligible, Non-Residential, Non-Indian and HUD homes?
Denali Commision, Water/Sanitation Program Manager
Kristin Reardon
This type of project:
-does not contain HITS data.
-does not serve any eligible homes
-does not include any eligible costs (e.g. O&M costs only)
-has Deficiency Level of 0
What is a Non-Reportable project?
Project consisting of:
-a well-defined scope and detailed cost estimate
-foreseeable risks to construction, operation, and maintenance are identified and addressed
-sufficient planning and design work is complete and appropriately documented such that plans and specifications can be created without delay once a project is funded
What is a Tier 1 "Ready to Fund" Project?
Two factors that can reduce the SDS project score (i.e. negative score is possible)
What is Capital Cost and Other Considerations?
Type of cost for routine design and professional engineering services to develop the project.
What is Non-Specialty Engineering Cost?
EPA, Water Division, Groundwater & Drinking Water Section Region 10 Manager
Ryan Gross
This law requires the determination of the level of sanitation deficiency for each sanitation facilities project of AI/AN community.
What is the Indian Health Care Improvement Act?
IHS funding eligible to address existing sanitation deficiencies
IHS funding used to provide sanitation facilities for new or like-new homes
IHS funding used to respond to unexpected failures or events that pose immediate public health risk to sanitation systems.
What are IHS Regular, Housing and Emergency Funding?
The value of the Total Rating Score determines the Area priority ranking of the project.
In the event of a Tiebreak, this scoring factor is used to break the tie. Additionally, if the tiebreak still exists, then this is the secondary scoring factor used to break the tie.
What is Health Impact and Deficiency Level?
An SDS project proposes to serve
-six E1 Homes
-one EDU of E2 homes and
-one E3 Home.
This % is the IHS eligible vs. Ineligible split.
What is 75/25%?
Director, IHS Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction
RADM Mark Calkins