a. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a priority system for stormwater sewer system pollution elimination and abatement construction projects and shall establish the ranking criteria and future funding policies for the construction of projects. The commissioner shall, based upon the inventory, maps, plans and designs of grant recipients, develop a stormwater sewer system construction project priority list for future funding of stormwater sewer system projects.
b. The Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a priority system for combined sewer system pollution elimination and abatement construction projects and shall establish the ranking criteria and future funding policies for the construction of projects. The commissioner shall, based upon the plans and designs of grant recipients, develop a combined sewer system construction project priority list for future funding of combined sewer system projects.