DATE: 4/15/04

CONTACT: Lisa Schell, 919/716-0057

RELEASE: Immediate

DISTRIBUTION: Targeted

Clean Water Management Trust Fund Reviews New Wastewater Project Grant Applications

RALEIGH – The board of trustees of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, April 19, 2004 in Lenoir in Caldwell County.

Monday’s meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. and will be held at the Cedar Rock Country Club, 450 Cedar Rock Estate Drive
NC Highway 18 North.
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The board's Infrastructure and Wastewater Committee will meet on Sunday, April 18 at the Cedar Rock County Club beginning at 12:00 p.m. to review approximately 21 grant proposals, most of which were submitted on Dec. 1, 2003. A complete list of grant proposals under review and the agenda for the committee meeting, as well as project descriptions, can be found at http://www.cwmtf.net/april04agenda.htm#iwcom. The complete agenda for the meeting of the full board of trustees is also on line at http://www.cwmtf.net/april04agenda.htm.

In addition, the board will hear presentations from Louis Price, manager, City of Lenoir and Linda Story, manager, Town of Granite Falls, on the Granite Falls/Lenoir Water Project and from Deborah Ashley, director, Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce on the Wilson Creek National Wild & Scenic River Project.

The CWMTF was established in 1996 to help finance projects that enhance or restore degraded waters, protect unpolluted waters, and/or contribute toward a network of riparian buffers and greenways for environmental, educational, and recreational benefits. CWMTF estimates that more than $10.5 billion is needed to protect and restore water quality in North Carolina.

The 21-member, independent, CWMTF Board of Trustees has full responsibility over the allocation of money from the fund.

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For more information, contact Lisa Schell at 919/677-8571 or 919/280-3292.

Additional Resources:

April 19 Board Meeting Agenda

Infrastructure and Wastewater Project Descriptions (scopes)

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