DATE: 4/5/05

CONTACT: Lisa Schell, 919/716-0057

RELEASE: Immediate

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Clean Water Management Trust Fund Reviews New Wastewater Improvement Grants

RALEIGH ñ The board of trustees of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, April 11, 2005 in Southport to review $34.7 million in grant requests for infrastructure and wastewater improvement projects across the state.

Mondayís meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. and will be held at the Southport Community Building, located at 223 East Bay Street in Southport, N.C..

The board's infrastructure and wastewater, stewardship, and legislative committees will meet on Sunday,April 10 at the Community Building, beginning at 12:30 p.m.. Click here for agendas for all CWMTF meetings.

During the board's Monday meeting, CWMTF trustees are scheduled to hear preliminary recommendations from the boardís infrastructure and wastewater committee on at least 24 funding requests. Most of the requests were submitted on December 1, 2004 and they include:

• A $5.2 million request from the town of Wallace for the Rockfish Creek Project, which will create a regional wastewater treatment and discharge program in the Cape Fear River Basin;

• A $3.1 million request from Pittsboro to the amount of discharge from its wastewater treatment plant flowing into Robeson Creek;

• A $2 million request from Farmville to reduce pollution flowing into Little Contentnea Creek by implementing an alternative sludge treatment for land in the Neuse River Basin.

A complete list of projects under review by the CWMTF board can be found on line here.

Projects on the board’s April agenda will receive initial review by trustees.  Final decisions on funding for the projects will be made later this year, depending on the availability of funds as determined by the N.C. General Assembly.

At Monday's meeting, CWMTF trustees also will hear a presentation from Buddy Milliken, Chairman, Board of Directors, NC Smart Growth Alliance, on "Land Use and Clean Water.”

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 919/716-0057 or 919/280-3292.

Additional Resources:

April 10-11 Meeting Agenda

List of Projects for Review April 11

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