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DATE: 7/7/05 |
CONTACT: Lisa Schell, 919/716-0057 |
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RELEASE: Immediate |
DISTRIBUTION: Targeted |
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RALEIGH – The board of trustees of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, July 11, 2005 at the Holiday Inn at 5630 Dillard Drive in Cary in preparation of setting funding priorities for the 100 grant requests currently eligible for funding. In addition, the board will also begin work on the new grant application cycle which closed June 1. On Sunday, July 10, beginning at 12:30 p.m., the board's major committees will discuss possible funding priorities for applications submitted on December 1, 2005. Final grant awards on those $172 million in requests may be made at the August board of trustees meeting in Charlotte. Those decisions are dependent on appropriations by the North Carolina General Assembly. The current Senate budget proposal includes full funding of $100 million for CWMTF while the House budget version allocates $62 million for CWMTF. House and Senate budget leaders continue to work on a compromise spending plan for the state. In addition, the committee will prepare to start review of the 128 water quality applications submitted June 1. Final decisions on those grant requests, which total $143.8 million will likely be made in November. On Monday, July 11, the full board of trustees will receive an Update on the Western Wake Regional Wastewater Management Facility by Leila Goodwin, PE, Water Resources Manager for the Town of Cary. Doug McRainey, Cary Park Planning Manager, Kevin Brice, executive director of theTriangle Land Conservancy and Sig Hutchinson, chairman of the Wake County Open Space Advisory Committee will also address the board. Monday's meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. . 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. According to recent estimates by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, more than $15 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. ##
A complete list of projects currently eligible for CWMTF funding can be found on line here. List of grant applications submitted June 1, 2005
For more information, contact Lisa Schell at 919/716-0057 or 919/280-3292. Additional Resources: Home/Welcome/Trustees/Meetings/CWMTF Contacts/CWMTF Grant Application/Grant Application Guidelines |