DATE: 11/17/06

CONTACT: Lisa Schell, 919/716-0057

RELEASE: Immediate

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CWMTF Board Awards $55.7 Million in Clean Water Grants

RALEIGH -The Board of Trustees of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund gave final approval to 64 grant requests totaling $55.7 million to protect and preserve North Carolina's water resources earlier this week.

The board considered 101 funding applications totaling $110.4 million for water quality projects all across the state that were submitted for review on June 1, 2006.

Approved grants include:

• $11.2 million to The Nature Conservancy for the purchase International Paper properties along the Chowan, Lower Roanoke and Upper Tar rivers;
• $1.5 million to the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation to help purchase Chimney Rock;
• $6.5 million for Phase iV funding of the North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Conservation's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program;
• $2.5 million to Harnett County to improve the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and improve water quality in the Little River;

A complete list of all grants approved November 13 can be found online here.

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 $17 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.

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