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County seeks grant funding, bond authority for multiple sewer projects after DEC notice
Summary
At the July 29 Washington County Public Works Committee meeting staff described a string of wastewater projects — including emergency pump station repairs, plant clarifier upgrades and slip‑lining work — and asked the committee to clear SEQR classifications and bond‑resolution language needed for grant applications.
Washington County Public Works staff told the committee July 29 the county will pursue state and federal grant funding and limited bond authority to pay for several sewer‑system capital projects after a notice of violation from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The county described three priority projects: emergency replacement and rehabilitation at the Drifting Ridge and Argyle pump stations, upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant’s secondary clarifiers and completion of a previously started Sewer 1 slip‑lining and manhole rehabilitation project. Staff said the county will ask the full county board to declare certain projects Type II actions under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) so grant applications can proceed without a coordinated SEQR review. The requested SEQR classifications and bond‑resolution language are necessary steps in the grant application process, county staff said, not an immediate commitment to spend. “Sanitary…
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