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Public Facilities Authority seeks $39M state match to unlock federal water funds and proposes new emerging-contaminant grants
Summary
The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority told lawmakers it needs roughly $39 million in state match to unlock $215 million in federal capitalization grants and outlined proposed changes to grant caps and an emerging-contaminant program to address PFAS, manganese and other risks.
Karen Burkholtz, deputy director of the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, told the Capital Investment Committee the agency’s 2025 capital request would support drinking-water and clean-water revolving funds, targeted grants for affordability and a proposed emerging-contaminant grant program.
Burkholtz said the governor’s capital budget request for the PFA totals "a little over $99,000,000," including a $39,000,000 state match that would unlock about $215,000,000 in federal funds. She described the PFA’s role in packaging low-interest loans and grants and said the authority prioritizes projects listed on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health project-priority lists and then builds annual intended-use plans.
The PFA asked the committee to consider statutory changes and additional capital to expand the Water Infrastructure Fund (WIF) and the Point Source…
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