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DEC guidance will fold operations and maintenance into project approvals, council told
Summary
Council staff and DEC representatives told the Otter Creek Basin Water Quality Council that Department of Environmental Conservation guidance treats operations and maintenance (O&M) as part of project approvals; O&M funding is currently drawn from the same project fund and will be refined as the Clean Water Initiative Program builds cost data.
Program staff and DEC representatives told the Otter Creek Basin Water Quality Council that, under recent guidance, approval of a watershed project will include funding for operations and maintenance (O&M) for the life of the project and that the council will not need to separately approve O&M funding for projects after initial approval.
Mike, program staff, said the guidance being provided by DEC is that "once you approve a project, then that project approval also includes O and M for the life of the project," and that the council would not have to reauthorize O&M funding for each project. Staff said the details about how O&M will be budgeted are still being…
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