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Water Sector Commission denies St. John Parish request to use leftover grant funds to demolish closed treatment plant
Summary
The Water Sector Commission denied St. John Parish’s request to change the scope of a Round 2 sewer grant so leftover funds could be used to demolish a decommissioned wastewater treatment plant. Commissioners cited precedent and pipeline need for remaining program dollars.
The Water Sector Commission on an oral motion denied a request from St. John the Baptist Parish to use unobligated Round 2 grant funds to demolish a now‑inactive wastewater treatment plant.
The request, presented by Tracy Watts of the division, asked the commission to approve a scope change using about $643,000 left in the parish’s $5,000,000 grant. Rob Delon, engineering consultant, and Reid Alexander, assistant director of Saint…
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