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Committee presses agency on municipal pollution grant deployment and staffing concerns
Summary
Members said regional planning commissions and other stakeholders have reported delays in the deployment of municipal pollution and water‑quality grant dollars and discussed a proposed study to examine processes and staffing constraints.
Committee members discussed concerns that municipal pollution and other water infrastructure grants have not flowed to communities as promptly as intended and reviewed a proposed scope for a study to diagnose the causes.
Multiple members noted regional planning commissions had reported slow deployment of funds and asked whether the delays were due to federal requirements, program design, or state staffing capacity. Agency staff advised the apparent backlog was mainly a staffing issue: an influx of federal and…
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