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Council flags $13.6 million in federal project funds as temporarily at risk amid federal treasury hold; board authorizes executive director to manage exposure
Summary
Executive director Duane DeFries told the Indian River Lagoon Council that three federal funding streams—EPA section 320 (NEP), IIJA supplemental funds, and a $9.4 million NOAA transformational habitat award—were temporarily inaccessible or uncertain after a White House treasury hold and related system outages. The board voted unanimously to au
Executive Director Duane DeFries briefed the council on Feb. 14 about a short‑term, but significant, funding risk to multiple federal grants that support projects in the Indian River Lagoon.
What DeFries told the council: he described three federal lines of support the program relies on: the EPA section 320 appropriation for the National Estuary Program (about $850,000 in the current year), a one‑time Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental award (about $909,800), and a competitive NOAA transformational habitat grant awarded to the council and its partners totaling about $9,400,000 over three years. DeFries said the council’s treasury draws—reimbursements submitted to Treasury via the ASAP system—were temporarily blocked after a White House executive order paused some agency disbursements. A subsequent court stay and then a rescission of the…
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