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Commission receives 178 Phase 2 applications and weighs one-time exception to score late submissions
Summary
Division staff reported 178 Phase 2 applications (114 water, 64 sewer) requesting far more than program capacity; commissioners debated — and discussed allowing — limited late submissions to be scored but noted they would not be eligible for funding this round.
Tracy Watts told the Water Sector Commission that the division had received 178 Phase 2 applications seeking substantially more funding than available. “We received 178 applications totaling a request of 406,627,000,” she said, broken into 114 water applications (about $243,956,153) and 64 sewer applications (about $162,664,743). The division and partner agencies (LDH and DEQ) are reviewing applications and must provide funding recommendations by Jan. 27.
Why it matters: The total request far exceeds available program funds;…
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