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DEC asks for $150,000 capital adjustment to cover Waterbury Dam overruns, outlines dam-safety priorities
Summary
The Department of Environmental Conservation told the Institutions Committee it needs a $150,000 capital adjustment to finish Waterbury Dam tunnel and penstock work and to replenish an instrumentation line; DEC described a multi-year dam safety pipeline and said the $150,000 would be split $100,000 for overruns and $50,000 to backfill instrumentation.
Ben Green, section chief of the Department of Environmental Conservation's Dam Safety Program, told the Institutions Committee on Jan. 28 that DEC is requesting a $150,000 capital adjustment to complete the Waterbury Dam tunnel and penstock project and to restore an instrumentation line reduced earlier to cover immediate costs.
"We were originally planning to pull $1,000,000 from fiscal year 23 to fund this and $130,000 from fiscal year 26," Green said in outlining how pacing across fiscal years has moved funds between projects. He said the $150,000 request would return $50,000 to the instrumentation installation budget (bringing it back toward the original $400,000 allocation) and leave about $100,000 to cover unexpected overruns at Waterbury.
The adjustment request is tied to…
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