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DNRC reports on House Bills 6, 7 and 8: grants, planning cycles and loan deadlines
Summary
DNRC updated the committee on HB6 (renewable resource grants), HB7 (reclamation development grants) and HB8 (loans and bond authority): award counts, contract status and application deadlines (project grant application cycles and May 15 loan deadline) were highlighted, with several projects under contract and others still completing startup conditions.
Autumn Bahr, deputy administrator of the Conservation and Resource Development Division at DNRC, briefed the committee on implementation of House Bills 6, 7 and 8, which together fund renewable resource grants, reclamation grants and a suite of loans for water and reclamation projects.
Bahr said HB6 provided roughly $10.14 million in renewable resource grants and that the department has obligated multiple infrastructure, planning and irrigation grants; out of 41 infrastructure project grants, seven were under contract and one completed. She noted the agency's planning grant cycles and popular emergency grant program and pointed to recent flooding in Lincoln County where DNRC staff have been assisting local applicants for emergency funds.
On HB7 (roughly $6.3 million in reclamation development grants) Bahr said there are 16 project grants authorized and several planning grants awarded. For HB8 (renewable resource loans), DNRC reported authorization of new loans totaling more than $36 million and reauthorization of roughly $84.5 million; many loan awards await applicants' readiness and the transcripted deadline for applications tied to the biennium was May 15. Bahr and committee members discussed matching requirements, federal cost shares for regional water authorities and the agency's process if a grantee does not take up an awarded loan within the biennium.
