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Funds Awarded to Complete Dandan Land Condemnation |
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June 13, 2008
More than $2.1 million in federal grants requested by Governor Felix P. Camacho has been allocated toward the municipal solid waste landfill project.
The Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Improvement Project Grant request was approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior on June 11, 2008.
"This is another step forward in our efforts to close the Ordot Dump and open the new landfill," Governor Camacho said. "This is a priority for our community that we've expressed to the Interior Department and we appreciate their partnership."
The funding will supplement $1.4 million in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 CIP grants, which were allocated toward the condemnation of the land at Dandan for the new sanitary landfill. The supplemental $2.1 million in FY 2008 CIP grants provides additional funding to compensate landowners, whose land is being condemned for the sanitary landfill.
"We will continue working with GBB to move the process forward and open a new landfill once and for all," Governor Camacho said.
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