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7/10/08
Marine Board Approves New Grant, Cost Increases
The Oregon State Marine Board approved a new facility grant for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission inLane County at its Tuesday, July 8 meeting in Salem. The grant is for a regional boat waste pumpout station. The pumpout station will give area residents a convenient location to dispose of vessel waste after boating trips from other lakes and rivers in the area. The Board approved $20,000 in state funds which will be combined with a $10,000 in-kind contribution by the applicant and $60,000 in federal Clean Vessel Act funds. The cost of the pumpout station is $90,000.
The Board also approved necessary cost increases (largely from fluctuating material costs) to the following round one boating facilities projects:
· M. James Gleason debris deflector and transient tie-up. Cost increase to $1,995,800 with the addition of $37,500 in state funds to match $112,500 in federal Clean Vessel Act funds, $225,000 in cash from METRO, and $300,000 in federal Sport Fish Restoration funds from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and an additional $141,997 in state boater funds.
· Sandy Beach Transient Tie-Up, Government Island. The Board approved no more than $500,000 in state funds with the condition that OSMB’s share of the total project be reduced by any cost savings realized by modifications to the project.
For information about Marine Board meetings, the agenda, and approved minutes, visit: http://www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/programs/members.shtml.
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