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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED August 12, 1997
97-206 ADOPTED August 12, 1997
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUND COOPERATIVE POINT
SOURCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Virginia legislature has appropriated approximately $11 million in
FY 1998 funds, to be awarded as 50 percent cost share grants for implementation of the
Potomac/Shenandoah River Basin Tributary Strategy for nutrient reduction; and
WHEREAS, approximately $7.9 million is available in FY 1998 funds for the point
source nutrient reduction program for the design and installation of nutrient control
systems that assist in meeting the goals of the Chesapeake Bay Program; and
WHEREAS, a "Preliminary Assessment of the Leesburg Water Pollution Control
Facility for Biological Nutrient Removar' was completed this year by the Virginia Tech
Research Division under a US EPA grant which identified the Leesburg WPCF as a feasible
candidate for biological nutrient removal; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has
established an August 29, 1997 deadline for FY 98 application for grant funding; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to take a pro-active approach to nutrient
reduction in the Chesapeake Bay through voluntary upgrade of the Leesburg Water
Pollution Control Facility to accomplish biological nutrient reduction.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
A RESOLUTION:
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AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA WATER QUALITY
IMPROVEMENTS GRANT FUND
The Town Manager is hereby authorized and directed to submit a grant application
to Virginia DEQ, by the established deadline, for FY 1998 grant funding in the amount of
$3,000,000.00.
PASSED this 12th day of August, 1997.
Aq~EST:
Clerk of Council
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T~woweS E. Clem, Mayor n of Leesburg