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the winners in the new block grant program proved misplaced. When awards were announced in December, the county’s application for $478,193 was not one of the 22 funded from the $14 million allocated by the federal government to Virginia.
But members of Rappahannock's Water and Sewer Authority are cautiously optimistic that denial means just another slight delay in the longdelayed project, not its abandonment. Reportedly, semantics confused the issue in the first go-round with chance for an additional 150 points missed through failure to file the application under imminent health threat category.
A new application is being prepared for submission in the second funding cycle while efforts continue to hold together the State Water Control Board’s $1.4 million construction grant until block grants are awarded again in August.
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