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BRIAN SCHWEITZER, GOVERNOR
1625 ELEVENTH AVENUE
STATE OF MONTANA
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE (406) 444-2074
TELEFAX NUMBER (406) 444-2684
Ken Olson, Mayor
City of Laurel
PO Box 10
Laurel, MT 59044
June 5, 2009
PO BOX 201601
HELENA, MONTANA 59620-1601
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Dear Mr. Olson:
The 61ST Legislature authorized $800,000 for Renewable Resource Project Planning grants this
biennium. This is twice the amount of money we received in the previous biennium.
The RRGL program began accepting applications for planning grants on May 1, 2009 on a first
come first serve basis. We received more applications for grants in the first two days than the
authorized $800,000! As a result of this demand, we have had to curtail some requests. The
grant writing portion of the planning grants was eliminated and the technical study portion was
reduced in some requests.
We may receive more money as we get further into the biennium, from grants that cannot move
forward. Please check back with us in November and if we have received more money, and
your grant request has been cut, we can revisit your application at that time.
You will receive $15,000 grant for a preliminary engineering report grant and $5,000 for a soil
investigation, for a total of $20,000.
We will begin the contracting process this week, but given the number of applications received,
it will take several weeks to complete all of them.
Thank you for your interest in our program. Please contact me with any questions or concerns
you might have, 406-444-6839 or Damsmith@mt.gov.
Sinc ,
Pam mith
Program Specialist
DNRC/CARDD
CC: James Caniglia, PO Box 10, Laurel, MT 59044
Bob Church, Great West Engineering, PO Box 4817, Helena, MT 59601
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