State awards $46.7M in low interest loans to Springfield Water and Sewer Commission for major improvements
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The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission has secured $46.7 million in low-interest loans for capital improvements. Approximately 37,000 aeration heads (as shown here) will be upgraded as part of improvements to the biological nutrient removal system in the aeration basins at the Springfield Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in Agawam.
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SPRINGFIELD The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission has been awarded $46,750,000 in low-interest subsidized loans for major capital improvement projects.
The loans are expected to save the commission and ratepayers a total of $19.7 million over a 20-year period, due to the reduced interest rates over the traditional bond market, and some forgiveness of principal, said Jaimye Bartak, commission spokeswoman.
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This post highlights upcoming opportunities for stakeholder engagement related to regulatory initiatives to address transportation emissions, which include Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) stakeholder meetings and a public comment period on the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) Draft Model Rule.
MassDEP Stakeholder Meetings on MHDV Emissions
The Roadmap notes that medium- and heavy-duty on-road vehicles (MHDV), rail and aviation produce approximately 14 percent of the Commonwealth s GHG emissions, and the CECP outlines strategies for reducing these emissions. MassDEP will hold two virtual public stakeholder meetings on upcoming regulatory initiatives to address MHDV emissions. The meetings will cover the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding (MHD ZEV MOU) and MassDEP s planned adoption of the California MHDV regulations. The