Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 6:06 am
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced $650,000 in grant funding is now available to assist eligible dam owners, including municipal dam owners like Potsdam, with infrastructure repair costs.
Funding is provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) High Hazard Potential Dam (HHPD) grant program.
Of the dozens of states that applied to this federal program, New York was one of two states that received the maximum amount of funding. DEC is now accepting applications for grants to assist with technical, planning, design, and other pre-construction activities associated with the rehabilitation of eligible dams classified as High Hazard dams.