NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS

NOTICE OF INTENT TO

REQUEST RELEASE OF

FUNDS

Date of Notice: March 14, 2024

Grantee/Responsible Entity:

City of Harrington

Grantee/Responsible Entity Address:

1 North Third Street P.O.

Box 492 Harrington, WA 99134

TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES,

GROUPS AND PERSONS

On or about March the abovenamed

Responsible Entity (RE)

will request the Washington State

Department of Commerce (Commerce)

to release federal funds

under Title I of the Housing and

Community Development Act of

1974 (PL 93-383)

for the following project:

CDBG Contract #: 21-62210-029

Project Title/Name: Modification

of the City of Harrington Wastewater

Plant

Purpose and Nature of the

Project: The completed project

involves upgrading the existing

wastewater plant to meet the

current effluent limits for the

facility and provide expected

reduction in operational costs.

Modifications include installation

of a new rotating fine screen,

installation of a moving bed biofilm

reactor (MBBR) within the

current sedimentation basins,

installation of a new double lined

aeration basin at the location

of the two existing single lined

lagoons and modification of the

existing proportional weir system.

Location of the Project: 1050

West Sherlock St., Harrington,

Lincoln County, WA

Estimated Cost of the Project:

$ 1,414,500

The activities proposed are categorically

excluded under HUD

regulations at 24 CFR Part 58

from National Environmental

Policy Act requirements.

E N V I R O N M E N T A L

R E V I E W R E C O R D

An Environmental Review Record

(ERR) for this project has

been developed by the abovenamed

RE. The ERR documents

the environmental determinations

for this project and contains

all the required project information.

The ERR is on file at Harrington

City Hall, 1 North Third

Str e e t , Harrington, WA

and is available for examination

and copying

weekdays between 10:00

a . m . a n d 4 : 0 0 p . m .

P U B L I C C O M M E N T S

Any individual, group, or agency

may submit written comments

on the ERR to the Mayor of

Harrington. All comments received

by March 22, 2024, will

be considered by the City of

Harrington prior to authorizing

submission of a request

for release of funds.

RELEASE OF GRANT FUNDS

The City of Harrington certifies

to Commerce that Joseph Armand

in his capacity as Mayor of

Harrington consents to accept

the jurisdiction of the Federal

Courts if an action is brought to

enforce responsibilities in relation

to the environmental

review process and that these

responsibilities have been satisfied.

Commerce’s approval

of the certification satisfies its

responsibilities under NEPA and

related laws and authorities and

allows the City of Harrington

to use State Community Development

Block Grant (CDBG) funds.

OB J E C T ION TO REL

E A S E O F F U N D S

Commerce will accept objections

to its release of funds and the

RE’s certification for a period of

fifteen days following the anticipated

submission date or

its actual receipt of the request

(whichever is later) only if they

are on one of the following bases:

a) the certification was not

executed by the Certifying Official

of the City of Harrington;

b) the RE has omitted a step or

failed to make a decision or finding

required by HUD regulations

at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the RE

has committed funds or incurred

costs not authorized by 24 CFR

Part 58 before approval of a

release of funds by Commerce;

or (d) another Federal agency

acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part

1504 has submitted a written

finding that the project is unsatisfactory

from the standpoint of

environmental quality. Objections

must be prepared and submitted

in accordance with the

required procedures (24 CFR

Part 58) and shall be addressed

to Local Government Division,

Community Development Block

Grant Program Manager, Department

of Commerce, 1011 Plum

Street SE, PO Box 42525,

O l y m p i a , W a s h i n g t o n

98504-2525. Potential obj

e c t o r s s h o u l d c o n t a c t

the Community Development

Block Grant Program at (360)

725-4000 to verify the actual last

day of the objection period.

Mayor Joseph Armand, City of

Harrington

Published March 14, 2024