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Fargo to receive $11.3 million loan for landfill reclamation

In September, 2023, two organizations jointly awarded a total of three loans to improve water resource infrastructure, including Fargo's landfill project.

FARGO — The city is looking toward the reclamation and redevelopment of a former landfill site using an $11.3 million Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan to help meet leachate regulations.

With the loan, potential environmental liabilities will be removed and the region will be given additional solid waste management disposal volume to help meet current landfill standards, according to a release from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality.

The Clean Water State Revolving Fund is run by the state Department of Environmental Quality and Public Finance Authority, overseen by the North Dakota Industrial Commission.

In September, these organizations jointly awarded three loans. These were for Fargo's landfill project, as well as a water and sanitary sewer project in Mapleton. Recipients of these loans are determined based on project eligibility, the release states.

Funding for these loans is partly provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the release states. These loans consist of below-market interest rates and are given to political subdivisions to help finance projects authorized under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.

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Those seeking more information about either of the projects that were awarded these loans can contact the Department of Environmental Quality at ndsrf@nd.gov.

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