阿肯色州拨款840万美元修复21处水道 资金来自孟山都和解案
阿肯色州总检察长蒂姆·格里芬11月7日宣布，将拨款840万美元用于全州21个水道改善和修复项目，资金来自该州与孟山都公司的和解金。其中670万美元通过阿肯色州渔猎委员会实施，170万美元用于其他水道改善和保护工作。格里芬表示，这笔资金将用于改善水质、减少侵蚀和沉积、恢复水生栖息地。州长莎拉·赫卡比·桑德斯表示，保护水资源就是保护阿肯色州农业、就业和户外经济。渔猎委员会主席罗布·芬利指出，河岸侵蚀产生的沉积物是该州13.72万英里溪流面临的首要污染物。单个项目拨款从10万美元到100万美元不等，其中十一英里河和克鲁克德溪河岸稳定工程各获100万美元，沃纪念公园修复工程获50万美元，巴约巴塞洛缪水道项目获100万美元。格里芬10月2日宣布与孟山都、索卢蒂亚和法玛西亚达成和解，解决多氯联苯污染索赔，和解金按协议限定用于水质相关用途。
（来源：阿肯色州总检察长办公室）
Arkansas to Spend $8.4 Million From Monsanto Settlement Restoring 21 Waterways
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on Nov. 7 that $8.4 million will fund improvement and restoration projects on 21 waterways across the state, with the money coming from the state's settlement with Monsanto. Of the total, $6.7 million will be administered through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and $1.7 million will support other waterway improvement and protection work. Griffin said the funds will improve water quality, reduce erosion and sediment, and restore aquatic habitat. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said protecting water resources protects Arkansas agriculture, jobs and the outdoor economy. Game and Fish Commission Chairman Rob Finley noted that sediment from streambank erosion is the leading pollutant in the state's 137,200 miles of streams. Individual grants range from $100,000 to $1 million, including $1 million each for bank stabilization on Eleven Point River and Crooked Creek, $500,000 for the War Memorial Park restoration and $1 million for the Bayou Bartholomew project. On Oct. 2 Griffin announced a settlement with Monsanto, Solutia and Pharmacia resolving PCB contamination claims, with the proceeds restricted by the agreement to water-quality uses.
(Source: Arkansas Attorney General's Office)
来源：阿肯色州总检察长办公室
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