Abutment Dam Fish Passage

Item 420 #4h

Language
Page 300, line 19, strike "$28,368,236" and insert "$28,483,236".
Page 300, line 32, before "Out of", insert "A."
Page 300, after line 43, insert:
"B.  Included in this amount is $115,000 the first year from the general fund for the Fish Passage Grant and Revolving Loan Fund, from which the Department is authorized to provide the City of Petersburg a grant for the construction of a notch fishway at the Abutment Dam on the Appomattox River.)

Explanation
(This provides funds to the Fish Passage Grant and Revolving Loan Fund, to make a grant to City of Petersburg to match a federal grant to construct a fish passage at the Abutment Dam on the Appomattox River. The fish passage will open 121.4 miles of river beyond the dam to provide critical spawning habitat for migratory fish.)