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Show Federal Grants Awarded to j Southeast Utah 1 Senator Jake Garn announced 41 Tuesday, Sept. 28, that Southeastern i Utah would enjoy the benefit of two i federal grants. j The first was a grant to the Green jl River Municipal Airport from the U.S. Department of Transportation in the amount of $360,486. The money will be ' used by the airport for various " construction projects, including the building, marking and lighting of a runway and also a visual approach and i slope indicator at each end. The funds j will also go for the construction of two 4 taxiway turnarounds and aprons, a " segmented circle, a lighted windcone and 1a beacon. Safety fencing will also be installed. The Department of Interior's Bureau j of Mines awarded a contract of $114,200 to ESI Drilling. Inc., in Moab for exploratory drilling and listing of related surface, and for a six-inch hole to be drilled in Picance Creek Basin in Rio Blanco, Colorado. |