US 機関 申し込む／申し出s $307 million for 田舎の water 事業／計画（する）s
OHKAY OWINGEH PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Department of 農業 will 問題／発行する up to $307 million in 認めるs and low-利益／興味 貸付金s in an 成果／努力 to modernize 田舎の water 組織／基盤／下部構造, 公式の／役人s 発表するd Wednesday.
The programs are 目的（とする）d at towns with いっそう少なく than 10,000 people in 34 明言する／公表するs and the 領土 of Puerto Rico.
公式の／役人s made the 告示 at a wastewater 治療 中心 in the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, north of Santa Fe, where 従業員s have worked to keep the 高齢化 工場／植物 running for its thousands of 居住（者）s along the Rio Grande.
"Every community needs 安全な, reliable and modern water and wastewater systems," 農業 長官 Tom Vilsack said in a 声明 ahead of a 小旅行する at the 工場／植物 run by the Indigenous tribe in New Mexico.
The 告示 is part of a multistate 押し進める by 大統領 Joe Biden and his 行政 to 伸び（る） more support for a $973 billion 組織／基盤／下部構造 一括 that 含むs more than a half-一兆 dollars in new spending.
The Pueblo will receive a $610,000 貸付金 and a $1.6 million 認める to 改善する its wastewater 治療 工場／植物, part of a $4 million 投資 in the 明言する／公表する. 連邦の 公式の／役人s say it will 許す the tribe to start 延長するing service to over 1,000 居住（者）s who are disconnected by 扱う／治療するing 33% more water each day.
農業 長官 Tom Vilsack 小旅行するs a 部族の wastewater 施設 on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Vilsack 発表するd that the Pueblo will receive a $610,000 貸付金 and a $1.6 million 認める in 明言する／公表する money to 拡大する the wastewater 治療 工場／植物 where. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
明言する／公表する and 地元の 認めるs will be needed to finish the wastewater 治療 中心´s 拡大, Vilsack said.
At the 中心 of the small 工場／植物, a １０年間s-old metal 気圧の谷 手段ing about 100 feet (30 メーター) sat rusted over, the metal now a dark orange. 労働者s at the 工場／植物 said the 器具／備品, which mixes 汚水 with 空気／公表する to induce bacterial 決裂／故障 of the waste, was about a year away from rusting through.
"We´re operating, but just barely," wastewater 治療 工場／植物 経営者／支配人 Nelson Edmonds told Vilsack on the 小旅行する along with Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fern?ndez, who serves a 大多数 Hispanic and Native American 地区.
"The consequences of １０年間s of disinvestment in physical 組織／基盤／下部構造 have fallen most ひどく on communities of color. This is why USDA is 投資するing in water 組織／基盤／下部構造 in 田舎の and 部族の communities that need it most to help them build 支援する better, stronger and more equitably than ever before," Vilsack said.
の中で some 少数，小数派 communities, Vilsack has been the 的 of 批評 for how he 扱うd 差別 （民事の）告訴s during his 任期 as 農業 長官 in the Obama 行政.
A frican American 農業者s were 怒り／怒るd by his 任命 by Biden because of an unaddressed flurry of civil 権利s （民事の）告訴s. But in March, Vilsack 発表するd a program that would 許す the 負債s of ranchers of color.
A 連合 of Hispanic and Native American cattle ranchers in New Mexico complained in 2015 that they were 存在 差別するd against through 独断的な revocations of grazing 許すs, 関心s 実証するd by a 報告（する）／憶測 from the 機関´s Office of 同意／服従, 政策, Training and Cultural 変形.
One of them still 非難するs the 機関 for the death of his cows a １０年間 ago.
"I had to （負債など）支払う 250 animals 夜通し," said Dave Sanchez, 61, of Chama, north of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.
He said that during the Obama 行政 Vilsack turned 負かす／撃墜する many requests to 会合，会う and 演説（する）／住所 the 関心s of a large group of cattle ranchers in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
"We´re really disappointed in Vilsack for what he did in the Obama 行政. I don´t know why he´s coming to New Mexico. He didn´t want to 会合，会う with Hispanic ranchers. He shunned us," Sanchez said Tuesday after learning of the visit.
The "USDA takes （民事の）告訴s of 差別 本気で and 捜し出すs to 確実にする all programs are 治めるd equitably," 機関 spokeswoman Kate Waters said in a 声明 Wednesday.
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農業 長官 Tom Vilsack speaks with wastewater 経営者／支配人 Nelson Edmonds on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Ohkay Owingeh, N.M. Vilsack 発表するd that the Pueblo will receive a $610,000 貸付金 and a $1.6 million 認める in 明言する／公表する money to 拡大する the wastewater 治療 工場／植物 where Edmonds 作品. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Wastewater 経営者／支配人 Nelson Edmonds speaks with 農業 長官 Tom Vilsack about his dilapidated 施設 on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Vilsack 発表するd that the Pueblo will receive a $610,000 貸付金 and a $1.6 million 認める in 明言する／公表する money to 拡大する the wastewater 治療 工場／植物 where Edmonds 作品. Edmonds says some of the 器具／備品 at the 工場／植物 in rusting through. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fern?ndez, 中心 left, and 農業 長官 Tom Vilsack, 中心, visit a wastewater 治療 工場／植物 on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
