Federal funding for Carlsbad brine well project might wait

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Federal funding to help shore up an underground cavern might not be available until 2019 if the Carlsbad Brine Well Advisory Authority can’t meet application requirements by the November deadline.
The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports that committee members expressed doubt at a Wednesday meeting that they could acquire the funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the current cycle. The next cycle of allocations would not make the funding availa