RBC I U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) announced that the state of Colorado will receive approximately $35.6 million through the federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for fiscal year 2016, which is an approximate $2 million increase in funding from fiscal year 2015.
His list also reported that the 1,498,655 acres of federal land within Rio Blanco County will receive $544,972 of those funds.
The federal PILT program reimburses local governments for losses…