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Date:       June 15, 2007 Contact:  Greg Albright (406) 896-5260   North Dakota to Receive $929,180 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program   Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne has announced that North Dakota will receive $929,180 under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act to compensate county governments whose jurisdictions contain tax-exempt federal lands.   “These important dollars help states offset the loss of tax revenues to counties that contain federal lands,” Kempthorne said. “This money helps pay for essential services such as firefighting, search-and-rescue operations, and a host of other badly needed on-the-ground services.”   The money distributed to North Dakotawill go to 43 counties eligible under the PILT program for tax revenue lost because of the federal land in their jurisdiction. The counties receiving the largest payments are McLean, McKenzie, and Mountrail. A table showing North Dakota’s 2007 PILT payments by county follows:     NORTH DAKOTA PILT 2007   Local Unit of Government Total Paid This FY Barnes $8,938 Benson 4,727 Billings 63,081 Bottineau 137 Bowman 7,937 Burke 202 Burleigh 20,580 Cavalier 1,955 Dickey 916 Divide 1,958 Dunn 14,917 Eddy 847 Emmons 45,461 Golden Valley 17,151 Grand Forks 1,697 Grant 12,479 Griggs 2,408 Kidder 3,117 Logan 1,205 McHenry 3,137 McIntosh 659 Local Unit of Government Total Paid This FY McKenzie $102,525 McLean 223,455 Mercer 10,575 Morton 19,018 Mountrail 84,088 Pierce 4,938 Ramsey 522 Ransom 52,699 Renville 344 Richland 34,740 Rolette 153 Sargent 2,448 Sheridan 42,060 Sioux 44,055 Slope 26,856 Stark 894 Steele 196 Stutsman 13,074 Walsh 669 Ward 448 Wells 12,044 Williams 39,870 TOTAL $929,180