In June 2025, ECOS President James Kenney submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA. Specifically, ECOS asked for robust federal cost share funding for state-led implementation of the nation’s environmental programs, including not less than $683.097M for four specific Categorical Grant programs using FY24 enacted levels as the minimum funding amount – State and local air quality management (Sec. 103, 105, and 106) at $235.922M, Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste Grants at $105.5M (FY20 levels for hazardous waste and FY24 levels for coal combustion residuals or CCR and recycling), Water Pollution Control (Sec. 106) at $225.685M, and Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) at $115.99M. ECOS notes processing permit applications is strained without increases in funding. ECOS also requested fully authorized funding for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs), support for reauthorization of the SRFs, and separate funding of Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending from SRF funding.
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