In March 2023, ECOS Executive Director Ben Grumbles submitted testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY24 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA. Specifically, ECOS asked for increased funding in four main areas that support core delegated work as well as support for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a request related to Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (CPF/CDS). The requests are detailed as follows:
- increased funding for the State and Local Air Quality Management Categorical Grant (Sections 103, 105, and 106)
- increased funding for the Water Pollution Control (Section 106) Categorical Grant
- increased funding for the Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste Categorical Grant (RCRA Subtitle C), and
- increased funding for the flexible Multipurpose Categorical Grant
- increased funding to states to build capacity and infrastructure to implement and enforce PFAS-related regulations
- that CPF/CDS not be taken off the top of Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF) and that Congress maintain and increase SRF funding levels
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