This resolution supports early, meaningful, and substantial state and territorial involvement in U.S. EPA’s budget process and its development and implementation of federal environmental statutes and related rules; requests inclusion…
Budget & Agency Management
Resolution 16-1: ECOS Opposition to Set-Asides in Categorical Grants
In this resolution, ECOS opposes set-asides of Categorical Grant funding provided to states and territories, unless the set-asides are made with state and territorial concurrence and support joint priorities; and…
Resolution 16-5: Addressing Serious Needs Regarding Drinking Water and Clean Water Infrastructure Investment
In this resolution, ECOS supports the SRFs; encourages identification of financing approaches that help communities make sustainable decisions for drinking water and clean water infrastructure investment; supports leveraging opportunities across…
Coalition Letter to U.S. EPA on developing a policy to meet Executive Order: Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative
ECOS’ Executive Director joined six other state environmental media associations in a letter to Assistant Deputy Administrator Voyles offering to work with EPA to ensure an efficient and accountable process for meeting…
Coalition Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Importance of Federal Funding to State Environmental Agencies
ECOS’ Executive Director joined eight other state environmental media associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership highlighting that federal implementation funding, referred to as Categorical Grants, has remained…
Hawaii Seeks to Expedite State Hiring of Displaced Federal Workers & Others
Hawaii Governor Josh Green recently signed an executive order to implement Operation Hire Hawaiʻi (OH-HI), a targeted outreach initiative featuring an expedited state hiring process that fast-tracks qualified displaced federal…
Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators on FY25 and FY26 SRF Funding
ECOS joined 36 other organizations to urge congressional appropriators to support full funding of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at congressionally authorized levels of $3.25 billion…
Coalition Letter to U.S. EPA on FY25 and FY26 SRF Funding
ECOS joined 36 other organizations to urge the U.S. EPA to support full funding of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) at congressionally authorized levels of $3.25…
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request
This ECOS letter to U.S. EPA provides comments on the second comment period of the proposed Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request (ICR). This ICR gives U.S. EPA grant programs…
ECOS Letter to U.S. EPA on Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request
This ECOS letter to U.S. EPA provides comments on the proposed Grants Performance Reporting Information Collection Request (ICR). This ICR gives U.S. EPA grant programs the authorization to ask grantees…
