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DOJ, Overwhelmed By Defense Of EPA Rollbacks, Seeks FY21 Budget Boost

The Justice Department’s (DOJ) environment division says it cannot stretch its budget to defend the Trump administration’s current and future rollbacks of EPA and other agencies’ rules, noting the division has no base funding for the effort and is thus seeking a funding increase and new positions in its fiscal year 2021 budget request.

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As Congress Eyes WRDA, EPA Advisors Weigh Increased Stormwater Funds

EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) is poised to finalize this week a series of recommendations calling for increased federal funding and technical assistance for stormwater management that could shape the upcoming congressional debate around water resources legislation that increasingly includes agency programs.

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EPA declines to write CERCLA financial rule for chemical sector

This is the fourth and final sector that EPA has declined to regulate under the Superfund law’s financial assurance requirements.

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EPA’s FY21 Budget Again Floats Deep Cuts, Deemed DOA in Congress

The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposes to cut EPA’s budget by 26 percent, including a 16 percent reduction in the agency’s core Environmental Programs and Management (EPM) account, as well as steeper cuts in Superfund, science and other programs, prompting warnings that the plan is dead on arrival in Congress.

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Trump’s FY21 Plan To End Key Chemical Safety Programs Worries Industry

Even as EPA rolls back its facility safety rules, the White House is proposing to eliminate fiscal year 2021 funding for two key chemical safety programs -- the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) and the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, worrying industry officials who fear the plan will undermine protections.

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White House Proposes Slashing EPA’s FY21 Budget, Killing 50 Programs

The Trump administration is calling for $6.7 billion for EPA in its fiscal year 2021 budget proposal, a 26 percent cut-in funding over FY20 levels, and elimination of over 50 programs -- a reprise of past budget plans that have been rejected by Congress.

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House Appropriators Weigh Boosting EPA Recycling Funds In FY21 Bill

With the Trump administration slated to release its fiscal year 2021 budget request Feb. 10, House appropriators are signaling that they could use their next spending bill to give more resources to EPA’s recycling program, although waste chief Peter Wright downplayed any need for a funding boost at a recent hearing on the subject.

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Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan Infuses Climate, Environment Concerns

Democratic leaders in the House are floating the outlines of a massive proposal to fund transportation, energy and water infrastructure, arguing that multiple elements of the plan will advance efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, in addition to tackling conventional environmental problems.

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Lawmakers Press New Region 5 Administrator On Enforcement, Staffing

Congressional Democrats from the Great Lakes region are urging the new EPA Region 5 administrator to boost enforcement and staffing levels over concerns low numbers are harming the agency’s work.

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As EPA Floats Lists, Industry Fears Millions In New Fees For TSCA Analyses

EPA has released preliminary lists of thousands of companies that may have to cover the costs of assessing the next 20 chemicals the agency will begin evaluating this year under the revised toxics law, leaving companies wondering how much of the up to $1.35 million per chemical they will be charged when the list is finalized.

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