In April 2025, ECOS President James Kenney submitted testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA. Specifically, ECOS asked for robust 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 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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