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PROTECTION
AGENCY
FY 1994 President's Budget
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Several Over-Arching Principles Guided
Our 1994 Decisions
Innovation and Change
Environment in Mainstream of Domestic
Policy
Investments for the Future
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The FY 1993 Jobs Package Accelerates
FY 1994 Program
Completes Capitalization of Wastewater SRF
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The President Proposes an Increase of $375 Million Over
FY 1993 Appropriated Levels
Construction
Grants
Superfund/
LUST
Operating
Programs
FY1992
Approp
(Dollars in Billions)
FY1993
Approp
$7.3
$0.9
Jobs
Package
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Drinking
Water
SRF
Clean Water
Infrastructure
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Budget Highlights
Administration's Environmental
Investments
Agency Initiatives
Deficit Reduction
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Administration's New Environmental Investments
Exceed $2 Billion
y Water Infrastructure
--Clean Water SRF
--Drinking Water SRF
V Watershed Restoration
V Green Programs
^Environmental Technology
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Resources to Enhance the Nationfs Water Infrastructure
Increase by $469 Million
Construction
Grants
$2,550
(Dollars in Millions)
$892
Wastewater
SRF
Non-Point Source
$3,019
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$2,127
New Clean
Water SRF
New Drinking
Water SRF
Other
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Jobs Package
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A New $599 Million SRF Will Protect
Our Nation's Drinking Water
Assist Municipalities in Meeting New Safe
Drinking Water Act Requirements
Low Interest Loans
Based on Successful SRF Approach to
Wastewater Treatment
$892
$2,550
Drinking
Water SRF
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EPA Will Invest $2.4 Billion to Improve
Water Quality Infrastructure
$2.4 Billion:
$1.2 Billion - Clean Water SRF
$892 Million - Jobs Package
$330 Million - Other Projects
Eligibilities Beyond Current SRF
Mexican Border Projects
Non-Point Source
$2,550
Special Eligibility
$892
Drinking
Water SRF
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EPA is Requesting Substantial Increase for Watershed
Resource Restoration Grants
(Dollars in Millions)
Existing
1993
Resources
Jobs 1994
Package Request
Creates new jobs
Increases fisheries productivity
Improves recreation
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Green Programs
(Dollars in Millions)
Showcase for partnership with private
sector
$23
Existing Jobs
1993 Package
Resources
1994
Request
Promotes energy efficiency
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Environmental Technology
Total = $36 Million
Environmental
and Restoration
Technologies
$10.8
International
Environmental
Technologies
$12.0
$12.0
Clean Technologies
for Small Business
Setting
$1-2 Technological
Priorities
President's interagency program
High priority environmental
technology needs
Harness Federal, university, and
private creativity
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We Have Streamlined our Superfund Program
(Dollars in Millions)
Enforcement
Other
Response
$1,585
$1,496
FY 1993
FY 1994
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Agency Initiatives Will Move EPA
in a New Direction
Pollution Prevention
Ecosystem Protection
Lead Abatement
Improved Science
Resource Management
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Enforcement
(Dollars in Millions)
Total Resources = $455 Million
Water $62
Superfund $184
Hazardous Waste $65
Air $42
Other $48
Multi-Media $54
FY 1994 Budget
$426.7
+$28 Million
$454.7
1993 Approp
1994 Pies Bud
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State Grant Resources Increase
$78 Million (+14%) Over 1993
(Dollars in Millions)
$547
FY 1993
$625
+$78 (14%)
FY 1994
(Total Resources = $625 Million)
Air $173
Water $219
Drinking Water $70
Pesticides $32
Hazardous Waste $102
Other $29
1994 Distribution by Media
Includes $47 Million for Non-Point Source Grants
in the 1993 Jobs Package
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The President Proposes an Increase of $375 Million Over
FY 1993 Appropriated Levels
Construction
Grants
Superfund/
LUST
Operating
Programs
$6.7
FY1992
Approp
(Dollars in Billions)
FY1993
Approp
$7.3
$0.9
Jobs
Package
$6.4
FY1994
Pres Bud
Drinking
Water
SRF
Clean Water
Infrastructure
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STATEMENT OF CAROL M. BROWNER, ADMINISTRATOR
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ON
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR 1994
APRIL 8,1993
INTRODUCTION
Good afternoon. I am pleased to present the President's proposed FY 1994
budget for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As the new Administrator of
EPA, I look forward to the excitement and challenge of shaping our Nation's
environmental policies for the next four years.
Most important, I am looking forward to change. The American people voted for
change last November, and we already have initiated substantial changes at EPA. This
Administration is going to move the environment from the margins of national policy to
center stage. The Cabinet status bill and EPA's full participation on the new National
Economic Council are just two indicators of the importance of the environment to the
Clinton Administration.
The President's proposed Economic Stimulus Package and this proposed EPA
budget for FY 1994 are two additional indicators of the new prominence of
environmental issues. At a time when the American people are demanding better
government, more results for their tax dollars, and a smaller Federal budget deficit,
President Clinton is proposing to address these issues with a new environmental agenda,
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better management of environmental programs, and increased Federal investments to
protect public health and natural ecosystems.
PROMOTING A NEW FJWIRONMF.NTAL AGENDA
EPA's budget request for FY 1994 totals $6.4 billion. When added to the
President's proposed $916 million economic stimulus package, this request represents an
increase of $375 million over FY 1993 appropriated levels. Viewed in the context of the
Administration's overall FY 1994 budget - a budget notable for its honesty, realism, and
emphasis on deficit reduction - this FY 1994 budget for EPA is an important measure of
the President's commitment to the environment. This budget and the Economic
Stimulus Package will allow us to begin making real changes and real progress in 1993,
1994, and beyond.
This proposed budget is only the first step in an ongoing revaluation of EPA's
priorities. I recently initiated a comprehensive review of aUEPA spending. This review
will help us compare resource expenditures with national environmental priorities, as a
basis for future budgeting efforts.
The proposed FY 1994 budget for EPA was shaped in large part by four broad
goals: 1) increased assistance to state and local governments; 2) expansion of pollution
prevention programs and several other key initiatives; 3) emphasis on ecosystem-wide
protection; and 4) better management of public resources in aU programs. EPA's
proposed investments in these areas are a good indication of how this Administration
intends to implement an agenda of change at EPA.
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ASSISTANCE TO STATE A" T^CAL GOVERNMENTS
This Administration believes very strongly that state and local governments are
the front line of environmental protection. As the former head of Florida's Department
of Environmental Regulation, I understand how state and local governments touch
American lives. I also understand how environmental costs are stretching state and local
budgets. Consequently, EPA's proposed FY 1994 budget, together with the President's
Economic Stimulus Package, include several new initiatives, and increased levels of
investment, that respond to state and local needs.
For example, to help protect the nation's drinking water, this budget proposes to
invest $599 million to establish a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. This fund
would provide low-interest loans for the repair and improvement of existing drinking
water systems. Many such systems across the country cannot afford the costs associated
with upgrading needed to meet national drinking water standards. The Administration
will be submitting authorizing language for this new Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund to the Congress in the near future.
To address wastewater needs, the President's Economic Stimulus Package will
provide $845 million in grants to states to construct or upgrade wastewater treatment
facilities. This new funding will complete Federal capitalization of wastewater treatment
under the Clean Water Act.
In addition, EPA's FY 1994 budget proposes a new approach to meeting the
extensive water quality needs still facing our Nation. This new approach includes the
establishment of a new Clean Water State Revolving Fund, for which EPA is requesting
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$1.2 billion. This new fund will provide low-interest financing for many wastewater
projects, including stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflow projects and national
estuaries protection. The Administration will be submitting authorizing language for this
new Clean Water State Revolving Fund to the Congress shortly.
Besides proposing establishment of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds, this proposed budget requests $80 million for grants to reduce non-
point source pollution in our Nation's water. This budget also proposes further
investments in U.S.-Mexican border projects that not only protect the environment and
public health along the border, but also demonstrate U.S. commitment to the North
American Free Trade Agreement. For these activities we are requesting $70 million for
the International Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tijuana, $60 million for the Texas and
New Mexico colonias, and another $20 million for wastewater treatment plants in
Nogales, Mexicali, and other places along the border.
POLLUTION PREVENTION AND OTHFR KEY INTTf ATTVFS
We live in an enormously complex global ecosystem where "solving" one
environmental problem through the use of end-of-pipe controls can, in many instances,
create new ones. To complement tough enforcement policies, this Administration is
committed to pollution prevention as the preferred alternative for environmental
protection. The President has demonstrated his personal commitment by including $23
million in his Economic Stimulus Package to expand EPA's voluntary "Green Programs,"
which promote energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Moreover, EPA will integrate pollution prevention into all Agency programs and
activities, both regulatory and non-regulatory, thus meeting the mandates of the 1990
Pollution Prevention Act. In 1994 EPA will target a number of high-risk problems using
both voluntary and regulatory approaches, including pollution prevention. I also am
committed to fostering more widespread use of market forces to prevent or reduce
environmental risk and encourage innovative technologies.
In 1994 the Agency will expand its pollution prevention efforts by: incorporating
pollution prevention into the Agency's regulatory and permitting framework; increasing
support for state and local government use of pollution prevention; expanding
collaborative programs with industry in areas such as toxic releases, energy conservation,
and water conservation; creating government/industry partnerships in the development of
pollution prevention technologies; and promoting pollution prevention in the activities of
other Federal agencies.
Besides broadening EPA's pollution prevention efforts, this Administration
intends to undertake several other key initiatives. For example, in conjunction with
other Federal agencies, EPA will expand its lead abatement program by providing
technical support to state and local officials and lead abatement contractors. In FY 1994
we will strengthen our scientific capabilities by improving our health and ecological risk
research, replacing obsolete laboratory equipment, and upgrading some of our most
outdated facilities. Finally, EPA will use $36 million identified in the President's
infrastructure investment package to identify high-priority environmental technology
needs and then harness the creativity of people in Federal agencies, universities, and the
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private sector to meet them.
ECOSYSTEM-WIDE PROTECTION
One fundamental change at EPA must be an increased focus on ecosystem-wide
protection of bioresources. Because this country must compete within an international
economic market, our long-term economic well-being is dependent on managing our
bioresources within ecological systems that are sustainable over the long term. We
cannot protect the health and long-term productivity of any species, including human,
unless we protect the entire ecosystem on which they are dependent.
Some of the proposed FY 1994 investments I've already discussed will help us
protect ecosystems. Financial assistance to state governments for wastewater treatment
plants will help protect the watersheds where such systems are constructed. Pollution
prevention can be a powerful tool when targeted at specific ecosystems.
In FY 1994 we propose to do even more. For example, EPA will begin to look at
ways of developing and implementing an ecosystem protection strategy that links all
relevant Agency programs. This approach also will entail better coordination with state
and local pollution control authorities, non-government organizations, and private
citizens. EPA's new approach to ecosystem protection will include four basic elements:
(1) transforming Agency culture to emphasize ecosystems; (2) assisting state and local
leaders to protect specific ecosystems throughout the country; (3) improving the scientific
tools needed to protect ecosystems; and (4) initiating new geographically-defined
programs that emphasize pollution prevention, multi-media enforcement, research, and
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education.
BF/TTER MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES
Of all the changes that this FY 1994 budget proposes, the most significant may be
the changes proposed in the way the Agency manages its daily business. My goal is very
clear. EPA must operate as a model in terms of its overall management and, in
particular, its basic fiscal practices. Financial integrity, sound contract management, and
streamlined administrative procedures all go hand in hand, and all are critical to
fulfilling our environmental mission while using the taxpayers' resources wisely.
Significant steps have been taken in recent years, but much remains to be done.
Some of the benefits of better management can be seen in EPA's Superfund
program. The proposed FY 1994 budget for Superfund, totaling $1.5 billion,
demonstrates the Administration's strong commitment to protecting human health and
the environment through site clean-ups. At the same time, this level of funding
represents a decrease of $89 million from 1993. I believe that administrative
improvements and streamlining will help us maximize site clean-ups while minimizing
overhead and transaction costs. Although responsible parties currently are financing
over 70 percent of new cleanup projects, some additional improvement may be possible
there. In short, I believe this Administration's goals of environmental protection and
deficit reduction can be achieved simultaneously, and EPA's proposed Superfund budget
for FY 1994 is a good example.
Resource management problems are among the most critical issues I will face at
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EPA over the next four years. I will work to ensure optimum management of all
extramural activities, and I will develop a rigorous system of management accountability.
I am hopeful that EPA soon will be able to announce important system improvements in
this area, such as in the Integrated Contracts Management System.
In formulating this proposed FY 1994 budget, EPA recognized environmental
needs as well as the Administration's efforts to trim the budget deficit. To this end, we
have proposed saving approximately $35 million through workforce reductions and
savings based on the Federal pay freeze in 1994. The Agency also will be taking
immediate steps to save $42 million by streamlining operations and reducing
administrative costs.
CONCLUSION
This is an exciting time in the field of environmental protection. However, this is
also a time of difficult choices. It is critical that this new Administration move ahead to
improve the health of our people and our natural ecosystems. We will continue to
support new environmental initiatives in a variety of areas.
We are committed to the idea that a strong economy and enhanced
environmental protection are not contrary goals. To attain these goals, we must shatter
the false choices between environmental protection and economic growth by creating
market-based environmental protection strategies that reward conservation and "green-
business practices while penalizing polluters. We also must use our presence as an
international political and economic leader to advance our national interests in a
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healthier global environment.
The new Clinton Administration has a great deal of work to do in the
environmental arena. I look forward to working with the President, his Cabinet, my
dedicated workforce at EPA, state and local governments, and all the American people
in solving our environmental problems. We must rethink our national environmental
policies in the context of change -- the change articulated by President Clinton and Vice
President Gore, the change demanded by the American people. The EPA budget
proposed by FY 1994 is a good first step.
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United States Communications, Education,
Environmental Protection And Public Affairs
Agency (A-107)
&EPA Environmental News
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1993
CLINTON'S PROPOSED 1994 BUDGET REFLECTS ENVIRONMENTAL
GROWTH AND FISCAL SAVINGS
Lauren Milone Mical 202-260-4358
EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner today announced that the
Administration's jobs package and the fiscal year 1994 budget
together represent a six percent increase in proposed spending
for EPA. In a press conference today, the Administrator
presented President Clinton's proposed $6.4 billion Agency budget
for fiscal year 1994.* This request, when added to the
Administration's proposed $916 million jobs package for 1993,
will represent an increase of $375 million (six percent) over
1993 appropriated levels.
"The President's proposed Jobs Package and this proposed EPA
budget are two indicators of the new prominence of environmental
issues under this Administration," Browner said. "At a time when
the American people are demanding better government, more results
for their tax dollars, and a smaller federal budget deficit,
President Clinton is proposing to address these issues with a new
environmental agenda, better management of environmental programs
and increased federal investment to protect public health and
natural resources."
To focus the 1994 resources toward the most serious
environmental and infrastructure concerns, the proposed FY 1994
budget for EPA was shaped in large part by four broad goals.
These goals include: increased assistance to state and local
governments; expansion of pollution prevention programs and
several other key initiatives; emphasis on ecosystem-wide
protection; and better management of public resources in all
programs .
The 1994 request includes:
$2.7 billion and 13,861 workyears (a workyear is
the equivalent to one 40-hour a week employee) for
operating programs;
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$1.5 billion and 3,514 workyears for the
Superfund program;
$75 million and 93 workyears for the Leaking
Underground Storage Tank (LUST) program;
$2.05 billion for water infrastructure funding,
including resources for a Clean Water State
Revolving Fund and a Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund.
"EPA's proposed investments in these areas are a good
indication of how this Administration intends to implement an
agenda of change at EPA," Browner said.
In addition to the 1994 request, the Clinton Administration,
as part of its jobs package, is seeking $916 million for high
priority activities in 1993. This package includes resources for
three major components: $845 million to complete the existing
authorization for wastewater SRFs; $47 million for non-point
source grants to help restore watershed resources; and $23
million to promote the use of efficient 'green1 technologies to
reduce energy consumption and foster pollution prevention.
In formulating the 1994 request, the Agency addressed both
environmental needs as well as the Administration's efforts to
trim the budget deficit. "The budget includes real, tough
decisions about the allocations of resources in the Agency,"
Browner said. To this end, the EPA has proposed saving
approximately $35 million through workforce reductions and
savings based on no payraise cost-of-living adjustment. The
Agency will be taking immediate steps to save $34 million by
streamlining its operations and an additional $8 million by
reducing administrative costs for transportation, travel and
supplies. Additional EPA program savings also have been targeted
in 1994.
Through a combination of savings, redirection, and new
investment, the 1994 budget request will provide the resources
necessary to continue to achieve change and make progress in the
environmental protection effort.
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* Editor's Note: EPA's request represents the appropriations EPA
will seek from Congress. OMB's budget summary estimates differ
because they include technical adjustments for offsetting
receipts from the public, for example, anticipated cost
recoveries. These differences are normal and occur every year.
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CONTACTS FOR THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY'S 1994 PRESIDENTS BUDGET
Comptroller (Acting)
Associate Comptroller
Budget Director (Acting)
Associate Budget Director (Acting)
Budget Planning & Regional '
Operations Branch (Acting)
Budget Information Technical
Systems Branch
Budget Formulation & Control Branch
Prevention, Pesticides & Toxic Substances
(Budget Division Contact)
Research & Development
(Budget Division Contact - Acting)
Air & Radiation
(Budget Division Contact)
Water Quality & Drinking Water
(Budget Division Contact)
Water Infrastructure Financing/
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(Budget Division Contact)
Hazardous Waste, Superfund &
Leaking Underground Storage Tank
(LUST) Program
(Budget Division Contact - Acting)
Enforcement
(Budget Division Contact - Acting)
Management and Support:
Office of the Administrator
Office of International Activities
Office of Administration & Resources
Management
Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation
Office of the Inspector General
Office of General Counsel
Alvin M. Pesachowitz 260-9674
David J. O'Connor 260-9674
Elizabeth Craig 260-8340
Terry Ouverson 260-8340
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Margaret Mitchell 2604157
William J. Boone 260-3367
Delia G. Scott 260-1176
Richard White 260-2914
Dennis DeVoe (260-1170)
Clarence E. Mahan 260-7500
Mike Feldman (260-1179)
Jerry Kurtzweg 260-7415
Michael Haley (260-7164)
Kathi Payne 260-5698
Dennis DeVoe (260-1170)
Kathi Payne 260-5698
Dennis DeVoe (260-1170)
Kathy Gordon 260-4510
Vera Ashworth (260-1163)
Nancy Hunt 260-8294
Mike Feldman (260-1179)
Diane Bazzle 260-4057
Joan Fidler 260-0076
Rick Garman 2604083
Mary Free 260-4020
Michael Binder 2604912
Bill Stewart 260-8888
(Budget Division Contact)
Michael Haley
(260-7164)
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