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EPA BUDGET FOR FISCAL 1975 INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES
FOR ENERGY-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND AIR PROGRAMS
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed operating
budget for fiscal year 1975 will increase by $215 million —
from $516 million in the current fiscal year to $731 million
in fiscal year 1975, EPA Administrator Russell E. Train
announced today.
The proposed budget, which will emphasize energy-related
environmental research and air pollution control programs,
"provides clear evidence of the Administration's continued
support of environmental improvement," Train said. "The EPA
budget is a very solid one which strengthens the essential
on-going program activities across-the-board," he declared.
Train added: "The primary thrusts in 1975 will be on
establishing a critical mass of research on energy-related
environmental problems and to further implement the Clean
Air Act."
The Administrator also highlighted the fact that EPA's
environmental objectives will be substantially advanced by
the President's proposed budget for the Department of Trans-
portation's Urban Mass Transportation Administration
and for federally owned facilities. For mass transit, the
budget calls for an increase in grant funds from $200
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million in fiscal year 1974 to approximately $400 million in
fiscal year 1975 to be used for bus purchases.
DOT will give special consideration to urban areas affected
by EPA transportation plans in the use of these funds. In
addition, the President will shortly be proposing new initiatives
to further strenghten mass transit systems.
To support the elimination of pollution from federally
owned or operated facilities, the 1975 Federal budget includes
other agencies' requests for funds totaling $321 million, a
$51 million increase over the 1974 figure.
As part of the President's accelerated energy research
program, the EPA budget for 1975 includes an increase of $169
million for developing and demonstrating new and improved
technology for controlling pollution from the use and pro-
duction of energy, for accelerating health and environmental
effects research, and for research on-energy conservation
technology and environmental assessments.
"The energy research program," Train said, "will assure
that environmental protection and energy conservation are
achieved while striving for greater energy self-sufficiency."
The proposed budget increase of $13.3 million for the
air program reflects EPA's intention to make air pollution
control a top priority in 1975. The agency plans to empha-
size activities implementing and enforcing air pollution
regulations already on the books, aiming at meeting the
national ambient air quality standards by July 1975. The
outlays for these activities will be increased by $3 million,
of which $1.4 million will be used to strengthen the auto-
mobile pollution control program.
At the same time, air pollution control research acti-
vities will be increased by $10 million, principally to
define more precisely the health effects of air pollution
and to determine more specifically how harmful sulfates are
formed.
In addition, the recent release of $4 billion of fiscal
year 1975 contract authority for funding the construction of
municipal waste treatment plants will supplement $3.5 billion
previously released but unobligated for this purpose. Accord-
ingly, the total available in fiscal year 1974 for obligation
under this construction grants program is $7.5 billion.
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The other principal increases provided for in the 1975
budget (shown in attached table) are as follows: $3 million
for the water supply program; $5.9 million for the solid
waste program; $2 million for the pesticides program; $1.2
million for the noise control program; $4.5 million for the
toxic substances program; and $16.7 million for support
activities.
In anticipation of the enactment of the safe drinking
water legislation presently pending in Congress, the 1975
budget proposal for an increase of $3 million in the water
supply program is intended to develop standards, to further
health effects research on drinking water, and to provide
the States with technical assistance in implementing the
program.
There is also proposed an increase in funding for the
solid waste management program which will permit the program
to be continued at the level reached in fiscal year 1974.
In this area, EPA will continue to emphasize activities
directed toward hazardous waste disposal and encouraging com-
munities to apply methods of energy recovery from solid waste.
The pesticides program increase of $2 million will be
used to implement the re-registration, classification, and
intrastate products provisions of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act as amended in 1972. The
additional funds will also permit increased support of enforce-
ment activities and health effects research.
The $1.2 million increase for the noise abatement program
will enable EPA to strengthen its capacity to further implement
the Noise Control Act of 1972, especially in developing stand-
ards and guidelines for the abatement of noise from transporta-
tion sources and major noise-producing products. EPA will
also develop labeling regulations for selective major noise
products and issue product standards.
EPA also expects Congress to act on toxic substances
control legislation pending before it, and the increase of
$4.5 million proposed in the budget will permit the agency
to take steps to implement the legislation. The figure in-
cludes $2 million to help EPA initiate a research program
to conduct studies on the health effects of toxic substances
and to strengthen its efforts to establish test protocols
and environmental standards in this area.
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The $16.7 million increase for support activities is needed
mainly to meet the requirement that Federal agencies budget
directly for office space costs instead of including these
costs in the General Services Administration budget as in
past years. These costs amount to $12.7 million for EPA. In
addition, the increased funds will provide for the repair
and improvement of laboratory facilities and a computer pur-
chase .
The 1975 budget shows a slight net decrease of $1.4 mil-
lion in the water quality program. This is due largely to
a reduction in water quality research. However, the budget
includes a $1 million increase for the Great Lakes Demon-
stration Project. This is a joint project with Canada to
demonstrate new methods and techniques to eliminate or con-
trol pollution in the Great Lakes.
The budget also provides for continuing EPA's employ-
ment at the fiscal year 1974 level of 9,203 permanent posi-
tions and 1,015 temporaries. EPA will make adjustments in its
manpower resources in line with changing workloads and new
program emphasis.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Budget Authority - By Program
(dollars in thousands)
Program
1?74
1975
Increase
or
Decrease
Energy	
Water Quality	
Water Supply	
Solid Wastes	
Pesticides		
Radiation	
Noise	
Toxic Substances			
Interdisciplinary	
Management	
Support	
Scientific Activities Overseas	
	 M09.,
	 8,758£/
	 7,177
	 4,011
	 4,292
	 14,985
	 45,672
$191,000^/
156,934
161,925
7,711
14,689
32,920
7,382
5,233
8,797
15,496
62,736
62,377
4,000
+$168,500
+13,320
-1,407
+3,002
+5,931
+2,059
+205
+1,222
+4,505
+511
-1,217
+16,705
+2,000
Subtotal	
	 515,864
731,200
+215,336
Amount appropriated not allocated	

• ~ •
-13,000
Total, Appropriated funds.......

731,200
+202,336
Contract Authority:
Construction Grants	
Areawide Planning Grants		

• • •
150,000
-4,000,000
+50,000
Total, Contract Authority	
	.4,100,000
150,000
-3,950,000
a/ Includes EPA portion ($186 million) reflected elsewhere in President's
budget.

b/ An additional $6 million is available from prior years thereby providing a 1974 program of nearly $14.8
million.
c/ Water Control Grants, $10 million and National Academy of Science Study, $3 million.
d/ FT 1975 authority available in FY 197**. Combined vith prior year authority total available $7•5 billion.

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