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EPA CONSTRUCTION GRANTS TOTAL $3.6 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 1975
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Russell E.
Train announced today that grant obligations for Fiscal Year
1975 for the construction of sewage treatment facilities
totalled $3.6 billion, reflecting a significant speed up in
the construction grant program. Train also announced that
President Ford had approved the addition of 300 new positions to
strengthen the management and conduct of the sewage treatment
grant program.
"President Ford has continually given a high priority to
our construction grants effort," Train said, "and he has supported
our requests for increased manpower and funding."
Train said the sewage treatment construction program is a
prime example of a major environmental effort that yields signi-
ficant economic benefits.
"We estimate," he said, "that the program at the present
time accounts for about 125,000 on-site and off-site jobs Nation-
wide. We expect this figure to grow to about 200,000 jobs by
the end of Fiscal Year 1977." He noted that "these figures would
be much higher if allowance were made for the ripple, or multiplier,
effect in other sectors of the economy."	'
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"The 1975 obligations," he said, "were $200 million higher
than our administrative target for the year. Almost $2.4 billion
of this amount was obligated during the past four months, since
establishment of obligation quotas in March. Obligations for
the period March through June totalled $2,388 billion, or $214
million above the four-month quota of $2,174 billion.
"In fiscal year 1976 we had 707 positions in the construc-
tion grants and auditing program," Train said, "compared to
545 positions in fiscal 1975. This manpower increase was
achieved entirely by shifting personnel within EPA into the
construction grants effort. The President's new authorization,
which includes 50 transfers from within the Agency and 250
entirely new positions, will bring the total number of people
in this program to 1007. I want to add that the great majority
of these new people will be hired in our 10 regional offices."
The EPA Administrator highlighted recent actions taken by
the Agency to improve the grants program performance. He
cited increased emphasis on program management under a National
Program Manager, delegation of authority and decentralization
to permit the States to assume a greater role in administration
of the grants program, increasing manpower levels within the
program to accelerate processing, more attention to individual
projects, and easing the backlog that has been confronting
construction grants personnel.
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(NOTE TO EDITORS: A State by State listing of Fiscal Year 1975
obligations is attached.)
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EPA CONSTRUCTION GRANT OBLIGATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975
UNDER PL 92-500, BY STATES
TOTALS
3.fi15r919.fi94

REGION I
229,390,489

Connecticut
47,603,906

Maine
2b,9/3,131

Massachusetts
89,879,400

New Hampshire
38,933,4//

Rhode Island
ZU,Wb,ZW

Vermont
b,0Sb,32b

REGION II
b3b,4//,1b4

New Jersey
202.790,904

Nev York
^00,360,972

Puerto Rico
30,734,528

Virgin Islands
1.590.750

REGION III
453,439,172

Delaware
3?,831,770

Maryland
82.694.240

Pennsylvania
162,048.369

Virginia
106.416.393

West VirRinia
21.799.660

Dist.of Columbia
47.648.740

REGION IV
403.674.059

Alabama
28.453.105

Florida
188.602.899

Georgia
38.644.511

Kentucky
27.889.459

Mississippi
16.387.199

North Carolina
33.948.293

South Carolina
21.273.864

Tennessee
48.474.729

REGION V
1 ,059,802,492

Illinois
285.305.392

Indiana
102.740.632

Michigan
311.965.061

Minnesota
115.247,920

Ohio
191.858,592

Wisconsin
52.684.895

REGION VI
166,216,390

Arkansas
8,064,674

Louisiana
27.442.252

New Mexico
6.916.340

Oklahoma
16.228.9??

Texas
107.564.209

REGION VII
126.655.524

Iowa
19.672.263

Kansas
15.829.132

Missouri
66.371.039

Nebraska
24.783.090

REGION VIII
64,360,371

Colorado
24,b48,y

Montana
b,idy/,y vi

North Dakota
5,BJ8 ,t>D&

South Dakota
J,<4//,SI*

Utah


Wyoming
3,421 ,<20o

REGION IX
47/ ,/y4,86B

Arizona
28,009,476

California
•589.^44.4^4

Hawaii
43,336,/bU

Nevada
9.UU/.IU

American Samoa
127.500

Tr.Terr.of Pac.Islds.
1,0b/,St> !>

Guam
7.002.050

REGION X
99,109,175

Alaska
1R 35(1,513

Idaho
Q 13?,7Rd

Oregon
in 393,/lfi?

Washington
64,302-AIŁ	


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