FY 2023
EPA Budget in Brief
United States Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (271 OA)
Publication Number: EPA-190-S-22-001
March 2022
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Cover Photo Submission: Christopher Monson - Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
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FY 2023 EPA Budget in Brief
Table of Contents
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Forward 1
Budget Overview 3
Summary Resource Charts
EPA's Budget by Appropriation 17
EPA's Resource History 19
EPA's Resources by Major Category 21
Appendices
FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan Framework 25
Program Projects by Program Area 27
EPA's Resources by Appropriation 39
Categorical Program Grants 41
Categorical Grants Overview 43
Estimated SRF Obligations by State (FY 2021 - FY 2023) 51
Infrastructure Financing 57
Trust Funds 63
Programs Proposed for Elimination 67
Highlight of Major Program Changes 69
List of Acronyms 83
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Usage and Terminology
The FY 2023 EPA Budget in Brief displays funding in columns marked as FY 2021 Actuals, FY
2022 Annualized CR, FY 2023 President's Budget, and the FY 2023 President's Budget versus the
FY 2022 Annualized CR. During the formulation process of the FY 2023 President's Budget,
Congress had not passed an FY 2022 enacted budget, thus the Agency developed the FY 2022
Annualized CR for comparison and display purposes. Note that the American Rescue Plan,
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
levels are excluded from all figures unless otherwise noted. Amounts in the FY 2021 Actuals
column reflect direct financial obligations as reported by the Governmentwide Treasury Account
Symbol (GTAS) system. Fixed costs refer primarily to costs that are largely unavoidable in the
short term (e.g., pay increases, General Services Administration set rent costs, utilities and security
costs, unemployment compensation, and government-wide changes in health benefits).
Please note that amounts presented reflect budget authority unless otherwise specified. Numbers
in tables and graphs may not add to totals because of rounding.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2023 Budget Overview
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is guided by a clear and vital mission:
to protect human health and the environment. While the Agency, along with Tribal, state, and
local partners, has made great progress in advancing this mission over the last 50 years, much
work remains to guarantee that all people living in the United States share in the benefits of
clean air, clean water, clean land, and chemical safety. The urgency of climate change raises
the stakes of the Agency's work to protect communities. The FY 2023 President's Budget
confronts these challenges and outlines how EPA will achieve this work across seven
strategic goals and four cross-agency strategies.
The FY 2023 President's Budget request for the EPA totals $11,881 billion with 16,204.1 FTE
to advance Agency efforts to protect the environment and human health. This budget
request, a $2,644 billion increase above the FY 2022 Annualized Continuing Resolution (ACR),
will support EPA efforts to tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, clean up
air, land, and water pollution, fund scientific research, and position the Agency with the
workforce and capacity required to address emerging and ongoing challenges. Additionally, the
Budget includes more than $900 million in new resources to fully fund all of the water programs
authorized in the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA). The FY
2023 President's Budget complements the resources provided in the recently enacted
bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and expands the Agency's
capacity to protect human health and the environment across the Nation, as provided in the
bedrock environmental laws.
EPA's FY 2023 Budget prioritizes tackling the climate crisis and advancing environmental
justice and builds on the commitments in the FY 2022 President's Budget. To achieve its
mission, EPA recognizes that effective environmental policy must clean up the legacy
pollution that many historically overburdened and underserved communities have lived with for
far too long. To better align with this vision, the FY 2023 Budget structure reflects the new
Environmental Justice National Program Manager to help administer this important work, with
resources at headquarters and in all 10 regional offices. The FY 2023 Budget commits to the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or
income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental
laws, regulations, and policies.
In addition to the FY 2023 President's Budget, EPA is publishing at the same time the FY2022 -
2026 EPA Strategic Plan, built on four foundational principles: to Follow the Science,
Follow the Law, Be Transparent, and Advance Justice and Equity. These principles form the
basis of the Agency's culture and will guide its operations and decision making now and into
the future. The Strategic Plan establishes the roadmap to achieve the Agency's and
Administration's environmental priorities over the next four years and instill scientific integrity
in decision making, tackle the climate crisis, and embed environmental justice across Agency
programs. The Strategic Plan provides a new framework of strategic goals, objectives, cross-
agency strategies, long-term performance goals, and Agency Priority Goals that tether resource
investments and actions to the outcomes that will better protect human health and the
environment for all people living in the United States. Refer to the Appendix: the FY 2022-2026
EPA Strategic Plan Framework.
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FY 2023 Funding Priorities
Tackle the Climate Crisis
The FY 2023 Budget prioritizes addressing climate change with the urgency the science demands.
EPA's Climate Change Indicators website presents compelling and clear evidence of changes to
our climate reflected in rising temperatures, ocean acidity, sea level rise, river flooding,
droughts, heat waves, and wildfires.1 Resources in the Budget support efforts to mitigate and
adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis while spurring economic progress and creating
good-paying jobs. Both climate mitigation and adaptation are essential components of the
strategy to reduce the threats and impacts of climate change. The FY 2023 Budget will enable
EPA to work with our partners to address the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas
emissions; building resilience to climate impacts; and engaging with the global community to
respond to this shared challenge.
Through EPA's Climate Protection Program, the Agency is working to tackle the climate crisis
at home and abroad through an integrated approach of regulations, partnerships, and
technical assistance. EPA plays a lead role to implement a global phasedown of the
production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These potent greenhouse gases,
which are common in refrigerants and aerosols, have global warming potentials hundreds to
thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. This phasedown approach led by EPA will
decrease the production and importation of HFCs in the United States by 85 percent over the
next 15 years. As a result, it will help promote American leadership in innovation and
manufacturing of new climate-safe products and create new jobs in this emerging sector. A
global HFC phasedown is expected to avoid up to 0.5 degree Celsius of global warming by 2100.
In FY 2023, the Agency invests an additional $100 million in grants to Tribes and states that
will support on-the-ground efforts to reduce methane emissions and increase resiliency in the
Nation's infrastructure. The Budget also provides an additional $35 million and 28 FTE for
regulatory and collaborative enforcement and compliance assurance efforts as required by the
American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 to facilitate the next phasedown
stages for HFCs. The phasedown in the production and consumption of HFCs is a FY
2022-2023 Agency Priority Goal.
In FY 2023, EPA is taking action to reduce dangerous air pollution and greenhouse gases and
through mobile source air pollution. For example, the FY 2023 Budget provides $150 million for
the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant program to expand the availability of DERA
grants and rebates to reduce harmful diesel, with a focus on priority areas including school
buses, ports, and communities disproportionately affected with air quality problems.2 DERA
grants accelerate the pace at which dirty engines are retired or retrofitted and target resources
in areas with poor air quality, especially those with significant emissions from ports and goods
movement. These locations are also often where lower income communities and communities of
color suffer from higher levels of pollution. Work in this Program directly supports Executive
Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and its Justice40 Initiative to
target 40 percent of the benefits of climate and infrastructure investments to overburdened
and underserved communities.
1 For more information please visit: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators
2 DERA Fourth Report to Congress: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-07/documents/420rl9005.pdf.
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The Agency also will commit $152.2 million and 350.5 FTE to the Federal Vehicle and Fuels
Standards and Certification Program. Resources will support efforts to develop, implement, and
ensure compliance with national emission standards to reduce air pollution from light-duty cars
and trucks; heavy-duty trucks and buses; nonroad engines and equipment; and from the fuels that
power these engines. In December 2021, EPA finalized revised national greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for Model Years 2023 - 2026. Executive
Order 14037: Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks kicked off development
of a longer-term rulemaking to set emission standards that will save consumers money, cut pollution,
boost public health, advance environmental justice, and tackle the climate crisis. In support of this
Executive Order and under EPA's Clean Air Act authority, EPA will establish new multi-pollutant
emissions standards, including for greenhouse gas emissions, for light- and medium-duty vehicles
beginning with model year 2027 and extending through at least model year 2030.
Acting domestically to reduce GHG emissions is an important step to tackle the climate crisis;
however, environmental protection is a shared responsibility that crosses international borders, and
climate change poses a threat that no one government can solve alone. Through a collaborative
approach with international counterparts, we will make progress to abate pollution and tackle the
climate crisis. To this end, President Biden has ambitiously laid out a path, by 2030, for the United
States to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least half from 2005 levels. EPA is in a critical
position to show our international partners that America is doing its part to reduce global
emissions. The FY 2023 request increases funding by $9 million for EPA's contribution to the
international Multilateral Fund (MLF) to support efforts related to the Kigali Amendment to the
Montreal Protocol. EPA will continue to engage both bilaterally and through multilateral
institutions to improve international cooperation on climate change. These efforts help fulfill
EPA's commitment to Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
Tackling the climate crisis depends not only on the Agency's ability to mitigate greenhouse gases
but also the capacity to adapt and deliver targeted assistance to increase the nation's resilience to
climate change impacts. As part of a whole-of-government approach, EPA will directly support
federal partners, Tribes and indigenous communities, states, territories, local governments,
environmental justice organizations, community groups, and businesses as they anticipate, prepare
for, adapt to, and recover from the impacts of climate change. EPA needs significant resources to
ensure it can continue to meet its mission and prepare communities for the risks of climate change.
In FY 2023, the Budget provides $20 million and 12 FTE for Climate Adaptation efforts to
strengthen the adaptive capacity of Tribes, states, territories, local governments, communities, and
businesses. In addition, EPA will lead through example and prioritize climate resiliency
investments across EPA-owned facilities. In FY 2023, EPA will invest $35 million and 10 FTE to
pursue aggressive energy, water, and building infrastructure improvements to advance the
Agency's use of carbon-pollution free electricity.
Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
The communities hardest hit by pollution and climate change are most often communities of color,
indigenous communities, rural communities, and economically disadvantaged communities. For
generations, many of these communities, which are also among the most vulnerable, have been
overburdened with higher instances of polluted air, water, and land. The inequity of environmental
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protection is not just an environmental justice issue but also a civil rights concern. Neither an
individual's skin color nor the wealth of their zip code should determine whether they have clean
air to breathe, safe water to drink, or healthy environments in which their children can play. And
yet, the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies has not always ensured the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. This year, the EPA has added "justice and
equity" as a fourth essential principle for its work, and the FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan
provides the framework for the Agency to center its mission on the integration of justice, equity,
and civil rights across the Nation's environmental protection enterprise.
The FY 2023 Budget reframes how we implement our work by considering environmental justice
impacts and benefits across programs. EPA will implement the President's Justice40 Initiative
with the goal of delivering at least 40 percent of the overall benefits of relevant federal investments
to underserved and overburdened communities. Advancing the Administration's environmental
justice priorities is a foundational component of the Agency's FY 2023 Budget, and success
requires a whole-of-EPA approach. EPA's Budget recognizes the importance of embedding
environmental justice principles in all agency programs and implementing Executive Order 14008:
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, and Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial
Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. To elevate
environmental justice as a top agency priority, EPA is proposing a new National Program Manager
for environmental justice and external civil rights compliance, to be headed by a Senate-confirmed
Assistant Administrator, to coordinate and maximize the benefits of the agency's programs and
activities for underserved communities.
The FY 2023 Budget will expand upon the historic investments in environmental justice in the FY
2022 President's Budget to greatly enhance the Agency's ability to develop, manage, and award
new competitive grants to reduce the historically disproportionate health impacts of pollution in
communities with environmental justice concerns. In FY 2023, $300.8 million and 211.9 FTE in
the Environmental Justice program will expand support for community-based organizations,
indigenous organizations, Tribes, states, local governments, and territorial governments in pursuit
of identifying and addressing environmental justice issues through multi-partner collaborations.
Delivering tools and metrics for EPA and its Tribal, state, local, and community partners to
advance environmental justice and external civil rights compliance is a FY 2022-2023 Agency
Priority Goal.
To fully implement its external civil rights mission with quality and consistency and in a way that
yields positive and sustainable impacts for the most overburdened and vulnerable communities,
EPA must embed civil rights obligations into its programmatic actions and provide the level of
funding and staffing necessary for success. All applicants for and recipients of EPA financial
assistance, including state and local governments as well as private entities, have an affirmative
obligation to comply with federal civil rights laws, both as a prerequisite to obtaining EPA
financial assistance and in administering their programs and activities. EPA enforcement of these
anti-discrimination provisions is a vital part of the Agency's goal to advance equity and
environmental justice. Consistent enforcement of federal civil rights laws for recipients will
prevent decisions that can overburden underserved communities and create or exacerbate
significant inequities in human health protection and environmental pollution. In FY 2023, EPA
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provides a total of $25.9 million and 121.9 FTE to increase civil rights capacity across the Agency.
In the long term, the vigorous enforcement of civil rights laws will address historical and systemic
barriers that contribute to the environmental injustice affecting vulnerable communities.
Enforce Environmental Laws and Ensure Compliance
Ensuring compliance and enforcement of the Nation's environmental laws is foundational to
achieving the EPA's mission. The Agency will hold bad actors accountable for their violations,
with a particular focus on communities with multiple pollution sources. In FY 2023, EPA also will
provide enhanced tools and technical assistance to the regulated community to support
understanding and compliance with environmental laws. EPA will implement a comprehensive
action plan in FY 2023 for integrating environmental justice and climate change considerations
throughout all aspects of its enforcement and compliance assurance work.
Within EPA's Compliance Monitoring program, $147.9 million is provided for enforcement and
compliance assurance efforts while incorporating environmental justice considerations into
programmatic work. EPA will provide targeted oversight and support to Tribal, state, and local
programs. The Agency will prioritize work with states to develop methods that successfully
leverage advances in both monitoring and information technology to increase the availability of
information about environmental conditions in disadvantaged communities.
EPA's Civil Enforcement Program is designed to protect human health and the environment by
ensuring compliance with the Nation's environmental laws. In FY 2023, EPA requests $213.2
million for civil enforcement efforts and to further develop and implement a comprehensive civil
enforcement plan for addressing environmental justice, climate change, per and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) issues, and coal combustion residue rule compliance. PFAS are a group of
man-made chemicals that threaten the health and safety of communities across the Nation. These
resources will enhance EPA's ability to incorporate environmental justice and climate change
considerations into all phases of case development without displacing other important enforcement
and compliance assurance work. For example, EPA may focus on opportunities to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions while providing co-benefits in underserved communities, expand
inclusion of greenhouse gas mitigation and climate resilience remedies, and prioritize
environmental justice concerns in case resolutions.
Overburdened and underserved communities are often victims of environmental crime. EPA's FY
2023 Budget supports the development of specialized Criminal Enforcement Initiative focused on
addressing environmental justice issues with other Agency priority National Compliance
Initiatives in partnership with the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Criminal Enforcement
Initiative focuses on the prioritization of investigative resources to overburdened communities and
vulnerable populations, while maintaining case initiation standards and reducing the impact of
pollution. The FY 2023 request provides $69.5 million and 291 FTE to expand EPA's capacity for
criminal enforcement to hold illegal polluters accountable, particularly in vulnerable communities.
In FY 2023, EPA will also advance efforts to protect fenceline communities at risk to
environmental health hazards from nearby oil and chemical facilities and underground storage tank
releases. Fenceline communities are often low-income and/or communities of color facing
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disproportionate risks from environmental health hazards, particularly in light of severe weather
events caused by a changing climate. With an investment of $14.6 million and 53.5 FTE provided
in FY 2023, EPA will advance protection of these communities by increasing inspections and
compliance assistance to ensure nearby facilities are adhering to regulations designed to protect
vulnerable populations. This investment also will be used to create and expand programs to
improve environmental protections and increase monitoring capability in fenceline communities.
Ensure Clean and Healthy Air for All Communities
Providing clean and heathy air for all communities is a central tenet of EPA's mission. Long-term
exposure to elevated levels of certain air pollutants has been associated with increased risk of
cancer, premature death, and damage to the immune, neurological, reproductive, cardiovascular,
and respiratory systems, while short-term exposure can exacerbate asthma and lead to other
adverse health effects and economic costs.3 Relying on the latest science, the EPA will continue
work to reduce emission of the six National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) pollutants—
particulate matter (PM), ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead—and
air toxics from mobile and stationary sources. The FY 2023 request leverages several approaches
including regulatory tools, innovative market-based techniques, public and private-sector
partnerships, community-based approaches, voluntary programs that promote environmental
stewardship, and programs that encourage adoption of cost-effective technologies and practices.
The FY 2023 Budget includes $100 million to develop and implement a community air quality
monitoring and notification program to support efforts to ensure equitable environmental outcomes
to advance environmental justice for overburdened and marginalized communities. This program
will provide real-time data to the public in areas with greatest exposure to harmful levels of
pollution. In FY 2023, the Agency will continue to work closely with Tribes, states, and local air
quality agencies to develop the most effective approaches to meet community concerns. The
request includes resources to fulfill the President's commitment to engage meaningfully with
overburdened and vulnerable communities during the entire rulemaking process, from pre-
proposal through final promulgation and implementation.
In FY 2023, EPA will make critical resource investments in air regulatory development and
implementation work, particularly to support NAAQS review and implementation activities. The
President directed EPA to review the 2020 PM NAAQS and the 2020 Ozone NAAQS in accordance
with Executive Order 13990: Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science
to Tackle the Climate Crisis. In FY 2023, EPA will continue reviewing the NAAQS and make
revisions, as appropriate, and has requested resources commensurate to support these reviews. Each
review involves a comprehensive reexamination, synthesis, and evaluation of scientific
information, the design and conduct of complex air quality and risk and exposure analyses, and the
development of a comprehensive policy assessment providing analysis of the scientific basis for
alternative policy options. In FY 2023, the Agency provides $299.4 million and 945.4 FTE to the
Federal Support for Air Quality Management program.
The Agency also will seek to address the air quality challenges presented by wildfires. Wildfire
smoke can vary from year to year but can typically make up approximately 30 percent of total
3 For more information, please visit https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-health-effects-air-pollution
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PM2.5 emissions in some regions of the U.S., aggravating heart and lung disease and causing
premature death. Climate change has already led to a marked increase in wildfire season length,
wildfire frequency, and burned area.4 In FY 2023, EPA will work together with the U.S. Forest
Service and other federal, state, and community agencies and organizations to improve ways to
reduce the public health risk from air pollution resulting from wildfires. Additional resources will
enhance EPA's ability to forecast where smoke will impact people and communicate when and
where smoke events will occur so communities can be Smoke Ready. The Budget includes an
additional $12.7 million and 15.7 FTE to advance wildfire prevention and readiness in FY 2023.
The Agency also will provide robust financial support through Categorical Grant programs to
EPA's Tribal, state, and local partners to support their efforts in implementing air quality
management programs. In FY 2023, EPA requests $322.2 million for the State and Local Air
Quality Management program, including $100 million in grants to Tribes and states that will
support on-the-ground efforts to reduce methane emissions. This funding will support state and
local air quality networks, air permitting programs, emission inventories, air quality forecasts, air
quality training, visibility improvements, and air toxic monitoring efforts. In FY 2023, EPA also
requests $23.1 million for the Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management program.
Funding will assist Tribes to develop and implement air pollution control programs for Indian
Country to prevent and address air quality concerns, including mitigating and adapting to the
effects of climate change. EPA will work with Tribes to assess environmental and public health
conditions in Indian Country by developing emission inventories and, where appropriate,
expanding the siting and operating of air quality monitors.
Ensure Clean and Safe Water for All Communities
EPA's most recent clean and drinking water needs assessment surveys, published in 2012 and
2015, respectively, determined that the country will need to invest more than $743 billion over the
next 20 years to maintain, upgrade, and replace critical drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure.5 Today, up to 10 million homes in America and more than 400,000 schools and
childcare centers rely on drinking water distribution lines that contain lead—a clear and present
danger to the health of children. Replacing these lead pipes and adapting America's water
infrastructure to be more resilient to climate change is critical to keeping communities healthy and
safe, consistent with the President's Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan.6 As the climate warms,
more extreme rainfall and flooding events could damage or overwhelm water systems, leaving
entire communities without safe water supplies for days or weeks. The Budget builds on the
bipartisan IIJA, which provides $8,429 billion to EPA's State Revolving Funds in 2023.
EPA's water infrastructure financing programs will advance the Agency's ongoing commitment
to infrastructure repair and replacement and build climate resilience into the water sector. At the
same time, these investments will create hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs across the
4 For more information on climate impacts, risk and adaptation in the United States visit:
https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/downloads. doi:10.7930/NCA4.2018.
5 For more information on EPA's Clean Water and Drinking Water Needs Survey Reports, visit:
https://www.epa.gov/cwns and https://www.epa.gov/dwsrf/epas-6th-drinking-water-infrastructure-needs-survey-
and-assessment
6 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/16/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-lead-pipe-
and-paint-action-plan.
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country.7 In the FY 2023 Budget, EPA proposes approximately $4.4 billion for water infrastructure
programs. This includes a total of $2,765 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds
(CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF), and $80.3 million for the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Also included is approximately $1.2
billion for grant programs authorized in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act
of 2016 (WIIN), the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and the Drinking Water and
Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (DWWIA). These resources are intended to upgrade aging
infrastructure, address the threat of climate change, invest in new technologies, and provide
assistance to communities.
Another goal of the Agency's infrastructure repair and replacement efforts is to address lead and
other contaminants such as PFAS in drinking water, especially in small and underserved
communities. AWIA strengthened many existing programs within EPA, including programs
authorized by the WIIN Act, while creating new programs to tackle significant public health and
environmental concerns. DWWIA, as authorized under the IIJA, builds on the foundation of
AWIA and WIIN to strengthen the Federal government's ability to upgrade the Nation's drinking
water and wastewater infrastructure. These investments will enable the Agency to increase water
infrastructure resilience and sustainability, provide assistance for underserved communities, and
reduce lead in drinking water. Investing in water infrastructure to enhance the livability and
economic vitality of overburdened and underserved communities is a focus of a FY 2022-2023
Agency Priority Goal. In total, the FY 2023 Budget provides approximately $1.2 billion in funding
for the AWIA, WIIN, and DWWIA grant programs, including the creation of twenty new grant
programs, which will provide communities with historic funding to address infrastructure needs,
provide climate resiliency, and create much needed jobs.
Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Programs
The FY 2023 Budget includes $1.639 billion for the CWSRF program to capitalize state revolving
loan funds in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to finance infrastructure improvements for public
wastewater systems and projects to improve water quality. It represents the largest source of
federal funds for states to provide loans and other forms of assistance for water quality projects
including construction of wastewater treatment facilities, water and energy efficiency projects, and
green infrastructure projects. In addition to capitalizing the CWSRF Program, a portion of the
request will provide direct grants to communities in Tribal nations and territories. The sanitation
infrastructure in these communities often lags the rest of the country, causing significant public
health concerns.
EPA's DWSRF is designed to assist public water systems in financing the costs of drinking water
infrastructure improvements needed to comply with Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
requirements, protect public health, and support Tribal, state, and local efforts to protect drinking
water. The FY 2023 Budget requests $1,126 billion for the DWSRF to help finance critical
infrastructure improvements to public water systems. States have considerable flexibility to tailor
their DWSRF program to their unique circumstances and needs, allowing each state to carefully
and strategically consider how best to achieve the maximum public health protection and
infrastructure development that benefits all people living in the United States and is resilient to the
7 Jobs Created estimates are based on the U.S. Water Alliance: The Value of Water Campaign: The Economic
Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure.
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impacts of climate change.
Infrastructure within the water sector goes beyond repair and replacement to include the health of
the systems used to monitor clean and safe water. In FY 2023, EPA requests $25 million for a new
grant program to advance cybersecurity infrastructure capacity and protections within the water
sector. Cybersecurity represents a substantial concern for the water sector, given the prevalence of
state-sponsored and other malevolent attacks on the sector as well as the sector's inherent
vulnerability and limited technical capacity to address cyber issues.
WIFIA
The WIFIA program, created in 2014, is a critical tool to increase water infrastructure investments
by leveraging public and private sources of funds to maximize the reach of federal funds. As of
February 2022, the WIFIA program has issued 72 loans to communities across the country totaling
$13.3 billion in credit assistance to help finance nearly $28 billion for water infrastructure projects.
WIFIA loans for these projects have saved communities nearly $5 billion, which can be used for
additional infrastructure investment and to keep rates affordable for water system users. These
WIFIA-financed projects have created over 82,000 jobs and serve more than 37 million people,
demonstrating that WIFIA credit assistance is an effective tool to help address a variety of water
infrastructure needs to support communities nationwide. The FY 2023 request for the WIFIA
program would enable EPA to provide up to $8 billion in direct credit assistance and help spur
more than $16 billion in total infrastructure investments.
Geographic Programs
Beyond water infrastructure, the Agency recognizes the important role federal assistance provides
to protect water bodies of special ecological and economic importance to our Nation. Through
EPA's Geographic Water programs, the Agency assists state and multi-state partners and Tribes
to accelerate and manage the restoration of the ecological health of these water bodies. In total, the
FY 2023 request provides $578.6 million for EPA's Geographic Water programs to advance work
on proj ects that target the most significant environmental problems in these important water bodies
and watersheds. In FY 2023, EPA will provide resources to accelerate ecological restoration and
sustainable management in the Chesapeake Bay, Columbia River, Gulf of Mexico, the Great
Lakes, Lake Champlain, Lake Pontchartrain, Long Island Sound, Northwest Forest Watershed,
Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, South Florida, and Southeast New England. Funding will help
monitor and restore these ecological treasures and enable sustainable use for years to come. The
Agency also will receive $343 million under the IIJA to increase support for EPA's Geographic
funding in FY 2023.
Safeguard and Revitalize Communities
Cleaning up contaminated lands so that they can be redeveloped and returned to productive use is
a challenge faced by many communities. Cleaning up America's most contaminated land and
reducing exposure to toxic substances are critical components of the Agency's strategy to address
human health, particularly in underserved communities where many of these sites are located.
Reuse and restoration of Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites directly support the
Administration's Justice40 initiative, as articulated in President Biden's Executive Order 14008:
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which acknowledges the urgent need to restore
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lands. Approximately 22 percent of Americans live within three miles of a Superfund site. Recent
research shows Superfund cleanup actions lowered the risk of elevated blood lead levels by
roughly 13 to 26 percent for children living within 1.24 miles of a Superfund NPL site where lead
is a contaminant of concern.8 Remediating contaminated land and restoring it to productive use is
not only an environmental imperative but presents an economic opportunity as well. A peer
reviewed study conducted by researchers at Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh
found that residential property values within three miles of Superfund sites increased between 18.7
and 24.4 percent when sites were cleaned up and removed from the NPL.9
The FY 2023 Budget enables the Agency to clean up hazardous waste sites in communities across
the Nation, including those where vulnerable populations, such as children, the elderly, and
economically disadvantaged individuals, reside. These hazardous sites are also vulnerable to the
effects of climate change, making remediation even more urgent. Federal data in a recent
Government Accountability Office (GAO) report suggests that approximately 60 percent of
Superfund sites overseen by EPA are in areas that are vulnerable to wildfires and different types
of flooding—natural hazards that climate change will exacerbate.10 The Agency is working to
clean up these sites with climate change in mind to protect at-risk populations. The FY 2023
Budget includes $454.6 million for the Superfund Remedial program to balance appropriated
resources with anticipated Superfund chemical tax receipts that were reauthorized through the
IIJA. The Agency will have Superfund chemical taxes collected in FY 2022 that will be available
for use in FY 2023. EPA will use the Superfund chemical taxes, along with the $3.5 billion
provided to EPA under the IIJA and other appropriated resources, to implement the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Like Superfund remediation, investing in brownfields cleanup and redevelopment can revitalize
main streets, neighborhoods, and rural communities, increase residential property values, and
create good-paying jobs. The FY 2023 Budget includes $214.8 million to build on current work to
provide financial and technical assistance to assess, clean up, and plan reuse at brownfields sites.
In FY 2023, the Budget also provides an increase of 60 FTE for Brownfields Community
Development Specialists. This investment of 60 regional FTE will provide expanded technical
assistance and build capacity in small, rural, environmental justice, and other historically
overburdened and underserved communities. These Community Development Specialists manage
land revitalization projects, provide one-on-one financial planning support, and educate
communities on how to address brownfields-related issues.
Since its inception, the EPA Brownfields Program has fostered a community-driven approach to
the reuse of contaminated sites. Approximately 143 million people (roughly 44 percent of the U.S.
population) live within three miles of a brownfields site that receives EPA funding.11 As of March
8 Details can be found at https://www.epa.gov/environmental-economics/research-environmental-economics-ncee-
working-paper-series
9 Shanti Gamper-Rabindran and Christopher Timmons. 2013. "Does cleanup of hazardous waste sites raise housing
values? Evidence of spatially localized benefits," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 65(3):
345-360, http://dx.doi.Org/10.1016/j.jeem.2012.12.001.
10 https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-73
11 U.S. EPA, Office of Land and Emergency Management 2020. Data collected includes: (1) Superfund, Brownfield,
and RCRA Corrective Action site information as of the end of FY 2019; (2) UST/LUST information as of late-2018
to mid-2019 depending on the state; and (3) 2015-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) Census data.
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2022, grants awarded by the Program have led to more than 146,300 acres of idle land made ready
for productive use and more than 183,000 jobs and $35.2 billion leveraged. Cleaning up
contaminated sites to enhance the livability and economic vitality of overburdened and
underserved communities is a focus of a FY 2022-2023 Agency Priority Goal.
In FY 2023, the Agency will continue to invest in domestic recycling and solid waste infrastructure
that builds a circular economy. According to the U.S. EPA Recycling Economic Information
Report, the U.S. recycling industry supports 680,000 jobs and provides $5.5 billion annually in tax
revenues. In addition to these human resources and financial returns, the materials themselves hold
great value, as recent data indicate that materials worth $9 billion are thrown away each year. The
FY 2023 Budget includes $10.4 million and 43.4 FTE in the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act Waste Minimization and Recyling Program to better support the sustainable management of
resources, in addition to $10 million for Solid Waste Infrastructure in grant funding under State
and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG).
The Agency has a statutory role to ensure that contamination is quickly and effectively cleaned up
while ensuring protection of human health and the environment from releases of hazardous
substances. In FY 2023, an additional $10 million is invested to address critical gaps in EPA's
ability to oversee federal agencies/facilities cleanup, including Department of Defense PFAS
cleanup under CERCLA. The Agency also will assist with homeland security goals by investing
$10 million in critical resources to replace outdated Portable High-Throughput Integrated
Laboratory Identification System (PHILIS) equipment. PHILIS is the EPA's mobile laboratory
asset for the on-site analysis of chemical warfare agent and toxic industrial compound
contaminated environmental samples.
Ensure the Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment
The FY 2023 Budget provides additional resources to build Agency capacity to manage chemical
safety and toxic substances. EPA has significant responsibilities under amendments to the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure the safety of chemicals in or entering commerce and
addressing unreasonable risks to human health or the environment. Chemicals and toxic substances
are ubiquitous in our everyday lives and are often released into the environment from their
manufacture, processing, use, or disposal. EPA's work in managing chemical safety and toxic
substances is particularly important to vulnerable populations, including low-income, minority,
and indigenous populations, as well as children, who may be disproportionately affected by, and
particularly at risk from, exposure to chemicals.
To ensure that EPA can achieve the statutory requirements under TSCA, the Agency needs a
substantial increase in scientific expertise and financial resources. To facilitate this need, the FY
2023 Budget provides an additional $64.0 million and 149 FTE to the TSCA program. Based on
five years of implementing TSCA since enactment of the Lautenberg Act, the Agency has
determined that additional FTE are required to increase the capacity of the program to address the
heavy workload associated with chemical risk evaluations and risk management to support the
Agency's ability to meet statutory mandates. EPA will continue to emphasize quality, adherence
to statutory intent and timelines applicable to pre-market review of new chemicals, chemical risk
evaluation and management, data development and information collection, and review of
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Confidential Business Information (CBI) claims.
The Agency also has significant responsibility under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (F1FRA) to screen new pesticides before they reach the market and ensure that
pesticides already in commerce are safe. In addition, EPA is responsible for complying with the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and ensuring that federally endangered and threatened species are
not harmed when the Agency registers pesticides. Endangered species risk assessments involve
consideration of risks for approximately 1,200 active ingredients in more than 17,000 pesticide
products to more than 1,600 listed endangered species and 800 designated critical habitats in the
U.S. Given the complexity of evaluating potential effects to diverse listed species, EPA has been
unable to perform ESA evaluations for most of its required actions, which has resulted in numerous
successful litigation challenges for registration and registration review actions. To begin making
incremental progress toward meeting ESA mandates, the FY 2023 Budget includes an additional
$4.9 million and 10 FTE to enable the Pesticide program to integrate ESA requirements in
conducting risk assessments and making risk management decisions that protect federally
threatened and endangered species from exposure to new active ingredients.
In FY 2023, EPA will continue to work across environmental programs to advance Agency efforts
to tackle PFAS pollution, following the Agency's PFAS Strategic Roadmap.12 As part of the
President's commitment to tackling PFAS pollution, the FY 2023 Budget provides approximately
$126 million for EPA to increase its understanding of PFAS and human health and ecological
effects, restrict use to prevent PFAS from entering the air, land, and water, and remediate PFAS
that have been released into the environment. The FY 2023 Budget includes an increase of $4.2
million and 9 FTE for EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program to protect the public
from potential effects of PFAS through labeling to help purchasers identify products that meet
specific environmental performance criteria.
Restoring EPA's Core Capacity
The FY 2023 Budget includes 16,204.1 FTE, an increase of 1,907.1 above the current level, to
restore the Agency's capacity. Strategically increasing staffing levels across the Agency will
facilitate and expedite EPA's work to address air, water, and climate priorities and advance
environmental justice. EPA strives to provide modern and efficient workforce services and serve
as a model for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. The FY 2023 Budget supports this
goal by providing funding for increased efforts to enhance diverse hiring practices and more
equitable internship access to build the workforce of the future. The FY 2023 Budget also provides
robust support for implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
2018. Resources also will ensure the Agency's IT assets and infrastructure are secure. In addition
to these investments, the Budget will provide 115 FTE to strengthen EPA's grants and procurement
workforce and ensure programmatic integrity. By increasing capacity at the Agency, the FY 2023
Budget will better position the Agency staff to fulfill our mission of protecting human health and
the environment efficiently and effectively.
As EPA continues to strengthen its ability to recruit, hire, develop, promote, and retain top talent
12 For more information, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-
action-2021-2024
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and to remove barriers to equal opportunity at the management and staff levels, the Agency must
also provide resources and opportunities to strengthen and advance diversity, equity, inclusion,
and accessibility across executive leadership. The FY 2023 Budget provides $10 million and 62
FTE to support Agency-wide implementation of and Executive Order 14035: Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in the Federal Workforce. In FY 2023, EPA will implement
the actions identified in the Agency' s DEIA Strategic Plan and work to ensure agency recruitment,
hiring, promotion, retention, professional development, performance evaluations, pay and
compensation policies, reasonable accommodations access, and training policies and practices are
equitable. The requested increase will support two key DEIA initiatives—the SES Candidate
Development Program and the paid internship program. The SES Candidate Development
Program will emphasize DEIA leadership so future EPA executives reflect the diversity of the
American people and are effectively trained in the skills necessary to lead a diverse workforce.
The paid internship program is being expanded to provide Federal work experience to more than
180 additional students, including from underrepresented and underserved populations, and
provide opportunities for conversion to permanent federal service after successfully completing
the program.
Expanded capacity also extends to ensuring that rigorous scientific integrity guides policy and the
Agency's regulatory process. Scientific and technological information, data, and evidence-based
decision making are central to the development and iterative improvement of sound policies and
to the delivery of effective and equitable programs. Environmental challenges in the 21st century
are increasingly complex. For example, the interplay between air quality, climate change, and
emerging energy options requires different thinking and solutions than those used in the past.
These solutions require research that transcends disciplinary lines and involve EPA regions and
programs working together with Tribal, state, and local partners, stakeholders, and communities.
The FY 2023 request includes $644 million and 1,853.8 FTE for EPA's Office of Research and
Development.
EPA has embarked on a multi-year effort to strengthen how the Agency identifies, prioritizes, and
undertakes evidence-building activities and develops evidence-building capacity to inform its
policies and decisions, consistent with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
2018. The FY 2023 Budget will promote program evaluation as an essential component of federal
evidence building. This effort will advance an evaluation culture through a bottom-up approach
and increase Agency-wide engagement in program evaluation. It also provides an opportunity for
capacity building throughout the Agency by engaging programs and regions with less evaluation
experience and broadening the types of evaluations that the Agency conducts. Work in this area
will increase the use of program evaluation and evidence building to inform Agency program,
policy, and resource decisions.
In FY 2023, EPA will leverage $31.6 million, an increase of $22.6 million, to protect the Agency's
information technology infrastructure and support implementation of Executive Order 14028:
Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity. In FY 2023, EPA will continue implementing multifactor
authentication, encrypting data at rest and in transit, implementing "Zero Trust Architecture"
network design, and implementing advanced logging technologies. These changes will
dramatically increase information technology resiliency in the event of a malicious attack and limit
the amount of damage that can be done by bad actors.
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By restoring EPA's core capacity and ensuring that mission support services are adequately
funded, the FY 2023 Budget will enable the Agency to carry out its goals effectively while being
a good steward of federal resources.
Resource Allocations to Goals and Objectives
In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) and the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010, the FY 2023 Budget identifies resources aligned with the strategic
goals and objectives of the Agency's FY 2022 - 2026 EPA Strategic Plan. The Budget also
allocates agency-wide mission and science support resources and FTE across the goals and
objectives. These resources provide support for multiple goals to achieve their objectives. This
support involves the provision of foundational agencywide and cross-agency research and
development, science, and essential mission assistance services by the EPA Offices of the
Administrator (OA), Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), General Counsel (OGC), Inspector General
(OIG), Mission Support (OMS), and Research and Development (ORD). The resource summaries
by Strategic Goal and Objective within the Congressional Justification provide the total of both
direct and allocated resources.
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Resource Summary Charts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
FY 2023 Budget by Appropriation
Total Agency: $11,881 M
(Dollars in Millions)
WIFIA
¦ Science & Technology (S&T)
~ Environmental Programs & Management (EPM)
¦ Inspector General (IG)
~ Buildings & Facilities (B&F)
¦ Inland Oil Spill Programs (OIL)
~ Hazardous Substance Superfund (SF)
¦ Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)
~ State & Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
~ Water Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Program (WIFIA)
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EPA fs Budget FY2014 to 2023
I Enacted Budgets ¦Annualized Continuing Resolution ~ President's Budget
$11.9
$9.0
$9.2
$9.2
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Fiscal Year
2021
2022
2023
All agency totals include applicable rescissions.
FY 2020 Enacted excludes the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
FY 2021 Enacted excludes the American Rescue Plan Act.
FY 2022 ACR excludes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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16,204
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Fiscal Year
2022 2023
Notes:
FTE (Full Time Equivalent) = one employee working full time for a full year (52 weeks x 40 hours = 2,080 hours), or
the equivalent number of hours worked by several part-time or temporary employees.
Reimbursable FTE are included.
FY 2022 ACR excludes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
FTE Ceiling corresponds to the FTE level included in each year's Enacted Operating Plan, except for FY 2022,
which is the Annualized Continuing Resolution, and FY 2023, which is the requested level.
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FY 2015 Enacted reflects a $40 M rescission to prior year funds
FY 2016 Enacted reflects a $40 M rescission to current year funds
FY 2017 Enacted reflects a $90 M rescission to current year funds
FY 2018 Enacted reflects a $149 M rescission to current year funds
FY 2019 Enacted reflects a $211 M rescission to current year funds
FY 2020 Enacted excludes the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
FY 2021 Enacted reflects a $28 M rescission to current year funds and excludes the American Rescue Plan
FY 2022 reflects an annualized continuing resolution (ACR)
FY 2022 ACR excludes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan Framework
FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan Framework
Principles
Follow the Science - Follow the Law - Be Transparent - Advance Justice and Equity
Strategic Goals
Goal 1: Tackle the Climate Crisis - Cut pollution that causes climate change and increase the
adaptive capacity of Tribes, states, territories, and communities.
Goal 2: Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights - Achieve
tangible progress for historically overburdened and underserved communities and ensure the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or
income in developing and implementing environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Goal 3: Enforce Environmental Laws and Ensure Compliance - Improve compliance with the
nation's environmental laws and hold violators accountable.
Goal 4: Ensure Clean and Healthy Air for All Communities - Protect human health and the
environment from the harmful effects of air pollution.
Goal 5: Ensure Clean and Safe Water for All Communities - Provide clean and safe water for
all communities and protect our nation's waterbodies from degradation.
Goal 6: Safeguard and Revitalize Communities - Restore land to safe and productive uses to
improve communities and protect public health.
Goal 7: Ensure Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment - Increase the safety of
chemicals and pesticides and prevent pollution at the source.
Cross-Agency Strategies
Cross-Agency Strategy 1: Ensure Scientific Integrity and Science-Based Decision Making -
Deliver rigorous scientific research and analyses to inform evidence-based decision making.
Cross-Agency Strategy 2: Consider the Health of Children at All Life Stages and Other
Vulnerable Populations - Focus on protecting and improving the health of children at all life
stages and other vulnerable populations in implementing our programs.
Cross-Agency Strategy 3: Advance EPA's Organizational Excellence and Workforce Equity
- Foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce within an effective and mission driven
workplace.
Cross-Agency Strategy 4: Strengthen Tribal, State, and Local Partnerships and Enhance
Engagement - Collaborate and engage effectively with Tribal nations in keeping with the
Federal Government's trust responsibilities, state and local governments, regulated entities, and
the public to protect human health and the environment.
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Program Project by Program Area
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2023 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
PROGRAM PROJECTS BY PROGRAM AREA
(Dollars in Thousands)
Science & Technology
Clean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
Climate Protection
Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certification
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
Enforcement
Forensics Support
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and
Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Protect Human Health from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of Pesticide Availability
n 2112.5
n 21121 I iiiiil n 21122 I'lv-idrnl'^
WliiuK Viiniiiili/t'd ( K liudgcl
$4,809 $6,793 $8,800
$7,057 $7,895 $10,169
$8,661 $7,154 $10,420
$87,233 $96,783 $152,209
$107,760 $118,625 $181,598
$112 $157 $157
$1,645 $1,735 $2,224
$3,063 $3,096 $4,383
$296 $161 $173
$5,115 $5,149 $6,937
$11,761 $14,000 $15,532
$9,653 $10,380 $14,526
$21,877 $24,852 $25,890
$500 $501 $501
$32,031 $35,733 $40,917
$2,782 $3,072 $3,195
$65,093 $67,500 $68,912
$2,431 $2,803 $2,917
$1,805 $2,207 $2,252
$645 $876 $984
n 2023
I'lv-idrnl'-
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n 2022
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$2,007
$2,274
$3,266
$55,426
$62,973
$0
$489
$1,287
$12
$1,788
$1,532
$4,146
$1,038
$0
$5,184
$123
$1,412
$114
$45
$108
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Program Project by Program Area
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Health and Environmental Risk Assessment
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Endocrine Disrupters
Computational Toxicology
Research: Chemical Safety for
Sustainability (other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Ensure Safe Water (formerly Water: Human Health
Protection)**
Drinking Water Programs
Clean and Safe Water Technical Assistance Grants
Water Quality Research and Support Grants
Total, Science & Technology
n 2112.5
n 21121 I iiiiil n 21122 I'lv-idrnl'^
WliiuK Viiniiiili/t'd ( l\ liudgcl
$4,881 $5,886 $6,153
$76,733 $95,250 $132,924
$92,719 $112,250 $119,286
$112,717 $133,000 $141,477
$35,251 $37,482 $42,355
$13,859 $16,253 $17,095
$18,509 $21,406 $22,542
$43,598 $51,859 $58,456
$75,966 $89,518 $98,093
$111,217 $127,000 $140,448
$4,088 $4,364 $6,776
$0 $7,500 $0
$626,895 $729,329 $864,155
Environmental Programs & Management
Clean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
Climate Protection
Federal Stationary Source Regulations
Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs
Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
$12,920 $13,153 $23,523
$91,632 $97,000 $125,216
$19,317 $20,733 $41,617
$131,015 $138,020 $289,010
$4,805 $4,633 $26,607
$8,326 $8,711 $18,000
$268,013 $282,250 $523,973
$2,224 $3,136 $5,004
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$267
$37,674
$7,036
$8,477
$4,873
$842
$1,136
$6,597
$8,575
$13,448
$2,412
-$7,500
$134,826
$10,370
$28,216
$20,884
$150,990
$21,974
$9,289
$241,723
$1,868
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Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
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WliiuK
$8,283
$2,703
$10,968
$24,178
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$7,661
$2,404
$11,750
$24,951
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$10,588
$3,004
$23,542
$42,138
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$2,927
$600
$11,792
$17,187
Brownfields
Brownfields
$22,136
$24,000
$36,842
$12,842
Compliance
Compliance Monitoring
$97,583
$102,500
$144,770
$42,270
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
$10,343
$11,838
$294,938
$283,100
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
NEPA Implementation
Subtotal, Enforcement
Geographic Programs
Geographic Program: Chesapeake Bay
Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico
Geographic Program: Lake Champlain
Geographic Program: Long Island Sound
Geographic Program: Other
Lake P ontchartrain
S.New England Estuary (SNEE)
Geographic Program: Other (other activities)
Subtotal, Geographic Program: Other
Great Lakes Restoration
Geographic Program: South Florida
Geographic Program: San Francisco Bay
Geographic Program: Puget Sound
Subtotal, Geographic Programs
$164,888
$49,588
$15,809
$230,285
$77,876
$5,335
$14,996
$30,361
$0
$5,152
$1,579
$6,731
$306,380
$1,369
$6,718
$32,946
$482,712
$168,341
$51,275
$16,943
$236,559
$87,500
$20,000
$15,000
$30,400
$1,900
$5,500
$3,000
$10,400
$330,000
$6,000
$8,922
$33,750
$541,972
$210,011
$61,411
$19,883
$291,305
$90,568
$22,524
$20,000
$40,002
$1,932
$6,252
$3,024
$11,208
$340,111
$7,202
$12,004
$35,016
$578,635
$41,670
$10,136
$2,940
$54,746
$3,068
$2,524
$5,000
$9,602
$32
$752
$24
$808
$10,111
$1,202
$3,082
$1,266
$36,663
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Communication and Information
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and
Infrastructure
$3,893
$733
$4,915
$4,145
$909
$4,959
$4,650
$1,014
$5,139
$505
$105
$180
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n 2023
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Subtotal, Homeland Security
$9,540
$10,013
$10,803
$790
Information Exchange / Outreach
State and Local Prevention and Preparedness
$13,402
$13,736
$22,908
$9,172
TRI / Right to Know
$12,689
$13,206
$13,675
$469
Tribal - Capacity Building
$12,945
$12,902
$16,386
$3,484
Executive Management and Operations
$48,837
$46,836
$63,256
$16,420
Environmental Education
$3,311
$8,580
$8,668
$88
Exchange Network
$13,713
$14,084
$14,413
$329
Small Minority Business Assistance
$1,756
$1,680
$1,935
$255
Small Business Ombudsman
$1,250
$1,778
$2,183
$405
Children and Other Sensitive Populations: Agency
Coordination
$8,277
$6,173
$6,362
$189
Subtotal, Information Exchange / Outreach
$116,181
$118,975
$149,786
$30,811
International Programs
US Mexico Border
$2,818
$2,837
$3,275
$438
International Sources of Pollution
$6,409
$6,746
$11,758
$5,012
Trade and Governance
$5,894
$5,292
$6,187
$895
Subtotal, International Programs
$15,121
$14,875
$21,220
$6,345
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
$6,765
$8,285
$23,739
$15,454
IT / Data Management
$74,013
$82,715
$98,452
$15,737
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
$80,777
$91,000
$122,191
$31,191
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Integrated Environmental Strategies
$9,614
$9,475
$40,912
$31,437
Administrative Law
$3,768
$4,975
$5,882
$907
Alternative Dispute Resolution
$533
$864
$1,175
$311
Civil Rights Program
$8,968
$9,205
$25,869
$16,664
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
$55,700
$49,595
$76,855
$27,260
Legal Advice: Support Program
$16,645
$15,865
$18,892
$3,027
Regional Science and Technology
$466
$638
$4,923
$4,285
Science Advisory Board
$3,422
$3,205
$3,981
$776
Regulatory/Economic-Management and Analysis
$13,850
$12,421
$16,247
$3,826
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
$112,967
$106,243
$194,736
$88,493
Operations and Administration
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
$71,528
$76,718
$89,154
$12,436
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
$257,524
$285,441
$288,293
$2,852
Acquisition Management
$30,623
$32,247
$40,017
$7,770
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Program Project by Program Area
Human Resources Management
Financial Assistance Grants / IAG Management
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
n 21121 I iiiiil
WliiuK
$48,256
$27,294
$435,225
n 21122
Viiniiiili/t'd ( K
$46,229
$25,430
$466,065
n 2112.5
I'lV^iilrlll'*
Uncivil
$66,087
$33,040
$516,591
n 2M23
I'lv-idrnl'-
Uncivi l \.
n 21122
Aniniiili/rd ( l\
$19,858
$7,610
$50,526
Pesticides Licensing
Science Policy and Biotechnology
Pesticides: Protect Human Health from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of Pesticide Availability
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
$1,287
$58,124
$36,714
$6,034
$102,159
$1,546
$60,181
$39,543
$7,730
$109,000
$1,580
$62,726
$45,876
$7,979
$118,161
$34
$2,545
$6,333
$249
$9,161
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
$115
$0
$0
$0
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
RCRA: Corrective Action
RCRA: Waste Management
RCRA: Waste Minimization & Recycling
Subtotal, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
$33,921
$59,769
$8,404
$102,095
$38,453
$70,465
$9,982
$118,900
$39,820
$79,743
$10,444
$130,007
$1,367
$9,278
$462
$11,107
Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
Endocrine Disruptors
Pollution Prevention Program
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review and
Reduction
Toxic Substances: Lead Risk Reduction Program
Subtotal, Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
$5,209
$11,476
$72,643
$11,991
$101,318
$7,533
$12,558
$60,280
$13,129
$93,500
$7,614
$17,121
$124,243
$13,749
$162,727
$81
$4,563
$63,963
$620
$69,227
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST/UST
$10,373
$11,250
$12,564
$1,314
Ensure Clean Water (formerly Water Quality
Protection)**
National Estuary Program / Coastal Waterways
Wetlands
Subtotal, Ensure Clean Water
$29,496
$18,562
$48,058
$31,822
$19,300
$51,122
$32,184
$25,637
$57,821
$362
$6,337
$6,699
Ensure Safe Water (formerly Water: Human Health
Protection)**
Beach / Fish Programs
Drinking Water Programs
Subtotal, Ensure Safe Water
$1,146
$97,190
$98,335
$1,584
$106,903
$108,487
$1,827
$133,258
$135,085
$243
$26,355
$26,598
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Program Project by Program Area
n 21121 I iiiiil
WliiuK
n 21122
Vnmiiili/cil ( K
n 2023
I'lV-illrlll'-
I- ^ 2112.4 Uncivi l \.
I'lv-idrnl'^ M 21122
liudgrl Amiiiiili/ril ( l\
Ensure Clean Water (formerly Water Quality
Protection)**
Marine Pollution
Surface Water Protection
Subtotal, Ensure Clean Water
$8,206
$197,137
$205,343
$9,468
$206,882
$216,350
$12,299
$239,688
$251,987
$2,831
$32,806
$35,637
Clean and Safe Water Technical Assistance Grants
Water Quality Research and Support Grants
Total, Environmental Programs & Management
$0
$2,572,857
$21,700
$2,761,550
$0
$3,796,280
-$21,700
$1,034,730
Inspector General
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
$38,174
$43,500
$55,865
$12,365
Total, Inspector General
$38,174
$43,500
$55,865
$12,365
Building and Facilities
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and
Infrastructure
$7,006
$6,676
$6,676
$0
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
$36,071
$27,076
$73,894
$46,818
Total, Building and Facilities
$43,076
$33,752
$80,570
$46,818
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Indoor Air and Radiation
Radiation: Protection
$1,973
$1,985
$2,872
$887
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
$11,634
$11,586
$12,062
$476
Compliance
Compliance Monitoring
$1,778
$1,000
$1,015
$15
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
$681
$826
$5,876
$5,050
Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
$8,469
$7,647
$8,088
$441
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Program Project by Program Area
Forensics Support
Superfund: Enforcement
Superfund: Federal Facilities Enforcement
Subtotal, Enforcement
n 21121 I iiiiil
WliiuK
$1,250
$164,461
$6,974
$181,153
n 21122
Vnmiiili/cil ( K
$1,145
$156,773
$7,424
$172,989
n 2112.5
l'iv>iilrlir>>
Uncivil
$1,263
$166,487
$9,863
$185,701
n 2M23
I'lV-illrlll'-
Uncivi l \.
n 21122
Allllllilli/rd ( l\
$118
$9,714
$2,439
$12,712
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and
Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
$31,897
$845
$32,742
$33,020
$1,030
$34,050
$43,796
$1,530
$45,326
$10,776
$500
$11,276
Information Exchange / Outreach
Exchange Network
$1,511
$1,328
$1,328
$0
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
$752
$20,984
$21,735
$659
$13,826
$14,485
$7,859
$16,904
$24,763
$7,200
$3,078
$10,278
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
$632
$1,161
$1,793
$832
$443
$1,275
$868
$461
$1,329
$36
$18
$54
Operations and Administration
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Acquisition Management
Human Resources Management
Financial Assistance Grants / IAG Management
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
$26,775
$81,976
$23,380
$7,200
$4,224
$143,554
$26,561
$68,727
$23,800
$6,202
$3,210
$128,500
$28,806
$71,219
$32,345
$8,476
$4,403
$145,249
$2,245
$2,492
$8,545
$2,274
$1,193
$16,749
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
$13,458
$16,463
$16,927
$464
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Health and Environmental Risk Assessment
Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety for Sustainability
$3,654
$6,065
$9,719
$12,824
$0
$12,824
$4,896
$8,060
$12,956
-$7,928
$8,060
$132
Superfund Cleanup
Superfund: Emergency Response and Removal
$233,104
$190,000
$199,835
$9,835
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Program Project by Program Area
n 2112.5
n 21121 I iiiiil n 21122 1'ivsiilnii's
WliiuK Viimiiili/ril ( l\ Uncivi l
Superfund: EPA Emergency Preparedness $7,555 $7,700 $8,056
Superfund: Federal Facilities $24,264 $21,800 $36,272
Superfund: Remedial $639,714 $589,000 $454,601
Subtotal, Superfund Cleanup $904,636 $808,500 $698,764
Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund $1,326,363 $1,205,811 $1,154,168
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Operations and Administration
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Acquisition Management
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST/UST
LUST Cooperative Agreements
LUST Prevention
Subtotal, Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Compliance
Compliance Monitoring
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST/UST
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Oil
Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Operations and Administration
$625 $620 $653
$343 $416 $448
$932 $836 $724
$245 $132 $132
$1,520 $1,384 $1,304
$9,561 $9,470 $9,811
$55,438 $55,040 $55,040
$25,383 $25,369 $26,669
$90,382 $89,879 $91,520
$303 $320 $337
$92,830 $92,203 $93,814
$132 $139 $2,146
$0 $0 $0
$2,532 $2,413 $2,538
$15,160 $16,200 $20,503
n 2023
I'lv-idriil'-
liud
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Program Project by Program Area
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
n 21121 I iiiiil
WliiuK
$628
n 21122
Vnmiiili/cil ( K
$682
n 2112.5
l'iv>iilrlir>>
Uncivil
$641
n 202.5
I'lV-illrlll'-
Uncivi l \.
n 21122
Allllllilli/rll ( l\
-$41
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
$1,149
$664
$674
$10
Total, Inland Oil Spill Programs
$19,601
$20,098
$26,502
$6,404
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska Native Villages
Brownfields Projects
Infrastructure Assistance: Clean Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico Border
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program
Targeted Airshed Grants
San Juan Watershed Monitoring (formerly Gold King
Mine Water Monitoring)**
Safe Water for Small & Disadvantaged Communities
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water
Lead Testing in Schools
Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and
Sustainability
Technical Assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works
(formerly Technical Assistance for Treatment Works)**
Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grants (formerly
Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Control Grants)* *
Water Infrastructure Workforce Investment (formerly
Water Infrastructure and Workforce Investment)**
Technical Assistance and Grants for Emergencies
(SDWA)
Technical Assistance and Grants for Emergencies, Small
Systems
Source Water Petition Program
Voluntary Connections to Public Water Systems
Underserved Communities Grant to Meet SDWA
Requirements
Small System Water Loss Identification and Prevention
Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure
Resilience and Sustainability
Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program
Advanced Drinking Water Technologies
$36,607
$101,296
$1,788,798
$1,224,269
$19,591
$87,360
$52,895
$6,363
$45,312
$40,053
$19,430
$0
$0
$6,308
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$36,186
$90,982
$1,638,826
$1,126,088
$30,000
$90,000
$59,000
$4,000
$26,408
$21,511
$26,500
$4,000
$18,000
$40,000
$3,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$40,000
$130,982
$1,638,847
$1,126,095
$30,000
$150,000
$59,000
$4,000
$80,002
$182,002
$36,500
$25,000
$18,000
$280,000
$17,711
$35,000
$15,000
$5,000
$20,000
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
$10,000
$3,814
$40,000
$21
$7
$0
$60,000
$0
$0
$53,594
$160,491
$10,000
$21,000
$0
$240,000
$14,711
$35,000
$15,000
$5,000
$20,000
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
$10,000
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Program Project by Program Area
Clean Water Act Research, Investigations, Training, and
Information
Wastewater Efficiency Grant Pilot Program
Clean Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability
Program
Small and Medium Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Circuit Rider Program
Grants for Low and Moderate income Household
Decentralized Wastewater Systems
Connection to Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Water Data Sharing Pilot Program
Stormwater Infrastructure Technology
Stormwater Control Infrastructure Project Grants
Alternative Water Sources Grants Pilot Program
Enhanced Aquifer Use and Recharge
Water Sector Cybersecurity
Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
n 21121 1iiiiil
WliiuK
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$3,428,280
n 21122
Vnmiiili/cil ( K
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$3,214,501
n 2023
I'lV-Hlrm'".
Uncivil
$75,000
$20,000
$25,000
$10,000
$50,000
$40,000
$15,000
$5,000
$10,000
$25,000
$5,000
$25,000
$4,408,139
n 2023
I'lV-illrlll'-
Uncivi l \.
n 2022
Anmiiili/cil ( K
$75,000
$20,000
$25,000
$10,000
$50,000
$40,000
$15,000
$5,000
$10,000
$25,000
$5,000
$25,000
$1,193,638
Categorical Grants
Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319)
Categorical Grant: Public Water System Supervision
(PWSS)
Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality
Management
Categorical Grant: Radon
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106)
Monitoring Grants
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec.
106) (other activities)
Subtotal, Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec.
106)
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program Development
Categorical Grant: Underground Injection Control
(UIC)
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program Implementation
Categorical Grant: Lead
Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste Grants
(formerly Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial
Assistance)* *
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Enforcement
Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances Compliance
Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Program
Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks
$180,139
$110,341
$241,186
$8,685
$15,458
$212,284
$227,741
$10,111
$10,604
$12,148
$15,895
$110,760
$24,321
$5,022
$6,151
$69,308
$1,475
$177,000
$112,000
$229,500
$7,795
$17,267
$212,733
$230,000
$14,192
$11,164
$12,294
$14,275
$101,500
$24,000
$4,630
$4,760
$66,250
$1,475
$188,999
$132,566
$322,198
$12,487
$18,515
$233,023
$251,538
$15,079
$11,387
$14,027
$24,639
$118,247
$25,580
$5,775
$6,877
$85,009
$1,505
$11,999
$20,566
$92,698
$4,692
$1,248
$20,290
$21,538
$887
$223
$1,733
$10,364
$16,747
$1,580
$1,145
$2,117
$18,759
$30
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Program Project by Program Area
n 21121 1 iiiiil
WliiuK
n 2022
Viiniiiili/t'd ( K
n 2023
I'lV^iilrlll'*
Uncivil
n 2023
I'lv-idrnl'-
Uncivi l \.
n 2022
Anmiiili/cd ( K
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management
$12,964
$13,415
$23,126
$9,711
Categorical Grant: Environmental Information
$9,866
$9,336
$15,000
$5,664
Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection
$10,863
$9,619
$9,811
$192
Categorical Grant: Brownfields
$46,752
$46,195
$46,954
$759
Categorical Grant: Multipurpose Grants
$14,297
$10,000
$10,200
$200
Subtotal, Categorical Grants
$1,128,627
$1,099,400
$1,321,004
$221,604
Clean and Safe Water Technical Assistance Grants
(formerly Congressional Priorities)**
Water Quality Research and Support Grants
$365
$0
$0
$0
Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
$4,557,273
$4,313,901
$5,729,143
$1,415,242
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
RCRA: Waste Management
$21,498
$0
$0
$0
Operations and Administration
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
$154
$0
$0
$0
Total, Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System
Fund
$21,652
$0
$0
$0
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Fund
Ensure Clean Water (formerly Water Quality
Protection)**
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
$79,800
$65,000
$80,344
$15,344
Total, Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Fund
$79,800
$65,000
$80,344
$15,344
Subtotal, EPA
$9,378,522
$9,265,144
$11,880,841
$2,615,697
Cancellation of Funds
$0
-$27,991
$0
$27,991
TOTAL, EPA $9,378,522 $9,237,153 $11,880,841 $2,643,688
*For ease of comparison, Superfund transfer resources for the audit and research functions are shown in the Superfund account.
** These program names are proposed for change in the FY 2023 President's Budget.
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Agency Resources by Appropriation
Summary of Agency Resources by Appropriation
(Dollars in Thousands)
Appropriiilion
I V 2021
Actiiiils
I V 2022
AC R
I V 2023
Pros. Bud.
Delist
I V 2023 IMJ
- I V 2022
AC R
Science &. Technology (S&T)
S7JN.321'
SXM. 155
SI34.X>
Environmental Program & Management (EPM)
$2,572,857
$2,761,550
$3,796,280
$1,034,730
Inspector General (IG)
$38,174
$43,500
$55,865
$12,365
Building and Facilities (B&F)
$43,076
$33,752
$80,570
$46,818
Inland Oil Spill programs (Oil)
$19,601
$20,098
$26,502
$6,404
Hazardous Substance Superfund (SF) Total
$1,326,363
$1,205,811
$1,154,168
($51,643)
-Superfund Program
$1,290,597
$1,163,470
$1,110,738
($52,732)
-Inspector General Transfer
$11,634
$11,586
$12,062
$476
-Science & Technology Transfer
$24,133
$30,755
$31,368
$613
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST)
$92,830
$92,203
$93,814
$1,611
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) Total
$4,557,273
$4,313,901
$5,729,143
$1,415,242
-Categorical Grants
$1,128,627
$1,099,400
$1,321,004
$221,604
-All other STAG
$3,428,645
$3,214,501
$4,408,139
$1,193,638
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Fund
$79,800
$65,000
$80,344
$15,344
(WIFIA)
Cancellations
$0
($27,991)
$0
$27,991*
A»encv Tolsil
S9.37S.522
S9.237.153
SI 1,880,841
S2.(>43.(>88
*The FY 2023 President's Budget does not propose a cancellation of funds.
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Categorical Program Grants
By National Program and Media
(Dollars in Thousands)
, FY 2 2 FY 2 22 FY 2 23
NPM / Grant . . , „ D ,
Actuals ACR Prcs Bud
%
Delta Change
FY 2023 FY 2023
PB-FY PB-FY
2022 2022
Enacted Enacted
Air and Radiation
State and Local Air Quality Management $240,412 $229,500 $322,198
Tribal Air Quality Management $12,529 $13,415 $23,126
Radon $8,304 $7,795 $12,487
$92,698 40.39%
$9,711 72.39%
$4,692 60.19%
$261,245 $250,710 $357,811
Water
Pollution Control (Sec. 106) $225,112 $230,000 $251,538
Beaches Protection $10,642 $9,619 $9,811
Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319) $179,278 $177,000 $188,999
Wetlands Program Development $10,042 $14,192 $15,079
$107,101 42.72%
$21,538 9.36%
$192 2.00%
$11,999 6.78%
$887 6.25%
$425,074 $430,811 $465,427
Drinking Water
Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) $110,085 $112,000 $132,566
Underground Injection Control (UIC) $10,509 $11,164 $11,387
$34,616 8.04%
$20,566 18.36%
$223 2.00%
$120,594 $123,164 $143,953
Hazardous Waste
Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste Grants ...... ^
(formerly Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance)*
Brownfields $46,140 $46,195 $46,954
Underground Storage Tanks $1,475 $1,475 $1,505
$20,789 16.88%
$16,747 16.50%
$759 1.64%
$30 2.03%
$144,757 $149,170 $166,706
Pesticides and Toxics
Pesticides Program Implementation $11,907 $12,294 $14,027
Lead $15,385 $14,275 $24,639
Toxics Substances Compliance $6,075 $4,760 $6,877
Pesticides Enforcement $24,091 $24,000 $25,580
$17,536 11.76%
$1,733 14.10%
$10,364 72.60%
$2,117 44.47%
$1,580 6.58%
$57,458 $55,329 $71,123
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Environmental Information $9,383 $9,336 $15,000
Multipurpose Grants $14,133 $10,000 $10,200
Pollution Prevention $4,862 $4,630 $5,775
Tribal General Assistance Program $66,920 $66,250 $85,009
$15,794 28.55%
$5,664 60.67%
$200 2.00%
$1,145 24.73%
$18,759 28.32%
$95,298 $90,216 $115,984
$25,768 28.56%
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Categorical Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests a total of $1,321 billion for 20 categorical program grants for Tribal
governments, states, interstate organizations, non-profit organizations, and inter-Tribal consortia.
This represents a $222 million, or approximately 20 percent, increase above FY 2022 annualized
continuing resolution levels to directly support EPA partners. The Agency will continue to pursue
its strategy of building and supporting Tribal, state, and local capacity to implement, operate, and
enforce the Nation's environmental laws. Most environmental laws were designed with a
decentralized nationwide structure to protect public health and the environment. In this way,
environmental goals will ultimately be achieved through the collective actions, programs, and
commitments of Tribal, state, and local governments, organizations, and citizens.
In FY 2023, EPA will continue to offer flexibility to Tribal and state governments to manage their
environmental programs as well as provide technical and financial assistance to achieve mutual
environmental goals. First, EPA and its Tribal and state partners will continue implementing the
National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS). NEPPS is designed to provide
states the flexibility to operate their programs, while continuing to emphasize measuring and
reporting of environmental results. Second, Performance Partnership Grants (PPGs) will continue
to provide Tribes and states the funding flexibility to combine categorical program grants to
address environmental priorities and, in some cases, to reduce administrative burden.
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HIGHLIGHTS:
State and Local Air Quality Management & Tribal Air Quality Management
The FY 2023 President's Budget includes $345.3 million for grants to support State and Local and
Tribal Air Quality Management programs. Grant funds for State and Local Air Quality
Management and Tribal Air Quality Management are requested in the amounts of $322.2 million
and $23.1 million, respectively. These funds provide resources to multi-state, state, local, and
Tribal air pollution control agencies for the development and implementation of programs for the
prevention and control of air pollution and for the implementation of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) set to protect public health and the environment.
In FY 2023, EPA will continue to work with state and local air pollution control agencies to
develop and implement State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for NAAQS, monitor industry
compliance with EPA stationary source regulations, develop plans for regional haze, and develop
and operate air quality monitoring networks. EPA also will continue to work with federally
recognized Tribal governments, nationwide, to develop and implement Tribal air quality
management programs and to build Tribal air quality management capacity.
Increased funding requested in both grant programs will help expand the efforts of Tribal, state,
and local air pollution control agencies to implement their programs and to accelerate immediate
on-the-ground efforts to reduce and prevent greenhouse gases, such as expanding state- and local-
level deployment of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency programs; ensuring safe and
effective oil and gas well pollution management and prevention to reduce volatile organic
compounds (VOC) and methane emissions in communities across the Nation; supporting state and
local government development of policies and programs to facilitate build-out of electric vehicle
charging station infrastructure; and supporting programs to improve transportation options and
reduce disproportionate exposure to traffic emissions in underserved communities. Through this
funding, EPA will support environmental justice by increasing air quality monitoring in minority,
low-income, and marginalized communities that are and have been overburdened with
disproportionate environmental or public health risks resulting from exposure to pollution.
State Indoor Air Radon Grants
The FY 2023 request includes approximately $12.5 million for grants to support State Indoor Air
Radon Grant (SIRG) programs. EPA assists Tribes and states through the SIRG program, which
provides categorical grants to develop, implement, and enhance programs that assess and mitigate
radon risk. EPA provides guidance to Tribes and states to promote and spread effective strategies
for reducing indoor radon public health risks. EPA also works with Tribes and states to support
targeting SIRG funding to reduce risks for low-income populations that lack resources to mitigate
radon risk on their own.
Wetlands Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $15.1 million for Wetlands Program Development Grants, which
provide technical and financial assistance to Tribes, states, and local governments. These grants
support development of Tribal and state wetland programs that further the national goal of an
overall increase in the acreage and condition of wetlands. The Wetland Program Development
Grants are EPA's primary resource for supporting Tribal and state wetland program development.
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Wetland grants are used to develop new, or refine existing, Tribal and state wetland programs in
one or more of the following areas: monitoring and assessment, voluntary restoration and
protection, regulatory programs including Section 401 certification and Section 404 assumption,
and wetland water quality standards.
Public Water System Supervision Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $132.6 million for Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) grants.
These grants assist Tribes and states to implement and enforce National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations to ensure the safety of the Nation's drinking water resources and to protect public
health. Through this funding, EPA and Tribal, state, and local governments will build on current
efforts to identify, prevent, and protect drinking water from known and emerging contaminants
that potentially endanger public health. All these activities help address health-based violations,
water supply shortages, and provide operational efficiencies that protect the Nation's infrastructure
investment.
Beaches Protection
In FY 2023, EPA requests $9.8 million for Beaches Protection grants. The beach grant program
awards grants to eligible Tribes, coastal and Great Lakes states, and territories to improve water
quality monitoring at beaches and to notify the public of beach advisories and closings. The beach
grant program is a collaborative effort between EPA, Tribes, states, territories, and local
governments to help ensure that coastal and Great Lakes recreational waters are safe for
swimming.
Nonpoint Source (NPS) (Section 319)
In FY 2023, EPA requests $189 million for Nonpoint Source Program grants to states, territories,
and Tribes. These grants enable states to use a range of tools to implement their programs
including: both non-regulatory and regulatory programs, technical assistance, financial assistance,
education, training, technology transfer, and demonstration projects. The request also eliminates,
for FY 2023, the statutory one third of one percent cap on Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint
Source Pollution grants that may be awarded to Tribes, allowing the Agency to provide Tribal
funding at the Agency' s discretion in accordance with Tribal needs. EPA will work collaboratively
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in high priority, focused watersheds to address
agricultural nonpoint source pollution. The goal of this collaboration is to coordinate agency
efforts, thereby increasing conservation on the ground to better protect water resources from
nonpoint sources of pollution, including nitrogen and phosphorus.
Pollution Control (Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants)
EPA's FY 2023 request includes $251.5 million for Water Pollution Control grants to Tribal, state,
and interstate water quality programs. These water quality funds assist Tribal and state efforts to
restore and maintain the quality of the Nation's waters through water quality standards, improved
water quality monitoring and assessment, implementation of Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDLs) and other watershed-related plans, and to operate the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit program.
In FY 2023, EPA requests that $18.5 million of the Section 106 program funding be provided to
Tribes and states that participate in national- and state-level statistical surveys of water resources,
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as well as for enhancements to state monitoring programs.
Lead Grants
The FY 2023 request includes $24.6 million to provide support to authorized Tribal and state
programs that administer training and certification programs for lead professionals and renovation
contractors engaged in lead-based paint abatement and renovation, repair, and painting activities,
as well as accreditation of training providers. The grants also will provide assistance, using a
targeted approach, to Tribes and states interested in becoming authorized to run the Renovation,
Repair and Painting (RRP) Program. Further, this assistance supports Tribal, state and local efforts
to reduce the disparities in blood lead levels between low-income children and non-low-income
children, and provides targeted support to authorized programs focused on reducing exposure to
lead-based paint across the Nation, with an emphasis on better serving EJ communities and other
susceptible and underserved sub-populations. Activities conducted under the Program by EPA and
its partners will be aligned with the objectives of the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood
Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts (Federal Lead Action Plan).
Pollution Prevention
In FY 2023, EPA requests $5.8 million for the Pollution Prevention (P2) grants program. The P2
Program is one of the Agency's primary tools for advancing national environmental stewardship,
pollution reduction and elimination, source reduction, and sustainability goals through targeted
and coordinated partnerships and initiatives with federal, Tribal, and state government partners,
businesses, communities, and individuals. These partnerships and initiatives alleviate
environmental problems by achieving: significant reductions in the generation of hazardous
releases to air, water, and land; reductions in the use or inefficient use of hazardous materials in
support of chemical safety; reductions in the generation of greenhouse gases in support of the
Administration's climate change initiatives; and reductions in the use of water through system
improvements in support of national infrastructure. As a result of implementing these preventative
approaches, the P2 Program helps businesses and others reduce costs and access market
opportunities while concurrently advancing the Agency's priorities to take action on climate
change, better support EJ communities, and promote sustainability initiatives that support U.S.
Government-wide goals and objectives. Increased funding will provide additional technical
assistance to businesses, particularly small- and medium-sized firms in underserved communities,
to help them: identify, develop, and implement cost-effective approaches for reducing or
eliminating pollution at the source; better understand conformance with and access to EPA
Recommended Standards and Ecolabels, and have better understanding of and access to EPA's
Safer Choice, Green Chemistry, and sustainability programming.
Underground Storage Tanks
In FY 2023, EPA requests $1.5 million for the Underground Storage Tanks (UST) grants program.
Grants are provided to states, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, to improve and enhance UST
programs. STAG funds may be used for prevention activities that are not specifically spelled out
in the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 such as: applying for state program approval to operate
the UST Program in lieu of the federal program, updating UST regulations, and providing
compliance assistance. EPA anticipates that all states with state program approval (SPA) will have
program renewal by the end of FY 2023. In addition, EPA anticipates several new states will apply
and be approved for SPA for the first time by the end of FY 2023.
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Underground Injection Control (UIC) Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $11.4 million for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) grants
program. Grants are provided to states that have primary enforcement authority (primacy) to
implement and maintain UIC programs. The funding allows for the implementation of the UIC
program, including for states and Tribes to administer UIC permitting programs, provide program
oversight, implementation tools, and public outreach, and ensure that injection wells are safely
operated. In addition, EPA will continue to process primacy applications and permit applications
for Class VI geological sequestration wells.
Multipurpose Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $10.2 million for the Multipurpose Grants program. These flexible
grants allow Tribal nations and states the flexibility to fund high-priority activities that
complement work being funded under established environmental statutes to protect human health
and the environment. Recognizing that environmental challenges vary due to factors such as
geography, population density, and economic activities, this program provides EPA's partners
with flexibility to target funds to their highest priority efforts, such as addressing emerging
contaminants, advancing EJ for communities, and addressing climate change.
Tribal General Assistance Program Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $85 million in General Assistance Program (GAP) grants to provide
Tribes with a foundation to build their capacity to address environmental issues on Indian lands.
This request will assist EPA's partnership and collaboration with Tribes to address environmental
program responsibilities and challenges. Resources will support activities to help Tribes transition
from capacity development to program implementation and support the development of EPA-
Tribal Environmental Plans (ETEPs) to identify EPA and Tribal responsibilities for ensuring
environmental and public health responsibilities in Tribal communities. These grants will assist
Tribal governments in building environmental capacity to assess environmental conditions, utilize
available federal and other information, and build and administer environmental programs tailored
to their unique needs.
Pesticide Enforcement and Toxics Substances Compliance Grants
The FY 2023 request includes $32.5 million to build environmental partnerships with Tribes and
states that strengthen their ability to address environmental and public health threats from
pesticides and toxic substances. The compliance monitoring and enforcement state grants request
consists of $25.6 million for Pesticides Enforcement and $6.9 million for Toxic Substances
Compliance grants. Tribal and State compliance and enforcement grants will be awarded to assist
in the implementation of compliance and enforcement provisions of the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
The Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring grant program creates environmental partnerships
with states and Tribes to strengthen their ability to address environmental and public health threats
from toxic substances. More specifically, the Program funds activities that protect the public and
the environment from hazards associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
asbestos, and lead-based paint. These grants will support the increase of newly authorized state
programs, ensure current authorized states are fully funded to continue work, as well as help
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address EJ concerns in overburdened and vulnerable communities. Activities conducted under the
Program by EPA and its partners associated with lead-based paint exposure protection will be
aligned with the objectives of the Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and
Associated Health Impacts (Federal Lead Action Plan).
Under the Pesticides Enforcement grant program, EPA provides resources to states and Tribes to
conduct FIFRA compliance inspections, take appropriate enforcement actions, and implement
programs for farm worker protection. The Program also sponsors training for Tribal and state
inspectors, through the Pesticide Inspector Residential Program (PIRT), and for Tribal and state
managers through the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP). These grants will help
Tribes and states rebuild programmatic capabilities between EPA and its partners, provide vital
laboratory capacity, protect the environment from harmful chemicals and pesticides, and help
address EJ concerns in overburdened and vulnerable communities.
Pesticides Program Implementation Grants
The FY 2023 request includes $14.0 million for Pesticides Program Implementation grants. These
resources translate pesticide regulatory decisions made at the national level into results at the local
level and help Tribal, state, and other pesticide programs stay current with changing requirements,
science, and technology, while incorporating EJ principles into their programs. These grants will
assist Tribes, states, , and other partners, including universities, non-profit organizations, other
federal agencies, pesticide users, environmental groups, and other entities to assist in strengthening
and implementing EPA pesticide programs, focusing on issues such as worker safety activities,
including worker protection and certification and training of pesticide applicators, protection of
endangered species, protection of water resources from pesticides, protection of pollinators, and
promotion of environmental stewardship and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)-related activities.
Increased resources will be used to support state efforts to focus on: worker safety activities,
vulnerable and limited English-speaking communities, and expanded grant assistance to Tribes
and territories. Through this expanded assistance, EPA and its partners better protect human health
and the environment from pesticide risk while helping stakeholders realize the value of pesticide
availability by considering the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use
of pesticides with additional EJ considerations.
Environmental Information Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $15.0 million for the Environmental Information Exchange Network
(EN) grant program. The EN grants provide funding to federally recognized Tribes, states,
territories, and Tribal consortia to support their participation in the EN. These grants help EN
partners acquire and develop the hardware and software needed to connect to the EN; use the EN
to collect, report, access, and analyze the data they need with greater efficiency; and integrate
environmental data across programs. In collaboration with EPA, the Tribes and states accept the
EN as the standard approach for EPA and state data sharing. The grant program provides the
funding to make this approach a reality. Specifically, grants will be used to develop publishing
services, develop desktop and mobile applications that can send and receive data via the network,
expand the network to new priority data systems, transition network services to an EPA-hosted
cloud-based node, increase data sharing among partners, bring electronic reporting into
compliance with the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) using EPA hosted
shared services, as well as other priorities.
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In FY 2023, the EN Grant Program will prioritize increasing the Data and IT management capacity
of Tribal and territorial partners to increase their participation in the EN and support capacity
building for Tribes and territories with the inclusion of mentoring resources for first-time Tribal
and territorial applicants. EPA will provide a minimum of $5.6 million to Tribal & territorial
grantees from within the overall EN Grant program. Additionally, EPA will continue to work
agencywide to improve the leveraging of grant resources that sustain Tribal data and IT
management activities.
Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $118.2 million for Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste (formerly
Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance) grants. Resource Recovery and Hazardous Waste grants
are used for the implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
hazardous waste program, which includes permitting, authorization, waste minimization,
enforcement, and corrective action activities.
Within the FY 2023 request, $10 million will be allocated to a grant program focused on improving
solid waste management infrastructure and post-consumer materials management. This investment
will use the authority provided in the Save our Seas 2.0 Act,1 which was passed by Congress in
December 2020. The Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) financing program will
help reduce waste, reduce greenhouse emissions, and create jobs. The Agency has proposed bill
language in the STAG appropriation as a line item categorical grant for this pilot, which contains
inclusive language (e.g., Tribes, states, Alaska Native Villages, former Indian reservations in
Oklahoma and inter-Tribal consortia).
Brownfields Grants
In FY 2023, EPA requests $46.9 million for the Brownfields grant program that provides
assistance to Tribes and states to establish core capabilities and enhance their Tribal and state
Brownfields response programs. These response programs address contaminated brownfields sites
that do not require federal action but need assessment and/or cleanup before they can be ready for
reuse. Tribes and states may use grant funding under this program for a number of areas, including:
to develop a public record, create an inventory of brownfields sites, develop oversight and
enforcement authorities, conduct public education and opportunities for public participation,
develop mechanisms for approval of cleanup plans and certification that cleanup efforts are
completed, purchase environmental insurance, develop tracking and management systems for land
use, and conduct site specific activities such as assessments and cleanups at brownfields sites.
1 For additional information, please visit: https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ224/PLAW-116publ224.pdf.
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Resources
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Resources
State-by-State Distribution of Actual and Estimated Obligations
Fiscal Years 2021 to 2023 - Dollars in Thousands
The following tables show state-by-state distribution of resources for EPA's two largest State and Tribal
Grant Programs, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
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Infrastructure Assistance:
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF)
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Alabama
$23,934
$23,470
$23,470
Alaska
$11,001
$10,888
$10,888
American Samoa
$4,144
$4,101
$4,101
Arizona
$23,347
$19,581
$19,581
Arkansas
$16,551
$16,380
$16,380
California
$105,693
$96,047
$96,053
Colorado
$21,936
$21,512
$21,512
Connecticut
$11,001
$10,888
$10,888
Delaware
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
District of Columbia
$12,104
$10,888
$10,888
Florida
$43,635
$42,859
$42,859
Georgia
$26,596
$25,657
$25,657
Guam
$3,852
$3,813
$3,813
Hawaii
$11,366
$10,888
$10,888
Idaho
$11,001
$10,888
$10,888
Illinois
$41,893
$41,078
$41,078
Indiana
$16,969
$16,642
$16,642
Iowa
$160
$17,248
$17,248
Kansas
$12,879
$12,632
$12,632
Kentucky
$18,294
$17,941
$17,941
Louisiana
$16,616
$16,296
$16,296
Maine
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Maryland
$20,338
$19,945
$19,945
Massachusetts
$25,763
$25,263
$25,263
Michigan
$27,345
$26,726
$26,726
Minnesota
$16,946
$16,620
$16,620
Mississippi
$11,842
$11,720
$11,720
Missouri
$19,394
$19,194
$19,194
Montana
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Nebraska
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Nevada
$13,118
$12,621
$12,621
New Hampshire
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
New Jersey
$19,060
$18,582
$18,582
New Mexico
0
$10,888
$10,888
New York
$45,347
$44,464
$44,464
North Carolina
$34,097
$33,435
$33,435
North Dakota
$11,405
$10,888
$10,888
Northern Mariana Islands
$3,886
$3,210
$3,210
Ohio
$27,923
$27,382
$27,382
Oklahoma
$15,596
$15,435
$15,435
Oregon
$14,606
$14,325
$14,325
Pennsylvania
$34,205
$33,525
$33,525
Puerto Rico
$22,111
$10,888
$10,888
Rhode Island
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
South Carolina
$14,740
$14,100
$14,100
South Dakota
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Tennessee
$19,284
$18,911
$18,911
Texas
$173,295
$85,314
$85,315
Utah
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Vermont
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Virgin Islands, U.S.
$5,265
$5,207
$5,207
Virginia
$18,114
$17,764
$17,764
Washington
$24,576
$24,323
$24,323
West Virginia
$11,100
$10,888
$10,888
Wisconsin
$18,922
$18,556
$18,556
Wyoming
$11,011
$10,888
$10,888
Tribal Resources
$14,865
$22,522
$22,522
Non-state Resources
$17,243WA5A7
$ 14,8151'2
$ 14,815 '•2
TOTAL:
$1,224,269
$1,126,088
$1,126,095
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Notes:
1. Section 424 P.L. 114-113 which amended the CWA provides EPA the authority to retain up to 0.25 percent of
CWSRF and DWSRF appropriated funds for American Iron and Steel Management Oversight.
2. UCMR set aside - These funds are a set-aside of the DWSRF program ($2 million annually) to pay for the cost of
monitoring for unregulated contaminants at systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. EPA uses the Unregulated
Contaminant Monitoring (UCM) program to collect data for contaminants suspected to be present in drinking water,
but that do not have health-based standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and these funds are for
the administration, management, and oversight associated with the American Iron and Steel Requirement. 0.25% is
set-aside from the DWSRF for this purpose.
3. Interagency Agreement with the Indian Health Service - to provide services to increase basic sanitation access by
providing wastewater infrastructure to Indian Tribes.
4. Payroll to support Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Infrastructure Assistance.
5. Funds were used by the Agency for working capital fund in support of the 2019 Disaster Relief Act.
6. Contract to Process Applications Inc. to provide technical support for Drinking Water Optimization training,
conduct performance evaluations, and provide microbial performance-based training.
7. National Older Worker Career Center - Senior environmental employee program grant for enrollees to work in
regions.
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SRF Obligations by State
Infrastructure Assistance:
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF)
(Dollars in Thousands)
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Alabama
$17,946
$17,947
$17,948
Alaska
$9,606
$9,606
$9,606
American Samoa
$8,701
$8,701
$8,701
Arizona
$18,649
$10,841
$10,841
Arkansas
$10,499
$10,500
$10,500
California
$119,054
$114,793
$114,794
Colorado
$12,838
$12,839
$12,839
Connecticut
$19,662
$19,663
$19,663
Delaware
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
District of Columbia
$8,165
$7,879
$7,880
Florida
$90,234
$54,179
$54,179
Georgia
$21,944
$27,138
$27,138
Guam
$6,296
$6,296
$6,296
Hawaii
$12,443
$12,431
$12,431
Idaho
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Illinois
$72,587
$72,591
$72,592
Indiana
$38,679
$38,682
$38,682
Iowa
$21,722
$21,723
$21,723
Kansas
$14,487
$14,488
$14,488
Kentucky
$20,427
$20,428
$20,428
Louisiana
$17,643
$17,644
$17,645
Maine
$12,424
$12,425
$12,425
Maryland
$38,817
$38,820
$38,820
Massachusetts
$54,491
$54,495
$54,495
Michigan
$69,010
$69,014
$69,015
Minnesota
$29,499
$29,501
$29,501
Mississippi
$14,460
$14,461
$14,461
Missouri
$44,492
$44,495
$44,495
Montana
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Nebraska
$8,209
$8,210
$8,210
Nevada
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
New Hampshire
$16,039
$16,040
$16,040
New Jersey
$65,585
$65,589
$65,590
New Mexico
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
New York
$177,146
$177,160
$177,160
North Carolina
$57,556
$28,968
$28,968
North Dakota
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Northern Mariana Islands
$4,044
$4,044
$4,044
Ohio
$90,352
$90,358
$90,359
Oklahoma
$12,967
$12,967
$12,968
Oregon
$18,130
$18,132
$18,132
Pennsylvania
$63,575
$63,579
$63,579
Puerto Rico
$20,933
$20,934
$20,934
Rhode Island
$10,777
$10,777
$10,777
South Carolina
$32,712
$16,443
$16,443
South Dakota
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Tennessee
$23,315
$23,316
$23,317
Texas
$145,988
$73,361
$73,362
Utah
$8,457
$8,457
$8,457
Vermont
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Virgin Islands, U.S.
$0
$5,050
$5,050
Virginia
$32,846
$32,848
$32,848
Washington
$27,910
$27,912
$27,913
West Virginia
$25,019
$25,021
$25,021
Wisconsin
$43,389
$43,392
$43,392
Wyoming
$7,879
$7,879
$7,880
Tribal Resources
$21,380
$32,777
$32,777
Non-state Resources
$6,783UA4-5
$1,100'
$1,000'
TOTAL:
$1,788,798
$1,638,826
$1,638,847
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Notes:
1. Section 424 of P.L. 114-113, which amended the CWA, provides EPA the authority to retain up to 0.25 percent of CWSRF and
DWSRF appropriations for American Iron and Steel Management and Oversight.
2. Funds were used by the Agency for working capital fund in support of the 2019 Disaster Relief Act.
3. Interagency Agreement with the Indian Health Service to provide services to increase basic sanitation access by providing
wastewater infrastructure to Indian Tribes.
4. National Older Worker Career Center - Senior environmental employee program grant for enrollees to work in regions.
5. Payroll to support Clean Water State Revolving Fund: Infrastructure Assistance.
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Infrastructure/STAG Project Financing
Infrastructure and Special Projects Funds
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests a total of $4.4 billion for EPA's Infrastructure programs
in the State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG) and Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Act (WIFIA) accounts. In FY 2023, EPA will continue implementing the Water Infrastructure
Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) and America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
(AWIA) and begin implementing the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act
(DWWIA) to address water infrastructure challenges throughout the Nation while promoting
resiliency to climate change. Infrastructure programs include: the State Revolving Funds (SRFs),
WIFIA, Alaska Native Villages, DWWIA, WIIN, and AWIA water programs, and Brownfields
Projects.
With funds provided to the SRFs and technical assistance funding through EPA's operating
programs, in FY 2023, EPA will continue its effort to build the capacity of local utilities, private
investors, and state programs to expand their contribution to the array of funding options to meet
future infrastructure needs. Infrastructure and targeted project funding, under the STAG
appropriation, provides financial assistance to states, municipalities, and Tribal governments to
fund a variety of drinking water, wastewater, air, and brownfields environmental projects. These
funds help fulfill the federal government's commitment to help our Tribal, state, and local partners
comply with federal environmental requirements to ensure public health and revitalize
contaminated properties.
By providing STAG funds to capitalize the SRF programs, EPA enables the states to provide low-
cost loans and grants to municipalities for infrastructure construction. All drinking water and
wastewater projects are funded based on state-developed priority lists. Through the SRF set-asides,
grants are available to Indian Tribes and United States territories for infrastructure projects. The
resources included in this budget request will enable the Agency, in conjunction with EPA's
Tribal, state, and local partners, to achieve important goals related to climate change, equity, and
jobs.
Capitalizing Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds
The Drinking Water and Clean Water SRF programs demonstrate a true partnership between
states, localities, and the federal government. These programs provide federal financial assistance,
in the form of capitalization grants, to states to protect the Nation's water resources. These funds
are used for the construction of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and treatment
facilities. The state revolving funds are two important elements of the Nation's substantial
investment in sewage treatment and drinking water systems, which provide Americans with
significant benefits in the form of reduced water pollution and safer drinking water.
This federal investment also will support the continued work of the SRFs in ensuring that small
and underserved communities have tools available to help address their pressing water
infrastructure and other water quality needs. Many small systems face significant investment needs
critical for the public health and environmental safety of the towns and cities they serve. EPA will
focus on issues such as: financial planning for future infrastructure investments (applications,
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exploring financing options, planning and design); expanding current work with states to identify
additional financing opportunities for small communities; and enhancing collaboration with
USDA on training, technical assistance, and funding opportunities for small communities. To
maintain a focus on communities most in need, states are required to provide a portion of their
capitalization grant as additional subsidization to underserved communities in their state.
EPA will continue to provide financial assistance for wastewater and other water projects through
the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). CWSRF projects also include estuary, storm
water, and sewer overflow projects. The dramatic progress made in improving the quality of
wastewater treatment since the 1970s is a national success. In 1972, only 78.2 million people were
served by secondary or advanced wastewater treatment facilities. As of 2012 (from the most recent
Clean Watersheds Needs Survey), over 99 percent of Publicly Owned Treatment Works, serving
234 million people, use secondary treatment or better. Water infrastructure projects, supported by
the program, contribute to direct ecosystem improvements by lowering the amount of nutrients
and toxic pollutants in all types of surface waters.
The FY 2023 request includes almost $1,639 billion in funding for the CWSRF. Total CWSRF
funding provided for projects from 1988 through 2021 exceeds $153 billion. This total includes
loan repayments, state match dollars, as well as other funding sources. EPA estimates that for
every federal dollar that has been contributed, over three dollars have been made available to
municipalities to fund infrastructure projects.
The FY 2023 request includes $1,126 billion in funding for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund (DWSRF). The total DWSRF funding made available for loans from 1997 through June 2021
exceeds $48.5 billion. This total includes loan repayments, state match dollars, as well as other
funding sources. EPA estimates that for every federal dollar that has been contributed,
approximately two dollars have been made available to municipalities to fund infrastructure
projects. The DWSRF helps address the costs of ensuring safe drinking water supplies and assists
small communities in meeting their responsibilities.
Tribal communities are often in need of assistance given aging or inadequate sanitation and
drinking water infrastructure, which can cause significant public health concerns. To help address
this situation, EPA is requesting a Tribal funding floor of two percent, or $30 million for the
CWSRF and $20 million for the DWSRF, whichever is greater, of the funds appropriated in
FY2023.
For FY 2023, EPA requests that not less than 10 percent, but not more than 20 percent, of CWSRF
funds and not less than 20 percent, but not more than 30 percent, of DWSRF funds be made
available to each state to be used to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of
forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, or grants (or a combination of these). For FY
2023, the EPA will encourage states to utilize the subsidy to assist small drinking water and
wastewater systems with standards compliance. AWIA requires that states provide 6 percent to 35
percent of each state's capitalization grant as subsidy to assist overburdened and underserved
communities.
For FY 2023, EPA also requests a $12 million set-aside from the DWSRF to implement the
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expansion of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) program. The 1996 Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) established the current UCMR program, including statutory
provisions that require EPA to coordinate and pay the monitoring costs for a representative
selection of small water systems that serve fewer than 10,000 individuals. Section 2021 of AWIA
directs EPA to require, subject to availability of appropriations and adequate laboratory capacity,
all Public Water Systems (PWSs) serving 3,300 to 10,000 persons to monitor unregulated
contaminants under future UCMR cycles and ensure that a nationally representative sample of
PWSs serving fewer than 3,300 persons monitor unregulated contaminants under future UCMR
cycles. Traditionally, under this emerging contaminant monitoring program, EPA would require
sampling at 800 small water systems that would be selected to represent the over 60,000 small
water systems throughout the country. Based on the AWIA revisions to the SDWA, EPA is now
preparing to significantly expand the small water system monitoring program. Starting with
UCMR 5 (FY 2022-2026), the total number of small systems monitored is expected to increase
7.5 times, from 800 to -6,000. This will include all -5,200 public water systems that serve between
3,300 and 10,000 individuals and a representative selection of 800 systems serving fewer than
3,300 individuals.
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests a proposal to expand the authority of the existing small
set-aside for the American Iron and Steel (AIS) requirement from the CWSRF to fund future Clean
Watershed Needs Surveys (CWNS). The CWNS is a comprehensive assessment of the capital
needs to meet the water quality goals in response to Sections 205(a) and 516 of the CWA. This
assessment and documentation of future needs is critical in the effort to manage and fund our
Nation's wastewater infrastructure. A comprehensive CWNS is an important tool to identify
critical water quality needs in communities across the Nation, including small and underserved
communities, and opportunities to invest in climate resiliency. The set-aside percentage of up to
0.25% will allow EPA to continue to fully fund the required Clean Water AIS management and
oversight activities and provide reliable and sufficient resources, up to $1.5 million, to conduct the
CWNS. Additionally, EPA is requesting an additional set-aside in the DWSRF to fund the
Drinking Water Needs Survey (DWNS). Every four years, EPA works with states and community
water systems to estimate the DWSRF eligible needs of system by state over the next 20 years.
EPA uses this information as part of the formula for state allocations of the DWSRF. The FY 2023
President's Budget includes an up to $1.5 million set-aside from the DWSRF to ensure there are
consistent and reliable resources to fund this important work.
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program
In FY 2023, EPA will continue to fund the WIFIA program. The FY 2023 request of $80 million
will support WIFIA credit assistance to finance drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
projects. The WIFIA program will accelerate investment in our Nation's water and wastewater
infrastructure by providing supplemental credit assistance to creditworthy nationally and
regionally significant water projects. With a request of $80 million in appropriations, including
$72 million in credit subsidy, EPA could potentially provide over $8 billion in credit assistance
and, when combined with other funding sources, help to spur over $16 billion in total infrastructure
investment.1 It is expected that entities with complex water and wastewater projects will be
1 This approximation is based on notional calculations. Subsidy cost is determined on a loan-by-loan
basis.
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attracted to WIFIA credit assistance and EPA will work to provide assistance to a diverse set of
projects. EPA also will work to assist small and underserved communities with limited ability to
repay loans. Through the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center, EPA will work to
promote public/private collaboration and maintain an ongoing dialogue with the financial
community to encourage investment in the water market as well as innovative financing.
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (A WIA)
In FY 2023, EPA continues to propose funds to implement AWIA grant programs that will assist
in lead testing and drinking water fountain replacement in schools, sewer overflow control, and
water infrastructure workforce investment. These resources would complement state and local
drinking water and wastewater infrastructure investments as well as funding provided through
other Federal channels. In FY 2023, a combined $340.7 million is requested to implement
programs created by AWIA across four program projects, including: Drinking Water Infrastructure
Resilience, Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse grants, Technical Assistance for Wastewater
Treatment Work, and Water Infrastructure Workforce Investment.
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN)
The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN) was enacted to help
communities address numerous drinking water and wastewater infrastructure issues. In FY 2023,
a total of $298.5 million across three programs is requested to implement programs created by this
law. In FY 2023, $182 million is requested for the Reducing Lead in Drinking Water grant
program. The Agency is requesting $80 million for the Safe Water for Small and Disadvantaged
Communities Drinking Water grant program. Additionally, $36.5 million is requested to continue
funding the Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing grant program. These unprecedented
investments reflect the President's priority on addressing lead and other contaminants in drinking
water, especially in small and underserved communities.
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA)
The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (DWWIA) was enacted to help
address numerous drinking water and wastewater issues across the country. DWWIA both created
new grant program authorities and reauthorized and expanded existing programs, including those
created by AWIA and WIIN. Implementation of the Act will strengthen the federal government's
ability to invest in water infrastructure in communities in every state so that all people living in
the United States can have access to safe drinking water and our Nation's waterways can remain
clean and free from pollution. EPA's request fully funds the FY 2023 authorized levels for water
grants authorized by DWWIA, including $565.0 million for the creation of twenty new EPA
grants.
Alaska Native Villages
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests $40 million for Alaska native villages for the
construction of wastewater and drinking water facilities to address sanitation problems unique to
this area of the country. EPA will continue to work with the Department of Health and Human
Services' Indian Health Service, the State of Alaska, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Council, and
local communities to provide needed financial and technical assistance.
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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Grants
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program authorizes funding to provide immediate,
effective emission reductions from existing diesel engines through engine retrofits, rebuilds, and
replacements; switching to cleaner fuels; idling reduction strategies; and other clean diesel
strategies. DERA promotes strategies to reduce harmful emissions of NOx, PM2.5, HC, CO, and
CO2 and protect public health by working with manufacturers, fleet operators, air quality
professionals, environmental and community organizations, Tribes, and state and local officials.
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests $150 million in DERA funding to accelerate the
reduction of diesel emissions in communities, including targeting its discretionary funding to direct
DERA grants and rebates to reduce diesel emissions in priority areas of highly concentrated diesel
pollution to tackle the climate change crisis, such as ports and areas with environmental justice
concerns.
Brownfields Projects
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests approximately $131 million for Brownfields projects,
with a particular focus on those in underserved communities. This investment includes $15 million
dedicated for quality cooperative agreements targeted at communities affected by the retirement
of coal-fired plans. With the FY 2023 request, EPA plans to fund assessment cooperative
agreements, direct cleanup cooperative agreements, supplemental Revolving Loan Fund
cooperative agreements, multipurpose cooperative agreements, and Environmental Workforce
Development & Job Training cooperative agreements, as well as to provide technical assistance to
support Tribes, states, and communities. EPA also will support the assessment and cleanup of sites
contaminated by petroleum or petroleum products.
In FY 2023, the funding requested is expected to result in the assessment and cleanup of over 1,500
brownfields properties located in economically, socially, and environmentally-overburdened
communities.2 Using EPA grant dollars, the brownfields grantees will leverage approximately
13,400 jobs and approximately $2.6 billion in other funding sources. In FY 2023, EPA will
continue to foster federal, state, local, and public/private partnerships to return properties to
productive economic use in communities.
Mexico Border
The President's Budget requests a total of $30 million for water infrastructure projects along the
U.S.-Mexico Border. EPA works collaboratively with United States federal, state, and local
partners and the Mexican water agency - CONAGUA - through the U.S.-Mexico Border Water
Infrastructure Program to fund planning, design, and construction of high-priority water and
wastewater treatment facilities for underserved communities along the border. Investments in
wastewater and drinking water infrastructure in communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico
Border reduce disease and health care costs because exposure to raw sewage and drinking water
contaminants cause acute and chronic illnesses. U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure projects
stimulate local economies through public health-related economic gains, job creation, and
increased demand for goods and services.
2 See Brownfields Assessment Proposal Guidelines for evaluation criteria
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/multipurpose-assessment-rlf-and-cleanup-marc-grant-application-resourcesJ
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remediate sites and protect human health, welfare, and the environment.
Of the total funding requested for Superfund, $698.8 million and 1,274.6 FTE are for Superfund
cleanup programs which include the Superfund Remedial, Emergency Response and Removal,
EPA Emergency Preparedness, and Federal Facilities programs. Based on an analysis of recent
fiscal year data, more than 70 percent of site-specific obligations were obligated to Superfund NPL
sites in underserved communities. The Superfund program protects the American public and its
resources by cleaning up sites that pose an imminent or long-term risk of exposure and harm to
human health and the environment. While conducting cleanup at NPL and non-NPL sites,
Superfund remedial construction projects and Superfund removals can enhance our national
infrastructure while addressing these harmful exposures.
In FY 2023, the Agency will continue to respond to emergency releases of hazardous substances
through the Superfund Emergency Response and Removal program, stabilizing sites, and
mitigating immediate threats to keep our communities safe and healthy. The Superfund Remedial
program will continue to maintain focus on completing projects at various stages in the response
process and endeavor to maximize the use of site-specific special accounts. Special account funds
may not be used for sites or uses not specified in the settlement agreement, and as a result both
special account resources and annually appropriated resources are critical to the Superfund
program.
Of the total funding requested, $185.7 million and 853.2 FTE are for Superfund enforcement-
related activities. One of the Superfund program's primary goals is to have responsible parties pay
for and conduct cleanups at abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. In FY 2021, the
Superfund Enforcement program secured private party commitments for cleanup and cost recovery
and billed for oversight amounts totaling more than $2.1 billion.
CERCLA authorizes the Agency to retain and use funds received pursuant to an agreement with a
potentially responsible party (PRP) to carry out the purpose of that agreement. EPA retains such
funds in special accounts and uses them to finance site-specific CERCLA response actions in
accordance with the settlement agreement, including, but not limited to, investigations,
construction and implementation of the remedy, post-construction activities, and oversight of PRPs
conducting the cleanup. Through the use of special accounts, EPA ensures responsible parties pay
for cleanup so that the annually appropriated resources from the Superfund Trust Fund are
preserved for sites where no viable or liable PRPs have been identified. Through the end of
FY 2021, EPA has collected approximately $7.8 billion from PRPs and earned approximately
$734.4 million in interest. In addition, for those sites that had no additional work planned or costs
to be incurred by EPA, EPA has transferred over $55.1 million to the Superfund Trust Fund for
future appropriation by Congress. As of the end of FY 2021, over $4.6 billion has been disbursed
to finance site response actions and approximately $340.3 million has been obligated but not yet
disbursed. EPA has plans to spend approximately $1.4 billion of currently available special
account funds over the next 5 years, but funds also are planned much further into the future to
continue activities, such as conducting five-year reviews or remedy optimization.
EPA's Homeland Security work is a component of the federal government's prevention,
protection, and response activities. The FY 2023 President's Budget requests $42.3 million within
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the Hazardous Substance Superfund Account to: maintain the Agency's capacity to respond to
incidents that may involve harmful chemical, biological, radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)
substances; develop and maintain Agency expertise and operational readiness for all phases of
consequence management following a CBRN incident; and conduct CBRN training for the
Agency's responders to improve CBRN preparedness.
The FY 2023 President's Budget also includes resources to support agencywide resource
management and control functions. This includes essential infrastructure, contract and grant
administration, financial accounting, and other fiscal operations. Appropriated resources support
both the activities accomplished with special accounts and those funded with annual
appropriations.
The recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $3.5 billion for the
Superfund program and also reinstates the Superfund excise tax.4 This will make additional funds
available to the program in FY 2023. The combined resources from the FY 2023 President's
Budget and supplemental infrastructure funding will continue to advance Superfund site cleanup
and remediation.
In addition, the Agency provides funds for Superfund program research and for auditing. The
President's Budget requests $31.0 million and 63.1 FTE to be transferred to Research and
Development. Research will enable EPA's Superfund program to accelerate scientifically
defensible and cost-effective decisions for cleanup at complex contaminated Superfund sites and
support the development of decontamination techniques for a wide-area CBRN event. The
Superfund research program is driven by program needs to reduce the cost of cleaning up
Superfund sites, improve the efficiency of characterizing and remediating sites, identify effective
remediation technologies, and reduce the scientific uncertainties for improved decision-making at
Superfund sites. The President's Budget also requests $12 million and 42.5 FTE to be transferred
to the Inspector General for program auditing.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
The FY 2023 President's Budget requests $93.8 million and 46.6 FTE for the Leaking
Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund program. The Agency, working with Tribes and
states, addresses public health and environmental threats from releases through detection and
cleanup activities. As required by law (42 U.S.C. § 6991c(f)), not less than 80 percent of LUST
funds appropriated to cleanup will be used for reasonable costs incurred under cooperative
agreements with any state to carry out related purposes.
The LUST Trust Fund financing tax was extended by Congress through September 30, 2022 in the
Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). While tank owners and operators are
liable for the cost of cleanups at leaking underground storage tank sites for which they have
responsibility, EPA and state regulatory agencies are not always able to identify responsible parties
and sometimes responsible parties are no longer financially viable or have a limited ability to pay.
In those cases, the cost of the site cleanup is distributed among fuel users through a targeted fuel
4 On November 15, 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act [(IIJA), P.L. 117-58] reinstated and modified the excise taxes on
certain listed chemicals and imported substances that are used as materials in their manufacture or production one or more of those listed
chemicals ("Superfund chemical taxes"). The Superfund chemical taxes go into effect beginning July 1, 2022 and expire on December
31,2031.
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tax, which is available for appropriation from Congress to support leak prevention and the cleanup
of sites addressed under the LUST program. For FY 2021, the LUST Trust Fund received more
than $228 million in gross tax receipts.
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Eliminated Programs
Eliminated Program Projects
Water Quality Research and Support Grants
(FY 2023 President's Budget: $0.0, 0.0 FTE)
This program is proposed for elimination in the FY 2023 President's Budget. Work to advance
water quality protection can be accomplished within core statutory programs funded in the Budget
request. This program focuses on water quality and water availability research, the development
and application of water quality criteria, the implementation of watershed management
approaches, and the application of technological options to restore and protect water bodies. For
training and technical assistance aspects of the Program, states have the ability to develop technical
assistance plans for their water systems using Public Water System Supervision funds and set-
asides from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). For research and development
components of the Program, EPA was instructed by Congress to award grants on a competitive
basis, independent of the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program and give priority to not-
for-profit organizations that: conduct activities that are national in scope; can provide a twenty-
five percent match, including in-kind contributions; and often partner with the Agency.
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Highlights of Major Program Changes
Note that the numbers in text descriptions may be rounded
Acquisition Management (Environmental Programs and Management (EPM), Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund (LUST), and Superfund (SF))
(FY 2022 ACR: $56.2M; FY 2023 PB: $72.5M; Change: +$16.3M)
This program supports EPA's contract activities across regional and national programs funded by
Environmental Programs and Management (EPM) and Superfund, which cover planning,
awarding, and administering contracts for the Agency to support mission requirements. Activities
include issuing acquisition policy and interpreting acquisition regulations; administering training
for contracting and program acquisition personnel; providing advice and oversight to regional
procurement offices; and providing information technology improvements for acquisition. The
increase in funding and 70 new FTE will advance efforts to strengthen EPA's capacity to process
new, increased, and existing award contract actions in a timely manner; advance EPA utilization
of small and disadvantaged business; support "Made in America" initiatives; and support supply
chain risk management activities for information and communication technology.
Brownfields (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $24.0M; FY 2023 PB: $36.8M; Change: +$12.8M)
This program supports the revitalization of Brownfields sites by awarding grants and providing
technical assistance to Tribes, states, local communities, and other stakeholders to work together
to plan, inventory, assess, safely clean up, and reuse brownfields. The increased funding will
support a new EPA's Community Development Specialists who manage land revitalization
projects, provide one-on-one financial planning support, and educate Tribal, rural, and EJ
communities on how to address brownfields. This increase in resources and 60 new FTE will
provide expanded technical assistance and build capacity in small, rural, EJ, and other historically
underserved communities.
Brownfields Projects (State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG))
(FY 2022 ACR: $91.0M; FY 2023 PB: $131.0M; Change: +$40M)
This program awards grants and provides financial and technical assistance to help Tribes, states,
local communities, and other stakeholders to work together to plan, inventory, assess, safely clean
up, and reuse brownfields, particularly in underserved communities. The investment will stimulate
economic development and promote environmental revitalization. A portion of this investment is
designated for cooperative agreements targeted at communities affected by the retirement of coal-
fired power plants.
Categorical Grant: Environmental Information (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $9.3M; FY 2023 PB: $15.0M; Change: +$5.7M)
This program provides funding to Tribes, states, and territories to support their participation in the
Environmental Information Exchange Network (EN) to access and share environmental data over
the internet. This investment will focus on Tribal and territories grantees to build capacity with
funding assistance, training, and mentoring. Funds for this program will increase and enhance
Tribal capacity enabling them to effectively manage their natural resources and environmental
programs and will result in greater protection of the environment and human health.
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Categorical Grant: Lead (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $14.3M; FY 2023 PB: $24.6M; Change: +$10.4M)
This program provides support to authorized Tribal and state programs that administer training
and certification programs for lead professionals and renovation contractors engaged in lead-based
paint abatement and renovation, repair and painting activities, as well as accreditation of training
providers. Additionally, this program supports Tribe, state, and local efforts to reduce the
disparities in blood lead levels among low-income families and provides targeted support to
authorized programs focused on reducing exposure to lead-based paint across the country, with an
emphasis on better serving environmental justice communities and susceptible sub-populations.
This funding will increase support for EPA's Tribal and state partners to run programs that develop
and implement authorized lead-based paint abatement programs, authorize Renovation, Repair,
and Paining programs, and lead-poisoning programs.
Categorical Grant: Radon (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $7.8M; FY 2023 PB: $12.5M; Change: +$4.7M)
This program supports Tribes and states through the State Indoor Air Radon Grant (SIRG)
program, which provides categorical grants to develop, implement, and enhance programs that
assess and mitigate radon risk. This increase in funding will support EPA's Tribal and state
partners to build capacity and address environmental justice concerns by helping grant recipients
to address radon risk reduction in underserved communities that lack resources to test and mitigate
radon risk on their own.
Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality Management (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $229.5 M; FY 2023 PB: $322.2M; Change: +$92.7M)
This program provides funding for state air programs, as implemented by state, multi-state, and
local air agencies. This increase will help expand the efforts of air pollution control agencies to
implement their programs and to accelerate immediate on-the-ground efforts to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions.
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances Compliance Grants (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $4.8M; FY 2023 PB: $6.9M; Change: +$2.1M)
The Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring grant program fosters environmental partnerships
with Tribes and states to strengthen their ability to address environmental and public health threats
from toxic substances. This investment will fund activities that protect the public and the
environment from hazards associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
asbestos, and lead-based paint.
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $13.4M; FY 2023 PB: $23.1M; Change: +$9.7M)
This resource increase will help expand the efforts of Tribes and Tribal air quality control agencies
to implement their programs and to accelerate immediate on-the-ground efforts to reduce
greenhouse gases. The increase supports additional air quality monitoring capacity on Tribal lands.
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Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Grant (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $66.3M; FY 2023 PB: $85.0M; Change: +$18.8M)
This program is essential to help address the long-standing environmental inequities in Indian
Country. Funding for the General Assistance Grant (GAP) is used by Tribal governments to build
environmental capacities, including capacity to administer EPA programs, as well as to support
solid and hazardous waste implementation activities. This investment also supports partnering with
Tribes to address climate change impacts, leverage infrastructure support, and actively participate
in collaborative direct implementation efforts.
Civil Rights Program (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $9.2M; FY 2023 PB: $25.9M; Change: +$16.7M)
The Civil Rights Program enforces federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination by
recipients of federal financial assistance and protects employees and applicants for employment
from discrimination. This increase will help improve the operations of the External Civil Rights
Compliance Office to advance the protection of civil rights in all Agency activities.
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs (EPM and Science and Technology (S&T))
(FY 2022 ACR: $19.9M; FY 2023 PB: $32.3M; Change: +$12.4M)
This program is responsible for managing the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET),
an ambient monitoring network that has been continuously collecting data for more than 30 years.
CASTNET serves as the Nation's primary source for assessing long-term trends in atmospheric
sulfur and nitrogen deposition, regional ground-level ozone, and other forms of particulate and
gaseous air pollution. Increased resources will focus on technology updates such as replacing aging
equipment, repairing monitoring shelters, deploying new equipment and sites in rural, often low-
income/minority areas, and modernizing data reporting tools critical during emergencies and
emerging needs. This investment also will support EPA's efforts to implement the American
Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM).
Climate Protection (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $104.9M; FY 2023 PB: $135.4M; Change: +$30.5M)
This investment will fund new competitive grant programs to support projects and policies that
drive down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, create jobs, and promote economic recovery in
environmental justice communities. EPA will award grants and provide technical assistance to
Tribal, state, and local governments, as well as other appropriate community organizations. This
program will combine financial support for climate demonstration projects with technical
assistance to build Tribal and local capacity, establish peer networks, and encourage replication of
best practices. This increase enables EPA to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as directed under
the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM). A portion of this investment will also
support EPA working with NASA on prototyping capabilities for a greenhouse gas monitoring and
information system that will integrate data from a variety of sources with a goal of making data
more accessible and usable to federal, state, and local governments, researchers, the public, and
other users.
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Compliance Monitoring (EPM, Inland Oil Spills (OIL), and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $103.6M; FY 2023 PB: $147.9M; Change: +$44.3M)
This Program is a key component of EPA's Compliance Assurance Program that supports both
compliance with federal environmental laws and efforts to identify noncompliance. This program
increase will allow EPA to accelerate the modernization of the Integrated Compliance Information
System (ICIS) and enhance its integration with the Enforcement and Compliance History Online
(ECHO) web-based services, facilitating better access of compliance data and community
information to EPA, states, and to the public. These enhancements will advance the Federal
government's efforts to address compliance in environmental justice communities.
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $90.0M; FY 2023 PB: $150.0M; Change +$60.0M)
This program provides effective emission reductions from existing diesel engines through engine
retrofits, rebuilds, and replacements; switching to cleaner fuels; idling reduction; and other
strategies. This increase in grant funding will expand grant offerings and rebates to reduce harmful
diesel emissions and tackle the climate change crisis, with a focus on priority areas including ports
and communities with environmental justice concerns.
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA) New Programs (Multiple)
(STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $0.0; FY 2023 PB: $565.0M; Change: +$565.0M)
The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (DWWIA) was enacted to help
address numerous drinking water and wastewater issues across the country. Implementation of the
Act will strengthen the federal government's ability to invest in water infrastructure in
communities in every state so that all people living in the United States can continue to have access
to safe drinking water and our Nation's waterways can remain clean and free from pollution. The
FY 2023 Budget proposes $565.0 million to support 20 new grant programs authorized by
DWWIA. For further information on each program and its tailored objectives please see the EPA's
forthcoming FY 2023 Congressional Justification.
Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $4.0M; FY 2023 PB: $25.0M; Change: +$21.0M)
This program supports water infrastructure in communities, ensuring access to safe drinking water
and supports the President's priority of assisting eligible entities in the planning, design,
construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases
resilience to natural hazards. This increase in funding meets the DWWIA authorized level and will
target climate resilience for drinking water infrastructure.
Drinking Water Programs (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $111.3M; FY 2023 PB: $140.0M; Change: +$28.8M)
This program is responsible for implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to ensure
safe drinking water for approximately 320 million Americans. The increase in funding will support
national drinking water priorities including addressing lead and emerging contaminants such as
PFAS; improving drinking water system resilience to natural hazards, including climate change,
and human threats by enhancing cybersecurity; and improving drinking water and water quality
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across the Nation, especially in rural, small, underserved and overburdened communities across
the country.
Environmental Justice (EPM and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $12.7M; FY 2023 PB: $300.8M; Change: +$288.2M)
The Environmental Justice (EJ) program leads and coordinates the Agency's efforts to address the
needs of vulnerable communities by decreasing environmental burdens and working
collaboratively with all stakeholders to build healthy, sustainable communities. This investment
will fund five grant programs to reduce the historically disproportionate health impacts of pollution
in marginalized and overburdened communities. It also will support climate training, education,
and outreach programs to connect communities with environmental solutions. This investment will
provide direct support to community-based organizations, indigenous organizations, Tribes, states,
local governments, and territorial governments in pursuit of identifying and addressing EJ issues.
To elevate EJ across EPA, the Budget also includes the creation of a new EJ National Program
Manager led by a Senate-confirmed Assistant Administrator.
Executive Management and Operations (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $46.8M; FY 2023 PB: $63.3M; Change: +$16.4M)
This program supports various offices that provide direct executive and logistical support to EPA's
Administrator and the agency's 10 regions. These resources include an increase of 37 FTE to
support the Agency's management operations and executive leadership functions across EPA. The
investment also will help restore core capacity, provide contract support for the agency's
management operations, and advance multi-media and risk communication efforts.
Federal Stationary Source Regulations (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $20.7; FY 2023 PB: $41.6M; Change: +$20.9M)
The Clean Air Act (CAA) directs EPA to take actions to control air emissions of toxic, criteria,
and other pollutants from stationary sources. This increase in funding and 41 new FTE will support
the regulation of stationary sources of air pollution through developing and implementing
emissions standards, regulations, and guidelines in accordance with Executive Order 13990:
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.
A portion of resources is provided to support the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking
Act of 2018 to help the Agency identify, prioritize, and undertake evidence-building activities and
develop evidence-building capacity to inform policy and decisions.
Federal Support for Air Quality Management (EPM) and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $145.2M; FY 2023 PB: $299.4M; Change: +$154.3M)
This program supports development of State Implementation Plans (SIPs) through modeling and
other tools and assists states in implementing, attaining, maintaining, and enforcing the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria pollutants. The increase in funding will
support the development and implementation of a community air quality monitoring and
notification program to provide real-time data to the public in areas with greatest exposure to
harmful levels of pollution. Additional resources also will support critical work to implement
climate and clean air regulations, including emission guidelines for existing oil and gas facilities.
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Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certifications (S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $96.8M; FY 2023 PB: $152.2M; Change: +$55.4M)
This program provides critical resources for EPA's core greenhouse gas (GHG) regulatory and
compliance work in the mobile sector. It also supports the establishment of federal GHG emissions
standards for passenger cars and light trucks to secure pollution reductions through Model Year
2026. The increase in funding and 42 new FTE will support program activities to address the
climate crisis, including the development of analytical methods, regulations, and analyses to
support climate protection by controlling GHG emissions from cars and trucks. A portion of the
funding will support EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory to carry out its
mission-critical work of certifying vehicle compliance.
Financial Assistance Grants/ IAG Management (EPM and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $28.6M; FY 2023 PB: $37.4M; Change: +$8.8M)
This program supports the management of grants and Interagency Agreements (IAs), and
suspension and debarment activities for assistance and procurement programs across the Agency.
Grants and IAs historically comprise approximately 60 percent of EPA's annual appropriations
and these resources will support the efficient, timely, and appropriate administration of grants.
EPA manages grants and IAs to meet the highest fiduciary standards and achieve measurable
results for environmental programs and agency priorities, and the government's financial resources
and business interests are protected from fraud and mismanagement. The increase of resources and
45 FTE for this program will support technical assistance and outreach to first time recipients of
federal funding; improve capacity for oversight and tracking of new and increased grant
investments; and the timely processing of financial assistance agreements.
Geographic Program: Lake Champlain (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $15.0M; FY 2023 PB: $20.0M; Change: +$5.0M)
This increase supports projects to accelerate the restoration of Lake Champlain through addressing
various threats to Lake Champlain's water quality, including phosphorus loadings, invasive
species, and toxic substances.
Geographic Program: Long Island Sound (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $30.4M; FY 2023 PB: $40.0M; Change: +$9.6M)
This increase supports projects to accelerate the restoration of Long Island Sound (LIS) through
coordinating cleanup and restoration actions. These actions include a focus on supporting
community sustainability and resiliency, as well as increasing environmental justice
considerations through the new LIS Environmental Justice Work Group.
Geographic Program: San Francisco Bay (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $8.9M; FY 2023 PB: $12.0M; Change: +$3.1M)
This increase supports projects that accelerate the restoration of the San Francisco Bay, including
the restoration of wetlands and minimization of polluted runoff from entering the Bay. This work
will continue to build the resilience of the area's ecosystems, shorelines, and communities to the
effects of climate change and sea level rise. EPA will continue to administer the San Francisco
Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, consistent with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership's
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP).
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Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $11.3M; FY 2023 PB: $15.5M; Change: +$4.3M)
This program supports the protection of critical water infrastructure, including providing water
utilities of all sizes access to information, tools, training, and protocols designed to enhance the
security (including cybersecurity), preparedness, and resiliency of the water sector. As the water
sector lead, EPA ensures that water utilities receive timely and informative alerts about changes in
the homeland security advisory level or about regional and national trends in certain types of water-
related incidents. This increase of resources and 6 FTE supports exercises and technical support to
water utilities, state officials, and federal emergency responders to become more resilient to any
natural or manmade incident that could endanger drinking water and wastewater services, with an
emphasis on the threats posed by climate change and cybersecurity. These resources will also
engage overburdened and underserved communities to undertake preparedness and response
actions.
Human Resources Management (EPM and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $52.4M; FY 2023 PB: $74.6M; Change: +$22.1M)
This program supports human capital management (HCM) activities throughout EPA. To help
achieve its mission and maximize employee productivity and job satisfaction, EPA continually
works to improve business processes for critical HCM functions including recruitment, hiring,
employee development, performance management, leadership development, workforce planning,
and labor union engagement. This increase of resources and 86.5 FTE will support developing and
implementing a new paid internship program to strengthen talent and workforce acquisition and
focus on expanding Federal work experience opportunities for underrepresented and underserved
populations, support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the federal workforce, and increase support
of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act.
Indoor Air: Radon Program (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $3.3M; FY 2023 PB: $5.2M; Change: +$1.9M)
This program promotes actions to reduce the public's health risk from indoor radon. This voluntary
program promotes partnerships among national organizations, the private sector, and more than 50
Tribal state, and local governmental programs to reduce radon risk. With the increase in resources,
EPA will continue to drive action at the national level to reduce radon risk in homes and schools
through the National Radon Action Plan, partnerships with the private sector and public health
groups, technical assistance to states and industry, public outreach, and education activities.
Information Security (EPM and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $8.9M; FY 2023 PB: $31.6M; Change: +$22.7M)
The Information Security Program's mission is to protect the confidentiality, availability, and
integrity of EPA's information assets. This increase supports information protection, risk
management, oversight, and training; network management and protection; and incident
management.
Integrated Environmental Strategies (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $9.5M; FY 2023 PB: $40.9M; Change: +$31.4M)
This program advances the Agency's mission of protecting human health and the environmental
by focusing on cross-media environmental concerns. This investment provides tools and resources
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to support environmental permitting; works with state and local partners, communities, businesses,
and other stakeholders to implement locally-led, community-driven approaches to environmental
protection through technical assistance; working with industrial sectors to identify and develop
approaches to better protect the environment and public health; develops policy analysis and
training; and partnering with other federal agencies, Tribes, states, local governments, and
businesses to increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change. The increase in funding
and 28 FTE will support the coordination, streamlining, oversight, automation, and integration of
EJ and climate change into environmental permitting; advancing climate adaptation by
strengthening the adaptive capacity of Tribes, states, territories, local governments, communities,
and businesses, as well as enhancing EPA's core program capacity. The increase also supports
community revitalization, regulatory review, and the development and implementation of the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance.
International Sources of Pollution (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $6.7M; FY 2023 PB: $11.7M; Change: +$5.0M)
The United States works with international partners to address global sources of pollution,
including greenhouse gases, as well as the impacts of pollution from the United States on other
countries and the global environment. This increase in resources and 7 FTE will address
international sources of pollution that impact the nation's air, water, land, and oceans, food crops,
food chains, and climate change through coordination with international partners. This increased
investment supports climate change work, pilot programs ad indigenous engagement on climate
change mitigation.
Lead Testing in Schools (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $26.5M; FY 2023 PB: $36.5M; Change: +$10.0M)
This program provides grants to assist educational agencies in the voluntary testing of lead
contamination in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities. This increase in funding meets
the DWWIA authorized level and supports the President's priority of addressing lead in drinking
water, especially in small and underserved communities.
Marine Pollution (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $9.5M; FY 2023 PB: $12.3M; Change: +$2.8M)
The Marine Pollution program works to safeguard the ocean by preventing or limiting the dumping
of any material that would adversely affect human health and the marine environment. This
increase of resources and 6.2 FTE will build program capacity, particularly in areas related to
environmental justice, water infrastructure support and oversight, climate change resilience, and
regulatory reviews.
Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparedness and Response (OIL)
(FY 2022 ACR: $16.2M; FY 2023 PB: $20.5M; Change: +$4.3M)
Fenceline communities are often low-income and/or communities of color facing disproportionate
risks from nearby oil and chemical facilities and an increased likelihood of being impacted by
severe weather events caused by climate change. This investment will increase inspections and
compliance assistance to ensure facilities have measures in place to prevent oil discharges and
chemical accidents, including those that result from extreme weather events. Additionally, this
program will protect fenceline communities through increased outreach, compliance assistance,
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and enforcement at regulated facilities, thereby reducing risk to human health and the environment
by decreasing the likelihood of oil discharges and chemical accidents.
Pollution Prevention Program (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $12.6M; FY 2023 PB: $17.1M; Change: +$4.6M)
EPA's Pollution Prevention Program is one of the Agency's primary tools for advancing
environmental stewardship and sustainability by federal, Tribal, and state governments,
businesses, communities, and individuals. This program provides technical assistance and/or
training to businesses and facilities to help them adopt and implement source reduction
approaches, and to increase the development, adoption, and market penetration of greener products
and sustainable manufacturing practices. This increased investment provides additional funding
and 9 FTE to enhance protection of the public from potential effects of PFAS through labeling as
well as to implement PFAS-related provisions of Executive Order 14057: Catalyzing Clean
Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability.
Radiation: Protection (EPM, S&T, and SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $11.4M; FY 2023 PB: $15.7M; Change: +$4.3M)
This increase expands EPA's radiological protection capacity including the ability to provide on-
site characterization and analytical support for site assessment activities, remediation technologies,
and measurement and information systems.
Radiation: Response Preparedness (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $5.5M; FY 2023 PB: $7.4M; Change: +$1.9M)
This increase expands capacity in the radiation response program to examine and, as needed, revise
radiation emergency response plans, protocols, and standards and continue essential planning for
preparedness efforts.
Reducing Lead in Drinking Water (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $21.5M; FY 2023 PB: $182.0M; Change: +$160.5M)
This grant program was established in the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
Objectives of the grant program are to reduce the concentration of lead in drinking water. This
increase meets the DWWIA authorized level and supports the priority of addressing lead in
drinking water, especially in small and underserved communities. Additional funding in this
program supports the goals of the Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan.
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air (EPM and S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $11.9M; FY 2023 PB: $23.7M; Change: +$11.8M)
This program works to reduce asthma disparities in low-income and/or communities of color in
the U.S. by providing grants to nongovernmental organizations in public health/housing agencies
to train and deploy community health workers who will deliver in-home asthma interventions and
care. This increase in resources and 30.9 FTE will support efforts to restore EPA's staff expertise,
analysis, and capacity in the indoor air program, with a particular focus on new demands and
opportunities for improvements in ventilation, filtration, and other protective indoor air practices,
including those created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds also support efforts to address indoor
air quality during wildfires, to reduce asthma disparities, to promote healthy school facilities in
low-income communities in the U.S., and to address the international climate crisis by improving
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public health through the adoption of clean cookstoves.
Regional Science and Technology (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $0.6M; FY 2023 PB: $4.9M; Change: +$4.3M)
The Regional Science and Technology (RS&T) Program provides scientific and technical support
to multiple programs across the Agency to implement core programs. This increase in resources
supports the replacement of aging capital equipment in EPA regional laboratories to continue to
provide analytical support to program office priorities and support the availability of testing results
and analysis to EPA partners.
Research: Air, Climate and Energy (S&T)
(FY 2022 ACR: $95.2M; FY 2023 PB: $132.9M; Change: +$37.7M)
Air pollution adversely affects human health and the environment, yet millions of Americans still
live in or near geographic areas that do not meet national standards for air pollutants. This program
supports climate research at EPA to accelerate solutions to tackle the climate crisis. This increase
includes 9.7 new FTE for wildfires research to improve wildfire readiness, 30 additional FTE for
the Air, Climate, and Energy research program to combat the global issue of Climate Change and
its impacts on human health and ecosystems.
Safe Water for Small and Disadvantaged Communities (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $26.4M; FY 2023 PB: $80.0M; Change: +$53.6M)
This grant program provides assistance to underserved communities that have no household
drinking water or wastewater services or are served by a public water system that violates or
exceeds any maximum contaminant level, treatment technique, or action level. This increase meets
the DWWIA authorized funding level and supports the priority of addressing lead and other
contaminants in drinking water, especially in small and disadvantaged communities.
Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grants (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $40.0M; FY 2023 PB: $280.0M; Change: +$240.0M)
Stormwater can be a significant source of water pollution and a public health concern. Stormwater
can collect pollutants—including trash, chemicals, oils, and dirt/sediment—and convey them to
nearby waterways. This grant program provides funding to address sewer overflows and
stormwater management, including reuse. This investment meets the DWWIA authorized funding
level and will provide resources for critical overflow and stormwater infrastructure projects in
communities.
State and Local Prevention and Preparedness (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $13.7M; FY 2023 PB: 22.9M; Change: +$9.2M)
This program establishes a structure composed of federal, Tribal, state, and local partners who
work together with industry to protect emergency responders, local communities, facility workers,
the environment, and property from chemical accident risks through accident prevention and
emergency response programs, community and facility engagement, and improved safety systems.
This framework provides the foundation for community and facility chemical hazard response
planning, and reduction of risk posed from chemical facilities. This increase in resources and 30
FTE will support work to advance protection of fenceline communities and to upgrade and support
operations and maintenance of the existing Risk Management Plan database.
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Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $4.6M; FY 2023 PB: $26.6M; Change: +$22.0M)
This increase supports the phasedown of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and
implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act. Phasing down HFCs in favor
of environmentally safer alternatives and more energy-efficient cooling technologies is expected
to save billions of dollars and better protect Americans" health and the environment. This increase
includes $5 million to establish a new grant program that will provide grants to small businesses
for the purchase of new specialized equipment for the recycling, recovery, or reclamation of a
substitute for a regulated substance.
Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $8.7M; FY 2023 PB: $18.0M; Change: +$9.3M)
The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (Multilateral Fund) was
created by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to provide funds to enable developing countries to
comply with their Montreal Protocol obligations to phase out ozone-depleting substances (ODS)
and phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). This increase will help fund additional activities
associated with the adoption of the Kigali Amendment and developing country phase down of
HFCs while continuing to support ODS phaseout activities.
Superfund: Federal Facilities (SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $21.8M; FY 2023 PB: $36.3M; Change: +$14.5M)
This program supports oversight functions related to the work of the Department of Defense
(DoD), the Department of Energy, and other federal agencies that have released PFAS (Per-and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) into the environment. This investment will address critical gaps in
EPA's ability to oversee DoD's surge in PFAS cleanup. Many Federal Facility PFAS cleanups are
in disproportionately impacted communities that may have environmental justice concerns, and it
is imperative that cleanups be addressed immediately.
Superfund: Federal Facilities Enforcement (SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $7.4M; FY 2023 PB: $9.9M; Change: +$2.4M)
EPA will utilize these resources to investigate and address releases of PFAS to the air, land, and
water by actively investigating and pursuing civil enforcement at facilities where PFAS are likely
contaminating various environmental media. These funds will also be used to develop enforcement
cases to require responsible parties to investigate and clean up PFAS contamination in preparation
for disputes, stipulated penalties assessment, and issuance of administrative orders including
imminent and substantial endangerment orders.
Superfund: Remedial (SF)
(FY 2022 ACR: $589.0M; FY 2023 PB: $454.6M; Change: -$134.4M)
This program works to clean up and remove National Priority List (NPL) sites through remedial
construction projects. Funds are prioritized for NPL sites that present the highest risk to human
health and the environment. The FY 2023 request is reduced compared to the annualized
continuing resolution recognizing that the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (IIJA) includes $3.5 billion for the program and also reinstates the Superfund excise tax,
which will make additional funds available to the program. As a result, the pace of remediation is
not expected to be slowed by the proposed reduced request.
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Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $60.3M; FY 2023 PB: $124.2M; Change: +$64.0M)
EPA has significant responsibilities under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for ensuring
the safety of chemicals that are already in or are entering into commerce and addressing
unreasonable risks to human health and the environment. This increase expands the chemical
program's capacity and supports the implementation of the TSCA, as amended in 2016 to meet
statutory mandates for chemical risk review, management, and action. Resources will support the
development and review of data critical to chemical risk evaluation and risk management
activities, the implementation of the PFAS Strategic Roadmap to ensure a robust review process
for new PFAS and previous decisions on PFAS, advance cumulative risk methodologies used to
evaluate high priority chemicals, and increase regional capacity to provide recommendations and
specialized technical support to address the risks associated with PCBs to reduce risks and current
exposure to workers and children, particularly in communities with environmental justice
concerns.
Tribal - Capacity Building (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $12.9M; FY 2023 PB: $16.4M; Change: +$3.5M)
EPA works with federally recognized Tribes to implement federal environmental programs in
Indian country and strengthen human health and environmental protection in Indian country. The
increase in funding will support work to further EPA's priorities, including strengthening Tribal
partnerships (e.g., through Tribal consultation), building Tribal capacity, directly implementing
programs in Indian country, and enhancing the protection of Tribal treaty rights during EPA
activities.
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
(FY 2022 ACR: $65.0M; FY 2023 PB: $80.3M; Change: +$15.3M)
The WIFIA Program leverages federal funds to fund water infrastructure projects that protect
public health and deliver environmental benefits while supporting local economies and creating
jobs. The increase reflects a growing demand for WIFIA loans from communities and the resource
need to maintain the program's pace and quality of service to its borrowers. These resources will
expand WIFIA support for small communities, disadvantaged communities, and promote EPA's
commitment to environmental justice.
Water Infrastructure Workforce Investment (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $3.0M; FY 2023 PB: $17.7M; Change: +$14.7M)
This program provides competitive grants to promote water utility workforce development and
increase public awareness of water utilities and careers. The increase in funding supports the
development and utilization of activities related to workforce development and career
opportunities in the water utility sector and promotes the direct connection to industry employers
for a skilled and diverse workforce.
Water Sector Cybersecurity (STAG)
(FY 2022 ACR: $0.0; FY 2023 PB: $25.0M; Change: +$25.0M)
This new grant program will advance cybersecurity infrastructure capacity and protections within
the water sector. Cybersecurity represents a substantial concern for the water sector, given the
potential for state-sponsored and other malevolent attacks on the sector as well as the sector's
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inherent vulnerability and limited technical capacity to address cyber issues. With this funding,
EPA will establish a new competitive grant program that helps systems establish and build the
necessary cybersecurity infrastructure to address rising threats.
Wetlands (EPM)
(FY 2022 ACR: $19.3M; FY 2023 PB: $25.6M; Change: +$6.3M)
Wetlands Program grants provide technical and financial assistance to Tribes, states, and local
governments to support development of their wetland programs that further the national goal of an
overall increase in the acreage and condition of wetlands. This increase supports the
implementation of the Clean Water Act to protect and restore wetlands in communities across the
country.
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List of Acronyms
ACR
AIM
ARPA-C
AWIA
CBI
CERCLA
CWSRF
DEIA
DERA
DOD
DOI
DOJ
DWSRF
DWWIA
EPA
EPM
ESA
FIFRA
FTE
FY
GAO
GHG
GPRA
GSA
HFCs
IIJA
LUST
MLF
MMTC02e
NAAQS
NPL
OA
OCFO
OCHP
OCSPP
OGC
OIG
OMB
OMS
ORD
PFAS
PHILIS
PM
RCRA
SDWA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
List of Acronyms
Annualized Continuing Resolution
American Innovation and Manufacturing
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Climate
America's Water Infrastructure Act
Confidential Business Information
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
Department of Defense
Department of Interior
Department of Justice
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Programs and Management
Endangered Species Act
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Full-Time Equivalent
Fiscal Year
Government Accountability Office
Greenhouse Gas
Government Performance and Results Act
General Services Administration
Hydrofluorocarbons
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Multilateral Fund
Million Metrics Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
National Priorities List
Office of the Administrator
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of Children's Health Protection
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
Office of General Counsel
Office of the Inspector General
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Mission Support
Office of Research and Development
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Portable High-Throughout Integrated Laboratory Identification System
Particulate Matter
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
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List of Acronyms
SDWIS
Safe Drinking Water Information System
SES
Senior Executive Service
SF
Superfund
SRF
State Revolving Fund
STAG
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
WIIN
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act
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