Clinton budget squeezes EPA, boosts federal R D
Although Environmental Protection Agency chief Carol Browner tried to portray the numbers in a positive light, a budget cut is a budget cut and that is what she was handed by her new boss. Despite Clinton Administration rhetoric on the environment, the $6.4-billion EPA budget for fiscal 1994 is down almost 8% for 1993. The superfund program is hit hardest, down 6%, to $1.5 billion. Browner counts funds from the President's 1993 stimulus bill--currently in limbo in Congress--in her 1994 budget to arrive at an increase. She says 1994 will bring greater emphasis to pollution prevention, collaborative programs with industry on toxic releases, and improvement in EPA's science and research activities. EPA's air and pesticides programs will get more money, as well hazardous waste, which EPA says will [open quotes]eliminate unnecessary and burdensome requirements[close quotes] on industry and speed up corrective action. Water quality programs will be cut, as will the toxic substances program, although the Toxic Release Inventory will get a boost.
- OSTI ID:
- 6477832
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 152:15; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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