Environmental Protection Agency: FY2007 Appropriations Highlights

Environmental Protection Agency:
FY2007 Appropriations Highlights
David M. Bearden and Robert Esworthy
Resources, Science, and Industry Division
During its first session, the 110^th Congress completed action on FY2007
appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the enactment of the
Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution for FY2007 (P.L. 110-5, H.J.Res. 20).
P.L. 110-5 provided funding through the end of that fiscal year for EPA and other federal
agencies not funded in the appropriations laws for the Department of Defense (P.L. 109-
289) and Homeland Security (P.L. 109-295). P.L. 110-5 provided funding for EPA in
FY2007 at the same level, and under the authority and conditions, specified in the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109-54), unless
otherwise specified in P.L. 110-5.
As for other federal agencies, P.L. 110-5 did not indicate a total dollar amount for
EPA. However, the law did specify dollar amounts for two of the agency’s activities,
including $1.25 billion for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund
program and $1.08 billion for capitalization grants to support Clean Water State
Revolving Funds (SRFs). Both amounts were an increase above the FY2006
appropriation. The law funded other EPA activities in FY2007 at the same level as
specified for FY2006 in P.L. 109-54, including rescissions that were applicable to
FY2006, but excluding emergency supplemental funding that had been provided in
FY2006. EPA had received a total of $21 million in emergency supplemental
appropriations in FY2006 for hurricane-related assistance.
With the exception of Superfund and Clean Water SRF grants, the allocation of
FY2007 funding at the FY2006 level applied to activities specified in P.L. 109-54.
Within that statute, Congress specified funding for the eight accounts that fund EPA, and
for relatively few program activities in those accounts. As in past years, Congress
specified FY2006 funding for most program activities in non-binding committee report
language, rather than in the statute. Therefore, EPA had discretion in allocating funding
for such activities. However, P.L. 110-5 explicitly directed EPA and other agencies not
to fund specific projects in FY2007 for which monies had been earmarked in committee
reports for FY2006. The law stated that any language specifying an “earmark” in reports
accompanying an FY2006 appropriations act “shall have no legal effect” on FY2007
funding. The law also stated that no EPA funds shall be available for making special
project grants in FY2007 for water infrastructure, which were identified in the conference
report on the FY2006 Interior appropriations bill (H.R. 2361, H.Rept. 109-188).

As Congress specified dollar amounts for relatively few program activities in P.L.
110-5, the law required federal agencies to report their allocations of FY2007 funding to
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The following table indicates the
allocation of FY2007 enacted appropriations for each of EPA’s eight statutory accounts,
and certain activities within those accounts. For comparison, the table also indicates the
President’s FY2007 budget request, proposals for FY2007 funding considered in the 109^th
Congress before the enactment of P.L. 110-5, and prior-year enacted amounts for FY2006.
EPA Appropriations Accounts: FY2006 – FY2007
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^Eⁿ^vironm^{ental Pr}^{otection Agency}^FY²⁰⁰⁶^a^FY²⁰⁰⁷^Hou^s^e-^Sena^t^e^-^FY²⁰⁰⁷
^Appro^p^ria^t^io^{ns Acco}^unt^s^Ena^c^t^e^d^Request^P^a^sse^d^Reported^Ena^c^t^e^d
^Scien^{ce an}^{d T}^echⁿ^o^log^y
^{— Bas}^e^Appr^oprⁱ^a^tⁱ^ons^$730.8^$788.3^$808.0^$793.4^$733.4
^{— T}^r^ans^f^e^rⁱⁿ^f^r^om^Super^f^{und account}^30.2^27.8^30.0^27.8^30.2
^S^cⁱ^eⁿ^{ce an}^d^T^echⁿ^o^l^{ogy T}^o^tal^761.0^816.1^838.0^821.2^763.6
^Eⁿ^vi^ron^m^en^tal^Program^s^an^d^M^aⁿ^agem^eⁿ^t^2,346.7²^,306.6²^,338.2²^,310.7²^,358.4
^Of^fⁱ^{ce of}^In^s^p^{ector Gen}^e^ral
^{— Bas}^e^Appr^oprⁱ^a^tⁱ^ons^36.9^35.1^35.1^35.1^37.2
^{— T}^r^ans^f^e^rⁱⁿ^f^r^om^Super^f^{und account}^13.3^13.3^13.3^13.3^13.3
^{Office of I}ⁿ^s^p^{ector G}^e^{neral T}^o^tal^50.2^48.4^48.4^48.4^50.5
^B^u^ilding^s^{& Fa}^cilit^ies^39.6^39.8^39.8^39.8^39.6
^Hazardou^s^S^u^bs^tan^{ce S}^u^perf^uⁿ^d^T^o^{tal (bef}^{ore tran}^s^f^ers⁾^1,242.1¹^,259.0¹^,256.9¹^,261.3¹^,255.1
^{— T}^r^ans^f^e^r^out^t^o^O^f^fⁱ^{ce of}^Ins^p^ect^or^G^e^ner^a^l⁽^13.3)⁽^13.3)⁽^13.3)⁽^13.3)⁽^13.3)
^{— T}^r^ans^f^e^r^out^t^o^Sci^e^{nce and T}^echnol^ogy⁽^30.2)⁽^27.8)⁽^30.0)⁽^27.8)⁽^30.2)
^Net^Superf^{und Appro}^p^ria^t^io^{ns (}^a^f^t^{er t}^r^aⁿ^sf^ers)^1,198.6¹^,217.8¹^,213.6¹^,220.2¹^,211.6
^Lea^k^ing^Underg^ro^{und St}^o^r^a^g^e^Ta^nk^P^r^o^g^r^a^m^72.0^72.8^72.8^72.8^b^100.3
^O^{il Spill Respo}ⁿ^se^15.6^16.5^16.5^16.5^15.7
^{State an}^{d T}^r^{ibal A}^s^sⁱ^s^t^an^{ce Gran}^ts^(ST^A^G)
^{— C}^l^{ean W}^a^t^e^r^St^at^{e Revol}^vⁱ^{ng Fund}^886.8^687.6^687.6^687.6¹^,083.8
^{— D}^rⁱⁿ^ki^{ng W}^a^t^e^r^St^at^{e Revol}^vⁱ^{ng Fund}^837.5^841.5^841.5^841.5^837.5
^{— C}^a^t^e^gorⁱ^c^al^G^r^ant^s¹^,113.1¹^,089.2¹^,122.6¹^,096.5¹^,084.9
^—^O^t^her^G^r^ant^s^296.3^179.1^357.6^374.8^b^179.3
^—^Res^cⁱ^s^sⁱ^{on and Redi}^r^ectⁱ^{on of}^Prⁱ^o^r^Funds^c⁽^80.0)^n/^aⁿ^/^a^n/^aⁿ^/^a
^S^t^{ate an}^d^T^rⁱ^b^al^A^s^sⁱ^s^t^an^{ce G}^r^an^ts^T^o^tal^3,133.7²^,797.4³^,009.3³^,000.4³^,185.5
^To^t^a^{l EP}^{A Appro}^p^ria^t^io^{ns Acco}^unt^s^d^$7,617.4^$7,315.5^$7,^576.7^$7,529.9^$7,725.1
^Source:^P^r^{epared by}^th^{e C}^oⁿ^g^r^es^sⁱ^on^{al R}^e^s^earch^Serv^ice.^A^m^ouⁿ^t^s^{are f}^r^om^th^{e Hou}^s^{e A}^ppropriation^s^C^o^m^mⁱ^t^t^{ee an}^{d th}^e
^Sen^a^{te A}^p^p^r^o^p^r^iatioⁿ^s^Co^m^m^{ittee. Nu}^m^b^er^{s m}^a^yⁿ^o^{t ad}^d^d^u^{e to}^r^o^uⁿ^dⁱⁿ^g^.
^{a. FY2006 am}^ouⁿ^t^s^ref^l^{ect res}^c^is^sⁱ^on^s^bu^{t ex}^clu^d^{e em}^erg^eⁿ^c^y^s^u^pplem^en^tals^of^{$21 m}^illion^f^o^{r h}^u^r^rican^e-^{related as}^sⁱ^s^t^an^ce.
^b.^T^h^{e Hou}^s^e^In^terior^A^ppropriation^s^Su^bcom^m^{ittee in}^clu^d^ed^{$28.2 m}^illion^w^ithⁱⁿ^th^{e L}^U^ST^accouⁿ^tⁱⁿ^its^recom^m^eⁿ^d^ation^s
^to^th^{e f}^u^{ll com}^m^{ittee f}^o^r^{FY2008. T}^h^is^f^uⁿ^dⁱⁿ^g^w^a^s^{allocated f}^o^{r certain}^{FY2007 activ}^ities^au^th^{orized by}^th^e^En^erg^y^P^o^licy
^A^c^t^of^{2005 (P.L}^{. 109-}^{58). EPA}^’^s^FY²⁰⁰⁷^O^p^eratⁱⁿ^g^P^l^aⁿ^p^r^e^s^eⁿ^t^e^d^t^h^e^f^uⁿ^dⁱⁿ^g^f^o^r^t^h^e^s^e^a^c^tⁱ^v^{ities as categ}^o^r^{ical g}^r^an^ts
^w^ithⁱⁿ^th^{e ST}^A^G^acco^uⁿ^t^{, resu}^ltin^gⁱⁿ^{a lo}^w^e^{r to}^{tal am}^o^uⁿ^t^f^o^{r th}^{e L}^U^ST^acco^uⁿ^t^{as id}^en^tif^iedⁱⁿ^th^{e ag}^en^cy^’^s^p^l^an^.
^{c. C}^oⁿ^g^r^es^s^m^a^{de an}^addition^a^{l $80 m}^illion^av^{ailable to EP}^Aⁱⁿ^{FY2006 by}^res^cⁱⁿ^din^g^uⁿ^o^b^lⁱ^g^a^t^e^d^fun^dⁱⁿ^g^th^{at h}^a^{d been}
^appropri^a^t^e^{d i}ⁿ^pri^o^{r y}^ears^an^{d redi}^rectⁱⁿ^g^t^h^os^{e f}^uⁿ^d^s^t^o^m^a^k^e^t^h^em^av^ai^l^a^bl^{e i}ⁿ^F^Y^2006.
^{d. In}^clu^dⁱⁿ^g^th^{e $21 m}^illionⁱⁿ^em^erg^eⁿ^c^y^s^u^pplem^en^tals^an^{d th}^e^$80^mⁱ^l^lⁱ^oⁿⁱⁿ^r^e^dⁱ^r^e^c^t^e^d^f^uⁿ^d^s^e^x^p^l^aⁱⁿ^e^d^a^b^o^v^e^,^C^oⁿ^g^r^e^s^s
^{appropriated a total of}^{$7.72 billion}^f^o^{r EP}^Aⁱⁿ^{FY2006. A}^ccouⁿ^tin^g^f^o^{r th}^es^{e f}^uⁿ^d^s^,^EP^A^receiv^e^{d n}^early^th^e^s^a^m^e^am^ouⁿ^t
ⁱⁿ^F^Y^{2007 u}ⁿ^d^{er P.L}^.^110-^{5 as}^w^a^s^provⁱ^d^{ed i}ⁿ^F^Y^{2006, rat}^h^{er t}^h^an^{a l}^a^rg^{er i}ⁿ^creas^{e i}^m^plⁱ^e^{d by}^t^h^{e am}^ouⁿ^t^sⁱⁿ^t^h^{e t}^a^bl^e.