EPA agrees to reduce WIFIA fees for low-income communities

EPA has issued a final rule rule governing application fees for its Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) grants, agreeing with some stakeholders' suggestions that it reduce and revise its fee structure for small and low-income communities. But the final rule, published in the June 28 Federal Register denied requests to waive the fees for projects that serve populations with median household incomes (MHI) that are 80 percent or more below a state's median. The regulation largely maintains...