SENATE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE EYES NARROW SRF REAUTHORIZATION BILL

ANCHORAGE, AK -- Members of the Senate environment committee may be moving closer to introducing a bill reauthorizing EPA's clean water and drinking water funds but may be dropping contentious provisions from the bill the committee may consider. Sources attending the National Association of Clean Water Agencies conference here say that Senate staff have turned a corner on the state revolving fund (SRF) legislation, and in meetings July 16 in Washington, DC, committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) told the water...