States, Activists Urge EPA To Target Voluntary Efforts In FY11 Budget Cuts

State officials and environmentalists say EPA should target voluntary programs for potential major budget cuts in fiscal year 2011 to protect funding for core mandatory programs, after President Obama asked agencies to prepare for a FY11 budget that either freezes funding at FY10 levels or cuts funding by 5 percent. States say that no funding increase would be a disappointment as they face ongoing budget shortfalls and say they will continue to seek boosts to EPA's accounts that fund state...