EPA Highlights PFAS As Major Priority In Justifying FY25 Budget Request

EPA is pointing to the need to address PFAS across a wide range of agency actions as it seeks to defend its fiscal year 2025 budget request to Congress, highlighting ongoing and planned activities in multiple programs and office as it seeks a funding boost to implement them. Overall, the budget request seeks $11 billion in “discretionary budget authority” for EPA that represents an 8.4 percent increase from the FY23 level and an addition of 2,000 employees. The agency in...