EPA FACES FUNDING PRESSURES FOR COMPETING PROGRAMS IN FY07 REQUEST

As the Bush administration develops its fiscal year 2007 budget request, EPA is under competing pressures from Republicans, Democrats, environmentalists, industry groups and state officials to propose adequate funding for new and long-standing agency programs from a shrinking pot of discretionary dollars. But the administration's request is likely to disappoint some, if not all, of these groups, since observers expect significant cuts to the agency's budget as the White House seeks to control the skyrocketing federal deficit. EPA officials would...