Testimony. Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1991

Testimony. Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1991 PDF

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Published: 1990

Total Pages: 12

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There is now widespread agreement that the nation has reached a crossroads in environmental policy and that fundamental changes must be made in the way we deal with environmental problems. In response to these heightened expectations for strong environmental action, the fiscal year 1991 budget request proposes $5.6 billion for EPA. This proposal includes a 12 percent increase in EPA's operating budget--from $1.92 billion to $2.15 billion--cited as one of the largest increases for any federal agency. The remainder of the proposed budget for EPA primarily supports the agency's Superfund and Wastewater Construction Grants programs. Because of the extent and magnitude of our environmental problems and the level of resources available to EPA, the agency needs to more effectively direct its resources to the most pressing problems and to look for opportunities to better leverage private, state, and local funds to adequately deal with them. Based on our 1988 management review of EPA, we recommended a number of actions that EPA could employ to better manage its resources.

Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1992

Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1992 PDF

Author: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC RESOURCES COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVE LOPMENT DIV.

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Published: 1991

Total Pages: 14

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Last year, in testimony submitted for the record to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on EPA's budget proposal for fiscal year 1991, we outlined a list of environmental problems facing the nation that were not fully addressed by the agency's request for funds. Indeed, for some years, GAO has regularly reported on shortcomings in EPA programs that often resulted from inadequate funding. This year, in the context of EPA's budget request for the upcoming year, we would like to move beyond this description of unmet needs and provide GAO's perspectives on how we as a nation might begin to balance national environmental protection goals with budget realities.

Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1991

Observations on the Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1991 PDF

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Published: 1990

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Public opinion polls consistently identify protection of the environment as one of the nation's top priorities. In part, this concern is prompted by the tremendous costs the nation has had to pay to clean up the environment as well as by its inability to rectify past problems, much less deal effectively with emerging pollution issues. Over the last 20 years, the United States (industry, the federal government, states, and localities) has invested some $700 billion in pollution control; it currently spends close to $90 billion a year, or about 2 percent of its gross national product, to correct and prevent environmental problems.

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