Chesapeake Bay Senators Urge Appropriators to Reject President Trump’s Dangerous Cuts to Bay Funding
"At a time when
"
"Thousands of Delawareans and millions across our region depend on a clean and healthy
"The President's budget proposal to entirely eliminate funding for the
"Cutting the programs that protect our clean water won't create good-paying jobs, it won't raise wages for workers in the region, and it certainly won't make anyone healthier," said
"As I have said, I haven't met a West Virginian that doesn't want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink,"
"We are blessed in
"Because of bipartisan support for
"The budget cuts proposed by
As Senators from the six-state
We thank the Subcommittee for your continued leadership in providing the support necessary to achieve clean water, both in the
More than 11 million people in our region obtain their drinking water directly from the rivers and streams that flow through our cities, farms, and towns, and eventually into the
There are a number of programs administered by the
State and Tribal Assistance Grants,
State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CWA 319). Our states are implementing agricultural, urban, and residential best management practices with the support of Section 319(h) grants. States also provide significant project management and technical assistance to local stakeholders to install these practices. The President's FY2018 Budget Blueprint provides
Pollution Control Grants (CWA 106). These grants help states in the Bay watershed manage the federal water pollution permit program, or NPDES. Under the Clean Water Act, it is unlawful to discharge any pollutant into US waters without a NPDES permit. Without sufficient funding, this permit process gets bogged down, resulting in business losses and reduced permit monitoring and enforcement. An effective permit program is the backbone of the Bay watershed cleanup. A potential 45% cut in Categorical Grants would reduce funding for Pollution Control Grants from a
There are also a number of programs administered by the
Natural Programs. Each year, more and more people want to utilize the unique resources of the
Finally, the
Environmental Restoration.
Sincerely,
[1] FY2016 enacted levels are used as proxies for FY2017 levels--which served as the basis for the funding provided in the two continuing resolutions (P.L.114-223 and P.L.114-254), each subject to its own rescission--because the "2017 annualized CR level" referenced in the Blueprint does not include final program amounts under P.L.114-254.
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