WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration proposed a FY 2012 budget of $8.973 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Feb. 14. This proposal reflects President Obama’s commitment to ensuring the government lives within its means while ensuring that EPA can carry out its core mission: protecting public health and our environment while reducing air and water pollution in communities across America.

This budget proposal represents about a 13 percent decrease from the FY 2010 budget of $10.3 billion.