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State Revolving Funds

Washington Post: EPA budget cuts put states in bind

Posted Thu, 2011/06/23 - 9:13am by RCAP

The June 20 Washington Post carried this article that begins:

"When congressional Republicans cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget 16 percent as part of a deal with President Obama in April to keep the government running, they hailed it as a blow to a federal bureaucracy that had overreached in its size and ambition.

EPA releases report highlighting role of state revolving funds in implementing ARRA

Posted Fri, 2011/05/20 - 8:47am by RCAP

EPA has released a report highlighting the important role of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) in implementing the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Together, the SRFs executed more than 3,200 assistance agreements worth more than $5.6 billion for clean water and drinking water projects.