Groups representing state environmental officials are urging lawmakers to provide an almost $900 million boost to EPA grants for air, water, waste and other programs in fiscal year 2010, as the White House prepares to unveil its detailed budget request expected to fund the agency at $ 10.5 billion.rnThe White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) is slated to unveil Obama's budget request outlining full programmatic spending details for each federal agency May 7, after the president in February released a narrower budget overview. That proposal to fund EPA at $10.5 billion represents a 34 percent increase over the FY09 enacted agency funding level of roughly $7.5 billion.
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