EPA Water SRF 'Needs' Survey In Limbo As Congress Weighs FY16 Budget

摘要

EPA's long-delayed survey of water infrastructure "needs" that some state officials say could help make the case for boosting the agency's clean water state revolving fund (SRF) that pays for infrastructure upgrades remains in limbo, making it unlikely the study could influence pending talks in Congress over fiscal year 2016 funding. An updated report on the states' infrastructure needs "could certainly help" make the case for more SRF spending, says one state source. EPA is supposed to publish a new needs survey every four years, but the 2012 study has been stalled in White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review for much of 2015 and has shown no signs of moving before Congress' Dec. 11 deadline to pass a spending bill, sources say.