Water Infrastructure Project Designated in EPA Appropriations : Trends and Policy Implications.

Discusses the appropriations process for EPA water infrastructure programs, focusing on the practice of using appropriations "earmarks" to designate funds for the assistance of communities with high water infrastructure funding needs. Provides background on EPA involvement in assisting was...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Federal aid to community development. Sewage. Water-supply. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses the appropriations process for EPA water infrastructure programs, focusing on the practice of using appropriations "earmarks" to designate funds for the assistance of communities with high water infrastructure funding needs. Provides background on EPA involvement in assisting wastewater treatment and drinking water infrastructure projects, and examines issues related to the use of earmarked special purpose project grants to fund water infrastructure improvement projects, including earmarking trends, earmarks for specific cities, lack of special project grants in FY2007, and policy implications.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.