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Federal budget proposal could cut nearly one-fifth of EGLE air division funding, deputy warns
Summary
At a House Appropriations subcommittee briefing, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy officials described how a White House FY26 budget proposal to eliminate categorical grants could remove roughly 19% of the Air Quality Division—s funding and said that would affect monitoring and smaller-source work unless Congress acts.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Environment, Great Lakes and Energy members heard Tuesday that a White House fiscal 2026 budget proposal could eliminate federal categorical grants that fund part of Michigan—s air programs, removing an estimated 19% of the Air Quality Division—s budget.
Travis Bosco, Deputy Director with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, told the subcommittee that "one of the things [the FY26 proposal] proposed to do ... is proposed to eliminate the categorical grants that the states receive from the federal government for running these federally designated programs. So just in Annette's division, for instance, that's 19% of her…
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