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DEQ warns proposed federal cuts would sharply curtail state environmental programs; tribal coordination and dust monitoring cited as priorities
Summary
Department of Environmental Quality director Tim Davis told lawmakers the president’s federal budget proposed deep cuts to EPA and that Congressional bills have restored some state funding; DEQ highlighted dust monitoring, a canceled radon grant appeal, and the need for better coordination with EPA on tribal jurisdictions.
Tim Davis, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality, told the Natural Resources Interim Committee that the president’s budget for the next federal fiscal year proposed a 55% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency and that the state would face steep reductions to funds used by Utah to implement federal environmental statutes.
Davis said the cuts in the president’s proposal would translate into a roughly 71% reduction in federal funding that supports state implementation activities because states implement most federal environmental programs. He told the committee that the House and Senate appropriations process had restored substantial portions of the funding, with the House at about a 29% cut and the Senate about a 15%…
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