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Congressional
The goal of the Collaborative is to leverage significant federal
funds to reduce emissions from the most polluting diesel sources
in the most affected communities. Although the Collaborative did not
yet exist when EPA estimated its Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05)* budget,
the Agency dedicated over $1.5 million in discretionary funds to
the Collaborative. In FY06, the Collaborative received $3 million
in the official EPA budget though a $5 million appropriation to the
Clean Diesel Initiative.
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 EPA proposed budget
has allocated $50 million for the Clean Diesel Initiative (also known
as the National Clean Diesel Campaign, or NCDC), in which the West
Coast Collaborative plays a significant role. EPA’s budget executive
summary features a photograph of Administrator Stephen L. Johnson
announcing a grant to the Sacramento Air Quality Management District
at the FY05 West Coast Collaborative grant announcements in California
in August 2005.
This program increase is one of the largest in EPA’s budget
and is the first priority summarized in the budget. There is an approximately
$300 million decrease in EPA’s discretionary budget. The FY07 proposed
budget now goes to Congress for the appropriations process.
For more information about the President’s Proposed FY07 Budget, please
see the following links:
- EPA
Budget Summary from OMB
- Full Proposed
EPA Budget
- President’s
Full FY07 Budget Summary
You can also find press releases and related information on the
budget from:
* FY05 began October 1, 2004 and ended September 30, 2005.
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