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Environmental Protection Agency

Friday, April 13, 2001

The Administration's FY 2002 budget request of $7.3 billion is $56 million, or 0.08 percent, higher than the FY 2001 appropriation. Funding for EPA science programs would be cut by $27 million or nine percent. Highlights of specific programs within the science budget include:

  • Human Health Research -- $50.81 million (decrease of 0.3 percent from FY 2001)
  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program -- $32.99 million (increase of 12 percent over FY 2001)
  • Pollution Prevention Tools and Technologies -- $21.89 million (cut of 11 percent from FY 2001)
  • Regional Science and Technology -- $3.59 million (47.5 percent cut from FY 2001 levels)
  • Environmental Technology Verification -- $3.62 million (42.5 percent cut from FY 2001)