Environmentalists worry EPA proposed budget cuts will impact Tijuana River Valley cleanup efforts
The White House seeks to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget from roughly $8.8 billion down to $4.2 billion. … More than $1 billion would be cut from categorical grant programs that assist states in enforcing federal environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. The EPA’s Superfund Program, responsible for cleaning up contaminated sites, would face funding reductions as well. This is troubling for environmental groups that fear the cuts will disrupt projects slated to clean up the Tijuana River Valley, which has been plagued for decades by raw sewage, chemicals and trash that enter the United States from south of the border on a daily basis.
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