EPA adds $132M in funding to national estuary programs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued guidance July 26 for place-based projects using $132 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds being distributed via its National Estuary Program. The NEP, which started in 1987, funds water quality and ecological integrity recovery projects at 28 estuaries along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, plus Puerto Rico, considered to be of “national significance.” … Local program directors detailed funding plans in a statement, including building defenses in California’s Santa Monica Bay area against sea level rise …