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Incoming EPA Chief Prioritizes Water Infrastructure Funding AMSA, January 22, 2001 In U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee confirmation hearings this week, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, President-Elect Bush's nominee for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, outlined as one of her top three environmental priorities the need for federal help in upgrading wastewater infrastructure. Whitman's recognition of local water infrastructure needs is a clear sign of the Bush administration's support for a major AMSA priority. Clearly, AMSA's outreach efforts through the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) are beginning to pay substantial dividends. The next few weeks and months will be decisive in addressing the water infrastructure funding gap. As WIN prepares to publish and distribute its recommendations for the 107th Congress and the new administration, AMSA members and staff will continue to meet with leaders on Capitol Hill and the new administration to build further support for WATER 21's development and introduction. |
