years, This realignment is largely in re-
Spnse to m p k i o n a l mandate. n e for the WW’S old-line programs are 6% to implement the 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act and an even smaller increase for pesticide prognrmS. Cuts mefrom 38 for Water quality prognuns to 8% for those concerned with toxic substances. The rating
ble in 1988 will be closer to $3.0 bdlion. About $1.6 biuion is earmarked for supwfund cleanups at abandoned hazardous waste sites and for the leaking underground storage tank (UW
Foeus w hazerdous substpnees Four program areas account for nearly methirds ($229 &on) of all proposed WD expenditures ($345 million): k k program at $65.5 &, the & j rainprogram at $58.9 million, Whd-UST m h at $58.9 million, and hazardous-we mearch at $45.2 million. pudon R B ~ D have new areas of emphasis, including
burner, which promises
of acid rain p u r -
at
wrs at their snuce.
sions from munici-
or below their 1987 levels. Rmghly $29 million has been propod for toxic substances, $25 million for water quality, $24 million for drinking water, $13 million forpesticides, and $1.5 million for radiation studies. The radiation research proposal is cut 50% from 1987 levels, primarily in the area of R&D on radon mitigation technologies. overall, the RBrD pmgram has ptabilized dufing the past few years, and its of focus on hazard-
R i c k d M. Dowd, P h D.,is prcsidmt of R. M. Dowd & Company, scient$c and environmentalpolicy consultants in
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