House environment panel reviews EPA FY2027 budget request

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President Trump's FY2027 EPA budget request proposes over $2.5 billion for environmental management, nearly $750 million for state and Tribal grants, and $290 million for Superfund cleanups.
Congressman Morgan Griffith emphasized that FY2022–2026 EPA appropriations under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act were intended as one-time supplements, not ongoing baseline funding.
Administrator Lee Zeldin's EPA priorities include sewage spill cleanups, Superfund closures, guidance on Clean Air Act permitting, stricter drinking water monitoring, and rollbacks of prior coal-related regulations.

Budget hearing outlines funding priorities

As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Morgan Griffith says the subcommittee is considering President Trump's fiscal year 2027 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and welcomes Administrator Lee Zeldin back before the panel.

In his opening statement, Griffith says the proposal includes more than $2.5 billion for environmental management programs, nearly $750 million in grant assistance for states and Tribes, more than $500 million for science and technology activities, and $290 million for Superfund site cleanup. He describes the request as fiscally responsible and says it remains focused on infrastructure, cleanup goals and the agency's core statutory programs.

Griffith also argues the requested funding should be viewed against what he calls elevated appropriations provided to the EPA for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. He says those allocations were intended as a one-time supplement rather than a new baseline for annual funding.

Regulatory direction and congressional oversight

Griffith uses the hearing to praise Zeldin's leadership and the Trump administration's current approach to regulation and enforcement at the EPA. He says the agency is returning to what he calls its core role of protecting human health and cleaning up the environment, while moving away from policies he characterizes as harmful to jobs and overly expansive in legal interpretation.

He points to actions including work on sewage spill cleanups in California, Superfund site closures, Clean Air Act permitting guidance and drinking water safeguards involving monitoring proposals for microplastics, PFAS and pharmaceuticals. Griffith also highlights the administration's rollback of prior coal-related rules and says Congress should continue reviewing EPA authorities, including through hearings and markups on the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Brownfields law, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and federal waste and recycling laws.

Our earlier article on the reversal of the Superior National Forest land withdrawal in northern Minnesota explained how President Trump signed H.J. Res. 140 to reopen 225,504 acres to potential mineral leasing. We noted that supporters framed the change as a boost to domestic critical-minerals supply chains and regional mining jobs, while emphasizing that any projects would still have to clear state and federal environmental review and permitting.

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