WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Rating Member of the Senate Setting and Community Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the two customers of the Senate Appropriations Committee, right now introduced $2,771,905 in funding for West Virginia by means of numerous U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant packages.
“In purchase to maintain West Virginia’s all-natural surroundings, we ought to keep on to produce means that give our communities the versatility and assist they will need,” Position Member Capito explained. “The grants declared these days do this in a assortment of techniques, which includes endangered species security, funding for watershed jobs that make sure safe and sound, high-quality h2o, and career schooling for occupations in environmental courses. I’m on the lookout ahead to seeing the optimistic affect of these investments, and will keep on to prioritize equivalent undertaking funding as ranking member of the Natural environment and Community Performs Committee.”
“Every West Virginian deserves clean up drinking water to consume and new air to breathe. I am happy the EPA is investing far more than $2.7 million in these three significant systems to protect the high-quality of our water sources while also expanding workforce enhancement and task teaching in our agricultural industries,” Senator Manchin explained. “As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I will proceed to advocate for funding to protect our normal sources and bolster occupation development across the Mountain Point out.”
Specific awards shown down below:
Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant:
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- $1,845,000 – West Virginia Department of Environmental Security (WVDEP)

Chesapeake Bay Application Implementation, Regulatory/Accountability and Checking Grants:
Environmental Workforce Enhancement and Task Schooling Cooperative Agreements:
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- $346,700 – West Virginia Division of Agriculture

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