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Trump's EPA at it again
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:11 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday it would forgive $20.7 million in federal drinking water fund debts owed by Flint, Mich.
The step comes as the EPA and the federal government make amends for the city’s drinking water crisis. The government approved $100 million in emergency funding for the city in March, and a government spending bill signed by President Trump in May directed the EPA to forgive Flint's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) debts.
“Forgiving Flint’s past debt will better protect public health and reduce the costs associated with maintaining the city’s water system over time,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement. “Forgiving the city’s debt will ensure that Flint will not need to resume payments on the loan, allowing progress toward updating Flint’s water system to continue.”
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) said the loan forgiveness “will allow for state funding to be spent on high priority infrastructure needs that maintain recent water quality improvements and address public health concerns.”
Flint had incurred the debt through four DWSRF loans issued between 1999 and 2003. Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality formally requested loan forgiveness for the city in May, the Flint Journal reported then.
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is an EPA program to provide federal funding to support upgrades to state and local drinking water systems.
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The step comes as the EPA and the federal government make amends for the city’s drinking water crisis. The government approved $100 million in emergency funding for the city in March, and a government spending bill signed by President Trump in May directed the EPA to forgive Flint's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) debts.
“Forgiving Flint’s past debt will better protect public health and reduce the costs associated with maintaining the city’s water system over time,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a statement. “Forgiving the city’s debt will ensure that Flint will not need to resume payments on the loan, allowing progress toward updating Flint’s water system to continue.”
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) said the loan forgiveness “will allow for state funding to be spent on high priority infrastructure needs that maintain recent water quality improvements and address public health concerns.”
Flint had incurred the debt through four DWSRF loans issued between 1999 and 2003. Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality formally requested loan forgiveness for the city in May, the Flint Journal reported then.
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is an EPA program to provide federal funding to support upgrades to state and local drinking water systems.
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Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:11 pm to Jbird
More evidence Trump hates black people.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:13 pm to Jbird
Even though its not fair and bails out the city, the people of Flint gaining nothing by the city paying this money back.
It should be spent on the infrastructure they need to ensure this doesn't happen again.
It should be spent on the infrastructure they need to ensure this doesn't happen again.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:13 pm to udtiger
Wisconsin and Michigan are just about locks for 2018(Kid Rock) and 2020
all trump needs to do now is replace JoePa's statute to keep Pennsylvania.
3D Chess
all trump needs to do now is replace JoePa's statute to keep Pennsylvania.
3D Chess
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:16 pm to Jbird
How does a city end up with 20 million in water debt?
Just shut off the damn water when people don't pay.
Just shut off the damn water when people don't pay.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:19 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:20 pm to udtiger
quote:
More evidence Trump hates black people
I wonder how the media will play this tho
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:The debt wasn't from homeowners not paying their water bills. It was from an emergency loan made to the city by the EPA to fix their water system.
How does a city end up with 20 million in water debt?
Just shut off the damn water when people don't pay.
Geez, you continue to prove your idiocy.....
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:24 pm to Jbird
I hate handouts but this is a good move. They need help and the ability to use money towards upgrades.
This whole thing is a great example of how EPA/govt just screws things up and doesn't do what it was supposed to do. The feds wouldn't be out this money if they weren't in this business.
This whole thing is a great example of how EPA/govt just screws things up and doesn't do what it was supposed to do. The feds wouldn't be out this money if they weren't in this business.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:37 pm to notsince98
quote:
This whole thing is a great example of how EPA/govt just screws things up and doesn't do what it was supposed to do. The feds wouldn't be out this money if they weren't in this business.
Many small towns wouldn't have clean water without the state revolving fund. That program has been a massive success. It goes like this..
Water treatment facilities are required to self-report when they exceed effluent limits. If they are chronic offenders (often due to failing infrastructure) eventually the state initiates enforcement actions to force them to upgrade their facility. Problem is.. small (typically rural) towns don't have that kind of money laying around. The solution? Taxpayers give that small town an incredibly low interest rate loan (like near 0%) provided the infrastructure is upgraded.
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:43 pm to bmy
quote:
Many small towns wouldn't have clean water without the state revolving fund. That program has been a massive success. It goes like this..
Water treatment facilities are required to self-report when the exceed effluent limits. If they are chronic offenders (often due to failing infrastructure) eventually the state initiates enforcement actions to force them to upgrade their facility. Problem is.. small (typically rural) towns don't have that kind of money laying around. The solution? Taxpayers give that small town an incredibly low interest rate loan (like near 0%) provided the infrastructure is upgraded.
Low interest rate loans can be handled through the free market too. Last I checked, it is fairly common.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:54 pm to bmy
quote:
. It goes like this..
Water treatment facilities are required to self-report when the exceed effluent limits.
it's like you're a literal 25 IQ.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 1:58 pm to CptBengal
quote:
it's like you're a literal 25 IQ.
You don't think they self report?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:02 pm to bmy
bmy, usually when the market isn't willing to provide an entity with the funds needed to build something, it is because they think the cost outweighs the returns. That's just called efficiency.
When the government uses guns to collect tax money to pay for something that people willingly would not devote resources to, it's an inefficient allocation of sresources.
When the government uses guns to collect tax money to pay for something that people willingly would not devote resources to, it's an inefficient allocation of sresources.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:04 pm to bmy
quote:
it's like you're a literal 25 IQ.
You don't think they self report?
They do you slovenly moron.
But only do so when they can offload the expense of cleanup/repair under another federal outlay.
I swear to god you have to be a fricking moron.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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bmy, usually when the market isn't willing to provide an entity with the funds needed to build something, it is because they think the cost outweighs the returns. That's just called efficiency.
I have no problem getting rid of the program and telling farmer Joe and Bubba to deal with it.
They can't afford the infrastructure required for safe drinking water and they'll be forced to move to a city or to poison their children
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:06 pm to Jbird
How is this a bad thing?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:08 pm to bmy
quote:
They can't afford the infrastructure required for safe drinking water and they'll be forced to move to a city
because the city squandered it on other progressive idiocy?
I really love the low level, like mensroom piss puddle level, analysis of your replies.
it's astounding.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:09 pm to Jbird
Every time I hear "EPA" I think of Walter Peck.
Shut that grid down, Walter. Do it.
Shut that grid down, Walter. Do it.
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 2:12 pm to bmy
quote:Well, my post history indicates I have issues with rural people complaining about hardship.
They can't afford the infrastructure required for safe drinking water and they'll be forced to move to a city or to poison their children
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