# Presentation: 694407

## John C. Puzak
Director, Office of Resources Management and Administration

*Director, Office of Resources Management and Administration*

**Research and Development Budget****Presentation to Regional Science Liaisons**

**Notes:**
Note: On April 7th, John Puzak became ORD’s Senior Information Official. His successor is Howard Cantor, formerly OIG’s Assistant Inspector General for Planning, Analysis, and Results.

## Overview

- Budget Trends
- FY 2009 President’s Budget
- ORD Programs Serving Regions

## Budget Trends: Federal Deficit

**Budget Trends: ****Federal Deficit**

**Sources:**	CBO, 1/24/2008, _[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/01-24-BudgetOutlook.pdf](http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/01-24-BudgetOutlook.pdf)_
- 	OMB, 2/5/2008, _[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/budget/tables.pdf](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/budget/tables.pdf)_

## Budget Trends: EPA & ORD’s Relative Position

**Budget Trends: ****EPA & ORD’s Relative Position**

**Source:** OMB, 2/5/2008, _[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf)_

**Notes:**
Given the federal budget climate and administration priorities, EPA’s budget has steadily declined in nominal terms since FY 2004.
Budget reductions at EPA have come primarily from the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) appropriation account, which affects OAR and OW the most.
ORD’s nominal budget as a percentage of EPA’s nominal budget is relatively steady over time.
However, ORD’s budget has declined in nominal terms over this period (see next slide).

## Budget Trends: ORD Controlling for Inflation

**Budget Trends: ****ORD Controlling for Inflation**

- Assumes consumer inflation data.  Enacted budgets, except where noted.  Includes congressional earmarks.
- * FY 2009 estimate assumes January 2008 twelve month inflation rate of 4.3%.
**Source:** DOL, 2/13/2008, _[http://](http://www.bls.gov/cpi/)__[www.bls.gov/cpi](http://www.bls.gov/cpi/)__[/](http://www.bls.gov/cpi/)_

**Notes:**
ORD’s budget has declined in both nominal and real terms over the last ten years.
In real terms, ORD’s budget decline over the last decade equates to an approximately 25% reduction in purchasing power.
This chart uses the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index.  Inflation for research enterprises may be different (potentially higher) for this period.

## Budget Trends: ORD by Component

**Budget Trends: ****ORD by Component**

- $95.6

- $61.2

- $58.0

- $57.2

**$242.8**

**Notes:**
ORD has approximately 1,800 FTEs, including many highly educated scientists and engineers.
Personnel costs have inflated significantly over the last decade.
Given a relatively steady total budget and level budgets for operating expenses, extramural funding has declined (for both ORD’s in-house laboratories and external grants to universities, e.g., Science to Achieve Results, or STAR, program).

## Example Oversize Graphic Template

| Program/Project
 | FY 2008
President’s Budget |  | FY 2008 
 Enacted |  | FY 2009
President’s Budget |  | ChangeFY 08 En. to FY 09 |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | $M | FTE | $M | FTE | $M | FTE | $M | FTE |
| Research: Clean Air | $81.1 | 236.2 | $80.0 | 236.2 | $80.6 | 236.4 | +$0.6 | +0.2 |
| Research: Drinking Water | $48.5 | 207.2 | $48.8 | 207.2 | $45.3 | 190.2 | -$3.5 | -17.0 |
| Research: Water Quality | $56.5 | 239.4 | $55.6 | 239.4 | $56.2 | 236.8 | +$0.6 | -2.6 |
| Research: Land Preservation and Restoration | $32.4 | 141.3 | $31.9 | 141.3 | $35.5 | 154.7 | +$3.6 | +13.4 |
| Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery | $35.7 | 50.9 | $33.3 | 50.9 | $39.6 | 57.5 | +$6.3 | +6.6 |
| Human Health Risk Assessment | $42.8 | 182.1 | $42.2 | 182.1 | $42.6 | 178.6 | +$0.4 | -3.5 |
| Research: Computational Toxicology | $15.1 | 34.3 | $12.1 | 34.3 | $14.9 | 32.7 | +$2.8 | -1.6 |
| Research: Endocrine Disruptors | $10.1 | 54.4 | $10.3 | 54.4 | $9.5 | 50.1 | -$0.9 | -4.3 |
| Research: Global Change | $16.9 | 32.6 | $19.7 | 32.6 | $16.4 | 32.2 | -$3.3 | -0.4 |
| Research: Human Health & Ecosystems | $145.0 | 497.0 | $153.0 | 497.0 | $144.7 | 478.3 | -$8.3 | -18.7 |
| Research: Pesticides and Toxics | $24.8 | 126.3 | $24.5 | 126.3 | $26.6 | 137.4 | +$2.1 | +11.1 |
| Research: Fellowships | $8.4 | 2.7 | $9.8 | 2.7 | $8.9 | 2.6 | -$1.0 | -0.1 |
| Research: Sustainability | $22.5 | 76.2 | $22.1 | 76.2 | $20.0 | 70.8 | -$2.2 | -5.4 |
| Congressional Earmarks | $0.0 | 0.0 | $4.3 | 0.0 | $0.0 | 0.0 | -$4.3 | 0.0 |
| Total | $539.8 | 1,880.6 | $547.6 | 1,880.6 | $540.7 | 1,858.3 | -$7.0 | -22.3 |

## FY 2009 Request vs. FY 2008 Enacted: Major Increases

- Homeland Security	+$6.3M
- Land Preservation and Restoration	+$3.6M
- Computational Toxicology	+$2.8M
- Pesticides and Toxics	+$2.1M
- Human Health and Ecosystems
*Nanotechnology**	**+$3.6M*
*Ecosystems (remote sensing)**	**+$1.0M*

**Notes:**
Homeland Security (Greg Sayles)
Increased funding to enhance biodefense research related to anthrax
Increased effort to develop provisional advisory levels (through the redirection of resources from the drinking water research program)

Land Preservation and Restoration (Randy Wentsel)
Increased support to determine the release points of engineered nanomaterials into the environment and the physical and chemical properties controlling the transport and transformation of nanomaterials in environmental media
Increased support to develop data to support dosimetric and toxicologic assessment of amphibole asbestos fiber-containing material from Libby, MT

Computational Toxicology (Bob Kavlock)
Support for EPA’s role in interagency efforts to implement recommendations in the NAS report “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy.”

Pesticides and Toxics (Elaine Francis)
Support for research that moves EPA towards an integrated, spatially-explicit risk assessment program for wildlife and plant populations and communities of concern, including adding a new exposure component to existing ecological effects modeling efforts

Human Health and Ecosystems
Nanotechnology (Jeff Morris)
Increased study of the health and ecological implications arising from new routes of exposure and/or toxicities associated with either direct or indirect exposure to nanomaterials
Support for identifying and developing risk assessment methodologies that address the unique aspects of engineered nanomaterials
Ecosystems Protection (Rick Linthurst)
Funding to advance sensor-based technology for real-time monitoring of critical chemical and biological parameters (to be developed through the Small Business Innovation Research program, also known as SBIR)

## FY 2009 Request vs. FY 2008 Enacted: Major Decreases

- Congressional Earmarks	−$4.3M
- Human Health and Ecosystems	 −$8.3M
- Drinking Water	 −$3.5M
- Global Change	 −$3.3M
- Sustainability	 −$2.2M
- Fellowships	 −$1.0M
- Pesticides and Toxics
*Biotechnology**	** −$1.0M*

**Notes:**
Human Health and Ecosystems
Human Health (Sally Darney, acting)
Reduced support for Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants on susceptible populations not related to the children’s environmental health centers
Reduced support for research on asthma
Ecosystems Protection (Rick Linthurst)
Description of reduction

Other Programs
Elimination of the grants portion of the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program (Nora Savage)

Drinking Water (Audrey Levine)
Transfer of resources to development of provisional advisory levels within the homeland security program
Transfer of resources to research on contaminated sites and asbestos within the land research program
Transfer of resources to the water quality research program to help develop recreational water quality criteria and evaluate emerging water contaminants in the water quality program

Global Change (Joel Scheraga)
President’s budget does not include a budget increase given by Congress during FY 2008 appropriations for the purpose of research to support future greenhouse gas rulemakings

Sustainability (Alan Hecht)
Reduction to Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program
Reduced support for development of metrics and decision support tools and the ability to assess new technologies

Fellowships (Stephanie Willett & Sherri Hunt)
Reduction in funding for Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowships

Pesticides and Toxics (Elaine Francis)
Reduction in biotechnology research, including efforts to develop crop management protocols to understand the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment

## Example Oversize Graphic Template

| ORD Programs Supporting Regions | FY 2007 Enacted | FY 2008 Enacted | FY 2009 Pres. Bud. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ECOTOXicology (ECOTOX) Database | $477K,
1 FTE | $111K,
1 FTE | $110K,
1 FTE |
| Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium | $725K,
1.3 FTE | $464K,
0.9 FTE | $725K,
0.9 FTE |
| Superfund Technical Support Centers (TSCs)
(includes Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center) | $1,238K | $916K | $784K |
| Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) | $2M | $870K | $900K |
| Regional Science Liaison (RSL) Program | 10 FTE | 10 FTE | 10 FTE |
| Superfund and Technology Liaison (STL) Program | 10 FTE | 10 FTE | 10 FTE |
| Regional Science Topic Workshops | $60K | $120K | $240K |
| Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) | $2M | $2M | $2M |
| Regional Methods (RM) Program | $600K | $600K | $600K |
| Regional Research Partnership Program (R2P2) | $59K | $140K | $140K |