| Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update |
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Transportation/HUD Appropriations
The fiscal year 2011 THUD Appropriations Subcommittee Markup was released last week. The bill allocates $67.4 billion for projects a decrease of $500 million compared to FY2010 and $1.3 billion less than the President's request. You can access the summary table, Chairman Olver's statement, and the earmarks list. The following is a list of select programs important to the Northeast-Midwest: Department of Transportation |
Program
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FY11 Chairman's Mark
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FY11 Pres Request
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FY10 Enacted
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DOT Total
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$79,367.02
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$77,701.43
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$75,699.36
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TIGER
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$400
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$0
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$600
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Amtrak
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$1,788.5
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$1,637
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$1,583.63
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HSIPR (High-speed rail)
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$1,400
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$1,000
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$2,500
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FTA Capital Grants
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$2,000
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$1,822.11
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$2,000
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Livable Communities
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$326.91
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$326.91
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$0
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Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Program
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FY11 Chairman's Mark
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FY11 Pres Request
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FY10 Enacted
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Tenant-Bases Rent Ass't
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17,225.00
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17,310.00
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16,339.00
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Transforming Rent Ass't Demo
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0.00
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350.00
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0.00
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HOPE VI
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200.00
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0.00
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135.00
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Choice Neighborhoods
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0.00
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250.00
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65.00
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CDBG
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4,352.10
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4,380.10
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4,450.00
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CDBG-Sustainable Communities
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0.00
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150.00
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0.00
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CDBG- Catalytic Investment Grants
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0.00
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150.00
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0.00
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Brownfields Redevelopment
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17.50
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0.00
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17.50
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Section 108
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10.00
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0.00
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6.00
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For more information contact Fritz Ohrenschall at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
DOE Loan Guarantee Program
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2010 War Supplemental Appropriations Bill on the evening of Thursday, July 1st. Along with allocating additional funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bill included language affecting several domestic programs as well. One significant provision for which the Institute has provided guidance to the Coalitions modifies the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program by: - Allowing loan guarantee applicants to submit multiple applications;
- Specifying that eligible projects may be located on two or more non-contiguous sites;
- Broadening the eligibility requirements for the section 1705 conventional technology loan guarantee to include energy efficiency projects and combined heat and power / industrial waste energy recovery;
- Relaxing credit rating requirements for small projects; and
- appropriating $18 billion - split 50/50 between nuclear and renewables/energy efficiency projects.
These changes should make more DOE dollars available for small and midsized projects that would benefit older industrial cities in the northeast and midwest. The revised House bill must now be voted on by the Senate before it can be signed by the President. For more information contact J. Thomas Wolfe, Executive Director of the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
Substitute Cardin Chesapeake Bill Agreed to in Senate EPW Committee
In the hours leading up to the
June 30 markup of the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act ( S. 1816), Senator Cardin-the lead sponsor of this bill-worked to reach a
compromise with Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Republicans. Among several changes, this compromiseremoves: language pertaining to the forthcoming Bay-wide TMDL, non-point source
permitting under the EPA, and the explicit requirement for states' Watershed
Implementation Plans. It also changes the Chesapeake Bay Program to
Chesapeake "Basin" Program. The compromise adds: grants for Centers
of Excellence, an expansion of USDA's role in Bay restoration, recreational
public access provisions and technical assistance for agriculture, and
increased independent evaluations. For more information contact Rachel Dawson at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
June Mississippi River Basin Update
Publications and Articles - USDA NRCS CEAP Report
- USDA NRCS MRBI Announcement
- Challenges Facing USDA's Conservation Reserve Program
- NSAC CSP Fact Sheet
- EPA Inspector General's Report
- USGS Urban Stream Research
- American Rivers Most Endangered Rivers 2010
- America's Waterway's June Mississippi River newsletter
- Environmental Defense Fund's latest issue of Delta Dispatches
America's Inner Coast Summit Conference, Event and Meeting Announcements Federal Legislative Updates Federal Budget and Appropriations Fore more information contact Mark Gorman at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
Brownfields Conference 2011: Call for Session Proposals, New Deadline July 30
The 14th National Brownfields Conference is coming to Philadelphia on April 3-5, 2011. Cosponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the National Brownfields Conference attracts more than five thousand registrants and hundreds of exhibitors. The conference is the largest, most comprehensive event focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized, and potentially contaminated properties in the nation. Conference organizers are now accepting proposals for the more than 100 educational sessions. The planning committee wants to encourage more interactive educational sessions in hopes to have at least 60 percent using the always popular marketplace/roundtable format and the newly established public dialogue/debate format. To submit your session proposal by the deadline of July 30, 2010 go to www.brownfields2011.org. For more information please contact Julie Butler at jbutler@icma.org or see the conference website. |
10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference Call for Session ProposalsThe Local Government Commission (LGC) is conducting a formal Call for Session Proposals (CFSP) for the 2011 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference program from May 17th through June 30th. The submittal review process will take place from July through late-August 2010, and those selected for inclusion in the final program will be notified by early September, if not sooner. If you are interested in submitting a session proposal for consideration for the 2011 conference program, please carefully read the CFSP Instructions document. Then, complete the entire submittal form and submit it via email to mbarton@lgc.org. Incomplete submittal forms will not be considered. If you would like to submit more than one proposal, you will need to use a separate CFSP submittal form for each. All submissions will receive an email acknowledging receipt by the LGC. If you do not receive such an email within 72 hours of submitting your proposal, please contact Melissa Harper-Barton at mbarton 'AT' lgc 'DOT' org to confirm your proposal has been received. - Download Submittal Instructions Word | PDF
- Download Submittal Form Word | PDF
Fore more information contact Fritz Ohrenschall at the Northeast-Midwest Institute or Melissa Harper-Barton at the Local Government Commission. |
Testimony Available from Rep. Tsongas Field Hearing in Lowell, MA
Seven experts (below) provided oral and written testimony to Congresswoman Niki Tsongas at a Congressional field hearing in Lowell, MA on June 19, 2010. The event was convened by the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition in coordination with the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. The experts focused their remarks on the role of federal policy in advancing innovative land re-use and sustainability in mid-sized older industrial cities.
Experts and the topic of their remarks: Alan Mallach, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program of The Brookings Institution Reimagining land use in America's distressed older cities-the Federal Policy RoleThe Honorable Parris Glendening, Former Governor of the State of Maryland and President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute The role of state and federal policy in advancing sustainability, livability and smart growthDr. Alan Hecht, Director for Sustainable Development, Office of Research and Development, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The role of EPA and the Office of Research and Development in promoting urban sustainability and sustainable developmentBob Van Meter, Executive Director of Greater Boston LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) Building neighborhood capacity for community revitalization/climate change and the agenda for America's cities
Wendy Nicholas, Director of the Northeast Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation Historic preservation as a means of creating sustainable cities: greening of historic properties, rehabilitation and energy retrofit tax creditsAndre Leroux, Director, Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance Enhancing local successes in smart growth and sustainability-considerations for federal policiesJohn Schneider, Executive Vice-President,Mass INC. A policy agenda for innovation and economic opportunity in "Gateway Cities." The written testimony and short bios of each expert can be found on the NEMW website. For more information contact Greg Lewis at the Northeast-Midwest Institute, 202-464-4005. |
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