Optimizing Interest Rate, Loan Term, and Fee Policies in SRF Financing
Directing Principal Forgiveness to Communities That Need It Most
How States Define Disadvantaged Communities for the DWSRF
Understanding Set-Aside Funds: Strengthening Water Systems Beyond Infrastructure
State Policies Impacting SRF Assistance to State-Defined Disadvantaged Communities
How States’ Disadvantaged Community Definitions Can Prioritize Access to SRFs for Under-Resourced Communities
Optimizing Interest Rate and Other Loan Policies for SRF Financing
Federal Policy Shifts Impact Tribal Funding Access and Environmental Restoration
Southern States Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Quantitative Analyses
Innovation Incubators - from Egyptian Egg Ovens to Artificial Intelligence
Comments Regarding the Council on Environmental Quality’s Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
EPIC submitted public comments opposing the wholesale removal of NEPA regulations by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), arguing it would create confusion and increase litigation risk. Instead, we proposed modernizing the NEPA process through our Smart Permitting Agenda, which includes implementing clear timelines, developing programmatic reviews, creating user-friendly e-permitting systems, and establishing expedited pathways for ecological restoration. We believe an updated regulatory framework can maintain NEPA's original intent while delivering faster results and ensuring meaningful community input.
EPIC's Smart Permitting Recommendations to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Rethinking Tech Capacity, Talent, and the Environment: Where Do We Go From Here?
We Need to Tend Innovation Like We Tend a Fire
At EPIC, we believe in using innovative data and technology to tackle environmental challenges faster. We advocate for government involvement in fostering tech innovation to better manage resources. Discover the five key building blocks of a healthy tech ecosystem to help technology thrive across public, private, and non-profit sectors.
Smart Permitting Agenda
EPIC Calls on EPA to Improve Lead Service Line Funding Allocations
“A Good Program in Theory”: Opportunities for Administrative Improvements to USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program
10 Fundamentals for Smart Permitting
The Trump-Vance Administration is excited about permitting reform, so are we! And, to get there, we want to see smart permitting. Efficient and effective permitting should be about getting to “yes” or “no” on projects faster—and we know there are hundreds of ways to do that without minimizing scientific rigor, transparency, and public participation. We’ve researched dozens of federal and state policies and technologies that have sped up permitting. Here we synthesize our 10 fundamental recommendations for improving the environmental review and permitting process.
CWSRF Sponsorship Programs: Swipe Right to Match Point Source Projects with Nonpoint Source Projects
Since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), there has been an interest from many quarters to direct a larger portion of these funds towards green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) projects. While the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) has funded some GSI and other nonpoint source projects over the years, it remains a very small percentage of overall spending.
