1. BLUE SKIES…
NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES

2. SPENDING TAX POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SENIOR REGULATORY REFORM MANAGEMENT
RESILIENCY

3. INFRASTRUCTURE TRADITIONAL ROUTE SRF GRANTS HYBRID ROUTE WIFIA I-Bank
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE
PRIVATIZATION
PUBLIC PRIVATE
PAB’S

5. TRAINS, PLANES & AUTOMOBILES
POLICY CHALLENGES
White House LEVERAGE Private Dollars
DEMOCRATS $1 TRILLION DIRECT SPENDING
Budget Hawks oppose
Tax Reform dictates
COMPETING PRIORITIES
RURAL COMMUNITIES VS. URBAN COMMUNITIES
LEAD IN Drinking WATER
ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY
WASTEWATER
DRINKING WATER
BUY AMERICA MANDATE
TRAINS, PLANES & AUTOMOBILES

6. TAX REFORM
IF WE DO MOVE INFRASTRUCTURE, BREADTH OF THE POLICY WILL DEPEND ON REVENUES DEDICATED
TAX REFORM IS THE VEHICLE TO SECURE THOSE REVENUES
IF YOU BELIEVE THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE WAS DRAMATIC, FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS BECAUSE TAX REFORM HITS EVERYONE AND EVERY PROGRAM FUNDING LEVEL
ALSO, TIMING OF TAX REFORM IS A FUNCTION OF ARCANE BUDGET RULES THAT COMPLICATE CONSIDERATION
BUT IT CARRIES RISKS — REMOTE BUT STILL THERE—AS IDENTIFIED BY THE REQUIREMENT FOR OFFSETS
PROCESS REQUIRES months of negotiations
OFFSET REVENUE LOSS
STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION
TAX EXEMPT FINANCING
REPATRIATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING

7. REGULATORY REFORM RULE REVISIONS CLEAN WATER RULE CLIMATE RULES
RULE MAKING PROCESS
2 OUT AND 1 IN
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Regulatory Budget
REGULATORY REFORM IS THE ONE AREA THAT WE HAVE SEEN HUGE CHANGES
TWO EXAMPLES
CLEAN WATER RULE ROLLBACK AND REWRITE
CLIMATE RULES
PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ARE CHANGES TO RULE DEVELOPMENT AND E.O.’S
E.O. ON REGULATORY BUDGET
LIMITS ON NEW RULES GOVERNED BY COSTS

9. MANAGING THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
is it a BIG DEAL
MANAGING THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
577 KEY SENIOR POSITIONS
106 NOMINATions Pending
117 CONFIRMED
354 OPEN POSITIONS
KEY APPOINTMENTS
USEPA
USBR
OMB
retirements
agency reorganization
I WILL NOT MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF PERSONNEL BEHAVIOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE BUT IS IT A BIG DEAL?
FROM A POLITICAL OR MEDIA PERSPECTIVE YES, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN UNRELENTING SINCE JANUARY 20
BUT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHITE HOUSE TURNOVER HAS BEEN, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, NOT MUCH OF AN OUTLIER COMPARED WITH OTHER WHITE HOUSES
THE REAL MATTER IS WHY ARE WE SEEING CHALLENGES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

10. FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET CONGRESSIONAL response ADMINISTRATION REQUEST
NO CONGRESSIONAL AGREEMENT
CURRENT YEAR SPENDING FOR MOST WATER PROGRAMS
USEPA PROGRAM TERMINATIONS REJECTED
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS GENERALLY MAINTAINED
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
SOUGHT TRILLION IN CUTS OVER 10 YEARS
$60 BILLION CUTS IN DOMESTIC
$64 BILLION INCREASE DEFENSE
TERMINATE DOZENS OF PROGRAMS

12. RESILIENCY
CLIMATE REPORT
BUDGETS SUPPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY

13. LOOKING FORWARD BINARY CHOICE debt ceiling FY 2018 Budget Tax Reform
Infrastructure

14. Upending the legislative and regulatory process
Washington Update
Upending the legislative and regulatory process
Upending the legislative and regulatory process
ENS RESOURCES, INC.
ERIC SAPIRSTEIN
Hilton HOTEL
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 17, 2017