Brian McLean
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Drusilla Hufford
Director
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Over the past decade, OAP has become a world leader for
its work on market based programs such as the Acid Rain Program and public/private partnership programs such as ENERGY STAR.
Our programs to protect the ozone layer, address climate
change, and improve regional air quality have resulted in
billions of dollars in health benefits annually, and thousands
of lives saved.
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EPA's Clean
Air Markets Division (CAMD) includes
several market-based regulatory programs designed
to improve air quality and ecosystems. The most well-known
of these programs are EPA's Acid
Rain Program and
the NOx
Programs, which reduces emissions of sulfur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) compounds
that adversely affect air quality, the environment,
and public health. CAMD also plays an integral role
in the development and implementation of the Clean
Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the Clean
Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). |
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EPA's Stratospheric
Protection Division (SPD) protects
human health and the environment by restoring the
earth's protective ozone layer. SPD implements
the requirements of Title VI of the Clean Air Act,
which is the legal framework for U.S. compliance
with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer. SPD also promotes advanced technologies
and the responsible use of non-ozone depleting chemicals
to minimize impacts on human health while we work
to restore the ozone layer, and SPD also educates
Americans to be SunWise by
avoiding overexposure to solar ultraviolet radiation. |
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EPA's Climate
Change Division (CCD) is the EPA
lead on domestic and international climate change
policy. CCD pursues programs to further the Administration's
broader climate policy and objectives. Some of the
division's main functions include: compiling and
reporting the U.S. greenhouse gas inventory under
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC); managing several non-CO2 voluntary
programs such as the Landfill
Methane Outreach Program,
and the international Methane
to Markets Partnership;
tracking emerging issues in climate science, impacts,
economics and innovative technologies; and supporting
U.S. bilateral and multilateral partnerships. Please visit our updated Climate Change web site. |
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EPA's Climate
Protection Partnership Division (CPPD) promotes
greater use of energy efficient products and practices
in the residential, commercial and
industrial sectors through the ENERGY
STAR partnership
program. The Division's programs such as Climate
Leaders provide information, technical assistance,
and recognition for environmental leadership to organizations
as they develop strategies and take advantage of
proven opportunities to reduce their GHG emissions.
CPPD also encourages investments in efficient, clean
technologies such as combined
heat and power (CHP) and green
power from renewable resources. |
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