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About NACEPT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) in 1988 to provide independent advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy, technology and management issues. The Council is a balanced panel of outside advisors who represent diverse interests from academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments.
STRUCTURE
The NACEPT Council is comprised of a Chair and Vice Chair, the NACEPT Designated Federal Officer (DFO), and committee members as identified by the Administrator or Deputy Administrator. Council members may serve on at least one NACEPT subcommittee and often serve as members of other ad hoc work groups. Subcommittees formed under NACEPT auspices operate by the rules of NACEPT, and may not function or report recommendations independently of the Council.
VALUE
NACEPT provides a cost-effective and flexible forum that can quickly respond to continually evolving policy challenges. The Council provides valuable advice on broad, cross-media issues and specific priority programmatic topics. Over the years, several of NACEPT’s standing committees have become independent EPA advisory committees, including the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB), the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), and the EPA-USDA Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NACEPT has provided recommendations on a variety of issues, including environmental technology, compliance assistance, human capital, Superfund, EPA's Draft Report on the Environment, and EPA's Draft Strategic Architecture and Plan. The Council has also played a strategic and visionary advisory role. NACEPT identified emerging trends and issues in its 2002 report, The Environmental Future: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for EPA (PDF) (86 pp, 326K, About PDF).
Since 1988, the Council has convened approximately 30 standing committees and involved more than 900 stakeholder representatives. The Council has approved and published over 50 major reports containing over 1,000 recommendations to the EPA Administrator. Many of these recommendations have directly influenced the policy and actions of the EPA as demonstrated by the creation of new programs, such as the Technology Innovation Office. For more information, please refer to the July 1999 report NACEPT Past and Future: A Decade of Stakeholder Advice (PDF) (141 pp, 490K, About PDF).