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Frequently Asked Questions about EPA’s Strategic Plan
What is EPA’s Strategic Plan?
EPA’s Strategic Plan puts forward our goals for the next five years and describes how we intend to achieve a cleaner, healthier environment for all Americans. The plan is a public statement of our commitment to the American people and is a map of how we expect to achieve environmental results.
What are EPA’s strategic goals?
EPA has established five long-term, results-based goals. Each goal was developed with the advice and participation of our governmental partners and stakeholders. By focusing our efforts on a small number of outcome-oriented goals, we hope to achieve better environmental results, stronger and better partnerships with federal, state, tribal, and local government entities, and wiser use of tax dollars. Our goals describe the results we seek. They will shape the way that we plan, budget, and account for our work over the next five years. Our five goals are:
Goal 1 Clean Air and Global Climate Change
Goal 2 Clean and Safe Water
Goal 3 Land Preservation and Restoration
Goal 4 Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
Goal 5 Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
How does the Strategic Plan help us achieve these goals?
The Strategic Plan sets forth the objectives, sub-objectives, and their associated strategic measures—together sometimes referred to as the “strategic architecture” or “strategic performance measurement framework”—that support our goals and describe the means and strategies that EPA and its partners will employ to achieve them.
What are “Targeted Areas”?
In EPA’s 2009-2014 Strategic Plan update, the Agency is focusing on a limited number of targeted areas where we believe new or significant changes in strategies or performance measurement are most critical in helping the Agency to better achieve and measure environmental and human health outcomes. These targeted areas include:
- Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Impacts of Global Climate Change
- Contaminants
- Import Safety
- Improving Program Implementation in Indian Country
- Enforcement/Compliance Measurement Approach
- Research Strategic Directions and Targets
- Environmental Indicators, Monitoring, and Related Information
How can I get a hard copy of the latest Strategic Plan?
Printed copies of EPA's 2006 - 2011 Strategic Plan are available from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications at 1-800-490-9198 or by e-mail via nscep@bps-lmit.com. Please ask for publication number EPA-190-R-06-001.