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Pollution Prevention (P2) and Innovation 
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Lifecycle Building Challenge 2 2008 Video
Click below to view the 2008 Lifecycle Building Challenge video. Double-click the lifecycle-awards_1.wmv file. It will open in your Windows Media Player.
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Vision
The EPA Region 4 Office of Pollution Prevention and Innovation (OPPI) Vision is to use innovation to promote and fully integrate the principles of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Stewardship into Region 4’s actions, policies and employee ethic.
Mission
OPPI uses the tools of pollution prevention (P2), as defined by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, and innovation to support EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment. OPPI accomplishes this by supporting Region 4 States’ P2 and Innovation programs, collaborating with EPA regulatory and partnership programs, and communicating effective P2 and innovations strategies that will result in improved human health and environmental outcomes.
Resources for Business, Government and Institutions
The Waste Reduction Resource Center (WRRC)
web site is for recent regional P2 information on P2 grants, State Activities,
and regional Technical P2 Library. This Center funded by Regions 3 & 4
contains over 24,000 electronic documents on P2. These include journal
articles, case studies, technical reports, and video tapes.
Compliance Assistance and Incentives - Compliance Assistance programs provide information about pollution regulations, training in how to identify and report pollution violations and cost-effective means of preventing or correcting them.
Region 4 P2 Grant Information -
This link will take you to the grants information on the WRRC site. The
Region 4 guidance and priorities are posted for both Pollution Prevention
Grants and Source Reduction Grants. National notifications on these grants
generally occur in the beginning of the calendar year.
Federal agencies have an obligation and responsibility to lead by example and reduce our carbon footprint. We invite you to join EPA Region 4 and reduce your climate impacts by influencing the actions of your organization to reduce your carbon footprint.
Useful centralized web-based toolkits to assist local governments, citizens, businesses and environmental regulators in identifying information to develop, evaluate, support, and/or expand programs in air quality, waste, revitalization projects and water.