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Mexico
EPA works with our Mexican neighbors on the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) 
, a collaboration between the
United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of
the nearly 12 million people living along the border.
The bi-national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Learn More:
- About the Border 2012 Program and its results
- EPA takes a leadership role in border activities on air quality in partnership with Mexico.
- Joint programs with Mexico to prepare for and prevent environmental emergencies along the southern border of the United States.
Additional Resources About Environment and the Mexico-U.S. Border:
- Border Eco Web. This site is designed to facilitate public-access to environmental information about the Mexico-U.S. border region. Information is available in both Spanish and English.
- International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). The U.S. and Mexico have cooperated on their shared border environment for over a hundred years. Much of this cooperation took place under the auspices of the IBWC, a U.S.-Mexico international organization with a presence in both countries. The IBWC administers several large water cleanup projects, including those in Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.
- Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC). BECC identifies, develops, and certifies environmental infrastructure projects in the the U.S.-Mexico border area.
- North American Development Bank (NADBank) . NADBank participates in the financing of BECC-certified projects.
- SEMARNAT Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. SEMARNAT is EPA's federal counterpart in the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program.
For additional information about EPA's programs with Mexico, contact:
Lisa Almodovar
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of International Affairs (2650R)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
Email: almodovar.lisa@epa.gov
202-564-6401
