EPA Region 2 oversees compliance assessment, assistance, enforcement, and cleanup activities at facilities throughout New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Program responsibilities range from air permitting and Superfund oversight to pollution prevention and wetlands protection. Federal facilities are treated as an independent sector through the regional Federal Facility Compliance, Environmental Review and Superfund Programs. More

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Universal Wastes: Universally Confusing - EPA Region 2 and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are hosting a workshop for Federal Facilities at EPA Region 2's Office in New York City on July 27, 2005 from 10 am to 12 pm. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a review of the current universal waste requirements in New York State and to discuss proposed changes to these requirements under consideration by New York State. For more information, contact Kathleen Malone, EPA Region 2 Federal Facilities Program Manager. Her number is 212-637-4083.

Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping - Executive Order 13148 also requires that Federal Agencies adopt environmentally beneficial landscaping practices on federalgrounds, purchase environmentally-preferable and recycled-content landscaping products; and encourage nonfederal grant recipients to do so as well. This brochure was recently developed by EPA Region 2 to help federal facilities comply with this Order. For more information on environmentally preferable landscaping, call Diane Buxbaum, the pollution prevention coordinator for EPA Region 2's Federal Facilities Program at 212-637-3919 or E-mail her at buxbaum.diane@epa.gov.