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Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview
EPA's Mission 5
Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification 5
Improving Air Quality and Supporting Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution 6
Protecting America's Water 7
Building Strong State and Tribal Partnerships 8
Strengthening Enforcement and Compliance 8
Enhancing Chemical Safety 9
Supporting Healthy Communities 10
Maintaining a Strong Science Foundation 11
Resource Summary Tables
Appropriation Summary 12
Budget Authority 12
Full-time Equivalents (FTE) 13
Goals and Objective Overview
Goal, Appropriation Summary 15
Budget Authority 15
Authorized Full-time Equivalents (FTE) 17
Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality 19
Budget Authority 19
Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality 19
Introduction 20
Maj or FY 2012 Investment Areas 21
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and Reductions 22
Priority Goals 22
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FY 2012 Activities 22
Protecting America's Waters 29
Budget Authority 29
Full-time Equivalents 29
Goal 2 30
Protecting America's Waters 30
Introduction 30
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas 31
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and Reductions 31
Priority Goals 31
FY 2012 Activities 32
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development 41
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development 41
Budget Authority 42
Full-time Equivalents 42
Goal3 43
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development 43
Introduction 43
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas 44
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and Reductions 45
Priority Goal 45
FY 2012 Activities 46
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution 55
Budget Authority 55
Full-time Equivalents 55
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution 55
Introduction 56
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas 57
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and Reductions 57
FY 2012 Activities 58
Enforcing Environmental Laws 63
Budget Authority 63
Full-time Equivalents 63
Enforcing Environmental Laws 63
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GoalS 64
Enforcing Environmental Laws 64
Introduction 64
Maj or FY 2012 Investment Areas 67
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and Reductions 68
Priority Goal 68
FY 2012 Activities 68
Superfund Enforcement 71
Performance 4-Year Array
GOAL 1: Taking Action On Climate Change And Improving Air Quality 74
GOAL 2: Protecting America's Waters 81
GOAL 3: Cleaning Up Our Communities And Advancing Sustainable Development 94
GOAL 4: Ensuring The Safety Of Chemicals And Preventing Pollution 100
GOAL 5: Enforcing Environmental Laws 105
NPM: Office Of Administration And Resources Management 115
NPM: Office Of Environmental Information 116
NPM: Inspector General 117
Verification And Validation 118
Coordination with Other Federal Agencies 119
Environmental Programs 119
Goal 1- Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality 119
Goal 2- Protecting America's Waters 127
Goal 3-Cleaning Up Our Communities 137
Goal 5- Enforcing Environmental Laws 149
Enabling Support Programs 153
Appendix
Major Management Challenges 161
EPA User Fee Program 186
Working Capital Fund 190
Acronyms 191
STAG Categorical Program Grants 196
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Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses 196
Program Projects By Program Area 206
Expected Benefits Of The President's E-Government Initiatives 225
EPA benefits from Geo LoB in FY 2012 are anticipated to be the same as in prior years.229
Superfund Special Accounts 232
Special Accounts: 233
FY 2011 High Priority Performance Goals 234
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 238
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Introduction and Overview
EPA's Mission
The mission of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect
human health and the environment. This
budget request reflects the tough choices
needed for our nation's short- and long-term
fiscal health. The President directed EPA
and other federal agencies to reduce funding
levels out of an understanding that the same
sacrifices are being made by American
families every day. While this budget
includes significant cuts, it is designed to
ensure that EPA can effectively carry out its
core mission to protect public health and our
environment, including reductions of air and
water pollution, ensuring the safety of
chemicals, providing for the strong
enforcement of environmental standards, as
well as the cleanup of contaminated sites
that Americans expect. It also reflects
EPA's overarching commitment to science
and our focus on the concerns of
underserved communities and at-risk
populations.
Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
The FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification requests $8.973
billion in discretionary budget authority.
This represents a reduction of approximately
$1.3 billion from FY 2010 enacted levels of
$10.3 billion, EPA's highest funding level
since its creation. As it does every year,
EPA has worked to find efficiencies within
our programs while protecting the most
vulnerable in our communities, maintaining
hard-won momentum in improving
compliance, revitalizing key ecosystems and
following the science that will help the
Agency sustain progress and foster
innovation. For FY 2012, funding is
maintained for EPA's core priorities, such as
enforcement of the environment and public
health protections.
While this budget includes significant cuts,
such as a combined $947 million reduction
to EPA's Clean Water and Drinking Water
Revolving Funds (SRFs), as with any smart
budget, EPA plans to make targeted
investments to ensure its effectiveness and
efficiency in protecting our health and
environment. The FY 2012 Budget
maintains funding to update the Clean Air
Act's standards and our efforts to assist in
transitioning America to a clean energy
economy. It continues the critical work
necessary for protecting and restoring
America's waters. This budget seeks to
sustain progress in assuring the safety of
chemicals in our products, our environment
and our bodies through strategic investments
and new approaches. It reflects a
commitment to close loopholes for big
polluters, better ensuring that our federal
laws are enforced effectively and leverages
new technologies to improve data processes,
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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reducing the burden on states, tribes,
affected industry and the Agency. It also
focuses on community-level engagement to
reach a broader range of citizens. Finally, it
continues to reflect our core values of
science and transparency in addressing
America's complex environmental
protection challenges.
Although these difficult choices may
unfortunately slow the pace of progress
toward performance measures established in
our FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan, the FY
2012 budget maintains the fundamental
mission of the Agency: to protect the health
of the American people and our
environment.
Below are the FY 2012 funding points of
focus:
Improving Air Quality and Supporting
Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution
EPA will continue to protect American
families' health by enforcing the Clean Air
Act's updated air pollution standards that
rein in big polluters by cutting back on
mercury, carbon dioxide, arsenic and other
life-threatening pollution in the air we
breathe. EPA will take measured, common-
sense steps to address greenhouse gas
(GHG) pollution and improve air quality.
Taking these reasonable steps to update
standards now will allow the Agency to
better protect people's health, drive
technology innovation for a stronger
economy, and protect the environment cost-
effectively. In fact, creating more
sustainable materials and products is an
opportunity for American innovators,
investors, and entrepreneurs.
EPA is requesting $5.1 million in additional
resources for Air Toxics and $6.2 million in
upgrades to the National Vehicle and Fuel
Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL). Additional
resources for air toxics will be used to
improve EPA's air toxic monitoring
capabilities and to improve dissemination of
information between and among the various
EPA offices, the state, local and tribal
governments, and the public. Additional
resources for the NVFEL will begin to
address the anticipated more than four-fold
increase in the number of vehicle and engine
certificates EPA issues and the much more
challenging oversight requirements for both
the vehicle/engine compliance program and
fuels programs due to the diversity of
sophisticated technologies.
EPA's FY 2012 budget requests $46 million
for efforts aimed to reduce GHG pollution
and address the Climate and Clean Energy
Challenge. This includes the $25 million
described below for state grants focused on
developing the technical capacity for
addressing GHG pollution in their Clean Air
Act permitting activities and an additional
$5 million for related EPA efforts. $6
million in additional funding is included for
the development and implementation of new
emission standards that will reduce GHG
pollution from passenger cars, light-duty
trucks, and medium duty passenger vehicles.
These funds also will support EPA's
assessment and potential development, in
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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response to legal obligations, of standards
for other mobile sources. Also included is
$7 million for the assessment and potential
development of New Source Performance
Standards for several categories of major
stationary sources through means that are
flexible and manageable for business.
Finally, this amount includes $2.5 million
for priority measurement, reporting and
verification activities related to
implementing the Mandatory GHG
Reporting Rule, to ensure the collection of
high quality data.
Protecting America's Water
Many of America's waterbodies are
imperiled from a variety of stressors, and
EPA will work to confront the challenges
from multiple angles - local and national,
traditional and innovative. In FY 2012,
EPA will concentrate on a few targeted
waterbodies. As part of the
Administration's long-term strategy, EPA is
implementing a Sustainable Water
Infrastructure Policy that focuses on
working with States and communities to
enhance technical, managerial and financial
capacity. Important to the technical capacity
will be enhancing alternatives analysis to
expand "green infrastructure" options and
their multiple benefits. Future year budgets
for the SRFs gradually adjust, taking into
account repayments, through 2016 with the
goal of providing, on average, about 5
percent of water infrastructure spending
annually. When coupled with increasing
repayments from loans made in past years
by states, the annual funding will allow the
SRFs to finance a significant percentage in
clean water and drinking water
infrastructure. Federal dollars provided
through the SRFs will act as a catalyst for
efficient system-wide planning and ongoing
management of sustainable water
infrastructure. Overall, the Administration
requests a combined $2.5 billion for the
SRFs. This request brings the four year total
for SRFs to nearly $17 billion (FY 2009 -
FY2012).
EPA is increasing resources to address
upstream pollution resources in the
Mississippi River Basin. The Mississippi
River Basin Program is funded at $6.0
million and will focus on nonpoint source
program enhancements to spur water-quality
improvement. This is supported by
$600,000 for enforcement activities in the
Basin. Resources for the Chesapeake Bay
Program are increased by $17.4 million to
$67.4 million to support our work under the
President's Executive Order on the
Chesapeake Bay, for implementing a
strategy to restore Bay water quality. While
funding has gone down from 2010 levels,
EPA will also continue to lead the
implementation of the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative, providing $350
million for programs and projects
strategically chosen to target the most
significant environmental problems in the
Great Lakes ecosystem. Continuing efforts
in these and other clean water and drinking
water projects reflects a commitment to
leverage Federal agency partnerships to
strengthen disadvantaged communities by
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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reconnecting them with their waters and
achieving community-based goals.
Building Strong State and Tribal
Partnerships
The mission of EPA is achieved through
strong collaboration with states and tribes
and reflects the Agency's overarching
commitment to address the legitimate
concerns of underserved communities and
at-risk populations. This budget includes
$1.2 billion for State and Tribal categorical
grants, an increase of $85 million, to support
States and Tribes to implement their
environmental programs. Our partners are
working diligently to implement updated
standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
and Clean Water Act (CWA) and need
additional support during this time of
constrained state budgets.
The $306 million in State grant funding for
air programs is above historical levels and
necessary to meet the additional
responsibilities associated with achieving air
quality standards that better protect people's
health and the environment. Increases for
air grants include $25 million for
development and deployment of technical
capacity needed to address GHG pollution in
permitting under the CAA and $54 million
to support increased state workload for
implementation of updated National
Ambient Air Quality Standards.
An additional $21 million is requested for
Water Pollution Control (Sec 106) grants.
This increase addresses issues that continue
to degrade water quality issues nationwide
by supporting states as they focus on the
continued development of water quality
standards, identification of impaired waters,
development of Total Maximum Daily
Loads for use in permit actions, and targeted
enforcement to address the most serious
instances of noncompliance. An additional
$4 million is requested for Public Water
Systems Supervision (PWSS) grants to
support management of state and drinking
water system data. This will improve
transparency and efficiency as it will replace
the outdated Safe Drinking Water
Information System/State Version
(SDWIS/State) and improve reporting and
dissemination of drinking water system
compliance information. $20 million is
requested for the Tribal Multimedia
Implementation grant program in order to
help tribes move beyond building the
capacity to plan, develop, and establish
environmental protection programs under
the GAP program to implementation. This
is intended to advance negotiated
environmental plans and activities on a
cooperative basis between tribes and EPA,
ensuring that tribal environmental priorities
are adequately addressed.
Strengthening
Compliance
Enforcement
and
The FY 2012 President's Budget includes
approximately $621 million for EPA's
enforcement and compliance assurance
program. EPA enforcement programs face
complex challenges that demand both
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
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traditional and innovative strategies to
improve our effectiveness and efficiency in
protecting the health of American families.
Through the Regaining Ground: Increasing
Compliance in Critical Areas initiative, EPA
will begin to harness the tools of modern
technology to address some of these
challenges and make EPA's Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance program more
efficient and effective. EPA will start using
21st century electronic reporting (e-
reporting), monitoring tools, and market-
based approaches to ensure a level playing
field for American businesses.
Maximizing the use of advanced data and
monitoring tools will allow EPA to focus its
limited inspection and enforcement
resources in those areas where they are most
effective or most necessary. These include
complex industrial operations that require
physical inspection, cases involving
potentially significant harm to human health
or the environment, potential criminal
violations or repeat violators. In FY 2012,
EPA will begin to review existing
compliance reporting requirements to
identify opportunities to use objective self-
monitoring, self or third party certification,
public accountability, advanced monitoring
techniques, and electronic reporting
requirements.
EPA has focused on identifying where the
most significant vulnerabilities exist, in
terms of scale and potential risk and
proposes to increase oversight/monitoring of
regulated high risk facilities in order to
better implement prevention approaches. In
FY 2012, as part of the Regaining Ground
initiative, EPA will invest an additional $5
million to increase the number of
inspections at high risk facilities like oil
facilities regulated under the Spill
Prevention, Control and Countermeasures
(SPCC) and the Facility Response Plan
(FRP) regulations. Funding will also be
used to develop and implement a third party
audit program for non-high risk SPCC
facilities, in order to improve the efficiency
of targeting resources and inspectors at these
facilities in the future.
Enhancing Chemical Safety
America's citizens deserve to know the
products they use are safe. To sustain
progress in assuring the safety of chemicals
in our products, our environment and our
bodies, EPA is improving how it assesses
the safety of chemicals in the environment
and the marketplace. FY 2012 represents a
crucial stage in EPA's approach for
enhancing chemical safety. The program
has attained its 'zero tolerance' goal in
preventing introduction of unsafe new
chemicals into commerce but many 'pre-
TSCA' chemicals already in commerce
remain un-assessed.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue with the
transformation of its approach for ensuring
chemical safety. EPA's approach will be
centered on increasing the pace in assessing
chemicals, strengthening information
management, taking immediate and lasting
actions to eliminate or reduce identified
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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chemical risks, and developing proven safer
alternatives.
This budget request includes a $16 million
investment to more fully implement the
Administrator's Enhancing Chemical Safety
initiative by taking action to reduce
chemical risks, increase the pace of
chemical hazard assessments, and provide
the public with greater access to toxic
chemical information. Funding will support
implementation of chemical risk reduction
actions that consider the impact of chemicals
on children's health and on disadvantaged,
low income, and indigenous populations.
The additional funding will help to close
knowledge and risk management gaps for
thousands of chemicals already in commerce
by updating regulatory controls and other
actions that decrease potential impacts to
human health and the environment. EPA
also will continue promoting use of safer
chemicals, chemical management practices
and technologies to enable the transition
away from existing chemicals that present
unreasonable human health and
environmental risks.
Supporting Healthy Communities
The Environmental Protection Agency,
along with other federal agencies, is
committed to protect, sustain or restore the
health of communities and ecosystems by
bringing together a variety of programs,
tools, approaches and resources directed to
the local level. A diversity of perspectives
and experiences brings a wider range of
ideas and approaches and creates
opportunities for innovation. Results are
drawn from both regulatory mechanisms and
collaborative partnerships with stakeholders.
Partnerships with international, Federal,
state, tribal, and local governments and non-
governmental organizations have long been
a common thread across EPA's programs.
The FY 2012 budget includes a $19.8
million multidisciplinary initiative for
Healthy Communities. It supports states and
communities in promoting healthier school
environments by increasing technical
support, outreach and co-leading Federal
interagency coordination and integration
efforts. It also provides resources to address
air toxics within at-risk communities and to
support the important joint DOT/HUD/EPA
outreach and technical assistance efforts to
encourage and facilitate sustainable
development within communities.
EPA supports the America's Great Outdoors
(AGO) initiative to develop a community-
based 21st century conservation agenda that
can also spur job creation in the tourism and
recreation industries. EPA will join the
Department of the Interior, the Department
of Agriculture, and the Council on
Environmental Quality to lead the
coordinated effort to leverage support across
the Federal Government to help community-
driven efforts to protect and restore our
outdoor legacy. The area-wide planning and
community support focus of existing EPA
programs and initiatives like Urban Waters
and Brownfields programs align well with
the goals and objectives of this new
initiative.
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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Maintaining a Strong Science Foundation
In FY 2012, EPA is restructuring our
scientific research program to be more
integrated and cross-disciplinary, allowing
our scientific work to be more
transformational. EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science to more
deeply examine our environmental and
public health challenges and inform
sustainable solutions to meet our strategic
goals. By looking at problems from a
systems perspective, this new research
approach will create synergy and produce
more timely and comprehensive results
beyond those possible from approaches that
are more narrowly targeted to single
chemicals or problem areas. In FY 2012, we
are requesting a science and technology
budget of $826 million. This amount
includes increases to research on endocrine
disrupting chemicals, green chemistry, e-
waste and e-design, green infrastructure,
computational toxicology, air monitoring,
drinking water and Science, Technology,
Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
Fellowships.
Science is - and must continue to be - the
foundation of all our work at EPA. Good
science leads to shared solutions; everyone
benefits from clean air and clean water.
Rigorous science leads to innovative
solutions to complex environmental
challenges. Most of the scientific research
increases will support additional Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) grants and
fellowships to make progress on these
research priorities and leverage the expertise
of the academic research community. This
budget also supports the study of
computational toxicology and other priority
research efforts with a focus on advancing
the design of sustainable solutions for
reducing risks associated with
environmentally hazardous substances. Two
million dollars is also included to conduct a
long-term review of EPA's laboratory
network.
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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Resource Summary Tables
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Budget Authority
(Dollars in Thousands)
Science & Technology
Oil Spill Supplemental
Science & Technology
Environmental Program &
Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Superfund Program
IG Transfer
S&T Transfer
Hazardous Substance
Superfund
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
SUB-TOTAL, EPA
Rescission of Prior Year
Funds
SUB-TOTAL, EPA
(INCLUDING
RESCISSIONS)
Recovery Act - EPM
Recovery Act - IG
Recovery Act -LUST
Recovery Act - SF
Recovery Act - STAG
FY 2010
Enacted
$846,049.0
$2,000.0
$848,049.0
$2,993,779.0
$44,791.0
$37,001.0
$18,379.0
$1,269,732.0
$9,975.0
$26,834.0
$1,306,541.0
$113,101.0
$4,978,223.0
$10,339,864.0
($40,000.0)
$10,299,864.0
FY 2010
Actuals
$817,677.7
$0.0
$817,677.7
$2,966,637.1
$42,238.8
$39,548.8
$16,904.4
$1,372,230.3
$9,337.9
$28,032.8
$1,409,601.0
$116,882.3
$4,392,447.4
$9,801,937.5
$0.0
$9,801,937.5
$22,237.5
$6,925.6
($4,299.0)
$5,190.3
$18,528.1
FY2011
Annualized
CR
$846,049.0
$0.0
$846,049.0
$2,993,779.0
$44,791.0
$37,001.0
$18,379.0
$1,269,732.0
$9,975.0
$26,834.0
$1,306,541.0
$113,101.0
$4,978,223.0
$10,337,864.0
($40,000.0)
$10,297,864.0
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$825,596.0
$0.0
$825,596.0
$2,876,634.0
$45,997.0
$41,969.0
$23,662.0
$1,203,206.0
$10,009.0
$23,016.0
$1,236,231.0
$112,481.0
$3,860,430.0
$9,023,000.0
($50,000.0)
$8,973,000.0
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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Recovery Act Resources
TOTAL, EPA
FY 2010
Enacted
$0.0
$10,299,864.0
FY 2010
Actuals
$48,582.5
$9,850,520.0
FY2011
Annualized
CR
$0.0
$10,297,864.0
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$0.0
$8,973,000.0
Environmental Protection Agency
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APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time Equivalents (FTE)
Science & Technology
Oil Spill Supplemental
Science & Technology
Science and Tech. - Reim
Environmental Program &
Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Inland Oil Spill Programs - Reim
Superfund Program
IG Transfer
S&T Transfer
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Superfund Reimbursables
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
WCF-REIMB
Rereg. & Exped. Proc. Rev Fund
Pesticide Registration Fund
Recovery Act Reimbursable: M&O
FY 2010
Enacted
2,442.5
2,442.5
3.0
10,925.3
0.0
296.0
102.2
0.0
3,017.5
65.8
110.0
3,193.3
75.5
75.3
136.1
167.8
0.0
0.0
FY 2010
Actuals
2,441.7
0.0
2,441.7
0.3
10,793.6
23.0
283.3
89.8
80.2
2,919.2
52.2
98.8
3,070.2
94.1
67.0
115.7
142.1
69.0
0.6
FY2011
Annualized
CR
2,442.5
0.0
2,442.5
3.0
10,925.3
0.0
296.0
102.2
0.0
3,017.5
65.8
110.0
3,193.3
75.5
75.3
136.1
167.8
0.0
0.0
FY 2012
Pres Budget
2,471.2
0.0
2,471.2
1.5
10,851.9
0.0
300.0
119.0
0.0
2,899.7
65.8
106.4
3,071.9
50.7
64.3
126.6
145.0
0.0
0.0
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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Recovery Act Reimbursable: S&T
Recovery Act Reimbursable: SF
Well Permit BLM
SUB-TOTAL, FTE CEILING
Pesticide Registration Fund1
TOTAL, EPA
0.0
0.0
0.0
17,417.0
69.0
17,486.0
0.9
3.8
2.6
17,277.9
0.0
17,277.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
17,417.0
69.0
17,486.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17,202.1
69.0
17,271.1
Presentation of reimbursable FTE for this account should not be interpreted as counting against the Agency ceiling, but rather a
projection of reimbursable FTE to accurately and transparently account for the size of this program and the Agency.
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more
detailed Recovery Act Information.
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Goal and Objective Overview
Environmental Protection Agency
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GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Budget Authority
(Dollars in Thousands)
Taking Action on Climate Change
and Improving Air Quality
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
FY 2010
Enacted
FY 2010
Actuals
$1,130,427.9 $1,161,100.7
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$1,130,427.9
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$1,130,919.3
$486,173.5
$286,884.9
$8,611.6
$339,655.5
$5,234.2
$3,868.2
$487,910.3
$273,033.9
$9,322.0
$382,346.0
$4,447.5
$4,041.0
$486,173.5
$286,884.9
$8,611.6
$339,655.5
$5,234.2
$3,868.2
$500,817.9
$280,583.9
$10,179.9
$328,943.9
$6,290.5
$4,103.3
Protecting America's Waters
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Inspector General
$5,645,339.6 $4,989,963.6
$5,645,339.6 $4,342,645.5
$1,202,988.5
$156,653.3
$5,924.4
$4,249,791.5
$29,981.8
$1,191,126.7
$151,713.0
$6,286.7
$3,603,724.5
$37,112.7
$1,202,988.5
$156,653.3
$5,924.4
$4,249,791.5
$29,981.8
$1,034,492.8
$150,049.4
$6,849.6
$3,123,517.3
$27,736.3
Cleaning Up Our Communities and
Advancing Sustainable
Development
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
$2,075,066.9 $2,232,328.3
$327,692.9
$2,073,066.9 $2,017,061.5
$358,305.3
$206,733.3
$7,695.3
$374,308.1
$203,209.3
$7,964.8
$358,305.3
$204,733.3
$7,695.3
$358,810.2
$188,420.7
$8,255.4
$363,451.3
$327,692.9
$346,330.2
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more detailed
Recovery Act Information.
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Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals
and Preventing Pollution
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Sub- Total
Rescission of Prior Year Funds
Total
FY 2010
Enacted
$112,155.8
$16,022.6
$4,811.3
$1,041,650.5
$681,126.8
$446,916.7
$179,545.2
$10,007.5
$34,708.6
$2,659.6
$7,289.2
$807,902.7
$499,394.9
$18,232.2
$4,762.3
$26,374.6
$945.2
$2,356.4
$2,104.0
$253,733.0
$10,339,864.0
($40,000.0)
$10,299,864.0
FY 2010
Actuals
$111,742.3
$14,509.1
$4,491.9
$1,152,651.5
$671,424.4
$446,415.0
$171,878.5
$11,095.6
$34,675.7
$1,812.8
$5,546.8
$795,703.1
$489,114.6
$17,843.0
$4,879.7
$26,778.0
$841.0
$2,395.3
$1,299.5
$252,552.0
$9,850, 520.0
$0.0
$9,850,520.0
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$112,155.8
$16,022.6
$4,811.3
$1,041,650.5
$681,126.8
$446,916.7
$179,545.2
$10,007.5
$34,708.6
$2,659.6
$7,289.2
$807,902.7
$499,394.9
$18,232.2
$4,762.3
$26,374.6
$945.2
$2,356.4
$2,104.0
$253,733.0
$10,337,864.0
($40,000.0)
$10,297,864.0
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$111,586.0
$20,540.6
$5,906.8
$977,211.7
$702,542.3
$457,466.5
$188,244.1
$11,446.4
$34,755.5
$3,320.2
$7,309.5
$829,831.4
$525,046.6
$18,297.9
$5,237.7
$26,883.0
$895.0
$3,121.4
$2,743.2
$247,606.6
$9,023,000.0
($50,000.0)
$8,973,000.0
Recovery Act funds are included in the goal totals above. See Appendix for more details on Recovery Act funds.
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan. $40M rescission implemented in 2010 against PY funds. See appendix for more detailed
Recovery Act Information.
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Authorized Full-time Equivalents (FTE)
Taking Action on Climate Change
and Improving Air Quality
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Science and Tech. - Reim
WCF-REIMB
Recovery Act Reimbursable:
M&O
Protecting America's Waters
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Inspector General
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
WCF-REIMB
UIC Injection Well Permit BLM
Cleaning Up Our Communities and
Advancing Sustainable Development
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
FY 2010
Enacted
2,735.4
1,879.5
769.0
34.6
18.4
0.0
3.0
30.9
0.0
3,501.9
2,793.0
484.3
198.1
0.0
26.4
0.0
4,483.9
1,707.0
555.0
69.9
84.9
31.8
1,932.6
FY 2010
Actuals
2,714.2
1,874.2
767.5
25.6
18.5
1.5
0.3
26.5
0.0
3,471.3
2,761.6
466.4
213.9
5.0
21.7
2.6
4,517.2
1,725.4
545.5
62.6
74.7
25.9
1,885.7
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
2,735.4
1,879.5
769.0
34.6
18.4
0.0
3.0
30.9
0.0
3,501.9
2,793.0
484.3
198.1
0.0
26.4
0.0
4,483.9
1,707.0
555.0
69.9
84.9
31.8
1,932.6
FY 2012
Pres Budget
2,809.2
1,937.9
780.0
41.0
18.7
0.0
1.5
30.0
0.0
3,433.9
2,734.9
494.0
180.9
0.0
24.1
0.0
4,338.3
1,661.3
533.5
59.8
100.9
38.5
1,869.6
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan.
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Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inland Oil Spill Programs - Reim
Superfund Reimbursables
WCF-REIMB
Recovery Act Reimbursable:
M&O
Recovery Act Reimbursable: S&T
Recovery Act Reimbursable: SF
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Inspector General
Rereg. & Exped. Proc. Rev Fund
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Pesticide Registration Fund
WCF-REIMB
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Superfund Reimbursables
WCF-REIMB
FY 2010
Enacted
0.0
0.0
75.5
27.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2,692.5
1,908.2
543.0
17.6
167.8
21.9
0.0
0.0
34.1
4,003.2
2,637.6
91.1
5.4
17.3
13.9
1,220.3
0.0
0.0
17.6
FY 2010
Actuals
4.1
80.2
85.0
22.8
0.6
0.9
3.8
2,741.0
1,883.5
576.4
10.4
142.1
18.3
10.8
69.0
30.4
3,834.3
2,548.9
85.8
4.4
15.1
7.5
1,147.7
1.5
9.1
14.2
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
0.0
0.0
75.5
27.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2,692.5
1,908.2
543.0
17.6
167.8
21.9
0.0
0.0
34.1
4,003.2
2,637.6
91.1
5.4
17.3
13.9
1,220.3
0.0
0.0
17.6
FY 2012
Pres Budget
0.0
0.0
50.7
24.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2,706.4
1,912.6
572.6
21.7
145.0
22.3
0.0
0.0
32.3
3,914.3
2,605.1
91.1
4.5
18.1
17.9
1,161.3
0.0
0.0
16.2
Total
17,417.0
17,277.9
17,417.0
17,202.1
Enacted Budget represents our Operating Plan.
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Goall
Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop adaptation strategies to address
climate change, and protect and improve air quality.
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
develop adaptation strategies to address
climate change, and protect and improve air
quality.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
• Reduce the threats posed by climate
change by reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and taking actions that
help communities and ecosystems
become more resilient to the effects
of climate change.
Achieve and maintain health-based
air pollution standards and reduce
risk from toxic air pollutants and
indoor air contaminants.
Restore the earth's stratospheric
ozone layer and protect the public
from the harmful effects of
ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Minimize unnecessary releases of
radiation and be prepared to
minimize impacts should unwanted
releases occur.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Taking Action on Climate
Change and Improving Air
Quality
Address Climate Change
Improve Air Quality
Restore the Ozone Layer
Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to
Radiation
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2010
Enacted
$1,130,427.9
$196,886.4
$872,147.1
$18,662.6
$42,731.8
2,735.4
FY2010
Actuals
$1,161,100.7
$192,779.5
$906,658.7
$19,244.7
$42,417.8
2,714.2
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$1,130,427.9
$196,886.4
$872,147.1
$18,662.6
$42,731.8
2,735.4
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$1,130,919.3
$252,854.4
$820,451.3
$18,159.7
$39,453.9
2,809.2
FY 2012 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2010
Enacted
$491.4
$55,968.0
($51,695.8)
($502.9)
($3,277.9)
73.8
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Goall
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
develop adaptation strategies to address
climate change, and protect and improve
air quality.
Introduction
EPA has dedicated itself to protecting and
improving the quality of the Nation's air to
promote public health and protect the
environment. Air pollution concerns are
diverse and significant, and include:
greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate
change, outdoor and indoor air quality,
radon, stratospheric ozone depletion, and
radiation protection.
Since passage of the Clean Air Act
Amendments in 1990, nationwide air quality
has improved significantly. Despite this
progress, about 127 million Americans
(about 40% of the US population) lived in
counties with air that did not meet health-
based standards for at least one pollutant in
2009. Long-term exposure to elevated
levels of certain air pollutants has been
associated with increased risk of cancer,
premature mortality, and damage to the
immune, neurological, reproductive,
cardiovascular, and respiratory systems.
Short-term exposure to elevated levels of
certain air pollutants can exacerbate asthma
and lead to other adverse health effects;
additional impacts associated with increased
air pollution levels include missed work and
school days.
Because people spend much of their lives
indoors, the quality of indoor air also is a
major concern. Twenty percent of the
population spends the day indoors in
elementary and secondary schools, where
problems with leaky roofs and with heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning systems can
lead to increased presence of molds and
other environmental allergens which can
trigger a host of health problems, including
asthma and allergies. Exposure to indoor
radon is related to an estimated 20,000 lung
cancer deaths each year.
The issues of highest importance facing the
air program over the next few years will be
ozone and particulate air pollution, interstate
transport of air pollutants, emissions from
transportation sources, toxic air pollutants,
indoor air pollutants (including radon), and
GHGs. EPA uses a variety of approaches to
reduce pollutants in indoor and outdoor air.
The Agency works with other federal
agencies; state, Tribal, and local
governments; and international partners and
stakeholders; and employs strategies that
include: traditional regulatory tools;
innovative, market-based techniques; public-
and private-sector partnerships; community-
based approaches; voluntary programs that
promote environmental stewardship; and
programs that encourage cost-effective
technologies and practices.
EPA's air toxic control programs are critical
to EPA's continued progress in reducing
public health risks and improving the quality
of the environment. EPA has been unable to
meet many of the statutory deadlines for air
toxics standards established in the Clean Air
Act due to numerous unfavorable court
decisions, inherent management challenges,
complexity of risk modeling frameworks,
and budget constraints over the past decade
as resources have shifted to managing
criteria pollutants that pose higher overall
health risks. Lawsuits over missed
deadlines have in many cases set the
Agency's agenda, rather than health and
environmental outcomes. Working with
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litigants and informed by analysis of air
quality health risk data, EPA is working to
prioritize key air toxics regulations for
completion in 2011 and 2012 that can be
completed expeditiously and that will
address significant risks to the public health.
The supply and diversity of biofuels in
America is growing every year, and a new
generation of automobile technologies,
including several new plug-in hybrids and
all-electric vehicles, is literally "hitting the
road" this year. Because EPA is responsible
for establishing the test procedures needed
to estimate the fuel economy of new
vehicles, and for verifying car
manufacturers' data on fuel economy, the
Agency is investing in additional testing and
certification capacity to ensure that new
vehicles, engines, and fuels are in
compliance with new vehicle and fuel
standards. In particular, compared to
conventional vehicles, advanced technology
vehicles like Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (PHEV) and Battery Electric
Vehicles (EV) require additional testing.
Current electric vehicle dynamometer
testing can occupy test cells for several
shifts, since the current test procedures
require the vehicles run through their entire
battery charge. Improved, shortened EV test
procedures are under development by EPA.
PHEV testing may actually consume more
time than EV testing, due primarily to the
requirement that PHEVs be tested in both
electric/electric assist mode and in hybrid
mode. Without testing PHEVs in both
modes, EPA cannot accurately determine
PHEV fuel economy and emissions
compliance. The new standards for vehicle
greenhouse gas emissions in particular will
require EPA to more frequently verify car
manufacturers' data for a greater variety of
vehicle engine technologies. To prepare for
this workload, the Agency will continue its
support of the multi-year National Vehicle
and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL)
modernization effort.
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas
Air Toxics
In FY 2012, EPA will invest $6.1 million in
several activities that support the air toxics
program. $3.1 million will be targeted at
improvements in monitoring capabilities on
source-specific and ambient bases. These
funds will also improve the dissemination of
information between and amongst the
various EPA offices, the state, local and
tribal governments, and the public. The
remaining $2.9 million of this investment
will be used for enhancing tools such as the
National Air Pollution Assessment (NAPA),
National Air Toxic Assessment (NATA),
BenMAP, and Air Facility System (AFS),
which will also improve monitoring
capabilities. EPA anticipates that this
investment will substantially increase the
Agency's ability to meet aggressive court
ordered schedules to complete rulemaking
activities, such as standards to address the
refining sector where 25 rules must be acted
upon in the fiscal year. This investment will
also assist the Agency in its work to
complete or develop an additional 150 rules
in FY 2013 that are under legal or statutory
deadlines.
Support for State Air Quality
Management
EPA is investing an additional $77 million
in state assistance grants to support NAAQS
implementation and greenhouse gas
permitting. Specific increases include $25
million to assist in permitting greenhouse
gas emissions sources. These funds will
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develop and deploy to states the technical
capacity needed to address greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions in permitting under the
Clean Air Act. An additional $52 million
will support increased state workload for
implementation of updated National
Ambient Air Quality Standards. This
investment includes requested funding of
$15 million for additional state air monitors,
as required by the revised NAAQS. The
request also includes an additional $37.0
million to support state activities, including
revising state implementation plans (SIPs)
and developing models and emissions
inventories needed for multi-state air quality
management strategies.
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and
Reductions
In order to promote fiscal responsibility
EPA is also making the tough choices,
including:
• In the face of significant budget
constraints, EPA has made the
difficult budget decision to not
propose new DERA grant funding in
FY 2012. During this time, the
program will continue to support
already on-going projects funded
through DERA and stimulus funds,
adding to the tremendous public
health benefits associated with the
program that have resulted from
significant reductions in air
pollution, particularly in our cities
and around our ports and
transportation hubs.
• Discontinuing the Climate Leaders
program as large businesses find
assistance with their energy-saving
and GHG reducing actions through
private entities.
• Reducing funding for the Indoor Air
program's partnership and outreach
to external stakeholders and for the
Radiation and Indoor Environments
laboratories.
Priority Goals
EPA has established two Priority Goals to
improve the country's ability to measure and
control Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
The Priority Goals are:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions:
Mandatory Reporting Rule
• By June 15, 2011, EPA will make
publically available 100 percent of
facility-level GHG emissions data
submitted to EPA in accordance with
the GHG Reporting Rule, compliant
with policies protecting Confidential
Business Information (CBI).
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Light
Duty Vehicles
• In 2011, EPA, working with DOT,
will begin implementation of
regulations designed to reduce the
GHG emissions from light duty
vehicles sold in the US starting with
model year 2012.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to track
progress towards its Priority Goals and will
update goals as necessary and appropriate.
FY 2012 Activities
Reducing GHG Emissions and Developing
Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate
Change
Climate change poses risks to public health,
the environment, cultural resources, the
economy, and quality of life. Many effects
of climate change are already evident and
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some will persist into the future regardless
of future levels of GHG emissions. Climate
change impacts include higher temperatures
and may lead to more stagnant air masses
which are expected to make it more
challenging to achieve air quality standards
for smog in many regions of the country,
adversely affecting public health if areas
cannot attain or maintain clean air. Another
example is that a rise in sea level or
increased precipitation intensity may
increase flooding, which could affect water
quality if large volumes of water transport
contaminants and overload storm and
wastewater systems. In order to protect
public health and the environment, EPA and
air and water quality managers at the state,
tribal, and local levels must recognize and
consider the challenge a changing climate
poses to their mission.
Responding to the threat of climate change
is one of the Agency's top priorities. EPA's
strategies to address climate change support
the President's GHG emissions reduction
goals. We will work with partners and
stakeholders to provide tools and
information related to GHG emissions and
impacts, and will reduce GHG emissions
domestically and internationally through
cost-effective, voluntary programs while
pursuing additional regulatory actions as
needed.
In FY 2012, the Agency will begin some
new areas of activity, expand some existing
strategies, and discontinue others.
These efforts include:
• Implementing new standards to
reduce emissions from cars and
light-duty trucks for model years
2012 through 2016, extending that
program to model year 2017 and
beyond, and creating a similar
program to reduce GHGs from
medium- and heavy-duty trucks for
model years 2014-2018.
• Establishing permitting requirements
for facilities including utilities and
refineries that emit large amounts of
GHGs to encourage design and
construction of more efficient and
advanced processes that will
contribute to a clean energy
economy.
• Promulgating New Source
Performance Standards for
greenhouse gases for the electric
utility generation and refinery
sectors.
• Implementing voluntary programs
that reduce GHGs through the
greater use of energy efficient
technologies and products.
• Implementing a national system for
reporting GHG emissions;
implementing permitting
requirements for new and modified
facilities that emit substantial
amounts of GHGs.
• Working with Congress on options
for cost-effective legislation to
promote a clean energy future and
address GHG emissions.
• Developing a comprehensive report
to Congress on black carbon that will
provide a foundation for evaluating
future approaches to black carbon
mitigation.
• Identifying and assessing substitute
chemical and ozone-depleting
substances and processes for their
global warming potential.
• Educating the public about climate
change and actions people can take
to reduce GHG emissions.
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Improving Air Quality
Clean Air
Addressing outdoor air pollution and the
interstate transport of air pollution are top
priorities for the Agency. Elevated levels of
air pollution are linked to thousands of
asthma cases and heart attacks, and almost 2
million lost school or work days. EPA
recently strengthened the national ambient
air quality standards (NAAQS) for lead,
sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide, is in
the process of reviewing the particulate
matter and carbon monoxide standards, and
is reconsidering the 2008 ozone standard.
Over the next few years, EPA will work
with states and Tribes to designate areas
where the air does not meet these standards,
and develop and implement plans to meet
the NAAQS. In FY 2011, EPA plans to
finalize the Transport Rule, which is
expected to be implemented in FY 2012.
This rule will reduce power plant emissions
that drift across the borders of 31 eastern
states and the District of Columbia. The
new transport rule, along with local and state
air pollution controls, is designed to help
areas in the eastern United States meet
existing health standards for ozone and
particulate matter. As EPA addresses these
pollutants, the Agency also is working to
improve the overall air quality management
system and address the air quality challenges
expected over the next 10 to 20 years. This
includes working with partners and
stakeholders to develop comprehensive air
quality strategies that address multiple
pollutants and consider the interplay
between air quality and factors such as land
use, energy, and transportation.
Mobile sources (including light-duty and
heavy-duty vehicles; on-road vehicles and
off-road engines; as well as ships, aircraft
and trains) contribute a substantial
percentage of the nation's pollution burden.
EPA addresses emissions from motor
vehicles, engines, and fuels through an
integrated strategy that combines regulatory
approaches that take advantage of
technological advances and cleaner and
higher-quality fuels with voluntary programs
that reduce vehicle, engine, and equipment
activity and emissions. Future regulatory
activity includes proposing Tier 3 vehicle
and fuel standards in FY 2012 in response to
the May 2010 Presidential Directive and
new on-board diagnostic requirements for
non-road diesel engines. In the fuels area,
EPA is working with refiners, renewable
fuel producers, and others to implement
regulations to increase the amount of
renewable fuel blended into gasoline.
Air Toxics
As part of the investment in air toxics, EPA
will work with affected communities to
address risks and track progress, with
additional emphasis on communities that
may be disproportionately impacted by toxic
air emissions. The Agency will continue to
work with state and local air pollution
control agencies and community groups to
assess and address air toxics emissions in
areas of greatest concern, including where
the most vulnerable members of our
population live, work, and go to school.
EPA is implementing a sector-based strategy
to develop rules that will achieve the
greatest reductions in risks from air toxics,
provide regulatory certainty for sources, and
meet the statutory requirements of the Clean
Air Act. The sector-based strategy and the
investment in FY 2012 will assist EPA in
addressing 25 rules in the refining sector
that are under legal deadlines and various
Risk Technology Reviews (RTR) that are
under legal deadlines.
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This strategy includes:
• Prioritize rules for large stationary
sources of air toxics, providing the
greatest opportunity for cost-effective
emissions reductions; including
petroleum refining; iron and steel;
chemical manufacturing; utilities; non-
utility boilers; oil and gas; and Portland
cement. Emissions from every one of
these seven key categories occur in areas
where there is the potential to
disproportionately affect minority
communities.
• Reduce air toxic emissions from
chemical plants and refineries. While
many chemical and refining emission
points are well understood, some
sources, such as leaks from process
piping, startups and shutdown,
malfunctions, flaring, and wastewater
are more difficult to characterize, and
may not be sufficiently controlled.
• Provide better information to
communities through monitoring,
including facility fence line and remote
monitoring, and national assessments.
• Involve other related organizations and
stakeholders in planning and
implementation.
• Improve data collection both through
efforts directed by OAR and through
enhanced data collection during
enforcement activities.
Indoor Air
The Indoor Air Program characterizes the
risks of indoor air pollutants to human
health including radon, environmental
triggers of asthma, and tobacco smoke;
develops techniques for reducing those
risks; and educates the public about indoor
air quality (IAQ) actions they can take to
reduce their risks from IAQ problems.
Often the people most exposed to indoor air
pollutants are those most susceptible to the
effects—the young, the elderly, and the
chronically ill. In FY 2012, funding will be
reduced for partnership and outreach support
with external stakeholders and the Radiation
and Indoor Environments National
Laboratory (R&IE), and the Tools for
Schools program will be eliminated.
Despite these reductions, EPA will continue
to educate and encourage individuals, local
communities, school officials, industry, the
health-care community, Tribal programs,
and others to take action to reduce health
risks in indoor environments such as homes,
schools, and workplaces. Outreach includes
national public awareness and media
campaigns, as well as community-based
outreach and education. EPA also uses
technology-transfer to improve the design,
operation, and maintenance of buildings -
including schools, homes, and workplaces -
to promote healthier indoor air. The focus
of all these efforts is to support
communities' and state and local agencies'
efforts to address indoor air quality health
risks.
The Radon Program promotes action to
reduce the public's risk to indoor radon
(second only to smoking as a cause of lung
cancer). In FY 2012, EPA will reduce
regional support for Radon Program
outreach, education, guidance, and technical
assistance. Despite these reductions, this
non-regulatory program will continue to
encourage and facilitate national, regional,
state, and Tribal programs and activities that
support initiatives targeted to radon testing
and mitigation, as well as to radon resistant
new construction. Funding is maintained for
the State Indoor Radon Grant Program,
which provides categorical grants to
develop, implement, and enhance programs
that assess and mitigate radon risks. In FY
2011, EPA launched a new radon initiative
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with other federal agencies to significantly
increase attention to radon testing,
mitigation and public education
opportunities within each agency's sphere of
responsibility. Implementation of these
strategies will be pursued in FY 2012.
Stratospheric Ozone - Domestic and
Montreal Protocol
EPA's stratospheric ozone protection
program implements the provisions of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the
Act) and the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(Montreal Protocol), continuing the control
and reduction of ozone depleting substances
(ODS) in the U.S. and lowering health risks
to the American public. As ODS and many
of their substitutes are also potent GHGs,
appropriate control and reduction of these
substances also provides significant benefits
for climate protection. The Act provides for
a phase out of production and consumption
of ODS and requires controls on their use,
including banning certain emissive uses,
requiring labeling to inform consumer
choices, and requiring sound servicing
practices for the use of ODS in various
products (e.g., air conditioning and
refrigeration). The Act also prohibits
venting ODS or their substitutes, including
other Fluorinated gases (F-gases) such as
hydrofluorocarbons (FIFCs). As a signatory
to the Montreal Protocol, the U.S. is
committed to ensuring that our domestic
program is at least as stringent as
international obligations and to regulating
and enforcing its terms domestically. In FY
2012, EPA will focus its work to ensure that
ODS production and import caps under the
Montreal Protocol and Clean Air Act
continue to be met.
Radiation
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to work with
other federal agencies, states, Tribes,
stakeholders, and international radiation
protection organizations to develop and use
voluntary and regulatory programs, public
information, and training to reduce public
exposure to radiation. Responding to
advances in uranium production processes
and mining operations, the Agency is
updating its radiation protection standards
for the uranium fuel cycle, which were
developed over 30 years ago, to ensure that
they continue to be protective of public
health and the environment. In FY 2012,
EPA's Radiological Emergency Response
Team (RERT), a component of the
Agency's emergency response structure,
will continue to ensure that it maintains and
improves the level of readiness to support
federal radiological emergency response and
recovery operations under the National
Response Framework (NRF) and the
National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP).
Research
In FY 2012, EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science by
implementing a more integrated research
approach that looks at problems
systematically instead of individually. This
approach will create synergy and yield
benefits beyond those possible from
approaches that are more narrowly targeted
to single chemicals or problem areas. EPA
is realigning and integrating the work of
twelve of its base research programs into
four new research programs (further
described in the Highlighted programs
section of the appendix):
• Air, Climate, and Energy
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• Safe and
Resources
• Sustainable
Communities
• Chemical Safety and Sustainability
Sustainable Water
and Healthy
The new Air, Climate and Energy (ACE)
program (Figure 1) integrates existing EPA
research programs on environmental and
human health impacts related to air
pollution, mercury, climate change, and
biofuels. Protecting human health and the
environment from the effects of air pollution
and climate change, while sustainably
meeting the demands of a growing
population and economy, is critical to the
well-being of the nation and the world. As
we explore emerging technologies to reduce
emissions, we are challenged by
uncertainties surrounding human health and
environmental risks from exposure to an
evolving array of air pollutants. This
multifaceted environment reflects the
interplay of air quality, the changing
climate, and emerging energy options. By
integrating air, climate and energy research
EPA will conduct research to understand the
complexity of these interactions and provide
models and tools necessary for communities
and for policy makers at all levels of
government to make the best decisions.
The ACE research program is working with
partners from across EPA, as well as
applicable external stakeholders, to identify
the critical science questions that will be
addressed under three major research
themes.
• Theme 1: Develop and evaluate
multi-pollutant, regional, and sector-
based approaches and advance more
cost-effective and innovative
strategies to reduce air emissions that
adversely affect atmospheric
integrity.
• Theme 2: Assess the impacts of
atmospheric pollution, accounting
for interactions between climate
change, air quality, and water
quality.
• Theme 3: Provide environmental
modeling, monitoring, metrics, and
information needed by communities
to adapt to the impacts of climate
change.
Figure 1: This illustrates the
EPA Research budget under
the FY 2012 Budget Request,
which includes 4 new
integrated programs and
continues 2 programs. The
new integrated Air, Climate
and Energy Research program
will address EPA Strategic
Plan Goal 1: Taking Action on
Climate Change and Ensuring
Air Quality. This budget
structure will maximize the
effectiveness and efficiency of
EPA's new integrated,
transdisciplinary approach to
research, which will catalyze
innovative, sustainable
solutions to the problems
being addressed by our
research partners.
RESEARCH:
EPA Labs, Centers &
SAFE&
SUSTAINA
WATFR
RESOURCES
INTEGRATED RESEARCH
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In FY 2012, the ACE research program will
study the generation, fate, transport, and
chemical transformation of air emissions to
identify individual and population health
risks. The program will incorporate air,
climate, and biofuel research to ensure the
development of sustainable solutions and
attainment of statutory goals in a complex
multipollutant environment. The ACE
program will conduct research to better
understand and assess the effects of global
change on air quality, water quality, aquatic
ecosystems, land use (e.g. for biofuel
feedstocks), human health and social well
being and will conduct systems-based
sustainability analyses that include
environmental, social and economic
dimensions. Research will also determine
how the use of new and existing biofuels
will affect critical ecosystem services and
human health. The goal of this work is to
explore how modified behaviors and
technology designs could decrease the
potential impacts of biofuels. EPA will
continue to leverage the success of the
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants
program, which supports innovative and
cutting-edge research from scientists in
academia through a competitive and peer-
reviewed grant process that is integrated
with EPA's overall research efforts.
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Goal 2
Protect and restore our waters to ensure that drinking water is safe, and that
aquatic ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife, and economic, recreational, and
subsistence activities.
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Protecting America's Waters
Protect and restore our waters to ensure that
drinking water is safe, and that aquatic
ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife,
and economic, recreational, and subsistence
activities.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
• Reduce human exposure to
contaminants in drinking water, fish
and shellfish, and recreational
waters, including protecting source
waters.
• Protect the quality of rivers, lakes,
streams, and wetlands on a
watershed basis, and protect urban,
coastal, and ocean waters.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Protecting America's
Waters
Protect Human Health
Protect and Restore
Watersheds and Aquatic
Ecosystems
Total Authorized
Workyears
FY 2010
Enacted
$5,645,339.6
$1,837,338.4
$3,808,001.2
3,501.9
FY2010
Actuals
$4,989,963.6
$1,614,421.0
$3,375,542.5
3,471.3
FY2011
Annualized
CR
$5,645,339.6
$1,837,338.4
$3,808,001.2
3,501.9
FY 2012
Pres Budget
$4,342,645.5
$1,369,962.1
$2,972,683.4
3,433.9
FY 2012 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2010
Enacted
($1,302,694.1)
($467,376.3)
($835,317.8)
-68.0
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Goal 2
Protecting America's Waters
Protect and restore our waters to ensure
that drinking water is safe, and that
aquatic ecosystems sustain fish, plants and
wildlife, and economic, recreational, and
subsistence activities.
Introduction
While much progress has been made,
America's waters remain imperiled. From
nutrient loadings and stormwater runoff to
invasive species and drinking water
contaminants, water quality and
enforcement programs face complex
challenges that demand both traditional and
innovative strategies. EPA will work hand-
in-hand with states and tribes to develop
nutrient limits and intensify our work to
restore and protect the quality of the nation's
streams, rivers, lakes, bays, oceans, and
aquifers. We will also use our authority to
protect and restore threatened natural
treasures such as the Great Lakes, the
Chesapeake Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico; to
address our neglected urban rivers; to ensure
safe drinking water; and, to reduce pollution
from nonpoint and industrial dischargers.
EPA will continue to work on measures to
address post-construction runoff, water-
quality impairments from surface mining,
and drinking water contamination.
r\
Recent national surveys have found that our
waters are stressed by nutrient pollution,
excess sedimentation, and degradation of
U.S. EPA, 2006. Wadeable Streams Assessment: A
Collaborative Survey of the Nation's Streams. EPA 841-B-
06-002. Available at
http://www.epa. gov/owow/streamsurvey. See also EPA,
2010. National Lakes Assessment: A Collaborative Survey
of the Nation 'slakes. EPA 841-R-09-001. Available at
http://www.epa.gov/lakessurvev/pdf/nla chapter0.pdf.
shoreline vegetation, which affect upwards
of 50 percent of our lakes and streams. The
rate at which new waters are listed for water
quality impairments exceeds the pace at
which restored waters are removed from the
list. For many years, nonpoint source
pollution, principally nitrogen, phosphorus,
and sediments, has been recognized as the
largest remaining impediment to improving
water quality. However, pollution
discharged from industrial, municipal,
agricultural, and stormwater point sources
continue to cause a decline in the quality of
our waters. Other significant contributors
include loss of habitat and habitat
fragmentation, and hydrologic alteration.
To continue making progress, the Agency
needs effective partnerships with the states,
tribes and communities. We will continue
the increased focus on communities,
particularly those disadvantaged
communities facing disproportionate
impacts or having been historically
underserved.
As part of the Administration's long-term
strategy, EPA is implementing a Sustainable
Water Infrastructure Policy that focuses on
working with States and Communities to
enhance technical, managerial and financial
capacity. Important to the technical capacity
will be enhancing alternatives analysis to
expand "green infrastructure" options and
their multiple benefits. Future year budgets
for the State Revolving Funds (SRFs)
gradually adjust, taking into account
repayments, through 2016 with the goal of
providing, on average, about 5 percent of
water infrastructure spending annually.
When coupled with increasing repayments
from loans made in past years by states, the
annual funding will allow the SRFs to
finance a significant percentage in clean
water and drinking water infrastructure.
Federal dollars provided through the SRFs
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will act as a catalyst for efficient system-
wide planning and ongoing management of
sustainable water infrastructure. Overall,
the Administration requests a combined $2.5
billion for the SRFs.
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas
Water Quality
The Section 106 grant program supports
prevention and control measures that
improve water quality. In FY 2012, EPA is
requesting a total additional investment of
$21 million in Section 106 funding of which
$18.3 million will strengthen state and
interstate programs to address Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), nutrient and
wet weather issues. Approximately $2.7
million of the additional funding will be
directed to eligible tribes to meet funding
needs for tribal water quality programs.
Drinking Water
In FY 2012, an additional $5.2 million is
being requested to replace obsolete and
expensive to maintain drinking water
information system technology, support
state data management, develop the
capability to post drinking water compliance
monitoring data on a secured internet portal,
facilitate compliance monitoring data
collection and transfer, and improve data
quality. EPA, in concert with states, is
working to collect and display all
compliance monitoring data as part of the
Drinking Water Strategy. This increase will
also be used to replace SDWIS-State,
reducing state need to keep individual
compliance databases.
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and
Reductions
• Reducing funds for the Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund
Program, while continuing federal
support for safe drinking water, will
result in fewer new projects.
• Reducing funds for the Clean Water
State Revolving Fund, while
continuing federal support clean
water infrastructure, will result in
fewer projects.
• Reducing funds for the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative, while
maintaining a significant investment
in activities such as sediment
cleanup and habitat restoration.
• Reducing funds for state Nonpoint
Source grants will result in 100 to
150 fewer projects as compared to
716 projects funded in FY 2010
Priority Goals
EPA has established two Priority Goals to
improve water quality. The Priority Goals
are:
Improve Water Quality: Chesapeake
Bay
Chesapeake Bay watershed states
(including the District of Columbia)
will develop and submit approvable
Phase I watershed implementation
plans by the end of CY 2010 and
Phase II plans by the end of CY 2011
in support of EPA's final
Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL).
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Improve Water Quality: Drinking
Water Standards
• Over the next two years, EPA will
initiate review/revision of at least 4
drinking water standards to
strengthen public health protection.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to track
progress towards its Priority Goals and will
update goals as necessary and appropriate.
FY 2012 Activities
EPA has identified core water program
activities within its safe and clean water
programs in FY 2012 to highlight three of
the Administrator's priority areas: Urban
Waters, the Drinking Water Strategy, and
Climate Change.
The National Water Program will continue
to place emphasis on watershed stewardship,
watershed-based approaches, water
efficiencies, and best practices through
Environmental Management Systems. EPA
will specifically focus on green
infrastructure, nutrients, and trading among
point sources and non-point sources for
water quality upgrades. In FY 2012, the
Agency will continue advancing the water
quality monitoring initiative and a water
quality standards strategy under the Clean
Water Act, as well as important rules and
activities under the Safe Drinking Water
Act. Related efforts to improve monitoring
and surveillance will help advance water
security nationwide.
In FY 2012, the Agency will begin some
new areas of activity, expand some existing
strategies, and discontinue others.
Drinking Water
To help achieve the Administrator's priority
to protect America's waters, in FY 2012,
EPA will continue to implement the new
Drinking Water Strategy, a new approach to
expanding public health protection for
drinking water. The Agency will focus on
regulating groups of drinking water
contaminants, improving water treatment
technology, utilizing the authority of
multiple statutes where appropriate, and,
expanding its communication with states,
tribes and communities to increase
confidence in the quality of drinking water.
During FY 2012, EPA, the states, and
community water systems will build on past
successes while working toward the FY
2012 goal of assuring that 91 percent of the
population served by community water
systems receives drinking water that meets
all applicable health-based standards. States
carry out a variety of activities, such as
conducting onsite sanitary surveys of water
systems and working with small systems to
improve their capabilities. EPA will work to
improve implementation by providing
guidance, training, and technical assistance;
ensuring proper certification of water system
operators; promoting consumer awareness of
drinking water safety; and maintaining the
rate of system sanitary surveys and onsite
reviews to promote compliance with
drinking water standards.
To help ensure that water is safe to drink
and because aging drinking water
infrastructure can impact water quality, EPA
requests $990 million to continue EPA's
commitment for the Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund. This request will fund new
infrastructure improvement projects for
public drinking water systems. EPA will, in
concert with the states, focus this affordable,
flexible financial assistance to support utility
compliance with safe drinking water
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standards. EPA will also work with utilities
to promote technical, financial, and
managerial capacity as a critical means to
meet infrastructure needs, and further
enhance program performance and
efficiency.
Homeland Security
EPA has a major role in supporting the
protection of the nation's critical water
infrastructure from terrorist threats. In FY
2012, EPA will continue efforts towards
protecting the nation's water infrastructure.
In FY 2012, the Agency will provide
technical support to the existing Water
Security Initiative (WSI) pilots, assist in
conducting outreach efforts to migrate
lessons learned from the pilots to the water
sector, and develop and execute an approach
to promote national voluntary adoption of
effective and sustainable drinking water
contamination warning systems. The FY
2012 request includes $7.3 million for WSI
pilot support and evaluation activities, as
well as dissemination of information and
transfer of knowledge. Additionally, the FY
2012 request includes $1.3 million for Water
Laboratory Alliance for threat reduction
efforts.
Clean Water
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to
collaborate with states and tribes to make
progress toward EPA's clean water goals.
EPA's FY 2012 request includes a total of
$444 million in categorical grants for clean
water programs. EPA will implement core
clean water programs and promising
innovations on a watershed basis to
accelerate water quality improvements.
Building on 30 years of clean water
successes, EPA, in conjunction with states
and tribes, will implement the Clean Water
Act by focusing on TMDLs and National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permits built upon scientifically
sound water quality standards, technology-
based pollutant discharge limits, effective
water monitoring, strong programs for
controlling nonpoint sources of pollution,
stringent discharge permit programs, and
revolving fund capitalization grants to our
partners to build, revive, and "green" our
aging infrastructure.
WQ-8a
# of TMDLs that are established or approved by EPA
[Total TMDLs] on a schedule consistent with national
policy (cumulative)
50000
I Annual Target
I End-of-Year Results
2006
2007
2008 2009
2010
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The Agency's FY 2012 request continues
the monitoring initiative begun in 2005 to
strengthen the nationwide monitoring
network and complete statistically-valid
surveys of the nation's waters. The results
of these efforts are scientifically-defensible
water quality data and information essential
for cleaning up and protecting the nation's
waters. Progress in improving coastal and
ocean waters documented in the National
Coastal Condition Report, will focus on
assessing coastal conditions, reducing vessel
discharges, implementing coastal nonpoint
source pollution programs, managing
dredged material and supporting
international marine pollution control. EPA
will continue to provide annual
capitalization to the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund (CWSRF) to enable EPA
partners to improve wastewater treatment,
non-point sources of pollution, and estuary
revitalization. Realizing the long-term
benefits derived from the CWSRF, EPA is
continuing our CWSRF commitment by
requesting $1.55 billion in FY 2012.
By integrating sustainable community
efforts and urban water quality efforts, EPA
plans to assist communities, particularly
underserved communities, in restoring their
urban waters. EPA will help communities
become active participants in restoration and
protection by helping to increase their
awareness and stewardship of local urban
waters. Safe and clean urban waters can
enhance economic, educational, recreational,
and social opportunities. By linking water
quality improvement activities to these
community priorities and partnering with
federal, state, local, and non-governmental
partners, EPA will help to sustain local
commitment over the longer time frame that
is required for water quality improvement.
In FY 2012, EPA will provide grants to
reconnect communities with their local
urban waters and engage them in local
restoration efforts. Focus areas may
include: promoting green infrastructure to
reduce contaminated, urban runoff;
promoting volunteer monitoring; and
tailoring outreach to communities. As urban
waters impact large populations in both
urban and upstream areas, this grants
program will offer visibility to innovative
approaches for water quality improvement
that can be adapted in surrounding
communities, thus promoting replication of
successful practices.
EPA will continue to address climate change
impacts to water resource programs as well
as to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
resulting from water activities by building
capacity to consider climate change as core
missions under the Clean Water Act and
Safe Drinking Water Act are implemented.
Climate change will exacerbate water
quality stressors such as stormwater and
nutrient pollution and could add new
stressors such as those related to the
expanding renewable energy development.
WaterSense, Climate Ready Estuaries,
Climate Ready Water Utilities and Green
Infrastructure are examples of programs that
will help stakeholders adapt to climate
change in FY 2012, and programs targeted
at vulnerable populations will be
increasingly important. Efforts to
incorporate climate change considerations
into key programs will help protect water
quality as well as the nation's investment in
drinking water and wastewater treatment
infrastructure.
Geographic Water Programs
The Administration has launched numerous
cross-agency collaborations to promote
coordination among agencies toward
achieving Presidential priorities, which
include a suite of large aquatic ecosystem
restoration efforts. Three prominent
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examples of this kind of cross-agency
collaboration for EPA are cooperative
restoration efforts in the Great Lakes,
Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
These three large water bodies have been
exposed to substantial pollution over many
years and a coordinated federal response is
critical for maintaining progress on
environmental priorities. Coastal estuaries
and wetlands are also vulnerable. Working
with stakeholders, EPA has established
special programs to protect and restore each
of these unique resources.
EPA's ecosystem protection programs
encompass a wide range of approaches that
address specific at-risk regional areas and
larger categories of threatened systems, such
as urban waters, estuaries, and wetlands.
Locally generated pollution, combined with
pollution carried by rivers and streams and
through air deposition, can accumulate in
these ecosystems and degrade them over
time. EPA and Federal partners will
continue to coordinate with States, Tribes,
municipalities, and industry to restore the
integrity of imperiled waters of the United
States.
Great Lakes:
EPA is providing $350 million in funding
for ecosystem restoration efforts for the
Great Lakes, the largest freshwater system
in the world. This EPA-led interagency
effort to restore the Great Lakes focuses on
priority environmental issues such as
contaminated sediments and toxics,
nonpoint source pollution, habitat
degradation and loss, and invasive species.
To restore and protect this national treasure,
the Obama Administration developed the
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
Led by EPA, the GLRI invests in the
region's environmental and public health
through a coordinated interagency process.
Principal agencies involved in the GLRI are
USDA, NOAA, HHS, DHS, HUD, DOS,
DOD-Army, DOI, and DOT. In FY 2012,
EPA will continue to lead the
implementation of the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative, implementing both
federal projects and projects with states,
tribes, municipalities, universities, and other
organizations. Progress will continue in
each of the GLRI's five focus areas through
implementation of on-the-ground actions.
The GLRI provides the level of investment
and the interagency coordination required to
successfully address these five issues across
the region. The initiative will specifically
target work to restore beneficial uses in
Areas of Concern, including Great Lakes
Legacy Act projects, nearshore work, and
habitat restoration, prioritizing delistings of
Areas of Concern.
The initiative identifies $350 million for
programs and projects strategically chosen
to target the most significant environmental
problems in the Great Lakes ecosystem, a
$125 million decrease from FY 2010, the
first year of the initiative. The initiative
will implement the most important projects
for Great Lakes Restoration and achieve
visible results. FY 2012 activities will
emphasize implementation and include
grants to implement the Initiative by funding
states, tribes and other partners. EPA
expects substantial progress within each of
the Initiative's focus areas by focusing on
the following actions within them:
• Toxic Substances and Areas of
Concern: EPA is working closely with
non-Federal partners to address
beneficial use impairments in areas of
concern including Great Lakes Legacy
Act clean-ups of contaminated
sediments.
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• Invasive Species: GLRI has supported
priority Asian Carp work including^- the
installation of structures by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers' (USAGE) at
the electric barrier site to reduce the risk
of bypass by Asian carp-; and Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) and Illinois
Department of Natural Resource efforts
to detect and remove Asian Carp from
the system. As needed, GLRI will
invest in additional efforts to keep Asian
Carp from becoming established in the
Great Lakes while continuing to address
Invasive Species -priorities such as the
development of Ballast Water Treatment
technologies; assistance to states and
communities in preventing the
introduction of invasive species and
controlling existing populations;
establishing early detection and rapid
response capabilities; and the
implementation of Aquatic Nuisance
Species Management Plans by the FWS
partnership.
• Nearshore Health and Nonpoint
Source: Targeted watershed plan
implementation will be undertaken by
EPA, U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), FWS, USGS, state programs,
and tribal governments. Additionally,
GLRI funds have been marked for
NRCS to work directly with agricultural
producers in specific, high priority
watersheds to install conservation
practices on their operations to reduce
soil erosion and non-point source
nutrient loading to waters of the Great
Lakes Basin.
• Habitat and Wildlife Protection and
Restoration: GLRI funding has been
targeted for FWS efforts to fund projects
related to species and habitat
management such as restoring wetlands,
improving the hydrology of Great Lakes
tributaries, reforesting habitats, reducing
impacts of invasive species, and creating
and/or improving corridors between
habitats. Additionally, NRCS supports
habitat restoration and protection efforts
of agricultural lands through the
programs such as the Wildlife Habitat
Incentives Program
• Accountability, Education,
Monitoring, Evaluation,
Communication, and Partnerships:
EPA's National Coastal Condition
Assessment will provide a framework
and organization for a Comprehensive
Great Lakes Coastal Assessment that
will establish baseline conditions of
environmental quality and variability of
the near-shore waters, bottom substrate,
and biota. All agencies will participate
in the Great Lakes Accountability
System where partner agencies will
report quality controlled information
regularly on GLRI progress in meeting
the objectives and targets of this Action
Plan.
EPA expects to reach a target of 23.9 using a
40.0 scale for improving the overall
ecosystem health of the Great Lakes by
preventing water pollution and protect
aquatic systems. Also by FY 2012, EPA
expects to have removed 26 beneficial use
impairments from AOCs within the basin.
Chesapeake Bay:
Increased funding for the Chesapeake Bay
will support Bay watershed States as they
implement their plans to reduce nutrient and
sediment pollution in an unprecedented
effort to restore this economically important
ecosystem. President Obama's 2009
Executive Order (EO) tasked a team of
federal agencies to draft a way forward for
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protection and restoration of the Chesapeake
watershed. This team—the Federal
Leadership Committee (FLC) for the
Chesapeake Bay—is chaired by the
Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and includes senior
representatives from the departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Homeland
Security, Interior and Transportation.
The FLC developed the Strategy for
Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake
Bay Watershed, which was released in May
2010. Work that has taken place under the
EO can be categorized according to the Goal
Areas and Supporting Strategies identified
in the EO Strategy, specifically around its
four "Goal Areas" of work:
• Restore Water Quality: Examples of
efforts in this area include: EPA
issuance of a TMDL for nitrogen,
phosphorus, and sediment to meet water
quality standards; USDA development
of suites of conservation practices to
improve water quality and targeting of
technical and financial assistance in
high-priority watersheds;
EPA/DOI/NOAA research and
partnerships to address toxic pollutant
contamination in the Bay.
• Restore Habitat: Examples of efforts in
this area include: the partnership among
USFWS, NOAA, USGS, NRCS,
FHWA, and NPS to restore and enhance
wetlands and to conduct supporting
research; the partnership among USDA,
USFS, and USFWS to restore riparian
forest buffers; work by USFWS, NOAA,
and NRCS to restore historical fish
migratory routes; and work by Federal
agencies in general, including USFWS,
USGS, NOAA, EPA, USACE, NRCS,
and USFS, to strengthen science support
for habitat restoration.
• Sustain Fish and Wildlife: Examples
of efforts in this area include: work by
NOAA and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) to restore native
oyster habitat and populations; NOAA's
work to rebuild the blue crab population
target; work by USFWS, USFS, and
NOAA to restore brook trout, black
duck, and other species; NRCS's work
to support the establishment and
protection of terrestrial habitat on private
lands; the partnership among NOAA,
USACE, USFWS, USGS, states and
local organizations to strengthen science
support to sustain fish and wildlife.
• Conserve Land and Increase Public
Access: Examples of efforts in this area
include: collaboration among DOT,
USDA, NOAA, DOT, DOD, states and
local agencies on the launch of a
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape
Initiative; work by NPS, USFWS,
USDA, NOAA, USGS, DOT, and HUD
on coordinated conservation actions,
watershed-wide GIS-based land
conservation targeting system, and
developing integrated transportation,
land use, housing and water
infrastructure plans for smart growth.
The $67.4 million Chesapeake Bay program
FY 2012 budget request will allow EPA to
continue to implement the President's
Executive Order (E.O.) on Chesapeake Bay
Protection and Restoration, to implement the
Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily
Load (TMDL), to facilitate coordination of
goals and activities of federal, state and local
partners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed,
to support the Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions
in implementing the TMDL, to assist
program partners in their protection and
restoration efforts, to increase the
accountability and transparency of the
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program, to continue responding to
oversight reports, and to address other
priority initiatives as they arise.
The Chesapeake Bay TMDL, the nation's
largest and most complex TMDL, will
necessitate significant scientific, technical,
and programmatic support to states and local
jurisdictions in developing and
implementing the most appropriate
programs for meeting their responsibilities
under the TMDL allocations. EPA has
engaged multiple programs and offices to
provide the regulatory, legal, enforcement,
and technical support necessary to meet
these challenges.
EPA is committed to its ambitious long-term
goals of 100 percent attainment of dissolved
oxygen standards in waters of the
Chesapeake Bay and 185,000 acres of
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV).
Along with its federal and state partners,
EPA has stated its intention to establish two-
year milestones for all actions needed to
restore water quality, habitats, and fish and
shellfish.
Other Geographic Programs:
In FY 2012 EPA will continue cooperation
with federal, state and Tribal governments
and other stakeholders toward achieving the
national goal of no net loss of wetlands
under the Clean Water Action Section 404
regulatory program. The FY 2012 budget
request for NEPs and coastal watersheds is
$27.1 million to help accomplish a target of
100,000 acres protected or restored within
National Estuary Program study areas.
After the recent catastrophe from the BP
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, President
Obama signed Executive Order 13554
which established the Gulf Coat Ecosystem
Restoration Task Force, chaired by EPA
Administrator Jackson. The Task Force will
serve as the Federal lead in Gulf Coast
restoration, building off of the tremendous
early efforts of the Working Group, the Gulf
of Mexico Alliance, and others, while
working to assist the Deepwater Horizon
NRD Trustee Council. The Trustee Council
will focus on restoring, rehabilitating, or
replacing the natural resources damaged by
the oil spill, while the Task Force and its
Federal agency partners will focus their
individual efforts on the broader suite of
impacts afflicting the Gulf Coast region.
The Task Force will provide a broad vision
and strategy to guide federal cooperative
efforts to address the degradation of this
region and to reverse longstanding problems
that have contributed to its decline.
The Executive Order tasked the Gulf Coast
Ecosystem Restoration Task Force with
developing a Gulf of Mexico Regional
Ecosystem Restoration Strategy within one
year. The Strategy will identify major
policy areas where coordinated Federal-state
action is necessary and will also consider
existing restoration planning efforts in the
region to identify planning gaps and
restoration needs, both on a state-by-state
basis and on a broad regional scale, setting
milestones and performance indicators by
which to measure progress of the long-term
restoration effort. This strategy, combined
with the NRD restoration plan, will likely
serve to inform Federal investments in
ecosystem restoration in the Gulf region
over the next decade. EPA will provide
assistance to other federal, state, and local
partners to ensure that the water, wetlands,
and beaches will be restored, and the
surrounding communities will be revitalized.
As a complement to the Agency's actions in
the immediate Gulf coast, EPA's Mississippi
River Basin program will address excessive
nutrient loadings that contribute to water
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quality impairments in the basin and,
ultimately, to hypoxic conditions in the Gulf
of Mexico. Working with the Gulf Hypoxia
Task Force, Gulf of Mexico Alliance and
other states within the
Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basins, and
other federal agencies, EPA will help target
efforts within 2-3 critical watersheds to
implement effective strategies that can yield
significant progress in addressing nonpoint
source nutrient pollution.
Research
In FY 2012, EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science by
implementing an integrated research
approach that looks at problems
systematically instead of individually. This
approach will allow EPA to consider a
broader set of issues and objectives while
bridging traditional scientific disciplines.
EPA is realigning and integrating the work
of twelve of its base research programs into
four new research programs (as discussed
further in the Goal 1 overview and
appendix):
• Air, Climate, and Energy
• Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources
• Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
• Chemical Safety and Sustainability
EPA will use these integrated research
programs to develop a deeper understanding
of our environmental challenges and inform
sustainable solutions to meet our strategic
goals. In FY 2012, the Agency proposes to
realign elements of the Water Quality and
Drinking Water research programs into the
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Research (SSWR) Program.
Increased demands, land use practices,
population growth, aging infrastructure, and
climate variability, pose challenges to our
nation's water resources. Such competing
interests require the development of
innovative new solutions for water resource
managers and other decision makers. To
address these challenges, EPA research will
enable the following in FY 2012:
• Protection and restoration of
watersheds to provide water quality
necessary for sustained ecosystem
health.
• Treatment technologies and
management strategies needed to
ensure water is safe to drink.
• Water infrastructure capable of the
sustained delivery of safe water,
providing for the removal and
treatment of wastewater consistent
with its sustainable and safe re-use,
and management of stormwater in a
manner that values it as a resource
and a component of sustainable
water resources.
The new SSWR research program will
address and adapt to future water resources
management needs to ensure that natural and
engineered water systems have the capacity
and resiliency to meet current and future
water needs to support the range of growing
water-use and ecological requirements.
Through the SSWR program, the research
program is investing an additional $6.1
million to address potential water supply
endangerments associated with hydraulic
fracturing (HF). Congress has urged EPA to
conduct this research, which supports the
Agency's efforts to ensure the protection of
our aquifers. The Agency proposes to
conduct additional case studies on a greater
number of geographic and geologic
situations to reflect the range of conditions
under which HF operates, and on HF
practices that will help more fully
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characterize the factors that may lead to
risks to public health. In addition, the
Agency will develop models to assess risk to
water resources based on geologic,
geographic, hydrologic, toxicological and
biogeochemical factors and thus support
identification of situations that could be
more susceptible to infiltration from
hydraulic fracturing fluids.
Within the SSWR program, green
infrastructure research will continue to
assess, develop, and compile scientifically
rigorous tools and models that will be used
by EPA's Office of Water, states, and
municipalities. EPA will continue to
leverage the success of the Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) grants program,
which supports innovative and cutting-edge
research from scientists in academia through
a competitive and peer-reviewed grant
process that is integrated with EPA's overall
research efforts.
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Goal 3
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development
Clean up communities, advance sustainable development, and protect
disproportionately impacted low-income, minority, and tribal communities. Prevent
releases of harmful substances and clean up and restore contaminated areas.
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Cleaning Up Communities and
Advancing Sustainable Development
Clean up communities, advance sustainable
development, and protect disproportionately
impacted low-income, minority, and tribal
communities. Prevent releases of harmful
substances and clean up and restore
contaminated areas.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
• Support sustainable, resilient, and
livable communities by working with
• local, state, tribal, and federal
partners to promote smart growth,
emergency preparedness and
recovery planning, brownfield
redevelopment, and the equitable
distribution of environmental
benefits.
• Conserve resources and prevent land
contamination by reducing waste
generation, increasing recycling, and
ensuring proper management of
waste and petroleum products.
• Prepare for and respond to accidental
or intentional releases of
contaminants and clean up and
restore polluted sites.
• Support federally-recognized tribes
to build environmental management
capacity, assess environmental
conditions and measure results, and
implement environmental programs
in Indian country.
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GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Cleaning Up Our Communities
Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities
Preserve Land
Restore Land
Strengthen Human Health and
Environmental Protection in
Indian Country
Total Authorized Workyears
FY2010
Enacted
$2,075,066.9
$522,238.6
$273,342.2
$1,198,659.5
$80,826.6
4,483.9
FY 2010
Actuals
$2,232,328.3
$556,970.1
$273,545.2
$1,316,495.2
$85,317.7
4,517.2
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$2,073,066.9
$520,238.6
$273,342.2
$1,198,659.5
$80,826.6
4,483.9
FY2012
Pres Budget
$2,017,061.5
$504,464.9
$264,903.3
$1,133,624.1
$114,069.2
4,338.3
FY 2012 Pres
Budget v.
FY2010
Enacted
($58,005.4)
($17,773.7)
($8,438.9)
($65,035.4)
$33,242.6
-145.6
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GoalS
Cleaning Up Communities and
Advancing Sustainable Development
Clean up communities, advance
sustainable development, and protect
disproportionately impacted low-income,
minority, and tribal communities. Prevent
releases of harmful substances and clean
up and restore contaminated areas.
Introduction
Land is one of America's most valuable
resources and EPA strives to clean up
communities to create a safer environment
for all Americans. Hazardous and non-
hazardous wastes on the land can migrate to
the air, groundwater and surface water,
contaminating drinking water supplies,
causing acute illnesses or chronic diseases,
and threatening healthy ecosystems in urban,
rural, and suburban areas. EPA will
continue efforts to prevent and reduce the
risks posed by releases of harmful
substances to land; to clean up communities;
to strengthen state and Tribal partnerships;
and to expand the conversation on
environmentalism and work for
environmental justice. The Agency also will
work to advance sustainable development
and to protect disproportionately impacted
low-income, minority, and Tribal
communities through outreach and
protection efforts for communities
historically underrepresented in EPA
decision-making.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to work
collaboratively with state and Tribal partners
to prevent and reduce exposure to
contaminants. Improved compliance at high
risk oil and chemical facilities through
rulemaking and increased inspections will
help prevent exposure by encouraging
compliance with environmental regulations.
This is another focus of the FY 2012
investments. In order to address exposures
to releases that have already occurred and/or
will occur in the future, EPA will continue
implement the Integrated Cleanup Initiative
(1CI) program. The purpose of ICI is to
coordinate the relevant tools available in
each of the clean-up programs in order to
accelerate the pace of cleanups in the most
effective and efficient manner to
appropriately service communities. These
efforts will be supported by sound scientific
data, research, and cost-effective tools that
alert EPA to emerging issues and inform
Agency decisions on managing materials
and addressing contaminated properties.
Improving a community's ability to make
decisions that affect its environment is at the
heart of EPA's community-centered work.
Challenging and complex environmental
problems, such as contaminated soil,
sediment, and groundwater that can cause
human health concerns, persist at many
contaminated properties. The burden of a
single blighted and contaminated site, or
multiple blighted and contaminated sites
concentrated within an area, can weigh
down an entire community. Oftentimes,
there is no obvious reuse for a contaminated
property and communities struggle with
what will happen at the site. This dilemma
results in long-term environmental and
economic community distress. As multiple
sites are often connected through
infrastructure and geographic location,
approaching the assessment and cleanup
needs of the entire area can be more
effective than focusing on individual sites in
isolation of the surrounding area.
Many communities across the country
regularly face risks posed by intentional and
accidental releases of harmful substances
into the environment. EPA and its state
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partners issue, update, or maintain RCRA
permits for approximately 2,500 hazardous
waste facilities. In addition, there are over
1,627 sites total on NPL nationwide.
Contaminants at these hazardous waste sites
are often complex chemical mixtures
affecting multiple environmental media. In
other words, operations at a site may have
contaminated groundwater, surface water,
and soil, at times also impacting indoor and
outdoor air quality. The precise impact of
many contaminant mixtures on human
health remains uncertain; however,
substances commonly found at Superfund
sites have been linked to a variety of human
health problems, such as birth defects,
infertility, cancer, and changes in
neurobehavioral functions. In FY 2012,
EPA will continue its work to cleanup,
redevelop, and revitalize contaminated sites.
There is a critical need for the Agency to
increase its capacity to prevent and respond
to accidental releases of harmful substances,
including oil spills, by developing clear
authorities, training personnel, and
providing proper equipment. Recent spills
and releases at oil and chemical facilities
have resulted in human injuries and deaths,
severe environmental damage, and great
financial loss. The BP Deepwater Horizon
(DWH) oil spill disaster resulted in 11
deaths, millions of gallons of spilled oil, and
untold environmental damage. Likewise,
accidents reported to EPA by the current
universe of Risk Management Program
(RMP) facilities have resulted in over 40
worker deaths, nearly 1,500 worker injuries,
more than 300,000 people sheltered in place,
and more than $1 billion in on-site and off-
site damages. EPA will increase its capacity
for compliance monitoring and inspections
at these facilities in FY 2012.
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas
Regaining Ground: Increasing
Compliance in High Risk Oil and
Chemical Facilities
The Oil Spill program helps protect U.S.
waters by effectively preventing, preparing
for, responding to, and monitoring oil spills.
EPA also works with state and local partners
through the State and Local Prevention and
Preparedness Program to help protect the
public and the environment from
catastrophic releases of hazardous
substances that occur at chemical facilities.
EPA currently conducts over 550
inspections at chemical facilities per year
(approximately 5 percent of the universe of
RMP facilities in non-delegated states) and
1,100 SPCC inspections and 250 FRP
inspections and drills at oil facilities per year
(0.2 percent of the universe of 640,000
SPCC facilities, 6 percent at FRP facilities).
In FY 2012, the Agency will expand its
current prevention activities at high risk oil
and chemical facilities by investing $1
million and 5 FTE to increase oversight of
high risk chemical facilities; $5.1 million
and 16 FTE to increase inspections of high
risk oil facilities; and $1.4 million and 1
FTE to improve compliance and develop a
new database as part of leveraging
technology to enhance EPA's compliance
efforts under the Regaining Ground:
Increasing Compliance in Critical Areas
initiative.
Support for Tribes
As the largest single source of EPA funding
to tribes, the Tribal General Assistance
Program (GAP) provides grants to build
capacity to administer environmental
programs that may be authorized by EPA in
Indian country. These grants provide
technical assistance in the development of
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programs to address environmental issues on
Indian lands. An $8.5 million increase to
funding for GAP grants will build tribal
capacity and assists tribes in leveraging
other EPA and federal funding to contribute
towards a higher overall level of
environmental and human health protection.
Many tribes have expressed the need to start
implementing high priority environmental
programs, but GAP funding may only be
used for capacity building. Increasing GAP
grant funding will allow tribes to continue to
develop stronger, more sustainable
environmental programs, while allowing
more tribes to take advantage of the new
multi-media tribal implementation program.
The $20 million investment in a new multi-
media tribal implementation grant program
will support tribes in addressing individual
tribe's most serious environmental needs
through the implementation of
environmental programs and projects, an
ongoing top priority for both tribes and the
Agency.
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and
Reductions
In order to promote fiscal responsibility
EPA is also making the tough choices,
including:
• Reducing FTE and funding for waste
minimization activities as the program is
redirected to sustainable materials
management and existing efforts aimed
at promoting the reduction, reuse and
recycling of municipal solid waste and
industrial materials are discontinued or
scaled back.
• Reducing resources devoted to Regional
response activities under the Superfund
Emergency Response and Removal
program, continuing to focus on
encouraging PRPs to conduct removal
actions and looking for ways to find
efficiencies and lessen the impact of the
reduction.
• Reducing Federal Facilities and
Restoration Program work at non-NPL
sites cleaned up by other federal
agencies and focusing efforts on meeting
statutory oversight responsibilities at
federal NPL sites.
• Reducing Superfund remedial
construction funding which may have
the effect of postponing new remedial
construction starts, slowing down the
pace of ongoing construction projects,
and delaying certain site assessment and
characterization projects. EPA is
exploring program efficiencies that may
be achieved to limit the impact of this
reduction.
• Decreasing funding for the Agency's
homeland security response and
preparedness program while maintaining
the current level of preparedness.
Priority Goal
EPA has established a Priority Goal to
highlight progress made under the
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program. The Priority Goal is:
• By 2012 EPA will have initiated 20
enhanced Brownfields community level
projects that will include a new area-
wide planning effort to benefit under-
served and economically disadvantaged
communities. This will allow those
communities to assess and address a
single large or multiple Brownfields
sites within their boundaries, thereby
advancing area-wide planning to enable
redevelopment of Brownfields properties
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on a broader scale. EPA will provide
technical assistance, coordinate its
enforcement, water and air quality
programs, and work with other Federal
agencies, states, tribes and local
governments to implement associated
targeted environmental improvements
identified in each community's area-
wide plan.
EPA awarded Brownfields Area-Wide
Planning assistance to 23 pilot communities
in FY 2011. Consistent with EPA's Priority
Goal commitment, throughout FY 2012 the
23 pilot communities will continue to use
the grant and/or direct contract assistance
they received from EPA to initiate
development of a brownfields area-wide
plan and determine the next steps and
resources needed to implement the plan. In
FY 2012, EPA will continue to track
progress towards its priority goals and will
update goals as necessary and appropriate.
FY 2012 Activities
Work under this Goal supports 4 objectives:
1) Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities, 2) Preserve Land; 3) Restore
Land; and 4) Strengthen Human Health and
Environmental Protection in Indian Country.
It is also supported by science and research
to enhance and strengthen these objectives.
Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to use
several approaches to promote sustainable,
healthier communities and protect
vulnerable populations and
disproportionately impacted low-income,
minority, and tribal communities. The
Agency especially is concerned about
threats to sensitive populations, such as
children, the elderly, and individuals with
chronic diseases.
Brownfields:
EPA's Brownfields program supports states,
local communities, and Tribes in their
efforts to assess and clean up potentially
contaminated and lightly contaminated sites
within their jurisdiction. This support
includes emphasis and participation in
Administration-wide initiatives such as the
America's Great Outdoors (AGO) initiative
(promoting urban parks and greenways) and
the Partnership for Sustainable Communities
(supporting area-wide planning for
sustainable redevelopment). EPA will
provide technical assistance for Brownfields
redevelopment in cities in transition which
are areas struggling with high
unemployment as a result of structural
changes to their economies. In addition, the
Brownfields program works closely with
EPA's Smart Growth program to address
critical issues for Brownfields
redevelopment, including land assembly,
development permitting issues, financing,
parking and street standards, accountability
to uniform systems of information for land
use controls, and other factors that influence
the economic viability of Brownfields
redevelopment. The best practices, tools,
and lessons learned from the smart growth
program will directly inform and assist
EPA's efforts to increase area-wide planning
for assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment
of Brownfields sites.
Smart Growth:
The Agency's Smart Growth Program works
across and within EPA and other federal
agencies to help communities grow in ways
that strengthen their economies, protect the
environment, and preserve their heritage.
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This program focuses on streamlining,
concentrating, and leveraging state and
federal assistance in places with the greatest
need. By concentrating and leveraging
federal and state resources in areas with
specific needs, EPA hopes to create an
inviting atmosphere for economic
development on which urban, suburban, and
rural communities can capitalize. In FY
2012, EPA will continue its strong support
for the Federal DOT, HUD, and EPA
Partnership for Sustainable Communities,
promote smart growth, and provide green
building technical assistance to states and
local communities. EPA will also continue
to develop additional tools to best assist
communities, particularly those that are
disadvantaged or have been adversely
impacted by contamination and
environmental degradation, in implementing
sustainable community strategies and
approaches.
Environmental Justice:
EPA is committed to ensuring
environmental justice regardless of race,
color, national origin, or income.
Recognizing that minority and/or low-
income communities frequently may be
exposed disproportionately to environmental
harm and risks, the Agency works to protect
these communities from adverse health and
environmental effects and to ensure they are
given the opportunity to participate
meaningfully in environmental decisions,
including clean-ups. In FY 2012, EPA's
Environmental Justice (EJ) program will
intensify its efforts to incorporate
environmental justice considerations in the
rulemaking process. An ongoing challenge
for EPA has been to develop rules that
implement existing statutory authority while
working to reduce disproportionate exposure
and impacts from multiple sources. In FY
2012, the EJ program will work to apply
effective methods suitable for decision-
making involving disproportionate
environmental health impacts on minority,
low-income, and Tribal populations. EPA is
also working on technical guidance to
support the integration of EJ considerations
in analysis that support EPA's actions.
Community Action for a Renewed
Environment (CARE):
In FY 2012, EPA will continue its
successful and innovative Community
Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
program to assist distressed communities in
addressing critical human health and
environmental risks. Since its launch in
2005, the CARE program has awarded 91
grants to communities across 39 states to
address key environmental priorities and
achieved results in predominantly
environmental justice communities. Since
CARE is a multi-media program, projects
often address more than one medium. To
date, Fifty percent of the grants have
addressed air pollution; 50 percent chemical
safety; 30 percent cleanup of contaminated
lands; 30 percent water issues; and 25
percent climate change. With the FY 2012
funding, the CARE program will reach
approximately 10 new communities. EPA
will provide technical support for
underserved and other communities, help
them use collaborative processes to select
and implement local actions, and award
federal funding for projects to reduce
exposure to pollutants and local
environmental problems. Under this
program, EPA will create - and in several
Regions pilot - a Partners Program to
provide technical support and access to EPA
programs while outside organizations
provide funding to the community. The
Partners Program will provide the
opportunity to leverage EPA's investment
and allow CARE to reach more communities
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than EPA could with increased grant
funding alone.
U.S.-Mexico Border:
The U.S.-Mexico Border region hosts a
growing population of more than 14.6
million people, posing unique drinking
water and wastewater infrastructure
shortages. In addition, 432 thousand of the
over 14 million people in the region live in
1,200 colonias3 which are unincorporated
communities characterized by substandard
housing and unsafe drinking water. The
Border 2012 framework agreement is
intended to protect the environment and
public health along the U.S.-Mexico Border
region, consistent with the principles of
sustainable development. The key areas of
focus for EPA's Border 2012 Program
continue to include: 1) increasing access to
drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure; 2) building greenhouse gas
(GHG) information capacity and expanding
voluntary energy efficiency reduction
programs to achieve GHG reduction; 3)
developing institutional capacity to manage
municipal solid waste; 4) piloting projects
that reduce exposure to pesticides; 5)
conducting bi-national emergency
preparedness training and exercises at sister
cities; and 6) continuing to test and update
the emergency notification mechanism
between Mexico and the United States. In
addition, in FY 2012, EPA also will focus its
efforts towards the development of the next
generation of the Border program.
Preserve and Restore Land
EPA leads the country's activities to prevent
and reduce the risks posed by releases of
harmful substances and to preserve and
restore land with effective waste
management and cleanup methods. In FY
2012, the Agency is requesting $1.4 billion
to continue to apply the most effective
approach to preserve and restore land by
developing and implementing prevention
programs, improving response capabilities,
and maximizing the effectiveness of
response and cleanup actions. This
approach will help ensure that human health
and the environment are protected and that
land is returned to beneficial use.
In FY 2012, EPA also will continue to use a
hierarchy of approaches to protect the land:
reducing waste at its source, recycling
waste, managing waste effectively by
preventing spills and releases of toxic
materials, and cleaning up contaminated
properties. The Agency especially is
concerned about threats to sensitive
populations, such as children, the elderly,
and individuals with chronic diseases, and
prioritizes cleanups accordingly.4
The Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA, or Superfund) and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
provide legal authority for EPA's work to
protect the land. The Agency and its
partners use Superfund authority to clean up
uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste
sites, allowing land to be returned to
productive use. Under RCRA, EPA works
in partnership with states and tribes to
address risks associated with leaking
underground storage tanks and to manage
solid and hazardous waste.
http://www.borderhealth.org/border region.php
4 Additional information on these programs can be found
at: www.epa. gov/superfund,
http://www.epa. gov/oem/content/er cleanup.htnu
http: //www. epa. go v/epao swer/hazwaste/caA
http://www.epa. gov/brownfieldsA
http: //www. epa. go v/swerust 1 /,
http://www.epa.gov/swerffrr/ and
http://www.epa.gov/swerrims/landrevitalization.
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In FY 2012, EPA will work to preserve and
restore the nation's land by ensuring proper
management of waste and petroleum
products, reducing waste generation,
increasing recycling and by strengthening its
cleanup programs and oversight of oil and
chemical facilities. These efforts are
integrated with the Agency's efforts to
promote sustainable and livable
communities. EPA's land program activities
for FY 2012 include seven broad efforts: 1)
Integrated Cleanup Initiative; 2) Land
Cleanup and Revitalization; 3) RCRA Waste
Management and Corrective Action; 4)
Recycling and Waste Minimization; 5)
Underground Storage Tanks management;
6) Oil Spills and Chemical Safety, and 7)
Homeland Security.
Integrated Cleanup Initiative:
In an effort to improve the accountability,
transparency, and effectiveness of EPA's
cleanup programs, EPA initiated the
Integrated Cleanup Initiative (ICI), a multi-
year effort to better use the most appropriate
assessment and cleanup authorities to
address a greater number of sites, accelerate
cleanups, and put those sites back into
productive use while protecting human
health and the environment. By bringing to
bear the relevant tools available in each of
the cleanup programs, including enforcement,
EPA will better leverage the resources
available to address needs at individual sites.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to examine
all aspects of the cleanup programs,
identifying key process improvements and
enhanced efficiencies. In addition, in order
to better measure the performance and
progress made in advancing cleanups and
addressing potentially contaminated sites,
EPA developed two new performance
measures under ICI that will support
comprehensive management of the cleanup
life cycle: Site Assessments (to track all of
the sites for which EPA performs an
assessment of environmental condition) and
Remedial Action Project Completions (to
track the progress in completing phases of
constructing the remedy at Superfund sites).
When added to the existing suite of
performance measures, EPA's measures
now address three critical points in the
cleanup process—starting, advancing, and
completing site cleanup.
EPA also will implement its Community
Engagement Initiative designed to enhance
involvement with local communities and
stakeholders so that they may meaningfully
participate in decisions on land cleanup,
emergency response, and management of
hazardous substances and waste. The goals
of this initiative are to ensure transparent
and accessible decision-making processes,
deliver information that communities can
use to participate meaningfully, and help
EPA produce outcomes that are more
responsive to community perspectives and
that ensure timely cleanup decisions.
Land Cleanup and Revitalization:
In addition to promoting sustainable and
livable communities, EPA's cleanup
programs (e.g., Superfund Remedial,
Superfund Federal Facilities Response,
Superfund Emergency Response and
Removal, RCRA Corrective Action,
Brownfields, and Leaking Underground
Storage Tanks (LUST) Cooperative
Agreements) and their partners are taking
proactive steps to facilitate the cleanup and
revitalization of contaminated properties. In
FY 2012, the Agency will continue to help
communities clean up and revitalize these
once productive properties by removing
contamination, helping limit urban sprawl,
fostering ecologic habitat enhancements,
enabling economic development, taking
advantage of existing infrastructure, and
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maintaining or improving quality of life. In
addition, EPA will continue to support the
RE-Powering America's Land initiative5 in
partnership with the Department of Energy.
These projects advance cleaner and more
cost effective energy technologies, and
reduce the environmental impacts of energy
systems.
RCRA Waste Management and Corrective
Action:
In FY 2012, the Agency will continue to
work in partnership with the states to
coordinate RCRA program goals and
direction. EPA will continue to assist states
in permit development, permit renewals, or
other approved controls at facilities that
treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste.
EPA will work to meet its annual target of
implementing initial approved or updated
controls at 100 RCRA hazardous waste
management facilities. In addition to
meeting these goals, the program is
responsible for the continued maintenance
of the regulatory controls at approximately
2,500 facilities in the permitting baseline.6
EPA's RCRA Corrective Action program
will focus on site investigation,
identification of interim remedies to
eliminate exposures to human health or the
environment, and selection of safe, effective
long-term remedies. Sites will see the
results of this funding in FY 2012 and
beyond, as the number of sites achieving the
Agency's environmental indicators
including control of human exposures and
migration of contaminated groundwater
increase over time.
Recycling and Waste Minimization:
In FY 2012, EPA will complete this
program's redirection to sustainable
materials management. This redirection is a
significant step that will allow EPA to
consider the human health and
environmental impacts associated with the
full lifecycle of materials—from the amount
and toxicity of raw materials extraction,
through transportation, processing,
manufacturing, and use, as well as re-use,
recycling and disposal.
The EPAct and Underground Storage Tanks:
The EPAct7 contains numerous provisions
that significantly affect federal and state
underground storage tank (UST) programs
and requires that EPA and states strengthen
tank release and prevention programs. In
FY 2012, EPA will provide assistance to
states to help them meet their EPAct
responsibilities, which include: 1)
mandatory inspections every three years for
all underground storage tanks and
enforcement of violations discovered during
the inspections; 2) operator training; 3)
prohibition of delivery for non-complying
facilities8; and 4) secondary containment or
financial responsibility for tank
manufacturers and installers.
Additionally, there are an unknown number
of petroleum Brownfields sites that are
predominately old gas stations that blight the
environmental and economic health of
surrounding neighborhoods. In FY 2012,
5 Additional information on this initiative can be found on
http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/.
6 The permitting baseline universe currently has 2,446
facilities with approximately 10,000 process unit groups.
7 For more information, refer to
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-
bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:
publ058.109.pdf(scroll to Title XV - Ethanol And Motor
Fuels, Subtitle B - Underground Storage Tank
Compliance, on pages 500-513 of the pdf file).
8 Refer to Grant Guidelines to States for Implementing the
Delivery Prohibition Provision of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005, August 2006, EPA-510-R-06-003,
http://www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/epact Q5.htm#Final.
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EPA's UST and Brownfields program will
continue to jointly focus attention and
resources on the cleanup and reuse of
petroleum-contaminated sites.
Oil Spills and Chemical Safety:
The Oil Spill program helps protect U.S.
waters by effectively preventing, preparing
for, responding to, and monitoring oil spills.
EPA conducts oil spill prevention,
preparedness, and enforcement activities
associated with the 640,000 non-
transportation-related oil storage facilities
that EPA regulates through its Spill
Prevention Control and Countermeasure
(SPCC) program. EPA currently conducts
approximately 1,100 inspections per year at
SPCC-regulated facilities (representing 0.2
percent of the total universe of 640,000) and
250 FRP inspections and drills at 6 percent
of the FRP facilities. In FY 2012, as part of
the Oil Spill investments, the Agency will
broaden and expand its prevention and
preparedness activities.
In addition to its prevention responsibilities,
EPA serves as the lead responder for
cleanup of all inland zone spills, including
transportation-related spills from pipelines,
trucks, and other transportation systems and
provides technical assistance and support to
the U.S. Coast Guard for coastal and
maritime oil spills. In FY 2012, EPA will
continue to review and revise, as
appropriate, the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan,
including Subpart J which regulates the use
of dispersants and other chemicals as a tool
in oil spill response.
EPA also works with state and local partners
to help protect the public and the
environment from catastrophic releases of
hazardous substances at chemical handling
facilities through the State and Local
Prevention and Preparedness program.
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA
regulations require that facilities handling
more than a threshold quantity of certain
extremely hazardous substances must
implement a risk management program and
submit a Risk Management Plan (RMP) to
EPA among others entities. Facilities are
required to update their RMP at least once
every five years and sooner if changes are
made at the facility. EPA currently conducts
over 550 inspections or unannounced
exercises per year (approximately 5 percent
of the universe of 13,100 RMP facilities in
non-delegated states), including over 140 at
high risk facilities. In FY 2012, through the
Regaining Ground: Increasing Compliance
in Critical Areas investment, the Agency
will expand its current activities.
Homeland Security:
EPA's Homeland Security work is an
important component of the Agency's
prevention, protection, and response
activities. EPA will continue to provide
Homeland Security emergency preparedness
and response capability. In FY 2012, the
Agency requests $38.7 million to: maintain
its capability to respond effectively to
incidents that may involve harmful
chemical, biological, and radiological
substances; operate the Environmental
Response Laboratory Network (ERLN);
maximize the effectiveness of its
involvement in national security events
through pre-deployments of assets such as
emergency response personnel and field
detection equipment; maintain the
Emergency Management Portal (EMP); and
manage, collect, and validate new
information for new and existing weapons of
mass destruction agents as decontamination
techniques are developed or as other
information emerges from the scientific
community.
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Improve Human Health and the
Environment in Indian Country
In FY 2012, EPA will assist Federally-
recognized tribes in assessing environmental
conditions in Indian country, and will help
build their capacity to implement
environmental programs though the $8.5
million investment in funding for the Tribal
GAP program. EPA will also strengthen the
scientific evidence and research supporting
environmental policies and decisions on
compliance, pollution prevention, and
environmental stewardship in Indian country
through continued collaboration with
Agency program offices as well as through
EPA's Tribal Science Council.
Since adopting the EPA Indian Policy in
1984, EPA has worked with federally-
recognized tribes on a government-to-
government basis, in recognition of the
federal government's trust responsibility to
federally-recognized tribes. Under federal
environmental statutes, the Agency is
responsible for protecting human health and
the environment in Indian country. In FY
2012, EPA's Office of International and
Tribal Affairs (OITA) will continue to lead
an Agency-wide effort to work with tribes,
Alaska Native Villages, and inter-tribal
consortia to fulfill this responsibility. EPA's
strategy for achieving this objective has
three major components:
• Establish an Environmental Presence
in Indian Country: The Agency will
continue to provide funding through the
Indian General Assistance Program
(GAP) so each federally-recognized tribe
can establish an environmental presence.
•• Provide Access to Environmental
Information: EPA will provide the
information tribes need to meet EPA and
Tribal environmental priorities, as well
as characterize the environmental and
public health improvements that result
from joint actions.
• Implementation of Environmental
Goals: The Agency will provide
opportunities for the implementation of
Tribal environmental programs by tribes,
or directly by EPA, as necessary through
1) media-specific programs, 2) tribes
themselves, or 3) directly by EPA if
necessary.
Additionally, in FY 2012, EPA is investing
in the multi-media Tribal implementation
grant program which allows the Agency to
build upon the successful capacity-building
work of the GAP program through full
program implementation.
Research
In FY 2012, EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science by
implementing an integrated research
approach that looks at problems
systematically instead of individually. EPA
is realigning and integrating the work of its
base research programs into four new
research programs (further described in the
Goal 1 overview and appendix). The new
Sustainable and Healthy Communities
(SHC) research program will focus on the
integration, translation and coordinated
communication of research on sustainability,
land use, protection and restoration, human
health, ecological risk assessment modeling,
and ecosystem services. The SHC research
program will provide innovative and
creative management approaches and
decision support tools for communities,
regions, states and tribes to protect and
ensure a sustainable balance between human
health and the environment.
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Communities are increasingly challenged to
improve and protect the health and well-
being of their residents and the ecosystem
services upon which they depend, in the face
of increasing resource demands and
changing demographics, economic, social,
and climate patterns. Research will be
conducted in broad areas, which will support
the many aspects of community health
described above:
I. Research to Address Specific
Community Needs and Improve
Our Understanding of Community
Sustainability:
As specific research questions are
formulated in the areas of human
health, ecosystems and ecosystem
services, land and waste
management, innovative
technologies and life cycle analysis,
EPA will begin conducting pilot
projects that explore and address
problems in an integrated manner by
focusing specifically on 1) an urban
community, 2) multiple communities
in the Gulf of Mexico region, and3)
certain high-priority problems facing
communities across the nation.
II. Decision Analysis and Support for
Conducting Integrated
Assessments:
While communities often have
creative and well-trained government
staff, NGOs, and citizen groups, they
usually do not have the capacity to
rapidly develop and/or customize
advanced decision tools and
supporting data sets that will enable
effective, real-time community
investment decisions. This research
will focus on developing practical
decision support tools and analytic
methods that enable communities to
effectively use information
developed by the SHC research
program and other programs to
support community decision making
related to environmental
Sustainability.
III. Superfund:
The SHC research program will
focus on innovative remediation
options for contaminated sediments
and the development of new
alternatives to dredging. In addition,
the program will develop solutions to
contaminated ground water by
evaluating subsurface and above-
ground alternatives to pump-and-
treat, particularly for recalcitrant
contaminants such as chlorinated
solvents and other contaminants that
do not dissolve easily in water, and
will evaluate chemical oxidation and
permeable reactive barriers,
including those using nanoscale
materials. The SHC research
program will continue to provide
technical support and technology
transfer to support ground water
modeling needs in communities.
IV. Oil Spill Research:
In FY 2012, the SHC program will
focus on two areas related to oil spill
research: 1) EPA will develop
protocols to revise or test oil spill
control agents or products for listing
on the National Contingency Plan
(NCP) Product Schedule and other
activities deemed necessary by
EPA's Office of Emergency
Management (OEM), and 2) the
Agency will conduct studies on the
effectiveness of bioremediation for
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freshly spilled oil and aged residuals
of petroleum-based oil, biodiesel,
and biodiesel blends, and the
performance of dispersants for deep
water applications.
EPA also conducts research supporting Goal
3 through its Science to Achieve Results
(STAR) program, which leverages
innovative and cutting-edge research from
scientists in academia through a competitive
and peer-reviewed grant process that is
integrated with EPA's overall research
efforts. The Agency is enhancing its
investment in areas critical to support the
Administration's science priorities,
including strengthening the future scientific
workforce through investment in fellowships
to students in pursuit of careers and
advanced degrees in environmental science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
In FY 2012, EPA will provide $14 million
for STAR Fellowships, including support for
an estimated 243 continuing fellows and 105
new STAR fellows.
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GoaU
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of chemicals and prevent pollution at the
source.
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of
chemicals and prevent pollution at the
source.
• Reduce the risk of chemicals that
enter our products, our environment,
and our bodies.
• Conserve and protect natural
resources by promoting pollution
prevention and the adoption of other
stewardship practices by companies,
communities, governmental
organizations, and individuals.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals
and Preventing Pollution
Ensure Chemical Safety
Promote Pollution Prevention
Total Authorized Workyears
FY2010
Enacted
$681,126.8
$618,182.3
$62,944.5
2,692.5
FY2010
Actuals
$671,424.4
$609,729.0
$61,695.4
2,741.0
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$681,126.8
$618,182.3
$62,944.5
2,692.5
FY2012
Pres
Budget
$702,542.3
$642,721.6
$59,820.7
2,706.4
FY 2012 Pres
Budget v.
FY2010
Enacted
$21,415.5
$24,539.3
($3,123.8)
13.9
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Goal 4
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of
chemicals and prevent pollution at the
source
Introduction
Chemicals have become ubiquitous in our
everyday lives and products, because they
are used in the production of everything
from our homes and cars to the cell phones
we carry and the food we eat. Chemicals are
often released into the environment as a
result of their manufacture, processing, use,
and disposal. Research shows that children
are getting steady infusions of industrial
chemicals before they even are given solid
food9'10'11. Other vulnerable groups,
including low-income, minority, and
indigenous populations, may also be
disproportionately impacted by and thus
particularly at risk from chemical
exposure12'13'14. While TSCA authorizes
review of new chemicals before they enter
The Disproportionate Impact of Environmental Health
Threats on Children of Color
(http://vosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4
ef852573590040b7f6/79a3fl3c301688828525770c0063b2
77! OpenDocument)
10 Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
11 Guide to Considering Children's Health When
Developing EPA Actions: Implementing Executive Order
13045 and EPA's Policy on Evaluating Health Risks to
Children
(http://vosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/ADPgu
ide.htm/SFile/EPA ADP Guide 508.pdf)
12 Holistic Risk-based Environmental Decision Making: a
Native Perspective
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241171)
13 Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low
Income Populations
14 Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice
During the Development of an Action
(http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ej/resources/policv/consid
ering-ej-in-rulemaking-guide-07-2010.pdf)
the market and provides authority for EPA
to mandate industry to conduct testing, there
remain gaps in the available use and
exposure data and state of knowledge on
many widely used chemicals in commerce.
EPA programs work to ensure chemical
safety, including pesticides, and to manage
the chemicals already in the environment
that may have adverse affects. EPA is also
promoting sustainable, lower risk processes
and working with communities to improve
overall environmental quality.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to make
substantial progress in transitioning from an
approach dominated by voluntary data
submissions by industry, to a more
aggressive action-oriented approach to
ensure chemical safety through four areas of
focus: 1) using all available authorities
under TSCA to take immediate and lasting
action to eliminate or reduce identified
chemical risks and develop proven safer
alternatives; 2) using regulatory mechanisms
to fill remaining gaps in critical exposure
data, and increasing transparency and public
access to information on TSCA chemicals;
3) using data from all available sources to
conduct detailed chemical risk assessments
on priority chemicals to inform the need for
and support development and
implementation of risk management actions;
and 4) prevent introduction of unsafe new
chemicals into commerce.
EPA's Pesticide Licensing program screens
new pesticides before they reach the market
and ensures that pesticides already in
commerce are safe when used in accordance
with the label. As directed by the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and the Food
Quality Protection Act (FQPA), EPA is
responsible for registering pesticides to
protect consumers, pesticide users, workers
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who may be exposed to pesticides, children,
and other sensitive populations. EPA also
reviews potential impacts on the
environment, with particular attention to
endangered species.
In 1990, the Pollution Prevention Act
established preventing pollution before it is
generated as national environmental policy.
EPA is enhancing cross-cutting efforts to
advance sustainable practices, safer
chemicals and sustainable lower risk
processes and practices, and safer products.
The combined effect of community level
actions, geographically targeted
investments, attention to chemicals, and
concern for ecosystems, implemented
through the lens of science, transparency
and law, will bring real improvements and
protections.
Achieving an environmentally sustainable
future demands that EPA make smarter,
faster decisions guided by sound science on
environmental problems facing the country
today. It is also crucial to anticipate
tomorrow's problems and identify
approaches to better inform environmentally
sustainable behavior. The EPA Science
Advisory Board has recognized15 that the
improved understanding of today's
environmental problems requires an
integrative, transdisciplinary approach that
considers multi-media, integrated, and non-
traditional approaches to achieve more
effective and efficient solutions. EPA's
research request reflects the necessity to
increase synergies among programs using
systems thinking and catalytic innovation in
order to meet the problems of the 21st
century.
Major FY 2012 Investment Areas
Enhancing Chemical Safety
EPA will invest an additional $16 million
and 5.5 FTE to continue implementing its
enhanced chemical management strategy to
make long-overdue progress in ensuring the
safety of existing chemicals: 1) obtaining,
managing and making public chemical
information; 2) screening and assessing
chemical risks; and 3) managing chemical
risks. In FY 2012, EPA's approach will be
centered on immediate and lasting actions to
identify and mitigate unreasonable chemical
risks and develop proven safer alternatives
to hazardous chemicals.
The FY 2012 investment will provide for
action needed to 1) increase the Agency's
pace in obtaining and making public TSCA
chemical health and safety and other
information; 2) conduct detailed chemical
risk assessments on priority chemicals and
accelerating progress in characterizing the
hazards posed by HPV chemicals 3)
undertake appropriate risk management
actions on chemicals identified as posing
significant human health or environmental
risks.
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and
Reductions
• Funding reductions reflect expected
program efficiencies and reprioritization
of targeted activities. Specifically, EPA
will reduce support for non-regulatory
activities including pollinator protection,
urban pest management and the
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship
Program. Funding reductions may also
delay development and implementation
of some risk assessment policies.
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FY 2012 Activities
Toxics Programs
FY 2012 represents a crucial stage in EPA's
approach for ensuring chemical safety. The
program has attained its 'zero tolerance'
goal in preventing introduction of unsafe
new chemicals into commerce but many
existing ('pre-TSCA') chemicals already in
commerce remain un-assessed. The
Existing Chemicals can be split into three
major component activities: 1)
strengthening chemical information
collection, management, and transparency
($14.7M); 2) Screening and Assessing
Chemical Risks ($15.6M); and 3) Reducing
Chemical Risks ($26.4M).
Also in FY 2012, EPA will continue to
prevent the entry of new chemicals into the
US market which pose unreasonable risks to
human health or the environment. The
major activity of the New Chemicals
program ($14.3M) is PMN review and
management, which addresses the potential
risks from approximately 1,100 chemicals,
products of biotechnology and new chemical
nanoscale materials received annually prior
to their entry into the US marketplace.
In FY 2012, the Agency will continue to
implement the Chemicals Risk Management
program to further eliminate risks from
high-risk "legacy" chemicals, such as
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and
mercury. The Lead program will continue
efforts to further reduce childhood blood
lead incidence, and will continue
implementing the Lead Renovation, Repair
and Painting (RRP) Rule though increased
outreach efforts and targeted activities to
support renovator certifications. EPA will
allocate $35.3 million to undertaking
existing chemical risk management actions
in FY 2012.
Children's Risk
Blood Lead Levels for Children aged 1-5
30%
25%
2O%
15%
10%
5%
0%
>10 ug/dL
Elevated Lead
Levels
>5 ug/dL
New Concern Lead
Levels
>5 ug/dL
TARGET Lead Levels
For near Future
Pesticides
Programs
V V
A'y f^'Y
A key component of chemical safety and to
protecting the health of people,
communities, and ecosystems, is identifying,
assessing, and reducing the risks presented
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by the pesticides on which our society and
economy depend. EPA will continue to
manage a comprehensive pesticide risk
reduction program through science-based
registration and reevaluation processes, a
worker safety program, and support for
integrated pest management. The pesticide
review processes will continue to
increasingly focus on improving pesticide
registrations compliance with the
Endangered Species Act and achieve
broader Agency objectives for water quality
protection.
EPA will continue to place emphasis on the
protection of potentially sensitive groups,
such as children, by reducing exposures
from pesticides used in and around homes,
schools, and other public areas. In addition,
the Agency worker protection, certification,
and training regulations will encourage safe
application practices. Together, these
programs minimize exposure to pesticides,
maintain a safe and affordable food supply,
address public health issues, and minimize
property damage that can occur from insects
and pests. As part of the Agency's review
of non-regulatory efforts, the Strategic
Agriculture Initiative program will shift its
emphasis to the Integrated Pest Management
(TPM) program, providing a more focused
effort in IPM to address a wide range of
agricultural risk issues in food safety as well
as minimizing exposure from pesticide drift.
Chemical and biological pesticides help
meet national and global demands for food.
They provide effective pest control for
homes, schools, gardens, highways, utility
lines, hospitals, and drinking water
treatment facilities and control animal
vectors of disease. Many regulatory actions
involve reduced risk pesticides which, once
registered, will result in increased societal
benefits. In addition to collecting a total of
$82 million in anticipated fee-funded
activities in FY 2012, $32 million which can
be obligated EPA is funding $128.7 million
in Pesticides Licensing programs.
Pollution Prevention
EPA will continue to promote innovation
through environmental stewardship
strategies that promote economic
revitalization. EPA will draw on innovative
and cross media strategies to focus analysis
and coordination across the Agency, with
States, and with other Federal agencies.
In FY 2012, EPA's Pollution Prevention
(P2) programs will target technical
assistance, information and supporting
assessments to encourage the use of greener
chemicals, technologies, processes, and
products through programs with proven
records of success such as: Green Suppliers
Network, Regional Grants, Pollution
Prevention Resource Exchange, Partnership
for Sustainable Healthcare, Green Chemistry
and Green Engineering. In addition, EPA's
P2 programs will continue to support the
new Economy, Energy and Environment
(E3) partnership among federal agencies,
local governments and manufacturers to
promote energy efficiency, job creation and
environmental improvement.
Through these efforts, EPA will encourage
government and business to adopt source
reduction practices that can help to prevent
pollution and avoid potential adverse health
and environmental impacts. P2 grants to
states and tribes provide support for
technical assistance, education, and outreach
to assist businesses. Work under these
programs also supports the energy reduction
goals under E.G. 13514. In FY 2012, the
total funding for P2 programs is $20.7
million and 72.7 FTE.
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International Affairs
Environmental pollution and contamination
often extend well beyond a country's
individual borders. In the face of shared
environmental challenges, such as global
climate change and improving children's
environmental health outcomes, cooperation
with global partners can catalyze even
greater progress toward protecting our
domestic environment. By partnering with
and assisting other nations to improve their
environmental governance, EPA also helps
protect the U.S. from pollution originating
outside our borders from reaching our
citizens. These collaborative efforts are the
key to sustaining and enhancing progress,
both domestically and internationally.
EPA's international priorities include:
building strong environmental institutions
and legal structures; improving access to
clean water; improving urban air quality;
limiting global GHG emissions and other
climate-forcing pollutants, reducing
exposure to toxic chemicals, and reducing
hazardous waste and improve waste
management.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
The National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) requires Federal agencies to prepare
environmental impact statements (EISs) for
actions that have the potential to cause
significant environmental effects, and
develop appropriate plans to mitigate or
eliminate those impacts. EPA's unique role
in this process is reviewing and commenting
on all Federal EISs and making the
comments available to the public. In FY
2012, EPA will continue to work with other
Federal agencies to streamline and to
improve their NEPA processes. Work also
will focus on a number of key areas such as
review and comment on mining on-shore
and off-shore liquid natural gas facilities,
coal bed methane development and other
energy-related projects, nuclear
power/hydro-power plant licensing/re-
licensing, highway and airport expansion,
military base realignment/redevelopment
(including the expansion in Guam), flood
control and port development, and
management of national forests and public
lands. EPA also will conduct work pursuant
to the Appalachian Coal Mining Interagency
Action Plan.
Research
In FY 2012, EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science by
implementing an integrated research
approach that looks at problems
systematically instead of individually. This
approach will create synergy and yield
benefits beyond those possible from
approaches that are more narrowly targeted
to single chemicals or problem areas. EPA
is realigning and integrating the work of its
base research programs into four new
research programs (further described in the
Goal 1 overview and appendix).
The new Chemical Safety and Sustainability
(CSS) Program will develop enhanced
chemical screening and testing approaches
for improving context-relevant chemical
assessment and management. New
computational, physico-chemical, and
biological and exposure science tools
promise to transform the way risks of
chemical products are evaluated.
Development and validation will proceed on
broadly applicable, predictive, high-
throughput tools to be combined with
existing test methods, integrating toxicity
and exposure pathways in the context of the
life cycle of the chemical. In FY 2012 EPA
will begin a multi-year transition from the
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Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program
(EDSP) to validate and more efficiently use
computational toxicology methods and high
throughput screens that will allow the
Agency to more quickly and cost-effectively
assess potential chemical toxicity. As
reflected in Figure V, testing 300 chemicals
with computational toxicology methods
costs on average about $20,000 per chemical
compared to more traditional approaches
that can cost more than $6 million per
chemical. In FY 2012, EPA will begin to
evaluate endocrine-relevant ToxCast assays.
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faster, more efficient,
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of the cost for traditional
animal-based testing
(e.g., $2 billion versus
$6 million for 3 00
chemicals). This
innovative research is
critical to catalyzing
sustainable solutions
that inform decisions on
chemical safety.
CSS will also contribute to the Sustainable
and Healthy Communities Research
Program by providing decision makers in
individual localities and communities with
research and support on contaminants of
highest priority and concern to them. Better
and more integrated approaches to chemical
testing and assessment also will lead to
better air toxics and drinking water-related
regional and local decision making. Under
this newly consolidated research program,
EPA will continue to support the scientific
foundation for addressing the risks of
exposure to chemicals in humans and
wildlife. Resources requested total $95.7
million and 292.7 FTE.
In FY2012, the Agency's Human Health
Risk Assessment (HHRA) program will
continue to develop assessments including
Integrated Science Assessments (ISA) of
criteria air pollutants, Integrated Risk
Information Systems (IRIS) Assessments of
high priority chemicals, and Provisional
Peer Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTV).
The program will release draft ISAs for
ozone and lead for Clean Air Science
Advisory Committee review and public
comment. The program will strive to post
numerous completed human health
assessments (e.g. dioxin, methanol,
cumulative phthalate assessment, benzo-a-
pyrene, Libby asbestos cancer assessment,
and PCB noncancer assessment) in IRIS.
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integrated with EPA's overall research
EPA also conducts research supporting Goal efforts. The Homeland Security Research
4 through its Science to Achieve Results Program (HSRP) will continue to enhance
(STAR) program, which leverages the nation's preparedness, response, and
innovative and cutting-edge research from recovery capabilities for homeland security
scientists in academia through a competitive incidents and other hazards.
and peer-reviewed grant process that is
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GoalS
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Protect human health and the environment through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance with environmental laws.
Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Protect human health and the environment
through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance
with environmental laws.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
• Pursue vigorous civil and criminal
enforcement that targets the most
serious water, air, and chemical
hazards in communities. Assure
strong, consistent, and effective
enforcement of federal
environmental laws nationwide.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Enforce Environmental Laws
Total Authorized Workyears
FY2010
Enacted
$807,902.7
$807,902.7
4,003.2
FY2010
Actuals
$795,703.1
$795,703.1
3,834.3
FY 2011
Annualized
CR
$807,902.7
$807,902.7
4,003.2
FY2012
Pres
Budget
$829,831.4
$829,831.4
3,914.3
FY 2012 Pres
Budget v.
FY2010
Enacted
$21,928.7
$21,928.7
-88.9
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GoalS
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Protect human health and the environment
through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance
with environmental laws.
Introduction
EPA's civil and criminal enforcement
programs perform the core function of
assuring compliance with our nation's
environmental laws. A strong and effective
enforcement program is essential to
maintain respect for the rule of law and to
realize the promise of our federal statutes to
protect our environment and the public
health of our citizens.
On January 18, 2011, President Obama
issued a "Presidential Memoranda -
Regulatory Compliance" which reaffirms
the importance of effective enforcement and
compliance in regulations. In part, it states
"Sound regulatory enforcement promotes
the welfare of Americans in many ways, by
increasing public safety, improving working
conditions, and protecting the air we breathe
and the water we drink. Consistent
regulatory enforcement also levels the
playing field among regulated entities,
ensuring that those that fail to comply with
the law do not have an unfair advantage over
their law-abiding competitors."
In FY 2012, EPA will maintain the strength
of its core enforcement program and begin a
new focus on harnessing the tools of 21st
century technology to make our enforcement
program more efficient and more effective
for the future. We will also continue to
address special challenges such as the
litigation resulting from the BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill.
Our current approach, rooted largely in the
traditional inspection and enforcement
model, has produced substantial public
health and environmental benefits.
However, use of modern technology and
methods can reduce the costs of monitoring
and ensuring compliance both to EPA and
businesses, and enable us to do a more
effective job. Today, we rely almost
exclusively on time-consuming and
expensive pollution tests that make it hard to
quickly find and investigate the worst air,
waste and water pollution, and for
communities to know about pollution that
affects them. It is increasingly difficult to
ensure compliance using outdated tools and
old approaches, as the universe of regulated
pollution sources is outstripping the
resources available to state and federal
inspectors to find and correct non-
compliance.
EPA and its state partners simply cannot
conduct enough inspections to ensure that
the health and environmental benefits of
laws passed by Congress are realized and
catastrophes are avoided. The BP
Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the
Enbridge pipeline oil spill in Marshall,
Michigan have generated a greater
awareness of the growing need for the
country to catch up when it comes to finding
and correcting non-compliance to prevent
damage and economic hardships. Yet the oil
spill crises are just one piece of the puzzle.
Today, states are adding more waters to the
Clean Water Act's list of impaired waters,
while at the same time indicating that
resource constraints are pushing them to
seriously consider returning control of
environmental protection programs to EPA.
These and other issues argue for new
approaches to ensuring compliance to enable
the Agency to become more effective and
efficient.
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example, non-compliance with the Clean
A recent snapshot (see graph on following Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge
page) shows us that nationally reported Elimination System permits in many places
compliance data - while it does not paint a averages 60 percent - leading to concerns
complete picture - strongly indicates that about health impacts in those places.
violations are likely widespread. For
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Non-Compliance Information Across Sectors
16
100
Clean
Water Act
(CWA)
Resource
Conservation
and Recoveiy
Act (RCRA)
*Statistically
Valid
**Air Toxics
**New Source
Review
(RSR)/Prevention of
Significant
Deterioration (PSD)
**Mining and
Mineral
Processing
**RCRA
*CWA
A= Combined Sewer Municipalities H=Oil&Gas 0= Phosphoric Acid
B=Ethylene Oxide Manufacturers 1= Misc. Metal Parts P= Mines
C= Organic Chemical Manufacturing J= Fabric Co ating Q= Other Mineral Pro cessing
D= Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) K= Acid Manufacturing R= RCRA Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities
E= Flares L= Cement Manufacturing S= Financial Assurance
F= LDAR Miscellaneous M= Glass Manufacturing T= Majors
G= Petroleum Refining N= Coal Fired Boilers U= Minors
16*Non-compliance rates based on data gathered during inspections/evaluations at a statistically valid sample of the regulated
universe and defined as having a minimum of one violation with any given requirement examined during the
inspection/evaluation.
"Non-compliance rates are based on violations detected at facilities in these sectors during inspections and evaluations; not
statistically valid sample, but based on completed evaluations for 61% of the Air Toxic targeted universe (LDAR, Flares, LDAR
Misc., Petroleum Refining, Oil and Gas, Misc. Metal Parts and Fabric coating), 40% of the targeted universe for NSR/PSD (Acid
Manufacturing, Cement Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing), and 14% of the targeted universe for Mining and Mineral
Processing (Phosphoric Acid, Other Mineral Processing, Mines).
* "Non-compliance rates are based on a combination of facility self-reported Discharge Monitoring Reports. (DMRs) and
violations detected at facilities during inspections.
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Major FY 2012 Investment Areas
In FY 2012, the Agency's Regaining
Ground: Increasing Compliance in Critical
Areas investment will allow EPA to begin to
move toward implementing a more efficient
and effective enforcement program that uses
21st century e-reporting and monitoring
tools, in combination with market-based
approaches. Investments in new technology
offer the opportunity to save the federal
government, states, and American business
valuable resources as overall compliance
costs are reduced. EPA will also invest in
more advanced monitoring tools, allowing
EPA and its state partners to more easily
identify, investigate and address the worst
violations that affect our communities. The
Agency requests $14.2 million and 4.0 FTE
under Goal 5 for this investment.
EPA will begin to review compliance
reporting requirements in existing rules to
identify opportunities for conversion to a
national electronic reporting format; and
examine new rules to incorporate electronic
reporting elements during rule development.
Eliminating existing paper based reporting
systems will be an overarching goal of this
initiative. As part of the process of
developing new rules, EPA will identify
opportunities to require objective, self-
monitoring and/or self-certification. EPA
will upgrade key data systems to allow for
third-party certification, public
accountability, advanced monitoring and
electronic reporting requirements to improve
compliance.
EPA will begin enhancing its data systems
to help the Agency and its regulatory
partners better determine the compliance
status of facilities, focus our resources to
efficiently address the most serious non-
compliance, and substantially reduce the
costs of collecting, sharing, and analyzing
compliance information.
With this investment, EPA will use a market
based approach to develop open platform "e-
file" data exchange standards, modeled after
that used by the IRS to collect tax data,
which would unleash the expertise of the
private sector marketplace to replace the
largely paper-based reporting systems that
have evolved over the past thirty years.
Further, in those programs where EPA has
already built electronic reporting tools, the
private sector may enhance these tools to
better support industry needs, enabling EPA
to largely eliminate the need to continue to
fund the operation and maintenance of these
tools.
With the requested resources, EPA also will
begin to invest in modern monitoring
technology such as portable emission
detectors, thermal imaging cameras, flow
meters, and remote (fenceline) monitoring
equipment to increase the effectiveness and
efficiency of our compliance monitoring
program. Our investment includes an
increase for monitoring equipment, as well
as funding to train staff on the use of remote
sensing techniques. Providing modern
monitoring technology for EPA inspectors
will enable field staff to perform more
efficient and effective compliance
verification. Modern monitoring equipment
will increase EPA's ability to detect
violations across all programs and focus our
efforts on the most significant problems.
EPA's response to the BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill will continue in FY 2012 as
the Agency provides support for the U.S.
Department of Justice's civil action and
criminal investigations against BP,
Anadarko, Transocean, and other
responsible parties. The Department of
Justice filed its civil complaint on behalf of
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EPA, the Coast Guard, and other federal
plaintiffs in December 2010, and EPA will
be actively providing litigation support,
discovery management, and response to
court orders throughout FY 2012.
Currently, EPA resources are being used to
support Department of Justice's on-going
civil investigations.
Major FY 2012 Disinvestments and
Reductions
• Eliminating funding
security enforcement
for homeland
efforts because
EPA will not need to maintain separate
capacity to support environmental
criminal investigations and training for
terrorism-related investigations. This
reduction reflects the increased capacity
of other agencies to handle the
environmental forensics work associated
with security incidents.
• Reducing funding for Enforcement
Training, relying more on web-based
tools to more efficiently deliver
compliance assistance and training,
reducing staff intensive activities.
• Reducing funding for Superfund
Enforcement that could have been used
for PRP searches and settlement activity.
• Reducing funding to the Department of
Justice for CERCLA case support.
• Reducing funding for Criminal
Enforcement that could have been used
for investigative support for criminal
cases.
Priority Goal
EPA has established a Priority Goal to focus
and highlight progress made through
enforcement actions to clean up the nation's
polluted waters. The Priority Goal is:
Clean water is essential for our quality
of life and the health of our communities.
EPA will take actions over the next two
years to improve water quality.
Improve Water Quality: Federal Clean
Water Enforcement
• Increase pollutant reducing
enforcement actions in waters that
don't meet water quality standards,
and post results and analysis on the
web.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to track
progress towards its Priority Goals and will
update goals as necessary and appropriate.
FY 2012 Activities
While making the reforms described above
to improve our core business practices for
monitoring and reporting, the Agency
remains committed to implementing a strong
enforcement and compliance program
focused on identifying and reducing non-
compliance problems and deterring future
violations. In order to meet these goals, the
program employs an integrated, common-
sense approach to problem-solving and
decision-making. An appropriate mix of
data collection and analysis, compliance
monitoring, assistance and incentives, civil
and criminal enforcement efforts and
innovative problem-solving approaches
addresses significant environmental issues
and achieve environmentally beneficial
outcomes. As discussed above, enhancing
these efforts through a new approach that
relies on 21st century reporting and
monitoring tools will be the focus of our
efforts in FY 2012 and will be used to
advance implementation of the
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Administrator's priorities as well as our core
program work. Including the new FY 2012
investment, $375.7 million and 2,132.7 FTE
will support compliance monitoring and
civil and criminal enforcement activities.
Focus Areas:
• Protecting Air Quality: EPA will focus
on the largest sources of air pollution,
including coal-fired power plants and the
cement, acid and glass sectors, to
improve air quality. Enforcement to cut
toxic air pollution in communities
improves the health of communities,
particularly those overburdened by
pollution.
The Energy Independence and Security
Act (EISA) of 2007 requires increased
use of renewable fuels. EPA's Civil
Enforcement program will help the
regulated community understand their
statutory obligations under the EISA;
inspect renewable fuel production
facilities; monitor compliance with
renewable fuel requirements; monitor
and enforce the credit trading program;
and, undertake administrative and
judicial enforcement actions, as
appropriate.
• Protecting America's Waters: EPA,
working with permitting authorities, is
revamping compliance and enforcement
approaches to make progress on the most
important water pollution problems.
This work includes getting raw sewage
out of water, cutting pollution from
animal waste and reducing pollution
from stormwater runoff. These efforts
will help to clean up great waters like the
Chesapeake Bay and will focus on
revitalizing urban communities by
protecting and restoring urban waters.
Enforcement will also support the goal
of assuring clean drinking water for all
communities, including small systems
and in Indian country.
Cleaning Up Our Communities: EPA
protects communities by ensuring that
responsible parties conduct cleanups,
saving federal dollars for sites where
there are no viable contributing parties.
Ensuring that these parties clean up the
sites ultimately reduces direct human
exposure to hazardous pollutants and
contaminants, provides for long-term
human health protection, and ultimately
makes contaminated properties available
for reuse.
EPA's Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective
Action enforcement program supports
the goal set by the Agency and its state
partners of attaining remedy construction
at 95 percent of 3,747 RCRA facilities
by the year 2020. In 2010, EPA issued
the "National Enforcement Strategy for
Corrective Action" to promote and
communicate nationally consistent
enforcement and compliance assurance
principles, practices, and tools to help
achieve this goal. In FY 2012, EPA will
continue targeted enforcement under the
Strategy and will work with its state
partners to assess the contribution of
enforcement in achieving the 2020 goal.
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution: Strengthening
chemical safety enforcement and
reducing exposure to pesticides will
improve the health of Americans.
Enforcement reduces direct human
exposures to toxic chemicals and
pesticides and supports long-term human
health protection.
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Compliance Monitoring
EPA's Compliance Monitoring program
reviews and evaluates the activities of the
regulated community to determine
compliance with applicable laws,
regulations, permit conditions and
settlement agreements, as well as to
determine whether conditions presenting
imminent and substantial endangerment
exist. In FY 2012, EPA's compliance
monitoring activities will be both
environmental media- and sector-based.
EPA's media-based inspections complement
those performed by states and tribes, and are
a key part of our strategy for meeting the
long-term and annual goals established for
the air, water, pesticides, toxic substances
and hazardous waste programs.
Compliance monitoring includes EPA's
management and use of data systems to run
its compliance and enforcement programs
under the various statutes and programs that
EPA enforces. In FY 2012, the Agency will
begin the process of enhancing its data
systems to support electronic reporting,
providing more comprehensive, accessible
data to the public and improving integration
of environmental information with health
data and other pertinent data sources from
other federal agencies and private entities.
The Agency will continue its multi-year
project to modernize its national
enforcement and compliance data system,
the Integrated Compliance Information
System (ICIS), which supports both
compliance monitoring and civil
enforcement.
Civil Enforcement
The Civil Enforcement program's
overarching goal is to assure compliance
with the nation's environmental laws and
regulations in order to protect human health
and the environment. The program
collaborates with the Department of Justice,
states, local agencies and Tribal
governments to ensure consistent and fair
enforcement of all environmental laws and
regulations. The program seeks to protect
public health and the environment and
ensure a level playing field by strengthening
our partnership with our co-implementers in
the states, encouraging regulated entities to
rapidly correct their own violations,
ensuring that violators do not realize an
economic benefit from noncompliance and
pursuing enforcement to deter future
violations.
The Civil Enforcement program develops,
litigates and settles administrative and civil
judicial cases against serious violators of
environmental laws. In FY 2010, EPA
achieved commitments to invest more than
$12 billion in future pollution controls and
pollution reduction commitments totaling
approximately 1.5 billion pounds.
In FY 2012, EPA will continue to target
implementation of the National Compliance
and Enforcement Initiatives established for
FY 2011-2013. These national initiatives
address problems that remain complex and
challenging, including Clean Water Act
"wet weather" discharges, violations of the
Clean Air Act New Source
Review/Prevention of Significant
Deterioration requirements and Air Toxics
regulations, RCRA violations at mineral
processing facilities, and multi-media
problems resulting from energy extraction
activities. Information on initiatives,
regulatory requirements, enforcement alerts
and EPA results will be made available to
the public and the regulated community
through web-based sites. The Civil
Enforcement program also will support the
Environmental Justice program and the
Administrator's priority to address pollution
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impacting vulnerable populations. The Civil
Enforcement program will focus actions on
facilities that have repeatedly violated
environmental laws in communities that
may be disproportionately exposed to risks
and harms from the environment, including
minority and/or low-income areas. In
addition, the Civil Enforcement program
will help to implement the President's
directive to develop and implement a
compliance and enforcement strategy for the
Chesapeake Bay, providing strong oversight
to ensure existing regulations are complied
with consistently and in a timely manner.
Criminal Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement underlies our
commitment to pursuing the most serious
pollution violations. EPA's Criminal
Enforcement program investigates and helps
prosecute environmental violations that
seriously threaten public health and the
environment and involve intentional,
deliberate or criminal behavior on the part of
the violator. The Criminal Enforcement
program deters violations of environmental
laws and regulations by demonstrating that
the regulated community will be held
accountable, through jail sentences and
criminal fines. Bringing criminal cases
sends a strong deterrence message to
potential violators, enhances aggregate
compliance with laws and regulations and
protects our communities.
The program has completed its three-year
hiring strategy, raising the number of special
agents to 200, and will use this capacity to
address complex environmental cases in FY
2012. In FY 2012, the Criminal
Enforcement program will expand its
identification and investigation of cases with
significant environmental, human health and
deterrence impact while balancing its overall
case load across all pollution statutes.
EPA's Criminal Enforcement program will
focus on cases across all media that involve
serious harm or injury; hazardous or toxic
releases; ongoing, repetitive, or multiple
releases; serious documented exposure to
pollutants; and violators with significant
repeat or chronic noncompliance or prior
criminal conviction.
Superfund Enforcement
EPA's Superfund Enforcement program
protects communities by ensuring that
responsible parties conduct cleanups,
preserving Federal dollars for sites where
there are no viable contributing parties.
Superfund Enforcement ensures prompt site
cleanup and uses an "enforcement first"
approach that maximizes the participation of
liable and viable parties in performing and
paying for cleanups in both the remedial and
removal programs. The Superfund
Enforcement program includes nationally
significant or precedential civil, judicial and
administrative site remediation cases. The
program also provides legal and technical
enforcement support on Superfund
Enforcement actions and emerging issues.
The Superfund Enforcement program also
develops waste cleanup enforcement
policies and provides guidance and tools that
clarify potential environmental cleanup
liability, with specific attention to the reuse
and revitalization of contaminated
properties, including Brownfields properties.
Enforcement authorities play a unique role
under the Superfund program. The
authorities are used to ensure that
responsible parties conduct a majority of the
cleanup actions and reimburse the federal
government for cleanups financed by
Federal resources. In tandem with this
approach, various reforms have been
implemented to increase fairness, reduce
transaction costs, promote economic
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development and make sites available for
appropriate reuse.17 Ensuring that these
parties cleanup sites ultimately reduces
direct human exposures to hazardous
pollutants and contaminants, provides for
long-term human health protections and
makes contaminated properties available for
reuse.
The Department of Justice supports EPA's
Superfund Enforcement program through
negotiations and judicial actions to compel
Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP)
cleanup and litigation to recover Trust Fund
monies. In FY 2010, the Superfund
Enforcement program secured private party
commitments that exceeded $1.6 billion. Of
this amount, PRPs have committed to future
response work with an estimated value of
approximately $1.4 billion; PRPs have
agreed to reimburse the Agency for $150
million in past costs; and PRPs have been
billed by the EPA for approximately $82
million in oversight costs. EPA also works
to ensure that required legally enforceable
institutional controls and financial assurance
instruments are in place and adhered to at
Superfund sites and at facilities subject to
RCRA Corrective Action to ensure the long-
term protectiveness of cleanup actions.
In FY 2012, the Agency will negotiate
remedial design/remedial action cleanup
agreements and removal agreements at
contaminated properties to address
contamination impacting local communities.
When appropriated dollars are used to clean
up sites, the program will recover the
associated cleanup costs from the Potentially
Responsible Parties (PRPs). If future work
remains at a site, recovered funds could be
placed in a site-specific special account
pursuant to the agreement. Special accounts
17 For more information regarding EPA's enforcement
program and its various components, please refer to
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup/superfund/.
are sub-accounts within EPA's Superfund
Trust Fund. The Agency will continue its
efforts to establish special accounts and to
use and track those funds efficiently to
facilitate and advance cleanups. As of the
end of FY 2010, 1,023 site-specific special
accounts were established and over $3.7
billion were deposited into special accounts
(including earned interest). EPA has
obligated and dispersed approximately $1.85
billion from special accounts to finance site
response actions and has developed multi-
year plans to use the remaining funds as
expeditiously as possible. These funds will
be used to conduct many different CERCLA
response actions, including, but not limited
to, investigations to determine the extent of
contamination and appropriate remedy
required, construction of the remedy,
enforcement activities, and post-construction
monitoring.
During FY 2012, the Agency will continue
to refine the cost documentation process to
gain further efficiencies; provide DOJ case
support for Superfund sites; and calculate
indirect cost and annual allocation rates to
be applied to direct costs incurred by EPA
for site cleanup. The Agency also will
continue to maintain the accounting and
billing of Superfund oversight costs
attributable to responsible parties as
stipulated in the terms of settlement
agreements.
Partnering with States, Tribes and
Communities
EPA shares accountability for environmental
and human health protection with states and
tribes. Most states have been delegated the
legal responsibility for implementing
environmental programs. We work together
to target the most important pollution
violations and ensure that companies that
meet their obligations and are responsible
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neighbors are not put at a competitive
disadvantage. EPA also has a responsibility
to oversee state and Tribal implementation
of federal laws to ensure that the same level
of protection for the environment and the
public applies across the country.
Enforcement promotes environmental
justice by equitably targeting pollution
problems that affect low income, minority,
and/or tribal communities. Ensuring
compliance with environmental laws is
particularly important in communities that
are exposed to greater environmental health
risks. EPA fosters community involvement
by making information about compliance
and government action available to the
public. Increased transparency is also an
effective tool for improving compliance. By
making information on violations both
available and understandable, EPA
empowers citizens to demand better
compliance
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PERFORMANCE - 4 YEAR ARRAY
GOAL 1: TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop adaptation strategies to
address climate change, and protect and improve air quality.
Objective 1 - Address Climate Change: Reduce the threats posed by climate change by reducing GHG emissions and taking actions that help communities
and ecosystems become more resilient to the effects of climate change.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Mitigate
Greenhouse
Gases
Performance Measures
(PM G02) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent
(MMTCO2e) of greenhouse gas reductions in the
buildings sector.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
130.2
Actual
143.4
FY 2010
Target
143.0
Actual
Data Avail
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
156.9
FY 2012
Target
168.7
Unit
MMTC02e
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 89.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions. The results are a projection of U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions in the absence of the U.S. climate change programs. The baseline was developed as part of an interagency evaluation of the U.S. climate change programs in
2002, which built on similar baseline forecasts developed in 1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data for carbon emissions related to
energy use is based on data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power sector. Baseline data for non-
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global warming potential gases are maintained by EPA.
(PM G06) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent
(MMTCO2e) of greenhouse gas reductions in the
transportation sector.
9.5
22.0
15.8
Data Avail
12/2011
26.4
41.4
MMTCO2e
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 0.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions from the SmartWay program. The results are a projection
of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in the absence of the U.S. climate change programs. The baseline was developed as part of an interagency evaluation of the U.S. climate
change programs in 2002, which built on similar baseline forecasts developed in 1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data for carbon
emissions related to energy use is based on data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power sector.
Baseline data for non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global warming potential gases are maintained by EPA.
(PM G16) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent
(MMTCO2e) of greenhouse gas reductions in the
industry sector.
267.3
293.7
304.0
Data Avail
12/2011
346.2
372.9
MMTC02e
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Sub-
Heading
(2) Adapt to
Climate
Change
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 201 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions from ENERGY STAR for the Industrial Sector, Natural
Gas Star, Combined Heat and Power Partnership, Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP), and the Landfill Rule. The results are a projection of U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions in the absence of the U.S. climate change programs. The baseline was developed as part of an interagency evaluation of the U.S. climate change programs in
2002, which built on similar baseline forecasts developed in 1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data for carbon emissions related to
energy use is based on data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power sector. Baseline data for non-
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global wanning potential gases are maintained by EPA.
(PM G17) Percentage of registered facilities that submit
required and complete GHG data by the annual
reporting deadline of March 31.
100
Percent
Facilities
Additional Information: The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Registry tracks the number registered facilities emitting greenhouse gases. Approximately 1 3,000 reporters will be
required to submit reports by March 31,2011 (the first reporting cycle), but the exact number of required reporters is unknown and may vary each year.
(PM ADI) Cumulative number of major scientific
models and decision support tools used in implementing
environmental management programs that integrate
climate change science data
3
Major Models
and Tools
Additional Information: The baseline in 201 1 is 4 major scientific models/decision support tools. To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by
integrating considerations of climate data into major scientific models and decision support tools. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are sensitive to climate,
and every action EPA takes must be resilient to these fluctuations.
(PM AD2) Cumulative number of major rulemakings
with climate sensitive, environmental impacts, and
within existing authorities, that integrate climate change
science data
1
Major
Rulemakings
Additional Information: The baseline in 2011 is 0 major proposed rules. To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating
considerations of climate data into major rule making processes. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are sensitive to climate, and every action EPA takes must
be resilient to these fluctuations.
(PM ADS) Cumulative number of major grant, loan,
contract, or technical assistance agreement programs
that integrate climate science data into climate sensitive
projects that have an environmental outcome
1
Major
Programs
Additional Information: The baseline in 201 1 is 0 programs. To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating considerations of climate
data into grant, loan, contract, and technical assistance programs. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are sensitive to climate, and every action EPA takes must
be resilient to these fluctuations.
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Objective 2 - Improve Air Quality: Achieve and maintain health-based air pollution standards and reduce risk from toxic air pollutants and indoor air
contaminants.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Reduce
Criteria
Pollutants and
Regional Haze
Performance Measures
(PM A01) Maintain annual emissions of sulfur dioxide
(SO2) from electric power generation sources
nationwide at or below 6 million tons
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
9,400,000
Actual
5,700,000
FY 2010
Target
8,950,000
Actual
Data Avail
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
6,000,000
FY 2012
Target
6,000,000
Unit
Tons
Emitted
Additional Information: The baseline in 1980 is 17.4 million tons of SO2 emissions from electric utility sources. Statutory SO2 emissions capped in 2010 at 8.95 million
tons, approximately 8.5 million tons below 1980 emissions level. "Allowable SO2 emission level" consists of allowance allocations granted to sources each year under
several provisions of the Act and additional allowances carried over, or banked, from previous years. This inventory was developed by National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program (NAPAP) and is used as the basis for reductions in Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments. The data is contained in EPA's National Air Pollutant
Emissions Trends Report.
(PM M9) Cumulative reduction in population- weighted
ambient concentration of ozone in monitored counties
from 2003 baseline.
10
12.5
11
Data Avail
12/2011
12
12
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 15,972 million people parts per billion. The ozone concentration measure reflects improvements (reductions) in ambient
ozone concentrations across all monitored counties, weighted by the populations in those areas. To calculate the weighting, pollutant concentrations in monitored counties
are multiplied by the associated county populations.
(PMM91) Cumulative reduction in population- weighted
ambient concentration of fine particulate matter (PM-
2.5) in all monitored counties from 2003 baseline.
5
17
6
Data Avail
12/2011
15
15
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 2,581 million people micograms per cubic meter. The PM-2.5 concentration reduction annual measure reflects
improvements (reductions) in the ambient concentration of fine particulate matter PM-2.5 pollution across all monitored counties, weighted by the populations in those
areas. To calculate this weighting, pollutant concentrations in monitored counties are multiplied by the associated county populations.
(PMM92) Cumulative percent reduction in the number
of days with Air Quality Index (AQI) values over 100
since 2003, weighted by population and AQI value.
29
59
33
Data Avail
12/2011
37
41
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 for the Air Quality Index (AQI) is zero percent reduction and the 2004 result is a 15.5% reduction. The AQI is an index for
reporting daily air quality. An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality standard for the pollutant, which is the level EPA has set to protect public
health. AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy for certain sensitive
groups of people, then for everyone as AQI values get higher.
(PMM94) Percent of major NSR permits issued within
78
76
78
Data Avail
78
78
Percent
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
one year of receiving a complete permit application.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Permits Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 61%. New Source Review (NSR) requires stationary sources of air pollution to get permits before they start construction.
Permits are legal documents that the source must follow, and they specify what construction is allowed, what emission limits must be met, and often how the source must
be operated. Usually NSR permits are issued by state or local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases.
(PM M95) Percent of significant Title V operating
permit revisions issued within 1 8 months of receiving a
complete permit application.
100
87
100
Data Avail
12/2011
100
100
Percent
Permits Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 100%. Operating permits are legally enforceable documents that permitting authorities issue to air pollution sources after
the source has begun to operate. Usually Title V permits are issued by state or local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases. Title V
permits must be renewed every five years.
(PM M96) Percent of new Title V operating permits
issued within 1 8 months of receiving a complete permit
application.
95
70
99
Data Avail
12/2011
99
99
Percent
Permits Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 75%. Operating permits are legally enforceable documents that permitting authorities issue to air pollution sources after the
source has begun to operate. Usually Title V permits are issued by state or local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases. Title V permits
must be renewed every five years.
(PMMM9) Cumulative percent reduction in the average
number of days during the ozone season that the ozone
standard is exceeded in non-attainment areas, weighted
by population.
23
47
26
Data Avail
12/2011
29
32
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is zero.
(PM N35) Cumulative millions of tons of Carbon
Monoxide (CO) reduced since 2002 from mobile
sources
1.52
1.52
1.69
Data Avail
12/2011
1.86
2.03
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2000 for Carbon Monoxide emissions reduced from mobile sources is 79.2 million tons. The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the
baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PM O33) Cumulative millions of tons of Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs) reduced since 2000 from
mobile sources
1.54
1.54
1.71
Data Avail
12/2011
1.88
2.05
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2000 for Volatile Organic Compounds emissions reduced from mobile sources is 7.7 million tons. The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is
used as the baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PMO34) Cumulative millions of tons of Nitrogen
3.05
3.05
3.39
Data Avail
3.73
4.07
Tons
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Sub-
Heading
(2) Reduce Air
Toxics
(4) Reduce
Exposure to
Indoor
Pollutants
Performance Measures
Oxides (NOx) reduced since 2000 from mobile sources
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2002 for Nitrogen Oxide emissions reduced from mobile sources is 11.8 million tons. The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the
baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PM P34) Cumulative tons of PM-2.5 reduced since
2000 from mobile sources
110,190
110,190
122,434
Data Avail
12/2011
136,677
146,921
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2002 for Fine Particulate Matter (PM-2.5) emissions reduced from mobile sources is 510,550 tons. The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is
used as the baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PM 001) Cumulative percentage reduction in tons of
toxicity-weighted (for cancer risk) emissions of air
toxics from 1993 baseline.
36
Data Avail
12/2011
36
Data Avail
12/2011
36
37
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 1993 is 7.24 million tons and the 2007 result is a 39 percent reduction. The toxicity-weighted emission inventory utilizes the
National Emissions Inventory (NEI) for air toxics along with the Agency's compendium of cancer and non-cancer health risk criteria to develop a risk metric that can be
tabulated on an annual basis. Air toxics emissions data are revised every three years with intervening years (the two years after the inventory year) interpolated utilizing
inventory projection models.
(PM 002) Cumulative percentage reduction in tons of
toxicity-weighted (for non-cancer risk) emissions of air
toxics from 1993 baseline.
59
Data Avail
12/2011
59
Data Avail
12/2011
59
59
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 1993 is 7.24 million tons and the 2007 result is a 53 percent reduction. The toxicity-weighted emission inventory utilizes the
National Emissions Inventory (NEI) for air toxics along with the Agency's compendium of cancer and non-cancer health risk criteria to develop a risk metric that can be
tabulated on an annual basis. Air toxics emissions data are revised every three years with intervening years (the two years after the inventory year) interpolated utilizing
inventory projection models.
(PMR16) Percent of public that is aware of the asthma
program's media campaign.
>20
33
>30
Data Avail
12/2011
>30
>30
Percent
Aware
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 27%. Public awareness is measured prior to the launch of a new wave of the campaign.
(PM Rl 7) Additional health care professionals trained
annually on the environmental management of asthma
triggers.
2,000
4,614
2,000
Data Avail
12/2011
2,000
3,000
Professionals
Trained
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 2,360 trained health care professionals.
(PM R22) Estimated annual number of schools
establishing indoor air quality programs based on EPA's
Tools for Schools guidance.
1,000
1,765
1,000
Data Avail
12/2011
1,000
1,000
Schools
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 3,200 schools. The Tools for Schools Program is a comprehensive resource to help schools maintain a healthy environment
in school buildings by identifying, correcting, and preventing indoor air quality problems. Poor indoor air quality can impact the comfort and health of students and staff,
which, in turn, can affect concentration, attendance, and student performance.
(PM R50) Percent of existing homes with an operating
radon mitigation system compared to the estimated
number of homes at or above EPA's 4pCi/L action level.
11.5
12.0
12.0
Data Avail
12/2011
12.5
13.3
Percent
Homes
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 6.9 percent of homes with radon operating mitigation systems. Radon causes lung cancer, and is a threat to health because
it tends to collect in homes, sometimes to very high concentrations. As a result, radon is the largest source of exposure to naturally occurring radiation.
(PMR51) Percent of all new single-family homes (SFH)
in high radon potential areas built with radon reducing
features.
31.5
36.1
33
Data Avail
12/2011
34.5
36
Percent
Homes
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 20.7 percent of all new single-family homes. Radon causes lung cancer, and is a threat to health because it tends to collect
in homes, sometimes to very high concentrations. As a result, radon is the largest source of exposure to naturally occurring radiation.
Objective 3 - Restore the Ozone Layer: Restore the earth's stratospheric ozone layer and protect the public from the harmful effects of UV radiation.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Reduce
Consumption
of Ozone -
depleting
Substances
Performance Measures
(PM SOI) Remaining US Consumption of
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chemicals that
deplete the Earth's protective ozone layer, measured in
tons of Ozone Depleting Potential (OOP).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
<9,900
Actual
3,414
FY 2010
Target
<3,811
Actual
Data Avail
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
<3,811
FY 2012
Target
<3,811
Unit
OOP Tons
Additional Information: The baseline in 1989 for Ozone Depleting Substances consumed is 15,240 tons. The base of comparison for assessing progress is the domestic
consumption cap of Class II HCFCs as set by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. Each Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) is weighted based on the damage it does to the
stratospheric ozone - this is its ozone-depletion potential (OOP). Beginning on January 1, 1996, the cap was set at the sum of 2.8 percent of the domestic OOP -weighted
consumption of CFCs in 1989 plus the OOP-weighted level of HCFCs in 1989. Consumption equals production plus import minus export.
Objective 4 - Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to Radiation: Minimize unnecessary releases of radiation and be prepared to minimize impacts should
unwanted releases occur.
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Sub-
Heading
( 1 ) Monitor
for Radiation
and
Prepare for
Radiological
Emergencies
Performance Measures
(PM R35) Level of readiness of radiation program
personnel and assets to support federal radiological
emergency response and recovery operations.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
90
Actual
90
FY 2010
Target
90
Actual
Data Avail
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
90
FY 2012
Target
90
Unit
Percent
Readiness
Additional Information: The baseline in 2005 is a 50% level of readiness. The level of readiness is measured as the percentage of response team members and assets that
meet scenario-based response criteria.
(R36) Average time of availability of quality assured
ambient radiation air monitoring data during an
emergency
0.8
0.8
0.7
Data Avail
12/2011
0.8
0.8
Days
Additional Information: The baseline in 2005 is 2.5 days.
(PMR37) Time to approve site changes affecting waste
characterization at DOE waste generator sites to ensure
safe disposal of transuranic radioactive waste at WIPP.
70
75
70
Data Avail
2011
70
70
Days
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 150 days.
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GOAL 2: PROTECTING AMERICA'S WATERS
Protect and restore our waters to ensure that drinking water is safe, and that aquatic ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife, and
economic, recreational, and subsistence activities.
Objective 1 - Protect Human Health: Reduce human exposure to contaminants in drinking water, fish and shellfish, and recreational waters, including
protecting source waters.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Water Safe
to Drink
Performance Measures
(PM E) Percent of the population in Indian country
served by community water systems that receive
drinking water that meets all applicable health-based
drinking water standards
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
87
Actual
81.2
FY 2010
Target
87
Actual
87.2
CR 2011
Target
87
FY 2012
Target
87
Unit
Percent Population
Additional Information: In 2005, 86% of the population served by community water systems received drinking water that met applicable drinking water standards.
(PMaa) Percent of population served by CWSs that will
receive drinking water that meets all applicable health-
based drinking water standards through approaches
including effective treatment & source water protection.
90
92.1
90*
92
91*
91
Percent Population
Additional Information: In 2005, 89% of the population served by community water systems received drinking water that met applicable drinking water standards. *The
program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PMapc) Fund utilization rate for the DWSRF.
89
92
86*
91.3
89*
89
Percent
Additional Information: In 2005, the fund utilization rate for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund was 85 percent. *The program which this measure supports receives
funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PMaph) Percent of community water systems that have
undergone a sanitary survey within the past three years
(five years for outstanding performance.)
95
88
95
87
95
95
Percent CWSs
Additional Information: In 2007, 92% of community water systems had undergone a sanitary survey. Prior to F Y 2007, this measure tracked states rather than community
water systems, in compliance with this regulation.
(PM apm) Percent of community water systems that
meet all applicable health-based standards through
approaches that include effective treatment and source
water protection.
90
89.1
90
89.6
90
90
Percent Systems
Additional Information: In 2005, 89% of community water systems meet all applicable health based drinking water standards.
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Sub-
Heading
(2) Fish and
Shellfish Safe
to Eat
(3) Water Safe
for Swimming
Performance Measures
(PM aps) Percent of Classes I, II and Class III salt
solution mining wells that have lost mechanical integrity
and are returned to compliance within 1 80 days thereby
reducing the potential to endanger underground sources
of drinking water.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
90
Unit
Percent Class wells
Additional Information:
(PM apt) Number of Class V motor vehicle waste
disposal wells (MVWDW) and large capacity cesspools
(LCC) [approximately 23,640 in FY 2010] that are
closed or permitted (cumulative).
20,840
Number Wells
Additional Information: In 2010, there were approximately 23,640 wells.
(PM dw2) Percent of person months during which
community water systems provide drinking water that
meets all applicable health-based standards.
95
97.2
95
97.3
95
95
Percent Months
Additional Information: In 2005, community water systems provided drinking water that met all applicable health based drinking water standards during 95percent of
"person months."
(PM pil) Percent of population in each of the U.S.
Pacific Island Territories (served by community water
systems) that meet all applicable health-based drinking
water standards, measured on a four quarter rolling
average basis.
73
80
73
82
75
78
Percent Population
Additional Information: In 2005, 95% of the population in American Samoa, 10% in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and 80% of Guam
served by CWS received drinking water that meets all applicable health-based standards. This measure is on a four quarter rolling average basis.
(PMfsl) Percent of women of childbearing age having
mercury levels in blood above the level of concern.
5.2
Data Avail
1/2011
5.1
Data Avail
3/2011
4.9
4.9
Percent Women
Additional Information: Baseline is 5.7% published by CDC in 2005 (based on data collected in 2002-3) Universe is population of women of childbearing age.
(PM ssl ) Number of waterborne disease outbreaks
attributable to swimming in or other recreational contact
with coastal and Great Lakes waters measured as a 5-
year average.
2
0
2
Data Avail
3/2011
2
2
Outbreaks
Additional Information: Very few outbreaks have been reported over the ten years of data reviewed in consideration of a baseline for this measure. In 2005, two
waterborne diseases were reported. Universe is not applicable to this baseline.
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
(PM ss2) Percent of days of beach season that coastal
and Great Lakes beaches monitored by State beach
safety programs are open and safe for swimming.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
93
Actual
95
FY 2010
Target
95
Actual
95
CR 2011
Target
95
FY 2012
Target
95
Unit
Percent Days/Season
Additional Information: In 2005, beaches were open 96% of the 743,036 days of the beach season (i.e., beach season days are equal to 4,025 beaches multiplied by variable
number of days of beach season at each beach).
Objective 2 - Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems: Protect the quality of rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands on a watershed basis,
and protect urban, coastal, and ocean waters.
Sub-
Heading
(2) Improve
Water Quality
on a
Watershed
Basis
Performance Measures
(PM L) Number of waterbody segments identified by
States in 2002 as not attaining standards, where water
quality standards are now fully attained (cumulative).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
2,270
Actual
2,505
FY 2010
Target
2,809*
Actual
2,909
CR 2011
Target
3,073*
FY 2012
Target
3,273
Unit
Segments
Additional Information: 2002 baseline: 39,798 water bodies identified by states and tribes as not meeting water quality standards. Water bodies where mercury is among
multiple pollutants causing impairment may be counted toward this target when all pollutants but mercury attain standards, but must be identified as still needing
restoration for mercury; 1,703 impaired water bodies are impaired by multiple pollutants including mercury, and 6,501 are impaired by mercury alone. *The program
which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM Opb) Percent of serviceable rural Alaska homes
with access to drinking water supply and wastewater
disposal.
96
91
98
Data Avail
5/2011
92
93
Percent Homes
Additional Information: In 2003, 77% of serviceable rural Alaska homes had access to drinking water supply and wastewater disposal.
(PMbpb) Fund utilization rate for the CWSRF.
94.5
98
92*
100
94.5*
94.5
Percent
Additional Information: In 2002 and 91% is used as the baseline for this measure. It was calculated using data collected annually from all 51 state CWSRF programs (50
states and Puerto Rico). *The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base
funding plus ARRA.
(PM bpc) Percent of all major publicly-owned treatment
works (POTWs) that comply with their permitted
wastewater discharge standards
86
Data Avail
12/2010
86
Data Avail
3/2011
86
86
Percent POTWs
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The most recent baseline is 2005, at 86%. It is calculated by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) using data collected
in the Permit Compliance System (PCS) on major publicly-owned treatment works.
(PM bpf) Estimated annual reduction in millions of
pounds of phosphorus from nonpoint sources to
waterbodies. (Section 319 funded projects only)
4.5
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 558,000 Ibs of
(PM bpg) Estimated additional reduction in million
pounds of nitrogen from nonpoint sources to
waterbodies. (Section 319 funded projects only)
8.5
3.5
4.5
Data Avail
3/2011
4.5
4.5
Pounds (Million)
phosphorus from nonpoint sources.
9.1
8.5
Data Avail
3/2011
8.5
8.5
Pounds (Million)
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 3.7 million Ibs of nitrogen from nonpoint sources.
(PM bph) Estimated additional reduction in thousands of
tons of sediment from nonpoint sources to waterbodies.
(Section 319 funded projects only)
700
2,300
700
Data Avail
3/2011
700
700
Tons (Thousand)
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 1 .68 million tons of sediment from nonpoint sources.
(PM bpk) Number of TMDLs that are established by
States and approved by EPA [State TMDL] on schedule
consistent with national policy (cumulative). [A TMDL
is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to
obtain water quality standards. The terms "approved"
and "established" refer to the completion and approval
of the TMDL itself]
33,540
36,487
39,101
38,749
41,235
43,711
TMDLs
Additional Information: Cumulatively, more than 30,000 state TMDLs were completed through FY 2008. A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to
attain water quality standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.
(PM bpl) Percent of high priority state NPDES permits
that are issued in the fiscal year.
95
147
95
142
100
100
Percent Permits
Additional Information: Priority Permits are permits in need of reissuance that have been identified by states as environmentally or programmatically significant. The
annual universe of Priority Permits includes the number of these permits that will be issued in the current fiscal year. In 2005, 104% of the designated priority permits were
issued in the fiscal year.
(PM bpn) Percent of major dischargers in Significant
Noncompliance (SNC) at any time during the fiscal
22.5
23.3
22.5
Data Avail
3/2011
22.5
22.5
Percent Dischargers
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
year.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The universe consists of all major NPDES permitted facilities. The data is pulled from PCS and ICIS databases. The SNC rates are calculated on a
three year rolling average and reflect the percentage of majors that have been in SNC for one or more quarters within the particular fiscal year. In 2005, 19.7% of major
facilities were in Significant Noncompliance.
(PM bpp) Percent of submissions of new or revised
water quality standards from States and Territories that
are approved by EPA.
85
93.2
85
90.9
85
85
Percent Submissions
Additional Information: In 2004, the baseline was 87.6% submissions approved. Expected approval rates are expected to decline in 201 1 and 2012 due to the increasing
complexity of technical and policy issues raised in state standards revisions submitted to EPA.
(PM bps) Number of TMDLs that are established or
approved by EPA [Total TMDL] on a schedule
consistent with national policy (cumulative). [A TMDL
is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to
attain water quality standards. The terms "approved" and
"established" refer to the completion and approval of the
TMDL itself."]
38,978
41,866
44,560
46,817
49,375
51,923
TMDLs
Additional Information: Cumulatively, EPA and states completed more than 35,000 total TMDLs through FY 2008. A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in
order to attain water quality standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.
(PMbpv) Percent of high priority EPA and state NPDES
permits (including tribal) that are issued in the fiscal
year.
95
144
95
138
100
100
Percent Permits
Additional Information: Priority Permits are permits in need of reissuance that have been identified by states or EPA regions as environmentally or programmatically
significant. The annual universe of Priority Permits includes the number of these permits that will be issued in the current fiscal year. In 2008, 119% of the designated
priority permits were issued in the fiscal year.
(PM bpw) Percent of States and Territories that, within
the preceding 3-year period, submitted new or revised
water quality criteria acceptable to EPA that reflect new
scientific information from EPA or sources not
considered in previous standards.
68
62.5
66
67.9
64.3
64.3
Percent States and
Territories
Additional Information: In 2004, the baseline was 70% of states and territories submitting acceptable water quality criteria reflecting new scientific information. In
response to an EPA national priority, states are focusing on adopting water quality criteria for nutrients (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorus). Because developing these criteria is a
complex multi-year process for many states, EPA expects some decline in performance in the short term.
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
(PMpi2) Percent of time that sewage treatment plants in
the U.S. Pacific Island Territories comply with permit
limits for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total
suspended solids (TSS).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
62
Actual
65
FY 2010
Target
62
Actual
52
CR 2011
Target
63
FY 2012
Target
64
Unit
Percent Time
Additional Information: The sewage treatment plants in the Pacific Island Territories compiled 59% of the time with BOD & TSS permit limits.
(PM sf3) At least seventy five percent of the monitored
stations in the near shore and coastal waters of the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary will maintain
Chlorophyll a(CHLA) levels at less than to equal to 0.35
ug 1-1 and light clarity( Kd) )levels at less than or equal
to0.20m-l.
No Target
Established
75
75
Percent Stations
Additional Information: In 2005, Total water quality was at chl < 0.2 ug/1, light attenuation < 0.13/meter, DIN < 0.75 micromolar, and TP < 0.2 micromolar.
(PM sf4) At least seventy five percent of the monitored
stations in the near shore and coastal waters of the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary will maintain
dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) levels at less than or
equal to 0.75 uM and total phosphorus (TP) levels at
less than or equal to .25 uM.
No Target
Established
75
75
Percent Stations
Additional Information:
(PM sf5) Improve the water quality of the Everglades
ecosystem as measured by total phosphorus, including
meeting the 10 ppb total phosphorus criterion
throughout the Everglades Protection Area marsh.
Maintain
Not
Maintained
Maintain
Not
Maintained
Maintain
Maintain
Parts/Billion
Additional Information: In 2005, The average annual geometric mean phosphorus concentrations were 5 ppb in the Everglades National Park, 10 ppb in Water
Conservation 3A, 13 ppb in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and 18 ppb in Water Conservation Area 2A; annual average flow- weighted from total phosphorus
discharges from storm water treatment areas ranged from 13 ppb for area 3/4 and 98 ppb for area 1W. Effluent limits will be established for all discharges, including storm
water treatment areas.
(PM uwl) Number of urban water projects initiated
addressing water quality issues in the community.
3
Projects
Additional Information: This measure tracks progress in the implementation of grants that help communities access, improve, and benefit from their urban waters and
surrounding land. Projects that address water quality in the community will be tracked through grantee reporting, and can include the following activities (as authorized
under Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act): planning, outreach, training, studies, monitoring, and demonstration of innovative approaches to manage water quality.
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Sub-
Heading
(3) Improve
Coastal and
Ocean Water
(4) Increase
Wetlands
Performance Measures
(PM uw2) Number of urban water projects completed
addressing water quality issues in the community.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
0
Unit
Projects
Additional Information: This measure tracks progress in the implementation of grants that help communities access, improve, and benefit from their urban waters and
surrounding land. Projects that address water quality in the community will be tracked through grantee reporting, and can include the following activities (as authorized
under Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act): planning, outreach, training, studies, monitoring, and demonstration of innovative approaches to manage water quality.
(PM wq2) Remove the specific causes of waterbody
impairment identified by states in 2002 (cumulative).
6,891
7,530
Additional Information: In 2002, an estimate of 69,677 specific causes of water body im
(PM wq3) Improve water quality conditions in impaired
watersheds nationwide using the watershed approach
(cumulative).
102
104
8,512
8,446
9,016
9,566
Causes
jairments were identified by states.
141
168
208
238
Watersheds
Additional Information: In 2002, there were 10 watersheds improved of an estimated 4,800 impaired watershed of focus having 1 or more water bodies impaired. The
watershed boundaries for this measure are those established at the "12 digit" scale by the U.S. Geological Survey. Watersheds at this scale average 22 square miles in size.
"Improved" means that that one or more of the impairment causes identified in 2002 are removed for at least 40 percent of the impaired water bodies or impaired
miles/acres, or there is significant watershed- wide improvement, as demonstrated by valid scientific information, in one or more water quality parameters associated with
the impairments.
(PM 202) Acres protected or restored in National
Estuary Program study areas.
100,000
125,437
100,000
89,985
100,000
100,000
Acres
Additional Information: 2005 Baseline: 449,242 acres of habitat protected or restored; cumulative from 2002.
(PM co5) Percent of active dredged material ocean
dumping sites that will have achieved environmentally
acceptable conditions (as reflected in each site's
management plan).
98
99
98
90.1
98
95
Percent Sites
Additional Information: The baseline was calculated in 2005 at 60 sites.
(PM 4E) In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, states, and tribes, achieve no net loss of
wetlands each year under the Clean Water Act Section
404 regulatory program.
No Net
Loss
No Net
Loss
No Net
Loss
No net loss
No Net
Loss
No Net
Loss
Acres
Additional Information: EPA receives data for this measure from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). ACE recently finalized their database and was able to collect actual
data for the first time in FY 2009.
(PM 4G) Number of acres restored and improved, under
88,000
103,507
110,000
130,000
150,000
170,000
Acres
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Sub-
Heading
(5) Improve
the Health of
the Great
Lakes
Performance Measures
the 5-Star, NEP, 319, and great waterbody programs
(cumulative).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: From 1986-1997, the US had an annual net wetland loss of an estimated 58,500 acres, as measured by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. From
1 998-2004, the US achieved a net cumulative increase of 32,000 acres per year of wetlands, as measured by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
(PM 433) Improve the overall ecosystem health of the
Great Lakes by preventing water pollution and
protecting aquatic systems (using a 40-point scale.)
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
23.4
23.9
Scale
Additional Information: The ecosystem health index for the Great Lakes in 2002 was 20.
(PM 606) Cubic yards of contaminated sediment
remediated (cumulative from 1997) in the Great Lakes.
5.9
6.0
6.3
7.3
8.0
8.7
Cubic Yards
(million)
Additional Information: 2.1 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments were remediated from 1997 through 2001 of the 40 million requiring remediation
(PM 620) Cumulative percentage decline for the long-
term trend in concentrations of PCBs in whole lake trout
and walleye samples.
5
6
10
43
37
40
Percent Decline
Additional Information: On average, total PCB concentrations in whole Great Lakes top predator fish have recently declined 5 percent annually - average concentrations at
Lake sites from 2002 were: L Superior-9ug/g; L Michigan- 1.6ug/g; L Huron- .8ug/g L Erie- 1.8ug/g; and L Ontario- 1.2ug/g. Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and
Surveillance Program (GLFMSP) samples are collecting in alternating locations in each lake by year. In even years, samples are collected from a more shallow site and, in
general, have higher contaminant concentrations than samples collected in odd years where samples are collected from a deeper location. Two alternating sites were
chosen to give a greater spatial representation of the lake. However, these two sites are not representative of the entire Great Lakes, in fact, GLFMSP samples collected in
a specific site are only representative of that site.
(PM 625) Number of Beneficial Use Impairments
removed within Areas of Concern.
21
12
20
12
26
31
BUIs Removed
Additional Information: Universe of 261. Baseline of 11.
(PM 626) Number of Areas of Concern in the Great
Lakes where all management actions necessary for
delisting have been implemented (cumulative).
1
1
1
3
AOCs
Additional Information:
(PM 629) Number of multi-agency rapid response plans
established, mock exercises to practice responses carried
out under those plans, and/or actual response actions
(cumulative).
4
4
10
Number
Responses/Plans
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information:
(PM 630) Five-year average annual loadings of soluble
reactive phosphorus (metric tons per year) from
tributaries draining targeted watersheds.
0
0
0.5
Average Loadings
Additional Information:
(PM 635) Number of acres of coastal, upland, and island
habitats protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative).
15,000
15,000
20,000
Acres
Additional Information:
(PM 627) Number of non-native invasive species newly
detected in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
1.1
1.0
1.0
Number of Species
Additional Information:
(PM 628) Acres managed for populations of invasive
species controlled to a target level (cumulative).
1,000
1,500
2,600
Number of Acres
Additional Information:
(PM 632) Acres in Great Lakes watershed with USDA
conservation practices implemented to reduce erosion,
nutrients, and/or pesticide loading.
2%
increase
2%
increase
8%
increase
Percent (Acres)
Additional Information:
(PM 633) Percent of populations of native aquatic non-
threatened and non-endangered species self-sustaining in
the wild (cumulative).
33%;
48/147
33%;
48/147
35%;
51/147
Number of Species
Additional Information:
(PM 634) Number of acres of wetlands and wetland-
associated uplands protected, restored and enhanced
(cumulative).
5,000
5,000
7,500
Acres
Additional Information:
(PM 636) Number of species delisted due to recovery.
0
0
1
Species
Additional Information:
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Sub-
Heading
(6) Improve
the Health of
the
Chesapeake
Bay
Ecosystem
Performance Measures
(PM 637) Percent of days of the beach season that the
Great Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety
programs are open and safe for swimming.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
94
Unit
Percent Days
Additional Information:
(PM cb3) Percent of goal achieved for implementation
of nitrogen reduction practices (expressed as progress
meeting the nitrogen reduction goal of 162.5 million
Ibs).
50
49
52
51
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information:
(PM cb4) Percent of goal achieved for implementation
of phosphorus reduction practices (expressed as progress
meeting the phosphorus reduction goal of 14.36 million
Ibs).
64
65
66
67
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information:
(PM cb5) Percent of goal achieved for implementation
of sediment reduction practices (expressed as progress
meeting the sediment reduction goal of 1 .69 million Ibs).
67
64
71
69
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information:
(PM cb6) Percent of goal achieved for implementing
nitrogen reduction actions to achieve the final TMDL
allocations, as measured through the phase 5.3
watershed model.
1
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The 2002 baseline is 33% goal achievement (52.82 million Ibs reduced since 1985); the 2007 baseline is 46% goal achievement (74.63 million Ibs
reduced since 1986.)
(PM cb7) Percent of goal achieved for implementing
phosphorus reduction actions to achieve final TMDL
allocations, as measured through the phase 5.3
watershed model.
1
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The 2002 baseline is 56% goal achievement (8.02 million Ibs reduced since 1985); the 2007 baseline is 62% goal achievement (8.83 million Ibs
reduced since 1986.)
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Sub-
Heading
(7) Restore
and Protect the
Gulf of
Mexico
(8) Restore
and Protect
Long Island
Sound
Performance Measures
(PM cb8) Percent of goal achieved for implementing
sediment reduction actions to achieve final TMDL
allocations, as measured through the phase 5.3
watershed model.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
1
Unit
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The 2002 baseline is 47% goal achievement (0.79 million tons reduced since 1985); the 2007 baseline is 61% goal achievement (1.03 million tons
reduced since 1986.)
(PM 22b) Improve the overall health of coastal waters of
the Gulf of Mexico on the "good/fair/poor" scale of the
National Coastal Condition Report.
2.5
2.2
2.5
Data Avail
12/2011
2.5
2.6
Scale
Additional Information: In 2008, the Gulf of Mexico rating of fair/poor was 2.2 where the rating is based on a 5-point system in which 1 is poor and 5 is good and is
expressed as an aerially weighted mean of regional scores using the National Coastal Condition Report II indicators: water quality index, sediment quality index, benthic
index, coastal habitat index, and fish tissue contaminants.
(PM xgl) Restore water and habitat quality to meet
water quality standards in impaired segments in 13
priority coastal areas (cumulative starting in FY 07).
96
131
96
170
202
234
Impaired Segments
Additional Information: In 2008, Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands habitats included 3,769,370 acres.
(PM xg2) Restore, enhance, or protect a cumulative
number of acres of important coastal and marine
habitats.
26,000
29,344
27,500
29,552
30,000
30,600
Acres
Additional Information: In 2008, 25,215 acres were restored, enhanced, or protected in the Gulf of Mexico.
(PM U5) Percent of goal achieved in reducing trade-
equalized (TE) point source nitrogen discharges to Long
Island Sound from the 1999 baseline of 59,146 TE
Ibs/day.
52
Data Avail
3/2011
55
56
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The 2000 TMDL baseline is 59,146 Trade-Equalized (TE) pounds/day. The 2014 TMDL target is 22,774 TE/pounds/day.
(PM U8) Restore, protect or enhance acres of coastal
habitat from the 2010 baseline of 2,975 acres.
250
Acres
Additional Information: The long-term goal of this measure was significantly exceeded in FY 2010. EPA is revising this measure in FY 2012 to measure acres instead of
percent of goal achieved. EPA will establish annual targets with partners to measure annual progress.
(PM U9) Reopen miles of river and stream corridors to
diadromous fish passage from the 2012 baseline of 17.7
38
Miles
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Sub-
Heading
(9) Restore
and Protect the
Puget Sound
Basin
(10) Sustain
and Restore
the U.S.-
Mexico
Border
Environmental
Health
Performance Measures
river miles by removal of dams and barriers or by
installation of bypass structures.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The long-term goal of this measure was significantly exceeded in FY 2010. EPA is revising this measure in FY 2012 to measure acres instead of
percent of goal achieved. EPA will establish annual targets with partners to measure annual progress.
(PMpsl) Improve water quality and enable the lifting of
harvest restrictions in acres of shellfish bed growing
areas impacted by degrading or declining water quality.
600
1,730
1,800
4,453
4,953
5,453
Acres
Additional Information: In 2008, 1 ,566 acres (cumulative) of shellfish-bed growing areas improved water quality and lifted harvest restrictions. The universe of potentially
recoverable shellfish areas is approximately 10,000 acres which are closed due to nonpoint source pollution.
(PM ps3) Restore the acres of tidally and seasonally
influenced estuarine wetlands.
3,000
5,751
6,500
10,062
12,363
13,863
Acres
Additional Information: In 2008, 4,413 acres (cumulative) of tidally- and seasonally-influenced estuarine wetlands were restored
(PM 4pg) Loading of biochemical oxygen demand
(BOD) removed (million pounds/year) from the U.S.-
Mexico border area since 2003.
108.2
108.8
Million Pounds/Year
Additional Information: The baseline starts at the beginning of FY 2003, with zero pounds of biological oxygen demand (BOD) removed from Border region waters.
Wastewater infrastructure project completions since FY 2003 are the basis of reporting for this cumulative measure.
(PM xb2) Number of additional homes provided safe
drinking water in the U.S. -Mexico border area that
lacked access to safe drinking water in 2003.
1,500
1,584
28,434
52,130
54,130
100
(Annual)
Homes
Additional Information: Units and Baseline: "Additional homes" represents the number of existing households that are provided access (i.e., connected) to safe drinking
water as a result of Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF)- supported projects. The Program measures from a baseline of zero additional homes since this
measure was developed in 2003. Universe: The known universe is the number of existing households in the U.S. -Mexico border area lacking access to safe drinking water
in 2003 (98,515 homes). The known universe was calculated from U.S. Census and the Mexican National Water Commission (CONAGUA) sources. This measure was
modified from cumulative to annual, beginning in FY 2012, to better capture annual program progress.
(PM xb3) Number of additional homes provided
adequate wastewater sanitation in the U.S. -Mexico
border area that lacked access to wastewater sanitation
in 2003.
105,500
43,594
246,175
254,125
461,125
1,282
(Annual)
Homes
Additional Information: Units and Baseline: "Additional homes" represents the number of existing households that are provided access (i.e., connected) to adequate
wastewater sanitation as a result of Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF)-supported projects. The Program measures from a baseline of zero additional homes
since this measure was developed in 2003. Universe: The known universe is the number of existing households in the U.S. -Mexico border area lacking access to adequate
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
wastewater sanitation services in 2003 (690,723). The known universe of unconnected homes was calculated from U.S. Census and the Mexican National Water
Commission (CONAGUA) sources. This measure was modified from cumulative to annual, beginning in FY 2012, to better capture annual program progress.
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GOAL 3: CLEANING UP OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Clean up communities, advance sustainable development, and protect disproportionately impacted low-income, minority, and tribal
communities. Prevent releases of harmful substances and clean up and restore contaminated areas.
Objective 1 - Promote Sustainable and Livable Communities: Support sustainable, resilient, and livable communities by working with local, state, tribal,
and federal partners to promote smart growth, emergency preparedness and recovery planning, brownfield redevelopment, and the equitable distribution of
environmental benefits.
Sub-
Heading
(2) Assess and
Cleanup
Brownfields
(3) Reduce
Chemical
Risks at
Facilities and
in
Performance Measures
(PM B29) Brownfield properties assessed.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
1,000
Actual
1,295
FY 2010
Target
1,000*
Actual
1,326
CR 2011
Target
1,000*
FY 2012
Target
1000
Unit
Properties
Additional Information: In FY 2009, EPA's Brownfields program assessed 1,295 properties. *The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The
FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM B32) Number of properties cleaned up using
Brownfields funding.
60
93
60*
109
60*
60
Properties
Additional Information: In FY 2009, EPA's Brownfields program cleaned up 93 properties. *The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The
FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM B33) Acres of Brownfields properties made ready
for reuse.
1,000
2,660
1,000*
3,627
1,000*
1000
Acres
Additional Information: In FY 2009, EPA's Brownfields program made 2,660 acres of land ready for reuse. *The program which this measure supports receives funds from
ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PMB34) Jobs leveraged from Brownfields activities.
5,000
6,490
5,000*
5,177
5,000*
5000
Jobs
Additional Information: In FY 2009, EPA's Brownfields program leveraged 6,490 jobs. *The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY
2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM B37) Billions of dollars of cleanup and
redevelopment funds leveraged at Brownfields sites.
0.9
1.06
0.9*
1.4
0.9*
0.9
Dollars (Billions)
Additional Information: In FY 2009, EPA's Brownfields program leveraged S1.06B in cleanup and redevelopment funding. *The program which this measure supports
receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM CH2) Number of risk management plan audits and
inspections conducted.
400
654
400
618
560
578
Audits
Additional Information: Between FY 2000 and FY 2009, 5,641 Risk Management Plan audits were completed.
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Sub-
Heading
Communities
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Objective 2 - Preserve Land: Conserve resources and prevent land contamination by reducing waste generation, increasing recycling, and ensuring proper
management of waste and petroleum products.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Waste
Generation
and Recycling
(2) Minimize
Releases of
Hazardous
Waste and
Petroleum
Performance Measures
(PM MW2) Increase in percentage of coal combustion
ash that is beneficially used instead of disposed.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
1.8
Actual
-6
FY 2010
Target
1.4
Actual
Data Avail
12/2011
CR 2011
Target
1.4
FY 2012
Target
1.4
Unit
Percent Increase
Additional Information: In 2008, approximately 136 million tons of coal combustion ash was generated, and 40% was used rather than landfilled. There is a one-year data
lag in reporting results.
(PMMW5) Number of closed, cleaned up, or upgraded
open dumps in Indian Country or on other tribal lands.
27
129
22
141
45
45
Dumps
Additional Information: The baseline for this measure was set at zero, in response to new criteria for reporting identified in 2006.
(PM MW8) Number of tribes covered by an integrated
solid waste management plan.
16
31
23
23
14
5
Tribes
Additional Information: The baseline for this measure was set at zero, in response to new criteria for reporting identified in 2006. Beginning in FY 2012, RCRA program
grant funding supporting the development of integrated waste management plans will no longer be offered. However, the performance target may be achieved with the
assistance of other funding sources, including tribes, other EPA programs, or other federal agencies. Technical assistance to the tribes, such as that provided through tribal
circuit riders, will remain available.
(PMMW9) Billions of pounds of municipal solid waste
reduced, reused, or recycled.
19.5
Data Avail
12/2010
20.5
Data Avail
12/2011
21
22
Pounds (Billions)
Additional Information: This municipal solid waste measure was first implemented in FY 2009. There is a one-year data lag in reporting results.
(PM HWO) Number of hazardous waste facilities with
new or updated controls.
100
115
100
140
100
100
Facilities
Additional Information: There are an estimated 894 facilities that will require initial approved or updated controls out of the universe of 2,450 facilities.
(PM ST1) Reduce the number of confirmed releases at
UST facilities to 5 percent fewer than the prior year's
<9,000
7,168
<9,000
6,328
<8,550
<8,120
UST Releases
GOAL 3: CLEANING UP OUR COMMUNITIES 95
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Sub-
Heading
Products
Performance Measures
target.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: Between FY 1999 and FY 2009, confirmed UST releases averaged 10,630 and the annual number of confirmed releases in FY 2009 was 7,168.
(PMST6) Increase the percentage of UST facilities that
are in significant operational compliance (SOC) with
both release detection and release prevention
requirements by 0.5% over the previous year's target.
65
66.4
65.5
68.6
66
66.5
Percent
Additional Information: Implementing the 2005 Energy Policy Act requirements, EPA and states are inspecting infrequently inspected facilities, and are finding many out
of compliance, impacting our ability to achieve compliance rate goals. As a result, the significant operational compliance targets have been adjusted to reflect a 0.5%
increase each year to maintain aggressive goals.
Objective 3 - Restore Land: Prepare for and respond to accidental or intentional releases of contaminants and clean up and restore polluted sites.
Sub-
Heading
(2) Emergency
Preparedness
and Response
Performance Measures
(PM 132) Superfund-lead removal actions completed
annually.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
195
Actual
214
FY 2010
Target
170
Actual
199
CR 2011
Target
170
FY 2012
Target
170
Unit
Removals
Additional Information: Between 2002 and 2009 EPA completed an average of 203 Superfund-lead removal response actions.
(PM 135) PRP removal completions (including
voluntary, AOC, and UAO actions) overseen by EPA.
170
192
170
170
Removals
Additional Information: In FY 2010, EPA will begin implementing a new measure to track removals undertaken by potentially responsible parties, either voluntarily or
pursuant to an enforcement instrument, where EPA has overseen the removals.
(PM 337) Percent of all FRP inspected facilities found
to be non-compliant which are brought into compliance.
15
48
30
35
Percent
Additional Information: New measure. Baseline to be established during F Y 20 1 0.
(PM 338) Percent of all SPCC inspected facilities found
to be non-compliant which are brought into compliance.
15
36
30
35
Percent
Additional Information: New measure. Baseline to be established during FY 2010.
(PMC1) Score on annual Core NAR.
55
87.9
60
70
Percent
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Sub-
Heading
(3) Cleanup
Contaminated
Land
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: In FY 2009, the average Core NAR Score was 84.3 percent for EPA headquarters, regions, and special teams prepared for responding to
emergencies
(PM 112) Number of LUST cleanups completed that
meet risk-based standards for human exposure and
groundwater migration.
12,250
12,944
12,250*
11,591
12,250*
12,400
Cleanups
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, EPA completed a cumulative total of 388,331 leaking underground storage tank cleanups. *The program which this measure
supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM 113) Number of LUST cleanups completed that
meet risk-based standards for human exposure and
groundwater migration in Indian Country.
30
49
30
62
38
42
Cleanups
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, EPA completed a cumulative total of 848 leaking underground storage tank cleanups in Indian country. This is a subset of the
national total of 388,331 leaking underground storage tanks cleanups completed.
(PM 115) Number of Superfund remedial site
assessments completed.
900
900
Assessments
Additional Information: This new measure accounts for all remedial assessments performed at sites addressed under the Superfund program whereas our previous measure
only captured a subset of these assessments (i.e., the final assessments completed at sites). By capturing the assessment work leading to final assessment decisions,
including the initial screening assessments to determine Superfund eligibility, the new measure more fully accounts for the work performed during the Superfund site
assessment process. As of 2010, the cumulative total number of assessments completed was 88,000.
(PM 141) Annual number of Superfund sites with
remedy construction completed.
20
20
22*
18
22*
22
Completions
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, Superfund had completed construction at 1,080 final and deleted NPL sites. *The program which this measure supports
receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM 151) Number of Superfund sites with human
exposures under control.
10
11
10*
18
10*
10
Sites
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, Superfund had controlled human exposures at 1,320 final and deleted NPL sites. *The program which this measure supports
receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM 152) Superfund sites with contaminated
groundwater migration under control.
15
16
15
18
15
15
Sites
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, Superfund had controlled groundwater migration at 1,012 final and deleted NPL sites.
(PM 170) Number of remedial action project
completions at Superfund NPL Sites.
No Target
Established
97
No Target
Established
103
113
Completions
GOAL 3: CLEANING UP OUR COMMUNITIES 97
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: This is a new performance measure for FY 201 1 . Since program inception through the end of FY 2009, Superfund had completed 2,603 remedial
action projects at final and deleted NPL sites.
(PM CA1) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities
with human exposures to toxins under control.
69
72
72
76
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of FY 2009, potential human exposures to toxins were controlled at 65 percent of facilities. There is a universe of 3,746 low, medium,
and high National Corrective Action Prioritization System-ranked facilities.
(PM CA2) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities
with migration of contaminated groundwater under
control.
61
63
64
67
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of FY 2009, migration of contaminated groundwater was controlled at 58 percent of facilities. There is a universe of 3,746 low,
medium, and high National Corrective Action Prioritization System-ranked facilities.
(PM CAS) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities
with final remedies constructed.
35
37
38
42
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of FY 2009, cleanup remedies had been constructed at 32 percent of the universe of 3,746 low, medium and high National Corrective
Action Prioritization System-ranked facilities.
(PM S10) Number of Superfund sites ready for
anticipated use site-wide.
65
66
65
66
65
65
Sites
Additional Information: Through FY 2009, EPA's Superfund program had ensured that 409 final and deleted NPL sites met the criteria to be determined ready for
anticipated use site-wide.
Objective 4 - Strengthen Human Health and Environmental Protection in Indian Country: Support federally-recognized tribes to build environmental
management capacity, assess environmental conditions and measure results, and implement environmental programs in Indian country.
Sub-
Heading
(no
Performance Measures
(PM 5PQ) Percent of Tribes implementing federal
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
7
Actual
12.6
FY 2010
Target
Actual
FY 2011
Target
18
FY 2012
Target
22
Unit
Percent
GOAL 3: CLEANING UP OUR COMMUNITIES 98
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Sub-
Heading
subobjective)
Performance Measures
regulatory environmental programs in Indian country
(cumulative).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
FY 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: There are 574 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding.
(PM 5PR) Percent of Tribes conducting EPA approved
environmental monitoring and assessment activities in
Indian country (cumulative.)
23
40
52
54
Percent
Additional Information: There are 574 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding.
(PM 5PS) Percent of Tribes with an environmental
program (cumulative).
60
64
70
73
Percent
Additional Information: There are 574 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding.
GOAL 3: CLEANING UP OUR COMMUNITIES 99
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GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of chemicals and prevent pollution at the source.
Objective 1 - Ensure Chemical Safety: Reduce the risk of chemicals that enter our products, our environment, and our bodies.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Protect
Human Health
from Chemical
Risks
Performance Measures
(PM 008) Percent of children (aged 1-5 years) with
elevated blood lead levels (>5 ug/dl).
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
3.5
Actual
Data Avail
11/2012
CR 2011
Target
No Target
Established
FY 2012
Target
1.5
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: Data released by CDC from the National Health and Nutritional Evaluation Survey (NHANES) in March of 2009 estimated 4.1% of children aged
1-5 with lead poisoning (blood lead levels of 5 ug/dl or greater) from 2003/4 sampling data. Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM 009) Cumulative number of certified Renovation
Repair and Painting firms
100,000
59,143
100,000
140,000
Firms
Additional Information: The baseline is zero in 2009. This year was chosen because 2010 is the first year that firms will submit applications to EPA to become certified.
Over time, firms will either become certified directly through EPA (tracked through Federal Lead-based Paint Program (FLPP) or through an authorized State program
(tracked through grant reports/ACS).
(PM 012) Percent reduction of children's exposure to
rodenticides.
10
5
Percent
Additional Information: The total number of confirmed and likely rodenticide exposures to children in 2008 is 1 1 ,674 based data from the Poison Control Centers' National
Poison Data System.
(PM 091) Percent of decisions completed on time (on or
before PRIA or negotiated due date).
99
99.7
99
99
Percent
Additional Information: In 2008, 99.9% of decisions were completed on time.
(PM 10D) Percent difference in the geometric mean
blood level in low-income children 1-5 years old as
compared to the geometric mean for non-low income
children 1-5 years old.
No Target
Established
Biennial
28
Data Avail
10/2012
No Target
Established
13
Percent
Additional Information: Baseline for percent difference in the geometric mean blood level in low-income children 1-5 years old as compared to the geometric mean for
non-low income children 1-5 years old is 32% in 1999-2002. Data for this measure is reported biennially.
(PM 143) Percentage of agricultural acres treated with
reduced-risk pesticides.
20
Data Avail
10/2011
21
Data Avail
10/2012
21
22
Percent
Additional Information: Baseline year is 1998 using Doane Marketing Research, Inc. a private sector research database. Baseline was 3.6% of total acreage. Results are
reported end of calendar year.
GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
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Sub-
Heading
Performance Measures
(PM 164) Number of pesticide registration review
dockets opened.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
70
Actual
75
CR 2011
Target
70
FY 2012
Target
70
Unit
Dockets
Additional Information: Baseline for registration review work dockets is 71 opened in 2008.
(PM 240) Maintain timeliness of Section 1 8 Emergency
Exemption Decisions
45
40
45
50
45
45
Days
Additional Information: Baseline for SI 8 decisions is 45 days in 2005.
(PM 247) Percent of new chemicals or organisms
introduced into commerce that do not pose unreasonable
risks to workers, consumers, or the environment.
100
97
100
Data Avail
10/2011
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Baseline for percent of new chemicals or organisms introduced into commerce that do not pose unreasonable risks to workers, consumers, or the
environment was developed from a 2 year analysis from 2004-2005 comparing 8(e) reports to New Chemical submissions and is 100%.
(PM 266) Reduction in concentration of targeted
pesticide analytes in the general population.
No Target
Established
Biennial
50,50
Data Avail
10/2011
No Target
Established
50,50
Percent
Additional Information: NHANES (2001-2002 baseline) measure is based on NHANES 95th percentile concentrations for six non-specific organophosphate analytes (0.45
umol/L), and a chlorpyrifos-specific metabolite (TCPy) (12.4 ng/L). Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM D6A) Reduction in concentration of PFOA in
serum in the general population.
1
Percent Reduction
Additional Information: Baselines are derived from the Centers for Disease Control's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) concentration data in
the general population and results are reported biennially. PFOA baselines are based on 2005/2006 geometric mean data in serum: 3.92 ug/L.
(PM E01) Number of chemicals for which Endocrine
Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP) decisions have
been completed
3
5
Chemicals
Additional Information: For FY 2010, it is anticipated that EDSP decisions will have been completed for 13 chemicals. Several factors will impact the schedule for
completing EDSP decisions including, for example, the number of pesticide cancellations and other actions that will remove a chemical from commerce and/or
discontinue manufacture and import, the number of pesticide cancellations involving minor agricultural uses, the number of pre-enforcement challenges to test orders,
unforeseen laboratory capacity limits, and unforeseen technical problems with completing the Tier 1 assays for a particular chemical.
(PME02) Number of chemicals for which EDSP Tier 1
test orders have been issued
40
40
Chemicals
Additional Information: Through FY 2010, it is anticipated that Tier 1 test orders will have been issued for 67 chemicals. Annual performance targets for this measure will
be subject to obtaining an approved Information Collection Request and the EPA resources available for issuing EDSP Tier 1 test orders.
GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
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Sub-
Heading
(2) Protect
Ecosystems
from Chemical
Risks
Performance Measures
(PM EOS) Number of screening and testing assays for
which validation decisions have been reached
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
2
FY 2012
Target
4
Unit
Assays
Additional Information: Through FY 2010, it is anticipated that validation decisions will have been reached for 15 screening and testing assays. There are several steps
within the validation process including: preparation of detailed review papers, performance of prevalidation studies, validation by multiple labs, and peer reviews. A
decision to discontinue validation efforts for a particular assay could occur during any of these steps while a decision to accept an assay as validated occurs after all the
steps are successfully completed.
(PM HC1) Annual number of hazard characterizations
completed for HPV chemicals
230
270
300
500
Hazardous Units
Additional Information: The cumulative baseline through FY 2009 is 1,095. This is made up on US and internationally sponsored Hazard Characterization through 2009.
International HCs started being produced in the early 1990's and US sponsored HCs started to be produced in 2007.
(PM Jll) Reduction in moderate to severe exposure
incidents associated with organophosphates and
carbamate insecticides in the general population.
10
Percent
Additional Information: Moderate to severe exposure incidents reported during 2008 is 316 as reported in the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National
Poisoning Data System.
(PM J15) Reduction in concentration of targeted
pesticide analytes in children.
50,50
Percent
Additional Information: NHANES (2001-2002 baseline) measure is based on NHANES 95th percentile concentrations for six non-specific organophosphate analytes (0.55
umol/L), and a chlorpyrifos- specific metabolite (TCPy) (16.0 ug/L). Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM 01 1) Number of Product Reregistration Decisions
2,000
1,770
1,500
1,712
1,500
1,200
Decisions
Additional Information: Actual in FY 2005 is 501 product re-registrations. The 2010 target was exceeded due to a high number of products withdrawn by the registrants
(initially undercounted due to a system coding error which has been corrected). The program is anticipating a decline to the outyear target given the smaller universe of
decisions to be made.
(PM 230) Number of pesticide registration review final
work plans completed.
70
70
70
70
Work Plans
Additional Information: Baseline for final work plans for registered pesticides reviewed is 47 in 2008.
(PM 268) Percent of urban watersheds that do not
exceed EPA aquatic life benchmarks for three key
pesticides of concern (diazinon, chlorpyrifos and
carbaryl).
No Target
Established
Biennial
5, 0, 20
6.7,0,33
No Target
Established
5,0,10
Percent
Additional Information: Based on FY 1992 - 2001 data from the watersheds sampled by the USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, urban
GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
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Sub-
Heading
(3) Ensure
Transparency
of Chemical
Health and
Safety
Information
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
watersheds that exceeded the National Pesticide Program aquatic life benchmarks are 73% for diazinon, 37% for chlorpyrifos, and 13% for carbaryl. Data for this measure
are reported biennially.
(PM 269) Percent of agricultural watersheds that do not
exceed EPA aquatic life benchmarks for two key
pesticides of concern (azinphos-methyl and
chlorpyrifos).
0,10
0,8
No Target
Established
0,10
Percent
Additional Information: Based on FY 1992 - 2001 data from the watersheds sampled by the USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, agricultural
watersheds that exceeded the National Pesticide Program aquatic life benchmarks are 18% for azinphos-methyl and 18% for chlorpyrifos. Data for this measure are
reported biennially.
(PM 276) Percent of registration review chemicals with
identified endangered species concerns, for which EPA
obtains any mitigation of risk prior to consultation with
DOC and DOI.
5
Percent
Additional Information: The baseline is 0% for each annual reporting period as percentages are not cumulative. The data is tracked by OPP using internal tracking
numbers. The data is obtained from ecological risk assessments and effects determinations prepared to support a registration review case.
(PMC 18) Percentage of historical CBI claims in health
and safety studies reviewed and challenged, as
appropriate.
5
20
Percent
Additional Information: Prior to January 2010, the number of TSCA CBI claims had not been reviewed or challenged, where appropriate, was 994.
(PMC 19) Percentage of CBI claims in health and safety
studies reviewed and challenged, as appropriate, as they
are submitted.
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Prior to January 20 1 0, the percent of TSCA CBI claims that were routinely reviewed or challenged, where appropriate, was 0%.
GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
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Objective 2 - Promote Pollution Prevention: Conserve and protect natural resources by promoting pollution prevention and the adoption of other
stewardship practices by companies, communities, governmental organizations, and individuals.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Prevent
Pollution and
Promote
Environmental
Stewardship
Performance Measures
(PM 262) Gallons of water reduced through pollution
prevention.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
1.79
Actual
4.67
FY 2010
Target
26.2
Actual
Data Avail
11/2011
CR 2011
Target
28.6
FY 2012
Target
27.8
Unit
Gallons (Billions)
Additional Information: Baseline is 5 1 .3 billion gallons reduced through 2008. Results are complied using data reported by P2's seven centers.
(PM 263) Business, institutional and government costs
reduced through pollution prevention.
130
276.5
1,060
Data Avail
11/2011
1,042
847
Dollars Saved
(Millions)
Additional Information: Baseline is 3.1 billion dollars saved through 2008. Results are complied using data reported by P2's seven centers.
(PM 264) Pounds of hazardous materials reduced
through pollution prevention.
494
494
1,625
Data Avail
11/2011
1,549
1,064
Pounds (Millions)
Additional Information: Baseline is 4.8 billion pounds reduced through 2008. Results are complied using data reported by P2's seven centers.
(PM 297) Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
(MTCO2e) reduced, conserved, or offset through
pollution prevention.
2
1.618
5.9
Data Avail
11/2011
5.7
6.3
MTCO2e (Millions)
Additional Information: Baseline is 6.5 MMTC02e reduced through 2008. Results are compiled using data reported by P2's seven centers.
(PMP25) Percent increased in use of safer chemicals
7
Percent
Additional Information: In 2009 476 M Ibs. of safer chemicals were reported to be in commerce by Design for the Environment (DfE).
GOAL 4: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
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GOAL 5: ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Protect human health and the environment through vigorous and targeted civil and criminal enforcement. Assure compliance with
environmental laws.
Objective 1 - Enforce Environmental Laws: Pursue vigorous civil and criminal enforcement that targets the most serious water, air, and chemical hazards
in communities. Assure strong, consistent, and effective enforcement of federal environmental laws nationwide.
Sub-
Heading
(1) Maintain
Enforcement
Presence and
Deterrence
Performance Measures
(PM 409) Conduct 21,000 federal inspections and
evaluations.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
21,000
Unit
Inspections/Evaluatio
ns
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 21,000 annually. The FY 2012 President's Budget provides additional resources to the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance to strengthen its monitoring program and expand the use of electronic reporting. The President's Budget also provides additional resources to
EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response for enforcement and compliance activities for two programs: Oil Spill Prevention and Preparedness, and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Hazardous Waste and Risk Management Programs.
(PM 410) Initiate 3,900 civil judicial and administrative
enforcement cases.
3,900
Cases
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 3,900 cases annually.
(PM 411) Conclude 3,800 civil judicial and
administrative enforcement cases.
3,800
Cases
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 3,800 annually.
(PM 412) Review the overall compliance status of 100
percent of the open consent decrees.
100
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2009 baseline: 100 percent.
(PM 418) Increase the percentage of criminal cases
having the most significant health, environmental, and
deterrence impacts to 43 percent.
43
Percent
Additional Information: FY2010 baseline: 36 percent.
(PM 419) Maintain a 75 percent rate for criminal cases
with individual defendants.
75
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2006-2008 baseline: 78 percent.
(PM 420) Increase the percentage of criminal cases with
40
Percent
GOAL 5: ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
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Sub-
Heading
(2) Support
Taking Action
on Climate
Change and
Improving Air
Quality
(3) Support
Protecting
America's
Waters
(4) Support
Cleaning Up
Communities
and
Advancing
Sustainable
Development
Performance Measures
charges filed to 40 percent.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: FY 2006-20 10 baseline: 36 percent.
(PM 421) Maintain a 85 percent conviction rate for
criminal defendants.
85
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2006-2010 baseline: 87 percent.
(PM 400) Reduce, treat, or eliminate 480 million
estimated pounds of air pollutants through concluded
enforcement actions.
480
410
480
480
Million Pounds
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: 480 million pounds, annual average over the period.
(PM 402) Reduce, treat, or eliminate 320 million
estimated pounds of water pollutants through concluded
enforcement actions.
320
1,000
320
320
Million Pounds
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: 320 million pounds, annual average over the period. For FY 2010, two stormwater home builder actions
contributed to more than half of the one billion pound pollutant reduction result.
(PM 078) Address all Statute of Limitations cases for
Superfund sites with unaddressed total past costs equal
to or greater than $200,000.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 2009, the Agency will have addressed 100 percent of Cost Recovery at all NPL and non-NPL sites with total past costs equal to or greater
than $200,000.
(PM 285) Reach a settlement or take an enforcement
action before the start of a remedial action at 99 percent
of Superfund sites having viable, liable responsible
parties other than the federal government.
95
100
95
98
95
99
Percent
Additional Information: In F Y 1 998 approximately 70 percent of new remedial work at NPL sites (excluding Federal facilities) was initiated by private parties. In F Y 2003,
a settlement was reached or an enforcement action was taken with non-Federal PRPs before the start of the remedial action at approximately 90 percent of Superfund sites.
(PM 405) Reduce, treat, or eliminate 6,500 million
estimated pounds of hazardous waste through concluded
enforcement actions.
6,500
11,800
6,500
6,500
Million Pounds
Additional Information: F Y 2008 Baseline: 6,500 million pounds. The results for this measure are driven by a small number of very large cases and do not necessarily
GOAL 5: ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2012 Annual Plan
Sub-
Heading
(5) Support
Ensuring the
Safety of
Chemicals and
Preventing
Pollution
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
represent typical annual results. For example, in FY 2010 over 99% of the total 11.75 billion pounds of hazardous waste reduced, treated, or eliminated came from two
cases - CF Industries Inc. (9.87 billion pounds) and Exxonmobil Oil Corporation (1 .86 billion pounds).
(PM 41 7) Obtain commitments to clean up 300 million
cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media
as a result of concluded CERCLA and RCRA corrective
action enforcement actions.
300
Million Cubic Yards
Additional Information: FY 2007-2009 baseline: 300 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media, annual average over the period.
(PM 404) Reduce, treat, or eliminate 3.8 million
estimated pounds of toxic and pesticide pollutants
through concluded enforcement actions.
3.8
8.3
3.8
3.8
Million Pounds
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: The program used existing data to estimate results for FY 2005-2008, which yielded an approximate average
baseline of 3.8 million pounds. FY2010 results were driven by a small number of enforcement cases, which yielded the majority of the 8.3 million pounds addressed.
GOAL 5: ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
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PERFORMANCE - 4 YEAR ARRAY
Human
Health Risk
Assessment
Human
Health and
Ecosystems
Research
Performance Measures
(PM H83) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of HHRA Technical Support Documents.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
90
Actual
100
FY 2010
Target
90
Actual
100
CR 2011
Target
90
FY 2012
Target
90
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H29) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of public health outcomes long-term goal.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H30) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of mechanistic data long-term goal.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H31) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of aggregate and cumulative risk long-term goal.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H32) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the susceptible subpopulations long-term
goal.
100
100
100
64
100
100
Percent
RESEARCH
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Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H26) Percentage of peer-reviewed EPA risk
assessments in which ORD's mechanistic information is
cited as supporting a decision to move away from or to
apply default risk assessment assumptions.
16.5
N/A
No Target
Established
N/A
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent
Additional Information: Percentage is calculated by dividing the number of externally peer-reviewed EPA risk assessments in which ORD's research avoids or confirms the
use of default assumptions by the total number of externally peer-reviewed risk assessments produced by EPA during that period. For the purposes of this calculation,
ORD's products include both EPA-authored and EPA-funded reports.
(PM 120) Percentage of Ecological research publications
in "high-impact" journals.
21.3
Data
Available
November
2012
No Target
Established
Biennial
No Target
Established
23.3
Percent
Additional Information: This measure provides a systematic way of quantifying research quality and impact by counting those articles that are published in prestigious
journals. The "high impact" data are based on the percentage of all program articles that are published in prestigious journals, as determined by "Thomson's Journal
Citation Reports" (JCR). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year period, and is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by
the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). This "high impact" metric provides information on the quality of the program's research, as well as the degree to which that
research is impacting the science community. As such, it is an instructive tool both for the program and for independent panels such as the BOSC in their program reviews.
(PM 121) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of State, tribe, and relevant EPA office needs for
causal diagnosis tools and methods to determine causes
of ecological degradation.
100
100
100
88
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 122) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of State, tribe, and relevant EPA office needs for
environmental forecasting tools and methods to forecast
100
93
100
100
100
100
Percent
RESEARCH
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Research
Homeland
Security
Research
Water
Performance Measures
the ecological impacts of various actions.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 123) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of State, tribe, and EPA office needs for
environmental restoration and services tools and
methods to protect and restore ecological condition and
services.
100
93
100
100
100
100
Percent
At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to
complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD
has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications.
Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H72) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of efficient and effective clean-ups and safe
disposal of contamination wastes.
100
85
100
100
100
90
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H73) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of water security initiatives.
100
100
100
100
100
90
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H66) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of
WQRP long-term goal # 1 ) delivered
100
100
100
92
100
100
Percent
RESEARCH
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Quality
Research
Land
Protection
and
Restoration
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H68) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of
WQRP long-term goal #2) delivered
100
86
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H70) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of
WQRP long-term goal #3) delivered
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H92) Percentage of WQRP publications in high
impact journals.
No Target
Established
Biennial
15.7
Data
Unavailabl
e
15.7
16.7
Percent
Additional Information: This measure provides a systematic way of quantifying research quality and impact by counting those articles that are published in prestigious
journals. The "high impact" data are based on the percentage of all program articles that are published in prestigious journals, as determined by "Thomson's Journal
Citation Reports" (JCR). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year period, and is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by
the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). This "high impact" metric provides information on the quality of the program's research, as well as the degree to which that
research is impacting the science community. As such, it is an instructive tool both for the program and for independent panels such as the BOSC in their program reviews.
(PM H89) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the manage material streams, conserve
resources and appropriately manage waste long-term
goal.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan (MYP). Outputs in support of this long-term goal include reports on
technologies, methods, and models to manage material streams and reduce uncertainty in assessments. Additional details are described in the MYP.
RESEARCH
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Research:
Drinking
Water
Research:
Global
Change
Performance Measures
(PM H90) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the mitigation, management and long-term
stewardship of contaminated sites long-term goal.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
100
Actual
100
FY 2010
Target
100
Actual
100
CR 2011
Target
100
FY 2012
Target
100
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan (MYP). Outputs in support of this long-term goal include reports,
technologies, methods, and models related to the characterization and remediation of contaminated sites. Additional details are described in the MYP.
(PM H87) Percentage of Land publications in high
impact journals.
No Target
Established
Biennial
26.7
Data
Unavailabl
e
26.7
27.7
Percent
Additional Information: High impact journals are an indication of quality and influence. This measure evaluates the percentage of Land publications that are accepted
within these prestigious journals and their subsequent impact on the field. The criteria and the 'impact factor' data rankings for this metric are provided by Thomson's
Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Each analysis will evaluate the Land publications from the last ten year period, and will be timed to match the cycle for the expert peer
review panel (BOSC).
(PM 134) Percentage of planned risk management
research products delivered to support EPA's Office of
Water, Regions, water utilities, and other key
stakeholders to manage public health risk.
100
93
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: The outputs tracked by this measure demonstrate progress towards completing DWRP's long term goal 1, which supports the Office of Water
(OW) in rule implementation, simultaneous compliance, and evaluating the effectiveness of risk management decisions. ORD's work under this goal also supports OW,
regions, states, utilities, and key stakeholders in protecting sources of drinking water, managing water availability, improving water infrastructure sustainability, increasing
water and energy use efficiency, and responding to short and long-term water resource impacts of environmental stressors such as climate change, population growth and
land use changes.
(PM 135) Percentage of planned methodologies, data,
and tools delivered in support of EPA's Office of Water
and other key stakeholders needs for developing health
risk assessments under the SDWA.
100
100
100
86
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: The outputs tracked by this measure demonstrate progress towards completing DWRP's long term goal 1, which primarily supports the Office of
Water in decisions relating to: Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR), regulating/not regulating contaminants on the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), the
six year review, and the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. ORD's work under this goal also supports regions and key stakeholders in meeting simultaneous
compliance requirements while also aiding risk assessors in developing risk assessments that inform regulatory decisions.
(PM H77) Percentage of Global publications in high
impact journals.
24.6
Data
Available
November
2011
No Target
Established
Biennial
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent
RESEARCH
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Research:
Pesticides and
Toxics
Research:
Clean Air
Research:
Performance Measures
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: The criteria and the "impact factor" rankings will be provided using "Thomson's Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
(PM H79) Percentage of planned outputs delivered.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs will be outlined in the program's revised Multi-Year Plan. This measure will track progress toward completing those
milestones across the program.
(PM 106) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the SP2 program's long-term goal one.
100
100
100
88
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting
its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 108) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the SP2 program's long-term goal two.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting
its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 110) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of the SP2 program's long-term goal three.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting
its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 112) Percent of SP2 publications in "high impact"
journals.
No Target
Established
Biennial
37.2
Data Avail
11/2011
37.2
38.2
Percent
Additional Information: This measure provides a systematic way of quantifying research quality and impact by counting those articles that are published in prestigious
journals. The "high impact" data are based on the percentage of all program articles that are published in prestigious journals, as determined by "Thomson's Journal
Citation Reports" (JCR). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year period, and is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by
the Board of Scientific Counselors.
(PM H35) Percent planned actions accomplished toward
the long-term goal of reducing uncertainty in the science
that supports standard setting and air quality
management decisions. (Research)
100
100
100
80
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Beginning in FY 2008, this measure will track the program's success in completing its planned outputs on time. Prior to FY 2008, the measure
tracked success in completing both planned outputs and planned actions in response to independent review recommendations.
(PM 128) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt ORD-
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
RESEARCH
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Sustainability
Performance Measures
identified and developed metrics to quantitatively assess
environmental systems for sustainability.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
FY 2012
Target
Unit
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 129) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt ORD-
developed decision support tools and methodologies.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 130) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in
support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt
innovative technologies developed or verified by ORD.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the program's Multi-Year Plan).
The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual
output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when
making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs' goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 131) Percentage of Science and Technology for
Sustainability (STS) publications in "high impact"
journals.
35.3
35.4
No Target
Established
Biennial
No Target
Established
No Target
Established
Percent
Additional Information: This measure provides a systematic way of quantifying research quality and impact by counting those articles that are published in prestigious
journals. The "high impact" data are based on the percentage of all program articles that are published in prestigious journals, as determined by "Thomson's Journal
Citation Reports" (JCR). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year period, and is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by
the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). This "high impact" metric provides information on the quality of the program's research, as well as the degree to which that
research is impacting the science community. As such, it is an instructive tool both for the program and for independent panels such as the BOSC in their program reviews
RESEARCH
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PERFORMANCE - ENABLING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS
NPM: OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Performance Measures
(PM 007) Percent of GS employees (DEU) hired within
80 calendar days.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
Target
Actual
CR 2011
Target
15
FY 2012
Target
20
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 2009, 10.7 % og GS employees (DEU) were hired on average in 189.2 days.
(PM 008) Percent of GS employees (Other than DEU)
hired within 80 calendar days
23
25
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 2009, 14.6% of GS employees (other than DEU) were hired on average in 163 days.
(PM 009) Increase in number and percentage of certified
acquisition staff (1102)
335,80
Number, Percent
Additional In formation: There were 304 GS-1 102 Staff on board as of July 26, 2010. There were 240 GS-1 102 Staff, 78.9%, certified as of September 2, 2010.
(PM 010) Cumulative percentage reduction in
GreenHouse Gas (GHG) Scopes 1 & 2 emissions.
5
Percent
Additional Information: For FY 2009, Scope 1 emissions were 34,242 MTCO2e and Scope 2 emissions were 109,538 MTCO2e.
(PM 098) Cumulative percentage reduction in energy
consumption.
12
18
15
18.3
18
21
Percent
Additional Information: On January 24, 2007, the President signed Executive Order 13423, "Strengthening Federal Environment, Energy, and Transportation
Management," requiring all Federal Agencies to reduce their Green House Gas intensity and energy use by 3% annually through FY 2015. For the Agency's 29 reporting
facilities, the FY 2003 energy consumption of British Thermal Units (BTUs) per square foot is 346,518 BTUs per square foot.
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NPM: OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Performance Measures
(PM 052) Number of major EPA environmental systems
that use the CDX electronic requirements enabling faster
receipt, processing, and quality checking of data.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
50
Actual
55
FY 2010
Target
60
Actual
60
CR 2011
Target
60
FY 2012
Target
72
Unit
Systems
Additional Information: Zero. The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001 . Prior to that there were no data flows using CDX.
(PM 053) States, tribes and territories will be able to
exchange data with CDX through nodes in real time,
using standards and automated data-quality checking.
60
59
65
69
65
80
Users
Additional Information: Zero. The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001 . Prior to that there were no nodes for states and tribes.
(PM 054) Number of users from states, tribes,
laboratories, and others that choose CDX to report
environmental data electronically to EPA.
130,000
184,109
210,000
231,700
210,000
215,000
Users
Additional Information: Zero. The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001. Prior to that there were no users.
(PM 408) Percent of Federal Information Security
Management Act reportable systems that are certified
and accredited.
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: FISMA assigns specific responsibilities to Federal agencies and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to strengthen information
system security. The continued goal, as required by FISMA, is for the Agency to achieve a continuous 100% compliance status with Certification and Accreditation (C&A)
of all reportable systems.
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NPM: INSPECTOR GENERAL
Performance Measures
(PM 35A) Environmental and business actions taken for
improved performance or risk reduction.
Performance Data
FY 2009
Target
318
Actual
272
FY 2010
Target
334
*ARRA:20
Actual
391
CR 2011
Target
334
*ARRA:50
FY 2012
Target
375
Unit
Actions
Additional Information: The baseline is a moving averge for the three most recent years. For the period concluding with fiscal year 2010, the baseline is 375 actions. *The
program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The additional incremental results expected from ARRA funds are noted in its FY 2010 and CR 201 1
Target.
(PM 35B) Environmental and business
recommendations or risks identified for corrective
action.
903
983
903
*ARRA:90
945
903
*ARRA:110
950
Recommendations
Additional Information: In FY 2009 the OIG established a revised baseline of 865 environmental and business recommendations or risks identified for corrective actions.
The baseline was adjusted to reflect an average of the actual reported results for the period FY 2006-2008. The baseline has generally decreased to reflect the transfer of
DCAA audit oversight from the OIG directly to the EPA, and a significant gap between the OIG ceiling and actual staffing levels. *The program which this measure
supports receives funds from ARRA. The additional incremental results expected from ARRA funds are noted in its FY 2010 and CR 201 1 Target.
(PM 35C) Return on the annual dollar investment, as a
percentage of the OIG budget, from audits and
investigations.
120
150
120
30
120
110
Percent
Additional Information: The baseline reflects potential dollar return on investment as a percentage of OIG budget from identified opportunities for savings, questioned
costs, fines, recoveries and settlements. The baseline is a moving average for the three most recent years. For the period concluding with fiscal year 2010, the baseline is
112%.
(PM 35D) Criminal, civil, administrative, and fraud
prevention actions.
80
95
75
*ARRA:3
115
80
*ARRA:8
85
Actions
Additional Information: In FY 2009 the OIG established a revised baseline of 80 criminal, civil and administrative actions, which has remained constant over time. *The
program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The additional incremental results expected from ARRA funds are noted in its FY 2010 and CR 201 1
Target.
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VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION
The data verification and validation has been updated from 2011 to reflect changes
in performance measures.
The complete FY 2012 data verification and validation is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/annualplan/fy2012.htm
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Coordination with Other Federal Agencies
Environmental Programs
Goal 1- Taking Action on Climate
Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective: Address Climate Change
Voluntary climate protection programs
government-wide stimulate the development
and use of renewable energy technologies
and energy efficient products that will help
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The
effort is led by EPA and DOE with
significant involvement from USDA, HUD
and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
Agencies throughout the government make
significant contributions to the climate
protection programs. For example, DOE
will pursue actions such as promoting the
research, development, and deployment of
advanced technologies (for example,
renewable energy sources). The Treasury
Department will administer proposed tax
incentives for specific investments that will
reduce emissions. EPA is working with
DOE to demonstrate technologies that
oxidize ventilation air methane from coal
mines. EPA will be responding to the
President's directive to work with NHTSA
to develop a coordinated national program
that will set further standards to improve
fuel efficiency and reduce GHG emissions
for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017
and later. EPA is broadening its public
information transportation choices campaign
as a joint effort with DOT. EPA coordinates
with each of the above-mentioned agencies
to ensure that our programs are
complementary and in no way duplicative.
This coordination is evident in work recently
completed by an interagency task force,
including representatives from the
Department of State, EPA, DOE, USDA,
DOT, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Department of Commerce, United
States Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP), NOAA, NASA, and the DoD,
to prepare the Fifth National
Communication to the Secretariat as
required under the Framework Convention
on Climate Change (FCCC). The FCCC
was ratified by the United States Senate in
1992. A portion of the Fifth National
Communication describes policies and
measures (such as ENERGY STAR)
undertaken by the U.S. to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, implementation status of the
policies and measures, and their actual and
projected benefits. One result of this
interagency review process has been a
refinement of future goals for these policies
and measures which were communicated to
the Secretariat of the FCCC in 2010. The
"U.S. Climate Action Report 2010: Fifth
National Communication of the United
States of America under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change"
is available at:.
http ://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/usa_nc5.
pdf
EPA works primarily with the Department
of State, USAID and DOE as well as with
regional organizations in implementing
climate-related programs and projects. In
addition, EPA partners with others
worldwide, including international
organizations such as the United Nations
Environment Programme, the United
Nations Development Programme, the
International Energy Agency, the OECD,
the World Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, and our colleagues in Canada,
Mexico, Europe and Japan.
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The Agency coordinates its global change
research with other federal agencies through
the US Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP)/"
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Objective: Improve Air Quality
The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) cooperates with other federal, state,
tribal, and local agencies in achieving goals
related to ground level ozone and particulate
matter (PM). EPA continues to work
closely with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the Forest Service
in developing its burning policy and
reviewing practices that can reduce
emissions. EPA, the Department of
Transportation (DOT), and the Army Corps
of Engineers (COE) work with state and
local agencies to integrate transportation and
air quality plans, reduce traffic congestion,
and promote livable communities. EPA
continues to work with the Department of
the Interior (DOT), National Park Service
(NFS), and U.S. Forest Service in
developing its regional haze program and
deploying the Interagency Monitoring of
Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)
visibility monitoring network. The
operation and analysis of data produced by
the PM monitoring system is an example of
the close coordination of efforts between the
EPA, and state and tribal governments.
For pollution assessments and transport,
EPA is working with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) on technology transfer using
satellite imagery. EPA will work to further
distribute NASA satellite products and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) air quality forecast
products to Regions, states, local agencies,
and Tribes to provide a better understanding
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mobile sources are coordinated with DOT.
(These partnerships can involve policy
assessments and toxic emission reduction
strategies in different regions of the
country.) EPA also is working with the
National Highway Transportation
Administration and the USDA on
greenhouse gas transportation rules. EPA
continues to work with DOE, DOT, and
other agencies as needed on the
requirements of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 and the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007.
To develop air pollutant emission factors
and emission estimation algorithms for
aircraft, ground equipment, and military
vehicles, EPA has partnered with the
Department of Defense. This partnership
will provide for the joint undertaking of air-
monitoring/emission factor research and
regulatory implementation.
To reduce air toxics emissions that may
inadvertently increase worker exposure,
EPA is continuing to work closely with the
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) to
coordinate the development of EPA and
OSHA standards. EPA also works closely
with other health agencies such as the CDC,
the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
on health risk characterization for both toxic
and criteria air pollutants. To assess
atmospheric deposition and characterize
ecological effects, EPA works with NOAA,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS), the National Park Service, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the USDA,
and the U.S. Forest Service.
EPA has worked extensively with the
Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) on the National Health and
Nutritional Evaluation Study to identify
mercury accumulations in humans. EPA
also has worked with DOE on the Fate of
Mercury study to characterize mercury
transport and traceability in Lake Superior.
EPA is a partner with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in the
development of the National Environmental
Public Health Tracking Network, providing
air quality indicators as well as air pollution
health effects expertise.
To determine the extent to which
agricultural activities contribute to air
pollution, EPA will continue to work closely
with the USDA through the joint
USDA/EPA Agricultural Air Quality Task
Force (AAQTF). The AAQTF is a
workgroup set up by Congress to oversee
agricultural air quality-related issues and to
develop cost-effective ways in which the
agricultural community can improve air
quality. In addition, the AAQTF
coordinates research on agricultural air
quality issues to avoid duplication and
ensure data quality and sound interpretation
of data.
In developing regional and international air
quality programs and projects, and in
working on regional agreements, EPA works
primarily with the Department of State, the
Agency for International Development
(USAID), and the DOE, as well as with
regional organizations. EPA's international
air quality management program
complements EPA's programs on children's
health, Trade and the Environment, and
trans-boundary air pollution. In addition,
EPA partners with other organizations
worldwide, including the United Nations
Environment Programme, the European
Union, the Organization for Economic
Development and Co-operation, the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
the North American Commission for
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Environmental Cooperation, the World
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities, and our
air quality colleagues in Canada, Mexico,
Europe, China, and Japan.
EPA works closely, through a variety of
mechanisms, with a broad range of federal,
state, tribal, and local government agencies,
industry, non-profit organizations, and
individuals, as well as other nations, to
promote more effective approaches to
identifying and solving indoor air quality
problems. At the federal level, EPA works
closely with several departments or
agencies:
• Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to develop and
coordinate programs aimed at
reducing children's exposure to
known indoor triggers of asthma,
including secondhand smoke;
• Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) on home
health and safety issues including
radon;
• Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) to identify and
mitigate the health hazards of
consumer products designed for
indoor use;
• Department of Education (DoEd) to
encourage construction and
operation of schools with good
indoor air quality; and
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
to encourage USDA extension
agents to conduct local projects
designed to reduce risks from indoor
air quality. EPA plays a leadership
role on the President's Task Force
on Environmental Health Risks and
Safety Risks to Children,
particularly with respect to asthma
and school environmental health
issues.
As Co-chair of the Interagency Committee
on Indoor Air Quality (CIAQ), EPA works
with the CPSC, DOE, the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health, and
OSHA to review EPA draft publications,
arrange the distribution of EPA publications,
and coordinate the efforts of federal
agencies with those of state and local
agencies concerned with indoor air issues.
EPA coordinates its air quality research with
other federal agencies through the
Subcommittee on Air Quality Research19 of
the NSTC Committee on Environment and
Natural Resources and Sustainability
(CENRS). The Agency and NIEHS co-
chaired the subcommittee's Paniculate
Matter Research Coordination Working
90
Group, which produced a strategic plan for
federal research on the health and
environmental effects, exposures,
atmospheric processes, source
characterization and control of fine airborne
particulate matter. The Agency also is a
charter member of NARSTO,21 an
international public-private partnership
established in 1995 to improve management
of air quality across North America. EPA
coordinates specific research projects with
other federal agencies where appropriate and
supports air-related research at universities
and nonprofit organizations through its
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) research
grants program.
EPA collaborates with DOE, USGS, and the
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)22
to conduct research on mercury. EPA also
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works with other federal agencies to
coordinate U.S. participation in the Arctic
Mercury Project, a partnership established in
2001 by the eight member states of the
Arctic Council—Canada, Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the
U.S.
Objective: Restore the Ozone Layer
EPA works very closely with the
Department of State and other federal
agencies in international negotiations among
Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
and in developing the implementing
regulations. While the environmental goal of
the Montreal Protocol is to protect the ozone
layer, the ozone depleting substances it
controls also are significant greenhouse
gases. Therefore, this work also protects the
Earth's climate system. According to a
2007 study published in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, 3
chemical controls implemented under the
Montreal Protocol will - by 2010 - have
delayed the onset of serious climate effects
by a decade. EPA works on several
multinational environmental agreements to
simultaneously protect the ozone layer and
climate system, including working closely
with the Department of State and other
Federal agencies, including OMB, OSTP,
CEQ, USD A, FDA, Commerce, NOAA, and
NASA.
EPA works with other agencies, including
the Office of the United States Trade
Representative and Department of
Commerce, to analyze potential trade
implications in stratospheric protection
regulations that affect imports and exports.
23 Guus J. M. Velders, Stephen O. Andersen, John S.
Daniel, David W. Fahey, and Mack McFarland;
The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in Protecting
Climate; PNAS 2007 104:4814^819; published online
before print March 8, 2007; doi:10.1073/pnas.0610328104.
EPA leads a task force with the Department
of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Department of Treasury,
and other agencies to curb the illegal
importation of ozone-depleting substances
(ODS). Illegal import of ODS has the
potential to prevent the United States from
meeting the goals of the Montreal Protocol
to restore the ozone layer.
EPA has continued discussions with DOD to
assist in the effective transition from ODS
and high-GWP substitutes to a suite of
substitutes with lower global warming
potential (GWPs).
EPA works with USDA and the Department
of State to facilitate research, development,
and adoption of alternatives to methyl
bromide. EPA collaborates with these
agencies to prepare U.S. requests for critical
use exemptions of methyl bromide. EPA is
providing input to USDA on rulemakings
for methyl bromide-related programs. EPA
also consults with USDA on domestic
methyl bromide needs.
EPA coordinates closely with Department of
State and FDA to ensure that sufficient
supplies of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are
available for the production of life-saving
metered-dose inhalers for the treatment of
asthma and other lung diseases. This
partnership between EPA and FDA
combines the critical goals of protecting
public health and limiting damage to the
stratospheric ozone layer.
EPA's SunWise program works with the
National Weather Service (NWS) to
coordinate the UV Index, a forecast of the
next day's ultraviolet radiation levels, which
helps people determine appropriate sun-
protective behaviors. The SunWise program
also collaborates with the CDC when
developing new sun safety and skin cancer
prevention resources, including a shade
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planning guide, state-specific skin cancer
fact sheets, and other school- and
community-based resources. SunWise
collaborates with state and local
governments through the SunWise
Communities program. SunWise is a
successful environmental and health
education program that teaches children and
their caregivers how to protect themselves
from overexposure to the sun through the
use of classroom, school, and community-
based components. More than 22,000
schools have received SunWise teaching
materials—reaching more than one million
students over the life of the program. The
most recent study of the program, conducted
in 2006-2007, found that for every dollar
invested in SunWise, between approximately
$2 and $4 in medical care costs and
productivity losses are saved, and concluded
that from a cost/benefit and cost-
effectiveness perspective, it is worthwhile to
educate children about sun safety.24
EPA coordinates with NASA and NOAA to
monitor the state of the stratospheric ozone
layer and to collect and analyze UV data,
including science assessments that help the
public understand what the world may have
looked like without the Montreal Protocol
and its amendments.25 EPA works with
NASA on assessing essential uses and other
exemptions for critical shuttle and rocket
needs, as well as effects of direct emissions
of high-speed aircraft flying in the
stratosphere.
24 Jessica W. Kyle, James K Hammitt, Henry W. Lim,
Alan C. Geller, Luke H Hall-Jordan, Edward W.
Maibach, Edward C. De Fabo, Mark C. Wagner;
"Economic Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's SunWise Program: Sun Protection
Education for Young Children." Pediatrics, Vol. 121 No. 5
May 2008, pp. e!074-el084
25 The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a
Changing Climate, and the "WorldAvoided;" Findings and
Summary of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4; November 2008.
EPA works with DOE on GreenChill26 and
Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD)27
efforts. The GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership is an EPA
cooperative alliance with the supermarket
industry and other stakeholders to promote
advanced technologies, strategies, and
practices that reduce refrigerant charges and
emissions of ozone-depleting substances and
greenhouse gases. EPA's RAD Program is a
partnership program that protects the ozone
layer and reduces emissions of greenhouse
gases through the recovery of ozone-
depleting chemicals from old refrigerators,
freezers, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers.
EPA coordinates with the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to ensure that
proposed rules are developed in accordance
with the Small Business Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Objective: Reduce Unnecessary Exposure
to Radiation
EPA works primarily with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department
of Energy (DOE), and Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) on multiple
radiation protection issues. EPA has
ongoing planning and guidance discussions
with DHS on Protective Action Guidance
and general emergency response activities,
including exercises responding to nuclear
related incidents. As the regulator of DOE's
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility,
EPA has to continually coordinate oversight
activities with DOE to keep the facility
operating in compliance with its regulations.
EPA also works with the Department of
Transportation (DOT) on initiatives to
promote the use of non-nuclear density
gauges for highway paving. EPA also is
working with tribes to locate and clean up
26 For more information, see: www.epa.gov/greenchill
27 For more information, see:
www.epa.gov/ozone/partnerships/rad
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radioactive wastes produced from uranium
mining that contaminate tribal water
resources with radionuclides and heavy
metals, while identifying and providing new
sources of clean drinking water for these at-
risk communities. EPA also works with
NRC and DOE on the development of state-
of-the-art tracking systems for radioactive
sources in U.S. commerce and the
prevention of radioactive contaminated
metals and products from entering the
United States.
For emergency preparedness purposes, EPA
coordinates closely with other federal
agencies through the Federal Radiological
Preparedness Coordinating Committee and
other coordinating bodies. EPA participates
in planning and implementing table-top and
field exercises including radiological anti-
terrorism activities, with the NRC, DOE,
Department of Defense (DOD), Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and
DHS.
EPA works closely with other federal
agencies when developing radiation policy
guidance under its Federal Guidance
authority. This authority was transferred to
EPA from the Federal Radiation Council in
1970 and tasks the Administrator with
making radiation protection
recommendations to the President. When
signed by the President, Federal Guidance
recommendations are addressed to all
Federal agencies and are published in the
Federal Register. Risk managers at all levels
of government use this information to assess
health risks from radiation exposure and to
determine appropriate levels for clean-up of
radioactively contaminated sites. EPA's
radiation science is widely relied on and is
the objective foundation for EPA, other
federal agencies and states to develop
radiation risk management policy, standards
and guidance.
EPA is a charter member and co-chairs the
Interagency Steering Committee on
Radiation Standards (ISCORS). ISCORS
was created at the direction of Congress.
Through quarterly meetings and the
activities of its six subcommittees, member
agencies are kept informed of cross-cutting
issues related to radiation protection,
radioactive waste management, and
emergency preparedness and response.
ISCORS also helps coordinate a U.S.
response to radiation-related issues
internationally, such as the recent proposed
revision of the Basic Safety Standards by the
International Atomic Energy Agency.
Promoting international assistance, EPA
serves as an expert member of the
International Atomic Energy Agency's
(IAEA) Environmental Modeling for
Radiation Safety, Naturally-Occurring
Radioactive Materials Working Group.
Additionally, EPA remains an active
contributor to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development's
(OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
EPA serves on both the NEA Radioactive
Waste Management Committee (RWMC)
and the Committee on Radiation Protection
and Public Health (CRPPH). Through the
RWMC, EPA is able to exchange
information with other NEA member
countries on the management and disposal
of high-level and transuranic waste.
Through participation on the CRPPH and its
working groups, EPA has been successful in
bringing a U.S. perspective to international
radiation protection policy.
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Goal 2- Protecting America's Waters
Objective: Protect Human Health
Collaboration with Public and Private
Partners on Critical Water Infrastructure
Protection
EPA coordinates with other federal
agencies, primarily Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), Centers for
Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and Department of
Defense (DoD), on biological, chemical, and
radiological contaminants of high concern,
and how to detect and respond to their
presence in drinking water and wastewater
systems. A close linkage with the FBI and
the Intelligence Analysis Directorate in
DHS, particularly with respect to ensuring
the timely dissemination of threat
information through existing communication
networks, will be continued. The Agency is
strengthening its working relationships with
the Water Research Foundation, the Water
Environment Research Federation and other
research institutions to increase our
knowledge on technologies to detect
contaminants, monitoring protocols and
techniques, and treatment effectiveness.
In 2012, EPA will continue to work with the
US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) to
refine coordination processes among federal
partners engaged in providing emergency
response support to the water sector. These
efforts will include refining existing
standard operating procedures, participating
in cross-agency training opportunities, and
planning multi-stakeholder water sector
emergency response exercises. A significant
effort of 2012 will be determining how
USAGE and EPA are to clarify their roles
and responsibilities under the new National
Disaster Recovery Framework.
Geologic Sequestration
EPA coordinates with federal agencies to
plan and obtain research-related data, to
coordinate regulatory programs, and to
coordinate implementation of regulations to
protect underground sources of drinking
water during geologic sequestration (GS)
activities. EPA works with the Department
of Energy (DOE) to plan research on
monitoring, modeling, verification, public
participation, and other topics related to
DOE-sponsored GS partnership programs.
EPA also coordinates with U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), Department of Interior (DOI), and
Department of Transportation (DOT) to
ensure that Safe Drinking Water Act
(SOWA) regulations for GS sites are
appropriately coordinated with efforts to
deploy projects, map geologic sequestration
capacity, provide tax incentives for CO2
sequestration, and manage the movement of
CO2 from capture facilities to GS sites.
Collaboration with U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS)
EPA and USGS have established an IA to
coordinate activities and information
exchange in the areas of unregulated
contaminants occurrence, the environmental
relationships affecting contaminant
occurrence, protection area delineation
methodology, and analytical methods. This
collaborative effort has improved the quality
of information to support risk management
decision-making at all levels of government,
generated valuable new data, and eliminated
potential redundancies.
Tribal Access Coordination
In 2003, EPA and its federal partners in the
Department of Agriculture (USD A),
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), Department of Health
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and Human Services (HHS), and DOT set a
very ambitious goal to reduce the number of
homes without access to safe drinking water.
This goal remains ambitious due to the
logistical challenges, capital and operation,
and maintenance costs involved in providing
access. EPA is working with its federal
partners to coordinate spending and address
some of the challenges to access on tribal
lands, and expects to make measureable
progress on the access issue.
Source Water Protection
EPA is coordinating with USDA and USGS
as part of a 3-organization collaborative to
support state and local implementation of
source water protection actions. In addition,
EPA works with USGS on coordinating
mapping of source water areas on a national
scale with the National Hydrography
Database, as well as working with the
USDA and the Department of Education
Data Availability, Outreach and Technical
Assistance
EPA coordinates with USGS, USDA (Forest
Service, Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES), Rural Utilities Service, CDC,
DOT, DoD, DOE, DOT (National Park
Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
Land Management, and Reclamation), HHS
(Indian Health Service) and the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA).
Collaboration with Centers for Disease
Control (CDC)
CDC is building state capacity by directly
assisting state health departments to develop
skills and tools to improve waterborne
disease investigation and prevention. EPA is
assisting CDC by providing technical input
regarding drinking water issues. The two
agencies also are investigating the health
risks associated with contaminant problems
in drinking water distribution systems. EPA
and CDC regularly share expertise and
information on drinking water related health
effects, risk factors, and research.
Collaboration with Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
In 2004, EPA and FDA issued a joint
consumer advisory about mercury in fish
and shellfish. The advice is for women who
might become pregnant; women who are
pregnant; nursing mothers; and young
children. The single uniform advisory
covers commercially caught fish, as well as
subsistence and recreationally caught fish.
EPA works closely with FDA to distribute
the advisory to the public. Additional
information can be found on EPA's website
at
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advic
e/factsheet.html.
Beach Monitoring and Public Notification
The BEACH Act requires that all federal
agencies with jurisdiction over coastal and
Great Lakes recreation waters adjacent to
beaches used by the public implement beach
monitoring and public notification
programs. These programs must be
consistent with guidance published by
EPA:., "National Beach Guidance and
Required Performance Criteria for Grants."
EPA will continue to work with the USGS
and other federal agencies to ensure that
their beach water quality monitoring and
notification programs are technically sound
and consistent with program performance
criteria published by EPA.
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Research
While EPA is the federal agency mandated
to ensure safe drinking water, other federal
and non-federal entities are conducting
research that complements EPA's research
priority contaminants in drinking water. For
example, the CDC and NIEHS conduct
health effects and exposure research. FDA
also performs research on children's risks.
Many of these research activities are being
conducted in collaboration with EPA
scientists. The private sector, particularly
the water treatment industry, is conducting
research in such areas as analytical methods,
treatment technologies, and the development
and maintenance of water resources.
Cooperative research efforts have been
ongoing with the American Water Works
Association Research Foundation and other
stakeholders to coordinate drinking water
research. EPA also is working with USGS
to evaluate performance of newly developed
methods for measuring microbes in potential
drinking water sources.
EPA has developed joint research initiatives
with NOAA and USGS for linking
monitoring data and field study information
with available toxicity data and assessment
models for developing sediment criteria.
Objective: Protect and Restore Watersheds
and Aquatic Ecosystems
Watersheds
Protecting and restoring watersheds will
depend largely on the direct involvement of
many federal agencies and state, tribal and
local governments who manage the
multitude of programs necessary to address
water quality on a watershed basis. Federal
agency involvement will include USDA
(NRCS, Forest Service, and Agriculture
Research Service), DOT (Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Office of Surface
Mining, USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS), and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, NOAA, DOT, and DoD (Navy and
USAGE). At the state level, agencies
involved in watershed management typically
include departments of natural resources or
the environment, public health agencies, and
forestry and recreation agencies. Locally,
numerous agencies are involved, including
regional planning entities such as councils of
governments, as well as local departments of
environment, health and recreation who
frequently have strong interests in watershed
projects.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Program (NPDES)
Since inception of the NPDES program
under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act
(CWA), EPA and the authorized states have
developed expanded relationships with
various federal agencies to implement
pollution controls for point sources. EPA
works closely with USFWS and the National
Marine Fisheries Service on consultation for
protection of endangered species through a
Memorandum of Agreement. EPA works
with the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation on National Historic
Preservation Act implementation. EPA and
the states rely on monitoring data from
USGS to help confirm pollution control
decisions. The Agency also works closely
with the Small Business Administration and
the Office of Management and Budget to
ensure that regulatory programs are fair and
reasonable. The Agency coordinates with
NOAA on efforts to ensure that NPDES
programs support coastal and national
estuary efforts; and with the DOT on mining
issues.
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Joint Strategy for Animal Feeding
Operations
The Agency is working closely with USDA
to implement the Unified National Strategy
for Animal Feeding Operations (AFO
Strategy) finalized on March 9, 1999. The
Strategy sets forth a framework of actions
that USDA and EPA will take to minimize
water quality and public health impacts from
improperly managed animal wastes in a
manner designed to preserve and enhance
the long-term sustainability of livestock
production. EPA's recent revisions to the
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) Regulations (effluent guidelines
and NPDES permit regulations) will be a
key element of EPA and USDA's plan to
address water pollution from CAFOs. EPA
and USDA senior management meet
routinely to ensure effective coordination
across the two agencies.
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
(CWSRF)
EPA's SRF program, HUD's Community
Development Block Grant program, and
USDA's Rural Development foster
collaboration on jointly funded
infrastructure projects through: (1)
coordination of the funding cycles of the
three federal agencies; (2) consolidation of
plans of action (operating plans, intended
use plans, strategic plans, etc.); and (3)
preparation of one environmental review
document, when possible, to satisfy the
requirements of all participating federal
agencies. A coordination group at the
federal level has been formed to further
these efforts and maintain lines of
communication. In many states,
coordination committees have been
established with representatives from the
three programs.
In implementation of the Indian set-aside
grant program under Title VI of the CWA,
EPA works closely with the Indian Health
Service to administer grant funds to the
various Indian tribes, including
determination of the priority ranking system
for the various wastewater needs in Indian
Country. EPA and USDA Rural
Development partner to provide coordinated
financial and technical assistance to tribes.
Monitoring and Assessment of Nation's
Waters
EPA works with federal, state and tribal
partners to strengthen water monitoring
programs to support a range of management
needs and to develop tools to improve how
we manage and share water data and report
environmental results. EPA's Monitoring
and Assessment Partnership is a forum for
EPA, states, tribes and interstate
organizations to collaborate on key program
directions for assessing the condition of the
nation's waters in a nationally consistent and
representative manner. EPA is co-chair,
along with USGS, of the National Water
Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC), a
national forum for scientific discussion of
strategies and technologies to improve water
quality monitoring and data sharing. The
council membership includes other federal
agencies, state and tribal agencies, non-
governmental organizations, academic
institutions, and the private sector.
Federal Agency Partnerships on Impaired
Waters Restoration Planning
The Federal Government owns about 29.6
percent of the land in the United States and
administers over 90% of these public lands
through four agencies: Forest Service,
USFWS, National Park Service and BLM.
In managing these extensive public lands,
federal agencies have a substantial influence
on the protection and restoration of many
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waters of the U.S. Land management
agencies' focus on water issues has
increased significantly, with the Forest
Service, USFWS, and BLM all initiating
new water quality and watershed protection
efforts. EPA has been conducting joint
national assessments with these agencies to
enhance watershed protection and quantify
restoration needs on federal lands. National
assessments of USFWS and Forest Service
properties have already documented the
extent and type of impaired waters on these
agencies' lands, developed GIS databases,
reported national summary statistics, and
developed interactive reference products (on
any scale, local to national), accessible to
staff throughout the agencies. Similar joint
assessments are planned with the other
major federal land management agencies.
These assessments have already influenced
the agencies in positive ways. The Forest
Service and the USFWS have performance
measures that involve impaired waters, now
coordinated with the same EPA baseline.
The Forest Service used their national
assessment data to institute improvements in
a national monitoring and best management
practices training program. Also, under an
MOA between EPA and Forest Service,
numerous aquatic restoration projects have
been jointly funded and carried out. The
USFWS is using their national assessment
data to develop a $10M - 20M out-year
budget initiative concerning water
conservation, quality, and quantity
monitoring and management in the National
Wildlife Refuge System, and also using the
assessment in National Fish Hatcheries
System planning. Further, EPA assessments
and datasets made significant contributions
to the government-wide National Fish
Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP) 2010 national
assessment offish habitat condition.
Nonpoin t Sources
EPA will continue to work closely with its
federal partners to achieve our goals for
reducing pollutant discharges from nonpoint
sources, including reduction targets for
sediments, nitrogen and phosphorous. Most
significantly, EPA will continue to work
with the USDA, which has a key role in
reducing sediment loadings through its
continued implementation of the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program,
Conservation Reserve Program, and other
conservation programs. USDA also plays a
major role in reducing nutrient discharges
through these same programs and through
activities related to the AFO Strategy. EPA
also will continue to work closely with the
Forest Service and BLM especially on the
vast public lands that comprise 29.6 percent
of all land in the United States. EPA will
work with these agencies, USGS, and the
states to document improvements in land
management and water quality.
EPA also will work with other federal
agencies to advance a watershed approach to
federal land and resource management to
help ensure that federal land management
agencies serve as a model for water quality
stewardship in the prevention of water
pollution and the restoration of degraded
water resources. Implementation of a
watershed approach will require
coordination among federal agencies at a
watershed scale and collaboration with
states, tribes and other interested
stakeholders.
EPA works closely with the U.S. Coast
Guard (USCG) on addressing ballast water
discharges domestically, and with the
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interagency work group and U.S. delegation
to Marine Environmental Protection
Committee (MEPC) on international treaties
controlling discharges from vessels. EPA
will continue to work closely with the
USCG, Alaska and the Cruise Lines
International Association regarding
regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to
managing wastewater discharges from cruise
ships under Title XIV. Also, EPA will
continue to work with the USCG in the
development of best management practices
and discharge standards under the Clean
Boating Act. Additionally, EPA will work
with the USCG as EPA considers whether to
revise its vessel sewage standards.
Regarding dredged material management,
EPA will continue to work closely with the
USAGE on standards for permit review, as
well as site selection/designation and
monitoring. EPA also will continue to
participate in site visits and the review of
clean-up plans for individual Navy and
Maritime Administration vessel-to-reef
projects.
EPA works closely with a number of other
federal agencies to prepare reports as well as
review reports to Congress from other
agencies. More specifically, EPA works
with other members of the Interagency
Marine Debris Coordinating Committee
(EVIDCC) to implement an action plan for
assessing and reducing marine debris in
response to the 2008 EVIDCC Report to
Congress. EPA also will continue to
participate on an interagency working group
tasked to review and make
recommendations in a report to Congress on
best management practices for the storage
and disposal of obsolete vessels owned or
operated by the Federal Government.
EPA also participates on the Committee on
Marine Transportation Systems regarding
environmental issues such as dredging and
ship channel configuration, as well as
reducing pollutant sources during operations
and cargo handling.
The Agency works with the Department of
State, NOAA, USCG, Navy, and other
federal agencies in developing the technical
basis and policy decisions with respect to
international treaties concerning marine
antifouling systems, invasive species,
operational discharges from vessels, and
disposal of waste at sea. EPA also works
with federal agencies in addressing land-
based sources of marine pollution in the
Gulf of Mexico and wider Caribbean Basin.
EPA chairs the intergovernmental
Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico
Watershed Nutrient Task Force (Gulf
Hypoxia Task Force) and is responsible for
overseeing implementation of the 2008 Gulf
Hypoxia Action Plan. Also, EPA is a
member of the Committee on Environment
and Natural Resources (CENR) which
coordinates the research activities among
federal agencies to assess the impacts of
nutrients and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Estuary Program
The National Estuary Program (NEP) is
comprised of 28 non-profit entities with
multiple and diverse partners that implement
a long-term comprehensive conservation
management plan unique to their estuarine
watershed. The plans list priority actions
that NEP will take to address the estuary's
priority problems. They also identify the
role that partners will play to implement
each priority action. Effective
implementation of the management plans
depends to a great extent on the long-term
commitment, collaboration, and
involvement of federal and state agency
partners. Federal partners that are typically
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engaged in management plan
implementation include EPA's Office of
Water; NOAA's National Estuarine
Research Reserves, Sea Grant, and Habitat
Protection and Restoration Programs; the
USFWS's Coastal Program; and the
USDA's NRCS and Forest Service. Other
NEP partners include state natural resource
agencies; municipal government planning
agencies and water utilities; regional
planning agencies; universities; industry;
non-governmental organizations, and
community members.
Under a Memorandum of Agreement
between EPA and NOAA, EPA and NOAA
are collaborating to enhance coastal
managers' capacity to adapt to climate
change and to become more resilient.
Collaborative efforts include designing and
presenting workshops on how to develop
local climate adaptation strategies; providing
information to coastal managers like the
National Estuary Program Directors and
local planners on incorporating climate
change into local decision making about
ecosystem restoration; identifying climate
change indicators in order to monitor and
assess trends in local water quality and
living resource conditions; and enhancing
local land trusts' capacity to integrate
climate adaptation strategies into their land
conservation planning.
National Ocean Policy
EPA will support implementation of the
Executive Order that establishes the
Nation's first comprehensive national policy
for stewardship of the ocean, U.S. coasts and
the Great Lakes. The Executive Order
strengthens ocean governance and
coordination, establishes guiding principles
for ocean management, and adopts a flexible
framework for effective coastal and marine
spatial planning.
Wetlands
EPA, USFWS, USACE, NOAA, USGS,
USDA, and Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) currently
coordinate on a range of wetlands activities.
These activities include: studying and
reporting on wetlands trends in the U.S.,
diagnosing causes of coastal wetland loss,
updating and standardizing the digital map
of the nations' wetlands, statistically
surveying the condition of the Nation's
wetlands, and developing methods for better
protecting wetland function. Coastal
wetlands remain a focus area of current
interagency wetlands collaboration. The
agencies meet monthly and are conducting a
series of coastal wetlands reviews to identify
causes and prospective tools and approaches
to address the 59,000-acre-per-year loss
USFWS and NOAA documented in a 2008
report. Additionally, EPA and the USACE
work very closely together in implementing
the wetlands regulatory program under
CWA Section 404. Under the regulatory
program, the agencies coordinate closely on
overall implementation of the permitting
decisions made annually under Section 404
of the CWA, through the headquarters
offices as well as the ten EPA Regional
Offices and 38 USACE District Offices.
The agencies also coordinate closely on
policy development and litigation. EPA
and USACE are committed to achieving the
goal of no net loss of wetlands under the
CWA Section 404 program.
Great Lakes
EPA is leading the member federal agencies
of the Interagency Task Force28 in the
28 The Interagency Task Force includes eleven agency and
cabinet organizations: EPA; Department of State, DOI,
USDA, Department of Commerce, HUD, DOT, DHS,
Army, Council on Environmental Quality, and HHS.
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implementation of a new Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative. Following
announcement of the Initiative in 2009, EPA
led development of a FY 2010 - FY 2014
Action Plan (Action Plan) targeting the most
significant environmental problems of the
Great Lakes ecosystem. EPA and the other
members of the Interagency Task Force
enter into interagency agreements to fund
activities intended to achieve the goals,
objectives, and targets of the Action Plan.
This effort builds upon previous
coordination and collaboration by the Great
Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO)
pursuant to the mandate in Section 118 of
the CWA to "coordinate action of the
Agency with the actions of other Federal
agencies and state and local authorities..."
pursuant to which GLNPO was already
engaged in extensive coordination efforts
with state, tribal, and other federal agencies,
as well as with our counterparts in Canada
pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement (GLWQA). The Federal
Interagency Task Force, created by EO
13340, is charged with increasing and
improving collaboration and integration
among federal programs involved in Great
Lakes environmental activities. The Great
Lakes Interagency Task Force coordinates
restoration of the Great Lakes, focusing on
outcomes, such as cleaner water and
sustainable fisheries, and targeting
measurable results. Coordination by
GLNPO supports the GLWQA and other
efforts to improve the Great Lakes and is
leading to implementation of priority actions
for Great Lakes restoration by the federal
agencies and their partners. Coordinative
activities to implement the Initiative include:
• extensive coordination among state,
federal, and provincial partners, both
in terms of implementing the
monitoring program, and in utilizing
results from the monitoring to
manage environmental programs;
• sediments program work with the
states and the USAGE regarding
dredging issues;
• implementation of the Binational
Toxics Strategy via extensive
coordination with Great Lakes states;
• efforts to protect and restore the
Great Lakes from invasive species,
habitat protection and restoration
with states, tribes, USFWS, and
NRCS; and
• coordination with these partners
regarding development and
implementation of Lakewide
Management Plans for each of the
Great Lakes and for Remedial
Action Plans for the 30 remaining
U.S./binational Areas of Concern.
Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a
partnership of several federal agencies,
states, local governments, nongovernmental
organizations, academic institutions, and
other interested stakeholders. Only through
the coordinated efforts of all of these entities
will the preservation and restoration of the
Chesapeake Bay be achieved. Recognizing
this need for coordination, office directors
from the federal agencies that form the
Chesapeake Bay Program meet on a regular
basis. This group includes representatives
of:
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
• Department of the Interior, National
Park Service
• Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey
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• Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
• Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Forest Service
• Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
• Department of Agriculture, Farm
Services Agency
• Department of Agriculture, Office of
Environmental Markets
• Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
• Department of Defense, U.S. Army
• Department of Defense, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Homeland Security,
U.S. Coast Guard
• Other agencies as deemed
appropriate
EPA also is the lead agency representing the
Federal Government on the Chesapeake
Executive Council, which oversees the
policy direction of the Chesapeake Bay
Program. In addition to the EPA
Administrator, the Chesapeake Executive
Council consists of the governors of the Bay
states, the mayor of the District of
Columbia, the chair of the Chesapeake Bay
Commission, and the Secretary of
Agriculture.
President Obama's May 2009 Executive
Order (EO) on Chesapeake Bay Protection
and Restoration has brought the federal
agencies interested in the Bay and its
watershed to a new level of interagency
coordination and cooperation. The EO
established the Federal Leadership
Committee (FLC) for the Chesapeake Bay,
which is chaired by EPA and includes
USDA, Department of Commerce, DoD,
DHS, DOI, and DOT. FLC members are
Secretary and Administrator level
executives. FLC members are represented
in more regular meetings of the Federal
Leadership Committee Designees, which
includes Assistant Secretary and Assistant
Administrator level executives. Daily
development of deliverables under the EO is
conducted by the Federal Office Directors'
group. Working together, the FLC agencies
released a coordinated implementation
strategy on May 12, 2010. These agencies
also are coordinating on the development of
an annual action plan and annual progress
report that are required by the EO.
Many of the efforts resulting from the EO
and described in the implementation strategy
will necessitate and foster increased and
improved federal coordination. Revitalized
efforts to improve and account for
agricultural best management practices
depend upon cooperation between EPA,
USDA, USGS, and others. EPA is
participating on the interagency
Environmental Markets Team that is
assisting in the development of a market-
based approach under the Chesapeake Bay
Total Maximum Daily Load. EPA, DOI,
and NOAA will expand the understanding of
the toxic contaminant problem in the Bay
and its watershed and develop contaminant
reduction outcomes and strategies. EPA,
DOT, and HUD will provide technical
assistance to communities that undertake
development of integrated transportation,
housing, and water infrastructure plans. The
EO strategy includes many other examples
of how federal agencies are coordinating
their efforts to protect and restore the
Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
Gulf of Mexico
Key to the continued progress of the Gulf of
Mexico Program is a broad multi-
organizational Gulf states-led partnership
comprised of regional; business and
industry; agriculture; state and local
governments; citizens; environmental and
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fishery interests; and, numerous federal
departments and agencies. Thirteen federal
agencies formed a Gulf of Mexico Regional
Partnership under the leadership of EPA,
NOAA, and DOT to provide support to the
Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership of
the five Gulf states. This federal workgroup
includes:
• Council on Environmental Quality
• National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce, NOAA
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• Department of Interior
• Department of Health and Human
Services
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
Through a collaborative approach and
integration of federal efforts, the Gulf of
Mexico Alliance Governors' Action Plan II
(2009-2014) has identified specific actions
needed to improve the health of the Gulf
coastal region and addressed priority issues
facing the Gulf with scientific and technical
experts and resource managers to leverage
the resources needed to support state and
community actions.
Research
The Committee on Environment, Natural
Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS) is
coordinating the research efforts among
federal agencies to assess the impacts of
nutrients and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
Urban wet weather flow research is being
coordinated with other organizations such as
the Water Environment Research
Foundation's Wet Weather Advisory Panel,
the ASCE Urban Water Resources Research
Council, the COE, and USGS. Research on
the characterization and management of
pollutants from agricultural operations (e.g.,
CAFOs) is being coordinated with USDA
through workshops and other discussions.
EPA is pursuing collaborative research
projects with the USGS to utilize water
quality data from urban areas obtained
through the USGS National Ambient Water
Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program,
showing levels of pesticides that are even
higher than in many agricultural area
streams. These data have potential uses for
identifying sources of urban pesticides, and
EPA will evaluate how the USGS data could
be integrated into the Geographic
Information System (GIS) database system.
EPA also is working to collaborate with the
American Water Works Association
Research Foundation, the Global Water
Research Coalition, the National Research
Council, Institute for Research in
Construction, the American Society for Civil
Engineers and several university research
organizations including Penn State
University, the University of Houston,
Louisiana Tech University, and the
Polytechnic University of New York, on
water infrastructure research.
EPA will continue work under the MOA
with the USCG and the State of
Massachusetts on ballast water treatment
technologies and mercury continuous
emission monitors. The agency also
coordinates technology verifications with
NOAA (multiparameter water quality
probes); DOE (mercury continuous emission
monitors); DoD (explosives monitors, PCB
detectors, dust suppressants); USDA
(ambient ammonia monitors); Alaska and
Pennsylvania (arsenic removal); Georgia,
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Kentucky, and Michigan (storm water
treatment); and Colorado and New York
(waste-to-energy technologies).
Community Water Priorities/Urban Waters
In response to early stakeholder feedback,
EPA has been working with senior
executives from eleven federal agencies to
form an Urban Waters Federal Partnership,
with support from the White House
Domestic Policy Council (DPC). Agencies
include:
• Department of Interior
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce - National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
• Department of Commerce - Economic
Development Administration
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Housing and Urban
Development
• Department of Health and Human
Services - Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
• Department of Health and Human
Services - National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
• Corporation for National and
Community Service
This partnership seeks to help communities
- especially underserved communities -
transform overlooked urban waters into
treasured centerpieces and drivers of urban
revival. The partnerships will advance
urban waters goals of: empowering and
supporting communities in revitalizing their
urban waters and the surrounding land;
helping communities establish and maintain
safe and equitable public access to their
urban waterways; and linking urban water
restoration to other community priorities
such as employment, education, economic
revitalization, housing, transportation,
health, safety and quality of life. To meet
these goals, the partnership will leverage
member agencies' authorities, resources,
expertise and local support. This federal
partnership will advance an action agenda
including the selection of Urban Waters
Federal Partnership Pilots for place-based
projects, the identification of policy actions
needed to integrate federal support to
communities and to remove barriers to local
and community action, and other actions
such as sharing information and providing
information on urban waters to communities
in the nation.
Goal 3-Cleaning Up Our Communities
Objective: Promote Sustainable and
Livable Communities
Brownfields
EPA continues to lead the Brownfields
Federal Partnership. The Partnership
includes more than 20 federal agencies
dedicated to the cleanup and redevelopment
of brownfields properties. Partner agencies
work together to prevent, assess, safely
clean up, and redevelop brownfields. The
Brownfields Federal Partnership's on-going
efforts include promoting the Portfields and
Mine-Scarred Lands projects and looking
for additional opportunities to jointly
promote community revitalization by
participating in multi-agency collaborative
projects, holding regular meetings with
federal partners, and supporting regional
efforts to coordinate federal revitalization
support to state and local agencies.
Sustainable Communities
EPA will continue to work through the
Partnership for Sustainable Communities
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with HUD and DOT to help improve access
to affordable housing, more transportation
options, and lower transportation costs while
protecting the environment in communities
nationwide. This partnership is coordinating
federal housing, transportation, water, and
other infrastructure investments to protect
the environment, promote equitable
development, and help address the
challenges of climate change. In addition,
EPA will also continue work with FEMA to
ensure long-term sustainability
considerations are included in post-disaster
planning efforts, and work with NOAA on
encouraging sustainable development
practice in coastal-communities. EPA co-
sponsors the Governor's Institute on
Community Design with the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This
program works with governors and their
cabinets on challenging issues related to
improving environmental and public health
outcomes of growth and development.
Environmental Justice
EPA will continue its work in partnership
with other federal agencies to address the
environmental and public health issues
facing communities with environmental
justice concerns. In 2012, the Agency will
continue its efforts to work collaboratively
and constructively with all levels of
government, and throughout the public and
private sectors. The issues range from lead
exposure, asthma, safe drinking water and
sanitation systems to hazardous waste clean-
up, renewable energy/wind power
development, and sustainable
environmentally-sound economies. EPA
and its federal partners are utilizing EPA's
collaborative problem-solving model, based
on the experiences of federal collaborative
partnerships, to improve the federal
government's effectiveness in addressing the
environmental and public health concerns
facing communities. As the lead agency for
environmental justice pursuant to Executive
Order 12898, EPA shares its knowledge and
experience and offers assistance to other
federal agencies as they enhance their
strategies to integrate environmental justice
into their programs, policies and activities.
U. S. -Mexico Border
The Governments of Mexico and the United
States agreed, in November 1993, to assist
communities on both sides of the border in
coordinating and carrying out environmental
infrastructure projects. The agreement
between Mexico and the United States
furthers the goals of the North American
Free Trade Agreement and the North
American Agreement on Environmental
Cooperation. To this purpose, the
governments established two international
institutions, the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the
North American Development Bank
(NADBank), which manages the Border
Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF), to
support the financing and construction of
much needed environmental infrastructure.
The BECC, with headquarters in Ciudad
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, assists local
communities and other sponsors in
developing and implementing environmental
infrastructure projects. The BECC also
certifies projects as eligible for NADBank
financing. The NADBank, with
headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, is
capitalized in equal shares by the United
States and Mexico. NADBank provides
new financing to supplement existing
sources of funds and foster the expanded
participation of private capital.
A significant number of residents along the
U.S.-Mexico border area are without basic
services such as potable water and
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wastewater treatment and the problem has
become progressively worse in the last few
decades. Over the last several years, EPA
has continued to work with the U.S. and
Mexican Sections of the International
Boundary and Water Commission and
Mexico's national water commission,
Comision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA),
to further efforts to improve drinking water
and wastewater services to communities
within 100 km on the U.S. and 300 km on
the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program
represents a successful joint effort between
the U.S. and Mexican governments in
working with the 10 Border States and local
communities to improve the region's
environmental health, consistent with the
principles of sustainable development. Over
the last several years, EPA has continued to
work with the U.S. and Mexican Sections of
the International Boundary and Water
Commission and Mexico's national water
commission, Comision Nacional del Agua
(CONAGUA), to further efforts to improve
drinking water and wastewater services to
communities within 100 km on the U.S. and
300 km on the Mexico side of the U.S.-
Mexico border.
Research
Research in ecosystems protection is
coordinated government-wide through the
Committee on Environment, Natural
Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS).
EPA actively participates in the CENRS and
all work is fully consistent with, and
complementary to, other Committee
member activities. EPA scientists staff two
CENRS Subcommittees: the Subcommittee
on Ecological Systems (SES) and the
Subcommittee on Water Availability and
Quality (SWAQ). EPA has initiated
discussions within the SES on the subject of
ecosystem services, and potential ERP
collaborations are being explored with the
U.S. Geological Service (USGS) and with
USDA Forest Service. Within SWAQ, the
ERP has contributed to an initiative for a
comprehensive census of water availability
and quality, including the use of
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program methods and ongoing surveys as
data sources. In addition, EPA has taken a
lead role with USGS in preparing a SWAQ
document outlining new challenges for
integrated management of water resources,
including strategic needs for monitoring and
modeling methods, and identifying water
requirements needed to support the
ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems.
Consistent with the broad scope of the
EPA's ecosystem research efforts, EPA has
had complementary and joint programs with
FS, USGS, USDA, NOAA, BLM, USFS,
NGOs, and many others specifically to
minimize duplication, maximize scope, and
maintain a real time information flow. For
example, all of these organizations work
together to produce the National Land Cover
Data used by all landscape ecologists
nationally. Each contributes funding,
services and research to this uniquely
successful effort.
EPA expends substantial effort coordinating
its research with other federal agencies,
including work with DoD in its Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP) and the Environmental
Security Technology Certification Program,
DOE and its Office of Health and
Environmental Research. EPA also conducts
collaborative laboratory research with DoD,
DOE, DOI (particularly the USGS), and
NASA to improve characterization and risk
management options for dealing with
subsurface contamination.
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The Agency also is working with NIEHS,
which manages a large basic research
program focusing on Superfund issues, to
advance fundamental Superfund research.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) also provides
critical health-based information to assist
EPA in making effective cleanup decisions.
EPA works with these agencies on
collaborative projects, information
exchange, and identification of research
issues and has a MOU with each agency.
EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and Navy
recently signed a MOU to increase
collaboration and coordination in
contaminated sediments research.
Additionally, the Interstate Technology
Regulatory Council (ITRC) has proved an
effective forum for coordinating federal and
state activities and for defining continuing
research needs through its teams on topics
including permeable reactive barriers,
radionuclides, and Brownfields. EPA has
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developed an MOU with several other
agencies [DOE, DoD, NRC, USGS, NOAA,
and USDA] for multimedia modeling
research and development.
Other research efforts involving
coordination include the unique controlled-
spill field research facility designed in
cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Geophysical research experiments and
development of software for subsurface
characterization and detection of
contaminants are being conducted with the
USGS and DOE's Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory.
The Agency coordinates its research
fellowship programs with other federal
agencies and the nonprofit sector through
the National Academies' Fellowships
Roundtable, which meets biannually.30
EPA is coordinating with DoD's Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP) in an ongoing
partnership, especially in the areas of
sustainability research and of incorporating
materials lifecycle analysis into the
manufacturing process for weapons and
military equipment. EPA's People,
Prosperity, and Planet (P3) student design
competition for sustainability will partner
with NASA, NSF, OFEE, USAID, USDA,
CEQ, and OSTP.
Several Federal agencies sponsor research
on variability and susceptibility in risks from
exposure to environmental contaminants.
EPA collaborates with a number of the
Institutes within the Nffl and CDC. For
example, NIEHS conducts multi-
disciplinary biomedical research programs,
prevention and intervention efforts, and
communication strategies. The NIEHS
program includes an effort to study the
effects of chemicals, including pesticides
and other toxics, on children. EPA
collaborates with NIEHS in supporting the
Centers for Children's Environmental
Health and Disease Prevention, which study
whether and how environmental factors play
a role in children's health and with the
National Institute on Child Health and
Human Development on the development
and implementation of the National
Children's Study.
Objective: Preserve Land
Pollution prevention activities entail
coordination with other federal departments
and agencies. EPA coordinates with the
29 For more information please go to: Interagency Steering
Committee on Multimedia Environmental Models MOU,
http://www.iscmem.org/Memorandum.htm
30 For more information, see
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General Services Administration (GSA) on
the use of safer products for indoor painting
and cleaning, with the Department of
Defense (DoD) on the use of safer paving
materials for parking lots, and with the
Defense Logistics Agency on safer solvents.
The program also works with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology and
other groups to develop standards for
Environmental Management Systems.
In addition to business, industry, and other
non-governmental organizations, EPA
works with federal, state, tribal, and local
governments to encourage reduced
generation and safe recycling of wastes.
Partners in this effort include the
Environmental Council of States and the
Association of State and Territorial Solid
Waste Management Officials.
The Federal Government is the single largest
potential source for "green" procurement in
the country, for office products as well as
products for industrial use. EPA works with
the Office of Federal Environmental
Executive and other federal agencies and
departments in advancing the purchase and
use of recycled-content and other "green"
products. In particular, the Agency is
currently engaged with other organizations
within the Executive Branch to foster
compliance with Executive Order 13423,
and in tracking and reporting purchases of
products made with recycled contents, in
promoting electronic stewardship and
achieving waste reduction and recycling
goals.
In addition, the Agency is currently engaged
with the DoD, the Department of Education,
the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
Postal Service, and other agencies to foster
proper management of surplus electronics
equipment, with a preference for reuse and
recycling. With these agencies, and in
cooperation with the electronics industry,
EPA and the Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive launched the
Federal Electronics Challenge which will
lead to increased reuse and recycling of an
array of computers and other electronics
hardware used by civilian and military
agencies.
Objective: Restore Land
Super/and Remedial Program
The Superfund Remedial program
coordinates with several other federal
agencies, such as ATSDR and NIEHS, in
providing numerous Superfund related
services in order to accomplish the
program's mission. In FY 2012, EPA will
have active interagency agreements with the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the Department
ofthelnterior(DOI).
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also
substantially contributes to the cleanup of
Superfund sites by providing technical
support for the design and construction of
many fund-financed remediation projects
through site-specific interagency
agreements. This federal partner has the
technical design and construction expertise
and contracting capability needed to assist
EPA regions in implementing most of
Superfund's remedial action projects. This
agency also provides technical on-site
support to Regions in the enforcement
oversight of numerous construction projects
performed by private Potentially
Responsible Parties.
Superfund Federal Facilities Program
The Superfund Federal Facilities Program
coordinates with federal agencies, States,
Tribes, state associations, and others to
implement its statutory responsibilities to
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ensure cleanup and property reuse. The
Program provides technical and regulatory
oversight at federal facilities to ensure
human health and the environment are
protected.
EPA has entered into Interagency
Agreements (lAGs) with DOD, DOE, and
other federal agencies to expedite the
cleanup and transfer of federal properties. A
Memorandum of Understanding has been
negotiated with DOD to continue the
Agency's oversight support through
September 30, 2011 for the acceleration of
cleanup and property transfer at specific
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
installations affected by the first four rounds
of BRAC. In addition, EPA is currently in
negotiations with DOD to extend BRAC
oversight support through FY 2016. EPA
has signed lAs with the DOE to expedite the
cleanup and to support DOE's efforts of
reducing the footprint at the Savannah River
Site, Oak Ridge Reservation, Hanford, and
the Idaho National Laboratory sites using
DOE's ARRA funding. EPA also has signed
an IA with DOE to provide funding for EPA
Region 9 to conduct a radiological study to
determine the radiological contamination in
soil and groundwater at the Santa Susana
site. EPA will continue to provide technical
input regarding innovative and flexible
regulatory approaches, streamlining of
documentation, integration of projects,
deletion of sites from the National Priorities
List, field assessments, and development of
management documents and processes.
Super/and Financial Responsibility
Regulations
EPA currently is developing new regulations
that, for the first time, will require facilities
in the hardrock mining and mineral
processing, chemical manufacturing,
petroleum refining, and electric power
generation industry to provide appropriate
financial responsibility demonstrations for
damage to human health and the
environment that may be the result of those
manufacturing activities. This effort will
require close coordination with the DOI
(BLM) and USDA (Forest Service) related
to mining/mineral processing activities on
federal lands, and DoD and DOE regarding
the other industrial facilities that will be
potentially impacted.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The RCRA Permitting and Corrective
Action Programs coordinate closely with
other Federal agencies, primarily the DoD
and DOE, which have many sites in the
corrective action and permitting universe.
Encouraging federal facilities to meet the
RCRA Corrective Action and permitting
program's goals remains a top priority.
RCRA Programs also coordinate with the
Department of Commerce, the Department
of Transportation, and the Department of
State to ensure the safe movement of
domestic and international shipments of
hazardous waste.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
States and territories use the LUST Trust
Fund in addition to other resources to
administer their corrective action programs,
oversee cleanups by responsible parties,
undertake necessary enforcement actions,
and pay for cleanups in cases where a
responsible party cannot be found or is
unwilling or unable to pay for a cleanup.
States are key to achieving the objectives
and long-term strategic goals. Except in
Indian Country where EPA directly funds
oversight and clean-up activities, EPA relies
on state agencies to implement the LUST
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Program, including overseeing cleanups by
responsible parties and responding to
emergency LUST releases. LUST
cooperative agreements awarded by EPA are
directly given to the states to assist them in
implementing their oversight and
programmatic role.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
EPA plays a major role in reducing the risks
that accidental and intentional releases of
harmful substances and oil pose to human
health and the environment. EPA
implements the Emergency Preparedness
program in coordination with the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and other federal agencies to deliver federal
assistance to state, local, and tribal
governments during natural disasters and
other major environmental incidents. This
requires continuous coordination with many
federal, state and local agencies. The
Agency participates with other federal
agencies to develop national planning and
implementation policies at the operational
level.
The National Response Plan (NRP), under
the direction of the DHS, provides for the
delivery of federal assistance to states to
help them deal with the consequences of
terrorist events as well as natural and other
significant disasters. EPA maintains the
lead responsibility for the NRP's Emergency
Support Function covering inland hazardous
materials and petroleum releases and
participates in the Federal Emergency
Support Function Leaders Group which
addresses NRP planning and implementation
at the operational level.
EPA coordinates its preparedness activities
with DHS, FEMA, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and other Federal agencies,
states and local governments. EPA will
continue to clarify its roles and
responsibilities to ensure that Agency
security programs are consistent with the
national homeland security strategy.
Super/and Enforcement (see Goal 5)
Oil Spills
Under the Oil Spill Program, EPA works
with other federal agencies such as U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG), NOAA, FEMA, DOI, DOT, DOE,
and other federal agencies and states, as well
as with local government authorities to
develop Area Contingency Plans. The
Department of Justice also provides
assistance to agencies with judicial referrals
when enforcement of violations becomes
necessary. EPA will have an active
interagency agreement with the USCG. EPA
and the USCG work in coordination with
other federal authorities to implement the
National Preparedness for Response
Program.
Objective: Strengthen Human Health and
the Environment in Indian Country
EPA works under two important tribal
infrastructure Memoranda of Understanding
(MOU) amongst five federal agencies.
EPA, the Department of the Interior,
Department of Health and Human Services,
Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development work as partners to improve
infrastructure on tribal lands and currently
focus efforts on providing access to safe
drinking water and basic wastewater
facilities to tribes.
The first, or umbrella MOU, promotes
coordination between federal tribal
infrastructure programs, including financial
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services, while allowing federal programs to
retain their unique advantages. It is fully
expected that the efficiencies and
partnerships resulting from this
collaboration will directly assist tribes with
their infrastructure needs. Under the
umbrella MOU, for the first time, five
federal departments joined together and
agreed to work across traditional program
boundaries on tribal infrastructure issues.
The second MOU, addressing a specific
infrastructure issue, was created under the
umbrella authority and addresses the issue of
access to safe drinking water and wastewater
facilities on tribal lands. Currently, the five
federal agencies are working together to
develop solutions for specific geographic
areas of concern (Alaska, Southwest),
engaging in coordination of ARRA funding,
and promoting cross-agency efficiency.
These activities are completed in
coordination with federally recognized
tribes.
For more information, please see the web
link:
http://www.epa.gov/tribalportal/mous.htm.
Additionally, EPA is continuing to work
closely with other federal agencies as well
as the Domestic Policy Council to
implement President Obama's directive
regarding the tribal consultation process.
The President's November 5th, 2009
Memorandum directs each executive
department to develop a detailed plan to
implement Executive Order (EO) 13175,
"Consultation and Coordination with Indian
tribal Governments," issued by President
Clinton in 2000. Under EO 13175, "all
departments and agencies are charged with
engaging in regular and meaningful
consultation and collaboration with tribal
officials in the development of federal
policies that have tribal implications, and are
responsible for strengthening the
government-to-government relationship
between the United States and Indian
tribes."
On June 9, 2010, EPA released the Proposed
EPA Policy on Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribes. EPA
welcomes and continues to respond to
comments from tribes on the proposed
policy and plans to release a final policy
after publication and comment.
Goal 4 - Ensuring the Safety of
Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Objective: Chemical and Pesticide Risks
Coordination with state lead agencies and
with the USDA provides added impetus to
the implementation of the Certification and
Training program. States also provide
essential activities in developing and
implementing the Endangered Species and
Worker Protection programs and are
involved in numerous special projects and
investigations, including emergency
response efforts. The Regions provide
technical guidance and assistance to the
states and tribes in the implementation of all
pesticide program activities.
EPA uses a range of outreach and
coordination approaches for pesticide users,
agencies implementing various pesticide
programs and projects, and the general
public. Outreach and coordination activities
are essential to effective implementation of
regulatory decisions. In addition,
coordination activities protect workers and
endangered species, provide training for
pesticide applicators, promote integrated
pest management and environmental
stewardship, and support for compliance
through EPA's Regional programs and those
of the states and tribes.
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In addition to the training that EPA provides
to farm workers and restricted use pesticide
applicators, EPA works with the State
Cooperative Extension Services designing
and providing specialized training for
various groups. Such training includes
instructing private applicators on the proper
use of personal protective equipment and
application equipment calibration, handling
spill and injury situations, farm family
safety, preventing pesticide spray drift, and
pesticide and container disposal. Other
specialized training is provided to public
works employees on grounds maintenance,
to pesticide control operators on proper
insect identification, and on weed control for
agribusiness.
EPA coordinates with and uses information
from a variety of federal, state and
international organizations and agencies in
our efforts to protect the safety of America's
health and environment from hazardous or
higher risk pesticides. In May 1991, the
USDA implemented the Pesticide Data
Program (PDF) to collect objective and
statistically reliable data on pesticide
residues on food commodities. This action
was in response to public concern about the
effects of pesticides on human health and
environmental quality. EPA uses PDF data
to improve dietary risk assessment to
support the registration of pesticides for
minor crop uses.
PDF is critical to implementing the Food
Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The system
provides improved data collection of
pesticide residues, standardized analytical
and reporting methods, and sampling of
foods most likely consumed by infants and
children. PDF sampling, residue, testing
and data reporting are coordinated by the
Agricultural Marketing Service using
cooperative agreements with ten
participating states representing all regions
of the country. PDF serves as a showcase
for federal-state cooperation on pesticide
and food safety issues.
FQPA requires EPA to consult with other
government agencies on major decisions.
EPA, USDA and FDA work closely together
using both a MOU and working committees
to deal with a variety of issues that affect the
involved agencies' missions. For example,
agencies work together on residue testing
programs and on enforcement actions that
involve pesticide residues on food, and
agencies coordinate review of antimicrobial
pesticides. The Agency coordinates with
USDA/ARS in promotion and
communication of resistance management
strategies. Additionally, EPA actively
participates in the Federal Interagency
Committee on Invasive Animals and
Pathogens (ITAP) which includes members
from USDA, DOL, DoD, DHS and CDC to
coordinate planning and technical advice
among federal entities involved in invasive
species research, control and management.
While EPA is responsible for making
registration and tolerance decisions, the
Agency relies on others to carry out some of
the enforcement activities. Registration-
related requirements under FIFRA are
enforced by the states. The HSS/FDA
enforces tolerances for most foods and the
USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service
enforces tolerances for meat, poultry and
some egg products.
EPA's objective is to promote improved
health and environmental protection. The
success of this objective is dependent on
successful coordination not only with other
countries, but also with various international
organizations such as the Intergovernmental
Forum on Chemical Safety (TFCS), the
North American Commission on
Environmental Cooperation (CEC), OECD,
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the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) and the CODEX Alimentarius
Commission. NAFTA and cooperation with
Canada and Mexico play an integral part in
the harmonization of data requirements.
EPA collaborates with the
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical
Safety (TFCS), the CODEX Alimentarius
Commission, the North American
Commission on Environmental Cooperation
(CEC), the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), and
NAFTA Commission. These activities serve
to coordinate policies, harmonize guidelines,
share information, correct deficiencies, build
other nations' capacity to reduce risk,
develop strategies to deal with potentially
harmful pesticides and develop greater
confidence in the safety of the food supply.
The nexus of environmental protection and
international trade is a priority for EPA
engagement. EPA has played a key role in
ensuring trade-related activities sustain
environmental protection since the 1972
Trade Act mandated inter-agency
consultation by the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) on trade policy
issues. EPA is a member of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) and the
Trade Policy Review Group (TPRG),
interagency mechanisms that are organized
and coordinated by USTR to provide advice,
guidance and clearance to the USTR in the
development of U.S. international trade and
investment policy.
To effectively participate in the international
agreements on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs), heavy metals, EPA must continue to
coordinate with other federal agencies and
external stakeholders, such as Congressional
staff, industry, and environmental groups.
Similarly, the Agency typically coordinates
with FDA's National Toxicology Program,
the CDC/ATSDR, NIEHS and the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) on matters relating to OECD test
guideline harmonization.
EPA also works closely with the Department
of State in leading the technical and policy
engagement for the United States
Government at international negotiations on
global mercury. EPA provided the impetus
for UNEP's Global Mercury Program, and
the agency continues to work with
developing countries and with other
developed countries in the context of that
program. In addition to the Department of
State, EPA collaborates closely with several
federal agencies including DOE and USGS;
and has developed a strong network of
domestic private sector and non-
governmental partners interested in working
on this issue. Building on EPA's
coordination and planning with UNEP, the
Agency is working closely with all federal
partners in preparation for Rio 2010, which
is a follow up to the Earth Summit that took
place in Rio de Janerio in 1992.
EPA is a leader in global discussions on
mercury and was instrumental in the launch
of UNEP's Global Mercury Program, and
the agency will continue to work with
developing countries and with other
developed countries in the context of that
program. In addition, we have developed a
strong network of domestic partners
interested in working on this issue, including
the DOE and the USGS.
One of the Agency's most valuable partners
on pesticide issues is the Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC), which brings
together a broad cross-section of
knowledgeable individuals from
organizations representing divergent views
to discuss pesticide regulatory, policy and
implementation issues. The PPDC consists
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of members from industry/trade
associations, pesticide user and commodity
groups, consumer and environmental/public
interest groups and others.
The PPDC provides a structured
environment for meaningful information
exchanges and consensus building
discussions, keeping the public involved in
decisions that affect them. Dialogue with
outside groups is essential if the Agency is
to remain responsive to the needs of the
affected public, growers, and industry
organizations.
EPA relies on data from HHS to help assess
the risk of pesticides to children. Other
collaborative efforts that go beyond our
reliance on the data they collect include
developing and validating methods to
analyze domestic and imported food
samples for organophosphates, carcinogens,
neurotoxins and other chemicals of concern.
These joint efforts protect Americans from
unhealthful pesticide residue levels.
EPA's chemical testing data provides
information for the OSHA worker protection
programs, NIOSH for research, and the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) for informing consumers about
products through labeling. EPA frequently
consults with these Agencies on project
design, progress and the results of chemical
testing projects.
The success of EPA's lead program is due in
part to effective coordination with other
federal agencies, states and Indian Tribes
through the President's Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks to Children. EPA will continue to
coordinate with HUD to clarify how new
rules may affect existing EPA and HUD
regulatory programs, and with the FHWA
and OSHA on worker protection issues.
EPA will continue to work closely with state
and federally recognized Tribes to ensure
that authorized state and tribal programs
continue to comply with requirements
established under TSCA, that the ongoing
federal accreditation certification and
training program for lead professionals is
administered effectively, and states and
tribes adopt the Renovation and Remodeling
and the Buildings and Structures Rules when
these rules become effective.
EPA has a MOU with HUD on coordination
of efforts on lead-based paint issues. As a
result of the MOU, EPA and HUD have co-
chaired the President's Task Force since
1997. There are fourteen other federal
agencies including CDC and DoD on the
Task Force. HUD and EPA also maintain
the National Lead Information Center and
share enforcement of the Disclosure Rule.
Mitigation of existing risk is a common
interest for other federal agencies addressing
issues of asbestos and PCBs. EPA will
continue to coordinate interagency strategies
for assessing and managing potential risks
from asbestos and other fibers. Mercury
storage and safe disposal also are important
issues requiring coordination with the
Department of Energy and DoD as they
develop alternatives and explore better
technologies for storing and disposing high
risk chemicals.
Research
Through EPA's ToxCast™ research efforts,
a multi-component effort launched in FY
2007, the Agency is obtaining high-
throughput screening data on 320 chemicals
of known toxicological profiles. More than
400 endpoints are being generated on each
chemical through multiple research contracts
and an Interagency Agreement with the
National Institutes of Health Molecular
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Libraries Initiative at the National Chemical
Genomics Center.
EPA coordinates its nanotechnology
research with other federal agencies through
the National Nanotechnology Initiative
(NNI),31 which is managed under the
Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science,
Engineering and Technology (NSET) of the
NSTC Committee on Technology (CoT).
The Agency's Science to Achieve Results
(STAR) program, which awards research
grants to universities and non-profit
organizations, has issued its recent
nanotechnology grants32 jointly with
NIOSH, NIEHS, and NSF.
EPA coordinates its research on endocrine
disrupters with other federal agencies
through the interagency working group on
endocrine disrupters under the auspices of
the Toxics and Risk Subcommittee of the
CENR. EPA coordinates its biotechnology
research through the interagency
biotechnology research working group and
the agricultural biotechnology risk analysis
working group of the Biotechnology
Subcommittee of NSTC's Committee on
Science.
EPA coordinates with ATSDR through a
memo of understanding on the development
of toxicological reviews and toxicology
profiles, respectively. EPA also is
coordinating improvements to the IRIS
process through an ad hoc working group of
federal partners (e.g., DOD, DOE, and
NASA). The Agency collaborates with the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on
very difficult and complex human health
risk assessments through consultation or
review.
Homeland Security research is conducted in
collaboration with numerous agencies,
leveraging funding across multiple programs
and producing synergistic results. EPA's
National Homeland Security Research
Center (NHSRC) works closely with the
DHS to assure that EPA's efforts are directly
supportive of DHS priorities. EPA also is
working with DHS to provide support and
guidance to DHS in the startup of their
University Centers of Excellence program.
Recognizing that the DoD has significant
expertise and facilities related to biological
and chemical warfare agents, EPA works
closely with the Edgewood Chemical and
Biological Center (ECBC), the Technical
Support Working Group, the Army Corps of
Engineers, and other Department of Defense
organizations to address areas of mutual
interest and concern. In conducting
biological agent research, EPA also is
collaborating with CDC. EPA works with
DOE to access and support research
conducted by DOE's National Laboratories,
as well as to obtain data related to
radioactive materials.
In addition to these major collaborations, the
NHSRC has relationships with numerous
other Federal agencies, including the U.S.
Air Force, U.S. Navy, FDA, USGS and
NIST. Also, the NHSRC is working with
state and local emergency response
personnel to understand better their needs
and build relationships, which will enable
the quick deployment of NHSRC products.
In the water infrastructure arena, the
NHSRC is providing information to the
Water Information Sharing Networks
program. The NAS has also been engaged to
provide advice on the long-term direction of
the water research and technical support
program.
31 For more information, see .
32 For an example, see
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Objective: Promote Pollution Prevention
EPA is involved in a broad range of
pollution prevention (P2) activities which
can yield reductions in waste generation and
energy consumption in the public and
private sectors. For example, the
Environmental Performance through
Pollution Prevention and Innovation
(EPP) initiative, which implements
Executive Orders 12873 and 13101,
promotes the use of cleaner products by
federal agencies. This is aimed at
stimulating demand for the development of
such products by industry.
This effort includes a number of
demonstration projects with other federal
Departments and agencies, such as the
National Park Service (NFS) (to use Green
Purchasing as a tool to achieve the
sustainability goals of the parks), the
Department of Defense (DoD) (use of
environmentally preferable construction
materials), and Defense Logistics Agency
(identification of environmental attributes
for products in its purchasing system). The
program also is working within EPA to
"green" its own operations. The program
also works with the Department of
Commerce's National Institute of Science
and Technology (NIST) to develop a life-
cycle based decision support tool for
purchasers.
Under the Suppliers' Partnership for the
Environment program and its umbrella
program, the Green Suppliers' Network
(GSN), EPA's P2 Program is working
closely with NIST and its Manufacturing
Extension Partnership Program to provide
technical assistance to the process of
"greening" industry supply chains. The
EPA also is working with the Department of
Energy's (DOE) Industrial Technologies
Program to provide energy audits and
technical assistance to these supply chains.
The Agency is required to review
environmental impact statements and other
major actions impacting the environment
and public health proposed by all federal
agencies, and make recommendations to the
proposing federal agency on how to
remedy/mitigate those impacts. Although
EPA is required under Section 309 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) to review and
comment on proposed federal actions,
neither the National Environmental Policy
Act nor Section 309 CAA require a federal
agency to modify its proposal to
accommodate EPA's concerns. EPA does
have authority under these statutes to refer
major disagreements with other federal
agencies to the Council on Environmental
Quality. Accordingly, many of the
beneficial environmental changes or
mitigation that EPA recommends must be
negotiated with the other federal agency.
The majority of the actions EPA reviews are
proposed by the Forest Service, Department
of Transportation (including the Federal
Highway Administration and Federal
Aviation Administration), USAGE, DOI
(including Bureau of Land Management,
Minerals Management Service and National
Parks Service), Department of Energy
(including the Federal Regulatory
Commission), and the Department of
Defense.
Goal 5- Enforcing Environmental Laws
Objective: Address pollution problems
through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance
with environmental laws.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance Program coordinates closely with
the Department of Justice (DOJ) on all civil
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and criminal environmental enforcement
matters. In addition, the program
coordinates with other agencies on specific
environmental issues as described herein.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program coordinates with the
Chemical Safety and Accident Investigation
Board, OSHA, and Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry in
preventing and responding to accidental
releases and endangerment situations, with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on tribal
issues relative to compliance with
environmental laws on tribal Lands, and
with the Small Business Administration
(SBA) on the implementation of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness
Act (SBREFA). The program also shares
information with the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) on cases which require
defendants to pay civil penalties, thereby
assisting the IRS in assuring compliance
with tax laws. In addition, it collaborates
with the SBA to maintain current
environmental compliance information at
Business.gov, a website initiated as an e-
government initiative in 2004 to help small
businesses comply with government
regulations. The program also works with a
variety of federal agencies including the
Department of Labor (DOL) and the IRS to
organize a Federal Compliance Assistance
Roundtable to address cross cutting
compliance assistance issues. Coordination
also occurs with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers (USAGE) on wetlands
issues.
The United States Department of
Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation
Service (USDA/NRCS) has a major role in
determining whether areas on agricultural
lands meet the definition of wetlands for
purposes of the Food Security Act. Civil
Enforcement coordinates with USDA/NRCS
on these issues also. EPA's Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance Program also
coordinates with USDA on regulation of
animal feeding operations and on food
safety issues arising from the misuse of
pesticides, and shares joint jurisdiction with
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on
pesticide labeling and advertising.
Coordination also occurs with Customs and
Border Protection on implementing the
secure International Trade Data System
across all federal agencies, and on pesticide
imports. EPA and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) share jurisdiction
over general-purpose disinfectants used on
non-critical surfaces and some dental and
medical equipment surfaces (e.g.,
wheelchairs). The Agency has entered into
a MOU with Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) concerning
enforcement of the Toxic Substance Control
Act (TSCA) lead-based paint notification
requirements.
The Criminal Enforcement Program
coordinates with other federal law
enforcement agencies (i.e., Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI), Customs, DOL, U.S.
Treasury, United States Coast Guard
(USCG), Department of the Interior (DOI)
and DOJ) and with international, state and
local law enforcement organizations in the
investigation and prosecution of
environmental crimes. EPA also actively
works with DOJ to establish task forces that
bring together federal, state and local law
enforcement organizations to address
environmental crimes. In addition, the
program has an Interagency Agreement with
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to provide specialized criminal
environmental training to federal, state,
local, and tribal law enforcement personnel
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA.
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Under Executive Order 12088, EPA is
directed to provide technical assistance to
other federal agencies to help ensure their
compliance with all environmental laws.
The Federal Facility Enforcement Program
coordinates with other federal agencies,
states, local, and tribal governments to
ensure compliance by federal agencies with
all environmental laws. In FY 2012, EPA
also will continue its efforts to support the
FedCenter, the Federal Facilities
Stewardship and Compliance Assistance
Center (www.fedcenter.gov), which is now
governed by a board of more than a dozen
contributing federal agencies.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program collaborates with the
states and tribes. States perform the vast
majority of inspections, direct compliance
assistance, and enforcement actions. Most
EPA statutes envision a partnership between
EPA and the states under which EPA
develops national standards and policies and
the states implement the program under
authority delegated by EPA. If a state does
not seek approval of a program, EPA must
implement that program in the state.
Historically, the level of state approvals has
increased as programs mature and state
capacity expands, with many of the key
environmental programs approaching
approval in nearly all states. EPA will
increase its effort to coordinate with states
on training, compliance assistance, capacity
building and enforcement. EPA will
continue to enhance the network of state and
tribal compliance assistance providers.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program chairs the Interagency
Environmental Leadership Workgroup
established by Executive Order 13148. The
Workgroup consists of over 100
representatives from most federal
departments and agencies. Its mission is to
assist all federal agencies with meeting the
mandates of the Executive Order, including
implementation of environmental
management systems and environmental
compliance auditing programs, reducing
both releases and uses of toxic chemicals,
and compliance with pollution prevention
and pollution reporting requirements. In FY
2012, the program also will work with its
Regions, states and directly with a number
of other federal agencies to improve
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA) and other
statutory compliance at federal facilities,
which array the full range of Agency tools to
promote compliance in an effective, efficient
manner.
EPA works directly with Canada and
Mexico bilaterally and in the Trilateral
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
(CEC). EPA's border activities require
close coordination with the Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection, the Fish and
Wildlife Service, the DOJ, and the States of
Arizona, California, New Mexico, and
Texas. EPA is the lead agency and
coordinates U.S. participation in the CEC.
EPA works with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S.
Geological Survey on CEC projects to
promote biodiversity cooperation, and with
the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
to reduce potential trade and environmental
impacts such as invasive species.
Superfund Enforcement
As required by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Executive
Order 12580, the Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance program coordinates
with other federal agencies in their use of
CERCLA enforcement authority. This
includes the coordinated use of CERCLA
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enforcement authority at individual
hazardous waste sites that are located on
both nonfederal land (EPA jurisdiction) and
federal lands (other agency jurisdiction). As
required by E.O. 13016, the Agency also
coordinates the use of CERCLA Section 106
administrative order authority by other
Departments and agencies.
EPA also coordinates with the Departments
of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce to
ensure that appropriate and timely notices
required under CERCLA are sent to the
Natural Resource Trustees. The Department
of Justice also provides assistance to EPA
with judicial referrals seeking recovery of
response costs incurred by the U.S.,
injunctive relief to implement response
actions, or enforcement of other CERCLA
requirements.
Under EO 12580, the Superfund Federal
Facilities Enforcement program assists
Federal agencies in complying with
CERCLA. It ensures that 1) all federal
facility sites on the National Priority List
have interagency agreements, also known as
Federal Facility Agreements or FFAs, which
provide enforceable schedules for the
progression of the entire cleanup; 2) these
FFAs are monitored for compliance; 3)
federal sites that are transferred to new
owners are transferred in an environmentally
responsible manner and 4) assists Federal
facilities in complying with their cleanup
responsibilities. It is this program's
responsibility to ensure that federal
agencies, by law, comply with Superfund
cleanup obligations "in the same manner and
to the same extent" as private entities. After
years of service and operation, some federal
facilities contain environmental
contamination, such as hazardous wastes,
unexploded ordnance, radioactive wastes or
other toxic substances. To enable the
cleanup and reuse of such sites, the Federal
Facilities Enforcement program coordinates
creative solutions that protect both human
health and the environment. These
enforcement solutions help restore facilities
so they can once again serve an important
role in the economy and welfare of local
communities and the country.
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COORDINATION WITH OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Enabling Support Programs
Office of the Administrator (OA)
The Office of the Administrator (OA)
supports the leadership of the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) programs and
activities to protect human health and
safeguard the air, water, and land upon
which life depends. Several program
responsibilities include policy, homeland
security - including intelligence coordination
- Congressional and intergovernmental
relations, the Science Advisory Board,
children's health, the small business
program, and regulatory innovation.
EPA interacts with a number of federal
agencies during its rulemaking activities.
Per Executive Order 12866 - Regulatory
Planning and Review, EPA submits
"significant" regulatory actions to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
interagency review prior to signature and
publication in the Federal Register. Under
the Congressional Review Act (CRA), EPA
submits rules to each House of Congress and
to the Comptroller General of the United
States (head of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office). EPA publishes its
regulatory actions and other information
through the Office of Federal Register. For
regulations that may have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities, EPA collaborates with the
Small Business Administration (SBA) and
OMB.
EPA collaborates with other federal
agencies in the collection of economic data
used in the conduct of economic benefit-cost
analyses of environmental regulations and
policies. The Agency collaborates with the
Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau
of the Census on the Pollution Abatement
Costs and Expenditure (PACE) survey in
order to obtain information on pollution
abatement expenditures by industry. In our
effort to measure the beneficial outcomes of
Agency programs, EPA co-sponsors with
several other agencies the U.S. Forest
Service's National Survey on Recreation
and the Environment (NSRE), which
measures national recreation participation
and recreation trends. EPA also collaborates
with other natural resource agencies (e.g.,
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Department of Interior (DOI), and
National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)) to foster improved
interdisciplinary research and reporting of
economic information by collaboratively
supporting workshops and symposiums on
environmental economics topics (e.g.,
economic valuation of ecosystem services,
adoption of market mechanisms to achieve
environmental goals) and measuring health
and welfare benefits (e.g., represent EPA
issues in cross-agency group charged with
informing USD A efforts to establish
markets for ecosystem services).
EPA, working with USDA and DOE
continues to evaluate and improve climate
change integrated assessment models and is
actively pursuing new research to support
the development of measures of the social
damages attributable to Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) emissions. This information is used
to generate estimates of the social cost of
carbon (SCC), which enables federal
agencies to better incorporate climate
impacts assessment and estimates of
associated economic damages into policy
and regulatory analyses.
EPA also works with the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
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program to help the MEP Centers deliver
assistance on environmental and energy
matters as part of their services to small and
medium sized business. Under the
Suppliers' Partnership for the Environment
program and its umbrella program, the
Green Suppliers' Network (GSN), EPA
provides technical assistance to the process
of "greening" industry supply chains. The
EPA is also working with DOE's Industrial
Technologies Program to provide energy
audits and technical assistance to these
supply chains. EPA's toolkits on the
integration of environmental and energy
considerations into "lean manufacturing"
techniques are widely used by MEP centers,
and EPA is assisting centers in developing
their own "sustainable manufacturing" tools
and curriculum. EPA also participates in
interagency activities organized by the
Commerce Department's Sustainable
Manufacturing Initiative. The "Lean
Manufacturing" toolkits are also used by the
Department of Defense in training.
The EPA, through the Aging Initiative, is a
member of the Federal Interagency Forum
on Aging- Related Statistics. The Forum
published the 2010 report "Older Americans
2010 Key Indicators of Well-Being" and
included an environmental indicator on air
quality based on the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards. The mission of the
Forum is to encourage cooperation among
the federal agencies to improve the quality
and utility of the data on the aging
population. Through the Aging Initiative,
EPA is also a member of the Task Force on
Older American Indians. The purpose of the
Forum is to assist tribes funded under Title
VI of the Older Americans Act. The Aging
Initiative collaborates with other federal
agencies to protect older adults from
environmental hazards and provide
opportunities for older adults to participate
as environmental stewards in their
communities. The Aging Initiative
collaborates with federal agencies to
promote sustainable communities and
advocate for changes to the built
environment to promote health and the well-
being of elders in their communities.
The Office of Children's Health Protection
(OCHP) provides leadership for cross-
Agency efforts to protect children from
exposure to toxins, pollution and other
environmental health threats in their homes,
their schools, and their communities.
Children are at greater risk of harm from
exposure to environmental toxins than adults
because of their unique physiology and
behavior patterns. The OCHP ensures that
children's unique vulnerabilities are
carefully considered in agency policy and
regulatory development, and that children's
environmental health is central in our
outreach and public education activities.
OCHP works with other federal departments
and agencies to coordinate diverse program
and research efforts to help ensure that
children's environmental health is protected
where they live, learn, work and play.
EPA's Office of Homeland Security (OHS)
works closely with many other federal
departments and agencies to meet the goals
of presidential homeland security directives
and plans. These efforts include working
through the Interagency Policy Committees
(IPCs) and other avenues to ensure that
EPA's efforts are integrated into, and can
build upon, the efforts of other federal
agencies. OHS also coordinates the
development of responses to inquiries from
the White House, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Congress, and others with
oversight responsibilities for homeland
security efforts. EPA's ability to effectively
implement its broad range of homeland
security responsibilities is significantly
enhanced through coordination with other
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federal agencies. OHS also has a strong
partnership with various elements of the
Intelligence Community and collaborates
with them on a weekly, if not daily basis, to
ensure that interagency intelligence-related
planning and operational requirements are
met. This is achieved through coordination
with the Office of the Director for National
Intelligence, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Central Intelligence Agency,
the National Security Agency, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of
Defense, and the White House National and
Homeland Security Councils.
The Science Advisory Board (SAB)
primarily provides the Administrator with
independent peer reviews and advice on the
scientific and technical aspects of
environmental issues to inform the Agency's
environmental decision-making. Often, the
Agency program office seeking the SAB's
review and advice has identified the federal
agencies interested in the scientific topic at
issue. The SAB coordinates with those
federal agencies by providing notice of its
activities through the Federal Register, and
as appropriate, inviting federal agency
experts to participate in the peer review or
advisory activity. The SAB, from time to
time, also convenes science workshops on
emerging issues, and invites federal agency
participation through the greater federal
scientific and research community.
EPA's Office of Small Business Programs
(OSBP) works with the Small Business
Administration (SBA) and other federal
agencies to increase the participation of
small and disadvantaged businesses in
EPA's procurements. OSBP works with the
SBA to develop EPA's goals for contracting
with small and disadvantaged businesses;
address bonding issues that pose a roadblock
for small businesses in specific industries,
such as environmental clean-up and
construction; and address data-collection
issues that are of concern to Offices of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU) throughout the federal
government. EPA's OSBP works closely
with the Center for Veterans Enterprise and
EPA's Regional and program offices to
increase the amount of EPA procurement
dollars awarded to Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
(SDVOSB). OSBP, through its Minority
Academic Institutions (MAI) Program, also
works with the Department of Education and
the White House Initiative on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to
increase the institutional capacity of
HBCUs, and to create opportunities for them
to work with federal agencies, especially in
the area of scientific research and
development. OSBP coordinates with the
Minority Business Development Agency,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Department of Defense (DoD), and many
other federal agencies to provide outreach to
small disadvantaged businesses and
Minority-Serving Institutions throughout the
United States and the trust territories.
OSBP's Director is an active participant in
the Federal OSDBU Directors' Council
(www.osdbu.gov). The OSDBU Directors'
Council collaborates to support major
outreach efforts to small and disadvantaged
businesses, SDVOSB, and minority
academic institutions via conferences,
business fairs, and speaking engagements.
The OSBP's Asbestos and Small Business
Ombudsman partners with SBA and other
federal agencies to ensure small business
concerns are considered in regulatory
development and compliance efforts, and to
provide networks, resources, tools, and
forums for education and advocacy on
behalf of small businesses across the
country.
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The Environmental Education program
which is housed within the Office of
External Affairs and Environmental
Education (OEAEE) (formerly the Office of
Environmental Education and Office of
Public Affairs, respectively) provides
leadership and support across EPA, the
federal government, and the nation to
promote environmental literacy. OEAEE
participates in numerous federal interagency
efforts. Examples include "Partners in
Resource Education" (PRE) which includes
federal land management agencies such as
the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management, and National Park Service;
NOAA's Ocean Education Workgroup; and
Department of Education's Federal
Interagency Committee on Education
(FICE). Other examples are the Office of
Science Technology and Policy's (OSTP)
Subcommittee on Education relating to
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM) education; and the
U.S. Global Change Research Program's
(USGCRP) Education Interagency
Workgroup that focuses on climate change
education and is co-chaired by NOAA and
NASA. OEAEE is also supporting
interagency projects with the U.S. Forest
Service to provide training to their education
partners on implementing quality education
programs and developing and applying an
assessment tool for use at nature centers.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
(OCFO)
OCFO makes active contributions to
standing interagency management
committees, including the Chief Financial
Officers Council focusing on improving
resources management and accountability
throughout the federal government. OCFO
actively participates on the Performance
Improvement Council which coordinates
and develops strategic plans, performance
plans, and performance reports as required
by law for the Agency. In addition, OCFO
participates in numerous OMB-led E-Gov
initiatives such as the Financial
Management and Budget Formulation and
Execution Lines of Business, and has
interagency agreements with DoD and
USDA for processing agency payroll and
travel transactions, respectively. OCFO also
participates with the Department of
Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Census in
maintaining the Federal Assistance Awards
Data System (FAADS). OCFO also
coordinates appropriately with Congress and
other federal agencies, such as Department
of Treasury, OMB, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO), and the
General Services Administration (GSA).
Office of Administration and Resources
Management (OARM)
EPA is committed to working with federal
partners that focus on improving
management and accountability throughout
the federal government. The Agency
provides leadership and expertise to
government-wide activities in various areas
of human resources, grants management,
contracts management, and homeland
security. These activities include specific
collaboration efforts with federal agencies
and departments through:
• Chief Human Capital Officers, a
group of senior leaders that
discuss human capital initiatives
across the federal government;
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• Legislative and Policy
Committee, a committee
comprised of other federal
agency representatives who
assist Office of Personnel and
Management in developing
plans and policies for training
and development across the
government; and
• The Chief Acquisition Officers
Council, the principal
interagency forum for
monitoring and improving the
federal acquisition system. The
Council also is focused on
promoting the President's
specific initiatives and policies
in all aspects of the acquisition
system.
The Agency is participating in government-
wide efforts to improve the effectiveness
and performance of federal financial
assistance programs, simplify application
and reporting requirements, and improve the
delivery of services to the public. This
includes membership on the Grants Policy
Committee, the Grants Executive Board, and
the Grants.gov User's Group. EPA also
participates in the Federal Demonstration
Partnership to reduce the administrative
burdens associated with research grants.
EPA is working with OMB, GSA, DHS, and
the DOC's National Institute of Standards
and Technology to implement the Smart
Card program.
Office of Environmental Information
To support EPA's overall mission, OEI
collaborates with a number of other federal
agencies, states, and tribal governments on a
variety of initiatives, including making
government more efficient and transparent,
protecting human health and the
environment, and assisting in homeland
security. OEI is primarily involved in the
information technology (IT), information
management (EVI), and information security
aspects of the projects it collaborates on.
The Chief Information Officer's (CIO)
Council: The CIO Council is the principal
interagency forum for improving practices
in the design, modernization, use, sharing,
and performance of federal information
resources. The Council develops
recommendations for IT management
policies, procedures, and standards;
identifies opportunities to share information
resources; and assesses and addresses the
needs of the federal IT workforce.
E-Rulemaking: EPA serves as the Program
Management Office (PMO) for the
eRulemaking Program. The eRulemaking
program's mission addresses two areas: to
improve public access, participation in and
understanding of the rulemaking process and
to improve the agencies' efficiency and
effectiveness in promulgating regulations.
The eRulemaking Program maintains a
public web site, www.Regulations.gov that
enables the general public to access and
make comments on various documents that
are published in the Federal Register,
including proposed regulations and agency-
specific notices. The Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) is the agency-
side of Regulations.gov, and enables the
various agencies to administer public
submissions regarding regulatory and other
documents posted by the agencies on the
Regulations.gov web site. The increased
public access to the agencies' regulatory
process enables a more informed public to
provide supporting technical/legal/economic
analyses to strengthen the agencies'
rulemaking vehicles. The Program
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Management Office (PMO) coordinates the
operations of the eRulemaking Program
through its 38 partner Departments and
Independent agencies (comprising more than
165 agencies, boards, commissions, and
offices). This coordination is realized
through the administrative boards that work
with the PMO on day-to-day operations,
ongoing enhancements, and long-range
planning for program development. These
administrative boards (the Executive
Committee and the Advisory Board) have
representative members from each partner
agency and deal with contracts, budget, web
site improvements, improved public access,
records management, and a host of other
regulatory concerns that were formally only
agency-specific in nature. The coordination
with the partner agencies allows for a more
uniform and consistent rulemaking process
across government. This coordination is
further realized by the fact that more than 90
percent of all federal rules promulgated
annually are managed through the
eRulemaking Program.
The National Environmental Exchange
Network (EN): The EN is a partnership
among states, tribes, and EPA. It is
revolutionizing the exchange of
environmental information by allowing
these partners to share data efficiently and
securely over the Internet. This approach is
providing real-time access to higher quality
data while saving time and resources, for all
of the partners. Leadership for the EN is
provided by the Exchange Network
Leadership Council (ENLC), which is co-
chaired by OEI and a state partner. The
ENLC works with representatives from the
EPA, state environmental agencies, and
tribal organizations to manage the Exchange
Network. FY 2012 will be a critical year for
the Exchange Network to complete its
current strategic plan to flow data across the
spectrum of EPA's programs.
Automated Commercial Environment/
International Trade Data System
(ACE/ITDS): ACE is the system being
built by Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to ensure that its customs agents have
the information they need to decide how to
handle goods and merchandise being
shipped into, or out of, the United States.
ITDS is the organizational framework by
which all government agencies with
import/export responsibilities participate in
the development of the ACE system. ACE
will be a single, electronic point of entry for
importers and exporters to report required
information to the appropriate agencies. It
also will be the way those agencies provide
CBP with information about potential
imports/exports. ACE eliminates the need,
burden, and cost of paper reporting. It also
allows importers and exporters to report the
same information to multiple Federal
agencies with a single submission.
EPA has the responsibility and legal
authority to make sure pesticides, toxic
chemicals, vehicles and engines, ozone-
depleting substances, and other commodities
entering the country meet our
environmental, human health, and safety
standards. EPA's ongoing collaboration
with CBP on the ACE/ITDS project will
greatly improve information exchange
between EPA and CBP. As a result,
Customs officers at our nation's borders will
have the information they need to admit
products that meet our environmental
regulations, and to interdict goods or
products that are hazardous or illegal.
EPA's work on ACE/ITDS builds on the
technical leadership developed by the
Central Data Exchange and Exchange
Network (CDX/EN). Applying the CDX/EN
technology offers all agencies participating
in ACE the opportunity to improve the
quality, timeliness, and accessibility of their
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data at lower cost. At least five agencies
have expressed interest in the CDX/EN
technology as a way to exchange data. By
FY 2012, EPA expects to have completed
pilot data exchanges with Customs and
Border Protection so that full-scale
development can occur. This will enable
EPA to share approaches and technology
with other Agencies who are interested.
EPA will either provide its technology and
approaches to them for replication or act as a
fee for service provider. This will save
money and create efficiencies government-
wide by eliminating redundancies in
infrastructure spending that would otherwise
be required across each agency.
Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) Support:
EPA's Automated Security Self-Evaluation
and Reporting Tool (ASSERT) provides
federal managers with the information they
need, from an enterprise perspective, to
make timely and informed decisions
regarding the level of security implemented
on their information resources. It provides
the reports and information those managers
need to protect their critical cyber
infrastructure and privacy information. It
helps agencies understand and assess their
security risks, monitor corrective actions and
provide standardized and automated FISMA
reports. Federal agencies using EPA's
FISMA Reporting Solution, and ASSERT,
include: EPA, Export-Import Bank (EXEVI),
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(PBGC), and the SB A.
Geospatial Information: EPA works
extensively with DOI, NOAA, U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), the USDA, the DHS and over 20
other Federal agencies through the activities
of the Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC) and the OMB Geospatial Line of
Business (GeoLoB). OEI leads several key
initiatives within the FGDC and GeoLoB,
and is one of only two agencies (the other
being the National Geospatial Intelligence
Agency) that participate in the Coordinating
Committee, Steering Committee, and
Executive Steering Committee of the FGDC,
and the Federal Geospatial Advisory
Committee. A key component of this work
is developing and implementing the
infrastructure to support a comprehensive
array of national spatial data - data that can
be attached to and portrayed on maps. This
work has several key applications, including
ensuring that human health and
environmental conditions are represented in
the appropriate contexts, supporting the
assessment of environmental conditions, and
supporting emergency first responders and
other homeland security situations. Through
programs like the EPA National Information
Exchange Network, EPA also works closely
with its state and tribal partners to ensure
consistent implementation of standards and
technologies supporting the efficient and
cost effective snaring of geographically
based data and services.
Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS): OEI works with the
Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) to
support EPA's involvement in the GEOSS
initiative. Other partners in this initiative
are: the U.S. Group on Earth Observations
(USGEO), and a significant number of other
federal agencies, including NASA, NOAA,
USGS, HHS, Department of Energy (DoE),
DoD, USDA, Smithsonian, the National
Science Foundation (NSF), USDA, State,
and the Department of Transportation
(DOT). Under the ten-year strategic plan
published by the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP) in 2005, OEI
and OSA are leading EPA's development of
the environmental component of the
Integrated Earth Observation System
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(IEOS), which will be the U.S. federal
contribution to the international GEOSS
effort. Earth observation data, models, and
decision-support systems will play an
increasingly important role in finding
solutions for complex problems, including
adaptation to climate change. OEI also
coordinates with OMB and OSTP to connect
the interagency GEOSS work with our Open
Government and Data.gov activities.
Chesapeake Bay Program: Operating
under Executive Order No. 13508, EPA is
working to help restore the Chesapeake Bay.
Federal Partners in this initiative are:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA); Natural Resources
Conservation Service; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; USGS; U.S. Forest Service;
National Park Service; and the U.S. Navy
(representing Department of Defense). The
States of New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, and the District of
Columbia, are also participating in the
effort. Using the Exchange Network (EPA's
existing network facilitating data sharing
among and with the states and tribes), OEI
will develop a similar resource for the
agencies working on the Chesapeake Bay,
and will couple it with geo-positioning
technologies.
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
The EPA Inspector General is a member of
the Council of Inspectors General on
Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an
organization comprised of Federal
Inspectors General (IG), GAO, and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The
CIGIE coordinates and improves the way
IGs conduct audits, investigations and
internal operations. The CIGIE also
promotes joint projects of government-wide
interest, and reports annually to the
President on the collective performance of
the IG community. The EPA OIG Office of
Cyber Investigations and Homeland Security
coordinate computer crime activities with
other law enforcement organizations such as
the FBI, Secret Service, and Department of
Justice. In addition, the OIG participates
with various inter-governmental audit
forums and professional associations to
exchange information, share best practices,
and obtain/provide training. The OIG also
promotes collaboration among EPA's
partners and stakeholders in the application
of technology, information, resources, and
law enforcement efforts through its outreach
activities. Further, the EPA OIG initiates
and participates in collaborative audits,
evaluations and investigations with OIGs of
agencies with an environmental mission
such as the DOI and USD A, and with other
federal, state, and local law enforcement
agencies as prescribed by the IG Act, as
amended.
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MAJOR MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGES
Introduction
The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000
requires the Inspector General to identify the
most serious management challenges facing
EPA, briefly assess the Agency's progress in
addressing them, and report annually. The
discussion that follows summarizes each of
the management challenges that EPA's
Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
have identified and presents the Agency's
response.
EPA has established a mechanism for
identifying and addressing its key
management challenges. As part of its
Federal Management Financial Integrity Act
(FMFIA) process, EPA senior managers
meet with representatives from EPA's OIG,
GAO, and the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to hear their views on EPA's
key management challenges. EPA managers
also use audits, reviews, and program
evaluations conducted internally and by
GAO, OMB, and OIG to assess program
effectiveness and identify potential
management issues. EPA recognizes that
management challenges, if not addressed
adequately, may prevent the Agency from
effectively meeting its mission. EPA
remains committed to addressing all
management issues in a timely manner and
will address them to the fullest extent of our
authority.
1. Addressing Emerging Climate
Change Issues
Summary of Challenge: According to
GAO, the federal government's approach to
climate change has been ad hoc and is not
well coordinated across government
agencies. For example, the federal
government lacks a comprehensive
approach for targeting federal research
dollars toward the development and
deployment of low-carbon technologies.
EPA, as well as other agencies, has been
slow to implement recommendations.
Agency Response: In the past two years,
EPA has taken several important actions to
address climate change. Currently, EPA
plays a key role in developing and
implementing President Obama's ambitious
climate change agenda. For instance, the
Agency is participating in strategic
discussions and providing technical advice
and analysis on the full range of domestic
climate policies and technologies. This
includes market-based energy legislation,
whether it be comprehensive or targeted;
transportation; energy efficiency and
renewable energy; and new technologies,
such as carbon capture and storage.
Additionally, EPA is taking regulatory
actions to address climate change and
continuing to implement its ongoing
voluntary partnership programs. EPA, in
conjunction with DOT, issued new
greenhouse gas emission standards for light
vehicles. EPA has also proposed new
greenhouse gas standards for heavy duty
vehicles and is considering appropriate
regulatory actions for other transportation
sources, in response to several petitions
which call for the Agency to address these
sources. In October 2009, EPA issued a
regulation establishing, for the first time, a
nationwide mandatory greenhouse gas
reporting program for large sources of
greenhouse gases and fuel suppliers, which
account for about 85 percent of national
emissions. Reporting under this program
began in 2011. In July 2008, EPA proposed
regulations under the Safe Drinking Water
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Act ensuring a protective regulatory
framework for commercial-scale facilities
that sequester carbon dioxide in geologic
formations. EPA is responding to the 2007
Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v.
EPA and has issued under the Clean Air Act
a finding that greenhouse gases endanger
public health and welfare and that emissions
from new motor vehicles contribute to that
threat.
EPA is implementing a Renewable Fuel
Standard as revised by the Energy
Independent and Security Act, requiring the
United States to incorporate 36 billion
gallons of biofuels, including requirements
for advanced and cellulosic fuels, into its
fuel supply by 2022. EPA has provided
extensive technical advice and economic
modeling on the major climate and energy
bills in the House and Senate.
Recognizing that climate change cuts across
many programs and offices within the
Agency, senior leadership is taking steps to
expand and improve communication and
coordination on emerging climate change
issues. Coordination mechanisms have been
established among EPA offices working on
climate change, including daily planning
calls, regular meetings at the Deputy
Administrator level, and extensive outreach
across offices and with the EPA regions.
These processes will ensure that the Agency
receives information and input, draws
effectively on its resources, and provides
useful information to its stakeholders around
the country. EPA has also identified two
High Priority Performance Goals to improve
the country's ability to measure and control
GHG emissions. Specifically, EPA will
ensure that data collected for the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule is made
publically available in a timely fashion, and
that they implement regulations designed to
reduce GHG emissions from light duty
vehicles sold in the United States starting
with model year 2012.
Finally, EPA continues to deliver on all
commitments under its ongoing partnership
programs to reduce greenhouse gases,
focused on energy efficiency, transportation,
and other sectors. Experience and
knowledge gained through these programs is
also informing EPA's input into the broader
climate policy discussion.
2 Reducing Domestic Greenhouse Gas
Emissions:
Summary of Challenge: In April 2007, the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the
Massachusetts v. EPA case that greenhouse
gases (GHGs) are air pollutants under the
Clean Air Act. In December 2009, the
Agency issued an endangerment finding for
six GHGs. According to OIG, although
EPA is addressing these findings through
regulations, voluntary programs, and
research and development, the Agency faces
significant challenges that are beyond its
control, including political and private
opposition, unverifiable data, and reliance
on multiagency research. For example,
EPA is developing regulations to control
GHG emissions without statutory language
that specifically establishes a GHG
program. Also, EPA is relying on data from
voluntary programs that may be unreliable
and unverifiable, and on multiagency
research for which it has limited control
over the content, conduct, and timing of the
research.
Agency Response: EPA is addressing these
findings through regulations, voluntary
programs, and research and development.
EPA agrees that it faces significant
challenges that are beyond its control,
including political and private opposition,
and reliance on multiagency research. The
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Office of Air and Radiation leads the
Agency's development of multiple mobile
source programs to address GHG emissions
from light-duty passenger vehicles, heavy-
duty vehicles, ocean-going vessels, aircraft
and other non-road engines. This work
involves extensive Agency efforts including
coordination with other federal agencies and
international organizations. The Agency is
also addressing the concern about
unverifiable data through the landmark
Greenhouse Gas Reporting program which
has been established to collect and verify
GHG emissions from over 10,000 large
sources. The Agency has set a goal to have
the data collected in 2010 publically
available by June 15, 2011.
3. Improving Implementation of the
Clean Air Act
Summary of Challenge: GAO reports that
EPA faces many challenges related to
implementation of the Clean Air Act,
including those related to coordination with
other federal agencies, analyses of health
impacts from air pollution, and delays in
regulating mercury and other air toxics.
EPA also faces challenges relating to
numerous regulatory proposals that have
been overturned or remanded by the courts.
Agency Response: Over the years, GAO
has conducted various studies that identified
key challenges EPA faces in implementing
the Clean Air Act (Improving Children's
Health, Managing Air Toxics, Uncertainty
of Health Benefits in Rules Addressing
Paniculate Matter, and Economic
Justification for Rule for Limiting Mercury
Emissions) and made recommendations
intended to enhance the effectiveness of its
clean air program. The Agency has devoted
substantial resources to addressing GAO's
recommendations and ensuring the effective
implementation of clean air programs, and it
is making substantial progress. Agency
efforts include working with the Children's
Health Protection Advisory Committee to
ensure transparency. Additionally, the
Agency is using the best possible science in
its decision-making processes. The Agency
is working to expand toxics monitoring in
affected communities, quantifying and
understanding the sources of uncertainty in
its benefit analyses, and issuing new rules to
address mercury emissions.
4. Water
and
Wastewater
Infrastructure
Summary of Challenge: Under the Clean
Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking
Water Act (SWDA), EPA is responsible for
assisting water and wastewater facilities in
meeting their water treatment requirements.
Many drinking water and wastewater
systems across the country are unable to
maintain compliance with federal water
standards due to repairs and new
constructions. OIG believes EPA needs to
take the lead in developing a coherent
federal strategy, within the limits of its
statutory authorities and responsibilities, to
assess the investment requirements and
work with states and local governments to
organize resources to meet water and
wastewater infrastructure needs.
Agency Response: Over the past year,
based on input from state and local
stakeholders EPA has developed a Clean
Water and Safe Drinking Water
Infrastructure Sustainability Policy which
will help set the course for our future efforts
across the water sector and with other
federal agencies, including the incorporation
of sustainability into the State Revolving
Loan programs. This Policy emphasizes the
importance of sustainable infrastructure and
systems in ensuring that communities across
the nation are sustainable.
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EPA also continues to work with partners
across the water sector to promote
sustainable water and wastewater systems
based on the ten Attributes of an Effectively
Managed Utility. This first-of-its-kind
national collaboration with six major water
sector associations provides water sector a
common management framework, which is
helping the sector move in a unified manner
towards sustainability. Building on
momentum with existing partners, EPA will
be reaching out to those that represent
smaller systems to ensure that the
framework is adopted across the spectrum of
large and small utilities.
To address the unique challenges faced by
small and disadvantaged drinking water
systems, EPA has been working with a
group of states to evaluate existing
implementation efforts, roadblocks to
building water system capacity, and
identifying best practices that can aid in the
implementation of the SDWA's Capacity
Development Program. Ultimately, this re-
energizing effort should lead to increased
sharing of implementation best practices and
stronger Capacity Development programs,
and ultimately help more public water
systems be sustainable. Based on the efforts
over the past year, EPA, states and other
stakeholders will be engaging in a variety of
activities to improve water system technical,
managerial and financial capacity, including
increasing collaboration between the
Capacity Development and Drinking Water
SRF Programs.
Recognizing that water efficiency has
significant implications for water
infrastructure, EPA has continued to expand
the WaterSense program, launched in 2006.
The WaterSense label makes it easy for
consumers to find products and services that
save water while ensuring performance,
thereby reducing the burden on
infrastructure and mitigating water
availability challenges. It also helps to build
a national consciousness of the value of
water and water services, which is essential
to the national awareness and acceptance
that everyone must help pay for our
infrastructure needs. WaterSense milestones
in the last year include the release of
specifications for new homes and
showerheads.
Sustainable Infrastructure has also been
integrated into the Sustainable Communities
partnership with the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) and
Department of Transportation (DOT). As
our nation plans for future growth, we must
ensure that water infrastructure and water
quality are priorities as we develop policies
to ensure sustainable communities. To that
end, applicants were encouraged to consider
water infrastructure planning with other
considerations in the $100 million grant
notice that was recently released by HUD.
EPA is also conducting pilots with three
states on incorporating sustainability into
Clean Water Revolving Fund loan program
priorities - both on the system and
community levels.
In these and other ways, EPA has taken a
leading role with Federal partners and has
worked to increase public awareness and
appreciation of the need for sustainable
water infrastructure.
The following bullets give a summary of
some of the other recent activities under the
Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative:
• In May, EPA convened the regions
and various Headquarters offices for
a national meeting to better define
and invigorate efforts to promote
asset management. As a follow-up
to the meeting, we are working to
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better integrate asset management
into the daily work of the Regions, as
well as permits and enforcement
offices.
• In addition to the ongoing series of
asset management training courses
EPA offers across the country (40
sessions conducted over the last 8
years), the Agency conducted two
beta versions of a second asset
management training course to deal
with more advanced topics.
• EPA will continue its efforts to
promote better management
practices at the system level to
improve system technical,
managerial and financial capacity.
Central to this effort is the Check Up
Program for Small Systems
(CUPSS) asset management software
for drinking and wastewater systems.
CUPSS is a free, easy-to-use, asset
management tool for small drinking
water and wastewater utilities. In
partnership with state agencies and
technical assistance providers, the
Agency continues to promote and
assist small systems to learning
about and doing asset management
by using CUPSS. A comprehensive
marketing, user support, and training
strategy will be fully implemented,
with emphasis on leveraging our
state and training assistance provider
partners as the "CUPSS Trainer
Network." EPA will also be
launching a self-paced, on-line
training for users to learn how to use
CUPSS.
• In the fall of 2009, EPA completed
two workshops with EPA Regions 6
and 8 to introduce utilities to a
program to improve their energy
efficiency and management based on
the Energy Management Guidebook
for Wastewater and Drinking Water
Utilities. Since the Guidebook was
published in 2008, EPA has
sponsored a total of 21 workshops
around the country. EPA Regional
offices are now working with over
100 utilities across the country to
help them develop more detailed
energy management programs based
on the Guidebook.
• EPA is developing an energy audit
tool and audit protocol for small
water and wastewater systems to
help them evaluate their energy
usage and identify opportunities to
reduce energy use. Following beta
and pilot testing the tool with small
utilities, EPA will launch a
marketing and training effort.
• Growth of the WaterSense
partnership to more than 600
promotional partners, 165
manufacturers, 165 retailer/
distributors (including Lowe's and
Home Depot), and 1000 irrigation
partners as of December, 2010. The
program has also signed on more
than 45 builders and licensed
certification providers who inspect
homes prior to labeling. The first
WaterSense labeled homes were
completed in the fall of 2010. In
2009 (the most recent year for which
we have data), WaterSense labeled
products saved more than 36 billion
gallons of water and more than $267
million on consumers' water and
sewer bills.
• EPA is actively working with a long
list of partners to implement our
Green Infrastructure Action Plan.
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The focus of this work is on green
infrastructure approaches to
managing wet weather. Among
other activities, the Action Plan aims
to better document costs, benefits
and effectiveness of practices,
incorporate green infrastructure into
Long Term Control Plans for
combined sewer overflows, and
foster implementation in
communities across the country.
• EPA continues an active schedule of
outreach activities through various
communications channels, including
notably a series of webcasts on
topics which range across the SI
initiative.
5. Addressing Clean Water Issues
Summary of Challenge: EPA partners with
federal, state, and local agencies and others
to reduce pollution in the nation's waters,
but many pollution sources are difficult to
monitor and regulate. GAO believes the
Agency should address past GAO
recommendations for regulating storm water
runoff and discharges from animal feeding
operations and for improving the
Chesapeake Bay Program and Great Lakes
Initiative. In addition, among the most
daunting water pollution control problems,
GAO notes that the nation's water utilities
face billions of dollars in upgrades to aging
and deteriorating infrastructures that, left
unaddressed, can affect the quality of our
water
Agency Response: To adequately address
water quality issues pertaining to
stormwater, EPA has committed to take
final action on a rulemaking to address, at
minimum, stormwater discharges from
newly developed and redeveloped sites by
November, 2012. In addition, further action
specific to the Chesapeake Bay watershed
that may entail more stringent measures
and/or accelerated implementation of
proposed measures included in the national
rule will also be incorporated into the final
rulemaking. Other stormwater discharges,
such as from existing development in
urbanized areas, linear facilities (roads and
other transportation venues), and certain
types of industrial stormwater discharges
may also be included within the scope of
this new rule. Expansion of the universe of
regulated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
Systems (MS4s) is also likely under this
rulemaking. This is a very complex,
detailed, and difficult effort that will require
substantial human and financial resources,
especially given the extremely compressed
schedule to which EPA has committed.
EPA is in a pre-proposal stage for a rule
that, under section 308 of the Clean Water
Act, would collect facility information from
concentrated animal feeding operations
(CAFOs). The rule would establish a
national inventory and assist with the
implementation of the CAFO NPDES
regulations. In line with EPA's commitment
to transparency, the Agency will be seeking
public comment throughout the rulemaking
process. Proposal of the rule and final
action will take place by May 2012.
Revised CAFO NPDES regulations require
EPA and authorized States to issue permits
for an expanded universe (from the 1974
regulations) of CAFOs that discharge or
propose to discharge to Waters of the U.S.
In 2002, about 4,000 CAFOs were permitted
out of a total of 12,800 CAFOs. Today,
EPA estimates that approximately 14,400
out of 19,200 total CAFOs may need
permits, yet only 8,000 of these CAFOs
have NPDES permits to date. In addition,
inspections will require substantial effort to
determine whether CAFOs will discharge
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and are in compliance with their new
nutrient management plans (NMPs).
EPA estimates that the NPDES CAFO rule
revisions will result in an annual pollutant
reduction of 56 million pounds of
phosphorus, 110 million pounds of nitrogen,
and two billion pounds of sediment. To
realize these pollutant reductions, States
must adopt the provisions of the new
regulations and then issue permits consistent
with those rules. Additional Agency
resources are needed to assist States in
developing revised legislation, regulations,
and/or permits to reflect the new regulations
and to oversee State review of NMPs.
States need additional resources to revise
their programs, to review NMPs for every
permitted CAFO, and to increase
enforcement and compliance efforts to
ensure that all CAFOs that discharge seek
permit coverage and carry out proper
operation and maintenance.
Under the Chesapeake Bay Program, the
Agency is establishing a Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) which will establish a
rigorous accountability framework to ensure
that all practices (including those for storm
water systems and animal feeding
operations) needed to reduce pollution and
meet the Bay water quality standards, are in
place by 2025. Additionally, the Agency is
initiating national rulemaking to control
storm water discharges from new
development and redevelopment sites;
reviewing each state's CAFO program to
ensure that they meet the programmatic
requirements of the 2008 rule; reviewing
each state's technical standards for nutrient
management to ensure they meet the
requirements of the CFO regulation; and
developing new CAFO regulations to more
effectively address pollutant reductions
necessary for the TMDL.
EPA disagrees with GAO's assumption that
unacceptable inconsistency exists and that
finalizing the draft permitting strategy
(referred to in GAO report 08-312T) would
enhance consistency. The Agency believes
that there is a high level of consistency in
mercury criteria among the Great Lakes
states, and that the state approaches for
incorporating Great Lakes Initiatives (GLI)
mercury requirements in permits are very
similar. Rather than developing a permitting
strategy, it would be more productive to
ensure that the states follow the strategies
they have developed, which are based on
EPA-approved state requirements, and
borrow from the approaches other states
have developed, as appropriate. The
Agency will reconvene the GLI workgroup
to focus on GLI implementation issues,
including consistency across states. The
Agency believes that this, along with
providing additional support for state
implementation efforts will be more
effective than a permitting strategy in
achieving even greater consistency in
mercury reduction strategies and goals.
Agency efforts will include:
• Provide regional oversight regarding
mercury requirements in state-issued
permits and work with states to
develop standard language for
development and implementation of
mercury Pollutant Minimization
Program (PMPs) in NPDES permits,
as appropriate
• Develop tools to assess compliance
with mercury PMPs; and
• Assess the most effective approaches
for reducing loadings by point source
discharge.
6. Safe Reuse of Contaminated Sites
Summary of Challenge: EPA places
increasing emphasis on the reuse of
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contaminated or once-contaminated
properties and has a performance measure
to define a population of contaminated sites
that are ready for reuse. EPA faces
"significant and increasing" challenges in
this area, however, due to the common
practice of not removing all sources of
contamination from hazardous sites; a
regulatory structure that places key
responsibilities for monitoring and
enforcing the long-term safety of
contaminated sites on non-EPA parties that
may lack necessary resources, information,
and skill; changes in site risks as site
conditions change over time; and existing
weaknesses in EPA 's oversight of the long-
term safety of sites. EPA will continually
need to assess challenges it faces as well as
challenges among the diverse group of non-
EPA parties it must work with to ensure sites
are safely reused. To address the
challenges, these assessments should
include consideration of new or expanded
authorities and regulations, organization
structures, and dedicated funding and
resources.
Agency Response: According to OIG,
many contaminated sites, such as Superfund
sites, must be monitored in the long term
(i.e. 30 years or more) because known
contamination is often not removed or
remediated and controls that prevent
prohibited activities at sites must be
maintained and enforced. New controls or
monitoring may be required if previously
undetected or new contaminants emerge,
which can happen directly as a result of a
change in the site brought about by reuse.
The lack of effective long-term monitoring
and enforcement of reuse controls at
contaminated sites can pose significant risks
to human health and the environment.
For sites remediated under CERCLA, where
waste is left in place above levels that allow
for unlimited use and unrestricted access,
EPA performs five year reviews (FYRs) to
ensure that sites remain protective. One of
the primary functions of the FYR is to
determine whether new information about
contaminants e.g., new toxicity data, or
exposure pathways (e.g., a change in land
use) at the site is available, that would
compromise the protectiveness of the site. If
such a change is found to compromise
protectiveness, additional action will be
taken to ensure that the public is protected.
With the vapor intrusion pathway, many
Regions did not wait for the FYR to
consider the importance of this potential
exposure pathway and prioritized sites for
investigation before the next FYR.
Superfund can take remedial action even at
sites that have been deleted from the
National Priorities List (NPL).
This process addresses the vast majority of
"emerging" contaminant situations that we
observe at NPL sites. Most so called
emerging contaminant issues result from
changes in toxicity values or changes in
detection levels, both of which will be
addressed in the FYR. In the rare situation
where a site is not subject to FYR, EPA has
information resources such as CERCLIS, a
searchable database for records of decision
that can be used to identify sites where new
contaminant information may lead to
questions of long-term protectiveness. In
these situations, EPA can relook at sites and
determine whether additional action is
warranted.
EPA is actively involved in working with
stakeholders to promote site reuse, such as
with our Return to Use Initiative. The
Agency makes specific inquiry of the site
managers and other stakeholders about new
issues that might affect site risks if the site
goes into reuse. Vapor intrusion is routinely
examined as a potential concern at such
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sites. In addition, for sites further along in
the cleanup process, we always review the
most recent Five Year Reviews to help
determine whether there are changed
conditions or anything else that might affect
site safety during reuse. Site safety never
takes a back seat to promotion of site reuse.
EPA places a high priority on the
implementation of appropriate institutional
controls (ICs) in working with site
stakeholders considering site reuse. For
example, one of the objectives of our Return
to Use Initiative is to evaluate and, if
necessary, modify and implement
requirements for ICs. Also, our guidance
for issuing Ready for Reuse Determinations
requires that ICs be in place. Finally, our
Site-wide Ready for Anticipated Use GPRA
performance measure counts only sites that
have required ICs fully implemented.
EPA has also found that supporting and
encouraging reuse can facilitate the
successful implementation and enforcement
of appropriate ICs. Specifically, EPA signs
a State Superfund Contract (SSC) with the
State, which outlines roles and
responsibilities, including implementation
and enforcement of ICs, roles and
responsibilities for operations and
maintenance of engineering controls. Under
CERCLA, States are responsible for O&M
activities, including oversight of work done
by potentially responsible parties.
Nevertheless, EPA is responsible for
performing FYRs at sites where waste is left
in place above levels that allow for
unlimited use and unrestricted access,
regardless of who is performing Operations
and Maintenance (O&M). This periodic
review is an excellent mechanism for
providing long-term stewardship of sites. In
the event of natural disasters (earthquakes,
hurricanes), EPA routinely makes special
reviews of sites to ensure that protectiveness
has not been compromised.
Long-term stewardship considerations are
important factors in developing enforcement
agreements with responsible parties or with
parties redeveloping sites. Long-term
response costs are important considerations
in determining the present worth value of
remedial alternatives. We are working to
ensure that the implementation costs
associated with ICs is considered as part of
the remedy selection process.
In addition, EPA is developing tools to make
1C information more readily available to the
public, including developers. Again, under
CERCLA much of this responsibility resides
with the States by law, but EPA works with
the States so that they understand the long-
term stewardship needs of the remedies
chosen for sites.
The OIG overstates the level of threat
associated with the site reuse issues and
does not demonstrate that the process is not
protective. In general, site reuse, limited
recreation use along a bike path, was not
inconsistent with the implemented site
remediation. Recreational use is not
unrestricted use and does not assume
unlimited access. The "new" contamination
that the OIG cites is noted in the previous
FYR, so is not truly a new contaminant, nor
was it found at a level that posed a threat to
human health and the environment. In
addition, institutional controls for the site
worked to require a property owner who
acquired a portion of the site to consult with
EPA and obtain permission from the State
before performing any construction on the
site.
EPA cannot constantly monitor all reuse
plans at all sites. EPA routinely reviews
reuse plans brought to them by owners,
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developers, and other parties to ensure they
are consistent with the remedy. The onus is
on the developer to share plans with EPA.
EPA does not control land use and EPA
cannot dictate or monitor reuse plans.
However, EPA can and does work with
owners to ensure appropriate reuse when
those plans are brought to the Agency's
attention.
Generally, deleted sites with waste left in
place are monitored through Five Year
Reviews, which evaluate reuse activities on
and near the site, as well as changed site
conditions, to determine if the remedy
remains protective. If no waste is left in
place there should be no need to monitor site
reuse.
A Ready for Reuse (RfR) Determination
should not be issued for every site. The
Agency has found that they appear to be
most useful at sites where Superfund stigma
is a significant barrier to site reuse. Stigma
can affect the willingness of developers to
work with a site, lenders to lend funds for
site redevelopment, or prospective site users
to feel comfortable visiting the site. The
RfR Determination does describe
appropriate use and limitations on site use;
however, this information is also available
and taken from other documents in the site
repository.
OIG asserts that EPA's management of the
long-term oversight and monitoring
requirements for the safe reuse of
contaminated sites has lagged behind the
Agency's marketing of site reuse
opportunities and its showcasing of
successes. This gap promises to increase
substantially as EPA continues to heavily
promote the reuse of contaminated sites
without investing in the tools needed to
ensure the safe, long-term use of these sites.
Promoting reuse sends a strong message to
communities that EPA is a necessary
participant in the dialogue. Seeing EPA as a
collaborator rather than an impediment
means that communities involve EPA in the
reuse process, which allows EPA to
communicate key messages about
protectiveness. Once communities are ready
to engage in a dialogue about using a site,
EPA can offer a number of tools to ensure
the reuse is appropriate and will enhance
long-term protectiveness. Below are a few
of the tools EPA actively promotes to ensure
appropriate and safe reuse of sites:
• Ready for Reuse Determinations are
environmental status reports that
reiterate the limitations and
opportunities associated with the
reuse of sites. As noted in the OIG
report, these are not mandatory for
each site, but may be useful for
sharing information about the site to
a broader audience. EPA
Headquarters consistently uses
opportunities to educate remedial
project managers about where and
how it can be used, most recently at
the 2010 National Association of
Remedial Project Manager's
conference.
• Comfort and status letters are issued
by Regions to convey the status of
the site remediation, describe site
limitations and protectiveness issues
and clarify liability issues.
• Prospective purchaser inquiry calls
provide consistent and reliable
information about limitations and
opportunities at sites. Frequently,
these calls result in prospective
purchasers determining that sites are
not appropriate. However, this
outcome is not deemed a failure
since it provided information that
future users would need to
understand before using a site.
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• EPA-funded reuse planning offers
communities and key stakeholders
the opportunity to engage in an
educated and realistic dialogue about
the reuse of sites. EPA project
managers serve as information
resources during these exercises,
where information about institutional
controls and long-term stewardship
are integrated into the reuse planning
process.
• Site reuse fact sheets provide key
information to parties interested in
the reuse of sites. These single-page
fact sheets highlight critical remedial
components in place, long term
maintenance activities, and
institutional controls.
• CERCLIS provides detailed
information about the institutional
controls in place at sites, in addition
to their eligibility to meet
performance measures that affirm all
remedial components and
institutional controls are in place.
The Site Wide Ready for Anticipated Use
(SWRAU) and Cross Program
Revitalization Measure (CPRM) Ready for
Anticipated Use (RAU) performance
measures have explicit criteria that are used
to evaluate whether a site is protective.
These measures can communicate when
EPA feels that all remedial components and
institutional controls are in place such that
the site can accommodate its reasonably
anticipated future land use.
We believe that through these measures and
tools we do an effective job of
communicating site risks and remedies, and
information site users need to know to be
able to use the sites without compromising
protectiveness. We will continue to explore
new tools and approaches to sharing this
information to ensure that our sites remain
safe in their future uses.
7. Speeding the Pace of Cleanup at
Superfund and other Hazardous
Waste Sites
Summary of Challenge: In 1980 Congress
passed the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
better known as Superfund, which gave the
federal government the authority to ensure
the cleanup of hazardous waste sites both on
private and public land. GAO believes that
declining appropriations (when adjusted for
inflation) have slowed the pace of cleanups.
Further, GAO notes that EPA has not
implemented a 1980 mandate requiring
businesses to demonstrate that they can pay
for potential environmental cleanups, that
is, to provide financial assurance. GAO has
recommended that EPA (1) ensure that
financial assurances are in place for sites
that manufacture or use toxic chemicals; (2)
improve the institutional controls at
contaminated sites; (3) ensure that owners
of underground storage tanks maintain
access to adequate financial resources and
state insurance funds provide reliable
coverage for cleanups; and (4) establish a
formal structure to centrally track and
monitor the status of cleanup efforts.
Agency Response: EPA recognizes the
need for program improvements and has
efforts under way to address GAO's
concerns regarding the pace of cleanup at
Superfund and other hazardous waste sites.
While it is recognized that continued work is
necessary in two of these areas to improve
program implementation, such work is
already underway. Specifically, in July
2009, EPA published a notice in the Federal
Register identifying Hard Rock Mining as
the first class of facilities for which financial
responsibility requirements will be
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developed. In January 2010, EPA published
an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(ANPRM) that identified three additional
classes of facilities for which it plans to
develop financial assurance requirements.
This substantial regulatory effort is
scheduled to continue through 2012.
EPA released a strategy to ensure
institutional control (1C) implementation at
Superfund sites in September 2004,
developed an 1C tracking system to ensure
that sites have appropriate ICs in place, and
provided public access to 1C information at
Superfund sites. EPA is also developing
guidance on implementation and assurance
plans for ICs. These efforts recognize that
there is a significant role for local and state
governments in the planning, implementing,
monitoring and enforcing of ICs relied upon
in cleanup of many contaminated sites. In
addition, OSRTI is developing three
guidance documents. One clarifies the
process of planning, implementing,
monitoring and enforcing ICs across several
EPA programs including Superfund, RCRA,
UST, and Brownfields cleanups. A second
document provides guidance for evaluating
the contribution to remedy protectiveness of
institutional controls during the five-year
review process; and a third document
provides guidance for developing 1C
Implementation and Assurance Plans.
EPA has made progress on the issues of
financial responsibility with respect to the
underground storage tanks program on a
number of fronts. The Agency has
incorporated verification of financial
responsibility into its EPA inspection
requirement and has undertaken an
examination of private insurance. The
Agency has also undertaken a significant
analytical study of the cleanup backlog,
sifting through the data from 14 states and
seeks to identify the attributes of groups of
open, unaddressed releases. Efforts to
improve oversight of state funds continue to
evolve and publication of the Agency's
guidance is expected by the end of this year.
With respect to the fourth recommendation,
EPA already tracks Superfund cleanup
efforts through its CERCLIS database,
which contains information (including site
contaminant information) on all Superfund
sites.
8. EPA's Framework for Assessing and
Managing Chemical Risks /
Transforming EPA's Processes for
Controlling Toxic
Assessing and
Chemicals
Summary of Challenge: OIG and GAO
believe that EPA 's effectiveness in assessing
and managing chemical risks is hampered in
part by limitations on the Agency's authority
to regulate chemicals under Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). In January
2009, GAO included EPA's process for
assessing and controlling toxic chemicals on
its high-risk list. GAO notes that EPA 's
ability to protect public health and the
environment depends on credible and timely
assessment of the risks posed by toxic
chemicals. EPA's Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS), which contains
assessments of more than 500 toxic
chemicals, is at a serious risk of becoming
obsolete because EPA has been unable to
keep its existing assessments current or to
complete assessments of important
chemicals of concerns. OIG reports that
EPA 's New Chemicals Program is limited in
assessment, oversight, and transparency and
that performance measures for managing
risks from new chemicals neither accurately
reflect program performance nor assure
compliance.
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Agency Response: GAO identified
"Transforming EPA's Processes for
Assessing and Controlling Chemicals" as a
high-risk area in its January 2009 High-Risk
Series. Regarding IRIS, GAO states that the
Agency needs to take actions to increase
transparency and timeliness. EPA
acknowledged "Streamlining Chemical
Assessments Under IRIS" as an Agency-
level weakness under the Federal Financial
Managers' Integrity Act in October 2009. In
May 2010, OIG identified "EPA's
Framework for Assessing and Managing
Chemical Risks" as a management
challenge.
Improving IRIS Process
In May 2009, the Agency released a new
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
process for completing health assessments.
The goal of the new process is to strengthen
program management, increase
transparency, and expedite the timeliness of
health assessments. Additionally, the
Agency implemented steps to reduce the
IRIS backlog by focusing resources on 47
assessments that were farther along in the
assessment process. Of these 47
assessments, 10 were completed, 19 are
undergoing external peer review or final
Agency and interagency review, three are in
interagency science consultation, and 15 are
in draft development or Agency review. In
FY 2010, EPA released 7 major assessments
(formaldehyde, dioxin, trichloroethylene,
PAH mixtures, dichloromethane, methanol,
chromium VI) for external peer review and
public comment. These assessments are
being reviewed by the NAS, EPA's SAB or
other independent external peer review
panels. The Agency is committed to
continuing to move these assessments
through the IRIS process to completion.
Work has also begun on 20 additional
backlogged assessments. As major
assessments requiring a large commitment
of FTE are completed, EPA anticipates
being able to address a greater number of
assessments. In addition, the program has
expanded its focus to include more
cumulative approaches for assessing risks to
chemicals in its assessments. This
significant investment of effort is focused on
assessments of health effects for chemicals
found in environmental mixtures and
includes PAHs, dioxins, phthalates and
PCBs. These cumulative approaches will
increase the number of chemicals that are
addressed by the IRIS Program, which are
based upon the expressed needs of the
Agency.
The Agency established the IRIS Update
Project in 2010 in response to a backlog of
outdated assessments. Toxicity values older
than ten years old are screened for the
availability of new data or new assessment
methods that could change toxicity values or
the cancer descriptor. Toxicity values will
be updated in batches of 8-12 assessments,
reviewed by a Federal Standing Science
Committee, and subject to independent
external peer review. The 2009/2010
agenda for the IRIS Update Project was
announced in a Federal Register Notice on
October 21, 2009 (74 FR 54040).
In FY 2010, to ensure that resources were
focused on the greatest IRIS Program needs,
the Agency expanded the role of its program
and regional offices in nominating and
prioritizing chemicals for IRIS assessment.
The IRIS Program met extensively with
internal program and regional offices to
better understand their assessment needs and
gather input on priorities for the current
IRIS agenda. This information is being used
to help determine which assessments will be
completed first.
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Additionally, the Agency is partnering with
the California Environmental Protection
Agency's (CalEPA) Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry to pool resources and share
information. This partnership is expected to
eventually increase the IRIS Program's
efficiency and output of assessments.
The Agency now has an IRIS Logistics
Team that coordinates IRIS-related
administrative support. The Logistics Team
is a matrix-managed team that includes
administrative personnel who work on IRIS-
related activities, which were previously
performed by individual chemical managers.
Having administrative coordination
increases efficiency and provides more time
for the chemical managers to focus on
scientific work.
The Agency began a pilot project in FY
2010 to advance the next generation
(NextGen) of risk assessment. NextGen
explores the use of molecular systems
biology in developing health assessments.
This collaborative effort (with the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
the National Human Genome Research
Institute, and CalEPA) is expected to
demonstrate how high throughput data can
be used to rapidly develop health
assessments.
Additionally, EPA recently developed a
web-based Health Effects Research Online
(HERO) database which provides access to
the scientific literature used in EPA's health
and environmental risk assessments. The
scientific assessments serve as the
foundation for key Agency decisions to
protect human health and the environment.
HERO allows EPA scientists to access,
review, and evaluate thousands of published
research studies. The public can also use
HERO to see the scientific studies EPA
officials use in making key regulatory
decisions.
Management of Endocrine Disrupting
Chemicals
Regarding the management of chemicals,
OIG asserts that 14 years after the passage
of the Food Quality Protection Act and
amendments to the SOW A, EPA has yet to
regulate the endocrine-disrupting effects of
any chemicals. The Agency established a
multi- stakeholder federal advisory
committee, the Endocrine Disrupter
Screening and Testing Advisory Committee
(EDSTAC) under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
Section 9(c). This committee was asked to
provide advice to the Agency on how to
design a screening and testing program for
endocrine disrupting chemicals. In 1998,
the EDSTAC published their final report,
which included five fundamental
recommendations:
1) Expand the evaluation of
additional modes of action beyond
estrogen disruption to include test
systems that detect androgen and
thyroid disruption directly and via
the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal
(HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-
thyroidal (HPT) axes.
2) Expand the target population
beyond humans to include animal
wildlife
3) Expand screening beyond
pesticides (approximately 2000
chemicals) to include all chemicals
to which humans and the
environment are exposed (estimated
at 87,000 chemicals).
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4) Incorporate a two-tiered
approach: Tier 1 would identify the
potential of chemicals to interact
with the estrogen, androgen and
thyroid hormone systems. Tier 2
would identify the potential hazard
and establish dose-response
relationships.
5) Develop a priority setting data
base that would permit the selection
of chemicals for screening on the
basis of both exposure and potential
hazard.
EPA has had three major tasks to complete
before it could issue test orders to pesticide
registrants and chemical manufacturers to
commence testing. Validation to establish
the relevance and reliability of the assays
was the largest of these tasks. EPA has
followed a five-stage assay validation
process that included: 1) test development,
2) pre-validation testing, 3) inter-laboratory
validation studies, 4) peer review and 5)
regulatory acceptance, as described at the
EDSP website:
(http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/pubs/
assayvalidation/status.htm). Each of the
first three of these stages typically took a
year or more to complete and had to be
completed sequentially as the knowledge
developed in one stage was essential to the
conduct of the next stage. Peer review of
these assays was completed in mid-2008.
A second task was the prioritization of
chemicals to be screened. EPA planned on
using the high throughput in vitro assays
used by the pharmaceutical industry as a
means to rapidly identify those chemicals
that may interact with the endocrine system.
In a demonstration with 65 chemicals
conducted in 1998-99, the high throughput
screens failed to correctly identify most of
the chemicals known to interact with
hormone receptors; thus, EPA was forced to
adopt a different approach for selecting
chemicals. A pilot demonstration of the
utility of existing information led EPA to the
conclusion that this was also not a cost-
effective way to prioritize and select
chemicals for screening. In 2005, EPA
finally proposed and took comment on using
exposure information only to identify
chemicals, primarily pesticides, in the first
round of Tier 1 screening. This approach
led to the proposal of the first list of
chemicals for screening in 2007.
The third task was to develop the policies
and procedures which would apply to test
order recipients. These include the
procedures for responding to test orders,
minimizing duplicative testing, providing
for data compensation, and protecting
sensitive information. In addition, EPA
developed cost estimates for conducting the
Tier 1 battery which formed the basis of an
Information Collection Request (ICR)
submitted to OMB in 2008. The ICR was
approved in the fall of 2009, and the first
test orders were issued in October 2009.
Despite the fact that the EDSP has only
begun to screen chemicals, EPA has been
obtaining useful information regarding
endocrine-related health effects, as
documented by annual reports to Congress
(EPA has regulated 79 pesticides on the
basis of endocrine effects identified through
testing required by the pesticide registration
program). Additionally, the Agency plans
on implementing the EDSP for pesticides on
a routine basis by first issuing orders for
pesticides entering Registration Review.
The Registration Review program requires
all pesticides currently registered to be
reevaluated to ensure they meet current
scientific and regulatory standards.
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While the complexity of the scientific and
regulatory process for implementing the
EDSP warrant the designation of the EDSP
as a "management challenge," the progress
made this year in issuing test orders and
fully implementing the EDSP demonstrates
that the EDSP should not be regarded as a
material weakness.
GAO has stated that EPA's framework for
assessing and managing chemical risks has
not yet achieved the goal of protecting
human health and the environment and
EPA's effectiveness in assessing and
managing chemical risks is hampered in part
by limitations on the Agency's authority to
regulate chemicals under TSCA. In a
similar vein, OIG believes EPA needs to
transform its processes for assessing and
controlling toxic chemicals.
EPA has announced its principles to
strengthen US chemical management laws,
and initiated a comprehensive effort to
enhance the Agency's current chemicals
management program within the limits of
existing authorities, and will sustain this
effort in the FY 2012 President's Budget.
This effort includes:
• Using regulatory mechanisms to fill
remaining gaps in critical exposure
and health and safety data for
chemicals already in commerce and
increasing transparency and public
access to information on TSCA
chemicals;
• Using data from all available sources
to prioritize chemicals for
assessment and conducting detailed
chemical risk assessments to inform
and support development and
implementation of risk management
actions;
Using all available authorities under
TSCA to take immediate and lasting
action to eliminate or reduce
identified chemical risks and develop
safer alternatives; and
Preventing introduction of unsafe
new chemicals into commerce.
Making Public
Obtaining, Managing and
Chemical Information:
In FY 2012, EPA will continue expanding
use of regulatory mechanisms to fill
remaining gaps in critical exposure and
health and safety data for chemicals already
in commerce, improve management of
TSCA information resources and maximize
their availability and usefulness to the
public, including:
• Consider issuing and implementing
TSCA Section 4 Test Rules to obtain
data needed to evaluate the safety of
existing chemicals, including:
o More than 100 HPV
chemicals not sponsored
under the HPV Challenge
Program;
o 125 or more chemicals newly
identified as HPV chemicals
in TCSA Inventory Update
Reports submitted to EPA in
2011; and,
o Several other chemicals
including bisphenol A (BPA)
and certain nanoscale
materials;
• Processing submission of 2011 IUR
data reports for chemicals produced
in volumes of greater than 25
thousand pounds per year.
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o In August 2010, EPA
proposed modifications to the
IUR rule under Section 8 of
TSCA, presenting a range of
options for public comment
to make the reporting of
chemical use information
more transparent, more
current, more useful, and
more useable by the public.
• Increasing transparency by
reviewing all new TSCA chemical
health and safety studies claimed in
FY 2012 as CBI and reviewing 4,400
CBI cases submitted prior to 2010,
challenging claims and declassifying
studies where appropriate;
• Digitizing over 20,000 TSCA
documents received under TSCA
Sections 4, 5 and 8, and making
those data, where appropriate,
available to the public; and,
• Expanding electronic reporting to
include all TSCA health and safety
submissions and fully deploying 21st
century information technology to
more effectively and efficiently store
and disseminate TSCA information.
Screening and Assessing Chemical Risks:
In FY 2012, EPA will assess the risks of
priority chemicals to determine what risk
management is needed and to inform and
support development and implementation of
risk management actions, as appropriate, by:
• Initiating detailed chemical risk
assessments of priority chemicals
that will inform the need for and
support development of risk
management actions, with several of
the assessments being completed in
FY2012;
• Developing hazard characterizations
for 500 additional HPV chemicals
using the data obtained through
TSCA test rules, the TSCA IUR and
previous voluntary industry
submissions, bringing the cumulative
total by the end of FY 2012 to 2,165
of the 2,900 HPV chemicals
identified prior to the 2011 TSCA
IUR;
• Increasing use of intelligent testing
approaches to improve our ability to
understand chemical risks;
• Developing methodologies and tools
to better assess risks from high
priority chemicals such as PBT
chemicals in consumer products to
support risk management actions on
these chemicals;
• Analyzing the data EPA has received
through its Nanoscale Materials
program to understand which
nanoscale materials are produced, in
what quantities, and what other risk-
related data are available. EPA will
use this information to understand
whether certain nanoscale materials
may present risks to human health
and the environment and warrant
further assessment, testing or other
action; and
• Enhancing the RSEI tool to help
identify geographic areas with
particularly high risk scores
associated with toxics releases and
the facilities and chemicals
responsible for those conditions.
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Reducing Chemical Risks:
In FY 2012, the Agency will continue
expanding its portfolio of risk management
actions, including:
• Advancing consideration and
implementation of risk management
actions initiated in FY 2010 and
continued in FY 2011, including:
o Consideration of Section 6
use restrictions addressing
long chain perfluorinated
chemicals (PFCs),
hexabromocyclododecane
(HBCD), lead wheel weights,
and mercury used in switches
and certain measuring
devices;
o Consideration of Section 5
Significant New Use Rules
(SNURs) addressing;
polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDEs), nonylphenol
and nonylphenol ethoxylates,
elemental mercury in
products, benzidine dyes,
certain short chain
chlorinated paraffins, certain
phthalates and
hexabromocyclododecane
(HBCD); and,
o Consideration of Section
5(b)(4) chemicals of concern
listings addressing eight
phthalates, environmental
effects of bisphenol A (BPA)
to aquatic species, and
PBDEs;
• Consider initiating as appropriate
new risk management actions in FY
2012, including potential Section 6
use restrictions/prohibitions,
potential Section 5 Significant New
Use Rules and potential Section
5(b)(4) chemicals of concern listings,
informed and supported by the ten
detailed chemical risk assessments to
be initiated and completed in FY
2012 (see Assessment section
below);
• Proposing, evaluating public
comments and developing two final
regulations implementing ten actions
mandated under the recently enacted
TSCA Title VI (Formaldehyde
Standards for Composite Wood Act)
establishing national emission
standards for formaldehyde in new
composite wood products - the
statute requires EPA to finalize and
promulgate these regulations by
January 1, 2013;
• Initiating stewardship activities
including commitments from
industry to adopt viable safer
alternatives, safer best practices,
voluntary withdrawal of dangerous
chemicals and/or products from the
market, and stewardship programs to
reduce emissions; and
• Promoting development of proven
safer chemicals, chemical
management practices and
technologies by assessing risks and
efficacy of alternatives associated
with existing chemicals which
present significant risks.
• Improving rulemaking and
increasing electronic reporting under
TSCA to bolster compliance at high-
risk chemical manufacturing
facilities under the Regaining
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Ground: Increasing Compliance in
Critical Areas initiative.
EPA has and will continue to work closely
with other federal agencies to identify and
address chemical risks.
9. Need for a National Environmental
Policy
Summary of Challenge: OIG believes that
a national environmental policy is needed to
help EPA and other federal agencies ensure
a comprehensive approach to environmental
protection. While EPA's 2006-2011
Strategic Plan includes cross-media
initiatives, it does not describe national
goals that go beyond EPA 's current mission
and goal structure. OIG notes that
Congress needs to provide EPA and other
federal agencies the capacity to identify and
manage environmental problems of national
significance. Further, Congress and the
Administration should examine ways to
leverage resources. The Administration
should propose to Congress the creation of
expert panels to formulate a national
environmental policy and subsequent
quadrennial reviews of federal
responsibilities.
Agency Response: OIG's report asserts that
there is no overarching environmental policy
or framework governing environmental
issues that cut across the federal
government. In fact, a national
environmental policy does exist in the form
of authorizing statutory goals and mandates
embodied in the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and in the various
media-specific authorities under which EPA
and other agencies operate. For example,
NEPA provides as its "purpose:"
To declare a national policy which will
encourage productive and enjoyable
harmony between man and his environment;
to promote efforts which will prevent or
eliminate damage to the environment and
biosphere and stimulate the health and
welfare of man; to enrich the understanding
of the ecological systems and natural
resources important to the Nation; and to
establish a Council on Environmental
Quality.
EPA is organized consistent with its
Congressional statutes, and this is entirely
appropriate. Reorganizing the agency in
some other manner to create more
integration across media would simply
create new stovepipes of a different nature.
Under any organizational structure, EPA and
the federal agencies must use matrix
management. For example, if organized by
function as suggested in the draft report
(e.g., separate offices for standard-setting,
monitoring, permitting, enforcement), there
would have to be subunits within each of the
major programs to deal with specific media
(a water subunit within the Enforcement
Office). Those subunits would then have to
coordinate across the Agency (all water
subunits within the various offices would
have to coordinate standard setting,
monitoring, permitting, etc.). It is entirely
possible that, if the Agency had been
structured along functional lines, we would
now be bemoaning the fragmented nature of
water regulations.
Efforts are also ongoing to assure intra-
agency coordination across media. EPA
uses high-level, cross-agency councils and
committees to address coordination on
topics such as science, environmental
justice, Indian policy, agriculture,
international activities, performance
management, and information management.
EPA has also established operating
procedures to guarantee cross-program
engagement on rules and policies. In
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addition, EPA establishes issue-specific
initiatives as needed to deal with cross-
media concerns. For example, EPA recently
launched a cross-program initiative on the
regulation of electric utilities. An initiative
is also underway to better harmonize EPA's
place-based activities.
EPA has had considerable success in
achieving its mission, and is confident that
success will continue in the future. The
Agency's mission is already guided by
statements of national policy and specific
national objectives, as outlined in major
existing environmental statutes. Like any
large organization, EPA must coordinate
across disparate internal offices. However,
these coordination issues would not
disappear if the Agency were reorganized
along different lines. Creating a new
National Environmental Policy and
Quadrennial Review framework would
require a large investment of time and
resources, but is not likely to substantially
improve our environmental results.
10. Oversight of Delegation of States
Summary of Challenge: A critical
management challenge for EPA is
overseeing its delegation of programs to the
states, mostly due to differences between
state and federal policies, interpretations,
strategies, and priorities. While EPA has
improved its oversight, particularly in
priority setting and enforcement planning
with states, the Agency needs accurate data
and consistent policy interpretation to
ensure effective oversight of all delegated
regulatory and voluntary programs. OIG
believes EPA must address the limitations in
the availability, quality, and robustness of
program implementation and effectiveness
data.
Agency Response: EPA acknowledges that
state oversight is a very complex and
changeable arena. Through federal statutes,
implementing regulations, and program
design, states are allowed flexibility in how
they manage and implement environmental
programs. Within EPA, national program
managers are directly responsible for state
oversight of individual programs. The
Agency has committees, workgroups,
special projects and initiatives to
continuously improve Agency programs
delegated to states. Below are a few
examples of these programs and the efforts
made to enhance oversight or correct issues
with state delegation.
Improving Oversight through the State
Review Framework:
As noted by OIG, the Enforcement
Program's collaboration with the States to
develop and implement the State Review
Framework (SRF) is the cornerstone of
efforts in that program to improve oversight.
The SRF is a program management tool
used to provide consistent assessment of
EPA and State core Clean Water Act, Clean
Air Act, and Resources Conservation and
Recovery Act enforcement and compliance
assurance programs. The Framework
enables assessment of program effectiveness
and identification of areas for management
improvement that is consistent across all
EPA Regions and States. The Framework
was designed collaboratively by EPA and
the Environmental Council of the States in
2004.
Based on the data and information from the
SRF evaluations, on July 2, 2009, the
Administrator asked the Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,
and Office of Water, in consultation with the
States, to identify concrete steps that EPA
can take to enhance public transparency
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about water enforcement programs,
strengthen program performance, and
transform the information systems that
support both water quality and compliance
programs.
A Clean Water Action Plan was
subsequently developed, finalized and
submitted to the Administrator on October
15, 2009. The Plan proposed three main
actions to address water pollution
challenges: (1) revamp the water
enforcement program to focus on the
pollution sources that present the greatest
threat to water quality; (2) strengthen
oversight of state permitting and
enforcement programs to improve results
and provide greater consistency; and (3)
improve transparency and accountability,
and invest in 21st century technology to
provide more accurate and useful
information to the public and increase
pressure for better compliance performance.
On June 22, 2010, OECA and OW jointly
issued interim guidance to the regions and
the states to immediately initiate and
implement certain actions, as outlined in the
Plan, to strengthen performance in the
NPDES program.
Strengthening State-EPA Implementation of
Water Programs:
Beginning in June 2008, ECOS Officers
asked the Agency to provide more
collaboration at the national level to meet
the challenges of increasing workload and
declining resources. In November of 2008
work with the States culminated in the
creation of the Partnership Council of the
Office of Water and States (PCOWS) to
'test' the early and ongoing engagement of
the States in planning, budgeting, and
implementation activities for the national
water program. Since its creation, PCOWS
has met four times to discuss strategic
priorities with the States, to ensure that core
and key program activities are given
appropriate priority in budget decisions, and
to identify opportunities to maximize
resources and reduce barriers in support of
key joint priori ties.
Improving State-EPA
through the NEPPS
Collaborations
Through the National Environmental
Performance Partnership System EPA and
the states have developed a working
relationship based on a clearer
understanding of mutual issues and priorities
and improved allocation of roles and
responsibilities. Building on this successful
platform, EPA and the states are working
together to share the workload more
efficiently and effectively to achieve
environmental and public health outcomes.
In FY2011, EPA and states will be
collaborating on a focused effort to identify
opportunities for enhanced worksharing and
resource and workload flexibility in order to
maintain the effectiveness of core programs,
particularly in light of widespread state
budget reductions due to the economic
downturn.
11. Ensuring Consistent Environmental
Enforcement Compliance
Summary of Challenge: GAO reports that
while EPA has improved its oversight of
state enforcement programs by
implementing the State Review Framework
(SRF), the Agency still needs to address
significant weaknesses in how states enforce
their environmental laws in accordance with
federal requirements. Specifically, GAO
states that EPA needs to identify the cause of
poorly performing state enforcement
programs, inform the public about how well
states are implementing their enforcement
responsibilities, and assess the performance
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of regional offices in carrying out their state
oversight responsibilities. The Agency must
also address problems in enforcement data
and reporting.
Agency Response: In FY 2004, the Agency
initiated the State Review Framework (SRF)
to address concerns about consistency in the
minimum level of enforcement activity
across states and the oversight of state
programs by EPA regions. The SRF uses 12
core elements to assess enforcement
activities across three key programs: the
Clean Air Act Stationary Sources (Title V),
the Clean Water Act National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES),
and the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C. The 12
core elements include data completeness,
data accuracy, timeliness of data entry,
completion of work plan commitments,
inspection coverage, completeness of
inspection reports, identification of alleged
violations, identification of significant
noncompliance, ensuring return to
compliance, timely and appropriate
enforcement, calculation of gravity and
economic benefit penalty components, and
final assessed penalties and their collection.
The first round of reviews of 54 state and
territorial programs was completed in 2007.
During 2007-2008, EPA evaluated the first
full round of the SRF to identify ways to
streamline the reviews and other
opportunities for further improvements.
Based on the reviews and the evaluation, the
Agency identified four areas that were
recurring issues across states and programs:
data completeness and accuracy; failure to
identify and report significant non-
compliance and high priority violations;
failure to take timely enforcement; and
failure to calculate and document penalties.
In September 2008, the Agency made key
improvements and initiated Round 2, which
included additional and enhanced training
for regions and states, streamlined reporting
through a standard template, clearer
elements, improved metrics, more explicit
guidance on incorporating local agencies
into reviews, better understanding of where
consistency is important, a streamlined
review of reports, tracking and management
of the implementation of recommendations,
and additional steps for communication and
coordination between regions and states.
The current SRF outlines the process for
uniformly addressing significant problems
identified in state programs. First, the
region and state define the state's attributes
and deficiencies and develop a schedule for
implementing needed changes. Second, the
region and state jointly develop a plan to
address performance, using established
mechanisms such as Performance
Partnership Agreements, Performance
Partnership Grants, or categorical grant
agreements to codify the plans. Third, the
region and state manage and monitor
implementation of the plan to ensure
progress as planned and to identify and
address issues as they arise. Thirty-four
Round 2 SRF reviews will be completed by
the end of 2010, including six reviews of
Regional Direct Implementation Programs.
In 2009, EPA began to make the SRF
reports publicly available on the Internet.
Recent enhancements to EPA's website
enable the Agency to also publish on the
Internet the recommendations for
improvement from the reviews and the
status of their implementation. By making
this information public, EPA has increased
the accountability of environmental
enforcement programs.
In FY 2011, EPA initiated an effort to
improve oversight of state enforcement
programs. EPA will streamline and align
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SRF metrics with the principles of the Clean
Water Act Action Plan. This will ensure
that state programs are addressing the most
important problems and the most significant
violations. EPA expects that this re-focusing
of state programs will improve performance
by directing limited resources where they
are most needed. Also, as part of the
streamlining effort, EPA will develop a
process to review and correct state data on
an annual basis. Second, EPA will make
public, via the internet, key information
about state program performance gathered
through oversight. Third, EPA will be
integrating oversight of state NPDES
permitting and enforcement programs which
will address performance issues resulting
from the bifurcated program structure in
many states and regions.
EPA has made substantial progress in
improving state programs through the SRF.
The SRF will help maintain a level of
consistency across state programs, ensuring
that states meet minimum standards and
implement fair and consistent enforcement
of environmental laws across the country.
EPA will continue to analyze trends in
findings and track corrective actions that
result from the SRF, to ensure continuing
improvement in state performance.
12. Limited Capability to Respond to
Cyber Security Attacks
Summary of Challenge. OIG believes that
EPA has limited capacity to effectively
respond to external network threats and
needs to develop an Agency-wide action
plan to investigate and combat current
threats. Although EPA currently monitors
network traffic to identify hostile traffic at
its Internet choke points, the Agency
remains challenged because it does not have
the resources (in equipment or staff) to
adequately assess attacks against its
infrastructure. The Agency needs to
aggressively enhance its cyber security
capabilities and address security
weaknesses to strengthen its ability to detect
and respond to network attacks.
Agency Response: EPA does not fully
agree with OIG's assertion. However, it
does acknowledge that, like other federal
agencies, detecting, remediating or
eradicating malicious software or Advanced
Persistent Threats (APT) is a challenge for
the Agency. The Agency has taken steps to
increase security awareness and will
continue to manage the threat through
Agency-wide vigilance and improved
detection capabilities.
Last year, the Agency affirmed a position to
support continuous monitoring across the
Information Technology (IT) infrastructure,
and has made significant investments in
technology to provide improved capability
and increased visibility in the Agency's
network. The Agency is implementing these
new capabilities across the enterprise and is
on-track to roll out this capability to -24,000
Agency workstations. Also, the Agency has
heightened awareness and vigilance across
the Agency's Information Security Officer
(ISO) community - sponsoring training
opportunities for Agency ISOs and
incorporating an entire security track into
the Agency's Skillport e-Learning portal.
In addition to in-house capabilities, EPA
relies on relationships with other Federal
Agencies (e.g., Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
and the vendor community to augment the
Agency's cyber security capabilities -
providing OEI information that can be used
to detect and defend Agency IT resources.
This community-based approach serves the
entire Government well by providing EPA
valuable information and intelligence that
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may not have been obtained otherwise. In
addition to these relationships, EPA is
leveraging existing contracts to augment
existing contractor staff, and is pursuing
additional contract support specifically
focused on the detection of Advanced
Persistent Threats (APT).
The Agency relies on a community of
distributed Information Security Officials to
effectively manage the security of IT
resources. The Agency is working to ensure
that the Information Security Officials are
properly recruited, trained, and equipped to
meet current and future security
requirements. The security of Agency
resources is not tied to any single tool, but
rather it is tied to a knowledgeable, trained
community of security professionals who
can effectively utilize available resources to
protect the integrity of Agency IT assets.
EPA will develop Plans of Actions and
Milestones (POAM) to specifically address
the actions required to improve how the
Agency can better recruit, develop, and train
the Information Security Officials
throughout the Agency.
13. Improving the Development and Use
of Environmental Information
Summary of Challenge. According to
GAO, while EPA has invested considerable
time and resources into improving the
environmental data needed to protect the
environment, significant gaps remain in
environmental data needed in developing,
assessing, and refining environmental
policy, including developing measures to
gauge the effectiveness of that policy to
produce desired outcomes. For example,
improved data is needed to focus the
Agency's efforts on the protection of the
nation's streams, rivers, bays, lakes, and
oceans.
Agency Response: EPA's statutory and
programmatic structure has driven the
Agency to collect environmental and
exposure data in a fragmented fashion.
GAO believes that EPA should emphasize
the development and use of environmental
indicators and information as a strategic
resource and as a mechanism for ranking
resource allocation and measuring success
of the Agency's policies and programs.
EPA acknowledges the challenges it faces in
improving the development and use of
environmental information. However, the
Agency believes the issues raised by GAO
extend beyond the scope of the Agency's
responsibility. EPA lacks the statutory
authorities and the resources, to collect and
manage environmental data and information
as would be necessary to address the
challenge. GAO cites the past proposal to
establish a Bureau of Environmental
Statistics (BES) as a step to address the
challenge. While EPA does not take a
position on this proposal, the Agency notes
that the proposal would require
Congressional leaders to enact legislation to
establish a BES or equivalent.
14. Addressing
Workforce
and
Infrastructure Issues
Summary of Challenge. GAO believes that
EPA lacks a comprehensive assessment of
its workload, workforce, and organizational
structure needed to cost effectively meet its
strategic goals. GAO states that until EPA
performs such an assessment and more
clearly aligns its workforce planning with its
strategic goals, it is at risk of not having the
appropriately skilled workforce it needs to
effectively achieve its mission.
Agency Response: As part of ongoing
resource management efforts, EPA has been
exploring how to maximize the productivity
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of its limited staff and other resources.
During each year's budget process, EPA
reviews the staffing and funding levels, and
allocation to address all activities. The
Agency currently acknowledges Workforce
Planning as an internal control issue under
the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity
Act and has a study underway that will
provide critical background information for
Agency leadership to consider when making
budget allocation decisions.
In February 2009, the Agency procured a
contractor to conduct a two-part workload
benchmarking study of six major functions
that it shares with other federal agencies
(i.e., financial management, scientific
research, regulatory development,
enforcement, environmental monitoring, and
permitting). The study will help EPA
expand its understanding of workload
drivers, major products, and staffing
allocation alternatives to consider in these
six functional areas.
In June 2010, the Agency launched an EPA
workload benchmarking baseline survey, the
first part of the two-part study. The survey
was sent to about 1,200 front-line managers
whose staff work in one or more of the six
functional areas across EPA Headquarters
and Regional offices. The survey was
completed in July 2010 with an 83 percent
response rate. The contractor recently
finalized the report summarizing the
baseline survey results, including workload,
drivers, and products by each functional
work area and by program and office,
including regional variation. As a baseline
study, this report will not provide
information sufficient to determine changes
in workforce levels at this time.
The Agency launched the second part of the
study in February 2011. The results will be
used to compare EPA's data to other federal
agencies (with comparable functions) and
identify potential best practices and/or
methodologies that EPA could potentially
adopt. The second part of this study is
scheduled for completion in September
2011.
In addition, EPA amended the OCFO FY
2012 annual planning and budget guidance
to strengthen the current annual planning
and budget processes to help address this
challenge. A more explicit requirement was
added to more fully describe workload needs
in determining FTEs needed to accomplish
Agency goals: "... Congressional
appropriation staff had alerted us to the need
for stronger, more detailed justification for
FTE requests." The guidance required that
the Agency's offices "be prepared to
describe specific functions and workload
and to provide backup analysis if asked." In
addition, EPA agreed to incorporate this
change in its next (multi-year) policy
document.
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EPA USER FEE PROGRAM
In FY 2012, EPA will have several user fee
programs in operation. These user fee
programs and proposals are as follows:
Current Fees: Pesticides
The FY 2012 Budget reflects the continued
collection of Maintenance Fees for review of
existing pesticide registrations, and
Enhanced Registration Service Fees for the
accelerated review of new pesticide
registration applications.
• Pesticides
Extension
Maintenance Fee
The Maintenance Fee provides funding for
the Reregi strati on and Registration Review
programs and a certain percentage supports
the processing of applications involving
"me-too" or inert ingredients. In FY 2012,
the Agency expects to collect $22 million in
Maintenance Fees under current law.
• Enhanced Registration Services
Entities seeking to register pesticides for use
in the United States pay a fee at the time the
registration action request is submitted to
EPA specifically for the accelerated
pesticide registration decision service. This
process has introduced new pesticides to the
market more quickly. In FY 2012, the
Agency expects to collect $15 million in
Enhanced Registration Service Fees under
current law.
Current Fees: Other
• Pre-Manufacturing
Fee
Notification
for the review and processing of new
chemical pre-manufacturing notifications
submitted to EPA by the chemical industry.
These fees are paid at the time of submission
of the PMN for review by EPA's Toxic
Substances program. PMN fees are
authorized by the Toxic Substances Control
Act and contain a cap on the amount the
Agency may charge for a PMN review.
EPA is authorized to collect up to $1.8
million in PMN fees in FY 2012 under
current law.
Lead Accreditation
Certification Fee
and
Since 1989, the Pre-Manufacturing
Notifications (PMN) Fee has been collected
The Toxic Substances Control Act, Title IV,
Section 402(a)(3), mandates the
development of a schedule of fees for
persons operating lead training programs
accredited under the 402/404 rule and for
lead-based paint contractors certified under
this rule. The training programs ensure that
lead paint abatement is done safely. Fees
collected for this activity are deposited in
the U.S. Treasury. EPA estimates that $7
million will be deposited in FY 2012.
• Motor Vehicle and Engine
Compliance Program Fee
This fee is authorized by the Clean Air Act
of 1990 and is administered by the Air and
Radiation Program. Fee collections began in
August 1992. Initially, this fee was imposed
on manufacturers of light-duty vehicles,
light- and heavy-duty trucks and
motorcycles. The fees cover EPA's cost of
certifying new engines and vehicles and
monitoring compliance of in-use engines
and vehicles. In 2004, EPA promulgated a
rule that updated existing fees and
established fees for newly-regulated vehicles
and engines. The fees established for new
compliance programs are also imposed on
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manufacturers of heavy-duty, in-use, and
non-road vehicles and engines, including
large diesel and gas equipment
(earthmovers, tractors, forklifts,
compressors, etc.), handheld and non-
handheld utility engines (chainsaws, weed-
whackers, leaf-blowers, lawnmowers, tillers,
etc.), marine (boat motors, watercraft, jet-
skis), locomotive, aircraft and recreational
vehicles (off-road motorcycles, all-terrain
vehicles, snowmobiles). In 2009, EPA
added fees for evaporative requirements for
non-road engines. EPA intends to apply
certification fees to additional industry
sectors as new programs are developed. In
FY 2012, EPA expects to collect $28.1
million from this fee.
By FY 2012, EPA plans to have updated the
fees rule to collect an additional $7 million
annually compared to FY 2011. This $7
million reflects new costs that EPA will
incur due to vehicle and fuels data systems
and lab modernization. To offset these
increases, EPA will update its existing
Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance
(MVEC) fee program and propose a new
Fuels Fee Program that will increase Agency
fee collections by approximately $7.0
million annually.33 This includes:
• Initiating a rulemaking to establish a
new Fuels Program Fee to recover
eligible costs associated with the
implementation of the new
Renewable Fuels program and other
core Fuels program activities,
including the registration and
reporting on fuels and fuel additives.
This action is estimated to increase
fee collections by about $2.0 million
annually.
Updating the existing MVEC fee to
capture expanded cost-recoverable
activities associated with the
development, operation, and
maintenance of the Agency's engine
and vehicle compliance information
system. This action is estimated to
increase fee collections by about
$2.0 million annually.
Updating the existing MVEC Fee
Rule to recover costs of the Lab
Modernization Project currently
being funded with Agency funds.
This action is estimated to increase
fee collections by about $3.0 million
annually.
33 Note that this estimated increased fee revenue is
contingent upon the lab receiving funding identified to
date.
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Fee Proposals: Pesticides
• Pesticides Tolerance Fee
A tolerance is the maximum legal limit of a
pesticide residue in and on food
commodities and animal feed. In 1954, the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA) authorized the collection of fees
for the establishment of tolerances on raw
agricultural commodities and in food
commodities. The collection of this fee has
been blocked by the Pesticides Registration
Improvement Act (PRIA) through 2012.
Legislative language will be submitted to
allow for the collection of Pesticide
Tolerance fees beginning in FY 2012.
• Enhanced Registration Services
Legislative language will be submitted
proposing to publish a new fee schedule to
collect an additional $17 million in FY 2012
to better align fee collections with program
costs. Currently those who directly benefit
from EPA's registration services cover only
a fraction of the costs to operate the
program, leaving the general taxpayer to
shoulder the remaining burden.
• Hazardous
Manifest
Waste Electronic
• Pesticides
Extension
Maintenance Fee
Legislative language will be submitted to
allow the collection of an additional $25
million in order to more closely align fee
collections with program costs. The
President's Budget proposes to relieve the
burden on the general taxpayer and finance
the costs of operating the Reregi strati on
program from those who directly benefit
from EPA's reregi strati on and registration
review activities.
Legislative language will be submitted to
authorize the collection of user charges to
support the development of an electronic
manifesting system for generators and
transporters of hazardous waste. The
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) requires transporters of hazardous
waste to document information on the
waste's generator, destination, quantity, and
route. Currently the tracking system relies
on paper copies that are not frequently
digitized for data analysis or quality control.
The President's Budget proposes to collect
fees from users of the electronic manifesting
system. Use of electronic records will allow
EPA to more efficiently monitor and analyze
future waste shipments. Full implementation
of the electronic system may reduce industry
reporting costs under RCRA by $200 mil-
lion to $400 million annually.
Fee Proposals: Other
• Pre-Manufacturing
Fee
Notification
Under the current fee structure, the Agency
would collect $1.8 million in FY 2012.
Legislative language will be submitted to
remove the statutory cap in the Toxic
Substances Control Act on Pre-
Manufacturing Notification Fees. In FY
2012, EPA expects to collect an additional
$4 million by removing the statutory cap.
• Energy Star Fees
The President's Budget proposes to begin
collecting user fees from product
manufacturers who seek to label their
products under EPA's Energy Star program.
Since 1992, the Energy Star label has served
as an indicator of energy efficiency, helping
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consumers and businesses select qualifying
products and, increasingly, Energy Star
products have qualified for special rebates,
tax exemptions or credits, and procurement
preferences. Fee collection would start in
2013 after EPA undertakes a rulemaking
process to determine products to be covered
by fees and the level of fees, and to ensure
that a fee system would not discourage
manufacturers from participating in the
program or result in a loss of environmental
benefits.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND
In FY 2012, the Agency begins its sixteenth
year of operation of the Working Capital
Fund (WCF). It is a revolving fund,
authorized by law to finance a cycle of
operations, where the costs of goods and
services provided are charged to users on a
fee-for-service basis. The funds received
are available without fiscal year limitation,
to continue operations and to replace capital
equipment. EPA's WCF was implemented
under the authority of Section 403 of the
Government Management Reform Act of
1994 and EPA's FY 1997 Appropriations
Act. Permanent WCF authority was
contained in the Agency's FY 1998
Appropriations Act.
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) initiated
the WCF in FY 1997 as part of an effort to:
(1) be accountable to Agency offices, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the
Congress; (2) increase the efficiency of the
administrative services provided to program
offices; and (3) increase customer service
and responsiveness. The Agency has a
WCF Board which provides policy and
planning oversight and advises the CFO
regarding the WCF financial position. The
Board, chaired by the Associate Chief
Financial Officer, is composed of twenty-
three permanent members from the program
and regional offices.
Four Agency activities, provided in FY
2011, will continue into FY 2012. These are
the Agency's information technology and
telecommunications operations, managed by
the Office of Environmental Information,
Agency postage costs, managed by the
Office of Administration and Resources
Management, and the Agency's core
accounting system and relocation services,
which are both managed by the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer. Two new
functions, Background Investigations,
managed by the Office of Administration
and Resources Management, and
Invitational Travel, managed by the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer, are also being
proposed for FY 2012.
The Agency's FY 2012 budget request
includes resources for these six activities in
each National Program Manager's
submission, totaling approximately $206.4
million. These estimated resources may be
increased to incorporate program office's
additional service needs during the operating
year. To the extent that these increases are
subject to Congressional reprogramming
notifications, the Agency will comply with
all applicable requirements. In FY 2012, the
Agency will continue to market its
information technology and relocation
services to other Federal agencies in an
effort to deliver high quality services
external to EPA, which will result in lower
costs to EPA customers.
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ACRONYMS
AEA: Atomic Energy Act, as amended, and Reorganization Plan #3
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADEA: Age Discrimination in Employment Act
AHERA: Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
AHPA: Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
ASHAA: Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act
APA: Administrative Procedures Act
ASTCA: Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act
BEACH Act of 2000: Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act
BRERA: Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act
CAA: Clean Air Act
CAAA: Clean Air Act Amendments
CCA: Clinger Cohen Act
CCAA: Canadian Clean Air Act
CEPA: Canadian Environmental Protection Act
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980)
CFOA: Chief Financial Officers Act
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
CICA: Competition in Contracting Act
CRA: Civil Rights Act
CSA: Computer Security Act
CWPPR: Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act of 1990
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CWA: Clean Water Act
CZARA: Coastal Zone Management Act Reauthorization Amendments
CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act
DPA: Deepwater Ports Act
DREAA: Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
ECRA: Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act
EFOIA: Electronic Freedom of Information Act
EPAA: Environmental Programs Assistance Act
EPAAR: EPA Acquisition Regulations
EPCA: Energy Policy and Conservation Act
EPACT: Energy Policy Act
EPCRA: Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
ERD&DAA: Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act
ESA: Endangered Species Act
ESECA: Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act
FACA: Federal Advisory Committee Act
FAIR: Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act
FCMA: Fishery Conservation and Management Act
FEPCA: Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act; enacted as amendments to FIFRA.
FFDCA: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
FGCAA: Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act
FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
FLPMA: Federal Land Policy and Management Act
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FMFIA: Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
FPAS: Federal Property and Administration Services Act
FPA: Federal Pesticide Act
FPPA: Federal Pollution Prevention Act
FPR: Federal Procurement Regulation
FQPA: Food Quality Protection Act
FRA: Federal Register Act
FSA: Food Security Act
FUA: Fuel Use Act
FWCA: Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
FWPCA: Federal Water Pollution and Control Act (aka CWA)
GISRA: Government Information Security Reform Act
GMRA: Government Management Reform Act
GPRA: Government Performance and Results Act
HMTA: Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
HSWA: Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
IGA: Inspector General Act
IPA: Intergovernmental Personnel Act
IPIA: Improper Payments Information Act
ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
LPA-US/MX-BR: 1983 La Paz Agreement on US/Mexico Border Region
MPPRCA: Marine Plastic Pollution, Research and Control Act of 1987
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MPRSA: Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act
NAAEC: North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standard
NAWCA: North American Wetlands Conservation Act
NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
NHPA: National Historic Preservation Act
NIPDWR: National Interim Primary Drinking Water Regulations
NISA: National Invasive Species Act of 1996
ODA: Ocean Dumping Act
OPA: The Oil Pollution Act
OWBPA: Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
PBA: Public Building Act
PFCRA: Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act
PHSA: Public Health Service Act
PLIRRA: Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Retention Act
PR: Privacy Act
PRA: Paperwork Reduction Act
QCA: Quiet Communities Act
RCRA: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RLBPHRA: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
RFA: Regulatory Flexibility Act
RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
SARA: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
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SBREFA: Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
SBLRBRERA: Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization and
Environmental Restoration Act
SDWA: Safe Drinking Water Act
SICEA: Steel Industry Compliance Extension Act
SMCRA: Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
SPA: Shore Protection Act of 1988
SWDA: Solid Waste Disposal Act
TCA: Tribal Cooperative Agreement
TSCA: Toxic Substances Control Act
UMRA: Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
UMTRLWA: Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Land Withdrawal Act
USC: United States Code
USTCA: Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act
WQA: Water Quality Act of 1987
WRDA: Water Resources Development Act
WSRA: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
WWWQA: Wet Weather Water Quality Act of 2000
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
State and Local
Air Quality
Management
State and Local
Air Quality
Management
State and Local
Air Quality
Management
Statutory Authorities
CAA, Section 103
CAA, Section 103
CAA, Section 103
Eligible Recipients
Air pollution
control agencies as
defined in section
302(b) of the CAA
Air pollution
control agencies as
defined in section
302(b) of the CAA
Air pollution
control agencies as
defined in section
302(b) of the CAA
Eligible Uses
S/L monitoring and
data collection
activities in support
of the PM25
monitoring network
and associated
program costs.
S/L monitoring and
data collection
activities in support
of the air toxics
monitoring.
S/L monitoring
procurement
activities in support
oflheNAAQS
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$42,500.0
$12,350.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$38,250.0
$12,350.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 1,
Obj.2
Goal 1,
Obj.2
Goal 1, Obj. 2
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$34,000.0
$9,850.0
$15,000.0
196
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Grant Title
State and Local
Air Quality
Management
Radon
Statutory Authorities
CAA, Sections
105, 106
TSCA, Sections 10
and 306;
Eligible Recipients
Air pollution
control agencies as
defined in section
302(b) of Hie CAA;
Multi-j uri sdictional
organizations (non-
profit organizations
whose boards of
directors or
membership is
made up of CAA
section 302(b)
agency officers and
whose mission is to
support the
continuing
environmental
programs of the
States); Interstate
air quality control
region designated
pursuant to section
107 of the CAA or
of implementing
section 176A, or
section 184
NOTE: only the
Ozone Transport
Commission is
eligible.
State Agencies,
Tribes, Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Carrying out the
traditional
prevention and
control programs
required by the CAA
and associated
program support
costs, including
monitoring activities
(section 105);
Coordinating or
facilitating a multi-
juri sdictional
approach to carrying
out the traditional
prevention and
control programs
required by the CAA
(sections 103 and
106); Supporting
training for CAA
section 302(b) air
pollution control
agency staff
(sections 103 and
105); Supporting
research,
investigative and
demonstration
projects (section
103).
Assist in the
development and
implementation of
programs for the
assessment and
mitigation of radon.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$171,130.0
105 grants
$600.0
106 grants
Total:
$226,580.0
$8,074.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$175,380.0
105 grants
$600.0
106 grants
Total:
$226,580.0
$8,074.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 1,
Obj.2
Goal 1,
Obj.2
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$246,050.0
105 grants
$600.0
106 grants
Total:
$305,500.0
$8,074.0
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Grant Title
Water Pollution
Control (Section
106)
Nonpoint Source
(NFS - Section
319)
Wetlands
Program
Development
Public Water
System
Supervision
(PWSS)
Statutory Authorities
FWPCA, as
amended, Section
106; TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
FWPCA, as
amended,
Section 3 19(h);
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
FWPCA, as
amended,
Section 104 (b)(3);
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
SDWA,
Section 1443(a);
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia,
Interstate Agencies
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
States, Local
Governments,
Tribes, Interstate
Organizations,
Intertribal
Consortia, Non-
Profit
Organizations
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Develop and carry
out surface and
ground water
pollution control
programs, including
NPDES permits,
TMDLs, WQ
standards,
monitoring, and
NFS control
activities.
Implement EPA-
approved state and
Tribal nonpoint
source management
programs and fond
priority projects as
selected by the state.
To develop new
wetland programs or
enhance existing
programs for the
protection,
management and
restoration of
wetland resources.
Assistance to
implement and
enforce National
Primary Drinking
Water Regulations
to ensure the safety
of the Nation's
drinking water
resources and to
protect public
health.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$229,264.0
$200,857.0
$16,830.0
$105,700.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$229,264.0
$200,857.0
$16,830.0
$105,700.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,
Obj.2
Goal 2,
Obj.2
Goal 2,
Obj.2
Goal 2,
Obj. 1
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$250,264.0
$164,757.0
$15,167.0
$109,700.0
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Grant Title
Underground
Injection Control
(UIC)
Beaches
Protection
Hazardous Waste
Financial
Assistance
Brownfields
Statutory Authorities
SDWA, Section
1443(b);TCAin
annual
Appropriations Acts.
BEACH Act of
2000; TCA in
annual
Appropriations Acts.
RCRA,
Section 30 11;
FY 1999
Appropriations Act
(PL 105-276); TCA
in annual
Appropriations Acts.
CERCLA, as
amended by the
Small Business
Liability Relief and
Brownfields
Revitalization Act
(P.L. 107-118);
GMRA(1990);
FGCAA.
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia, Local
Governments
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Implement and
enforce regulations
that protect
underground sources
of drinking water by
controlling Class I-
VI underground
injection wells.
Develop and
implement programs
for monitoring and
notification of
conditions for
coastal recreation
waters adjacent to
beaches or similar
points of access that
are used by the
public.
Development &
Implementation of
Hazardous Waste
Programs
Build and support
Brownfields
programs which will
assess contaminated
properties, oversee
private party
cleanups, provide
cleanup support
through low interest
loans, and provide
certainty for liability
related issues.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$10,891.0
$9,900.0
$103,346.0
$49,495.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$10,891.0
$9,900.0
$103,346.0
$49,495.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,
Obj. 1
Goal 2,
Obj. 1
Goal 3,
Obj. 2
Goal 3,
Obj. 1
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$11,109.0
$9,900.0
$103,412.0
$49,495.0
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Grant Title
Underground
Storage Tanks
(UST)
Statutory Authorities
SWDA, as amended
by the Superfund
Reauthorization
Amendments of
1986 (Subtitle I),
Section 2007(f), 42
U.S.C. 6916(f)(2);
EP Act of 2005, Title
XV - Ethanol and
Motor Fuels,
Subtitle B -
Underground
Storage Tank
Compliance,
Sections 1521-1533,
P.L. 109-58, 42
U.S.C. 15801.
Eligible Recipients
States
Eligible Uses
Provide funding for
States' underground
storage tanks and to
support direct UST
implementation
programs.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$2,500.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$2,500.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 3,
Obj. 3
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$1,550.0
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Grant Title
Pesticides
Program
Implementation
Statutory Authorities
FIFRA, Sections 20
and 23; the FY
1999 Appropriations
Act (PL 105-276);
FY 2000
Appropriations Act
(P.L. 106-74); TCA
in annual
Appropriations Acts.
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Implement the
following programs
through grants to
States, Tribes,
partners, and
supporters:
Certification and
Training (C&T) /
Worker Protection,
Endangered Species
Protection Program
(ESPP) Field
Activities, Pesticides
in Water,
Tribal Program, and
Pesticide
Environmental
Stewardship
Program.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$11,670.0-
States formula
(includes $246.0
PREP)
$800.0
Tribal
$500.0 PESP
$550.0 EJ
Total: $13,520.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$11,670.0-
States formula
(includes $246.0
PREP)
$800.0
Tribal
$500.0 PESP
$550.0 EJ
Total: $13,520.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. 1
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$11,390.0-
States formula
(includes $246.0
PREP)
$800.0
Tribal
$500.0 PESP
$450.0 EJ
Total: $13,140.0
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Grant Title
Lead
Statutory Authorities
TSCA, Sections 10
and 404 (g); FY
2000 Appropriations
Act(P.L. 106-74);
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Implement the lead-
based paint activities
in the Training and
Certification
program through
EPA-authorized
State, territorial and
Tribal programs and,
in areas without
authorization,
through direct
implementation by
the Agency.
Activities conducted
as part of this
program include
issuing grants for the
training and
certification of
individuals and
firms engaged in
lead-based paint
abatement and
inspection activities
and the accreditation
of qualified training
providers.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$1,557.0 National
Community
Based
Organizations
$8,359.5 404(g)
State/ Tribal
Certification
$4,647.5 404(g)
Direct
Implementation
Total: $14,564.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$1,557.0 National
Community
Based
Organizations
$8,359.5 404(g)
State/ Tribal
Certification
$4,647.5 404(g)
Direct
Implementation
Total: $14,564.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. 1
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$1,588.0
National
Community
Based
Organizations
$8,556.5
404(g) State/
Tribal
Certification
$4,710.5
404(g) Direct
Implementation
Total: $14,855.0
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Grant Title
Toxic Substances
Compliance
Pesticide
Enforcement
Statutory Authorities
TSCA, Sections
28(a) and 404 (g);
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts.
FIFRA
§ 23(a)(l); FY 2000
Appropriations Act
(P.L. 106-74); TCA
in annual
Appropriations Acts.
Eligible Recipients
States, Territories,
Federally
recognized Indian
Tribes, Intertribal
Consortia, and
Territories of the
U.S.
States, Territories,
Tribes, Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Assist in developing,
maintaining and
implementing
compliance
monitoring
programs for PCBs,
asbestos, and Lead
Based Paint. In
addition,
enforcement actions
by :1) the Lead
Based Paint
program, and 2)
States that obtained
a "waiver" under the
Asbestos program.
Assist in
implementing
cooperative
pesticide
enforcement
programs.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$ 1,485.0
Lead
$3,614.0
PCB/ Asbestos
Total: $5,099.0
$18,711.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$ 1,485.0
Lead
$3,614.0
PCB/Asbestos
Total: $5,099.0
$18,711.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 5,
Obj. 1
Goal 5,
Obj. 1
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$1,510.0 Lead
$3,691.0
PCB/Asbestos
Total: $5,201.0
$19,085.0
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Grant Title
National
Environmental
Information
Exchange
Network
(NEIEN, aka "the
Exchange
Network")
Statutory Authorities
As appropriate,
CAA, Section 103;
CWA, Section 104;
RCRA, Section
8001; FIFRA,
Section 20; TSCA,
Sections 10 and 28;
MPRSA, Section
203; SDWA,
Section 1442;
Indian
Environmental
General Assistance
Program Act of
1992, as amended;
FY 2000
Appropriations Act
(P.L. 106-74);
Pollution Prevention
Act of 1990, Section
6605; FY 2002
Appropriations Act
and FY 2003
Appropriations Acts.
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Interstate
Agencies, Tribal
Consortium, Other
Agencies with
Related
Environmental
Information
Activities.
Eligible Uses
Helps States,
territories, Tribes,
and intertribal
consortia develop
the information
management and
technology (IM/IT)
capabilities they
need to participate in
the Exchange
Network, to
continue and expand
data-sharing
programs, and to
improve access to
environmental
information. These
grants supplement
the Exchange
Network
investments already
being made by
States and Tribes.
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$10,000.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$10,000.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
ESP
OEI
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$10,200.0
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Grant Title
Pollution
Prevention
Tribal General
Assistance
Program
Categorical
Grant: Multi-
Media Tribal
Implementation
Statutory Authorities
Pollution Prevention
Act of 1990, Section
6605; TSCA Section
10; FY 2000
Appropriations Act
(P.L. 106-74); TCA
in annual
Appropriations Acts.
Indian
Environmental
General Assistance
Program Act (42
U.S.C. 4368b); TCA
in annual
Appropriations Acts.
TCA in annual
Appropriations Acts
Eligible Recipients
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Tribal
Governments,
Intertribal
Consortia
Tribal
Governments
Eligible Uses
Provides assistance
to States and State
entities (i.e.,
colleges and
universities) and
Federally-
recognized Tribes
and intertribal
consortia in order to
deliver pollution
prevention technical
assistance to small
and medium-sized
businesses. A goal
of the program is to
assist businesses and
industries with
identifying
improved
environmental
strategies and
solutions for
reducing waste at
the source.
Plan and develop
Tribal
environmental
protection programs.
Implement
Environmental
programs
FY 20 10 Enacted
(XI 000)
$4,940.0
$62,875.0
$0.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
(X1000)
$4,940.0
$62,875.0
$0.0
FY2012
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj.2
Goal 3,
Obj.4
Goal 3,
Obj.4
FY2012
President's
Budget
Dollars (XI 000)
$5,039.0
$71,375.0
$20,000.0
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FY 2012 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
PROGRAM PROJECTS BY PROGRAM AREA
(Dollars in Thousands)
Science & Technology
dean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
Climate Protection Program
Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Federal Support for Air Toxics Program
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and
Certification
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
Enforcement
Forensics Support
Homeland Security
FY2010
Enacted
$9,963.0
$19,797.0
$11,443.0
$2,398.0
$91,782.0
$135,383.0
$453.0
$762.0
$2,095.0
$4,176.0
$7,486.0
$15,351.0
FY2010
Actuals
$9,329.3
$20,126.8
$12,480.6
$2,381.7
$87,648.2
$131,966.6
$485.6
$808.0
$1,962.1
$4,242.7
$7,498.4
$15,245.3
FY2011
Annualized CR
$9,963.0
$19,797.0
$11,443.0
$2,398.0
$91,782.0
$135,383.0
$453.0
$762.0
$2,095.0
$4,176.0
$7,486.0
$15,351.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$9,797.0
$16,345.0
$7,650.0
$0.0
$100,578.0
$134,370.0
$210.0
$370.0
$2,096.0
$4,082.0
$6,758.0
$15,326.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($166.0)
($3,452.0)
($3,793.0)
($2,398.0)
$8,796.0
($1,013.0)
($243.0)
($392.0)
$1.0
($94.0)
($728.0)
($25.0)
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Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Water Sentinel
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
Decontamination
Laboratory Preparedness and
Response
Safe Building
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA
Personnel and Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
FY2010
Enacted
$18,576.0
$4,450.0
$23,026.0
$24,857.0
$499.0
$1,996.0
$14,305.0
$41,657.0
$593.0
$65,276.0
$4,385.0
$33,947.0
$19,177.0
$10,260.0
$9,534.0
FY2010
Actuals
$13,953.7
$7,001.2
$20,954.9
$20,448.7
$438.3
$1,225.2
$15,585.7
$37,697.9
$593.0
$59,245.8
$4,054.0
$34,102.2
$21,934.3
$9,218.0
$7,587.2
FY2011
Annualized CR
$18,576.0
$4,450.0
$23,026.0
$24,857.0
$499.0
$1,996.0
$14,305.0
$41,657.0
$593.0
$65,276.0
$4,385.0
$33,947.0
$19,177.0
$10,260.0
$9,534.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$8,632.0
$2,747.0
$11,379.0
$17,382.0
$0.0
$0.0
$12,696.0
$30,078.0
$579.0
$42,036.0
$4,108.0
$35,661.0
$20,195.0
$10,714.0
$9,951.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($9,944.0)
($1,703.0)
($11,647.0)
($7,475.0)
($499.0)
($1,996.0)
($1,609.0)
($11,579.0)
($14.0)
($23,240.0)
($277.0)
$1,714.0
$1,018.0
$454.0
$417.0
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Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Protect Human Health from Pesticide
Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment from
Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of Pesticide
Availability
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Global Change
Clean Air
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
(other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Subtotal, Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Drinking Water
Water Quality
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources (other activities)
FY2010
Enacted
$72,918.0
$72,918.0
$3,750.0
$2,279.0
$537.0
$6,566.0
$20,822.0
$81,605.0
$9,022.0
$111,449.0
$111,449.0
$49,103.0
$61,918.0
$52.0
FY2010
Actuals
$72,841.7
$72,841.7
$4,146.4
$2,285.9
$505.1
$6,937.4
$19,646.9
$74,670.2
$8,441.0
$102,758.1
$102,758.1
$50,346.0
$58,586.9
$0.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
$72,918.0
$72,918.0
$3,750.0
$2,279.0
$537.0
$6,566.0
$20,822.0
$81,605.0
$9,022.0
$111,449.0
$111,449.0
$49,103.0
$61,918.0
$52.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$76,521.0
$76,521.0
$3,839.0
$2,448.0
$544.0
$6,831.0
$20,805.0
$83,102.0
$4,093.0
$108,000.0
$108,000.0
$52,495.0
$66,229.0
$52.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$3,603.0
$3,603.0
$89.0
$169.0
$7.0
$265.0
($17.0)
$1,497.0
($4,929.0)
($3,449.0)
($3,449.0)
$3,392.0
$4,311.0
$0.0
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Subtotal, Research: Safe and Sustainable
Water Resources
Subtotal, Research: Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Human Health
Ecosystems
Research: Sustainable andHealthy
Communities (other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
Subtotal, Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Chemical Safety and Sustainability
Human Health Risk Assessment
Research: Chemical Safety and Sustainability
Endocrine Disrupters
Computational Toxicology
Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability (other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability
Water: Human Health Protection
Drinking Water Programs
FY2010
Enacted
$111,073.0
$111,073.0
$54,180.0
$71,698.0
$62,217.0
$188,095.0
$188,095.0
$42,899.0
$11,350.0
$20,044.0
$46,437.0
$77,831.0
$120,730.0
$3,637.0
FY2010
Actuals
$108,932.9
$108,932.9
$54,324.6
$68,805.1
$59,873.0
$183,002.7
$183,002.7
$41,516.4
$12,471.9
$13,929.9
$48,819.3
$75,221.1
$116,737.5
$3,889.3
FY2011
Annualized CR
$111,073.0
$111,073.0
$53,180.0
$70,698.0
$62,217.0
$186,095.0
$186,095.0
$42,899.0
$11,350.0
$20,044.0
$46,437.0
$77,831.0
$120,730.0
$3,637.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$118,776.0
$118,776.0
$45,392.0
$60,905.0
$64,729.0
$171,026.0
$171,026.0
$42,400.0
$16,883.0
$21,209.0
$57,565.0
$95,657.0
$138,057.0
$3,787.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$7,703.0
$7,703.0
($8,788.0)
($10,793.0)
$2,512.0
($17,069.0)
($17,069.0)
($499.0)
$5,533.0
$1,165.0
$11,128.0
$17,826.0
$17,327.0
$150.0
209
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Total, Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Clean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
Climate Protection Program
Energy STAR
Methane to markets
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Registry
Climate Protection Program (other
activities)
Subtotal, Climate Protection Program
Federal Stationary Source Regulations
Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Federal Support for Air Toxics Program
Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs
Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
FY2010
Enacted
$5,700.0
$848,049.0
$20,791.0
$52,606.0
$4,569.0
$16,685.0
$39,184.0
$113,044.0
$27,158.0
$99,619.0
$24,446.0
$5,934.0
$9,840.0
$300,832.0
$5,866.0
$20,759.0
$11,295.0
$3,077.0
FY2010
Actuals
$4,568.0
$817,677.7
$20,664.3
$42,138.0
$5,272.8
$15,990.7
$46,324.6
$109,726.1
$26,195.8
$103,224.6
$23,468.8
$6,159.4
$9,840.0
$299,279.0
$5,408.1
$19,253.0
$11,433.3
$2,827.9
FY2011
Annualized CR
$5,700.0
$846,049.0
$20,791.0
$52,606.0
$4,569.0
$16,685.0
$39,184.0
$113,044.0
$27,158.0
$99,619.0
$24,446.0
$5,934.0
$9,840.0
$300,832.0
$5,866.0
$20,759.0
$11,295.0
$3,077.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$0.0
$825,596.0
$20,842.0
$55,628.0
$5,616.0
$17,646.0
$32,529.0
$111,419.0
$34,096.0
$133,822.0
$0.0
$5,612.0
$9,495.0
$315,286.0
$3,901.0
$17,198.0
$9,629.0
$3,042.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($5,700.0)
($22,453.0)
$51.0
$3,022.0
$1,047.0
$961.0
($6,655.0)
($1,625.0)
$6,938.0
$34,203.0
($24,446.0)
($322.0)
($345.0)
$14,454.0
($1,965.0)
($3,561.0)
($1,666.0)
($35.0)
210
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
Brownfields
Brownfields
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Environmental Justice
NEPA Implementation
Subtotal, Enforcement
Geographic Programs
Great Lakes Restoration
Geographic Program: Chesapeake Bay
Geographic Program: Great Lakes
Geographic Program: San Francisco Bay
Geographic Program: Puget Sound
Geographic Program: South Florida
Geographic Program: Mississippi River Basin
Geographic Program: Long Island Sound
FY2010
Enacted
$40,997.0
$24,152.0
$25,622.0
$9,560.0
$99,400.0
$134,582.0
$146,636.0
$49,637.0
$3,278.0
$7,090.0
$18,258.0
$224,899.0
$475,000.0
$50,000.0
$0.0
$7,000.0
$50,000.0
$2,168.0
$0.0
$7,000.0
FY2010
Actuals
$38,922.3
$24,465.3
$23,628.3
$8,792.6
$97,937.7
$130,358.6
$145,896.6
$49,043.2
$3,220.0
$9,567.4
$18,313.4
$226,040.6
$430,818.2
$53,192.7
$1,752.3
$10,087.1
$40,040.4
$2,321.5
$0.0
$6,141.9
FY2011
Annualized CR
$40,997.0
$24,152.0
$25,622.0
$9,560.0
$99,400.0
$134,582.0
$146,636.0
$49,637.0
$3,278.0
$7,090.0
$18,258.0
$224,899.0
$475,000.0
$50,000.0
$0.0
$7,000.0
$50,000.0
$2,168.0
$0.0
$7,000.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$33,770.0
$26,397.0
$0.0
$0.0
$119,648.0
$119,648.0
$191,404.0
$51,345.0
$0.0
$7,397.0
$18,072.0
$268,218.0
$350,000.0
$67,350.0
$0.0
$4,847.0
$19,289.0
$2,061.0
$6,000.0
$2,962.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($7,227.0)
$2,245.0
($25,622.0)
($9,560.0)
$20,248.0
($14,934.0)
$44,768.0
$1,708.0
($3,278.0)
$307.0
($186.0)
$43,319.0
($125,000.0)
$17,350.0
$0.0
($2,153.0)
($30,711.0)
($107.0)
$6,000.0
($4,038.0)
211
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico
Geographic Program: Lake Champlain
Geographic Program: Other
Lake Pontchartrain
Community Action for a Renewed
Environment (CARE)
Geographic Program: Other (other
activities)
Subtotal, Geographic Program: Other
Subtotal, Geographic Programs
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Communication and
Information
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Decontamination
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
Decontamination
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA
Personnel and Infrastructure
FY2010
Enacted
$6,000.0
$4,000.0
$1,500.0
$2,448.0
$3,325.0
$7,273.0
$608,441.0
$6,926.0
$99.0
$6,737.0
$6,836.0
$3,423.0
$0.0
$3,423.0
$6,369.0
FY2010
Actuals
$7,671.7
$486.9
$996.0
$1,648.9
$1,901.0
$4,545.9
$557,058.6
$7,206.3
$156.1
$6,649.0
$6,805.1
$1,573.3
$2,690.9
$4,264.2
$6,300.3
FY2011
Annualized CR
$6,000.0
$4,000.0
$1,500.0
$2,448.0
$3,325.0
$7,273.0
$608,441.0
$6,926.0
$99.0
$6,737.0
$6,836.0
$3,423.0
$0.0
$3,423.0
$6,369.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$4,464.0
$1,399.0
$955.0
$2,384.0
$1,296.0
$4,635.0
$463,007.0
$4,257.0
$0.0
$1,065.0
$1,065.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,978.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($1,536.0)
($2,601.0)
($545.0)
($64.0)
($2,029.0)
($2,638.0)
($145,434.0)
($2,669.0)
($99.0)
($5,672.0)
($5,771.0)
($3,423.0)
$0.0
($3,423.0)
($391.0)
212
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Homeland Security
Information Exchange / Outreach
Children and Other Sensitive Populations:
Agency Coordination
Environmental Education
Congressional, Intergovernmental, External
Relations
Exchange Network
Small Business Ombudsman
Small Minority Business Assistance
State and Local Prevention and Preparedness
TRI / Right to Know
Tribal - Capacity Building
Subtotal, Information Exchange / Outreach
International Programs
US Mexico Border
International Sources of Pollution
Trade and Governance
Subtotal, International Programs
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
FY2010
Enacted
$23,554.0
$7,100.0
$9,038.0
$51,944.0
$17,024.0
$3,028.0
$2,350.0
$13,303.0
$14,933.0
$12,080.0
$130,800.0
$4,969.0
$8,628.0
$6,227.0
$19,824.0
$5,912.0
$97,410.0
$103,322.0
FY2010
Actuals
$24,575.9
$5,715.8
$7,396.6
$52,787.0
$17,918.5
$3,488.5
$2,133.1
$13,426.7
$15,230.9
$13,040.9
$131,138.0
$4,997.8
$8,514.5
$6,359.8
$19,872.1
$5,881.7
$98,258.9
$104,140.6
FY2011
Annualized CR
$23,554.0
$7,100.0
$9,038.0
$51,944.0
$17,024.0
$3,028.0
$2,350.0
$13,303.0
$14,933.0
$12,080.0
$130,800.0
$4,969.0
$8,628.0
$6,227.0
$19,824.0
$5,912.0
$97,410.0
$103,322.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$11,300.0
$10,795.0
$9,885.0
$52,268.0
$20,883.0
$2,953.0
$2,280.0
$14,613.0
$16,463.0
$15,070.0
$145,210.0
$4,912.0
$8,302.0
$6,233.0
$19,447.0
$6,837.0
$88,576.0
$95,413.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($12,254.0)
$3,695.0
$847.0
$324.0
$3,859.0
($75.0)
($70.0)
$1,310.0
$1,530.0
$2,990.0
$14,410.0
($57.0)
($326.0)
$6.0
($377.0)
$925.0
($8,834.0)
($7,909.0)
213
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Rights / Title VI Compliance
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
Legal Advice: Support Program
Regional Science and Technology
Integrated Environmental Strategies
Regulatory/Economic-Management and
Analysis
Science Advisory Board
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic
Review
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Acquisition Management
Financial Assistance Grants / IAG Management
Human Resources Management
Recovery Act Mangement and Oversight
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
FY2010
Enacted
$5,275.0
$1,147.0
$12,224.0
$42,662.0
$14,419.0
$3,271.0
$18,917.0
$19,404.0
$6,278.0
$123,597.0
$157,040.0
$13,514.0
$27,997.0
$116,687.0
$315,238.0
$82,834.0
$32,404.0
$25,487.0
$42,447.0
$0.0
$498,410.0
FY2010
Actuals
$5,424.8
$1,313.8
$12,413.1
$42,826.7
$14,727.9
$3,146.2
$18,366.6
$19,041.3
$6,157.2
$123,417.6
$161,817.5
$2,539.3
$27,326.6
$118,555.4
$310,238.8
$86,883.5
$33,272.6
$24,311.6
$43,526.7
$22,237.5
$520,470.7
FY2011
Annualized CR
$5,275.0
$1,147.0
$12,224.0
$42,662.0
$14,419.0
$3,271.0
$18,917.0
$19,404.0
$6,278.0
$123,597.0
$157,040.0
$13,514.0
$27,997.0
$116,687.0
$315,238.0
$82,834.0
$32,404.0
$25,487.0
$42,447.0
$0.0
$498,410.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$5,386.0
$1,329.0
$11,685.0
$45,352.0
$15,873.0
$3,283.0
$17,509.0
$22,326.0
$5,867.0
$128,610.0
$170,807.0
$11,221.0
$29,266.0
$113,671.0
$324,965.0
$77,548.0
$34,119.0
$26,223.0
$44,680.0
$0.0
$507,535.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$111.0
$182.0
($539.0)
$2,690.0
$1,454.0
$12.0
($1,408.0)
$2,922.0
($411.0)
$5,013.0
$13,767.0
($2,293.0)
$1,269.0
($3,016.0)
$9,727.0
($5,286.0)
$1,715.0
$736.0
$2,233.0
$0.0
$9,125.0
214
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Protect Human Health from Pesticide
Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment from
Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of Pesticide
Availability
Science Policy and Biotechnology
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
RCRA: Waste Management
eManifest
RCRA: Waste Management (other
activities)
Subtotal, RCRA: Waste Management
RCRA: Corrective Action
RCRA: Waste Minimization & Recycling
Subtotal, Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA)
Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
Endocrine Disrupters
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review and
Reduction
Pollution Prevention Program
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Management
Toxic Substances: Lead Risk Reduction
Program
FY2010
Enacted
$62,944.0
$42,203.0
$13,145.0
$1,840.0
$120,132.0
$0.0
$68,842.0
$68,842.0
$40,029.0
$14,379.0
$123,250.0
$8,625.0
$54,886.0
$18,050.0
$6,025.0
$14,329.0
FY2010
Actuals
$62,696.4
$41,584.5
$13,508.9
$1,349.5
$119,139.3
$0.0
$71,171.2
$71,171.2
$39,366.0
$13,063.3
$123,600.5
$8,513.2
$53,458.7
$18,014.5
$7,193.0
$13,429.3
FY2011
Annualized CR
$62,944.0
$42,203.0
$13,145.0
$1,840.0
$120,132.0
$0.0
$68,842.0
$68,842.0
$40,029.0
$14,379.0
$123,250.0
$8,625.0
$54,886.0
$18,050.0
$6,025.0
$14,329.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$58,304.0
$37,913.0
$12,550.0
$1,756.0
$110,523.0
$2,000.0
$64,854.0
$66,854.0
$40,266.0
$9,751.0
$116,871.0
$8,268.0
$70,939.0
$15,653.0
$6,105.0
$14,332.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($4,640.0)
($4,290.0)
($595.0)
($84.0)
($9,609.0)
$2,000.0
($3,988.0)
($1,988.0)
$237.0
($4,628.0)
($6,379.0)
($357.0)
$16,053.0
($2,397.0)
$80.0
$3.0
215
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST/UST
Water: Ecosystems
Great Lakes Legacy Act
National Estuary Program / Coastal Waterways
Wetlands
Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems
Water: Human Health Protection
Beach / Fish Programs
Drinking Water Programs
Subtotal, Water: Human Health Protection
Water Quality Protection
Marine Pollution
Surface Water Protection
Subtotal, Water Quality Protection
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Total, Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
FY2010
Enacted
$101,915.0
$12,424.0
$0.0
$32,567.0
$25,940.0
$58,507.0
$2,944.0
$102,224.0
$105,168.0
$13,397.0
$208,626.0
$222,023.0
$16,950.0
$2,993,779.0
FY2010
Actuals
$100,608.7
$12,833.9
$33,030.3
$29,796.8
$27,130.2
$89,957.3
$2,981.4
$99,394.2
$102,375.6
$9,783.7
$201,136.3
$210,920.0
$29,700.0
$2,988,874.6
FY2011
Annualized CR
$101,915.0
$12,424.0
$0.0
$32,567.0
$25,940.0
$58,507.0
$2,944.0
$102,224.0
$105,168.0
$13,397.0
$208,626.0
$222,023.0
$16,950.0
$2,993,779.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$115,297.0
$12,866.0
$0.0
$27,058.0
$27,368.0
$54,426.0
$2,708.0
$104,616.0
$107,324.0
$13,417.0
$212,069.0
$225,486.0
$0.0
$2,876,634.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$13,382.0
$442.0
$0.0
($5,509.0)
$1,428.0
($4,081.0)
($236.0)
$2,392.0
$2,156.0
$20.0
$3,443.0
$3,463.0
($16,950.0)
($117,145.0)
216
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FY 2012 Annual Plan
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Total, Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA
Personnel and Infrastructure
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Total, Building and Facilities
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Indoor Air and Radiation
Radiation: Protection
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Compliance
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Environmental Justice
Superfund: Enforcement
Superfund: Federal Facilities Enforcement
FY2010
Enacted
$44,791.0
$44,791.0
$8,070.0
$28,931.0
$37,001.0
$2,495.0
$9,975.0
$0.0
$1,216.0
$1,216.0
$795.0
$172,668.0
$10,570.0
FY2010
Actuals
$49,164.4
$49,164.4
$9,652.1
$29,896.7
$39,548.8
$2,586.2
$9,337.9
$14.4
$1,181.8
$1,196.2
$891.0
$174,821.5
$9,196.2
FY2011
Annualized CR
$44,791.0
$44,791.0
$8,070.0
$28,931.0
$37,001.0
$2,495.0
$9,975.0
$0.0
$1,216.0
$1,216.0
$795.0
$172,668.0
$10,570.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$45,997.0
$45,997.0
$8,038.0
$33,931.0
$41,969.0
$2,487.0
$10,009.0
$0.0
$1,222.0
$1,222.0
$600.0
$169,844.0
$10,530.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$1,206.0
$1,206.0
($32.0)
$5,000.0
$4,968.0
($8.0)
$34.0
$0.0
$6.0
$6.0
($195.0)
($2,824.0)
($40.0)
217
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Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Forensics Support
Subtotal, Enforcement
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Decontamination
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
Decontamination
Laboratory Preparedness and
Response
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA
Personnel and Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
Information Exchange / Outreach
Exchange Network
IT / Data Management / Security
FY2010
Enacted
$8,066.0
$899.0
$2,450.0
$195,448.0
$198.0
$1,562.0
$1,760.0
$10,798.0
$9,626.0
$33,156.0
$53,580.0
$1,194.0
$56,534.0
$1,433.0
FY2010
Actuals
$8,417.3
$756.5
$2,727.0
$196,809.5
$89.6
$1,179.9
$1,269.5
$6,087.1
$5,111.1
$40,360.7
$51,558.9
$1,194.0
$54,022.4
$1,438.6
FY2011
Annualized CR
$8,066.0
$899.0
$2,450.0
$195,448.0
$198.0
$1,562.0
$1,760.0
$10,798.0
$9,626.0
$33,156.0
$53,580.0
$1,194.0
$56,534.0
$1,433.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$8,252.0
$0.0
$2,389.0
$191,615.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,908.0
$5,635.0
$29,119.0
$40,662.0
$1,172.0
$41,834.0
$1,433.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$186.0
($899.0)
($61.0)
($3,833.0)
($198.0)
($1,562.0)
($1,760.0)
($4,890.0)
($3,991.0)
($4,037.0)
($12,918.0)
($22.0)
($14,700.0)
$0.0
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Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic
Review
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Financial Assistance Grants / IAG Management
Acquisition Management
Human Resources Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research: Chemical Safety and Sustainability
FY2010
Enacted
$785.0
$17,087.0
$17,872.0
$893.0
$746.0
$1,639.0
$44,300.0
$3,397.0
$8,299.0
$22,486.0
$78,482.0
$2,945.0
$24,684.0
$5,580.0
$27,490.0
$139,181.0
$21,264.0
FY2010
Actuals
$524.3
$16,498.3
$17,022.6
$863.5
$658.7
$1,522.2
$44,239.0
$2,630.9
$7,633.1
$21,549.0
$76,052.0
$3,240.9
$23,820.8
$4,332.7
$28,192.2
$135,638.6
$22,525.3
FY2011
Annualized CR
$785.0
$17,087.0
$17,872.0
$893.0
$746.0
$1,639.0
$44,300.0
$3,397.0
$8,299.0
$22,486.0
$78,482.0
$2,945.0
$24,684.0
$5,580.0
$27,490.0
$139,181.0
$21,264.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$728.0
$15,352.0
$16,080.0
$927.0
$750.0
$1,677.0
$47,112.0
$3,765.0
$8,282.0
$22,272.0
$81,431.0
$3,243.0
$24,097.0
$7,046.0
$22,252.0
$138,069.0
$17,706.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($57.0)
($1,735.0)
($1,792.0)
$34.0
$4.0
$38.0
$2,812.0
$368.0
($17.0)
($214.0)
$2,949.0
$298.0
($587.0)
$1,466.0
($5,238.0)
($1,112.0)
($3,558.0)
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Human Health Risk Assessment
Superfund Cleanup
Superfimd: Emergency Response and Removal
Superfund: EPA Emergency Preparedness
Superfund: Federal Facilities
Superfund: Remedial
Superfund: Support to Other Federal Agencies
Subtotal, Superfund Cleanup
Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Rent
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Acquisition Management
FY2010
Enacted
$3,404.0
$202,330.0
$9,632.0
$32,105.0
$605,438.0
$6,575.0
$856,080.0
$1,306,541.0
$0.0
$797.0
$162.0
$696.0
$208.0
$904.0
$165.0
FY2010
Actuals
$3,169.1
$225,840.0
$9,667.5
$33,605.0
$693,835.2
$6,575.0
$969,522.7
$1,414,791.3
$0.0
$756.8
$152.3
$696.0
$175.9
$871.9
$172.4
FY2011
Annualized CR
$3,404.0
$202,330.0
$9,632.0
$32,105.0
$605,438.0
$6,575.0
$856,080.0
$1,306,541.0
$0.0
$797.0
$162.0
$696.0
$208.0
$904.0
$165.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$3,342.0
$194,895.0
$9,263.0
$26,242.0
$574,499.0
$5,858.0
$810,757.0
$1,236,231.0
$832.0
$0.0
$0.0
$696.0
$220.0
$916.0
$163.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($62.0)
($7,435.0)
($369.0)
($5,863.0)
($30,939.0)
($717.0)
($45,323.0)
($70,310.0)
$832.0
($797.0)
($162.0)
$0.0
$12.0
$12.0
($2.0)
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Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST/UST
LUST Cooperative Agreements
LUST Prevention
Subtotal, Underground Storage Tanks (LUST /
UST)
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Inland Oil Spill Programs
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Oil
Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparedness and
Response
FY2010
Enacted
$1,115.0
$2,184.0
$11,613.0
$63,570.0
$34,430.0
$109,613.0
$345.0
$113,101.0
$269.0
$0.0
$269.0
$1,998.0
$24.0
$14,944.0
FY2010
Actuals
$1,312.0
$2,356.3
$17,901.7
$55,963.6
$35,030.1
$108,895.4
$422.5
$112,583.3
$263.7
$0.0
$263.7
$2,082.8
$24.0
$13,494.8
FY2011
Annualized CR
$1,115.0
$2,184.0
$11,613.0
$63,570.0
$34,430.0
$109,613.0
$345.0
$113,101.0
$269.0
$0.0
$269.0
$1,998.0
$24.0
$14,944.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$512.0
$1,591.0
$11,982.0
$63,192.0
$34,430.0
$109,604.0
$454.0
$112,481.0
$0.0
$138.0
$138.0
$2,902.0
$0.0
$19,472.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
($603.0)
($593.0)
$369.0
($378.0)
$0.0
($9.0)
$109.0
($620.0)
($269.0)
$138.0
($131.0)
$904.0
($24.0)
$4,528.0
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Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Rent
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Total, Inland Oil Spill Programs
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG)
Infrastructure Assistance: Clean Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska Native
Villages
Brownfields Projects
Clean School Bus Initiative
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program
Targeted Airshed Grants
Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico Border
Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
(STAG)
Categorical Grants
FY2010
Enacted
$438.0
$67.0
$505.0
S505.0
$639.0
$18,379.0
$2,100,000.0
$1,387,000.0
$13,000.0
$100,000.0
$0.0
$60,000.0
$20,000.0
$17,000.0
$3,697,000.0
FY2010
Actuals
$438.0
$51.4
$489.4
$489.4
$549.7
$16,904.4
$1,695,365.8
$1,143,484.5
$16,634.7
$133,697.0
$68.2
$115,807.2
$10,000.0
$24,503.5
$3,139,560.9
FY2011
Annualized CR
$438.0
$67.0
$505.0
$505.0
$639.0
$18,379.0
$2,100,000.0
$1,387,000.0
$13,000.0
$100,000.0
$0.0
$60,000.0
$20,000.0
$17,000.0
$3,697,000.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$438.0
$98.0
$536.0
$536.0
$614.0
$23,662.0
$1,550,000.0
$990,000.0
$10,000.0
$99,041.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$10,000.0
$2,659,041.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$0.0
$31.0
$31.0
$31.0
($25.0)
$5,283.0
($550,000.0)
($397,000.0)
($3,000.0)
($959.0)
$0.0
($60,000.0)
($20,000.0)
($7,000.0)
($1,037,959.0)
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Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection
Categorical Grant: Brownfields
Categorical Grant: Environmental Information
Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial
Assistance
Categorical Grant: Homeland Security
Categorical Grant: Lead
Categorical Grant: Local Govt Climate Change
Categorical Grant: Multi-Media Tribal
Implementation
Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319)
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Enforcement
Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program
Implementation
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control (Sec. 106)
Monitoring Grants
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control
(Sec. 106) (other activities)
Subtotal, Categorical Grant: Pollution Control
(Sec. 106)
Categorical Grant: Pollution Prevention
Categorical Grant: Public Water System
Supervision (PWSS)
Categorical Grant: Radon
Categorical Grant: State and Local Air Quality
Management
Categorical Grant: Sector Program
Categorical Grant: Targeted Watersheds
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances
Compliance
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality
Management
FY2010
Enacted
$9,900.0
$49,495.0
$10,000.0
$103,346.0
$0.0
$14,564.0
$10,000.0
$0.0
$200,857.0
$18,711.0
$13,520.0
$18,500.0
$210,764.0
$229,264.0
$4,940.0
$105,700.0
$8,074.0
$226,580.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,099.0
$13,300.0
FY2010
Actuals
$10,194.2
$56,100.7
$10,618.9
$103,161.8
$2,863.1
$15,162.6
$9,500.0
$0.0
$194,818.5
$18,494.3
$13,195.4
$18,314.0
$207,627.1
$225,941.1
$4,484.8
$107,095.7
$8,572.4
$223,152.7
$202.6
$2,827.2
$5,401.9
$13,408.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
$9,900.0
$49,495.0
$10,000.0
$103,346.0
$0.0
$14,564.0
$10,000.0
$0.0
$200,857.0
$18,711.0
$13,520.0
$18,500.0
$210,764.0
$229,264.0
$4,940.0
$105,700.0
$8,074.0
$226,580.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,099.0
$13,300.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$9,900.0
$49,495.0
$10,200.0
$103,412.0
$0.0
$14,855.0
$0.0
$20,000.0
$164,757.0
$19,085.0
$13,140.0
$11,300.0
$238,964.0
$250,264.0
$5,039.0
$109,700.0
$8,074.0
$305,500.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,201.0
$13,566.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$200.0
$66.0
$0.0
$291.0
($10,000.0)
$20,000.0
($36,100.0)
$374.0
($380.0)
($7,200.0)
$28,200.0
$21,000.0
$99.0
$4,000.0
$0.0
$78,920.0
$0.0
$0.0
$102.0
$266.0
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Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance
Program
Categorical Grant: Underground Injection
Control (UIC)
Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks
Categorical Grant: Water Quality Cooperative
Agreements
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program
Development
Subtotal, Categorical Grants
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Rescission of Prior Year Funds
TOTAL, EPA
FY2010
Enacted
$62,875.0
$10,891.0
$2,500.0
$0.0
$16,830.0
$1,116,446.0
$164,777.0
$4,978,223.0
($40,000.0)
$10,299,864.0
FY2010
Actuals
$65,746.2
$11,323.6
$3,184.3
$63.0
$16,236.1
$1,121,749.1
$149,665.5
$4,410,975.5
$0.0
$9,850,520.0
FY2011
Annualized CR
$62,875.0
$10,891.0
$2,500.0
$0.0
$16,830.0
$1,116,446.0
$164,777.0
$4,978,223.0
($40,000.0)
$10,297,864.0
FY2012
Pres Budget
$71,375.0
$11,109.0
$1,550.0
$0.0
$15,167.0
$1,201,389.0
$0.0
$3,860,430.0
($50,000.0)
$8,973,000.0
2012 Pres Budget
vs. 2010 Enacted
$8,500.0
$218.0
($950.0)
$0.0
($1,663.0)
$84,943.0
($164,777.0)
($1,117,793.0)
($10,000.0)
($1,326,864.0)
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EXPECTED BENEFITS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S E-GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES
Grants.gov
The Grants.gov initiative benefits EPA and
its grant programs by providing a single
location to publish grant opportunities and
application packages, and by providing a
single site for the grants community to apply
for grants using common forms, processes
and systems. EPA believes that the central
site raises the visibility of our grants
opportunities to a wider diversity of
applicants. Grants.gov also has allowed
EPA to discontinue support for its own
electronic grant application system, saving
operational, training, and account
management costs.
The grants community benefits from savings
in postal costs, paper and envelopes.
Applicants save time in searching for
Agency grant opportunities and in learning
the application systems of various agencies.
At the request of the state environmental
agencies, EPA has begun to offer Grants.gov
application packages for mandatory grants
(i.e., Continuing Environmental Program
Grants). States requested that the Agency
extend usage to mandatory programs to
streamline their application process.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-04-00-04-0 1 60-24
020-00-04-00-04-0 1 60-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$480.000
$428.000
Integrated Acquisition Environment
The Integrated Acquisition Environment
(IAE) is comprised of nine government-
wide automated applications and/or
databases that have contributed to
streamlining the acquisition business process
across the government. EPA leverages the
usefulness of some of these systems via
electronic linkages between EPA's
acquisition systems and the IAE shared
systems. Other IAE systems are not linked
directly to EPA's acquisition systems, but
benefit the Agency's contracting staff and
vendor community as stand-alone resources.
EPA's acquisition systems use data provided
by the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) to
replace internally maintained vendor data.
Contracting officers can download vendor-
provided representation and certification
information electronically, via the Online
Representations and Certifications (ORCA)
database, which allows vendors to submit
this information once, rather than separately
for every contract proposal. Contracting
officers are able to access the Excluded
Parties List System (EPLS), via links in
EPA's acquisition systems, to identify
vendors that are debarred from receiving
contract awards.
Contracting officers also can link to the
Wage Determination Online (WDOL) to
obtain information required under the
Service Contract Act and the Davis-Bacon
Act. EPA's acquisition systems link to the
Federal Procurement Data System - Next
Generation (FPDS-NG) for submission of
contract actions at the time of award.
FPDS-NG provides public access to
government-wide contract information. The
Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System
(eSRS) supports vendor submission of
subcontracting data for contracts identified
as requiring this information. EPA submits
synopses of procurement opportunities over
$25,000 to the Federal Business
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Opportunities (FBO) website, where the
information is accessible to the public.
Vendors use this website to identify business
opportunities in federal contracting.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-0230-24
020-00-01-16-04-0230-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$109.000
$133.000
Integrated Acquisition Environment
Loans and Grants
The Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act (FFATA) requires the
agencies to unambiguously identify contract,
grant, and loan recipients and determine
parent/child relationship, address
information, etc. The FFATA taskforce
determined that using both the Dun and
Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS Number (standard
identifier for all business lines) and Central
Contractor Registration (CCR), the single
point of entry for data collection and
dissemination, is the most appropriate way
to accomplish this. This fee will pay for
EPA's use of this service in the course of
reporting grants and/or loans.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-02-4300-24
020-00-01-16-02-4300-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$90.000
$90.000
Enterprise Human Resource Integration
The Enterprise Human Resource
Integration's (EHRI) Electronic Official
Personnel Folder (eOPF) is designed to
provide a consolidated repository that
digitally documents the employment actions
and history of individuals employed by the
federal government. EPA has completed
migration to the federal eOPF system. This
initiative will benefit the Agency by
reducing file room maintenance costs and
improve customer service for employees and
productivity for FIR specialists. Customer
service will improve for employees since
they will have 24/7 access to view and print
their official personnel documents and HR
specialists will no longer be required to
manually file, retrieve or mail personnel
actions to employees thus improving
productivity.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-03-1219-24
020-00-01-16-03-1219-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$388.000
$403.000
Recruitment One-Stop
Recruitment One-Stop (ROS) simplifies the
process of locating and applying for federal
jobs. USAJOBS is a standard job
announcement and resume builder website.
It is the one-stop for federal job seekers to
search for and apply to positions on-line.
This integrated process benefits citizens by
providing a more efficient process to locate
and apply for jobs, and assists federal
agencies in hiring top talent in a competitive
marketplace. The Recruitment One-Stop
initiative has increased job seeker
satisfaction with the federal job application
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process and is helping the Agency to locate
highly-qualified candidates and improve
response times to applicants.
By integrating with ROS, the Agency has
eliminated the need for applicants to
maintain multiple user IDs to apply for
federal jobs through various systems. The
vacancy announcement format has been
improved for easier readability. The system
can maintain up to five resumes per
applicant, which allows them to create and
store resumes tailored to specific skills —
this is an improvement from our previous
system that only allowed one resume per
applicant. In addition, ROS has a
notification feature that keeps applicants
updated on the current status of the
application, and provides a link to the
agency website for detailed information.
This self-help ROS feature allows applicants
to obtain up-to-date information on the
status of their application upon request.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-1218-24
020-00-01-16-04-1218-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$107.000
$111.000
eTraining
This initiative encourages electronic
learning to improve training, efficiency and
financial performance. EPA recently
exercised its option to renew the current
Interagency Agreement with OPM-GoLearn
that provides licenses to online training for
employees. EPA purchased 5,000 licenses
to prevent any interruption in service to
current users.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-03-1217-24
020-00-01-16-03-1217-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
80.000
80.000
Human Resources Management Line of
Business
The Human Resources Management Line of
Business (HRM LoB) provides the federal
government the infrastructure to support
pay-for-performance systems, modernized
HR systems, and the core functionality
necessary for the strategic management of
human capital.
The HRM LoB offers common solutions
that will enable federal departments and
agencies to work more effectively, and it
provides managers and executives across the
federal government improved means to meet
strategic objectives. EPA will benefit by
supporting an effective program
management activity which evaluates
provider performance, customer satisfaction,
and compliance with program goals, on an
ongoing basis.
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Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-1200-24
020-00-01-16-04-1200-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$66.000
$66.000
Grants Management Line of Business
EPA anticipates the key benefit of Grants
Management Line of Business (GM LoB)
will be having a centralized location to
download all applications, make awards, and
track awards to closeout. Automated
business processes, available through
consortium service providers and other GM
LoB solutions, will decrease agency reliance
on manual and paper-based processing.
Consortium lead agencies, or the COTS
working group, will spread operations and
maintenance (O&M) costs, and
development, modernization, and
enhancement (DME) costs across agencies,
decreasing the burden that any one agency
or agency administrative system must bear.
GM LoB will lead to a reduction in the
number of systems of record for grants data
across EPA and the government and the
development of common reporting
standards, improving EPA's ability to
provide agency and government-wide
reports on grant activities and results.
Migrating to a modern, efficient web-based
system will help EPA comply with the
Federal Financial Assistance Management
Improvement Act of 1999 and the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006.
Service to constituents will be improved
through the standardization and streamlining
of government-wide grants business
processes. The public will save time as a
result of quicker notification and faster
payments due to an automated system for
grants processing. Furthermore, GM LoB
will minimize complex and varying agency-
specific requirements and increase grantee
ease of use on federal grants management
systems. Constituents will benefit as they
will have fewer unique agency systems and
processes to learn; grantees' ability to learn
how to use the system will be improved and
reliance on call center technical support will
be reduced. Consortium lead agencies, or a
COTS solution, will also provide grantees
with online access to standard post-award
reports, decreasing the number of unique
agency-specific reporting requirements.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-04-00-04- 1 3 00-24
020-00-04-00-04- 1 3 00-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$60.000
$60.000
Business Gateway
By creating a single entry-point for business
information, such as the e-Forms catalog,
Business Gateway directly benefits EPA's
regulated communities, many of whom are
subject to complex regulatory requirements
across multiple agencies. This initiative also
benefits EPA by centralizing OMB reporting
requirements under the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002. EPA has
over 100 initiatives, activities, and services
directed at small business needs. Many of
those initiatives are highlighted to small
businesses through periodic features in
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Business.gov. This allows special focus to
be brought to bear at critical times to the
intended audiences for those initiatives. In
addition, with the launch of the
Business.gov Community, small business
users are able to interact on-line where they
can discuss, share and ask questions of other
business owners as well as industry and
government experts. Business.gov also
continues to provide a one-stop compliance
tool enabling small and emerging businesses
access to compliance information, forms and
tools across the federal government.
Business Gateway supports EPA's small
business activities function by providing the
following benefits:
• a single point of access for
electronic regulatory forms;
• "plain English" compliance
guidance, fact sheets and links to
checklists for small businesses;
and
• an extensive Web site with
numerous links to other internal
and external assistance sources.
Beginning in FY 2009, the
Business Gateway program has
been fully funded by the Small
Business Administration (SBA),
the managing partner. EPA plans
to continue its partnership with
Business Gateway program,
however, there is no EPA
contribution required.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-0100-24
020-00-01-16-04-0100-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$0
$0
Geospatial Line of Business
The Geospatial Line of Business (Geo LoB)
is an intergovernmental project to improve
the ability of the public and government to
use geospatial information to support the
business of government and facilitate
decision-making. This initiative will reduce
EPA costs and improve our operations in
several areas. The investment in FY 2011
and FY 2012 will provide the necessary
planning and coordination to begin
providing significant benefits to EPA.
EPA's geospatial program has achieved a
cost avoidance of approximately $2 million
per year by internally consolidating
procurements for data and tools into multi-
year enterprise licenses. The Agency is
currently applying these lessons learned for
the benefit of our partners in the Geo LoB as
well as colleagues in state, local and tribal
government organizations. The Geo LoB
will reduce costs by providing an
opportunity for EPA and other agencies to
share approaches on procurement
consolidation that other agencies can follow.
Throughout FY 2008-2010, EPA has played
a key leadership role in a Geo LoB
Workgroup to explore opportunities for
federal-wide acquisition of key geospatial
software and data. In early FY 2010, the
first of these acquisitions became available
to the federal community through the
SmartBUY Program managed by our Geo
LoB partners at GSA.
EPA benefits from Geo LoB in FY 2012 are
anticipated to be the same as in prior years.
Fiscal Year
Account Code
EPA Contribution
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2011
2012
020-00-01-16-04-3100-24
020-00-01-16-04-3100-24
(in thousands)
$42.000
$42.000
eRulemaking
The eRulemaking Program is designed to
enhance public access and participation in
the regulatory process through electronic
systems; reduce burden for citizens and
businesses in finding relevant regulations
and commenting on proposed rulemaking
actions; consolidate redundant docket
systems; and improve agency regulatory
processes and the timeliness of regulatory
decisions.
The eRulemaking program's Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) currently
supports 167 federal entities including all
Cabinet-level Departments and independent
rulemaking agencies which collectively
promulgate over 90 percent of all federal
regulations each year. FDMS has simplified
the public's participation in the rulemaking
process and made EPA's rulemaking
business processes more accessible as well
as transparent. FDMS provides EPA's
approximately 2,400 registered users with a
secure, centralized electronic repository for
managing the Agency's rulemaking
development via distributed management of
data and robust role-based user access. EPA
posts regulatory and non-regulatory
documents in Regulations.gov for public
viewing, downloading, bookmarking, email
notification, and commenting. For calendar
year 2010, EPA has posted 847 rules and
proposed rules, 1,168 Federal Register
notices, and 97,215 public submissions in
Regulations.gov. EPA also posted 21,268
documents that were supporting and related
materials associated with other postings.
Overall, EPA provides public access to
nearly 556,000 documents in
Regulations.gov.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-16-01-0060-24
020-00-01-16-01-0060-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$613.000
$1,000.000
E-Travel
E-Travel provides EPA with efficient and
effective travel management services, with
cost savings from cross-government
purchasing agreements and improved
functionality through streamlined travel
policies and processes, strict security and
privacy controls, and enhanced agency
oversight and audit capabilities. EPA
employees also will benefit from the
integrated travel planning provided through
E-Travel.
Fiscal Year
Account Code
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
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2011
2012
020-00-01-01-03-0220-24
020-00-01-01-03-0220-24
$1,106.000
$1,106.000
Financial Management Line of Business
The Financial Management Line of Business
(FM LoB) is a multi-agency effort whose
goals include: achieving process
improvements and cost savings in the
acquisition, development, implementation,
and operation of financial management
systems. By incorporating the same FM
LoB-standard processes as those used by
central agency systems, interfaces among
financial systems will be streamlined and the
quality of information available for
decision-making will be improved. In
addition, EPA expects to achieve operational
savings in future years because of the use of
the shared service provider for operations
and maintenance of the new system.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
020-00-01-01-04-1100-24
020-00-01-01-04-1100-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$45.000
$45.000
Budget Formulation and Execution Line
of Business
The Budget Formulation and Execution
Lines of Business (BFE LoB) allow EPA
and other agencies to access budget-related
benefits and services. The Agency has the
option to implement LoB sponsored tools
and services.
EPA has benefited from the BFE LoB by
sharing valuable information on what has or
hasn't worked on the use of different budget
systems and software. This effort has
created a government only capability for
electronic collaboration (Wiki) in which the
Budget Community website allows EPA to
share budget information with OMB (and
other federal agencies). The LoB is working
on giving EPA and other agencies the
capability to have secure, virtual on-line
meetings where participants can not only
hear what's been said by conference calling
into the meeting, but also view budget-
related presentations directly from their
workspace. The LoB has provided budget-
related training to EPA budget employees on
OMB's MAX budget system, and on
Treasury's FACTS II statements explaining
how it ties to the budget process.
Fiscal Year
2011
2012
Account Code
010-00-01-01-04-3200-24
010-00-01-01-04-3200-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$105.000
$105.000
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SUPERFUND SPECIAL ACCOUNTS34
Section 122(b)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) authorizes EPA to
retain and use funds received pursuant to an
agreement with a Potentially Responsible
Party (PRP) to carry out the purpose of that
agreement. EPA retains such funds in
special accounts, which are sub-accounts in
the Superfund Trust Fund. Pursuant to the
specific agreements, which typically take the
form of an Administrative Order on Consent
or Consent Decree, EPA uses special
account funds to finance site-specific
CERCLA response actions at the site for
which the account was established. Through
the use of special accounts, EPA pursues its
"enforcement first" policy - ensuring
responsible parties pay for cleanup - so that
appropriated resources from the Superfund
Trust Fund are conserved for sites where no
viable or liable PRPs can be identified.
Both special account resources and
appropriated resources are critical to the
Superfund program.
Special account funds are used to conduct
many different site-specific CERCLA
response actions, including, but not limited
to, investigations to determine the extent of
contamination and appropriate remedy
needed, construction and implementation of
the remedy, enforcement activities, and
post-construction activities. EPA also may
provide special account funds to a PRP who
agrees to perform work under an agreement,
as an incentive (in the form of a
reimbursement) to perform additional work
beyond the PRP's fair share at the site,
which EPA might otherwise have to conduct
using appropriated resources. Because
response actions may take many years, the
full use of special account funds also may
take many years. Pursuant to the agreement,
once site-specific work is complete and site
risks are addressed, EPA may use special
account funds to reimburse EPA for site-
specific costs incurred using appropriated
resources (e.g., reclassification), allowing
the latter resources to be allocated to other
sites. Any remaining special account funds
are generally transferred to the Superfund
Trust Fund, where they are available for
future appropriation by Congress to further
support cleanup at other sites.
Since the inception of special accounts
through the end of FY 2010, EPA has
collected approximately $3.3 billion from
PRPs and earned approximately $378.6
million in interest. In addition, EPA has
transferred over $14.1 million to the
Superfund Trust Fund. As of the end of F Y
2010, over $1.6 billion has been disbursed to
finance site response actions and over
$246.5 million has been obligated but not
yet disbursed. EPA is carefully managing
approximately $1.8 billion that was
available as of October 1, 2010 and has
developed multi-year plans to use these
funds as expeditiously as possible. The
majority of accounts (68%) have an
available balance of less than $500,000,
while 3% of accounts have approximately
61% of the total resources available. The
following table illustrates the cumulative
status of open and closed accounts, FY 2010
program activity, and planned multi-year
uses of the available balance.
34 House Report 111-180 of the FY 2010 Department of the
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriation
Bill directs the Agency to include in its annual budget
justification a plan for using special account funds
expeditiously. This information is being provided in
response to this request.
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Special Accounts:
FY 2010 Program Actuals and Future Multi-Year Program Resource Plan
Account Status1
Cumulative Open
Cumulative Closed
FY 2010 Inputs and Outputs to 2009 End Of Fiscal Year (EOFY) Available
Balance
2009 EOFY Available Balance
FY 20 10 Activities
+ Receipts
- Transfers to Superfund Trust Fund (Receipt Adjustment)
+ Interest Earned
- Net Change in Unliquidated Obligations
- Disbursements - For EPA Incurred Costs
- Disbursements - For Work Party Reimbursements under Final
Settlements
- Reclassifications
2010 EOFY Available Balance2
Multi-Year Plans for EOFY 2010 Available Balance
2010 EOFY Available Balance
- Estimates for Future EPA Site Activities3
- Estimates for Potential Disbursement to Work Parties Identified in
Final Settlements4
- Estimates for Reclassifications for FYs 201 1-201 35
- Estimates for Transfers to Trust Fund for FYs 201 1-201 35
- Available Balance To Be Assigned6
Number of
Accounts
939
84
$ in Thousands
$1,342,713.7
$723,261.9
($2,510.0)
$6,258.2
($62,295.9)
($176,037.1)
($9,956.0)
($26.228.3)
$1,795,206.4
$ in Thousands
$1,795,206.4
$1,676,783.0
$42,169.1
$60,778.4
$12,628.7
$2,847.2
1 FY 2010 data is as of 10/01/2010. The 2009 End of Fiscal Year (EOFY) Available Balance is as of 10/01/2009.
2 Numbers may not add due to rounding.
3 "Estimates for EPA Future Site Activities" includes all response actions that EPA may conduct or oversee in the
future, such as removal, remedial, enforcement, post-construction activities as well as allocation of funds to
facilitate a settlement to encourage PRPs to perform the cleanup. Planning data are multi-year and cannot be used
for annual comparisons.
4 "Estimates for Potential Disbursements to Work Parties Identified in Finalized Settlements" includes those funds
that have already been designated in a settlement document, such as a Consent Decree or Administrative Order on
Consent, to be available to a PRP for reimbursements but that have not yet been obligated.
5 "Reclassifications" and "Transfers to the Trust Fund" are estimated for three FYs only.
6 Planning data were recorded in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Information System (CERCLIS) as of 10/19/2010 in reference to special account available balances as of
10/01/2010. Receipts incurred in the last quarter of the fiscal year may not have been fully planned for use in
CERCLIS at the time of data entry and are reflected in "Available Balance To Be Assigned."
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FY 2011 HIGH PRIORITY PERFORMANCE GOALS
Responding to the President's challenge to deliver a government that works - one that is
effective, efficient, fair, and transparent, EPA identified a limited number of near-term High
Priority Performance Goals (Priority Goals) for its programs. In FY 2012, EPA will continue to
track progress towards its Priority Goals and will update goals as necessary and appropriate.
Below are the Agency's FY 2011 Priority Goals. The six submitted Priority Goal statements are
as follows:
EPA will improve the country's ability to measure and control Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
Building a foundation for action is essential.
1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Mandatory Reporting Rule
By June 15, 2011, EPA will make publically available 100 percent of facility-level GHG
emissions data submitted to EPA in accordance with the GHG Reporting Rule, compliant with
policies protecting Confidential Business Information (CBI).
2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Light Duty Vehicles
In 2011, EPA, working with DOT, will begin implementation of regulations designed to reduce
the GHG emissions from light duty vehicles sold in the US starting with model year 2012.
Clean water is essential for our quality of life and the health of our communities. EPA will take
actions over the next two years to improve water quality.
3. Improve Water Quality: Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay watershed states (including the District of Columbia) will develop and submit
approvable Phase I watershed implementation plans by the end of CY 2010 and Phase II plans by
the end of CY 2011 in support of EPA's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL).
4. Improve Water Quality: Federal Clean Water Enforcement
Increase pollutant reducing enforcement actions in waters that don't meet water quality standards,
and post results and analysis on the web.
5. Improve Water Quality: Drinking Water Standards
Over the next two years, EPA will initiate review/revision of at least 4 drinking water standards
to strengthen public health protection.
EPA will ensure that environmental health and protection is delivered to our communities.
6. Brownfields Area- Wide Planning Pilot Program
By 2012 EPA will have initiated 20 enhanced Brownfields community level projects that
will include a new area-wide planning effort to benefit under-served and economically
disadvantaged communities. This will allow those communities to assess and address a
single large or multiple Brownfields sites within their boundaries, thereby advancing
area-wide planning to enable redevelopment of Brownfields properties on a broader
scale. EPA will provide technical assistance, coordinate its enforcement, water and air
quality programs, and work with other Federal agencies, states, tribes and local
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governments to implement associated targeted environmental improvements identified in
each community's area-wide plan.
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JAN 1 2 2011
The Honorable Jacob J. Lew
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Director, Office of Management and Budget
Executive Office of the President
725 17th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Mr. Lew:
In the Fall of 2008, Congress amended The Inspector General Act 1978, 5 U.S.C.
app3, to provide Inspectors General with the opportunity to comment if we believe the
budget request for our operations would not be sufficient to perform the duties of the Office
of Inspector General (OIG). Specifically, § 6(f)(3)(E) provides that:
The President shall include in each budget of the United States Government
submitted to Congress—any comments of the affected Inspector General with
respect to the proposal if the Inspector General concludes that the budget submitted
by the President would substantially inhibit the Inspector General from performing
the duties of the office.
Based on the funding level for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 that is being proposed for the
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) OIG, I am providing the following comments
for inclusion in the President's FY 2012 Budget.
First, I would like to express my gratitude to the EPA leadership, as well as those in
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) who have afforded the OIG the opportunity
to provide additional information in support of the investment we are requesting for our
cyber investigations and homeland security oversight activities. We believe mis is a
critical new investment that requires sufficient funding to ensure adequate oversight by the
OIG.
I recognize the seriousness of our country's economic challenges and I support the
President's commitment to conserve and maximize scarce Federal resources. I believe the
investment that the OIG is requesting meets those goals. With future resources being
reduced, and existing resources stretched further, there is an even greater urgency for the
investment in oversight to promote efficiency and address the heightened risks of fraud,
waste and abuse in EPA programs. For FY 2012, the OIG requested an increase of S7.4
million above the President's FY 2011 request. As a result of further discussions with
OMB, our proposed budget for FY 2012 has been increased, but is still more than
$5 million below our request.
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The Obama Administration and Congress have expressed concerns about the
increasing vulnerability of the Federal IT infrastructure to potential cyber security threats.
As the Inspector General, I regard EPA's cyber vulnerability a significant management
challenge that will extend to and beyond FY 2012. Addressing these risks requires highly
specialized detection, prevention, and enforcement skills and tools.
While we have been funding our limited cyber activities through a reallocation of
existing resources, we cannot continue to do so without creating accountability and risk
vulnerability gaps in our oversight of other Agency programs and operations.
As the Inspector General, I feel an obligation under the law to communicate my
concern that such a reduction to our request would result in the OIG not being able to fund
its cyber security initiative to the level we believe necessary to address current and future
risks.
Sinc<
Arthur A. EMns.Jr.
The Honorable Robert Perciasepe
The Honorable Jeffrey Zients
The Honorable Phyllis Fong
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Weekly Budget Status Update (whole dollars)
As of February 10, 2011 (Dollars in Thousands)
Approp
STAG
STAG
STAG
STAG
Program Project Description
Clean Water SRF
Drinking Water SRF
Diesel Emissions Grants2
Brownfields
Subtotal, STAG2
LUST
EPM
SF
IG
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Management and Oversight
Superfund: Remedial2
Audits, Evaluations, &
Investigations
Agency Total
Total
Appropriation
$4,003,158
$1,945,842
$294,000
$96,500
$6,339,500
$197,000
$81,500
$582,000
$20,000
$7,220,000
Rescissions
$0
$0
$0
$33
$3
$9,2004
$10,0004
$6,7023'4
$0
$25,905
Total
Obligations
$4,003,148
$1,945,842
$293,924
$96,356
$6,339,270
$187,725
$44,932
$578,098
$10,141
$7,160,166
Outlays
$2,995,928
$1,503,320
$184,085
$35,768
$4,719,101
$105,486
$35,291
$436,584
$10,127
$5,306,589
Percent
Obligated1
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
63%
100%
51%
99.5%
Percent
Expended
75%
77%
62%
36%
74%
56%
49%
76%
51%
74%
1. The percent obligated is calculated from the total appropriation minus rescissions.
2. Includes transfers into fiduciary reserves: STAG $70 thousand, including Diesel Emissions Reduction Grants $33.4 thousand;
Superfund $150 thousand.
3. Rescissions made in accordance with the Pay-it-Back Act (P.L. 111-203).
4. Rescissions made in accordance with PL 111-226.
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