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Environmental Protection Agency
Budget, Performance and Financial Snapshot Fiscal Year 2008
Who We Are
Mission: The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA
has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. View the Agency's Strategic Plan at:
(http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/plan.htm)
Organization: The Agency's mission is carried out by 14 headquarters offices in Washington, DC, 10 regional offices, and more
than a dozen labs. For more information visit:(http://www.epa.gov/epahome/organization.htm)
Personnel: EPA employs approximately 17,000 people across the country. Staff are highly educated and technically trained;
more than half are engineers, scientists, and policy analysts. In addition, a large number of employees are legal, public affairs,
financial, information management and computer specialists. For more information, visit:(http://www.epa.gov/careers/)
Budgetary Resources: The budgetary resources for FY 2008 totaled $7.472 billion or $25 per person.
Budget Snapshot
Total Spending FY 2005-2009
8,321-1
6:656
4,992
3,328
1.664-
ho
2005 2006 2007 200B 2009
V Mandatory
1 Discretionary
[Total
$7,913
$8,321
$8,259
$7,930
$7,999
$ in millions
Top 5 Programs By Budget
2008
2009
Infrastructure
Assistance:
Drinking
Water SRF
$829
$842.1
Infrastructure
Assistance:
Clean Water
SRF
$689.1
$555
Superfund:
Remedial
$593.7
$586.1
Facilities
Infrastructure
and
Operations
$472.1
$490.6
Categorical
Grant:
Pollution
Control
(Section
106)
$218.2
$221.7
$ in millions
Performance Snapshot
Accomplishments: In 2008, the Agency set stringent new standards for a significant number of air pollutants or pollution
sources; proposed a new regulation to allow for the underground storage of greenhouse gases in a manner that protects ground
water sources of drinking water; ensured that 96 percent of hazardous waste facilities are permitted and 66 percent of the
nation's underground storage tanks are in compliance; completed a thorough reassessment of all food pesticides, setting the most
health protective standards in the world for pesticides and food safety; and took enforcement actions to secure commitments
from polluters to spend an estimated $11.8 billion on pollution control activities.
Challenges: EPA faced several challenges in 2008 including improving data collection for performance measures, improving
efficiency of operations, ensuring consistent application of standards, meeting Homeland Security requirements, and working with
partners to address infrastructure concerns. For example, approximately 160,000 public drinking water systems provide the
nation with drinking water, and 16,000 facilities treat and dispose of wastewater. Many of the country's water infrastructure
systems are aging and need repairs or upgrades to meet various requirements of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water
Act. EPA and its federal, state, and local partners face a significant challenge in developing a national strategy for addressing this
issue and resolving the problem of aging and deteriorating water infrastructure to protect public health and the environment.
Financial Snapshot
Clean Opinion on Financial Statements
Timely Financial Reporting
Improper Payment Rate
Total Liabilities
Yes
0.39%
$1,664
Material Weaknesses
Total Assets
Net Cost of Operations
Yes
0
$17,107
$8,041
$ in millions
Footnote:Note: EPA does not have any mandatory spending. All $ amounts used for the budget per strategic goal were taken from EPA's FY 2009 Congressional
Justication of the President's BudgetAdditional information on federal spending can be found at http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php. Additional information on
the performance of federal programs can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore.
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Performance Measure(s)
Tons of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) reduced since 2000
from mobile sources
2006 Results
73,460
2007 Results
85,704
2008 Target
97,947
2008 Results
Data available
2009
2009
110,£
Summary of Environmental Protection Agency Ratings for
Fiscal Year 2008
FY 2008 Performance
Results per Strategic Goal
g Met/Exceeded
Not met target
Budget per Strategic Goa
($ in millions)
Not met but improved over prior years
Data not yet available
Strategic Goal: Clean Air and Global Climate Change
Drotect and improve the air so it is healthy to breathe, and risks to human health and
the environment are reduced. Reduce greenhouse gas intensity by enhancing
Dartnerships with businesses and other sectors.
2008 Actual =
Strategic Goal: Clean and Safe Water
Ensure drinking water is safe. Restore and maintain oceans, watersheds, and their
aquatic ecosystems to protect human health; support economic and recreational
activities; and provide healthy habitat for fish, plants, and wildlife.
2008 Actual =
Performance Measure(s)*
Percent of population served by community water
systems that will receive drinking water that meets
all applicable health-based drinking water standards
through approaches including effective treatment
and source water protection.
2006 Results
89.4
2007 Results
92
2008 Target
90
2008 Results
92
2009 Target
90
Strategic Goal: Land Preservation and Restoration
'reserve and restore the land by using innovative waste management practices and
cleaning up contaminated properties to reduce risk posed by releases of harmful
substances.
2008 Actual =
Performance Measure(s)
Number of Superfund sites ready for anticipated use
site-wide.
2006 Results
N/A
2007 Results
64
2008 Target
30
2008 Results
85
2009 Target
30
Strategic Goal: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
'rotect, sustain, or restore the health of people, communities, and ecosystems using
ntegrated and comprehensive approaches and partnerships.
2008 Actual =
Performance Measure(s)*
Percent of new chemicals or organisms introduced
into commerce that do not pose unreasonable risks
to workers, consumers, or the environment.
Cubic yards of contaminated sediment remediated
(cumulative, in millions) in the Great Lakes.
2006 Results
100
4.1
2007 Results
96
4.5
2008 Target
100
5.5
2008 Results
Data available
2009
5.5
2009 Target
100
5.5
Strategic Goal: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
'rotect human health and the environment through ensuring compliance with
anvironmental requirements by enforcing environmental statutes, preventing pollution,
and promoting environmental stewardship. Encourage innovation and provide incentives
'or government, business, and the public that promote environmental stewardship and
ong term sustainable outcomes.
2008 Actual =
Performance Measure(s)
Pounds of pollution estimated to be reduced, treated,
or eliminated as a result of concluded enforcement
actions (in millions of pounds).
2006 Results
890
2007 Results
890
2008 Target
890
2008 Results
3900
2009 Target
890
* This measure was selected from a number of performance measures aimed at the specific strategic goal
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