Headquarters
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ACTION PLAN TO INTEGRATE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
THE OFFICE OF PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES, AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTION PLAN
2007-2008
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The Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances Environmental
Justice Policy
The Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances' (OPPTS) programs are
designed to protect human health and the environment by identifying, assessing, and reducing
the risks presented by the thousands of chemicals on which our society and economy have come
to depend. These include pesticides used to meet national and global demands for food and the
industrial and commercial chemicals found in products and throughout our homes and
workplaces. In managing these risks, OPPTS directs its efforts toward the greatest threats,
including those found in populations and communities that may be disproportionately impacted
by the health or environmental threats. For example, EPA is developing a coordinated approach
to the Agency's activities, training, guidance, and outreach to all school systems, including tribal,
private, state, urban and rural schools. Thus, OPPTS is committed to promoting and supporting
environmental justice (EJ) principles, as they are already incorporated in the way we do business.
OPPTS will demonstrate its commitment by further incorporating EJ into all of our
activities, policies, and programs. By incorporating EJ in all program areas, we will adhere to
the Agency's mission and Executive Order 12898. OPPTS' overall goal is to achieve EJ by
decreasing the burden of environmental risk to all communities by promoting pollution
prevention, safer chemicals, and reduced chemical exposure risks.
OPPTS staff and management will consider EJ as a meaningful, integral part of our
programs and decisions. OPPTS plans to provide training to employees and expects them to
have a basic working knowledge of what EJ is and how they can incorporate the principles into
their daily work. Also, from a programmatic approach, OPPTS considers issues of EJ as it relates
to education and outreach, regulatory activities, data management, contracts and grants,
communication, and planning.
OPPTS highly encourages staff to participate in the Fundamentals of Environmental
Justice workshop sponsored by EPA's Office of Environmental Justice. Therefore, as staff
decide how to design a new program or to implement existing programs, they will be equipped
with the basic knowledge and skill to integrate EJ principles into the process. Another approach
to ensure that EJ principles are implemented in the most prominent activities is to incorporate
specific objectives and activities into the various OPPTS divisional work plans, as well as,
negotiating EJ practices into staff annual performance agreements, as appropriate. OPPTS
management believes this is an effective way to ensure that EJ is being appropriately addressed.
OPPTS is committed to ensuring good public participation processes. Staff and
management are expected to provide the opportunity for stakeholder groups that may be affected
by our programs to have an opportunity for early, frequent and meaningful involvement in the
decision-making process. OPPTS fosters strong partnerships and is committed to ensuring
productive public participation by its stakeholders. Collaborative efforts to promote the
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advancement of understanding and progress on EJ issues are also encouraged. Staff is urged to
provide effective outreach to communities that may be affected by our regulations, policies and
guidance.
Staff and management are expected to act proactively and make every effort to identify
areas where minority and/or low-income populations are being, or have the potential of
becoming, disproportionately exposed to environmental risks. In those instances where
prevention could not be achieved, it is OPPTS' policy to take appropriate steps, within the
appropriate statute, to make a concerted effort to minimize and/or eliminate unreasonable
environmental risks.
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The Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Environmental Justice Action Plan
The Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) Environmental
Justice Action Plan is designed to promote, support and integrate EJ into existing and new
program activities, including education and outreach, regulatory activities, data management,
enforcement, contracts and grants, communication, and planning. Specifically, this plan will
summarize OPPTS' process for implementing its EJ policy in the following areas:
Section 1: Management Accountability
Section 2: Internal Organizational Engagement
Section 3: External Stakeholder Engagement
Section 4: Data Collection, Management and Evaluation
Section 5: Professional and Organizational Development
Section 6: Environmental Justice Assessment
Section 7: Program Evaluation
Appendix A: FY07-08 OPPTS Environmental Justice Performance Measures
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Section 1: Management Accountability
The Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) consists of three
major program areas: The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP); The Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT); and The Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP). To
ensure that the Office's approach to integrating EJ into its three program areas is consistent and
coordinated, OPPTS has formed an EJ Team that consists of a lead OPPTS EJ coordinator, who
oversees the flow of communication about EJ activities across the Office, and designated EJ
coordinators and liaisons from each of its program offices. Supported by EJ network
representatives from each Division, EJ coordinators and liaisons have been charged with the task
of promoting integration of EJ into day-to-day activities by providing EJ guidance, advice,
training, and support to managers and staff in their respective offices.
To affirm our commitment to EJ, OPPTS management has developed the Environmental
Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC). The EJCC is led by the Deputy Assistant Administrator
(DAA) and is comprised of Deputy Office Directors, OPPTS EJ Coordinators and designated
staff from across OPPTS. The EJCC was created to ensure that EJ is rooted into all of OPPTS
programs and policies and is charged with the responsibility of providing guidance and
recommendations on how OPPTS can accomplish this goal. Convening on a quarterly basis, the
EJCC is responsible for the following tasks:
1) Provide advice and recommendations to the Assistant Administrator on how to continue
to make progress in incorporating EJ into OPPTS programs and policies;
2) Develop and/or review proposed policy documents, strategic plans, etc. involving EJ and
provide advice and recommendation;
3) Develop recommendations on how to integrate EJ priorities systematically into programs,
policies and activities;
4) Review resources needs (e.g. budget and staffing) to meet EJ objectives;
5) Evaluate methods to strengthen and improve EJ integration and provide
recommendations.
Section 2: Internal Engagement
OPPTS EJ Coordinators (i.e., "the EJ Team") consists of representatives from all three of
its program offices. The major task of the EJ Team is to promote the integration of EJ into the
daily operations of each office by providing guidance, advice, training, and support to managers
and staff. Specifically, the EJ team will perform the following tasks:
1) Develop, implement and utilize strategies or guidance to integrate EJ into the daily
working operations of each office;
2) Participate in and, where appropriate, provide ongoing EJ Training and offer input on
how to make the training more program specific and relevant to the office;
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3) Participate in agency-wide EJ activity, conference calls, and meetings; and
4) Disseminate information to staff on EJ-related activities.
Members of the EJ Team actively participate in regularly scheduled meetings with other
Headquarters and Regional EJ Coordinators to discuss national policy issues as well as
local/regional EJ issues and activities.
In addition, as a member of EPA's EJ Executive Committee, OPPTS' DAA frequently
engages in meetings with other DAA's and regional directors to share, review, and discuss EJ
activities, policies, and issues. The information gathered from such meetings is passed on to the
EJ Team to ensure that OPPTS' approach to integrating EJ into policies and programs is
consistent with Agency policy and direction. OPPTS will continue this approach for
communicating with its program offices, as well as establish new cross-divisional EJ teams
within each program office to fully engage other staff members.
Section 3: External Stakeholder Engagement
OPPTS uses public participation in its decision-making process. Outreach to all
stakeholders involved in the EJ dialogue (e.g., state, tribal, and local government; other federal
agencies; community and grassroots groups; indigenous groups; business and industry;
environmental groups and other non-governmental organizations; and academia) is a priority.
OPPTS will utilize its current communication processes to receive input on EJ issues
from external stakeholders. OPPTS staff meets frequently with external stakeholders who may
be affected by or who may have a vested interest in the rules and guidance the Office develops.
This interaction with external stakeholders may take many forms including, but not limited to the
following: (1) a meeting with industry or an environmental group, (2) a public hearing or public
listening session, (3) through the public comment period required for all rulemaking, or (4)
through parent committees and workgroups formed under the Federal Advisory Council Act
(FACA). EJ communities are expected to be a part of these meetings as well as State and local
governments that can communicate with these communities.
Further, OPPTS will also communicate EJ activities to external stakeholders through its
websites, printed materials, brochures, tool kits, and public broadcast announcements. Much of
the outreach material has been translated to Spanish. OPPTS continues to strive to translate
materials into other languages.
As part of its overall goal for EJ, OPPTS will continue to identify stakeholders who could
benefit from increased awareness about EJ and become more engaged in the collaborative
problem-solving process. For example, OPPT's Lead program plans to include EJ as an agenda
issue in the upcoming OPPTS Regional Division Director's meeting. OPPT plans to consider
mechanisms to inform EJ communities about public meetings and the outcome of these
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activities. OPPT also plans to consider various means to involve EJ communities in the process
by partnering with Regions and States possibly by sponsoring an Annual National meeting that
will include representatives from Regions and States to discuss EJ concerns and other issues.
OPPTS staff is actively involved with the National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council (NEJAC). A number of OPPTS staff participate on the policy issue conference calls
and, when appropriate, provide technical expertise to help inform and educate the NEJAC on the
EJ related work being conducted in our Office. Staff is also present at the annual meetings of the
NEJAC.
OPPTS efforts to meet the needs of Environmental Justice communities have increased
significantly over the past two years through the development of the CARE (Community Action
for a Renewed Environment) program. For the next two years, OPPTS take over the leadership
of this program for the Agency. OSWER will join OPPTS as co-chair of this agency-wide
program. Through the CARE program, OPPTS contributes significantly to the collaborative
agency-wide effort working directly with 29 communities to help them understand and address
their environmental concerns.
The CARE program and OPPTS leadership of the program provides a direct response to
the recommendations of the NEJAC reports on pollution prevention and cumulative risks by
building a broad multi-media agency infrastructure to partner with communities to help them
take action to address their concerns. CARE has also made it possible for OPPTS to join forces
with other federal agencies to improve support for communities. In FY07, at least 15 new
communities will be added to the CARE program and OPPTS will lead the effort to build the
agency's capacity to meet the needs of these communities. CARE promotes collaborative
problem solving partnerships focused on taking action and measurable risk reduction results of
the work of these partnerships are already being reported.
OPPTS is sensitive to the public health and environmental concerns of tribal
communities. OPPTS is actively involved with the Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action
(FOSTTA) Tribal Affairs Project. This initiative is a mechanism for tribes to provide EPA with
valuable program expertise from the tribal perspective. Tribal representation on this project
comes from a variety of environmental and health officials. Funding is also provided to tribal
entities, such as the Tribal Pesticide Program Council, that focuses attention on pesticide issues
and concerns. OPPTS currently has several grant programs exclusively for Native American
Tribes, including grant programs for lead assessment and education and grants for targeted,
pesticide-related field projects, such as water quality management and endangered species
protection.
Historically, common risk assessment tools used by EPA only considered the general
population and not those persons living unique or traditional lifestyles. OPPTS has responded to
the need to expand the capability to consider Native Americans and Alaska Natives living and
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practicing traditional lifestyles. The Tribal LifeLine Project involves the creation of software
that takes into account traditional diets (hunting, fishing, and gathering), seasonal changes in
lodging use of sweat lodges, and other unique exposure scenarios. For the first time, tribal
communities are visible when assessing exposure and risk to chemicals. The initial Tribal
LifeLine Project pilot involved working with the Nilavena Consortium in Alaska, and the
Blackfeet Nation in Montana. The project continues to work with tribal communities, the most
recently being the Village of Selawick and the Village of Kiana, in Alaska.
OPP has instituted the Committee to Advise on Reassessment and Transition (CARAT)
and the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) to more effectively and efficiently
gather input from stakeholders. Both groups include representation from farm workers advocacy
groups, public health organizations and tribal governments. OPP routinely confers with groups
through workshops, meetings, other forms of communications and has received valuable input on
its programs. Pesticides issues and decisions are electronically communicated to interested
parties from a centralized mailing list, including those identified by the People of Color
Environmental Groups Directory, a compendium of ethnically diverse groups with an interest in
the environment and public health.
Recently, EPA/OPP has done extensive collaboration with HUD, CDC and others to raise
awareness about IPM in public housing authorities (PHA's) and facilitate transition of PHAs
from conventional pest management practices to IPM programs. EPA's work will help achieve
the HUD Healthy Homes goals by providing technical assistance to HUD in development of
tools and guidance for implementation of new HUD regulatory requirements concerning pest
management in low-income housing. Our work has also been instrumental in helping CDC's
Healthy Homes Goals team to shape and develop work products to help them attain their goals.
We have also worked with the Surgeon General's office on healthy homes activities including
work toward the development of a national "Call to Action" on Healthy Homes, scheduled to be
released in the Spring of 2008. In 2007, our technical assistance took the form of:
• Guidance documents
• Fact sheets
• Media articles
• Providing technical assistance and financial support for IPM pilot programs
• Providing technical assistance for the development of three IPM training courses for
public health and housing officials, residents of low income housing;
and facilities managers
• Drafting and publishing of case studies
• Retrospective review of IPM and other healthy homes projects
• Development of draft contract specifications
• Informational presentations including at national conferences including the National
Environmental Public Health conference sponsored by CDC/NCEH, HUD's Healthy
Homes Conference. EPA's Community Involvement Conference, EPA's annual CARE
conference, the National IPM Summit etc.
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• Working with the Federal IPM Coordinating Committee to give greater attention to urban
IPM issues
• Serving on the federal advisory board for the national Center for Healthy Homes
• Working with the National Environmental Health Association to develop a two-day
vector management training course that is offered to public health professionals for CEUs
This work will contribute to reduction in pest infestation and health issues associated
with exposure to pests and pesticides and reduction in the use of pesticide sprays, bombs and
foggers in low-income housing in targeted areas.
OPPTS does consider opportunities to incorporate EJ as a funding priority for grant
activity. In January 2007, OPPTS announced the availability of $3 million in funding for
Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning. This grant is designed to address
populations still at risk for elevated blood levels. EPA solicited grant proposals to conduct
activities to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in vulnerable populations, including
projects to: (1) Reduce lead poisoning in areas with high incidences of elevated blood-lead
levels; (2) identify and reduce lead poisoning in under-studied areas with high potential for
undocumented elevated blood-lead levels; and (3) develop tools to address unique and
challenging issues in lead poisoning prevention, especially tools that are replicable and scalable
for other areas. Activities eligible for funding included outreach and public education, data
gathering, monitoring, training, inspections and assessments, and demonstrations of new and
innovative approaches for identifying or reducing lead poisoning.
Another new lead grant program, the National Community-Based Lead Outreach, was
developed in 2007 to reduce incidences of childhood lead poisoning in low-income communities
with older housing and/or near lead contaminated sites. Potential activities include outreach,
training, ordinance development, and other activities that would result in reduction of childhood
lead poisoning. This grant will support the partnership of national organizations with
community-based organizations and local governments to improve the environmental health of a
community, regarding lead poisoning prevention. EPA is awarding grants which will provide
approximately $1.5 million to interested entities.
OPPTS Tribal Baseline Assessment and Outreach for Lead grant is designed to support
Federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal consortia to support Tribal educational outreach and
to conduct a baseline assessment of Tribal children's existing and potential exposure to lead-
based paint and related lead-based paint hazards. Activities eligible for funding include
educational outreach, data gathering, inspections, risk assessments, training, and development of
new and innovative approaches to identifying or reducing lead poisoning. EPA is awarding
grants which will provide approximately $1 million to Federally-recognized Indian tribes to
perform those activities and to encourage Indian tribes to consider continuing such activities in
the future. The number of grants EPA will fund as a result of this announcement will be based on
the quality of proposals received and the availability of funding.
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In addition to the activities listed above, OPPTS works with a wide variety of other
public national organizations that have extensive regional and local networks and share mutual
goals with the program such as the protection of public health and establishment of local efforts
to stimulate public action through media and grassroots efforts. OPPTS supports national
organizations with extensive regional and local networks to help establish local environmental
justice outreach programs. OPPTS meets regularly with these groups in order to help create new
opportunities to achieve significant risk reduction. Funding is provided to cooperative partners
to support the development of new tools for building community based programs that are flexible
enough to be responsive to the needs of residents in local communities. Some examples of
funded activities include the following:
Hispanic Radio Network - Spanish radio spots on pesticide-related issues
• American Association of Poison Control Centers - Encourage parents and care givers to
keep pesticides and household chemicals locked away from children.
Washington, DC Metro Transit System - Display of pesticide safety information
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation - Educate health care
providers on recognition and management of pesticide health-related conditions.
• Indian Health Service - Participation in reducing mercury use and exposure.
• Americorps - Train farmworkers on pesticide safety.
• ECOS - Environmental Council of States
• National Tribal Environmental Council
• National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program - provide clinical and basic toxicological
pesticide information and services to the public.
• National Pesticide Information Center - provide real time science-based information on
pesticides.
OPPTS will continue to engage stakeholders and the public as it proceed with the
integration of EJ into its program, policies, and activities.
Section 4: Data Collection, Management and Evaluation
OPPTS currently does not have a formal way of collecting EJ information. However, the
EJCC will research methods for collecting such information and recommend to upper
management the best approach for doing so. The goal of a formal data collection method will be
to allow storage of information about OPPTS EJ-related activities in one comprehensive easily
accessible location.
To highlight best practices, OPPTS will continue to fulfill the Agency's requirements for
the annual EJ Progress Report and EJ Biennial Report. In addition, the EJ team will devise a
communication strategy for sharing success stories throughout the Agency and with the public.
The EJ team will also do internal midyear and annual assessments of EJ activities to identify
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areas of strengths and weaknesses and lessons learned. The findings from the assessments will
be shared with EJCC for advice and recommendation.
Section 5: Professional and Organizational Development
OPPTS is committed to training staff and enhancing the working knowledge of EJ. To
that end, OPPTS is currently developing an office wide EJ training program. OPPTS is
formulating a process where programmatic specific issues could be incorporated into an
overarching EJ training program. An environmental justice training course was piloted to
OPPTS branch managers on May 3, 2006. The course consisted of three modules covering
statutory authority, historical origin of the EJ movement and a presentation of a cumulative risk
assessment. While the training was a success, comments were received that the need to make the
case study more relevant to OPPTS activities is imperative. In order to achieve this task, OPPTS
has convened a workgroup to incorporate environmental justice into existing risk assessment
training already performed by OPP. The second round of training pilots will resume in mid-
summer 2007.
Section 6: Environmental Justice Assessment
For many years, OPPTS has been implementing programs, policies, and activities that
address environmental issues in the community. OPPTS will review its current processes for
assessing and responding to community environmental issues to determine if there is a need to
establish guidance for conducting an EJ assessment. Strengths and weaknesses of existing
processes, ways to improve upon these processes, and necessary steps to move forward to ensure
that EJ issues are adequately addressed in our daily operations will be ascertained.
Section 7: Program Evaluation
The OPPTS EJ Team is responsible for tracking and reporting the progress of the items
outlined in the EJ Action Plan, and determining other measures for evaluating the larger concepts
of organizational culture change and institutionalization of EJ principles. The EJ Team will
develop a list of both quantifiable and qualifiable measures to assess these goals. Baseline data
will be collected to evaluate the extent to which OPPTS has achieved the goals. Examples of
some of the measures may include resources allocated to EJ-related activities and
accomplishments and number of staff trained in EJ. If OPPTS management determines that
sufficient progress for incorporating EJ is not being made in a timely manner, a determination
will be made on how to strengthen or improve the Office's performance. OPPTS will highlight
its accomplishments and results from the EJ Action plan in its annual Progress report and
biennial EJ report. The EJ Team will also determine the feasibility of a quarterly EJ newsletter.
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Appendix A: FY 07-08 OPPTS Environmental Justice Performance Measures
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OPPTS Environmental Justice Action Plans
(CY2007-FY2008)
Activities
OPPT will work
with States,
Territories,
Tribes, and
environmental
justice
communities to
reduce the risk of
exposure to lead.
(Grants to
communities)
Output
Tribal Baseline
Assessment and
Outreach for Lead -
Work in
collaboration with
Tribes so that they
collect lead exposure
data and educate
parents on lead
poisoning.
National
Community -Based
Lead Outreach and
Training Grant
Program - low-
income communities
with older housing
partner with national
Short-term
(awareness)
Increase
understanding of lead
poisoning problem, if
exists, through
baseline and general
education on potential
hazards and best
practices. Increase
through proposals
development and
awards.
In early 2007, 40
proposals were
received and 15 were
recommended for
award, which are
currently being
processed.
In April 2007, 80
proposals were
received and 15 were
recommended for
award, which are
currently being
processed.
In early 2007, over
200 proposals were
Applicable
Poii
Intermediate
(behavior)
Appropriate
maintenance,
removal and
clean-up of lead
paint sources by
Tribal parents
and
communities.
Testing of
children for lead
poisoning.
5 Outcome Measure
it of Contact
Long-term
(condition)
Reduction/elimination
of the number of cases
of children with
elevated blood lead
levels.
Point of Contact
Darlene Watford (NPCD)
waterford.darlene(@,epa. gov
Darlene Watford (NPCD)
waterford.darlenefg.epa. gov
Doreen Cantor (NPCD)
cantor.doreen(@,epa.gov
Last Revised 6/27/2007
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OPPTS Environmental Justice Action Plans
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Activities
Output
organizations to
provide lead
education and
training.
Targeted Lead
Grants "Hot Spots
Grants' - Targeted
Grants to Reduce
Childhood Lead
Poisoning". The
grants were
available to a wide
range of applicants,
including state and
local governments,
Federally-
recognized Indian
Tribes and tribal
consortia, territories,
institutions of higher
learning, and
nonprofit
organizations.
Short-term
(awareness)
received with a subset
being processed for
awards.
Applicable
Poii
Intermediate
(behavior)
5 Outcome Measure
it of Contact
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
Last Revised 6/27/2007
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OPPTS Environmental Justice Action Plans
(CY2007-FY2008)
Activities
OPPT will work
with State,
Territories, Tribes
and
environmental
justice
communities to
reduce the risk of
exposure to lead.
Last Revised 6/2
Output
1. Train and
certify
individual
s to
conduct
lead-based
paint
activities;
certify
firms
conductin
g those
activities;
and
accredit
training
providers.
2. Develop
and
disseminat
e an
education
brochure
that
specificall
v
y
addresses
the
potential
7/2007 risks from
renovation
, repair,
and
Short-term
(awareness)
Increase the number of
certified contractors
knowledgeable in
appropriate practices
for identifying and
addressing lead based
paint activities.
Increase awareness of
owners and renters of
proper practices when
conducting renovation
and repair projects.
The publishing of final
rule in FY2008, states,
tribes, contractors,
owners and renters
will define set of best
practices for
renovation and repair
work involving lead-
based paint activities.
Applicable
Poii
Intermediate
(behavior)
Quality and
appropriate
work practices
followed when
conducting
lead-based paint
activities.
Quality and
appropriate
work practices
followed when
conducting
lead-based paint
activities
Quality and
appropriate
work practices
followed when
conducting
lead-based paint
activities
5 Outcome Measure
it of Contact
Long-term
(condition)
Children in all
communities protected
from hazards of
improperly conducted
lead-based paint
activities.
Children in all
communities protected
from hazards of
improperly conducted
lead-based paint
activities.
Children in all
communities protected
from hazards of
improperly conducted
lead-based paint
activities.
Point of Contact
Robert Wright (NPCD),
wright.robert(@,epa.gov
Joshua Novikoff (NPCD),
novifkoff.joshua(@.epa.gov
Mike Wilson (NPCD),
Wilson. mike(@,epa.gov
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Applicable Outcome Measure
Point of Contact
OPPT will work
with tribes to
identify
environmental
justice concerns
related to toxics
and pollution
prevention
Participate in
three
meetings/year
and monthly
conference calls
with Tribal
Affairs Project
members of
FOSTTA tn
1 V_/ Oil -TV LU
identify EJ
concerns related
to toxics and P2
programs.
Short-term
(awareness)
TAP members will
take an active role in
assisting us to identify
activities in the
OPPTS Tribal
Strategy to implement.
Through prioritization
process, TAP
members will
communicate relative
importance of the
strategy activities.
Intermediate
(behavior)
OPPT
identification of
national toxic
and pollution
prevention
issues that are
of significant
concern to tribal
populations
intersect with
OPPT priorities
and begin work
on these
integrated
priorities.
Long-term
(condition)
Advancement of
specific environmental
and public health
issues of priority to
Tribes and EPA.
Point of Contact
Mary Lauterbach
Lauterbach.mary(@,epa. gov
Pamela Buster
Buster.pamela(@,epa. gov
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Applicable Outcome Measure
Point of Contact
OPPT will work
with tribes to
identify
environmental
justice concerns
related to toxics
and pollution
prevention
Disseminate
information to
tribes on EPA
projects,
programs, and
emerging issues
and grant
opportunities
through OPPTS
Tribal News,
conference
calls, and
meetings with
tribal
governmental
leaders, tribal
organizations
and tribal
consortiums.
Short-term
(awareness)
Ensure that the Tribes
are brought into
stakeholder
discussions of EJ
issues and understand
the wealth of chemical
assessment data
available.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Progress being
made in
implementing
the OPPTS
Tribal Strategy-
through Tribal
News
publication on
Alaska and IPA
agreement
through MOU
with a Tribal
College
Long-term
(condition)
EPA and Tribal
College Salish and
Kootenai Tribe will
utilize IPA agreements
to identify and address
Tribal environmental
and human health
concerns.
Point of Contact
Mary Lauterbach
Lauterbach.mary(@,epa. gov
Irina Myers
Myers.irina(@,epa.gov
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Activities Output Applicable Outcome Measure
Point of Contact
Promote
sustainable
building practices
in Tribal lands,
by:
(a) working with
the U.S.
Department of
Housing and
Urban
Development,
Office of Native
American
Programs
OPP's
Antimicrobial
Division (AD)
continues work to
identify and
mitigate
disproportionate
exposures or
health risks to EJ
populations
Development
and inclusion of
sustainable
building
guidelines to
accompany
Indian Housing
Block Grant
(IHBG)
disbursements
inFY2008.
Assess pesticides
registered by the
division to identify
disproportionate or
unacceptable risks to
infants and children.
Short-term
(awareness)
Increase in the
knowledge of
sustainable building
construction,
renovation, operation
and demolition
practices.
Ensured no new
exposure of children
and infants to Copper
Cromated Arsenate
(CCA) in residential
settings.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Increase in the
number of
buildings
constructed,
renovated,
operated or
demolished in a
sustainable
manner.
Long-term
(condition)
Increase in sustainable
building stock on
Tribal lands.
Point of Contact
Gate Berard
202-564-8847
berard.catetg.epa.gov
Cleo Pizana
Pizana.cleo(@,epa. gov
Michael Hardy
Hardy . michael(@,epa. gov
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Output
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OPP's
Antimicrobial
Division (AD)
Provide microbial
contamination
training/education
and outreach
materials for the
Asian nail salon
community
OPP's
Antimicrobial
Division (AD) EJ
Sensitivity
Training
Provide microbial
contamination
training/education
and outreach
materials for the
Asian nail salon
community.
Ensure that all
Division staff
undergo
Environmental
Sensitivity Training
Short-term
(awareness)
Materials have been
distributed to nail
salons in all EPA
regions
All division
management and team
leader staff have been
trained
Intermediate
(behavior)
Feedback and
data being
analyzed to
determine level
of
understanding,
response and
change taking
place as result
of this training
and education
project. Based
on feedback,
AD will revise
this project as
necessary.
Long-term
(condition)
Reduction in microbial
contamination
outbreaks to Asian nail
salon workers and
their customers.
Point of Contact
Cleo Pizana
Pizana.cleo(@,epa. gov
Cleo Pizana
Pizana.cleo(@,epa.gov
Michael Hardy
Hardy . michael(@,epa. gov
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Point of Contact
OPP's
Antimicrobial
Division (AD)
continues efforts
to integrate the
principles of EJ
into its routine
activities as it
addresses areas of
pesticide use that
may pose
potential for EJ
concerns in its
risk assessment,
registration and
reregistration
processes.
The Division is
working to complete
integrated divisional
guidance for
identifying and
integrating EJ into
the Antimicrobial
Division's risk
assessment,
registration and
reregistration
process
Short-term
(awareness)
Draft EJ
questionnaire/checklist
is being utilized in
meetings to help the
division determine its
effectiveness
Intermediate
(behavior)
AD staff and
chemical
representatives
will gain a
greater
awareness of EJ
issues and
concerns
Long-term
(condition)
Broader set of division
level tools for
integrating and
consistently
considering EJ in the
routine activities the
division undertakes to
assess chemical risks
and register or
reregister
antimicrobial
chemicals.
Point of Contact
Cleo Pizana
Pizana.cleo(@,epa. gov
Michael Hardy
Hardy . michael(@,epa. gov
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(CY2007-FY2008)
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OPP's Biological
and Economic
Analysis Division
(BEAD) has
begun work to
assist the
Superfund
Division resolve
risk assessment
concerns on an
Indian
Reservation
Work to assist the
Agency's Superfund
Program resolve risk
assessment concerns
related to dioxin
contamination at a
22 year-old
Superfund Site in
Cass Lake, MN.
The site is located
within the
boundaries of the
Leech Lake Indian
Reservation and has
been designated "an
Environmental
Justice area". The
risk assessment
issues are being put
before the Agency
by the Leech Lake
Band which is
partnering with
EPA'S Region 5 and
their contract
laboratories.
Short-term
(awareness)
Change in the
knowledge level of
risk assessors involved
in this project that will
allow them to make
decisions relative to
the Tribes level of
exposure to dioxins
from the site.
Intermediate
(behavior)
With definitive
information
regarding
exposure,
stakeholders can
make better
decisions on
steps needed to
inform and
educate the
population and
act to reduce
exposures as
necessary
Long-term
(condition)
Population will be
made aware of any
health risks and
reductions in exposure
levels will take place
as necessary.
Point of Contact
Joseph Ferrario
Ferrarrio j oseph@,epa. gov
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OPP's Biological
and Economic
Analysis Division
(BEAD)
continues work to
provide analytical
support to tribal
and other
communities to
assist such
communities in
identifying
contaminants that
may expose them
to potential health
risks.
Last Revised 6/2
Output
Partnership with the
Penobscot Indian
Nation and other
Federal
Agencies (ATSDR,
USF&W, USGS), to
assist in developing
exposure
concentrations for a
regional tribal risk
assessment. The
focus of this
research is to
determine the
amount of exposure
Tribal members face
when engaging n
their statutorily
protected right of
subsistence fishing
and their traditional
cultural practices.
Current efforts
underway to collect
and analyze flora,
fauna and sediment
for chlorinated
dioxins/furans,
dioxin-like PCBs,
and mercury, all of
which are elevated
in the tribal portion
rf the Penobscot
Short-term
(awareness)
Funding has been
obtained, and work
has begun to analyze
approximately 120
samples of flora,
fauna, sediment and
wildlife utilized by the
tribes that support
their cultural and
dietary activities to
provide information
that will help
determine the
population's health
risks from exposure to
certain environmental
pollutants.
Applicable
Poii
Intermediate
(behavior)
Protect the
health of
populations that
rely on animal
and plant life in
the area for
dietary and
cultural
purposes.
5 Outcome Measure
it of Contact
Long-term
(condition)
Reduce the exposure
of the Penobscot
Indian nation to certain
environmental
pollutants.
Point of Contact
Joseph Ferrario
Ferrario.joseph(g),epa.gov
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OPP's Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CWPB
will work to
improve pesticide
safety training for
OPP's
farmworkers and
their families
In 2005 FEAD
formed a
collaborative
partnership with the
Association of
Farmworker
Opportunity
Programs (AFOP) to
improve pesticide
safety training for
farmworkers and
their families. Fead
continues work with
AFOP to increase
the number of
farmworkers and
families trained in
pesticide safety.
The Office of
Pesticide programs
will fund the fourth
year of a five-year
cooperative
agreement with
AFOP.
Short-term
(awareness)
Pesticide educators
will train workers
about pesticide safety
and measure the
impact of the training
Intermediate
(behavior)
^f\ f\f\f\
20 000 new
farm workers
farmworker
families and
community
members will
be trained to
protect
themselves from
pesticide
hazards in 23
sites in 14 states
across the
country
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
Carol Parker
Parker.carol@,epa. gov
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OPP's Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CWPB)
will use the
results of EPA' s
hazard
communication
pilot projects to
inform its
regulatory
decision making
Analysis of pilot
studies to determine
the most effective
methods and
materials for
delivering pesticide
specific hazard
communications
(HazComm)
information to
farmworkers.
Short-term
(awareness)
Amended cooperative
agreement will be
funded by August
2007 and work has
begun to solicit
meaningful input and
data from PPDC and
other program
stakeholders on
proposed regulatory
options for adding a
hazard communication
requirement tot the
WPS
Intermediate
(behavior)
Long-term
(condition)
Better protect
farmworkers from
pesticide hazards by
establishing
appropriate WPS
requirements for
informing workers of
the hazards of the
pesticides they work
with occupationally
Point of Contact
Richard Pont
Pont. richard(@.epa. gov
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OPP's Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CSB) -
Partnership with
HUD Healthy
Homes Program
to reduce
exposure to pests
and pesticides
nationwide for
residents of low-
income housing
Raise awareness
about IPM in public
housing authorities
(PHA's) and
facilitate transition
ofPHAsfrom
conventional pest
management
practices to IPM
programs by:
providing
technical
assistance
and
financial
support for
IPM pilot
programs,
developme
ntiflPM
training
courses,
Short-term
(awareness)
Raise awareness of
IPM by supporting the
Healthy Homes
Program to develop
and distribute
educational and
awareness materials
which will be
distributed to PHAs
nationwide. (Materials
include
guidance documents,
Fact sheets and media
articles.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Develop
contract
specifications
and identify
opportunities to
gather
measurement
data through
HUD 's REACH
system or a
related system.
Long-term
(condition)
Reduction in pest
infestation and health
issues associated with
exposure to pests and
pesticides and
reduction in the use of
pesticide sprays,
bombs and foggers in
low-income housing in
targeted areas.
Point of Contact
Kathy Seikel
Seikel.kathy (@,epa. gov
Darlene Dinkins
Dinkins.darlene(@.epa. gov
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Activities
Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CSB) -
Hispanic
Pesticide Safety
and Pest
Prevention
Outreach
Last Revised 6/2
Output
Leverage media
(radio and print)
outlets in targeted
areas to educate and
raise the level of
knowledge or
pesticide safety and
pest prevention in
urban and rural
communities.
Thus FY have
reached out to 48
million Hispanics
through a series of
targeted local and
national campaign
focusing on the
following issues:
1) children's
health
(Children's
Healthy
Mont-
October
2) 2)Poison
Prevention
(National
Poison
Prevention
Week
3) Asthma
7/2007 awareness
//2UU/ )asthma
awareness
month
Short-term
(awareness)
Reduce pesticide
poisoning and health
risks related to
exposure to pests and
pesticides for low-
income families.
Educate communities
on pest prevention
Conducting outreach
in select markets via
radio interviews and
prepared news stories
for local and daily
newspapers. Will
participate in
interviews in targeted
cities, place news
stories in local and
daily newspapers.
Applicable
Poii
Intermediate
(behavior)
Residents of
targeted area
will embrace
and adopt a
different
approach to
using pesticides
and managing
pests.
5 Outcome Measure
it of Contact
Long-term
(condition)
Reduced pesticide
poisonings among
targeted low-income
communities.
Point of Contact
Kathy Seikel
Seikel .kathy @ epa. gov
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Point of Contact
OPP's Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CSB)
CDC/NCEH
Partnership -
/~\
Ongoing
partnership to
promote
nationwide
community -based
IPM initiatives in
urban settings and
low-income
housing.
This is a partnership
between EPA/OPP
and the Center for
Disease Control's
National Center for
Environmental
Health (NCEH) to
strengthen the IPM
programs for vector
management in
urban settings, and
the implementation
of PM programs in
low income housing.
Short-term
(awareness)
Improve the public's
awareness of the
causes of rodent
infestations Ongoing
activities to hold
Rodent Control
Academies in New
York City and
Washington, D.C.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Improve health
in targeted areas
by reducing the
incidences of
rodent bites
rodent borne
diseases in
targeted areas.
Long-term
(condition)
Reduction in urban
rodent infestations in
targeted areas; and
better alignment
between EPA and
CDC on public and
environmental health
initiatives
Point of Contact
Kathy Seikel
Seikel.kathy(g),epa.gov
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Point of Contact
Field And
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CSB)
work to support
healthy homes
activities This is
an intra- and
inter- agency
collaboration to
reduce
environmental
health hazards in
housing.
Last Revised 6/27/2007
Support HUD and
DHHS in Healthy
Homes 2010 which
aims to reduce
environmental
health hazards in
50% of the
estimated 6 million
substandard housing
units by 2010
Short-term
(awareness)
Led panel discussions on
health housing at Agency
CARE and its
Community Involvement
Conferences, Annual
Regional Children's
Health Coordinator
Conference; HUD
Healthy Homes
Conference; Agency
CDC annual
environmental health
Conference; Annual
Conference of the
National Pest Mgmt.
Association. Worked
with National
Environmental Healthy
homes credentialed class
for public health
professionals. Serve on
the HUD/EPA/CDC
Federal advisory board
for the National Healthy
Homes training Center.
Write articles for trade
journals targeting
housing industry.
Incorporate IPM
message into Essentials
for Healthy Homes
nation-wide course
taught by the National
Center for Healthy
Homes through a
network of 16 university
based partners. Work
with Surgeon General's
office on National all to
Action on Healthy
Housing.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
Kathy Seikel
Seikel.kathv(g),epa.gov
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OPP's Field and
External Affairs
Division
(FEAD/CSB)
Pilot Poison
Prevention Pest
Prevention
Outreach with
Pilot Head Start
Program
Targeted Pilot
programs to Educate
Head Start staff and
parents on ways to
prevent pesticide
poisoning and pest.
Short-term
(awareness)
Raise awareness of
and change knowledge
level of head start staff
and parents about
pesticide poisoning
and the prevention and
children's health risks
from exposure to
certain pests by
training and educating
staffers and parents in
the targeted areas.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Reduce
pesticide
poisoning and
health risks
related to
exposure to
pests and
pesticides for
low-income
families in
selected regions.
Programs and
families in the
targeted areas
will reduce their
use of pesticides
and will use
needed
pesticides in
ways that
eliminate or
minimizes
children's
exposure to
pesticides and
pests.
Long-term
(condition)
Elimination/reduction
of pesticide poisonings
in target areas and
elimination/reduction
of adverse health
effects in targeted
areas related to
pesticide poisonings
and pest infestations
for low income
families.
Point of Contact
Darlene Dinkins
Dinkins.darlene(@.epa. gov
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OPP's Health
Effects Division
(HED) continues
its assessment of
divisional
processes to
identify areas
where EJ
considerations
can be
incorporated
during the
registration and
reregistration
processes.
OPP's
Registration
Division (RD)
will provide
Environmental
Justice
training/overall
awareness for all
division staff.
Special Review
HED is assessing its
risk assessment
process and draft
guidance for
addressing EJ issues
and ensure adequate
EJ training for all
divisional staff and
facilitating the
dissemination of EJ
awareness materials
within the division,
to promote better
realization of EJ
concerns and
discussions among
HED practitioners.
Provide EJ training
through brownbag
sessions that will
focus on the history
of EJ and
EPA/OPP'srolein
Environmental
Justice
Support staff in
participating in
NETIEJ
training/events
Develop and utilizes
Short-term
(awareness)
A draft environmental
justice language
section for HED risk
assessment document.
Is in the approval
stage. The checklist
will increase the
knowledge and
awareness level of risk
assessors about EJ
exposures situations
and issues.
Raise the level of
knowledge and
awareness of RD staff
about EJ and EJ issues
with a focus on where
EJ situations and
issues intersect with
RD
Obtains information
Intermediate
(behavior)
HED staff will
gain a greater
awareness of EJ
issues and
concerns
Staff will begin
to identify areas
of the process
where EJ
considerations
can be included.
SRRD staff will
Long-term
(condition)
Broader set of division
level tools for
integrating and
consistently
considering EJ in the
routine activities the
Health Effects
Division undertakes to
assess chemical risks
and support the
registration or
reregistration of
pesticide products.
SRRD will have a
Point of Contact
Gerome V. Burke
Burke . gerome-v@,epa. gov
Tawanda Spears
spears.tawanda@epa.gov
Anthony Gilbert
gilbert . anthony @ epa. gov
Amaris Johnson
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Point of Contact
and Reregistration
Division (SRRD)
is integrating the
principles of EJ
into its work.
a list of EJ-related
questions at
stakeholder meetings
to initiate the
reregistration
process. Questions
are designed to help
the division
determine if the use
of a pesticide results
in disproportionate
exposure to specific
groups of people.
Short-term
(awareness)
on any use patterns
that may cause higher
exposure to a sub-
population than that of
the general population.
Mitigates these
exposures in the RED
document.
Intermediate
(behavior)
gain a greater
awareness of EJ
issues and
concerns
Long-term
(condition)
broader set of division
level tools for
integrating and
consistently
considering EJ in the
routine activities the
Health Effects
Division undertakes to
assess chemical risks
and support the
registration or
reregistration of
pesticide products.
Point of Contact
Johnson.amaris@epa.gov
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OPP's Special
Review and
Reregistration
Division issued
proposed risk
mitigation for soil
fumigants. This
proposed
mitigation, if
implemented, will
lead to a decrease
in children and
worker exposure
to fumigants.
Hispanic workers
and their children,
along with
bystanders are
potentially
exposed to soil
fumigants.
Anticipated
approval of the
proposal is
September 2007.
The risk mitigation
measures along with
a web factsheet are
available on the
SRRD website I
both English and
Spanish to ensure
outreach to the
predominantly
Spanish-speaking
farmworker
community.
Mitigation measures
include: an entry-
restricted period for
workers, use of
additional personal
protective
equipment, required
stewardship
measures for
registrants, and site-
specific fumigant
management plans.
Short-term
(awareness)
SRRD has conducted
at least three
English/Spanish
language
stakeholder/public
meetings in
Washington State,
Florida, and California
to address mitigation
of farmworkers and
bystander exposure.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
John Leahy
Leahy i ohti(@,epa. gov
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Point of Contact
OPP's SRRD is
working to
integrate the
principles of EJ
into it routine
activities by
ensuring that the
public has an
opportunity to
communicate EJ
concerns related
to tie divisions
risk assessments.
Routinely includes
EJ-related questions
in division issued
Federal Register
Notices announcing
the availability of
preliminary risk
assessments.
Routinely request
and gather
information on any
sub-population
disproportionately
effected by the use
of a pesticide
Short-term
(awareness)
Stakeholders are able
to provide the Agency
with information on
potential EJ issues
before a pesticide's
risk assessments are
made final.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
Amaris Johnson
Johnson.amaris(@,epa.gov
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OPP's SRRD
issued proposed
risk mitigation for
nine rodenticides.
This proposed
decision, if
implemented,
should lead to a
decrease in
children's
exposure to
rodenticides. The
data indicate that
minority children
or children in low
income families
are
disproportionately
exposed to
rodenticides.
SRRD has issued
an addendum to
the Lindane RED.
The August 2006
addendum
presented the
Agency's
conclusion that
the risks of
continued
Lindane
registration
Short-term
(awareness)
Conduct risk
mitigation decision
on nine rodenticides
(issued for public
comment in January
2007).
Finalize risk
mitigation decision
on nine rodenticides
(target: December
2007)
Reduce exposure of
indigenous
populations to
Lindane and other
HCH isomers via the
food chain
(bioaccumulation in
whale fat).
In December 2006, a
Federal Register
Notice announced the
cancellation of all
Lindane uses.
Cancellation of
technical product
registrations was
effective October
2006, and July 1,2007
is the last date of use
Intermediate
(behavior)
Long-term
(condition)
Point of Contact
Kelly Sherman
Sherman.kelly@epa.gov
Amaris Johnson
Johnson.amaris(@,epa.gov
Kimberly Nesci
Nesci.kimberly @,epa. gov
Amaris Johnson
Johnson. amaris(@,epa. gov
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outweigh the
benefits, and
therefore the
remaining uses of
Lindane are not
eligible for
reregistration.
Lindane is a toxic,
persistent, and
bio-accumulative
pesticide that has
been of
international as
well as domestic
concern.
SRRD is working
to integrate the
principles of EJ
into it routine
activities by
ensuring that the
public has an
opportunity to
communicate EJ
concerns related
to the divisions
risk assessments.
Routinely includes
EJ-related questions
in division issued
Federal Register
Notices announcing
the availability of
preliminary risk
assessments.
Routinely request
and gather
information on any
sub-population
disproportionately
effected by the use
of a pesticide
Short-term
(awareness)
of technical products.
Cancellation of end-
use product
registrations will be
effective on July 1,
2007, and the last use
date for these products
will be October 1,
2009.
Stakeholders are able
to provide the Agency
with information on
potential EJ issues
before a pesticide's
risk assessments are
made final.
Intermediate
(behavior)
Ongoing
Long-term
(condition)
Stakeholders are able
to provide the Agency
with information on
potential EJ issues
before a pesticide's
risk assessments are
made final.
Point of Contact
Amaris Johnson
Johnson.amaris@epa.gov
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