U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	FY 2007 Annual Plan
                             Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
      EPA's Mission	I/O-l
      Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification Overview	I/O-l
      Human Capital	I/O-l
      Workforce	I/O-2

RESOURCE SUMMARY TABLES
      Appropriation Summary	RT-1
         Budget Authority / Obligations	RT-1
         Full-Time Equivalents (FTE)	RT-1

GOAL AND OBJECTIVE OVERVIEW
      Goal, Appropriation Summary	G/O-1
           Budget Authority / Obligations	G/O-1
           Full-Time Equivalents (FTE)	G/O-2
      Clean Air and Global Climate Change	G/O-4
      Clean and Safe Water	G/O-11
      Land Preservation and Restoration	G/O-22
      Healthy Communities and Ecosystems	G/O-34
      Compliance and Environmental Stewardship	G/O-48

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ASSESSMENT
      Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Follow-Up Actions 	Performance-1
      Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Supplemental
      Information 	Performance-18
      Annual Performance  Goals and Measures	Performance-33
      GOAL:  Clean Air and Global Climate Change	Performance-33
      GOAL:  Clean and Safe  Water	Pcrformance-48
      GOAL:  Land Preservation and Restoration	Performance-61
      GOAL:  Healthy Communities and Ecosystems	Performance-72
      GOAL:  Compliance and Environmental Stewardship	Performance-100
      Annual Performance  Goals and Measures	Performance-! 13
      NPM: Office of Administration & Resources Management	Performance-113
      NPM: Office of Environmental Information	Pertormance-114
      NPM: Office of the Inspector General	Performance-119

APPENDIX
      Coordination with Other Federal Agencies - Environmental Programs	 Appendix-1
      Coordination with Other Federal Agencies - Enabling Support Programs	Appendix-31
      Major Management Challenges	 Appendix-35
      EPA User Fee Program	Appendix-48
      Working Capital Fund	Appendix-51
      Acronyms for Statutory Authorities	Appendix-52

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       STAG Categorical Program Grants - Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses. Appendix-57
       Infrastructure / STAG Project Financing	Appendix-67
       Program Projects by Appropriation	Appendix-71
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                            Introduction and Overview
                                    EPA's Mission
       The mission of  the  Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect  and
safeguard    human   health   and    the
environment.   This budget  supports  the
Administration's commitment to achieving
environmental results as we  work to develop
more  efficient methods to  conduct  our
mission.    It    also    emphasizes    the
Administration's  desire  to diversify  our
energy   sources,    promote   emissions-
reductions technologies, revitalize the Great
Lakes, and  improve  the  security of  our
Nation's   drinking   water  infrastructure.
Additionally, this budget incorporates new
responsibilities  and  requirements for some
of EPA's major programs, along with some
new provisions  mandated  by the Energy
Policy    Act    of    2005    (EPAct).
                Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
       The   EPA's   FY  2007  Annual
Performance   Plan   and   Congressional
Justification  requests  $7.3   billion   in
discretionary  budget authority and  17,560
Full Time Equivalents (FTE). This request
demonstrates  the Agency's efforts to work
with its State, Tribal, and local government
partners in its efforts to protect clean air and
water,  preserve  and  restore  contaminated
lands,  promote  healthy  communities  and
ecosystems,   assure    compliance    with

Human Capital

In FY  2007 EPA will continue to develop
and  refine  its Human Capital strategies, to
ensure  that the Agency recruits, trains  and
retains a qualified  pool of employees to
protect human health and safeguard the air,
water  and  land. EPA will continue  its
systematic  approach to workforce planning
throughout  the Agency  including:  setting
targets, and  closing competency gaps, in
mission  critical   occupations   (MCOs);
increasing  emphasis   on   innovative  and
flexible recruitment and hiring strategies to
address personnel shortages within MCOs;
and  improving  the  overall  effectiveness of
environmental regulations,  and secure the
Nation's  environmental  assets   through
homeland security programs such  as Water
Sentinel.  Specific  narratives  for   each
program  outline   what   the   resources
accomplish and FY 2007 priorities. Human
Capital  and EPA's workforce levels are two
overarching  resource areas that impact all
programs  and  projects.  A discussion of
planning   and   management   initiatives
follows.
the  hiring   process   for  the  Agency's
workforce.

       EPA  has   met  many  important
milestones  in  implementing its   revised
Human Capital  Strategy,  and the  Human
Capital Accountability Plan.  In FY 2005,
EPA National Program Managers  (NPMs)
and Regional offices  formally adopted the
Human Capital Strategy,  and  developed
office-specific  Action  Plans,  using  the
Agency's     Human    Capital    strategy
framework.  Results of the Agency's Action
Plans will then be used to inform the Human
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Capital  strategic  planning process,  and to
make future strategic workforce decisions.

       In FY 2006, as  part of workforce
planning  efforts,  EPA  will  complete  an
assessment of current competency gaps for
senior management,  the first selected MCO
sample group. In FY 2007, the Agency will
further  its Workforce  Planning efforts  by

Workforce

       EPA   values   its   world    class
workforce  and uses its  expertise to  meet
urgent  responsibilities across a broad range
of national and local environmental  issues.
In FY 2007 adjustments to EPA's workforce
management  strategy will help better  align
resources, skills, and Agency priorities. A
key  step  is  aligning the total  number of
authorized  positions   and   actual   FTE
utilization.  In FY  2007 EPA's estimated
17,560 FTE will work toward advancing the
Agency's  mission  of  protecting  human
health      and      the      environment.
closing   competency   gaps   in   senior
leadership positions and developing plans to
address   the  competency  gaps  in  other
MCOs.   The results will continue to be
evaluated  through  our  Human  Capital
accountability reporting, ensuring a  highly
skilled,  diverse, results-oriented  workforce
with the right  mix of  technical  expertise,
experience, and leadership capabilities.
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Resource Tables
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APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Budget Authority / Obligations
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2005
Obligations
Science & Technology $785,903.1
Environmental Program & Management $2,309,238.0
Inspector General $45,007.1
Building and Facilities $45,1 81 ,0
Oil Spill Response $1 7,594.9
Superfund Program $1,320,886.4
IG Transfer $15,182.0
S&T Transfer $38,821.1
Hazardous Substance Superfund $1,374,889.5
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks $70,589.5
State and Tribal Assistance Grants $3,608,479.6
SUB-TOTAL, EPA $8,256,882.7
Rescission of Prior Year Expired Contracts,
Grants, and Interagency Agreements
Environmental Programs and Management $Q
Science & Technology $0
State and Tribal Assistance Grants JQ
Hazardous Substance Superfund $Q
TOTAL, EPA $8,256,882.7

FY 2006
Enacted
$730,810.0
$2,346,711.0
$36,904.0
$39,626.0
$15,629.0
$1,198,581.0
$13,337.0
$30,156.0
$1,242,074.0
$79,953.0
$3,213,709.0
$7,705,416.0

$-2,000
$-1,000
$-66,000
$-11,000
$7,625,416.0

FY 2007
Pres Bud
$788,274.0
$2,306,617.0
$35,100.0
$39,816.0
$16,506.0
$1,217,827.9
$13,316.0
$27,811.1
$1,258,955.0
$72,759.0
$2,797,448.0
$7,315,475.0

$0
$0
$0
$0
$7,315,475.0
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time Equivalents (FTE)
FY 2005
Obligations

FY 2006
Enacted

FY 2007
Pres Bud
 Science & Technology
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Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Science and Tech. - Reim
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Environmental Program & Management
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Inspector General
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Oil Spill Response
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Oil Spill Response - Reim
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Superfund Program
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated
Usage
IG Transfer
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated
Usage
S&T Transfer
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated
Usage
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Superfund Reimbursables
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
FEMA - Reim
Authorized Ceiling
FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
FY 2005
Obligations
2,416.1

3.0
10,904.2
48.5
270.8
91.9
7.5

3,020.9
87.0
125.0
3,232.9
87.2
72.1

2.7
FY 2006
Enacted
2,438.1
2,420.0

3.0
3.0
11,048.1
10,966.0
1.5
1.5
267.7
265.7
99.2
98.5
0.0
0.0
3,126.2
3,103.0
94.1
93.4
106.3
105.5
3,326.6
3,301.9
77.5
76.9
77.4
76.8

0.0
0.0
FY 2007
Pres Bud
2,431.6

3.0
11,007.5
1.5
267.7
98.7
0.0

3,097.1
94.1
106.2
3,297.4
77.5
76.9

0.0
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 WCF-REIMB
    Authorized Ceiling
    FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage

 Rereg. & Exped. Proc. Rev Fund
    Authorized Ceiling
    FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage

 Pesticide Registration Fund
    Authorized Ceiling
    FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage

 TOTAL, EPA
    Authorized Ceiling
    FY 2005 Final / FY 2006-2007 Estimated Usage
                                                    FY 2005
                                                  Obligations
   99.7
  185.3
    72.7
17,494.6
              FY 2006
              Enacted
              FY 2007
              Pres Bud
  104.7
  103.9
  187.2
  185.8
     0.0
     0.0
17,631.0
17,500.0
  110.7
   187.2
     0.0
17,559.7
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                         Goal and Objective Overview
                   GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
                                  Budget Authority I Obligations
                                      (Dollars in Thousands)
  Clean Air and Global Climate Change
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Building and Facilities
     State and Tribal Assistance Grants
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund

  Clean and Safe Water
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Building and Facilities
     State and Tribal Assistance Grants
     Inspector General

  Land Preservation and Restoration
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Building and Facilities
     State and Tribal Assistance Grants
     Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
     Oil Spill Response
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund

  Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Building and Facilities
     State and Tribal Assistance Grants
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund

  Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Building and Facilities
     State and Tribal Assistance Grants
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund
FY 2005
Obligations
$927,481.7
$443,492.8
$210,039.6
$9,881.5
$255,475.1
$5,701.0
$2,891.7
$3,517,729.0
$503,466.6
$134,592.4
$6,717.1
$2,848,262.8
$24,690.1
$1,780,624.2
$210,037.2
$17,261.4
$5,393.8
$121,827.5
$70,589.5
$17,594.9
$2,572.0
$1,335,347.8
$1,257,846.7
$616,729.7
$345,807.2
$16,249.6
$257,253.9
$7,906.2
$13,900,2
$773,201.2
$535,511.7
$78,202.5
$6,939.0
$125,660.3
$4,137.8
$22,749.8
FY 2006
Enacted
$923,596.4
$452,246.5
$209,077.3
$8,672.3
$245,484.0
$5,040.4
$3,075.9
,.3,133,211.9
$484,969.8
$121,337.1
$6,050.8
$2,501,325.0
$19,529.1
$1,656,471.0
$216,513.0
$14,713.7
$4,966.4
$113,718.0
$79,953.0
$15,629.0
$2,277.7
$1,208,700.2
$1,249,321.4
$640,732.5
$334,290.4
$13,929.8
$245,983.0
$6,642.4
$7,743.2
$742,815.3
$552,249.1
$51,391.4
$6,006.7
$107,199.0
$3,414.4
$22,554.7
                                                                               FY 2007
                                                                               Pres Bud
       $932,024.5
       $446,242.3
       $214,789.2
       $8,748.4
       $253,692.5
       $5,174.0
       $3,378.1


       $2,731,342.1
       $451,812,7
       $170,692.3
       $6,039.4
       $2,085,435.0
       $17,362.7


       $1,689,635.1
       $217,902.2
       $12,149.9
       $4,871.3
       $140,912.2
       $72,759.0
       $16,506.0
       $2,494.6
       $1,222,039.9


       $1,228,933.7
       $638,298.6
       $348,424.1
       $13,951.7
       $213,656.3
       $6,576.9
       $8,026.1


       $733,539.6
       $552,361.1
       $42,218.6    '
       $6,205.1
       $103,752.0
       $3,491.8
       $25,511.0
   Sub-Total
                                              $8,256,882.7     $7,705,416.0
        $7,315,475.0
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Rescission of Prior Year Expired Contracts,
Grants, and Interagency Agreements
Environmental Programs and Management
Science & Technology
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Hazardous Substance Superfund
FY 2005
Obligations
$0
$0
$0
$0
FY 2006
Enacted
$-2,000
$-1,000
$-66,000
$-11,000
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$0
$0
$0
$0
  Total
$8,256,882.7     $7,625,416.0
$7,315,475.0
                  GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
                             Authorized Full-time Equivalents (FTE)
  Clean Air and Global Climate Change
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund
     Envir, Program & Mgmt - Reim
     Science and Tech. - Reim
     FEMA - Reim
     WCF-REIMB
  Clean and Safe Water
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Inspector General
     Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
     WCF-REIMB
  Land Preservation and Restoration
     Environmental Program & Management
     Science & Technology
     Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
     Oil Spill Response
     Inspector General
     Hazardous Substance Superfund
     Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
     Oil Spill Response - Reim
     FEMA - Reim
     Superfund Reimbursables
     WCF-REIMB
FY 2005
Obligations
2,646.4
1,889.8
674.8
34.6
17.1
3.0
3.0
2.3
21.8
2,906.9
2,249.7
476.5
150.0
15.5
15.4
4,602.5
1,195.2
48.3
72.1
91.9
15.6
3,061.7
11.0
7.5
0.4
87.2
11.5
FY 2006
Enacted
2,655.3
1,895.5
679.2
36.6
17.8
0.3
3.0
0.0
23.0
2,930.1
2,257.2
514.5
141.7
0.3
16.5
4,737.8
1,228.2
52.0
77.4
99.2
16.5
3,174.4
0.1
0.0
0.0
77.5
12.4
FY 2007
Pres Bud
2,652.0
1,879.0
688.3
39.5
17.5
0.3
3.0
0.0
24.3
2,906.8
2,245.1
51.1.6
132.4
0.3
17.4
4,686.2
1,229.3
51.2
76.9
98.7
19.0
3,120.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
77.5
12.9
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Healthy Communities and Ecosystems           3,874.8
   Environmental Program & Management      2,470.1
   Science & Technology                      1,014.3
   Inspector General                          45.4
   Rereg. & Exped. Proc. Rev Fund             185.3
   Hazardous Substance Superfund             42.7
   Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim             8.9
   Pesticide Registration Fund                 72.7
   WCF-REIMB                              35.4
3,812,5
2,496.5
1,023.6
48.2
187.2
19.9
0.5
0.0
36.6
3,834.2
2,520.5
1,016.1
50.2
187.2
21.3
0.5
0.0
38.5
Compliance and Environmental  Stewardship    3,464.0
   Environmental Program & Management      3,099.5
   Science & Technology                      202.2
   Inspector General                          25.1
   Hazardous Substance Superfund             111.3
   Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim             10.1
   WCF-REIMB                             15.7
3,495.3
3,170.7
168.9
24.8
114.5
0.3
16.2
3,480.5
3,133.6
164.5
26.6
137.9
0.3
17.5
Total
                                             17,494.6
17,631.0
17,559.7
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           CLEAN AIR AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
  Protect and improve the air so it is healthy to breath and risks to human health and the
  environment are reduced. Reduce greenhouse gas intensity by enhancing partnerships with
  businesses and other sectors.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
     Through 2010, working with partners,
     protect   human   health   and   the
     environment    by   attaining    and
     maintaining  health-based  air-quality
     standards and  reducing the risk from
     toxic air pollutants.
     By 2008, 22.6 million more Americans
     than in  1994  will be   experiencing
     healthier indoor air in homes, schools,
     and office buildings.
     By  2010, through worldwide action,
     ozone    concentrations    in    the
     stratosphere    will   have   stopped
     declining and slowly begun the process
     of recovery, and the  risk to human
     health from overexposure to ultraviolet
     (UV)   radiation,  particularly  among
     susceptible  subpopulations,   such  as
     children, will be reduced.
     Through 2008, working with partners,
     minimize  unnecessary   releases   of
     radiation and be prepared to minimize
     impacts to human health and the
environment should unwanted releases
occur.
Through   EPA's   voluntary  climate
protection  programs,  contribute  45
million   metric   tons   of   carbon
equivalent (MMTCE) annually to the
President's 18 percent greenhouse gas
intensity  improvement goal by 2012.
(An  additional 75 MMTCE to result
from  the sustained   growth  in  the
climate programs are reflected in the
Administration's     business-as-usual
projection for greenhouse gas intensity
improvement. )
Through   2010,  provide  and  apply
sound science to support EPA's goal of
clean air by  conducting leading-edge
research   and  developing  a  better
understanding and characterization of
environmental outcomes under Goal 1.
                           GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
                                Budget Authority / Obligations
                                   Full-time Equivalents
                                  (Dollars in Thousands)
Clean Air  and Global Climate
Change
Healthier Outdoor Air
Healthier Indoor Air
Protect the Ozone Layer
Radiation
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity
FY 2005
Obligations
$927,481.7
$588,382.2
$48,141.4
$16,872.9
$34,905.9
$111,978.8
FY 2006
Enacted
$923,596.4
$583,161.8
$46,956.8
$16,666.0
$36,213.8
$11.1,091.4
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$932,024.5
$596,460.1
$47,674.9
$21,625.0
$37,242.7
$110,298.0
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
$8,428.1
$13,298.3
$718.1
$4,959.0
$1,028.9
($793.4)
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Enhance Science and Research
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2005
Obligations
$127,200.4
2,646.4
FY 2006
Enacted
$129,506.6
2,655.3
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$118,723.8
2,652.0
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
($10,782.8)
-3.3
EPA implements the  Clean Air and Global
Climate Change goal through  national and
regional  programs  designed  to  provide
healthier outdoor and  indoor  air  for  all
Americans, protect the  stratospheric ozone
layer,  minimize  the  risks from  radiation
releases,  reduce  greenhouse gas  intensity,
and  enhance  science   and  research.  In
implementing the goal,  EPA carries out its
responsibilities   through   programs   that
include several common elements:  setting
risk-based priorities;  facilitating regulatory
reform   and   market-based   approaches;
partnering  with  state,   Tribal,  and  local
governments, non-governmental,
organizations, and industry; promoting
energy efficiency; and using sound science.
EPA's key clean air  programs - including
those addressing particulate matter, ozone,
acid rain, air toxics, indoor air, radiation and
stratospheric  ozone  depletion  - focus  on
some   of   the   highest    health    and
environmental risks  faced by  the Agency.
These  programs  have   achieved  results.
According to EPA's projections, every year,
state  and  federal air pollution programs
established under the Clean Air Act help
prevent tens  of  thousands  of  premature
mortalities, millions of incidences of chronic
and  acute  illness, tens  of thousands  of
hospitalizations and emergency room visits,
and millions of lost work days.
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According to EPA analyses, the benefits of
implementing  the Clean  Air  Act exceed
costs  by a factor of six  or  seven to one.
Based on EPA's estimates. Clean Air Act
costs have been relatively small compared to
the  dollar  value of public  health and
environmental benefits.  For example, EPA
estimates that for every dollar  the agency
spends   on   voluntary   climate  change
programs returns $75 in energy savings.

The   FY  2007  budget  request  includes
funding for implementing provisions of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, which includes
new responsibilities and requirements  in the
fuels  and diesel  retrofit programs.  In the
area  of fuels, EPA is required to develop a
number of new regulations,  revise several
existing  regulations, revise  models and
undertake a series of fuel-related studies and
analyses. This effort includes promulgating
regulations for: a major new renewable fuels

Clean Air Mercury Rule:  EPA issued the
Clean  Air   Mercury    Rule    (originally
proposed as the Utility Mercury Reductions
Rule)  on March 15,  2005.1  This rule will
build  on the  Clean Air Interstate   Rule
(CAIR) to  reduce mercury emissions from
coal-fired   power   plants,   the  largest
remaining domestic source of human-caused
mercury emissions.  Issuance  of the  Clean
Air Mercury Rule marks the first time EPA
has   regulated  mercury  emissions  from
utilities, and makes the U.S. the first nation
in the world to control emissions from this
major source of mercury pollution. Mercury
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program; the current reformulated gasoline
(RFG) program; new regulations requiring
health and environmental testing of fuels;
and in conjunction with DOE, conducting a
study  on  Federal, state,  and  local  fuel
requirements  with  recommendations  on
harmonization. The request includes funding
for expanded diesel retrofit program  for a
variety of sources.

The  Clean Air  Rules  are a suite of actions
that will dramatically improve America's air
quality  and will address the transport  of
pollution  across  state borders.  The  rules
provide national tools to achieve significant
improvement   in  air  quality   and   the
associated  benefits  of  improved  health,
longevity  and  quality  of   life  for  all
Americans. Taken together, they will  make
significant air quality  improvement in years
to come.  The  Clean  Air Rules  encompass
the following major rules:

is   a   persistent,  toxic  pollutant   that
accumulates  in  the   food   chain.  While
concentrations  of mercury  in the  air  are
usually low, mercury  emissions can  reach
lakes,  rivers and  estuaries and eventually
build  up  in  fish  tissue.  Americans  are
exposed to mercury   primarily  by  eating
certain species of fish.  However, close to 80
percent of the  fish Americans buy  comes
from overseas,  from  other  countries and
from waters beyond our reach and control.
The  United States contributes just  a  small
percentage   of   human-caused   mercury
emissions worldwide - roughly three percent
with U.S. utilities responsible for about one
percent of that.

NonRoad  Diesel  Rule:  The  Clean  Air
Nonroad Diesel Rule, a component of the
National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC),
will  improve  diesel  engine function  to
remove emissions and innovative diesel fuel
refining techniques to remove sulfur. The
black  puff of smoke  seen   coming from
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 construction  and  other  nonroad  diesel
 equipment  will be  eliminated. Even with
 more stringent heavy-duty highway engine
 standards set to  take effect over  the next
 decade, over the next twenty years millions
 of diesel  engines   already  in  use  will
 continue  to emit large amounts of nitrogen
 oxides and paniculate matter, both of which
 contribute to serious public health problems.
 The Diesel Retrofit  work will be covered
 under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. These
 problems are manifested by  thousands  of
 instances of premature mortality, hundreds
 of thousands of asthma  attacks, millions  of
 lost work days, and  numerous other health
 impacts.  The NCDC works  to reduce the
 pollution emitted from diesel engines across
 the country through  the implementation  of
'varied control strategies and the aggressive
 involvement of  national,  state, and local
 partners.

 Ozone  Rule:  The Clean Air  Ozone Rules
 (dealing  with  8-hour  ground-level  ozone
 designation and  implementation)  designate
 those  areas where  air  does  not  meet the
 health-based  standards  for   ground-level
 ozone  and  classify the seriousness  of the
 problem  in each area.   The Rules also set
 forth the schedule and  minimum  elements
 required  in plans states  must  submit  to
 reduce  the levels of ozone in areas where the
 ozone standards are not met.   Ground-level
 ozone is  an air pollutant that  causes  human
 health  problems,  and  damages  crops and
 other vegetation.  It  is a key  ingredient  of
 urban smog.

 Fine Particle  Rule:  The  Clean  Air Fine
 Particle  Rules  (dealing   with   PM  2.5
 designations and implementation) designate
 those  areas where  air  does  not  meet the
 health-based  standards  for fine-particulate
 pollution and classify the seriousness of the
 problem  in each  area.   An upcoming rule
 will  also  set   forth   the  schedule  and
minimum elements required for state plans
to reduce the levels of fine particulate matter
in areas  where the standards are not met.
Particulate  Matter   is   associated   with
increased    hospital     admissions    and
emergency room visits for people with heart
and lung disease as well as increased work
and school  absences.   It is also the  major
source of haze that  reduces  visibility in
many parts of the United States, including
our National Parks.

The Clean Air  Interstate  Rule  and  the
Nonroad Diesel Rule,  combined with other
existing   state  and   Federal   programs,
including the Tier 2 clean  vehicles  and
gasoline  sulfur standards for cars and light
trucks, the  heavy  duty  diesel  engines  and
low sulfur diesel rule, and the NOx SIP Call
Rule to reduce interstate ozone, will bring
well over half of  counties now monitoring
non-attainment into attainment with the fine
particle and ozone  standards.

The Indoor Air Program characterizes the
risks  of  indoor  air  pollutants  to  human
health,  develops  techniques  for reducing
those risks, and educates the public about
what they can do to reduce their risks from
indoor air.  Through voluntary partnerships
with  non-governmental  and  professional
organizations, EPA educates and encourages
individuals, schools,   industry, the  health
care community, and others to take action to
reduce health risks in indoor environments
using  a   variety  of  approaches  including
national     public    awareness,     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. EPA  also
supports  a  national radon (second only to
smoking as a cause of lung cancer) program
that encourages voluntary national, regional,
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state, and tribal programs and activities that
support initiatives  targeted to radon testing
and mitigation as well as radon resistant new
construction.

For more than  a  decade, businesses and
organization  have  partnered  with  EPA
through   voluntary    climate   protection
programs   to   pursue   common   sense
approaches  to  reducing   greenhouse gas
emissions  and   help   in  meeting   the
President's greenhouse gas intensity goal.
Voluntary programs such as Energy Star and
SmartWay  Transport  have contributed  to
increasing  the  use  of  energy-efficient
products  and  practices   and   reducing
emissions of  carbon  dioxide  as well  as
methane and other greenhouse  gases  with
very high global warming potentials. These
partnership programs help spur investment
in advanced  energy  technologies and  the
purchase of energy-efficient products and
create   emissions  reduction  benefits  that
accrue over the lifetime of the investment or
product.

EPA's   Domestic  Stratospheric   Ozone
Protection   Program  will  continue   to
implement the  provisions of the Clean Air
Act   and   the   Montreal  Protocol   on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone  Layer
(Montreal  Protocol),  contributing  to  the
reduction  and  control of ozone-depleting
substances (ODSs) in the U.S. and lowering
health   risks   to   the  American  public
associated with exposure to UV radiation.

In FY 2007, EPA will continue upgrading
the national  radiation monitoring system,
thus   improving   response   time,   data
dissemination,  and   population/geographic
coverage  of  the  U.S should there be  an
accidental or intentional release of radiation
either  domestically or internationally.  EPA
will also maintain readiness of deployable
monitors allowing for sampling density at
locations   near   and   downwind   from
radiological incidents.   The  Agency will
continue to  enhance  laboratory  response
capacity and capability to ensure a minimal
level  of  surge capacity  for  radiological
incidents.

International Activities

EPA  will  continue  to  work with  other
agencies  on   the  Methane   to  Markets
program.   This program is an international
initiative that  focuses on  advancing cost-
effective,  near-term methane  recovery  and
use as a clean  energy source. The goals of
the program are to reduce global methane
emissions  to   enhance  economic  growth,
promote  energy  security,   improve  the
environment,  and reduce  greenhouse  gas
emissions.  Other benefits include improving
mine  safety, reducing waste, and improving
local  air quality. EPA is the lead agency for
the Methane to Markets program.

EPA  will  also participate in the  newly-
established  Asia-Pacific  Partnership   on
Clean  Development  and  Climate.    The
Partnership aims  to  promote  development
and  transfer   of  cleaner,  more  efficient
technologies that  can address greenhouse
gas mitigation  and energy security - issues
that are crucial not only to the region but the
entire world.    Through  these  programs,
EPA    will    work   with    international
governments    to   transfer    American
technology     and    voluntary   program
techniques. The Department of State is the
lead agency for implementing this initiative.

Research

EPA's  air research  provides  the  scientific
foundation  for the  Agency  to  fulfill  its
responsibilities  under the Clean  Air Act,
which helps make the air safe to breathe and
protects human health and the  environment.
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The Agency focuses its research on National
Ambient Air Quality Standards  (NAAQS)
pollutants and  also studies  hazardous  air
pollutants (HAPs).

In FY 2007, the Agency's air research will
continue to strengthen the scientific basis for
the periodic review and implementation of
air quality  standards.   This research is
concentrated on particulate matter (PM), but
includes other NAAQS  pollutants.    PM
research is  aligned with  the ten  priority
research topics for PM identified by  the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The
NAS  has conducted four reviews of EPA's
PM research since 1998 to  identify relevant,
high-priority research  needs and  monitor
research performance.

In FY 2007, the Agency's air toxics research
will   complete  selected ongoing  research
efforts  and  begin transitioning toward  the
Multiple Air   Pollutant Program  (MAPP)
focus recommended by external review. Air
toxics research provides health hazard and
exposure  methods, data, and models that
enable the Agency to reduce uncertainty in
risk assessment.  It also produces tools that
enable  national,  regional,  state, and  local
officials to  identify  and  implement  cost-
effective  approaches  to reduce  risk  from
sources of air toxics.

Recognizing that environmental  policy and
regulatory decisions will only be as good as
the science upon which  they  are based, EPA
makes every effort to ensure that its science
is of the  highest quality  and  relevance,
thereby  providing  the basis   for  sound
environmental  results.    EPA  uses  the
Research   and    Development   (R&D)
Investment  Criteria of  quality,  relevance,
and   performance  in  its  decision-making
processes through  a)  the  use of  research
strategies and plans, b)  program  review and
evaluation  by  the  Board   of Scientific
Counselors   (BOSC)   and   the   Science
Advisory Board (SAB), and c) peer review.

In 2005, the BOSC evaluated the NAAQS
research program to assess the  quality and
relevance  of its research.and the program's
historical  performance.2  The  subcommittee
concluded that the program has  reduced
scientific  uncertainty and  that there was a
high  degree  of  integration  between the
program's in-house and external research,
which  is   usually   conducted   through
competitive,  peer-reviewed grants under the
Agency's   Science  to  Achieve  Results
(STAR) program.

Research  is guided by strategies and  plans
that are developed with participation  from
Agency research programs' major  clients.
Strategies  outline  the research  needs and
priorities.   Multi-year research plans outline
steps for  meeting  strategic research needs
and annual performance goals and measures
for evaluating progress.

Taken together, these  mechanisms serve  to
ensure  that  EPA's research  and  science
remain relevant,   of  high  quality,   and
contribute   to  superior   environmental
performance.

The   Agency  approaches   its   research
programs' workforce planning in a  manner
consistent with its human capital  strategy.
Key  elements of  this   strategy   include
working to develop and implement a holistic
approach   to  recruitment,   preserving  a
diverse workforce  that   reflects  a  wide
spectrum   of  viewpoints,  and  retaining
existing talent.
" EPA, Office of Research and Development, Board
of Scientific Counselors, Particulate Matter and
Ozone Research Program (Washington: EPA, 2005).
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Workforce

Senior management supports Human Capital
efforts to  develop leadership and technical
skills for all employees supporting the Clean
Air  and  Global  Climate  Change  Goal.
Offices within the Goal are analyzing their
knowledge   management   needs    and
capabilities as an important element of the
overall  strategic succession plan.   This
analysis includes evaluating the skills of the
current workforce and needs for the future to
ensure  that  EPA  possesses   the  skills
necessary  to  meet the challenges that lie
ahead.

The   Agency   approaches  its   research
programs'  workforce planning in a manner
FY 2005 PARTs

 The following programs  were assessed  in
2005  though OMB's Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART).

•  National Ambient Air Quality Standards
   (NAAQS) Federal Program
consistent with its human capital  strategy.
Key  elements of  this  strategy   include
working to develop and implement a holistic
approach  to  recruitment,  preserving  a
diverse  workforce  that  reflects  a  wide
spectrum  of  viewpoints,   and  retaining
existing talent.
EPA  offices  work  together to  enhance
information  and  data  access  across the
offices,   and  better  communicate  EPA's
message about air quality.
*  Air   Quality  Grants   and  Permitting
   Programs
•  Indoor Environments
•  National Ambient Air Quality Standards
   (NAAQS) Research (re-PART)

More detailed  information  is provided  in
specific program project descriptions.
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                               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.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
     Protect  human  health  by  reducing
     exposure to contaminants in  drinking
     water  (including  protecting  source
     waters),  in fish and  shellfish, and  in
     recreational waters.
     Protect the quality of rivers, lakes, and
     streams  on  a  watershed  basis  and
     protect coastal and ocean waters.
     Provide and  apply a sound  scientific
     foundation to EPA's goal of clean and
     safe water by conducting leading-edge
     research   and  developing   a  better
     understanding and  characterization of
     the  environmental  outcomes  under
     Goal 2.
                            GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
                                 Budget Authority / Obligations
                                     Full-time Equivalents
                                    (Dollars in Thousands)
Clean and Safe Water
Protect Human Health
Protect Water Quality
Enhance Science and Research
   Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2005
Obligations
$3,517,729.0
$1,270,988.5
$2,121,752.9
$124,987.5
2,906.9
FY 2006
Enacted
$3,133,211.9
$1,220,989.2
$1,791,519.9
$120,702.8
2,930.1
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$2,731,342.1
$1,177,458.2
$1,412,740.6
$141,143.3
2,906.8
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
($401,869.8)
($43,531.0)
($378,779.3)
$20,440.5
-23.3
Over the  30 years since enactment  of the
Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts
(CWA and SDWA), government, citizens,
and the private sector have worked together
to make dramatic progress in improving the
quality of surface waters and drinking water.
Thirty years ago, much  of the Nation's tap
water  had  either  very  limited  treatment
(usually disinfection) or no treatment at all.
About  two-thirds  of  the  surface  waters
assessed by states were not attaining basic
water  quality  goals  and  were  considered
polluted.3 Some of the Nation's waters were
" United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of
Water. 1998. Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and
open  sewers posing health  risks and many
water   bodies  were  so   polluted   that
traditional uses, such as swimming, fishing,
and recreation, were impossible.

Today,  drinking water systems monitor and
treat  water  to  assure   compliance  with
drinking water  standards covering a  wide
range of contaminants.  In  addition,  EPA
now  protects  sources  of  drinking water
through   activities   such   as  regulating
underground  injection   of   wastes.    The
number of polluted waters has been reduced
Protecting America's Water. Washington, DC:
Government Printing Office.
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and many clean waters are even healthier.  A
massive investment  of Federal,  state, and
local funds resulted in a new generation  of
wastewater  treatment  facilities  able   to
provide  "secondary" treatment  or  better.
EPA   has   issued    national   discharge
regulations   for   over    50   industrial
categories.4 In addition, sustained efforts  to
implement  "best  management  practices"
have helped reduce runoff of pollutants from
diffuse or "nonpoint" sources.

Cleaner,   safer   water   has   renewed
recreational,   ecological,   and  economic
interests in communities across the  nation.
The recreation, tourism, and travel industry
is one of the largest employers in the nation,
and  a  significant portion  of recreational
spending  comes from swimming, boating,
sport fishing, and hunting.  Each year, more
than  180  million people visit the shore for
recreation.6  In 2001, sportspersons  spent a
total of $70 billion- $35.6 billion on  fishing,
$20.6 billion on  hunting,  and $13.8  million
on items used  for both hunting and  fishing.
Wildlife watchers spent an additional  $38.4
billion  on their  activities around the  home
and   on  trips  away from  home.7    The
commercial  fishing  industry,  which  also
requires clean  water and healthy wetlands,
contributed $28.6 billion to the economy in
200l.b  The Cuyahoga River, which once
caught  fire,  is now busy  with  boats and
harbor  businesses  that generate  substantial
revenue for the City  of Cleveland.   The
Willamette  River  in  Oregon  has  been
4 Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, PARTs 405 -471.
Revised as of July 1,2005
3 Travel Industry Association of America. Tourism for
America, ll": Edition, Washington, DC: Travel Industry of
America.
'' Pew Oceans Commission. 2002. America's Living Oceans
Charting a Course for Sea Change, Arlington, VA: Pew
Oceans Commission,
7 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. 2007 National
Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
* National Marine Fisheries Service, 2002. Fisheries of the
U.S. 2001, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
restored  to provide  swimming, fishing, and
water  sports.     Even   Lake  Erie,  once
infamous for its dead fish, now supports a
$600 million per year fishing industry.9

Although there has  been much progress on
important  economic,  human  health  and
environmental  benefits, there  is still work to
be done  to realize the vision of clean rivers,
lakes,  streams  and  coastal  areas  and  safe
water to  drink.   In 2007, EPA will work with
states and tribes to  continue  accomplishing
measurable improvements in the  safety  of
the  Nation's  drinking  water  and  in  the
condition of rivers, lakes and  coastal waters.
This     Overview     summarizes     key
environmental  and  public health goals and
describes   the  general  strategies  EPA
proposes to  implement to accomplish these
goals.    With  the help of states, tribes and
other partners, EPA expects  to continue
progress  toward  protecting  human  health
and  improving water   quality  by  2008,
including —

•  Water  Safe to Drink:    increase  the
   percentage   of  population  served  by
   community water systems that meet all
   applicable  health-based  drinking water
   standards from 89% to 95%;

•  Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat:   reduce
   the percentage of the water miles/acres
   identified by states or Tribes as having
   fish  consumption  advisories  in  2002
   where increased consumption  of  safe
   fish  is  allowed, (485,205 river miles,
    11,277,276 lake acres) while increasing
   the percentage of the shellfish growing
   acres  monitored  by  states  that  are
   approved or conditionally approved for
   use from 77% to 91%;
9 United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of
Water, 1998. Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and
Protecting America's Water.  Washington, DC:
Government Printing Office.
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    • Surface Water Meeting Standards:
     address water  quality problems on  a
     watershed  basis so that water quality
     standards   are  fully   attained   in
     waterbodies identified by states as not
     meeting standards

    • Healthy Coastal Waters: maintain or
     improve the overall health of each of
     the  four  major  coastal  ecosystems
     around the country, as measured by the
     National Coastal Condition Report.

The clean and safe  water  goals are closely
related to goals  established in Goal 4 of the
Agency     Strategic    Plan     regarding
improvements   in   wetlands,   estuaries,
targeted  geographic programs  such  as the
waters of the  Mexico Border region, the
Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay,  and the
Gulf of  Mexico.   The  key strategies that
EPA plans  to  implement  in  FY 2007 to
make progress toward the  public health and
environmental   goals  identified   in   the
Strategic Plan are briefly described below.

Water Safe  to Drink

For almost 30 years, protecting the Nation's
public health through safe drinking  water
has been  the shared responsibility of EPA,
the  states,  and nearly 54,000 community
water  systems  (CWSs)10  nationwide  that
supply  drinking water to more  than 260
million Americans  (approximately 90% of
the U.S. population). Within this time span,
safe drinking  water standards  have  been
established  and are  being implemented for
91  microbial,   chemical,  and  radiological
contaminants.     Forty-nine   states   have
10 Although the Safe Drinking Water Act applies to
159,796 public water systems nationwide (as of January
2004), which include schools, hospitals, factories,
campgrounds, motels, gas stations, etc. that have their own
water system, this implementation plan focuses only on
CWSs. A CWS is a public water system that provides
water to the same population year-round. As of January
2004, there were 52,838 CWSs,
adopted  primary  authority  for  enforcing
their drinking water programs. Additionally,
CWS  operators  are  better  informed  and
trained  to  both  treat  contaminants  and
prevent them from entering the  source  of
their drinking water supplies.

During  2007, EPA, the states, and  CWSs
will build on these successes while working
toward  the  2008  goal  of  assuring that 95
percent of the  population  served  by  CWSs
receives  drinking water  that  meets  all
applicable standards.    Collectively, these
core areas and other interrelated elements of
the national safe drinking water program
form a  balanced, integrated framework that
comprises the  multiple barrier approach to
protecting  public  health  from   unsafe
drinking  water.   EPA  has  identified key
activities  within  five core  program areas
described below that are critical to ensuring
safe drinking water.

Drinking Water Standards

During FY  2007, EPA  will continue  to
assess  the need for new or revised drinking
water standards based on  available data  on
health effects, occurrence,  risks of exposure,
analytical (detection)  methods, as well  as
information  on  technologies   to prevent,
detect,  or  remove  specific  contaminants.
Specifically, EPA will:

    Determine  whether to  regulate at  least
    five  unregulated  contaminants   on  the
    second contaminant candidate  list (CCL)
    and, through  the  Six-Year Review  of
    existing regulations, whether  a revision
    to an existing standard  is warranted;
•   Continue   analysis   to   prepare   the
    Agency's third CCL;
    Continue the  comprehensive  Lead and
    Copper Rule Review that began in 2004;
*   Begin to develop revisions to the Total
    Coliform Rule (TCR);  and
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    Consider   additional   protections   of
    drinking water distribution systems.

Drinking Water Implementation

During  FY  2007,  EPA will support state
efforts to  meet existing and new  drinking
water     standards      including     the
Cryptosporidium (Long Term 2 Enhanced
Surface  Water  Treatment),  Disinfection
(Stage  2  Disinfectants  and  Disinfection
Byproducts Rule), and Ground Water Rules.
In many states, EPA will be responsible for
directly implementing the early monitoring
requirements under the Cryptosporidium and
Disinfection  rules.    In   addition,  initial
monitoring requirements under the revised
arsenic  rule and revised radionuclides  rule
will be underway.  EPA and the states  will
use  the  following   tools  to  encourage
compliance:

     Public  Water System  Supervision
     (PWSS)  Program Grants:    These
     grants  to states  and tribes   provide
     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.

*    Sanitary Surveys:  Sanitary  surveys
     are  on-site  reviews   of  the water
     sources,     facilities,    equipment,
     operation, and  maintenance of public
     water systems.  All states are to be in
     compliance   with  requirements  to
     conduct  sanitary  surveys at  CWSs
     once every three years starling in 2004.

9    Data    Access,     Quality,    and
     Reliability;   EPA will complete the
     modernization  of the Safe Drinking
     Water Information System (SDWIS),
     which serves as the primary source of
     national  information  on  compliance
     with   all  health-based,   regulatory
     requirements of SDWA.

Promotion of Sustainable Management of
Drinking Water Infrastructure

The Drinking Water State Revolving Loan
Fund   (DWSRF),  established  under  the
SDWA, offers low  interest loans to help
public water systems across the nation make
improvements and upgrades to their water
infrastructure, or support other activities that
build  system  capacity.   In FY 2007, the
DWSRF program will provide an estimated
600 additional loans.  EPA will also work
with states to increase the percentage of loan
agreements  made  each  year  that  return a
system to  compliance, estimated to be 30%
of loan agreements in 2002.

Protection of Sources of Drinking Water

In FY 2007, EPA will work with states and
water  systems  to  improve  protection of
sources of drinking water in two key areas.

*    Voluntary Source  Water Protection
     Strategies:  EPA  will  promote the
     concept of a multiple barriers approach
     to     drinking     water     program
     management and will work with states
     to track, to  the  extent  feasible, the
     development and  implementation of
     source   water  protection  strategies.
     EPA has set a goal of increasing the
     number  of source  water  areas  (both
     surface   and  ground    water)   for
     community water  systems  that have
     minimized risk to  public  health from
     an  estimated  baseline of  5%  of all
     areas in 2002 to 20% in FY 2007.
     Underground   Injection  Control:
     EPA works  with   states  to regulate
     injection of hazardous substances and
     other waste to prevent  contamination
     of underground sources  of drinking
     water.  In FY 2007, EPA will continue
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     to focus on shallow wells (Class V) in
     source  water areas.    EPA and the
     states  will work  to  assure that  all
     identified Class V motor vehicle waste
     disposal wells  are closed  by  2008.
     EPA and   states  will  also  work  to
     assure that 100 percent of Class I,  II,
     111 and V wells that are determined to
     be in violation are addressed.

Assurance     that     Critical      Water
Infrastructure is Secure

In FY 2007, EPA will continue to lead and
support  state and  water utility  efforts  to
secure   their  water  infrastructure   from
terrorist threats  and other intentional harm.
In addition, due  to its responsibilities under
Homeland Security Presidential Directives 7
and 9, EPA will support the water sector in
implementing protective measures  and  in
continuing to pilot a new  and innovative
drinking water surveillance  and monitoring
program. In FY 2007, EPA will establish, in
selected     cities,      additional     pilot
contamination warning systems based upon
intensive  water  monitoring   and   other
surveillance.    The  pilots   will  integrate
information   from   contaminant-specific
sampling and laboratory analysis,  on-line
water   quality  monitoring,  public   health
surveillance,  customer   complaints   and
physical security to  form a  comprehensive
contamination   warning    system.   The
WaterSentinel  program  will   prove  the
concept  of  an  effective   contamination
warning  system, so that  drinking water
utilities,   ideally    of    all   sizes   and
characteristics, could adopt such a  system.
The Agency will also provide critical tools,
training, and exercises that will help  utilities
detect, prevent, and respond to threats.

Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat

Across  the  U.S.,  states and  tribes  have
issued  fish  consumption advisories for a
range   of    persistent,   bioaccumulative
contaminants  covering more than 840,000
river miles and  14 million lake acres as of
2003.11  The  EPA Strategic Plan calls for
improving  the   quality  of   water   and
sediments to  allow increased  consumption
of  fish  and  shellfish.   EPA's  national
approach  to meeting safe fish  and shellfish
goals is described below.

Safe Fish

Most  of  the  current  fish  consumption
advisories issued by states are for mercury,
PCBs,  and  dioxin.   EPA is  emphasizing
strategic partnerships within the Agency to
address  these  pollutants.    EPA's  water
program  is  also  addressing   remaining
controllable  sources  of  fish  exposure to
these chemicals. The Agency is:

     Developing mercury fish  tissue criteria
     implementation  guidance  to  ensure
     new  criteria  are incorporated   into
     WQS  and implemented  in National
     Pollutant    Discharge    Elimination
     System (NPDES) permits;
     Working with states to improve their
     advisory  programs  with  particular
     emphasis  on periodic  re-sampling of
     previously tested waters that are under
     advisory; and
*    Working    to    identify   emerging
     contaminants to ensure that  routes of
     fish  exposure  to  new,  emerging
     contaminants are addressed early.

Safe Shellfish

Success  in  achieving the  shellfish  goals
relies on implementation of CWA programs
that are focused on sources of pollution that
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 of Water. Fact Sheet: National Listing of Fish Advisories.
 EPA-823-F-04-016. August 2004.  Available on the
 Internet at
 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/factsheet.
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cause shellfish acres to be closed. Important
new technologies  include pathogen source
tracking,   new   indicators  of   pathogen
contamination  and predictive  correlations
between environmental stressors and  their
effects.  Once critical areas and sources are
identified,    core    program   authorities,
including       expanded      monitoring,
development  of  Total   Maximum  Daily
Loads (TMDLs), and revision  of discharge
permit  limits can  be applied to  improve
conditions.

Water Safe for Swimming

Recreational waters,  especially beaches in
coastal  areas and the Great  Lakes, provide
recreational  opportunities for  millions  of
Americans. Swimming in some recreational
waters,  however, can pose a risk of illness as
a result of exposure to microbial  pathogens.
In November 2004, RPA established  more
protective  health-based WQSs for bacteria
for those  states  and Territories bordering
Great Lakes or ocean waters that had not yet
adopted standards  in  accordance with the
Beaches  Environmental   Assessment  and
Coastal Health Act of 2000, an important
step to further  protect  the  quality of the
nation's coastal recreation waters.12  For FY
2007, EPA's national strategy for improving
the safety of recreational waters will include
these key elements:

Improve  Beach Monitoring  and Public
Notification

A  key  component  of  the  strategy for
improving the safety of recreational waters
is improving monitoring of public beaches
and  notifying   the  public   of  unsafe
conditions.   EPA  is working with  states  to
12 United States Environmental Protection Agency. Federal
Register; November 16, 2004; Volume 69, Number 220;
pages 67217 - 67243. Water Quality Standards for Coastal
and Great Lakes Recreation Waters. Available on the
Interenet at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgslr/EPA-
WATER/2004/November/Day-16/w25303.htm
implement  the  Beaches   Environmental
Assessment and  Coastal  Health (BEACH)
Act. In FY 2007, EPA expects that all Tier
1  public  beaches will be  monitored  and
managed  under the  BEACH Act and  that
states and localities will  be taking  actions
where  possible and  appropriate to address
sources of unsafe conditions that result in
the closure of beaches.

Identify  Unsafe  Recreational Waters  and
Begin Restoration

Another important element of the strategy to
restore waters  unsafe for swimming is to
identify the specific waters that are unsafe
and devel' •> plans to accomplish the needed
restoration.  An important part of this work
is  to  maintain  strong  progress  toward
development  of  TMDLs  based  on   the
schedules   established   by   states   in
conjunction with EPA.  In  a related effort,
the Agency  will better  focus  compliance
assistance    and,     where    necessary,
enforcement    resources    on    unsafe
recreational waters.    In  addition, working
with communities  that have frequent  wet
weather   discharges  (which  are  a  major
source of pathogens) to  ensure progress to
reduce the frequency of these discharges is
one of the  Agency's  national enforcement
priorities  for FY 2005 through 2007.

Reduce Pathogen  Levels in Recreational
Waters Generally

In  addition to  focusing  on waters that  are
unsafe for swimming today, EPA, states and
tribes will work in FY 2007 to reduce  the
overall level  of pathogens discharged  to
recreational   waters   using   three   key
approaches:

     Reduce pollution from CSOs;
•    Address  major  sources  discharging
     pathogens under the permit program;
     and
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*    Improve   management    of    septic
     systems.

Restore and Improve  Water Quality on  a
Watershed Basis

A significant investment  of  the  National
Water Program resources is under the CWA,
which directly support  efforts to restore and
improve the quality of rivers, lakes,  and
streams. In  FY  2007,  EPA will work with
states to make continued progress toward the
clean water  goals identified in the Strategic
Plan by using a two-part strategy. EPA will
also implement  core clean water programs,
including innovations  that apply programs
on  a watershed  basis and accelerate efforts
to improve  water quality on  a watershed
basis.

Implement Core Clean Water Programs:

To protect and improve water  quality on a
watershed  basis in  FY  2007, EPA, in
partnership  with  states  and  tribes,  will
continue to focus the work on integrating the
six  key  program   areas  that  form  the
foundation  of the  water  program.   Core
water program work includes:

*    Strengthen      Water      Quality
     Standards:  The top priority for the
     criteria and standards program  in FY
     2007 is the continued implementation
     of the  Water Quality Standards (WQS)
     and Criteria  Strategy, developed in
     cooperation with  states, tribes, and the
     public in  2003.   The Standards and
     Criteria   Strategy   prioritizes   key
     strategic actions  EPA and the  states
     need to complete  in order to strengthen
     the WQS program to guide assessment
     and restoration efforts. This  Strategy
     calls for EPA to continue   work in
     developing    scientific     "criteria
     documents"    for    key   chemical,
     microbial,  and    water   pollutants,
including   implementation  protocols
and methods.  Key elements identified
in the  Strategy  include  developing
nutrient criteria,  adopting  biological
criteria, approving  state WQSs in  a
timelier   manner,    and   providing
technical and scientific  support to the
states  and tribes in  conducting  Use
Attainability Analyses and developing
site-specific criteria.  Finally, EPA will
work with states  and tribes to ensure
the    effective     operation    and
administration   of   the   standards
program.

Improve Water Quality Monitoring:
Scientifically defensible water quality
data and  information are essential to
all aspects of the national  program to
protect and   restore water  yet,  as
documented in numerous independent
evaluations, Federal  and state water
quality monitoring   and  assessment
programs  need strengthening.   Top
priorities   for  FY  2007  are   state
participation   in  efforts  to  develop
statistically valid monitoring networks,
continued  EPA support of  states  in
developing    monitoring   programs
consistent  with  national  monitoring
guidance published in 2003, and  state
support of the national water quality
database.

Develop   Total   Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDLs) and Related Plans:
Development   of  TMDLs   for   an
impaired  waterbody is  a critical tool
for meeting water restoration goals.  In
FY 2007,  EPA will continue to support
states as they develop TMDLs to meet
court-ordered  schedules  and ensure
that  the  national  policy  of TMDL
completion  within   13   years   of
waterbody listing is  met.   EPA will
continue   to    pursue    innovative
approaches to help  states  and other
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     partners   develop   and
     waterbody    restoration
     efficiently as possible.
implement
plans
as
     Control  Nonpoint  Source Pollution
     on  a  Watershed  Basis:    Polluted
     runoff from nonpoint  sources  is the
     largest single remaining cause of water
     pollution. In FY 2007, EPA will use
     grants  to states under  Section 319 of
     the CWA to support efforts to manage
     nonpoint   pollution   through   the
     development  and  implementation of
     watershed plans. Special emphasis will
     be placed on restoring impaired waters
     on a watershed basis.

     Industrial Water Pollution Control:
     EPA  will   develop  regulations  for
     industries   where    the    risk   to
     waterbodies  can be  reduced and water
     quality   can  be  improved  through
     wastewater treatment.   In FY 2007,
     EPA will be working on regulations
     for  the 4 industries identified  in the
     2004  effluent guideline plan and any
     additional  industries  that  may  be
     identified in  the 2006 plan.

     Strengthen      NPDES      Permit
     Program:    The  NPDES  program
     requires  point sources discharging to
     water bodies to  have permits.  In FY
     2007, EPA will work with states to use
     the   "Permitting  for  Environmental
     Results Strategy" to address concerns
     about the workload  for issuing permits
     and   the  health  of  state  NPDES
     programs.

     Additionally, EPA will finalize a rule
     that  incorporates financial incentives
     for  states  that  implement adequate
     NPDES fee systems.

     Support  Sustainable  Wastewater
     Infrastructure:   The   Clean  Water
     State   Revolving  Funds  (CWSRFs)
     provide  low-interest  loans  to  help
     finance waslewater treatment  facilities
     and  other  water  quality   projects.
     Recognizing the substantial remaining
     need  for  wastewater  infrastructure,
     EPA   will  continue   to   provide
     significant  annual  capitalization  to
     CWSRFs in  FY  2007.     Another
     important approach to closing the gap
     between  the  need for  clean  water
     projects and available funding is to use
     sustainable management  systems  to
     prolong the lives of existing  systems.
     EPA  will  work  to  encourage  rate
     structures that lead to  full cost pricing
     and other conservation measures.

Accelerate Watershed Protection

Strong execution of  core  CWA programs
alone  is  not  sufficient to  maintain  and
accelerate progress toward cleaner water and
accomplish the water quality improvements
called  for in the Strategic  Plan.   About a
decade  ago, EPA fostered the watershed
approach, focusing on multi-stakeholder and
multi-program efforts within hydrologically
defined boundaries,   as  a  better  way to
address water quality problems.    In FY
2007,   EPA  will  accelerate  watershed
protection by working in three key areas:

     Core   Programs   Organized   by
     Watershed:       In    addition   to
     development  of watershed based plans,
     discussed below, core programs can be
     implemented  on a  watershed basis.
     Some examples in practice as a result
     of  innovations  developed  by  state,
     EPA  Regions,   and    others  are
     development  of TMDLs and NPDES
     permits  on  a   watershed  basis  and
     implementing water  quality "trading"
     programs within a watershed.
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•    Local Watershed Protection Efforts:
     EPA  is  developing  national  tools,
     training, and technical assistance  that
     will help community partnerships to be
     more effective at improving watershed
     health.

*    Apply  an  Adaptive  Management
     Framework: The best way to achieve
     progress in  improving and protecting
     waters and watersheds is by  applying
     an adaptive  management approach to
     better  understand  the problems,  set
     challenging  but realistic  goals,  and
     address opportunities  associated with
     developing  programs  and  building
     partnerships at the watershed level. In
     FY 2007,  EPA will continue to work
     with  states  and  tribes to  apply an
     adaptive  management framework to
     identify the  specific mix of watershed
     tools  that best suit local  needs  and
     conditions.

Protect Coastal and Ocean  Waters
Coastal  waters  are  among   the   most
productive ecosystems on Earth, but they are
also among the  most threatened ecosystems,
largely  as  a result  of rapidly increasing
growth and development. About half of the
U.S. population now lives  in coastal areas
and coastal counties are growing three times
faster than counties elsewhere in the Nation.
The work  described here  will  be closely
coordinated with  the implementation of the
National Estuary Program  (described in
Goal 4).

For FY 2007, EPA's national  strategy for
improving  the  condition  of coastal  and
ocean waters will include the key elements
listed below.   The health of  ocean  and
coastal  waters  and progress  in  meeting
EPA's  strategic  targets will  be  tracked
through  the National  Coastal  Condition
Report. In addition,  the OSV BOLD, EPA's
ocean survey vessel, will support monitoring
and assessment needs in coastal regions.

Reduce Vessel Discharges

EPA will focus on enhancing regulation of
discharges of  pollution from vessels.   Key
work  for  FY  2007  includes proposing
wastewater  standards  for  cruise   ships
operating in Alaskan waters and cooperating
with the Department of Defense to develop
discharge standards  for  all  armed  forces
vessels.

Manage MPRSA Ocean Dumping
Program (Including Dredged Material)

Several  hundred million  cubic  yards  of
sediment  are  dredged  from  waterways,
ports, and harbors every year to  maintain the
Nation's  navigation  system.   All  of  this
sediment must be disposed of safely.  EPA
and  the  U.S.  Army Corps of  Engineers
(COE)  share  responsibility  for regulating
how and where  the  disposal  of sediment
occurs.  In FY  2007, EPA and  COE will
continue to focus resources  on improving
how   disposal  of  dredged   material  is
managed, including evaluating,  designating,
and monitoring disposal sites. EPA will also
review and concur on the  disposal permits
issued by COE.

Manage Invasive Species

One of the greatest threats to  U.S.  waters
and ecosystems is the uncontrolled spread of
invasive    species.     Invasive    species
commonly  enter U.S. waters  through  the
discharge of ballast water from ships.  In FY
2007,  EPA will  assist the U.S.  Coast Guard
in  its  efforts  to  develop  ballast  water
discharge standards.   In addition, EPA will
continue efforts  to target invasive species in
coastal areas.  Efforts addressing invasive
species  on  an  international  level  are
discussed below.
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FY 2005 Performance Assessment Rating
Tool Evaluations (PARTs):

The following programs were assessed using
the  Program  Assessment  Rating  Tool
(PART) for  the  FY 2005  PART process
(final PART  ratings  will be included in the
President's Budget):

    *   Oceans and Coastal Programs
    •   Surface Water Protection Program
    •   Section 106 Categorical Grants
    •   Drinking Water Research

More detailed information  is  provided in
specific program project descriptions.

International A ctivities

Internationally, our  objective is  to protect
the environmental quality of U.S. coastal
and ocean waters. U.S. waters are subject to
international  sources of pollution and EPA's
international  efforts in this area are focused
on  the development  and implementation of
international  standards necessary  to address
transboundary    sources    of   pollution,
pollution affecting shared ecosystems,  and
the introduction of  non-indigenous species
through maritime shipping.  To reach these
ends  we  are   seeking   to  reduce  the
introduction  of invasive species to  U.S.
waters  by  working  with the  U.S.  Coast
Guard regarding the  International Ballast
Water   Standards    Convention    under
MARPOL. Another  emphasis is negotiation
of    effective   international     standards
addressing  harmful   anti-foulants and air
emissions from ships.  Achievement of the
objective and strategic targets will enhance
U.S. water quality, human health, and help
stabilize  aquatic  ecosystems   in   North
America.
Research

EPA's drinking water  and  water quality
research  programs  conduct  leading  edge,
problem-driven research to provide a sound
scientific foundation for  Federal regulatory
decision-making. These efforts will result in
strengthened   public  health  and  aquatic
ecosystem  protection  by  providing  data
methods,    models,   assessments,    and
technologies for EPA program and regional
offices, as well as state and local authorities.

In FY2007,  the drinking  water  research
program will continue to focus on filling key
data   gaps    and   developing   analytical
detection   methods  for  measuring   the
occurrence  of  chemical   and  microbial
contaminants on the Contaminant Candidate
List  (CCL)  and developing and evaluating
cost-effective  treatment   technologies  for
removing  pathogens  from  water supplies
while minimizing microbial/disinfection by-
product (M/DBP)   formation.   The  water
quality research  program   will  continue
providing  approaches  and   methods  the
Agency and its partners need to develop and
apply  criteria to support designated uses,
tools to diagnose and assess impairment in
aquatic systems,  and tools to restore and
protect aquatic systems.

A new investment in FY 2007 will support
research  and  development  of  innovative
approaches  and  technologies  aimed at the
growing   gap  in   the   nation's   water
infrastructure  requirements.    Aging and
deteriorated potable water and  wastewater
infrastructure  makes it  difficult  to meet
Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water
Act requirements, and increases the potential
for  waterborne  disease  outbreaks.    The
purpose of this initiative  will be to generate
the  science  and  engineering to  evaluate
promising   innovative   technologies  and
techniques to  reduce the cost of operation,
maintenance, and replacement of aging and
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failing  wastewater   and   potable   water
conveyance  systems  and  move towards
sustainable water infrastructure.

Other  important  areas  of  research  in
FY 2007 will include:  1) developing a web-
enabled database of  treatability information
for chemicals   and  pathogens,  providing
information to the  Agency for prioritization
of contaminants and  for Homeland Security
efforts; 2) reporting on public health benefits
associated  with improvements in drinking
water   treatment   to   reduce   microbial
exposures; 3) conducting wetlands research
to  develop   a   hierarchical   assessment
approach  to  address the  objectives  of the
President's initiative  to preserve and restore
wetlands,  and augment the  current no-nct-
loss  policy;  and 4)  performing a suite  of
epidemiological studies to establish a strong,
defensible  link  between rapid  water  quality
indicators and  swimming-associated  health
effects.

Recognizing  that environmental policy and
regulatory decisions  will only be as good as
the science upon which they are based, EPA
makes every  effort to ensure that its science
is of the  highest  quality  and  relevance,
thereby,  providing  the  basis  for   sound
environmental   results.     EPA  uses  the
Research    and   Development    (R&D)
Investment Criteria  of quality,  relevance,
and  performance  in  its  decision-making
processes   through  the   use  of  research
strategies  and  plans, program review and
evaluation by   the  Board  of  Scientific
Counselors   (BOSC)   and   the   Science
Advisory Board (SAB), and peer review.

In 2005, the  BOSC  evaluated  the Agency's
drinking water  research  program to  assess
the quality and  relevance of its research and
the program's historical performance. The
subcommittee concluded  that the program
has produced significant research, which in
turn  has been used by the Agency's  Office
of Water  (OW),  states,  and  industry  to
achieve outcomes.  The subcommittee also
lauded the program's use of the Agency's
Science   to   Achieve   Results  (STAR)
program, which awards competitive research
grants  through  a  rigorous  peer  review
process.    The  FY 2005  PART  process
resulted in specific annual  and long term
performance  measures  that will  improve
quantification  of outcomes.   Notably,  the
drinking  water  research  program   will
measure the long term utility of its products
for key decisions by the Office of Water.

Strategies are  tailored  to  specific research
needs and priorities.  The Agency maintains
multi-yea?  esearch plans (MYP) that outline
steps  for  meeting those strategic research
needs and annual performance goals (APG)
and   measures   (APM)   for  evaluating
progress.

Taken  together,  these mechanisms serve to
ensure  that EPA's  research  and  science
remain  relevant,  of  high  quality,   and
contribute   to   superior   environmental
performance.

In order to sustain  a  viable  and credible
workforce,  the  Agency   approaches   its
research programs' workforce planning in a
manner consistent  with  its human capital
strategy.   Key  elements of  this  strategy
include working to develop and implement a
holistic approach to recruitment, preserving
a  diverse  workforce  that reflects  a wide
spectrum   of   viewpoints,  and  retaining
existing talent.
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                     Land Preservation and Restoration
  Preserve and restore the land by using innovative waste management practices and cleaning
  up contaminated properties to reduce risks posed by releases of harmful substances.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
•    By 2008,  reduce  adverse effects  to
     land by reducing  waste generation,
     increasing  recycling,   and   ensuring
     proper  management   of  waste  and
     petroleum products at facilities in ways
     that prevent releases.
•    By 2008, control the  risks to human
     health   and   the   environment  by
     mitigating the impact of accidental  or
     intentional releases and by cleaning up
     and  restoring contaminated  sites or
     properties to appropriate levels.
     Through  2008,  provide  and  apply
     sound  science  for  protecting  and
     restoring land by conducting leading-
     edge research and developing a better
     understanding and characterization of
     environmental outcomes under Goal 3.
                           GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
                                Budget Authority / Obligations
                                    Full-time Equivalents
                                   (Dollars in Thousands)
Land Preservation and Restoration
Preserve Land
Restore Land
Enhance Science and Research
   Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2005
Obligations
$1,780,624.2
$217,596.8
$1,501,041.1
$61,986.3
4,602.5
FY 2006
Enacted
$1,656,471.0
$217,305.7
$1,383,140.1
$56,025.2
4,737.8
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$1,689,635.1
$242,090.9
$1,395,285.3
$52,258.9
4,686.2
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
$33,164.1
$24,785.2
$12,145.2
($3,766.3)
-51.6
Uncontrolled,  hazardous and nonhazardous
astes  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.    Hazardous
substances can kill living organisms in lakes
and    rivers,    destroy   vegetation    in
contaminated    areas,    cause    major
reproductive complications in wildlife,  and
otherwise limit the ability of an ecosystem
to survive.

EPA leads the country's activities to prevent
and reduce  the risks posed by  releases of
harmful  substances  and  by contaminated
land.    The  most  effective  approach  to
controlling   these    risks   incorporates
developing  and  implementing  prevention
programs, improving  response  capabilities,
and   maximizing  the   effectiveness   of
response  and   cleanup  actions.     This
approach  will help to  ensure  that human
health  and the  environment are protected
and that land is  returned to or continues to
be used beneficially.

EPA will work  to preserve and restore the
land   with   the  most  effective  waste
management and cleanup methods available.
EPA  uses a  hierarchy  of approaches  to
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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 our
most sensitive populations, such as children,
the elderly, and  individuals with chronic
diseases,    and    prioritizes    cleanups
accordingly.  Additional  information   on
these    programs   can   be   found   at:
www.epa.gov/superfund,
http://www.epa.guv/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/,
and
http://www.epa.gOv/superfund/prQgrarns/er/i
ndex.htm.

The     Comprehensive     Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA, or Superfund) and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA)
provide  the legal  authority for most of
EPA's work toward this goal. The Agency
and its  partners use Superfund  authority to
clean    up   uncontrolled   or   abandoned
hazardous waste sites and return the land to
productive  use.  Under RCRA, EPA works
in partnership  with  states  and  Tribes to
address  risks   associated   with  leaking
underground  storage  tanks  and with the
generation  and management of  hazardous
and nonhazardous waste.

EPA also uses authorities provided under the
Clean Air  Act, Clean Water Act, and Oil
Pollution  Act  of  1990 to  protect against
spills  and  releases of hazardous materials.
Controlling the   many  risks   posed by
accidental   and   intentional  releases of
harmful  substances  presents a significant
challenge.    EPA's   approach  integrates
prevention,  preparedness,   and   response
activities  to minimize  these risks.    Spill
prevention   activities   keep   harmful
substances  from  being  released  to  the
environment.   Improving  its readiness  to
respond to  emergencies through  training,
development  of  clear   authorities,  and
provision of proper equipment ensures that
EPA  is adequately prepared  to  minimize
contamination and harm to the environment
when spills, do occur.

The  following themes characterize  EPA's
land  program activities  under  Goal  3:
Revitalization;      Recycling,      Waste
Minimization   and   Energy   Recovery;
Emergency, Preparedness and Response and
Homeland Security; and implementation  of
the recently-authorized Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct).

•    Revitalization:  All of EPA's cleanup
     programs    (Superfund    Remedial,
     Superfund Federal Facilities Response,
     RCRA      Corrective       Action,
     Brownfields,    and    Underground
     Storage Tanks) and  their partners arc
     taking proactive  steps to accommodate
     and    facilitate   the  cleanup  and
     revitalization   " of     contaminated
     properties.  Revitalizing these  once
     productive  properties  can   provide
     numerous    positive    impacts   for
     communities such as removing blight,
      satisfying  the  growing  demand for
     land,   helping  limit  urban  sprawl,
     fostering      ecologic        habitat
      enhancements,   enabling   economic
      development,  and   maintaining  or
      improving quality of life. Efforts are
      underway  to develop  cross-program
      revitalization measures that will enable
      EPA  to capture a  broader  array  of
      accomplishments resulting  from the
      assessment and cleanup of properties.

•     Recycling,  Waste Minimization and
      Energy Recovery. EPA's strategy for
      reducing   waste   generation   and
      increasing recycling  is based on:  (1)
      establishing      and      expanding
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     partnerships     with     businesses,
     industries, Tribes, states, communities,
     and   consumers;    (2)   stimulating
     infrastructure           development,
     environmentally responsible behavior
     by product manufacturers, users, and
     disposers ("product stewardship"), and
     new  technologies;  and   (3)  helping
     businesses,  government,  institutions,
     and  consumers  through  education,
     outreach,   training,   and  technical
     assistance.

     Emergency  Preparedness, Response,
     and Homeland  Security:   EPA  has  a
     major  role  in  reducing  the  risk  to
     human  health  and  the  environment
     posed  by  accidental  or  intentional
     releases of harmful substances and oil.
     EPA  will  continue  to  improve its
     capability to effectively  prepare  for
     and   respond  to   these   incidents,
     including  natural  disasters  such  as
     Hurricane  Katrina,  working  closely
     with other Federal agencies within the
     National Response Plan.

     Implementing  New   Energy   and
     Transportation Legislation: EPA has a
     critical  role  in  implementing  the
     EPAct. The EPAct contains numerous
     provisions   that  significantly   affect
     Federal and state  underground storage
     tank (UST)  programs.  In FY  2007,
     EPA will provide assistance to  states
     to  help   them   meet   their   new
     responsibilities,     which    include
     performing   additional   inspections,
     developing     operator      training
     requirements,     prohibiting     fuel
     deliveries  at  non-compliant  UST
     facilities,   and   requiring  secondary
     containment  for  new  and  replaced
     tanks   and   piping   or   financial
     responsibility for  tank  installers and
     manufacturers.
Controlling Risks to Human Health and the
Environment at Contaminated Sites

EPA  and  its partners  work  to  identify
contaminated lands that pose significant risks
to human health and the environment.  Once
identified,  these  contaminated  lands  are
cleaned up to  levels sufficient to prevent and
control   risks  to human  health  and  the
environment and, where necessary, to  return
the land  to  productive  use. EPA  and  its
partners follow four  key steps to accomplish
cleanups and  control risks  to human  health
and  the  environment   from  contaminated
lands:  assessment of risk, identification and
stabilization  of  contaminants,  selection  of
appropriate remedies to  address risk posed by
contaminants,    and    implementation   of
remedies to reduce  contamination to  below
health-based   risk levels.   The  Agency's
cleanup activities, some new and some well-
established, include  removing contaminated
soil, capping or containing  contamination in
place, pumping and treating  groundwater, and
bioremediation.  New tools, such as Triad, a
process for flexible and targeted sampling,
help  provide  a  more  focused strategy to
characterize   contaminated   lands.    Also,
through   an  Environmental  Management
Systems (EMS) approach, which involves a
continuous cycle of  planning, implementing,
reviewing,  and improving practices at each
site, EPA  has  improved performance  and
reduced  operating costs  of remedies  while
ensuring continued protectiveness.

EPA  has  ongoing  cleanup and   property
transfer  responsibilities  at  some  of  the
Nation's    most    contaminated    Federal
properties,  which range from realigning and
closing  military  installations  and  former
military  properties  containing unexploded
ordnance,  solvents   and  other  industrial
chemicals,  to  Department  of Energy sites
containing  nuclear waste.  EPA's Superfund
Federal  Facilities Response program  helps
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Federal and local governments, Tribes, states,
redevelopment  authorities  and the  affected
communities ensure contamination at Federal
or former Federal properties is addressed in a
manner that protects  human health  and the
environment.   For more information on the
Superfund   Federal   Facilities   Response
program,        please       refer       to
http://www.epa.gov/fedfac.

 EPA uses a variety  of tools to  accomplish
 cleanups,  including  permits, enforcement
 actions, consent  agreements, and  Federal
 facility agreements.  Cleanup programs at all
 levels of government work  together  to
 ensure  that  appropriate cleanup tools are
 used; that resources, activities,  and results
 are   coordinated   with   partners   and
 stakeholders   and  communicated   to  the
 public  effectively;   and that  cleanups are
 protective and contribute  to  community
 revitalization.    The Agency's  two  major
 cleanup programs,  Superfund and  RCRA
 Corrective Action,  now  rely  on  similar
 human  health  and  groundwater protection
 environmental  indicators.   EPA is  working
 to  coordinate  across  all  of its  cleanup
 programs, while maintaining the flexibility
 needed  to  accommodate  differences  in
 program authorities and approaches.

 EPA  fulfills   its   cleanup   and   waste
 management responsibilities on Tribal  lands
 by acknowledging Tribal sovereignty, which
 means  recognizing  Tribal  governments as
 the most  appropriate authorities  for setting
 standards, making  policy  decisions,  and
 managing programs  consistent with Agency
 standards  and regulations.  EPA works with
 its  Federal,   state,   Tribal,   and   local
 government partners  to  identify facilities
 and  sites  on or adjacent  to Indian country
 requiring  attention  and to monitor changes
 in priorities.
Even though the Superfund program met its
FY 2005 targets for a majority of its existing
performance  measures, challenges remain
for the  coming years. The  program has  a
number of projects ready for construction,
while it also needs  to  fund several large,
complex remedial projects  at an optimal
pace.    In  addition,  as the program  has
matured, it has become necessary for the
Agency  to devote more  resources toward
post construction activities,  including long-
term remedial actions and five-year reviews.
Therefore, the Agency proposes to redirect
resources  from  earlier  phase   activities
toward construction in FY 2007.

To meet its objective to control the risks to
human   health   and   the  environment  at
contaminated  properties  or sites through
cleanup, stabilization, or other action, and to
make land available  for reuse, EPA intends
to achieve the following results in FY 2007:

*   Make 350 final site-assessment decisions
    under Superfund;
•   Increase the total number of Superfund
    sites where  all identified unacceptable
    human exposures  are controlled to  at or
    below health-based levels for current
    land and/or groundwater use conditions
    by 10;
*   Increase the total number of Superfund
    sites   where    the    migration    of
    contaminated  groundwater   is   under
    control through  engineered  or natural
    processes by 10;
9   Select final remedies  at 25 Superfund
    sites on  the  National   Priorities   List
    (NPL);
•   Complete construction of remedies  at 40
    Superfund sites on the NPL;
*   Increase the percentage  of high priority
    RCRA facilities with human exposure to
    controlled toxins  from an estimated 82%
    in FY 2006 to 89%;
9   Increase the percentage  of high priority
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   RCRA  facilities with  toxic releases  to
   groundwater contamination to 75% from
   an estimated 68% in FY 2006; and
»  Complete  13,000  leaking  underground
   storage tanks cleanups.

Enforcement  authorities play a unique role
under the Superfund program: they are used
to  leverage   private-party  resources   to
conduct a  majority of the cleanup actions
and to reimburse the Federal government for
cleanups financed  by the  Trust Fund. The
Superfund  program's  "enforcement  first"
policy  ensures that sites  that  have viable
potentially  responsible parties  (PRPs)  are
cleaned up  by those parties, allowing EPA to
focus appropriated resources on sites where
viable PRPs either  do not exist or lack funds
or  capabilities  needed   to   conduct  the
cleanup.   In  tandem with this  approach,
various  reforms have  been implemented to
increase fairness,   reduce  transaction  costs,
and promote  economic  development.  For
more    information   regarding    EPA's
enforcement   program  and   its   various
components,       please       refer      to
www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup/superfun
d/.

The Agency  also has  been encouraging the
establishment and  use of  Special Accounts
within the  Superfund Trust Fund.   These
accounts   segregate   site-specific    funds
obtained  from  responsible  parties  that
complete settlement agreements with EPA.
These  funds  may  create  an incentive  for
other  PRPs at that specific site to perform
work they otherwise might not be willing to
perform. Alternatively, these funds may be
used  by   the  Agency to fund   cleanup
activities if there  are not  known or viable
PRPs.  As a result, the Agency can get more
sites  cleaned  up  while  preserving  the
appropriated  Trust Fund  dollars for sites
without viable PRPs.
In FY 2007, the Agency will  continue to
implement  its "enforcement first"  strategy.
It  will negotiate remedial design/remedial
action  cleanup  agreements  and  removal
agreements   at  contaminated   properties.
Where negotiations fail,  the Agency  will
either take unilateral enforcement actions to
require PRP cleanup or  use  appropriated
dollars   to  remediate   sites.      When
appropriated  dollars  are  used to clean up
sites,  the program will recover this money
from  the  PRPs whenever possible.   The
Agency will also continue  its efforts to
establish  and maximize the use of Special
Accounts to facilitate clean up.

By contr  ling  to pursue  cost  recovery
settlements,  the  program  promotes   the
principle  that polluters  should perform or
pay for cleanups, preserving  appropriated
Superfund  Trust Fund  resources  for  site
remediation where there  is no known or
viable PRP. The Agency's expenditures are
recouped  through  administrative   actions,
CERCLA section  107 case  referrals,  and
through settlements reached with the use of
alternative dispute resolution.

EPA's financial management offices provide
a  full array  of support  services to  the
Superfund   program  including managing
oversight billing for Superfund site cleanups
and   financial   cost   recovery.      The
Department  of  Justice   supports  EPA's
Superfund  Enforcement   program   through
negotiations and judicial  actions to compel
PRP cleanup and litigation to recover Trust
Fund monies spent.

Encouraging Land Revitalization

Land  is  one of America's most  valuable
resources.  However, where  contamination
presents a real or perceived threat to human
health  and  the  environment,  options  and
even interest in  future use of that property
may be limited.  To  address these  common
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scenarios, EPA's cleanup programs have set
a  national  goal  of  returning  formerly
contaminated sites to long-term, sustainable,
and productive use. This goal creates greater
impetus  for  selecting  and  implementing
remedies that, in addition to providing clear
environmental benefits, support reasonably
anticipated future  land  use  options and
provide   greater   economic   and   social
benefits.

To help achieve its land revitalization goals,
EPA works with  external partners to:  (1)
promote land revitalization by ensuring that
current  use or reuse options are considered
explicitly  in  the  evaluation  of  cleanup
options; (2) commit the necessary  resources
to address current use or reuse  as  a  top
priority in cleanup decisions;  (3) develop
new comprehensive  policies and  programs
to address unintended cross-jurisdiction and
cross-program  barriers  to  the  protective
reuse   of  contaminated  properties;  (4)
promote protective, long-term current use or
reuse of properties; (5) promote sustainable
reuse to prevent further  contamination and
indirect environmental problems  that may
result from some  reuse (sustainable  reuses
include  open   spaces,   energy  efficient
buildings, low impact design, smart  growth
community   developments,  and   wildlife
habitats);  (6) develop  and promote  a land
revitalization research agenda that improves
our understanding of and our ability  to use
protectively  or   reuse  contaminated   or
potentially  contaminated  properties;  (7)
build partnerships to leverage knowledge,
expertise,  and resources in the revitalization
of  properties  (including  government-to-
government partnerships at  the local, state,
Tribal,  and  Federal  levels  as  well  as
partnerships with  non-government, private,
and  community organizations);  (8) expand
community  capabilities  through  improved
public involvement  tools  and information
systems on contamination,  cleanup,  reuse,
and long-term stewardship;  (9) expand and
promote educational and training programs
that encourage and provide  needed tools to
achieve   land  revitalization;   and   (10)
promote various approaches to measure and
report   the  status  and  impacts  of  the
collective efforts to revitalize.

For  more information concerning EPA's
land revitalization efforts,  please  refer to
http://www^ej3a.gov/swerrims/landreyitalizat
Reducing and Recycling Waste

Preventing pollution before it  is generated
and  poses harm is  often  less costly than
cleanup and remediation. Source reduction
and   recycling   programs   can   increase
resource and energy efficiencies and thereby
reduce  pressures  on   the  environment.
RCRA directs EPA to minimize the amount
of waste generated and to improve recovery
and   conservation  of   materials   through
recycling.   To  this  end,  EPA builds  on
partnerships  with other Federal agencies;
state,  Tribal,   and   local  governments;
business    and    industry;    and    non-
governmental   organizations.        These
voluntary  partnerships provide information
sharing,   recognition,   and  assistance  to
improve practices in both public and private
sectors.

EPA launched  the Resource  Conservation
Challenge (RCC) as a major national effort
to find flexible,  yet more protective ways to
conserve  our  valuable  natural resources
through waste  reduction, energy recovery,
and  recycling.    Through  the  RCC,  EPA
challenges  every  American  to  prevent
pollution,  promote recycling and reuse, and
conserve energy and materials.  The  RCC
programs   foster   source   reduction   and
recycling    in   business,   industry,   and
government; encourage  local  adoption of
economic  incentives  thai  further source
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reduction  and recycling;  reduce hazardous
wastes   containing   priority   chemicals;
promote    waste-based   industries    that
concurrently   create   jobs;   foster   cost-
effective recycling programs in communities
and  Tribes; enhance  markets for recycled
materials  by  increasing  procurement  of
recycled-content    products;    encourage
innovative practices that result in more cost-
effective  source  reduction  and recycling;
implement the President's Climate Change
Action  Plan;  and  provide  information to
assess  and  track progress  in  reaching
national goals.

Reducing   waste   generation   has   clear
benefits  in  combating   the  ever-growing
stream of municipal   solid  waste  (MSW).
MSW  includes   waste  generated   from
residences,   commercial   establishments,
institutions,  and   industrial   non-process
operations.   Annual   generation of  MSW
grew steadily from 88 million to 236 million
tons between 1960 and 2003."  In FY 2007,
EPA's municipal  solid waste program will
implement a set of coordinated strategies,
including   source   reduction  (also  called
waste  prevention),  recycling   (including
composting),   combustion   with   energy
recovery,  and landfilling.  Preference will be
given  to  strategies   that   maximize  the
diversion  of  waste   from   disposal, with
source reduction  (including reuse)  as the
highest priority.

To meet its objective  for  reducing materials
use  through product  and process redesign,
and   increasing   materials   and   energy
recovery  from wastes otherwise  requiring
disposal,  EPA   intends  to  achieve  the
following results in FY 2007:
9    Maintain  the  national average  MSW
     generation rate  at  no more than 4.5
     pounds per person per day; and
     Divert 85.2 million tons of MSW from
     landfills and combustion.

Recognizing that  some hazardous wastes
cannot be completely eliminated or recycled,
the  RCRA  program   works  to  reduce
exposure    to    hazardous    wastes   by
maintaining a  cradle-to-grave  approach to
waste management. The program's primary
focus is to prevent hazardous releases from
RCRA facilities and reduce emissions from
hazardous  waste   combustion  through  a
combination  of  regulations,   permits  and
voluntary   standards.   State    program
authorization   provides   the   states  with
primary    RCRA   implementation   and
enforcement authority; reduces overlapping
and dual implementation by the  states and
EPA;  provides the  regulated  community
with one set of regulations; reduces overall
Federal enforcement presence  in the states;
and can provide the opportunity for some of
the newer, less-stringent RCRA regulations
to be implemented by the states. To date, 48
States, Guam, and the District of Columbia
are authorized  to issue permits.  Important
goals of the RCRA program include strong
state partnerships, the authorization of states
for all  portions  of the  RCRA  hazardous
waste   program,  including   regulations
addressing   waste   management   issues
contained  in permits,  and results-oriented
state oversight.
13 US Environmental Protection Agency. Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States: 2003 Facts and Figures,
Executive Summary, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, DC, October 2003. Available online at
www.cpa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/munc.pl^msw99.hlrii. Last
updated Aprils, 2005.
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EPA   works   with   states,   Tribes  and
Intertribal Consortia  to prevent, detect, and
correct  leaks  into  the environment from
Federally-regulated     USTs    containing
petroleum   and   hazardous   substances.
Achieving   significant  improvements   in
release prevention and detection requires a
sustained  emphasis  by both EPA  and its
partners. Because states  are  the primary
enforcers of the UST program requirements,
EPA has adopted a  decentralized approach
to UST program implementation by building
and  supporting  strong  state  and  local
programs.  Concerns about the use of fuel
oxygenates, like MTBE, in gasoline  further
underscores EPA's and the states' emphasis
on  promoting  compliance  with all UST
requirements.    EPA  provides  technical
infprmation,    forums   for   information
exchanges  and  training  opportunities  to
states,  Tribes  and Intertribal  Consortia  to
encourage  program  development   and/or
implementation of the UST program. In FY
2007, EPA will make grants  to states and
Tribes  under Section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid
Waste    Disposal   Act    (SWDA)   for
underground    storage    tank   detection,
prevention and correction  programs  and
grants  or  cooperative  agreements for  new
activities  authorized  by  the  Underground
Storage Tank  Compliance  Act of 2005
(USTCA),  which was enacted as Title XV,
Subtitle  B  of the  EPAct,  that are not
otherwise provided for in Section 2007  of
the SWDA.  Due to authority limits, EPA
will  not  use  STAG  funds  for  leaking
underground storage tank  cleanup activities
that  are authorized by  Section 205 of the
Superfund Amendments and
 Reauthorization
 Act of 1986, even if those activities are also
authorized by the USTCA.

To meet its objective for  reducing  releases
to the  environment by managing hazardous
wastes  and petroleum  products properly,
EPA intends to achieve the following results
in FY 2007:

•    Prevent    releases   from    RCRA
     hazardous waste management facilities
     by increasing the number of facilities
     with  permits  or  other  approved
     controls  by 2.4 percent  over the  FY
     2006 level. At  the end of FY 2005, 90
     percent of the facilities had permits or
     other approved  controls;14
*    Increase   the   percentage  of  UST
     facilities   in   significant  operational
     compliance with both release detection
     and release prevention (spill, overfill,
     and corrosion protection) requirements
     to 67 percent of the estimated universe
     of  approximately 256,000  facilities;
     and
•    Reduce  the  number  of confirmed
     releases at UST facilities to  10,000 or
     fewer.   (Between  FY  1999  and FY
     2005,  confirmed  releases   averaged
     10,844.  The  annual   number  of
     confirmed  releases in FY 2005 was
     7,421).

Emergency  Preparedness, Response, and
Homeland Security

EPA will continue to improve its emergency
preparedness   and  response  capability,
including homeland security  capabilities.
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.  Under  the
multi-agency   National  Response  Plan
(NRP), EPA  evaluates and  responds  to
thousands  of  releases  annually.    EPA's
primary role in the NRP is to serve as the
Federal On-Scene Coordinator (OSC)  for
spills and releases in the inland zone. As  a
1  This goal currently tracks approximately 2,460 hazardous
waste management facilities subject to permitting
requirements. This baseline was updated for FY 2006.
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result of NRP efforts, many major oil spills
and releases  of hazardous  substances have
been  contained,  minimizing  the  adverse
impacts   on   human   health   and   the
environment.
An important component  of EPA's  land
strategy is to prevent oil spills from reaching
our Nation's waters.  Under the Clean Water
Act, as amended  by the Oil Pollution Act,
the  Agency  requires  certain   facilities
(defined in 40 CFR 112.2)  to develop and
implement spill  prevention,  control, and
countermeasure (SPCC) plans.  Compliance
with these requirements reduces the number
of oil spills that reach navigable waters and
prevents  detrimental  effects  on  human
health  and the environment should a spill
occur.

Each  year, EPA  personnel  assess,  respond
to,  mitigate,  and clean up thousands  of
releases, whether accidental, deliberate,  or
naturally occurring.  These  incidents  range
from small spills at chemical or oil facilities
to national disasters, such as hurricanes and
earthquakes, to large-scale terrorist events.

EPA will  work to improve  its capability to
respond effectively  to  incidents  that may
involve harmful  chemical,  oil, biological,
and radiological  substances.  The Agency
will explore  improvements in  field and
personal  protection  equipment,  expand
training for response personnel and continue
to participate in  multi-agency training and
exercises.  EPA  also will review response
data provided in the "after-action" reports
prepared  by  EPA  emergency  responders
following a  release and examine  "lessons
learned" reports to  identify  which activities
work   and    which  need   improvement.
Application of this information  and other
data will advance the Agency's state-of-the-
art emergency response operations.
EPA's  25-year-old  Emergency  Response
and Removal program is supported by EPA
OSCs, the Environmental  Response Team
(ERT) and  the  National Decontamination
Team (NDT), who  respond to small and
large  scale response actions, disasters and
terrorist  incidents.  Responding  to  these
incidents  is  one   of   EPA's  traditional
responsibilities.

The  FY 2007  President's Budget  request
includes funding to enable  EPA to improve
the capabilities of EPA's responders through
procurement  of  state-of-the-art equipment,
to organize a new Environmental Laboratory
Response   Network  (eLRN)  program  to
strengthen  such  lab capabilities,  expand
participation for pre-deployments to  national
security   special   events,   and   develop
decontamination protocols.

In  FY  2007,   EPA   will  continue  to
implement its homeland security  plans and
procedures and to meet its responsibilities in
order  to   respond  to  major   hazardous
substance, oil, weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) or nationally  significant  terrorist
incidents.     EPA  will  prepare   for  the
possibility   of  simultaneous  attacks  on
multiple targets  and  will  implement  the
National  Approach  to  Response  (NAR),
which  is   EPA's  internal  multi-faceted
mechanism   to   effectively  manage  and
conduct responses to nationally significant
events.     The   NDT   will  improve  its
specialized decontamination capabilities  to
address  chemical  and  biological  and/or
radiological agents  in  both environmental
and building contamination situations.  The
ERT  will provide training  and specialized
scientific, technical, and health and safety
support to EPA's responders.

To meet its objective to reduce and control
the risks posed by accidental or intentional
releases of harmful substances by improving
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our Nation's capability to prepare for and
respond   more   effectively   to    these
emergencies, EPA intends  to achieve the
following results in FY 2007:

*    Improve  the  Agency's  emergency
     preparedness   by    achieving   and
     maintaining the capability to respond
     to      simultaneous      large-scale
     emergencies   and   by   improving
     response readiness by 10 percent from
     the  previous  year using  the  core
     emergency response criteria;

•    Complete   315    removal    actions
     (excluding actions at Federal facilities
     and actions by  PRPs with enforcement
     instruments);

*    Inspect or conduct exercises or  drills at
     approximately 200 oil storage facilities
     required to  have  Facility  Response
     Plans;  and

8    Respond to 300 oil spills.

Implementing New Legislation

EPA   has   a  critical   role  to  play   in
implementing  the  EPAct.    The  EPAct
contains    numerous     provisions    that
significantly  affect   Federal  and  state
underground storage tank (UST)  programs.
The EPAct  requires that EPA  and  states
strengthen   tank  release  and   prevention
programs, such  as:  mandatory inspections
every   three  years,    operator  training,
prohibition  of  delivery  for non-complying
facilities,    secondary    containment    or
financial responsibility  for tank  installers,
and various compliance reports.  The EPAct
imposes very strict  deadlines on EPA and
states; EPA is required to develop numerous
grant guidelines  before  the FY 2007  grant
cycle and states are required to develop their
first new requirements for tank  owners by
February  2007.15    EPA  must  develop
regulations  and guidance that states  must
adopt, and must develop a strategy for USTs
in  Indian   Country  to  bring  them   into
compliance  and to clean up leaks. EPA is
currently  working with state,  tribal,  and
industry partners  to develop and implement
the various requirements.

Enhancing   Science  and  Research   to
Restore and Preserve Land

The  FY  2007   land   research   program
supports the Agency's objective of reducing
or  controlling potential  risks to  human
health and the environment  at contaminated
waste sitt    by  providing  the science  to
accelerate scientifically defensible and cost-
effective decisions for cleanup at  complex
sites in  accordance with the Comprehensive
Environmental  Response,  Compensation,
and Liability Act  (CERCLA).

In  FY  2007,   research  will  focus  on
contaminated  sediments,   ground  water
contamination,  site  characterization,  and
technical support to specific sites.  Reducing
uncertainties   in   the    assessment    of
contaminated sediments and developing and
evaluating remedial options will be the focus
of  this  research theme.   Ground  water
research   will   continue    to    develop
applications for permeable reactive barriers
and address fate and transport and treatment
methods    for    contaminants.        Site
characterization and sampling methods will
continue to  support site specific  statistical
and analytical  applications.  The technical
support centers will continue to provide site
specific assistance on technical issues.  Oil
spill research will address fate and effects of
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non-petroleum    oil     and    dispersion
effectiveness.   Underground storage tank
research  will  address fate and transport
issues for fuel components and  remediation
methods.

Multimedia  decision-making and materials
management constitute the two  major areas
of research under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery  Act (RCRA) in FY 2007, as
the   Agency  works   toward   identifying
releases   to   inform    proper   facility
management. Multimedia research
continues to advance  multimedia modeling
and     uncertainty/sensitivity     analysis
methodologies  that  support core  RCRA
program  needs as well as emerging RCRA
resource  conservation needs which  include
beneficial reuse issues (e.g., electronic waste
recycling   and  waste-derived    products).
Materials management research  will provide
technical reports  and  technical  support on
methods to improve industrial and municipal
waste management. Materials  management
research   will  evaluate   landfill   caps,
containment   technologies,  as  well  as
leachate issues and hard to treat wastes.

Recognizing that  environmental policy and
regulatory decisions will  only be as good as
the science upon which they are based, EPA
makes every effort to  ensure that its science
is of the  highest  quality and  relevance,
thereby   providing  the  basis   for  sound
environmental  results.     EPA  uses  the
Research    and    Development   (R&D)
Investment  Criteria  of  quality,  relevance,
and  performance  in  its  decision-making
processes through a) the  use  of research

FY 2005 PARTs
The following  programs were  assessed by
OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART)  for  the  FY  2005  PART  process
strategies and plans, b) peer review, and c)
program review and evaluation by the Board
of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)  and the
Science Advisory Board (SAB).

In 2005,  the  BOSC evaluated the  Land
Research Program  to assess the quality and
relevance of its research and  the program's
historical  performance.   The  BOSC  will
report its findings  to the Agency in the 2"
quarter of 2006.
Research is guided by research strategies
and  plans,  which  are  developed  with
participation  from  major  clients.   The
strategy  outlines the research  needs  and
priorities.  The Agency also maintains multi-
year research  plans  that outline steps for
meeting strategic research needs, and annual
performance  goals   and   measures  for
evaluating progress.

Taken  together,  these mechanisms serve to
ensure that EPA's  research and  science
remain  relevant,  of  high   quality,  and
contribute   to   superior    environmental
performance.

In order to sustain  a viable and credible
workforce,  the  Agency  approaches  its
research programs' workforce planning in a
manner consistent with  its  human capital
strategy.    Key  elements  of this strategy
include working to develop and implement a
holistic approach to recruitment, preserving
a  diverse  workforce  that  reflects  a wide
spectrum   of   viewpoints,   and  retaining
existing talent.
(final PART ratings will be included in the
President's Budget):
     Superfund Federal Facilities Response
     Oil Spill
     Superfund Emergency  Response and
     Removal (rePART)
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          HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
  Protect, sustain, or restore the health of people, communities, and ecosystems using
  integrated and comprehensive approaches and partnerships.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
     Prevent   and    reduce    pesticide,
     chemical,  and genetically engineered
     biological organism risks to humans,
     communities, and ecosystems.
     Sustain,   clean   up,   and   restore
     communities   and   the   ecological
     systems that support them.
     Protect, sustain, and restore the health
     of natural habitats and ecosystems.
                     Enhance the  Nation's  capability to
                     prevent,  detect,  protect,  and recover
                     from acts of terror.
                     Through  2008,  provide  a   sound
                     scientific foundation for EPA's goal of
                     protecting,  sustaining, and  restoring
                     the health of people, communities, and
                     ecosystems  by  conducting  leading-
                     edge research  and developing a better
                     understanding  and characterization of
                     environmental  outcomes under Goal 4.
                           GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
                                Budget Authority / Obligations
                                    Full-time Equivalents
                                   (Dollars in Thousands)
Healthy     Communities     and
Ecosystems
Chemical,  Organism, and Pesticide
Risks
Communities
Ecosystems
Enhance Science and Research
   Total Authorized Workyears
FY2005     FY2006     FY2007     FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
Obligations   Enacted     Pres Bud     FY 2006 Enacted

$1,257,846.7  $1,249,321.4  $1,228,933.7  ($20,387.7)
$390,156.3
$290,561.6
$178,713.5
$398,415.4
3,874.8
$399,053.9
$272,118.6
$193,885.7
$384,263.2
3,812.5
$376,874.5
$247,874.1
$199,421.1
$404,764.1
3,834.2
($22,179.4)
($24,244.5)
$5,535.4
$20,500.9
21.7
EPA must bring together a wide variety of
programs., tools, approaches and resources to
promote    healthy    communities    and
ecosystems.   Achieving the Agency's  goal
of protecting, sustaining or restoring healthy
communities and ecosystems requires strong
partnerships with Federal, state, Tribal and
local  governments.   Programs under this
goal  focus   on  reducing  chemical  and
                pesticide  risks,  addressing  high  priority
                ecosystem   risks,  and  supporting  local
                community priorities.

                A key component of this goal is protecting
                human  health  and the  environment  by
                identifying,  assessing,  and  reducing  the
                potential risks presented by the thousands of
                chemicals  and  pesticides  on  which  our
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society and economy have come to depend.
EPA  must  also   address  the   emerging
challenges  posed  by  a growing  array of
biological  organisms—naturally   occurring
and, increasingly,  genetically engineered—
that are  being  used in  industrial  and
agricultural processes.

Biological agents are potential weapons that
could be exploited by terrorists against the
United    States.        EPA's   pesticides
antimicrobial   program   has  been  very
responsive to  addressing  this  threat  by
assessing efficacy  of antimicrobial products
used against biological weapons of  mass
destruction,  and  registering  products as
necessary.

EPA programs under  this goal have many
indirect benefits.  For example, each  year
the Toxic Substances  Control Act (TSCA)
New   Chemicals   program   reviews  and
manages   the    potential   risks    from
approximately 1,700 new chemicals and 40
products of  biotechnology  that  enter  the
marketplace.    Americans also come  into
daily contact with any number of chemicals
that entered  the  market  before  the  New
Chemicals Program was established in 1978,
yet relatively little is known about many of
their  potential impacts.   Obtaining  basic
hazard testing information on large  volume
chemicals is one focus of EPA's work in the
Existing Chemicals program.   EPA  also
plans a dual approach to address the possible
health   risks   associated  with   nanoscale
materials.  EPA is currently reviewing pre-
manufacture   notices  for  new   nanoscale
materials under TSCA to ensure protection
of human health and the environment.   For
new  and  existing   chemical   nanoscale
materials, EPA is  developing a stewardship
program.

The  Acute  Exposure  Guideline  Levels
(AEGLs) Program was designed by  EPA to
provide  scientifically  credible  data  to
directly   support   chemical   emergency
planning, response, and prevention programs
mandated by Congress.  Emergency workers
and first responders addressing accidental or
intentional  chemical releases need to know
how dangerous a chemical contaminant may
be to breathe or touch, and how  long it may
remain  dangerous.   The program develops
short-term exposure  limits  applicable to the
general population  for  a  wide range  of
extremely      hazardous       substances
(approximately 400).

As the population in coastal regions grows,
the challenges to  preserve and protect these
important ecosystems increase.  Through the
National Estuary Program, coastal areas
have proved valuable grounds for combining
innovative      and      community-based
approaches  with national  guidelines  and
interagency coordination to achieve results.

Wetlands are among  the  most  productive
ecosystems in the world, comparable to rain
forests and coral reefs.  Yet the  nation loses
an  estimated  58,000  acres  per year,  and
existing wetlands  may  be  degraded  by
excessive      sedimentation,      nutrient
enrichment, and other factors.16

Large water bodies  like the Gulf of Mexico,
the Great Lakes, and the  Chesapeake Bay
are  surrounded  by  industrial   and  other
development  and  have been  exposed  to
substantial  pollution over  many years  at
levels  higher  than  current environmental
standards permit. As a result, the volume of
pollutants   in  these   water  bodies  has
exceeded their natural  ability  to  restore
  Dahl, T.E. 1990. Status and Trends of Wetlands in the
Conterminous United States, 1986 to 1997. Washington,
DC: U.S. Department of the interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Available online at:
htip://wetlands.fws.gov/bha''SandT/SandTReport.htnii.:
Report to Congress on the Status and Trends of Wetlands in
the Conterminous United States, 1986 to 1997.
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balance.   Working with stakeholders, EPA
has established special  programs to protect
and  restore  these  unique  resources  by
addressing the vulnerabilities for each.

EPA's Brownfields program promotes the
clean  up, reuse,  and  redevelopment  of
brownfields sites through  its   assessment,
revolving loan  fund,  and  cleanup grants.
The   program    also   supports  research,
training,   and  technical  assistance  efforts;
clarifies   liability  issues;  and  promotes
Federal, state and local partnerships toward
the goal  of putting contaminated land back
into productive use.

The  Agency will continue to  support the
National  Environmental  Justice  Advisory
Council   (NEJAC)  which  provides  the
Agency  significant input  from  interested
stakeholders   such  as  community-based
organizations,   business   and   industry,
academic institutions, state, Tribal and local
governments, non-governmental
 organizations and environmental groups.
Pesticides and Chemicals Programs

EPA will continue using both voluntary and
regulatory   approaches  to  address  risks
associated with the use of pesticides in the
home,  work environment and  agricultural
settings.      These   approaches   include
identifying  and  assessing  potential  risks
from   pesticides,   setting   priorities   for
addressing  these   risks,   strategizing  for
reducing   these   risks,   and  promoting
innovative and alternative measures of pest
control, such as environmental stewardship
and integrated pest management (1PM).  In
addition, EPA will strengthen education and
training  of workers  and the  public  and
promote  the registration and  use of reduced
risk pesticides.

EPA   will  make  progress  towards  its
objective  ^f  protecting  human  health,
communities and ecosystems from pesticide
use  by  focusing  on  meeting our   Food
Quality  Protection Act  (FQPA)  statutory
mandate  of completing the assessment  of all
existing  tolerances (9,721).   This process
includes   the  issuance  of  all  food  use
Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs).
These  regulatory  actions  will  ensure that
pesticides on the market and the associated
tolerance residues remain  safe for the public
and  the  environment.    EPA  will   also
continue    identifying   candidates   for
countering  potential  bioterrorist  use  of
pesticides and biopesticides.
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Category
Organophosphates
Carbaniates
Organochlorine
Carcinogen
High Hazard Inert
Other
TOTALS
*EPA
Tolerances
to be
Reassessed
1691
545
253
2008
5
5219
9721
Total
Reassessed as
of 12/19/05
1147
317
253
1530
5
4578
7830
Tolerances
Remaining
544
228
0
478
0
641
1891
's Tolerance Index. Tolerance Trackina Systems and Tolerance Reassessment
Percentage
Reassessed
67.83%
58.17%
100%
76.2%
100%
87.70%
80.50%
Database.
EPA plans to emphasize the continuation
and further development of programs for the
review of new and existing chemicals.  The
Agency will also continue to carry out its
mandate  to review potential  risks  from
newly manufactured or imported chemicals
before  they are introduced  to commerce.
EPA's    "Sustainable   Futures"   program
encourages chemical manufacturers to apply
pollution  prevention   techniques  in  the
design  of new chemicals, so  that chemicals
entering  the new chemical review process
will be less hazardous and less risky.

In addressing  chemicals that have entered
the market before the inception of the  new
chemical   review   program,  EPA   will
continue  to implement  its voluntary  High
Production  Volume   (HPV)   Chemicals
Program,  which  challenges  industry to
develop  chemical  hazard  data  on existing
chemicals that it chooses to "sponsor."  This
will  enable EPA and the public  to screen
many chemicals already in  commerce for
risks they may be posing.
Complementing  HPV  is  the  Voluntary
Children's  Chemical  Evaluation Program
(VCCEP), a high-priority screening program
targeting  existing  chemicals  believed  to
have particular impact on children's health.
Inventory Update Reporting Data, due for
submission in 2006, will provide the Agency
with valuable manufacturing, processing and
use  information  on  many  chemicals  in
commerce. We will make special efforts to
assess the potential risks of newly developed
substitutes  for  a  chemical  category  of
emerging  concern:    brominated   flame
retardants.    EPA is  working  to  engage
stakeholders  in  a  cooperative process to
evaluate  the efficacy and potential risks of
developing flame retardants.  In addition, the
Agency  will  continue  to   evaluate  and
implement  pcrfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
risk management actions as needed and will
continue   developments  of   information
collection  and  chemical  testing rules to
address the needs of the Agency and others.
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The   lead   program   is   developing   a
comprehensive program for the management
of renovation, repair and painting activities
involving lead based paint hazards and will
continue to shift its focus from oversight and
rule  development at the Headquarters level
to regional oversight of activities supported
through  grant  funding,   such  as  state-
implemented lead-based paint training and
certification programs and efforts targeted to
high-risk areas, and on implementation of a
few  of  the  highest priority regulatory and
outreach efforts.  The Agency will continue
to work with the Maritime Administration
(MARAD) in order to dispose of its fleet of
obsolete ships containing  equipment that
uses PCBs and will continue  to work with
the  U.S.  Navy  to   develop  a   national
approval for the reefing of ships.

The   Agency  will  continue  Homeland
Security activities  focused on  identifying
and  reviewing proposed pesticides for use
against  pathogens of  greatest concern for
crops, animals, and humans  in  advance of
their potential introduction, including testing
of  antimicrobial  products  to  determine
which    are   effective   against   human
pathogens.  If the safety concerns are met,
and the product is effective (in the case of
antimicrobials), EPA can approve use of the
product.   Close  cooperation  with  other
Federal  agencies  and industry will continue
in order to carry out these activities which
directly   respond   to  requirements   in
Homeland Security Presidential Directives.
Additionally,   EPA's   Acute   Exposure
Guideline  Levels (AEGLs)   program will
continue to develop proposed AEGL values.
The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program
provides the public with information on the
releases  and other waste  management  of
toxic  chemicals. Two laws, Section  313 of
the Emergency  Planning and  Community
Right-To-Know  Act (EPCRA)  and Section
6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA),
mandate  that   EPA   annually   collect
information  on listed toxic  chemicals from
certain industries and make  the information
available  to the  public  through  various
means,   including  a  publicly  accessible
national database.  EPCRA also allows EPA
to change reporting frequency by issuing a
regulation with a one-year prior notification
to Congress.

Water Programs

Protecting the Great Lakes
As the largest freshwater system on the face
of the earth  (containing 20 percent of the
earth's surface water and 84 percent17 of the
surface water in the United States), the Great
Lakes ecosystem holds the key to the quality
of life and economic prosperity for  tens of
millions  of  people.  While   significant
progress has  been  made  to   restore  the
environmental health of the Great  Lakes,
work  remains.

In FY 2007, EPA will continue efforts to
protect and restore the Great lakes, and will
work  with state, local,  and Tribal  partners
using    the    Great    Lakes    Regional
Collaboration's  strategy as a guide.  The
President's  May  2004 Executive  Order
established the Great Lakes Task Force to
coordinate  the  Federal  effort   to improve
water quality in the Great  Lakes.  EPA  is
working  with  partners   to   restore  the
chemical, physical, and biological integrity
of  the   Great   Lakes   ecosystem,   by
implementing   Clean  Water    Act  core
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programs  and other actions  including the
clean up and de-listing of Areas of Concern
(AOC),   and   a   reduction   in   PCB
concentrations in lake trout  and  walleye.
Some   of  the   key   activities   include
preventing and controlling invasive species,
cleaning up Areas of Concern through the
Great Lakes Legacy Act.

     Core Clean Water Programs:  While
     the Great Lakes face a range of unique
     pollution  problems  (e.g.,   extensive
     sediment contamination) they also face
     problems common to most other water
     bodies around  the country.  Core clean
     water programs must  be  fully  and
     effectively   implemented   throughout
     the Great Lakes Basin. EPA will focus
     on assuring  that by 2008, 100 percent
     of the major,  permitted discharges to
     the Lakes  or  major  tributaries have
     permits  that reflect the most current
     standards.   In addition, EPA will focus
     on assuring  that 95 percent of permits
     are  consistent  with   the  national
     Combined Sewer Overflow  Policy.

•    Great     Lakes     Legacy    Act:
     Restoration of contaminated sediments
     around the  Great Ixikes is a critical
     step  toward  meeting   water  quality
     goals. In FY 2007, EPA will expedite
     work   to    address   contaminated
     sediment.    EPA anticipates that FY
     2007 funding will result in  cleanup of
     a  half  million  cubic   yards  of
     contaminated sediments.

•    Critical Ecosystem  Issues:   In FY
     2007 EPA  will lead the development
     of management recommendations to
     mitigate the underlying  causes of the
     annual occurrence  of  high  rates  of
     oxygen  depletion which lead to low
     dissolved-oxygen levels in Lake Erie
     in the so-called "dead zone." EPA will
     also  lead Canadian and U.S.  Federal
     agencies and the academic community
     in exploring causes of the rapid decline
     of the Diporeia population in the Great
     Lakes.  The dead zone occurrence and
     the Diporeia decline are both problems
     believed to be  related  to  invasive
     species.

Mexico Border Water Quality
The United States and Mexico have a long-
standing   commitment   to   protect   the
environment  and public health in the U.S.-
Mexico Border Region.  The  U.S.-Mexico
Border 2012 Program, a joint effort between
the U.S.  and Mexican governments,  will
work  with the 10  border states and  with
border communities to improve the region's
environmental health using the Border 2012
Plan.  Under this Plan, EPA expects to  take
several key actions to improve  water quality
and protect public health.

•    Core   Program   Implementation:
     EPA will continue to implement  core
     programs  under  the  Clean  Water Act
     (CWA) and related authorities, ranging
     from discharge  permit  issuance,  to
     watershed  restoration,   to   nonpoint
     pollution control.

     Wastewater  Treatment Financing:
     Federal, state, and  local  institutions
     participate in  border area efforts  to
     improve water  quality  through  the
     construction   of   infrastructure   and
     development      of     pretreatment
     programs.     Specifically,   Mexico's
     National  Water  Commission (CNA)
     and   EPA   provide  funding   and
     technical   assistance    for   project
     planning  and  construction.     The
     program has  sufficient  resources  to
     carry out currently approved projects
     and  provides  $25  million  to address
     new needs in FY 2007.
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     Build  Partnerships:   In  FY  2007,
     EPA will establish a workgroup with
     Mexico  to develop  a  workplan  to
     define   specific   steps   needed  to
     accomplish   the    water    quality
     improvement  goals  expressed in the
     Border 2012 Plan.

National Estuary Program (NEP)/CoastaI
Watersheds
The  goal of this program  is to restore the
physical, chemical, and biological  integrity
of   the  Nation's  estuaries  and   coastal
watersheds  by  protecting  and  enhancing
water quality and living resources.

In FY  2007,  EPA will undertake various
efforts  in   support  of  coastal  watershed
protection and restoration.  In the area of
monitoring, we  will continue  to  work with
our  Federal  and  state  partners  on the
National Coastal Condition Report, the only
statistically-significant  measure   of  U.S.
water quality  on a nationwide basis.  We
will  also   support  estuarine  monitoring
efforts using such tools as the Ocean Survey
Vessel  Bold,  EPA's research  vessel.  EPA
will  also  support  coastal watersheds  to
enhance their efforts to address threats to the
health  of  estuaries   and  coastal   waters
through various means, including providing
technical assistance on financing estuary and
coastal  protection projects, developing and
disseminating  tools   and  resources  for
localities  on  planning  for  growth,  and
continuing to  play  a  lead  role in the five-
year reassessment  of  the  Action  Plan for
Reducing,   Mitigating,   and   Controlling
Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

The  NEP  is EPA's  flagship  watershed
protection   effort.   The   NEP    provides
inclusive, community-based  planning and
action  at the  watershed level and has  an
established  record  of  improvements  to
ecosystem conditions.
A  top priority in  FY  2007 is to continue
supporting  the   efforts   to   implement
Comprehensive      Conservation      and
Management Plans in all 28 NEP estuaries.
EPA  created  a baseline  to track  priority
actions    in    2004   and   now   tracks
implementation of actions.

The   health   of  the   nation's  estuarine
ecosystems also depends on the maintenance
of high-quality habitat.   Diminished  and
degraded  habitats  are  less able to  support
healthy populations of wildlife and marine
organisms  and  perform   the  economic,
environmental, and  aesthetic  functions  on
which coastal  populations depend for their
livelihood.   A key success has been the
restoration of over 500,000  acres of habitat
over the past decade. For 2007, EPA has set
a  goal   of  protecting  or  restoring  an
additional 75,000 acres of habitat within the
28 study areas. Finally, EPA will work with
NEPs in FY 2007 to provide more focused
support for several priority  areas, including
invasive species,  nutrient over-enrichment,
and coastal growth.

Wetlands Protection
Wetlands  are  among our  Nation's  most
critical  and  productive  natural  resources.
They provide  a variety of benefits, such as
water    quality    improvements,    flood
protection,  shoreline erosion control,  and
ground water  exchange.   Wetlands are the
primary habitat  for  fish,  waterfowl,  and
wildlife,  and  as  such,  provide  numerous
opportunities for education, recreation, and
research.      EPA  recognizes  that  the
challenges the  nation faces  to conserve our
wetland heritage are daunting and that many
partners must work together for this effort to
succeed.    EPA's  strategy  for  meeting
wetland goals in  FY 2007 is described
below.
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     Net   Gain   Goal:     Meeting  the
     President's    goal    of    restoring,
     protecting,   or  creating  3   million
     wetland  acres  primarily  will  be
     accomplished   by    other    Federal
     programs   (Farm   Bill,  agriculture
     incentive  programs,   and  wetlands
     acquisition and restoration programs,
     including those administered by Fish
     and Wildlife Service)  and non-Federal
     programs.   EPA  supports  the goal
     through EPA's regulatory programs,
     including  the  CWA Section 404/401
     permit   review,    compliance   and
     enforcement,   and  other  programs.
     EPA will also support  states, Tribes,
     and  others  to  protect  and  restore
     wetlands and build capacity to increase
     wetland     functionality.         In
     implementing  these  responsibilities,
     each Region  will identify watersheds
     where  wetlands  and  other  aquatic
     resources  are  most at risk,  including
     from  cumulative impacts.   EPA will
     improve   levels  of   protection  by
     integrating wetlands  protection  into
     other  EPA programs  such as  Section
     319,  State  Revolving  Fund,  NEP;
     working with the COE and/or states on
     permitting and mitigation compliance;
     providing   grants    and   technical
     assistance to  state,  Tribal  or  local
     organizations;    and    developing
     information,  education  and  outreach
     tools.

     Building upon the analysis of  existing
     mitigation data base systems, the COE,
     EPA, USDA,  DOI, and NOAA is in
     the process  of establishing a shared
     mitigation  database.    Utili/ing  the
     shared  database,  the Agencies  will
     provide an annual  public report card
     on    compensatory   mitigation  to
     complement   reporting  of   other
     wetlands programs.   The  COE has
     initiated    six    new    performance
     measures    designed    to    improve
     permitting and mitigation compliance,
     including compliance inspections and
     audits, and resolution of enforcement
     actions.

EPA will work with  the  COE to  ensure
application  of the  404(b)(l)   guidelines,
which require that discharges into waters of
the U.S. be avoided and minimized to the
extent  practicable. Each Region will  also
identify  opportunities  to  partner with  the
COE in meeting performance measures for
compensatory  mitigation  for unavoidable
impacts.   The  Agency  is  also  working
closely  v'h  the COE  to  develop  and
implement  wetlands   and  barrier  island
restoration projects along the Gulf Coast to
help ensure  an improved level of protection
from hurricanes.

Chesapeake Bay Protection and
Restoration
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in
the United  States and a water resource of
tremendous   ecological   and    economic
importance.   For over twenty years, efforts
to protect and restore the Bay have been led
by  the    Chesapeake   Bay   Executive
Council—Bay area governors, the mayor of
the  District  of  Columbia;   the  EPA
Administrator,   and   the  chair   of   the
Chesapeake Bay Commission,  a  tri-state
legislative   body.  This  unique  regional
partnership  has   defined   environmental
improvements  needed  in  the   Bay   and
developed a strategy that  blends regulatory
and voluntary processes.

While there are a number of  measures  used
by the  Chesapeake  Bay  Program,  a  key
measure of success, which  integrates  both
water quality and essential aquatic habitat, is
the  restoration  of   submerged   aquatic
vegetation (SAV). An additional measure of
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environmental improvement  in  the  Bay is
the reduction  in nitrogen,  phosphorus,  and
sediment entering the bay.

To achieve improved water quality  needed
to restore submerged aquatic  vegetation, the
Chesapeake   Bay    Program   partners
committed to reducing nutrient and sediment
pollution loads  sufficiently to remove the
Bay and the  tidal  portions of its tributaries
from  the list  of impaired  waters  by 2010.
Key elements of state strategies to achieve
these reductions  include: the implementation
of  advanced  treatment  of  wastewater to
reduce  nutrient  discharges,  the  use of  a
range of management  practices  to  reduce
nutrients and sediments from farms,  and the
restoration and protection of riparian forests
that serve as a buffer against sediment and
nutrient  pollution  that  enters  waterways
from the land.

The targets in EPA's plan for nutrient and
sediment reductions are  scientifically based
and also reflect a multi-state consensus.  The
Program  plans   to   conduct  a  full  re-
evaluation  in  2007.   In the  meantime, the
Program  continues   to   pursue  program
strategies  to  accelerate  nutrient-sediment
reduction,   including   state   adoption  of
enforceable   bay-specific   water   quality
standards,  an innovative  new  basin-wide
NPDES permitting strategy for nitrogen and
phosphorus, and development of a strategy
to address excess animal manure and poultry
litter  for  Chesapeake   Executive  Council
endorsement  in  2005.   Attention  is  also
being given to financing  issues.

Protecting  and  Restoring  the  Gulf of
Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico  basin has  been called
"America's Watershed."  Its U.S. coastline is
1,630 miles  long; thirty-three major rivers
feed into it; and, drainage  from  31 states in
addition to a similar drainage  area  from
Mexico flow into it. One sixth of the U.S.
population now lives in Gulf Coast states.
For FY 2007, EPA has worked with states
and other partners to define key activities to
support  attainment of  environmental  and
health goals. These activities fall into three
categories:

     Core Clean  Water Programs:   The
     Clean  Water  Act  provides  authority
     and resources  that are  essential to
     protecting water quality in the Gulf of
     Mexico and in the larger  Mississippi
     River Basin that contributes pollution,
     especially    oxygen     demanding
     nutrients,  to the Gulf.  EPA will work
     with  states   to   assure   effective
     implementation  of core  clean  water
     programs, including discharge permits,
     nonpoint      pollution      controls,
     wastewater treatment, and protection
     of wetlands.

     Protecting and Restoring the Gulf of
     Mexico:   A  central  pillar  of the
     strategy  to restore the health of the
     Gulf is restoration of water quality and
     habitat   in   12    priority    coastal
     watersheds.   These  12  watersheds
     include 354 of the impaired segments
     identified  by  states around  the   Gulf
     and will receive targeted technical and
     financial assistance to restore impaired
     waters.    The 2008  goal is to  fully
     attain  water quality  standards in  at
     least 20 percent of these segments.

•    Reducing the Size of  the Hypoxic
     Zone:  Any strategy  to  improve the
     overall health  of the entire  Gulf  of
     Mexico must include a focused effort
     to  reduce the  size  of  the zone  of
     hypoxic conditions (i.e. low oxygen in
     the  water)  in   the   northern   Gulf.
     Aclions  to address this  problem will
     need  to  focus  on both  controlling
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     localized addition of pollution to the
     Gulf and on controlling the loadings of
     nutrients from the Mississippi River.

9    In working to  accomplish  this goal,
     EPA and other  Federal agencies will
     continue implementation of core clean
     water   programs   and   partnerships
     among  agencies.  Specific  efforts in
     FY 2007 will include:

•    Work with states to select a project
     watershed in  each of the  states in the
     Lower  Mississippi  River  Basin  to
     reduce nitrogen  loadings to the lower
     Mississippi River;

•    Work with states and other partners to
     identify  "100   Highest  Opportunity
     Watersheds"  where nitrogen reduction
     strategies will be implemented;

     Implement the  "Friends of the  Gulf
     award     program    to    recognize
     corporations,      organizations,     or
     individuals that  have taken effective,
     voluntary measures to reduce nutrient
     inputs; and

•    Work with the private sector to support
     Industry Led Solutions for  reducing
     both point and nonpoint sources.

Multidisciplinary Programs

Children's Health
EPA's Children's  Health program reduces
risks   to   children   from   a  range   of
environmental hazards. The Agency builds
partnerships    and    effective   working
relationships  with other  Federal  agencies,
health   care  providers,   and  international
organizations   to   incorporate   children's
environmental  health  concerns  into  their
programs and activities. In addition, work is
underway to reduce exposure of older adults
to environmental hazards.  Efforts focus on
building   capacity,  providing  tools  and
information for better decision-making, and
engaging in outreach activities.

Solid Waste and Emergency Response
To reduce or eliminate  the potential risks
associated with chemical releases, EPA must
first  identify  and   understand  potential
chemical risks and releases.  EPA will use
information   generated    by   the   Risk
Management  Program (RMP),  Emergency
Planning  and Community Right-to-Know
Act  (EPCRA),  and  the Spill  Prevention
Control   and   Countermeasure  (SPCC)
program  to supplement  data on potential
chemical  risks and to  develop voluntary
initiatives  and  activities to reduce risk  at
high-risk facilities, priority industry sectors,
and/or specific geographic areas.

To meet its objective  of protecting human
health, communities, and ecosystems from
chemical   releases  through  facility  risk
reduction efforts  and  building  community
infrastructures, EPA, working with state and
local  implementing  agencies,  intends  to
complete 400 RMP audits in FY  2007. EPA
will also continue to work to transition the
RMP submission system to allow complete
Internet-based   risk  management   plan
submission.

Information   collected  from   the  local
emergency planning committees (LEPCs)
indicating  how   they   have  incorporated
appropriate facility  risk  information into
their   emergency    preparedness    and
community right-to-know  programs  will
serve as a baseline from  which EPA will
track progress toward  this strategic goal in
later years.   EPA  will  also continue  an
initiative   to   improve   and  enhance
emergency preparedness and  prevention in
Tribal communities.
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Brownfields
Economic  changes over  several  decades
have  left  thousands of communities with
these    contaminated    properties    and
abandoned sites.   Working with its state,
Tribal,  and  local  partners  to  meet  its
objective  to  sustain,  cleanup,  and  restore
communities and the ecological systems that
support them, together with extension of the
Brownfields  tax  credit, EPA  intends to
achieve the following results in FY 2007:

   Assess 1,000 Brownfields properties
8  Clean    up    60    properties   using
   Brownfields funding
•  Leverage      $900     million     in
   cleanup/redevelopment funding
•  Train  200  participants,   placing   65
   percent in jobs

Smart Growth
The   Smart   Growth   program  achieves
measurably  improved  environmental  and
economic  outcomes by working with states,
communities, industry leaders, and nonprofit
organizations to minimize the environmental
impacts of  development.   EPA provides
tools,   technical    assistance,   education,
research,  and environmental  data to  help
states and communities grow in ways  that
minimize  environmental and health impacts
and evaluate environmental consequences of
various development patterns. EPA's Smart
Growth activities and tools show community
and government leaders how they can meet
environmental standards through innovative
community design, and identify and research
new   policy   initiatives    to   improve
environmental   quality    by    supporting
environmentally   friendly   development
patterns.  In FY 07, EPA plans to build upon
its  work  in  Smart Growth  outreach  and
direct implementation assistance.

EPA will  also continue to coordinate smart
growth  work  with   EPA's   Brownfield
program to reuse and revitalize vacant and
abandoned   properties.    EPA  plans  to
continue   developing    incentives   for
brownfield  redevelopment,  provide  direct
assistance  to  communities  working  on
brownfields, and maintain our education and
outreach  on  innovative  methods  for
brownfield redevelopment.

Community   Action   for   a  Renewed
Environment
EPA  supports  community-based,   multi-
media approaches to the reductions of toxics
through the Community Action  to  Renew
the Environment  (CARE) program.    This
program fills a gap in our national programs
which provide a broad  level of basic health
and environmental protection but which do
not always sufficiently meet the needs of all
communities,  especially those  which are
overburdened by toxic  pollutants.   CARE
works  to reduce  those  risks through cost-
effective, tailored and  immediate  actions.
Grants will be  awarded to provide funding
for communities to organize and assess the
risks in their community and to take action
to reduce those risks.   The program also
provides multi-media risk reduction and risk
assessment   tools,   models    to    assist
communities in identifying, prioritizing and
reducing risks.  This program will result in
measurable  results  in  the  reduction of
exposures to toxic pollutants including toxic
chemicals, lead, pesticides and particulates,
as well as a reduction in exposure to asthma
triggers.

Enforcement and Compliance
EPA's continued enforcement efforts will be
strengthened  through the development of
measures   to   assess   the  impact  of
enforcement   activities,  and   assist  in
targeting areas that pose the greatest  risks to
human  health or the  environment,  display
patterns  of  noncompliance,  and   include
disproportionately exposed populations.
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Environmental Justice
EPA's   enforcement   program   supports
Environmental Justice efforts by  focusing
enforcement    actions    and    criminal
investigations   on   industries   that  have
repeatedly  violated environmental laws  in
minority and/or low-income  areas.   EPA's
environmental justice program will continue
education,  outreach,  and data  availability
initiatives.  The program provides a  central
point   for   the   Agency   to   address
environmental and human health concerns in
minority and/or low-income  communities,
segments of the population that have been
disproportionately exposed to environmental
harms and risks.  The program will continue
to  manage the  Agency's   Environmental
Justice  Community  Small  Grants program
which      assists      community-based
organizations working to develop  solutions
to local environmental issues.

The Agency will  continue to support  the
National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council (NEJAC). The Council provides the
Agency   with   significant   input   from
interested stakeholders such as community-
based organizations, business and industry,
academic institutions, state, Tribal and local
governments,            non-governmental
organizations  and  environmental  groups.
The Agency will also continue to chair  an
Interagency   Working    Group    (IWG)
consisting   of   eleven  departments  and
agencies,  as  well  as  representatives  of
various White House offices, to ensure that
environmental    justice   concerns   are
incorporated into all Federal programs.

International Affairs: Many human health
and environmental risks to  the American
public originate outside our borders.  Many
pollutants can travel easily across borders -
via rivers, air and ocean currents, and
migrating wildlife.   Even  in the remote
Arctic,, industrial chemicals such as

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been
found  in  the  tissues  of  local  wildlife.
Further,   differences   in   public  health
standards can contribute to global pollution.
A chemical of  particular  concern to one
country may not be  controlled or regulated
in the same way by another.  EPA employs a
range of strategies for achieving  its goals.
These  strategies   include  participation  in
bilateral  programs (U.S.-Mexico  and U.S.-
Canada   programs,   and    the  Border
Environmental   Cooperation  Commission
(BECC)),  cooperation  with  multinational
organizations  like  the  Commission  for
Environmental   Cooperation,   the  World
Trade  Organization  and the World  Health
Organization, and contribution to a set of
measurable  end   points  that will  show
reduction in pollutants of concern and that
will reduce exposure to our citizens along
the  US   borders,  and  the  reduction  of
pollutants at their origin thereby reducing
the  level   of  pollutants   in  the  global
atmosphere.

Research
EPA has  a  responsibility  to ensure that
efforts to  reduce potential  environmental
risks  are  based  on   the  best  available
scientific  information.    Strong science
allows identification of the  most  important
sources  of  risk to  human  health and the
environment as well as the best  means to
detect,    abate,   and   avoid   possible
environmental problems, and thereby guides
our  priorities, policies, and deployment of
resources.

To enable the  Agency to enhance science
and   research    for   healthy   people,
communities,  and ecosystems,  EPA will
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engage  in  high  priority, multidisciplinary
research efforts  in  areas related to  human
health, ecosystems,  mercury, global change,
pesticides and toxics, endocrine disrupters,
computational  toxicology   and  Homeland
Security. The Agency is also  proposing an
investment in nanotechnology  research, and
an investment to promote  transparency of
and  participation in  EPA assessments (as
part of the IRIS process) in FY 2007.
In FY2007,  the  human  health  research
program will continue  research efforts on
cumulative risks.   Research will  focus on
risk  intervention and prevention  strategies
that ultimately reduce human risk associated
with  exposures  to  single  and  multiple
environmental stressors,  including reducing
chemical exposure  in schools.   Also, the
Agency's  human  health  risk  assessment
research program will complete 16  human
health    assessments   of   high   priority
chemicals for interagency review or external
peer review, and deliver  final  air  quality
criteria documents for lead, which will serve
as  the  basis  for  the  EPA  staff  paper
supporting   the  National  Ambient  Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS).

In order to balance the growth of  human
activity  with  the   need   to   protect  the
environment, it  is  important to understand
the current condition of ecosystems, what
stressors are changing that condition, what
the effects are of those  changes,  and what
can be done to prevent, mitigate, or adapt to
those changes. To meet these objectives, the
Agency's ecosystems research will continue
to develop approaches  to  identify and test
the linkages  between probability-based and
targeted water quality monitoring programs,
landscape characteristics, and the probability
of water body impairment. The Agency will
continue to develop monitoring methods and
decision support systems  to  improve its
ability   to  identify  probable  causes  of
ecological  impairment in streams. Diagnosis
and    forecasting    models    previously
developed will be applied to provide a better
scientific basis for ecosystem protection and
restoration.
With  the completion of  critical  research
efforts in FY2006  in areas  such  as the
development of tools and approaches for the
prioritization   of    endocrine    disrupter
screening   and    testing    needs,    the
computational toxicology  research program
is positioned to expand efforts in FY 2007 to
focus  on   four   key  areas:  information
technology,   chemical  prioritization   and
categorization tools, system biology models,
and  cumulative  risk assessment. In the
pesticides  and  toxics  research  program,
research  r1 -signed to  provide updated  tools
for  asbestos  risk  assessments  will  be
completed in 2007.

In  FY 2007,  an  increased investment in
nanotechnology   research  will  accelerate
efforts to generate the underlying science
needed to better understand and predict the
potential   implications   of   nanoparticle
releases  to  the environment and their fate,
transport, and  potential effects on  human
health and  ecosystems.   Nanotechnology
research  will also identify how nano-scale
science  can  be  responsibly  used  for
beneficial environmental  applications, such
as improved sensors and  new control and
remediation technologies.

In addition,  resources in FY 2007 supporting
health risk assessments will elevate and help
to ensure acceptance of Agency assessments
through identification and airing of scientific
issues at  an  early  stage in  assessment
development, improve transparency in how
issues are resolved, and enhance the quality,
objectivity,  utility, and integrity  of  health
assessments that  result  from  advice and
review   from the National  Academy of
Sciences.
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Recognizing that environmental  policy and
regulatory decisions will only be as good as
the science upon which they are based, EPA
makes every effort to ensure that its science
is  of the  highest  quality and  relevance,
thereby   providing  the  basis   for  sound
environmental  results.     EPA   uses   the
Research    and    Development   (R&D)
Investment Criteria of quality,  relevance,
and  performance  in   its  decision-making
processes  through  the  use  of  research
strategies and plans,  program  review and
evaluation  by  the  Board  of  Scientific
Counselors   (BOSC)   and  the  Science
Advisory Board (SAB), and peer review.

In 2005, the BOSC evaluated the endocrine
disrupters,  human  health, and  ecological
research programs to assess the quality and
relevance of the research and the programs'
historical  performance.    The   endocrine
disrupters subcommittee concluded that the
program's goals and scientific questions are
appropriate and represent an understandable
and  solid  framework  for  setting research
priorities.  The human  health subcommittee
concluded that the program's research is of
high quality and appropriately focused.  In
addition, the ecological subcommittee stated
that the potential benefits of the  program to
the   public   are   evident  and  clearly
articulated.     The   subcommittees   also
reviewed each program's external research,
which   is  usually   conducted  through

FY 2005 PARTs
The  following programs were assessed  by
OMB's  Program Assessment Rating Tool
(PART) for the FY 2005 PART process:

9  Lead Risk Reduction
*  Human Health Research
                                               competitive, peer-reviewed grants under the
                                               Agency's  Science  to  Achieve  Results
                                               (STAR) program.
                                               Research is guided by a number of research
                                               strategies and plans, which are developed in
                                               concert with internal and  external partners.
                                               Strategies arc  tailored to  specific research
                                               needs and priorities.  The Agency maintains
                                               multi-year research plans (MYP) that outline
                                               steps  for meeting those strategic research
                                               needs  and annual performance goals and
                                               measures for evaluating progress.

                                               Three major research programs in this Goal
                                               have  undergone OMB's PART evaluation
                                               through FY 2005.  They include  endocrine
                                               disruptors research,  ecosystems  protection
                                               research   and   human   health   research.
                                               Climate  change  research  is  tentatively
                                               scheduled for PART review in FY 2006.

                                               Lastly, workforce planning is essential  to
                                               sustaining a  viable  and  credible research
                                               program.    The Agency  approaches   its
                                               research  program workforce planning in a
                                               manner consistent with  its human capital
                                               strategy.    Key  elements  of  this  strategy
                                               include working to develop and implement a
                                               holistic approach to recruitment, preserving
                                               a  diverse workforce  that reflects  a  wide
                                               spectrum of  viewpoints,  and   retaining
                                               existing talent.
                                               *   Ecological Research (re-PART)
                                               *   Human Health Research
                                               •   Oceans and Coastal Programs

                                               More detailed  information  is  provided  in
                                               specific program project descriptions.
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               Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
  Improve environmental performance through compliance with environmental requirements,
  preventing pollution, and promoting environmental stewardship. Protect human health and
  the environment by encouraging innovation and  providing  incentives for governments,
  businesses, and the public that promote environmental stewardship.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
•  By  2008,  maximize  compliance  to
protect human health  and the  environment
through compliance assistance, compliance
incentives, and enforcement by achieving a
5 percent increase in the pounds of pollution
reduced,   treated,  or   eliminated,   and
achieving a 5 percent increase in the number
of regulated entities making improvements
in  environmental  management practices.
(Baseline established in 2006.)


9      By  2008,  improve  environmental
protection  and  enhance  natural  resource
conservation  on  the  part of  government,
business,  and   the   public  through  the
adoption  of  pollution   prevention   and
sustainable practices that  include the design
of products  and manufacturing processes
that generate  less pollution, the reduction of
regulatory  barriers, and  the  adoption of
results-based,  innovative,  and  multimedia
approaches.


•  Through  2008,  assist  all  federally
recognized tribes in assessing the condition
of their environment, help in building their
capacity   to   implement   environmental
programs  where needed to improve tribal
health  and  environments,  and implement
programs in Indian country where needed to
address environmental issues.
*  Through 2008, strengthen the scientific
evidence    and    research     supporting
environmental policies  and  decisions  on
compliance,  pollution   prevention,   and
environmental stewardship.
                           GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
                                Budget Authority / Obligations
                                   Full-time Equivalents
                                   (Dollars in Thousands)
Compliance  and  Environmental
Stewardship
Improve Compliance
Improve Environmental Performance
through Pollution  Prevention and
Innovation
Build Tribal Capacity
Enhance Science and Research
FY 2005
Obligations
$773,201.2
$470,414.5
$121,112.5
$88,989.5
$92,684.7
FY 2006
Enacted
$742,815.3
$485,146.6
$120,975.7
$73,551.6
$63,141.4
FY 2007
Pres Bud
$733,539.6
$491,033.4
$112,735.3
$74,630.5
$55,140.4
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
($9,275.7)
$5,886.8
($8,240.4)
$1,078.9
($8,001.0)
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   Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2005
Obligations
3,464.0
FY 2006
Enacted
3,495.3
FY 2007
Pres Bud
3,480.5
FY 2007 Pres Bud v.
FY 2006 Enacted
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In FY 2007, the Environmental Protection
Agency will  work to improve the nation's
environmental protection practices, and  to
enhance  natural resource conservation on
the part  of government, business, and the
public.  To  accomplish these  goals,  the
Agency will  employ a mixture of effective
inspection,  enforcement  and  compliance
assistance strategies; provide leadership and
support  for  pollution  prevention   and
sustainable   practices;  reduce  regulatory
barriers;  and refine  and apply results-based,
innovative,  and  multimedia approaches  to
environmental stewardship and safeguarding
human health.

In order  to be effective, the EPA requires a
strong   enforcement    and    compliance
program, one which identifies and reduces
noncompliance   problems;    assists    the
regulated  community   in   understanding
environmental   laws    and    regulations;
responds  to  complaints from  the public;

Improving       Compliance        with
Environmental Laws
Critical to the success of EPA's mission is a
strong commitment to ensuring compliance
with  environmental   laws   and  policies.
Working in partnership with state and Tribal
governments, local  communities and  other
Federal  agencies,  in  FY 2007 EPA will
identify     and     address     significant
environmental and  public health problems,
strategically deploy its resources, and  make
use  of  integrated  approaches  to reduce
noncompliance   and   achieve    strong
environmental protection outcomes.

In order to  meet  the Agency's goals,  its
"smart enforcement" strategy employs  an
integrated,   common-sense   approach  to
strives to  secure a level economic  playing
field for law-abiding companies; and deters
future   violations.   In  FY   2007,   the
enforcement  program  will  also carry  out
actions  outlined  in  the Domenici-Barton
Energy  Policy  Act  of 2005, providing
compliance   assistance  to  owners  and
operators  of Underground  Storage Tanks.
The EPA will protect human health and the
environment by increasing compliance with
existing laws and regulations.  Innovation
and  environmental  stewardship  will  be
encouraged.   In addition, EPA will assist
Federally  recognized  Tribes  in assessing
environmental conditions in Indian Country,
and  will   help  build  their  capacity  to
implement environmental programs.  EPA
will also strengthen  the scientific evidence
and   research   supporting  environmental
policies  and decisions  on   compliance,
pollution  prevention,  and  environmental
stewardship

problem-solving and decision-making.  An
appropriate  mix of data   collection   and
analysis; compliance monitoring, assistance
and    incentives;    civil    and   criminal
enforcement   resources;  and   innovative
problem-solving approaches are  used  to
address significant environmental issues and
achieve     environmentally    beneficial
outcomes.

This approach also requires that the Agency
develop and maintain strong and  flexible
partnerships  with regulated entities and  a
well-informed public,  in order  to  foster  a
climate  of   empowerment  and   shared
responsibility for the quality of our  nation's
land, resources and communities. Thus the
Agency can carefully target  its enforcement
and   compliance    assurance   resources,
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personnel and activities to address the most
significant  risks to human health and  the
environment, and to  ensure  that  certain
populations  do  not bear  a  disproportionate
environmental burden.

EPA's continued enforcement efforts will be
strengthened through the  development of
meaningful measures to assess the impact of
enforcement  and  compliance   activities;
assist in targeting areas that  pose the greatest
risks  to human health or the environment;
display   patterns  of  noncompliance;  or
include      disproportionately     exposed
populations.  Further, EPA cooperates with
states and  the  international community to
enforce  and ensure compliance with cross-
border environmental  regulations,  and to
help  build  their  capacity  to  design  and
implement      effective     environmental
regulatory,  enforcement and Environmental
Impact Assessment programs.

Compliance Assistance and  Incentives:
The Agency's Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance   Program   uses   compliance
assistance and incentive tools to encourage
compliance  with  regulatory  requirements,
and to  reduce  adverse public health and
environmental  problems.     To  achieve
compliance, the regulated community must
first  understand its  obligations,  and then
learn how  to best comply with regulatory
obligations.  Throughout FY 2007, EPA will
support the regulated universe by working to
assure   that   requirements   are   clearly
understood.     EPA  also   enables   other
assistance    providers    (e.g.,     states,
universities)    to    provide    compliance
information to the regulated community.

Compliance Monitoring:    The Agency
reviews and evaluates the  activities  of the
regulated   community    to     determine
compliance     with    applicable    laws,
regulations,     permit    conditions     and
settlement  agreements, and  to  determine
whether conditions presenting imminent  and
substantial   endangerment  exist.     The
majority   of   work   years   devoted  to
compliance monitoring are provided to the
Agency's   Regional  offices  to  conduct
investigations  and on-site inspections, and
perform monitoring, sampling and emissions
testing.   FY  2007 Compliance Monitoring
activities will be both environmental media-
and  sector-based. The traditional  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  environmental  goals
included in the EPA Strategic Plan.   The
National  Enforcement  and   Compliance
Assurance Program will  utilize statistically
valid noncompliance information to  select
and evaluate National Priorities.

Enforcement:   The Enforcement Program
addresses violations of environmental laws,
to   ensure   that  violators   come   into
compliance    with   Federal   laws   and
regulations.   In  FY 2007, the program will
work to achieve the Agency's environmental
goals through consistent, fair and  focused
enforcement  of all environmental statutes.
The overarching goal  of the Enforcement
program is to protect human health and the
environment, targeting  its actions according
to degree of  health and environmental risk.
Further,  it  aims to  level  the  economic
playing field by ensuring that violators do
not realize an economic benefit from non-
compliance, and also seeks to deter  future
violations;   one  way  the   enforcement
program carries this out is by working with
the  Department  of  Justice   (DOJ)  on
enforcement  of all environmental laws and
regulations. In FY 2007, EPA will continue
to implement its National Compliance and
Enforcement Priorities, which address the
most widespread types of violations that also
pose  the  most  substantive  health and
environmental    risks.       The   National
Compliance  and Enforcement Priority list
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will     use    the    statistically    valid
noncompliance information  developed  by
Compliance Monitoring. Also in FY 2007,
the enforcement program will also carry out
actions  outlined  in  the  Domenici-Barton
Energy  Policy  Act  of  2005,  providing
compliance  assistance  to   owners   and
operators of Underground Storage Tanks.

Auditing     and     Evaluation    Tools:
Maximum  compliance  requires  the  active
efforts of the regulated community to police
itself. Evaluation of self-reporting will occur
in order to understand the effectiveness and
accuracy of such self-reporting. Throughout
                                   Partnering:    State,   Tribal  and  local
                                   governments bear much of the responsibility
                                   for ensuring compliance, and EPA works in
                                   partnership with  them  and other  Federal
                                   agencies    to   promote    environmental
                                   protection.     EPA   also   develops  and
                                   maintains productive partnerships with other
                                   nations to  enable and enforce compliance
                                   with  U.S. environmental  standards  and
                                   regulations.

                                   Improving Environmental  Performance
                                   through Pollution Prevention
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      "An Ounce of Pollution Prevention is Worth Over 1 67 Billion Pounds of Cure"

                     A Decade of Pollution Prevention Results, 1990-
                     2000
                      167 Billion Pounds of
                     Pollution Prevented by
                          Media
                                   Resources Conserved

                                 • 215 million kWh of energy

                                 9 4.1 billions gallons of water

                                 • $666 million in cost savings


Source: National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, January 2003 report on achievement of slate and local P2
FY 2007, EPA will continue to investigate
options for encouraging self-directed audits
and  disclosures.  We will  also continue to
measure and  evaluate  the effectiveness of
Agency programs in improving compliance
rates   and   provide   information   and
compliance  assistance  to  the   regulated
community.   Further,  the  Agency   will
maintain   its  focus   on   evaluating  the
effectiveness  of  the innovative approaches
developed  through  better  communication,
fostering partnerships  and cooperation, and
the application of new technologies.
                                   Through pollution  prevention integration,
                                   EPA   will   work   to   bring   about   a
                                   performance-oriented regulatory system that
                                   develops innovative,  flexible strategies  to
                                   achieve   measurable   results;   promotes
                                   environmental stewardship  in all parts  of
                                   society; supports sustainable development
                                   and  pollution  prevention;  and  fosters  a
                                   culture  of creative  environmental problem
                                   solving.

                                   Partnering    with    Businesses    and
                                   Consumers: In  2007, through the Pollution
                                   Prevention (P2) program, EPA will continue
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to   encourage,   empower,   and   assist
government and  business  to  "green"  the
nation's supply  and demand  structures to
make them more environmentally sound.
Through  the  Environmentally  Preferable
Purchasing  Program,   the  Agency   will
provide enhanced  guidance to the  Federal
building  community   on  model  green
construction specifications and help Federal
agencies identify and procure those products
that  generate the least  pollution, consume
fewest non-renewable natural resources, and
constitute  the  least  threat to human health
and to the environment.  EPA's innovative
Green Suppliers  Network  Program works
with large manufacturers to increase energy
efficiency;       identify       cost-saving
opportunities;   optimize   resources   and
technology  through the  development of
sound business  approaches   incorporating
pollution prevention; and to promote  those
approaches among their numerous suppliers.

Partnering  with  Industry:   EPA  will
continue  to reduce the amount of  toxic
chemicals in use by encouraging the design
of  alternative  less  toxic chemicals  and
industry  processes  through   its   Green
Chemistry   and   Green    Engineering
Programs.  New emphasis will be placed on
the   development    of   environmentally
preferable    substitutes    for   emerging
chemicals  of  concern  such as brominated
flame retardants, perfluorinated acids, and
chemicals  which  are   persistent  in  the
environment,   toxic,   and   capable  of
accumulating  in  animal,  fish, and human
tissue. In conjunction with the efforts of the
Green Chemistry and  Green  Engineering
Programs,  the Design for the  Environment
Program   will   continue   collaborative
partnerships with industries to  develop safer
products, processes and technologies.

Reducing  Impacts  in  the   Electronics
Lifecycle: EPA is focusing FY 2007 efforts
to address key environmental impacts in the
electronics lifecycle.  End-of-life impacts of
used and obsolete electronics are part of an
increasing  and  complex waste stream  that
poses enormous environmental management
problems.  Almost  3  million  tons  of
consumer electronics entered the municipal
waste stream in 2003, up from 2 million  in
2001.   This  includes  personal computers,
TVs,  other  video  and  audio  products,
telephones,  fax  machines,  printers,  and
modems.   Electronic   products    contain
hazardous  materials.    Monitors,  circuit
boards,   batteries,  and   other  electronic
components   contain    lead,   mercury,
brominated  flame retardants  (BFRs)  and
cadmium.

Pollution  Prevention  Grant  Program:
Pollution  Prevention  Grants to  states  and
Tribes  enable  them  to  provide  technical
assistance, education and  outreach to assist
businesses and industries  in identifying
strategies and solutions to reduce wastes and
pollution at the source. The importance of
tracking outcomes from P2 grants has been
reinforced by adding key  P2 environmental
outcome  targets  to  program  guidance
reporting   measures.     The   P2   grant
management system will be enhanced by the
incorporation  of P2  metrics that  capture
quantifiable environmental  results  within
individual  work  plans and  sharing  those
results regionally and nationally.

NEPA  Federal Review:   EPA fulfills its
uniquely Federal responsibilities  under the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
by reviewing  and commenting  on  other
Federal   agency  Environmental  Impact
Statements  (EISs).   NEPA  requires  that
Federal agencies prepare and submit EISs to
identify      potential       environmental
consequences  of major proposed  activities,
and develop  plans to mitigate or eliminate
negative  impacts.  The   Enforcement  and
Compliance Assistance Program maximizes
its use of  NEPA  review resources by
targeting its efforts toward potentially high-
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impact   projects,    thereby    promoting
cooperation  and  innovation,  and  working
towards a more streamlined review process.

Environmental   Information   Exchange
Network: The Exchange  Network  Grant
Program  provides   funding   to   states,
territories, Tribes, and Tribal  consortia to
help   them   develop   the    information
management   and    technology   (IM/IT)
capabilities they need to participate  in the
Environmental    Information    Exchange
Network (Exchange Network).  In FY 2007,
EPA,  states,  Tribes, and territories  will
continue to re-engineer data systems so that
information previously not available  or not
easily  available  can  be  exchanged using
common data standards.  By the end of 2007
all fifty states  and approximately ten  Tribes
will have established nodes on the Exchange
Network and  will  be  mapping  data for
sharing with  partners and  submission to
EPA.

Promoting Environmental Stewardship and
Innovation

In   FY   2007,   EPA   will   promote
environmental stewardship, an  ethic  that
goes beyond the minimum compliance with
environmental regulations. The Agency will
accomplish this through education, and by
providing incentives, tools and  technical
assistance to states,  tribes, communities and
businesses.  EPA will accomplish  its goals
using  the  next  generation  of  voluntary
environmental protection  strategies,  which
emphasize results rather than  process, and
promote business practices that  are both
environmentally      and     economically
sustainable.   EPA will  work  to achieve a
performance-oriented regulatory system that
allows  flexible   strategies   to  achieve
measurable      results;     environmental
stewardship    that  maintains   sustainable
development and places pollution prevention
first; and a culture of creative environmental
problem    solving     that    emphasizes
collaboration and results-driven work.  EPA
will focus on five areas under its innovation
strategy:

•  Promote   innovative   environmental
     leadership in business, one that uses
     new ideas, creative partnerships, and
     sound  analysis to grow their business
     and protect the environment;
•    Instill  the  ethics  of environmental
     stewardship   and   sustainability  in
     business practices;
•    Promote     stronger     facility-level
     environmental management, including
     Environmental  Management Systems
     (EMSs);
•    Improve     overall    environmental
     performance    within   high-priority
     business sectors; and
•    Improve  program efficiency through
     increased evaluation and measurement.

Innovation  Grant  Program:  EPA  will
expand  the  Innovation Grants program, to
encourage states and  tribes to develop and
test innovative protection strategies, such as
permit   streamlining   and  environmental
management systems.  These grants promote
the use of innovative technologies for better
environmental  results,  and  demonstrate
measurable  efficiencies  in environmental
management.

Performance Track: Performance Track is
one  of  EPA's  most successful  and fastest
growing voluntary programs.   Successful
because  it  uses  positive incentives to
recognize and  reward private  and  public
facilities  that  demonstrate environmental
stewardship,  and  strong  environmental
performance beyond  current requirements.
In FY 2007, EPA will move to significantly
increase   the    number   of    facilities
participating in the  program,  with  closer
coordination and  involvement   of  states.
EPA will  expand   activities  to recruit
facilities to participate in Performance Track
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and provide assistance to those facilities.  In
FY 2007 Performance Track members will
collectively achieve an annual reduction of:
1.1 billion gallons in water use; 8.4 million
MMBTUs  in  energy use; 20,000  tons  in
materials use;  360,000 tons of solid waste;
42,000 tons of air releases; and 10,000 tons
in water discharges.

Sector-based  Stewardship: In  FY 2007
EPA  will  continue  to  work with  twelve
industrial  business sectors:   agribusiness,
cement  manufacturing,  construction, forest
products, iron  and steel manufacturing, paint
and  coatings,  ports,  shipbuilding, metal
finishing, die  casting and meat processing.
EPA will work with national representatives
of these business sectors  to  set pollution
reduction   goals,  measure   performance,
provide environmental protection tools and
technical   assistance,    remove   barriers,
develop  incentives,  reduce  unnecessary
regulatory   burden  and  test  innovative
strategies.

Small Business  Ombudsman:  EPA  will
continue to  support the  Small Business
Ombudsman
who serves as
EPA's
gateway  and
leading
advocate
           for
small business
issues,
partnering
with  state   Small   Business   Assistance
Programs, and  hundreds of small business
trade associations, to reach out  to the small
business community.  These  partnerships
provide  the  information  and  perspective
EPA needs to help small businesses reduce
waste and materials use, and to achieve their
environmental   goals.       This   is    a
comprehensive   program   that   provides
networks, resources,  tools and forums  for
education and advocacy on  behalf of small
businesses.
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continues   to   take  advantage   of  new
technology to  establish direct links to the
U.S.   Geological  Service,  Bureau   of
Reclamation,  Indian  Health Service, and
other Federal agency data systems to further
the   development   of   an   integrated,
comprehensive,     multi-agency    Tribal
Program   Enterprise   Architecture.   The
Agency continues to  formalize interagency
data standards  and  protocols  to  ensure
quality information is collected and reported
consistently among  the Federal  agencies.
To  this  end,  EPA  has  adopted  Tribal
Identifier codes that will enable data systems
to identify Tribal  sources of information.  In
FY 2007,  EPA will integrate two additional
existing Agency  data  systems  within the
Tribal  Program Enterprise Architecture and
encourage other agencies to adopt common
Tribal codes.

Implementation  of Environmental Goals:
The Agency will  provide opportunities for
the implementation of Tribal environmental
programs  by Tribes, or  directly by EPA, as
necessary. In  addition  to  assisting in the
building of Tribal environmental  capacity,
another  key  role of  the  environmental
presence workforce in Indian Country is to
alert EPA of  immediate public health and
ecological threats, so EPA can work with the
Tribe to respond quickly and effectively.

Pollution  Prevention  and Enforcement
Research

EPA has developed and evaluated tools and
technologies to  monitor, prevent, control,
and clean  up  pollution   throughout  its
history.   During  the  1970s and 1980s, the
agency    emphasized    controlling    or
remediating environmental dangers.  Since
the Pollution  Prevention Act of  1990, the
agency   has   increasingly   focused   on
preventative and  sustainable approaches to
health     and   environmental    problems.
Sustainable   approaches    require:   (1)
innovative design and production-techniques
that  minimize  or  eliminate  environmental
liabilities; (2) integrated management of air,
water,  and land resources;  and (3) changes
in the  traditional methods  of creating  and
distributing  goods  and services.    EPA
remains  committed  to helping  industry
achieve these ideals while at the same time
adopting  more  effective   and  efficient
practices, materials, and technologies.

EPA's pollution prevention work promotes
innovative new technology, assessing  the
interaction of stressors threatening human
and  environmental health,  and  developing
cost-effective  responses to those  stressors
(R&D  Criteria: Relevance).   In FY 2007,
research  will  continue  to  explore  the
principles  governing  sustainable  systems
and the integration of social, economic,  and
environmental  objectives in environmental
assessment and management.   In a broader
context,  the program will focus not just on
the industrial  sectors, but  on all decision-
makers in areas  critical to  environmental
stewardship  (e.g.,   municipal  sector  and
ecosystems) such as testing the effectiveness
of a market-based incentive as a tool to
manage  storm water run-off  in   urban
watersheds.  Efforts within environmental
economics and decision science research are
designed   to   improve  EPA's  decision
making,   cost-benefit    analyses,    and
implementation strategies  (R&D  Criteria:
Performance).  Research   will  focus   on
benefit   transfer   methods   and   better
understanding  of  and design for  practical
trading programs.  These two areas are high
priorities for  EPA's program offices  and
have  broad applications  to the Agency's
regulatory work.

Also  in FY 2007,  the  innovative student
design  competition  award  program  known
as P3  (People, Prosperity,  and Planet)  will
support  up to 50  student  design  projects
from  around  the  country.   This awards
program     encourages      technological
innovation in a wide range of activities. This
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competition promotes innovative thinking in
sustainable  approaches  toward  research,
development  and design of scientific  and
technical   solutions   to   environmental
problems. In  FY 2006  several  awards have
already  moved from  the design stage to
business  plan and may soon be ready  for
commercialization      (R&D     Criteria:
Relevance; Performance),

Recognizing that environmental policy and
regulatory decisions will only be as good as
the science upon which they are based, EPA
makes every effort to ensure that its  science
is  of the highest  quality and  relevance,
thereby,  providing the  basis for  sound
environmental  results.    EPA uses   the
Research    and    Development    (R&D)
Investment Criteria of quality, relevance,
and  performance  in   its decision-making
processes through a)  the use  of research
strategies and plans, b) peer review, and c)
program review and evaluation by the Board
of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)  and  the
Science  Advisory Board (SAB).   EPA's
Science   Advisory   Board   (SAB),   an
independently chartered  Federal  Advisory
Committee   Act   (FACA)   committee,
annually  conducts  in-depth  reviews  and
analyses  of EPA's Science and Technology
(S&T) account and other science activities.
The SAB provides its  findings to the House
Science Committee of Congress and reports
them to EPA's Administrator.

Research  is  guided by  research  strategies
and   plans,   which  are  developed  with
participation  from our major clients (R&D
Criteria:  Quality; Relevance).  The  strategy
outlines  the  research  needs and priorities.
The   Agency  also  maintains  multi-year
research  plans (MYP) that outline steps for
meeting strategic research needs, and annual
performance   goals  and   measures   for
evaluating progress. Taken together, these
mechanisms  serve  to ensure  that  EPA's
research  and  science  remain relevant, of
high  quality,  and  contribute to  superior
environmental performance.

In order to sustain a  viable and  credible
workforce,   the   Agency   approaches  its
research programs' workforce planning in a
manner consistent with its  human capital
strategy.    Key  elements  of this  strategy
include working to develop and implement a
holistic approach to recruitment,  preserving
a  diverse workforce  that reflects a  wide
spectrum   of  viewpoints,  and  retaining
existing talent.

FY2005 PARTs

The folio"  ing programs were assessed  by
OMB's Program Assessment Rating  Tool
(PART) for the FY 2005 PART process:

•   No  programs  within  Goal  5   were
    assessed    by    OMB's     Program
    Assessment Rating Tool (PART) in FY
    2005.
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funding.
Review and update current grant allocation
processes to ensure resources are properly
targeted.
Develop program regulations that improve
oversight and accountability and reduce chances
for waste, fraud, and abuse.
Reduce program funding by $20 million until
there is greater confidence that the funds are
achieving the desired results.
Complete performance measures that are under
development including a new cross-agency
measure that tracks brownfields redevelopment.
Conduct regional program reviews to share and
implement best practices among regional offices
that will improve the program's overall
performance and efficiency.
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           Tear
           Werk
              2005
Brownfields Revitalization
Improve grantee use of electronic reporting
systems to reduce data lags in performance
information.
Action taken, but not completed
              2004
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
EPA will focus on improving the quality and
breadth of CWSRF performance data. In
particular, EPA needs to focus on collecting
data on minor systems, which receive a
significant proportion of CWSRF funding, and
waterborne disease.
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
Drinking Water Research
Develop a performance measure which tracks
the efficiency with which the program delivers
its services to its primary client, the EPA Office
of Water.
No action taken
              2006
Drinking Water Research
Develop baselines and targets for all long term
and annual performance measures. These will
allow the program to set quantitative goals and
assess progress through time.	
Action taken, but not completed
              2006 j  Drinking Water Research
                                    Improve oversight of non-grant partners and
                                    require non-grant partners to work towards the
                                    annual and long term goals of the program.
                                            No action taken
              2005
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Develop a new long-term outcome performance
measure to assess the impact of drinking water
compliance improvements on public health.
Action taken, but not completed
              2005
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Implement recommendations from the second
triennial drinking water data quality review
which are designed to improve the overall
quality of the data in EPA's drinking water
compliance reporting system.	
Action taken, but not completed
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Articulate clearly R&D priorities to ensure
compelling, merit -based justifications for
funding allocations.
By the end of CY 2006, develop baseline data
for an efficiency measure that compares
dollars/labor hours in validating chemical
assays.
Maintain funding at approximately the FY 2005
President's Budget level.
Remove statutory requirements that prevent
program from having more impact including
(but not limited to) barriers that; set maximum
emissions reduction targets, exempt certain
viable facilities from contributing, and limit the
scope of emission reduction credit trading. The
Administration's Clear Skies proposal
adequately addresses these and other statutory
impediments. Program should work as
appropriate to promote the enactment of the
Clear Skies legislation.
Program should develop efficiency measures to
track and improve overall program efficiency.
Measures should consider the full cost of the
program, not just the federal contribution.
EPA will complete an assessment and
comparison of the potential benefits and efforts
of the Clean Automotive Technology program
to other agency's efforts with similar goals by
April 1, 2005.
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EPA Ecological Research
EPA Ecological Research
EPA Enforcement of Environmental
Laws (Civil)
EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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EPA Enforcement of Environmental
Laws (Civil)
EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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will work to develop better performance
measures that more clearly link to greenhouse
gas reduction potential in the near term.
Develop a program-specific customer survey to
improve the program's utility to the Agency.
Link budget resources to annual and long-term
performance targets by requesting and reporting
Human Health Research and Ecosystem
Research funding separately.
Refine the questions used in independent
scientific reviews to improve EPA's
understanding of program utility and
performance in relationship to environmental
outcomes.
Calculate and evaluate recidivism rates.
Continue to expand and improve use of
statistically valid non-compliance rates.
Develop meaningful baseline and targets for
outcome oriented performance measures, with
particular emphasis on pounds of pollutants
reduced characterized for risk.
Direct funds toward completion of the Permit
Compliance System (PCS)
EPA will consider contracting for an
independent evaluation of the program that can
serve as the basis for further improvements.
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Work will begin in 2006.
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Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
No action taken
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Work
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2004
2004
2004
2006
2003
2005
2003
2006
2003
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EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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EPA Enforcement of Environmental
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EPA Environmental Education
EPA Existing Chemicals Program
EPA Existing Chemicals Program
EPA Existing Chemicals Program
EPA Existing Chemicals Program
EPA Existing Chemicals Program
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and take into account recommendations by the
intra-agency Superfund Review completed in
April 2004.
Created standardized definitions (completed)
and merging data bases from within the agency
to allow easier implementation and evaluation
of measures.
Developing baselines and targets to measure
recidivism.
Developing a baseline and targets for the
outcome measure, pounds of pollutants reduced,
that is characterized as to risk.
The administration is continuing its
recommendation to terminate the program at
EPA and rely on NSF programs to fulfill
scientific education initiatives.
Create outcome measures for AEGLs.
Develop a cost efficiency measure for
management of the Toxic Substances Control
Act 8(e) Hazard Notification process.
Develop a long-term outcome efficiency
measure.
Develop an efficiency measure for Acute
Exposure Guidance Levels
Maintain funding at the 2004 President's Budget
level.
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Action taken, but not completed
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              2005
 EPA Human Health Research
Develop ambitious long-term performance
targets that clearly define what outcomes would
represent a successful program.	
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
EPA Human Health Research
Improve ability to link budget resources to
annual and long-term performance targets by
requesting and reporting Human Health
research and Ecosystem research funding as
separate program-projects.	
No action taken
              2006
EPA Indoor Air Quality
Improve transparency by making State radon
grantee performance data available to the public
via a website or other easily accessible means.
No action taken
              2006
jsPAJndgoTAirjQuali ty
Link budget requests more explicitly to
accomplishment of performance goals,
specifically by stipulating how adjustments to
resource levels would impact performance.
No action taken
              2006
EPA Indoor Air Quality
Use efficiency measures to demonstrate
improved efficiencies or cost effectiveness in
achieving program goals.	
No action taken
              2006
EPA Lead-Based Paint Risk
Reduction Program	
Develop and implement a method of measuring
the impacts of the program's outreach and
education efforts.
Work will begin in 2006.
              2006
EPA Lead-Based Paint Risk
Reduction Program	
Improve the consistency of grantee and regional
office accountability mechanisms and develop a
system that ensures all relevant performance
data from grantees and the Regional offices is
being collected for the purposes of focusing
program actions.	
Work will begin in 2006.
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Work
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2006
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EPA New Chemicals Program
EPA New Chemicals Program
EPA New Chemicals Program
EPA New Chemicals Program
EPA Oil Spill Control
EPA Oil Spill Control
EPA Oil Spill Control
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Improve the linkage between program funding
and the associated contributions towards
progress in achieving program goals, especially
for program grant and contractor funding.
Develop an efficiency measure to target
improvements in the initial phases of EPA's
management of Pre-Manufacture Notices
(PMNs).
Establish targets and timeframes for its
measures, including efficiency measures.
Maintain funding at the 2004 President's Budget
level.
Propose appropriations language to change the
Toxic Substances Control Act to lift the cap on
fees that the Agency can coilcct for new
chemical reviews.
Develop a forum for sharing and implementing
best practices among regional offices that will
improve the program's overall performance and
efficiency.
Develop a second long-term outcome measure
and at least one annual outcome measure.
Develop stronger strategic planning procedures
to ensure continuous improvement in the
program, including regular procedures that will
track and document key decisions and work
products.
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Action taken, but not completed
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Completed
Action taken, but not completed
No action taken
No action taken
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EPA Pesticide Enforcement Grant
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EPA Support for Cleanup of Federal
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EPA Support for Cleanup of Federal
Facilities
EPA Tribal General Assistance
Program
EPA Tribal General Assistance
Program
EPA Tribal General Assistance
Program
EPA Tribal General Assistance
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Evaluate the data quality of key data sources
used by the program to improve the accuracy
and reliability of performance information.
Develop targets and baselines.
Evaluate why cost effectiveness appears
inversely proportional to amount of Federal
funding.
Work to develop appropriate outcome
performance measures.
Conduct one evaluation on an aspect of the
program to identify areas and means for
program improvements.
Work with other Federal agencies to support
attainment of long-term environmental and
human health goals.
EPA will develop ambitious performance
targets for its annual and efficiency measures.
EPA will improve the program's accountability.
Improving data quality both in terms of scope
and reliability to assist in setting meaningful
targets for program improvement.
Work to increase the implementation and
delegation of environmental programs on Indian
lands.
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Action taken, but not completed
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           Year
           Work
              2006
EPA's Recycling, Waste
Minimization, and Waste
Management Program
Continuously improving the program fay
identifying where compliance costs are
excessive and reducing the cost of compliance
where appropriate (i.e. RCRA manifest rule).
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
EPA's Recycling. Waste
Minimization, and Waste
Management Program
Develop an efficiency measure for the waste
minimization component of the RCRA base
program.	
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
EPA's Recycling, Waste
Minimization, and Waste
Management Program
Develop a new regulatory definition of solid
waste that satisfies the judicial requirements
while ensuring that costs are not inappropriately
shifted to the Superfund or other corrective
action programs by narrowing the exclusion of
previously regulated substances.	
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
Leaking Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup Program	
In response to initial findings that the program
needed better long-term outcome goals with
adequate baselines and targets, the program has
been participating in an Office of Pesticide
Completed
              2006
Leaking Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup Program	
Programs initiative on performance indicators.
The program has proposed new measures for
this reassessment.
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
Leaking Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup Program	
Seek out regular independent evaluations and a
systematic process to review the program's
strategic planning.	
Completed
              2005
Mobile Source Air Pollution
Standards and Certification
Begin collecting data to support two new
efficiency measures - one long and one short-
term - to enable the program to measure further
efficiency improvements.	
Action taken, but not completed
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           Year
           Work
          Starteft
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              2005
Mobile Source Air Pollution
Standards and Certification
Request $66 million for EPA's mobile source
programs, $1.5 million more than the 2005
President's Budget request.	
Completed
              2005
Mobile Source Air Pollution
Standards and Certification
Systematically review existing regulations to
maintain consistency and ensure that regulations
maximize net benefits. Conduct thorough ex
ante economic analyses and evaluations of
alternatives in support of regulatory
development.	
Action taken, but not completed
              2006
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and Regional Haze
Programs	
Develop at least one efficiency measure that
adequately reflects program efficiency.	
Work will begin in 2006.
              2006
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and Regional Haze
Programs	
Implement improvements within current
statutory limitations that address deficiencies in
design and implementation and identify and
evaluate needed improvements that are beyond
current statutory authority.	  	
Work will begin in 2006.
              2006
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and Regional Haze
Programs	
Improve the linkage between program funding
and the associated contributions towards
progress in achieving program goals.	
Work will begin in 2006.
              2006
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards Research
Develop an annual measure that more directly
demonstrates progress on toward the long-term
goal of reducing uncertainty in identified
research areas of high priority.	
Work will begin in 2006.
              2006
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards Research
Develop and implement adequate methods for
determining progress on the program's two new
long-term measures (uncertainty and source-to-
health linkage measures) as well as for the new
annual measure (customer survey measure).
Work will begin in 2006.
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Work
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2006
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2004
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Standards Research
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards Research
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
Grants
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
Grants
Ocean, Coastal, and Estuary
Protection
Ocean, Coastal, and Estuary
Protection
Ocean, Coastal, and Estuary
Protection
Pesticide Field Programs
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Improve multi-year plan (MYP) and financial
data tracking systems and procedures to better
and more transparently integrate grantee and
program performance with financial
information.
The program must develop at least one
efficiency measure that adequately reflects the
efficiency of the program.
EPA will consider contracting for an
independent evaluation of the program that can
serve as the basis for further improvements.
To continue to improve this program and meet
its long-term goals, EPA will focus on ensuring
its funds are used for the most beneficial
projects.
Develop an additional performance measure for
non-estuary program activities.
Develop an annual performance measure for the
Ocean Dumping Program.
Developing more ambitious targets for the
National Estuary Program's annual and long
term measures on habitat acres protected and
restored.
Develop and implement a method of compiling
and disseminating Field Programs grantee
performance data in a manner easily accessible
to the public.
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Work will begin in 2006.
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Action taken, but not completed
Work will begin in 2006.
Work will begin in 2006.
Work will begin in 2006.
Action taken, but not completed
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2004
2003
2003
2003
2004
2005
2004
2006
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Pesticide Field Programs
Pesticide Registration
Pesticide Registration
Pesticide Registration
Pesticide Reregistration
Pollution Prevention and New
Technologies Research
Pollution Prevention and New
Technologies Research
Pollution Prevention and New
Technologies Research
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Develop and implement annual goals and
efficiency measures and continue development
of baselines and targets for long-term outcome
measures for all Field Programs.
Make the Field Programs budgeting more
transparent and more clearly link to adequate
and relevant program-specific measures.
The Administration recommends maintaining
funding at the 2004 President's Budget level
adjusted for the annual pay increase.
The program will also work on long-term
outcome efficiency measures.
The program will develop long-term risk-based
outcome performance measures that will
supplement the existing long-term measures.
Per the Agency targets develop and finalize
appropriate regional performance targets.
Address the issue; priorities among goals and
activities; human and capital resources
anticipated; and intended program outcomes
against which success may later be assessed.
Establish performance measures, including
efficiency measures.
Institute a plan for regular, external reviews of
the quality of the program's research and
research performers, including a plan to use the
results from these reviews to guide future
program decisions.
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Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
Action taken, but not completed
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                                                      Enabling/Support Programs
                                               Annual Performance Goals and Measures
                                                    Actuals
       Impaired  Gulf  coastal  river  and  estuary  137
       segments implementing watershed  restoration
       actions (incremental).
       Prevent water pollution and  protect  aquatic
       systems so that overall aquatic system health of
       coastal  waters  of  the Gulf  of  Mexico  is
       improved
       Reduce  releases of  nutrients throughout  the
       Mississippi River Basin to reduce the size of the
       hypoxic zone  in  the  Gulf  of Mexico, as
       measured by the five year running average
Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted   Pres Bud
95         71.20      Data lag
                      Data lag   2.4        2.4
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                      Segments
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sqkm
      Baseline:     There are 95 coastal watersheds at the 8-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) scale on the Gulf coast.  The Gulf of Mexico
                    Program has identified 12 priority coastal areas for assistance.  These 12 areas include 30 of the 95 coastal watersheds.
                    Within the 30 priority watersheds, the Gulf States have identified 354 segments that are impaired  and not meeting full
                    designated uses under the States'  water quality standards.  71 or 20% is the target proposed to  reinforce  Gulf State
                    efforts to implement 5-year basin rotation schedules.  The target of 71 is divided by 5 to achieve the goal for assistance
                    provided in at least 14 impaired segments each year for the next 5 years. The 1996-2000 running average size = 14,128
                    km2.  In 2002, the Gulf of Mexico rating of fair/poor was 1.9 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 indicators.
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                                                    Enabling/Support Programs
                                              Annual Performance Goals and Measures

       Great Lakes Implementation Actions

       In 2007       Prevent water pollution and protect aquatic systems so that overall ecosystem health of the Great Lakes is improved.

       In 2006       Prevent water pollution and protect aquatic systems so that overall ecosystem health of the Great Lakes is improved.

       In 2005       Reduced by 5% average concentrations of PCBs in whole lake trout and walleye samples.

       In 2004       The reduction in the phosphorus concentration in Lake Erie was not met; the problem continues to  be studied  in
                    conjunction with the Canadian government.

       In 2003       Phosphorus concentrations were exceeded.

       In 2002       By removing or containing contaminated sediments, 100,000-200,000 pounds  of persistent toxics which could
                    adversely affect  human health  will no longer be biologically available through the  food chain.  This contributes  to
                    decreasing fish contaminants and advances the goal of removing fish advisories

                 Performance Measures             FY2002   FY 2003  FY 2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY2007
                                                    Actuals   Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Enacted    Pres
                                                                                                         Bud
       Prevent water pollution and  protect  aquatic                                  21.9                 21         40    point
       systems so that overall ecosystem health of the                                  points                          Great  Lakes
       Great Lakes is improved (cumulative)                                                                           Ecosystem
                                                                                                                  Scale
                                                                                                                  (l=poor;
                                                                                                                  40=excellen
                                                                                                                  t)
       Cubic  yards  (in  millions) of contaminated                                  3.7    M             4.5 M     Cubic
       sediment  remediated  in  the   Great  Lakes.                                  cubic yds                        yards/M
       (cumulative from 1997)


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                 Performance Measures
       Enabling/Support Programs
Annual Performance Goals and Measures

      FY2002   FY2003   FY 2004   FY 2005   FY2006   FY 2007
                                                    Actuals
                 Actuals

                18.40
      Total phosphorus concentrations (long-term) in  Mixed
      the Lake Erie Central Basin.
      Average concentrations of PCBs in whole lake  Declinin
      trout and walleye samples will decline.           g
      Average concentrations of toxic chemicals in  declining  Data lag
      the air in the Great Lakes basin will decline
      Restore and  delist  Areas  of Concern  (AOCs)
      within the Great Lakes basin
 Actuals

21.2 ug/1
                Data lag    10%
                           8.4%
 Actuals

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Enacted
                     5%
                     7%
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Bud
          5%
          7%
        ug/1

        Annual
        Decrease
        Annual
        Decrease
        AOC
      Baseline:      In 2003, Great Lakes rating of 20 on a 40 point scale where the rating uses select Great Lakes State of the Lakes
                    Ecosystem indicators based on a 1 to 5 rating system for each indicator, where 1 is poor and 5 is good.  The trend
                    (starting with 1972 data) for toxics in Great Lakes top predator fish is expected to be less than 2 parts per million (the
                    FDA action level) but far above the Great Lakes Initiative target or levels at which fish advisories can be removed.  The
                    trend (starting with 1992 data) for PCB concentrations in the air is expected to range from  50 to 250 picograms per
                    cubic meter. In 2002, no Areas of Concern had been delisted.  The 2.1 million yards of remediated sediments are the
                    cumulative number of yards from 1997 to 2001.

      Wetland and River Corridor Projects

      In 2007       Working with partners, achieve no net loss of wetlands.

      In 2006       Working with partners, achieve no net loss of wetlands.

      In 2005       EPA is working with partners to achieve an increase of wetlands with additional  focus on biological and functional
                    measures.  Annually, in partnership with the Corps of Engineers and states,  EPA is working to achieve no net loss of
                    wetlands in the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program.
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                                                     Enabling/Support Programs
                                              Annual Performance Goals and Measures
       Performance Measures

       Working with partners, achieve a net increase of
       wetlands
       Annually,  in  partnership with  the  Corps  of
       Engineers  and  States, achieve  no net loss  of
       wetlands in the Clean Water Act  Section 404
       regulatory program
FY2002   FY2003   FY2004   FY 2005   FY 2006   FY2007
Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted    Pres Bud
                                Data lag   100,000    100,000   Acres/year
                                Data lag  No Net    No Net
                                          Loss       Loss
Acres
      Baseline:      Annual net loss of an estimated 58,500  acres.  In partnership with the Corps of Engineers, a baseline and initial
                    reporting will begin in FY 2004 on net loss of wetlands in the CWA Section 404 regulatory programs.

      Chesapeake Bay Habitat

      In 2007       Prevent water pollution and protect aquatic systems so that overall  aquatic system health of the Chesapeake Bay is
                    improved enough so that there are 100,000 acres of submerged aquatic vegetation, (cumulative)

      In 2007       Reduce nitrogen loads by 80 million pounds per year; phosphorus loads by 9.0 million pounds per year, and sediment
                    loads by 1.16 million tons per year from entering the Chesapeake Bay, from 1985 levels.

      In 2006       Prevent water pollution and protect aquatic systems so that overall  aquatic system health of the Chesapeake Bay is
                    improved enough so that there are 90,000 acres of submerged aquatic  vegetation, (cumulative)

      In 2006       Reduce nitrogen loads by 74 million pounds per year; phosphorus loads by 8.7 million pounds per year, and sediment
                    loads by 1.06 million tons per year from entering the Chesapeake Bay, from 1985 levels.

      In 2005       Prevented water pollution and protected aquatic systems so that overall aquatic system health of the Chesapeake Bay
                    was improved enough so that there was 89,659 acres of submerged aquatic vegetation, (cumulative)
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      In 2005       EPA reduced nitrogen loads by 67 million pounds per year; phosphorus loads by 8.4 million pounds per year, and
                    sediment loads by 0.92 million tons per year from entering the Chesapeake Bay, from 1985 levels.

      In 2004       Due to record wet weather in 2003, massive amounts of nutrients and sediments were washed into the Chesapeake Bay,
                    which resulted in a 30% decline in  submerged aquatic vegetation in a single year.

      In 2003       Improved habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.

      In 2002       Meeting the annual performance goal to improve habitat in the Bay requires adherence to commitments made by the
                    Chesapeake 2000 agreement partners and monumental  effort/resources from all levels of government (local, state, and
                    a range of Federal agencies) and from private organizations/citizens.

      Performance Measures                        FY2002   FY2003   FY2004   FY 2005    FY 2006   FY 2007
                                                   Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted   PresBud
      Reduction,  from  1985  levels,  of  nitrogen                                 67/8.4/0.    74/8.7/1.   80/9.0/1.   Lbs/Lbs/To
      (M/lbs),  phosphorus  (M/lbs),  and  sediment                                 92        06        16         ns
      loads   (tons)   entering   Chesapeake   Bay.
      (cumulative)
      Acres of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)  85,252    89,659     64,709.0   89,659     90,000     100,000    Acres
      present in the Chesapeake  Bay. (cumulative)                           0

      Baseline;      In 1984, there were 37,000 acres  of submerged aquatic vegetation in the  Chesapeake Bay.  In 2002,  baseline for
                    nitrogen loads was 51 million pounds per year; phosphorus loads was 8.0 million pounds per year; and sediment loads
                    was 0.8 million tons per year.

      OBJECTIVE: ENHANCE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

      Through 2008, provide a  sound scientific foundation for EPA's goal of protecting, sustaining,  and restoring the  health of people,
      communities, and ecosystems by conducting  leading-edge research  and developing a better understanding and characterization of
      environmental outcomes under Goal 4.

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      Research

      Research on Commercial Chemicals and Microorganism

      In 2007       Reduction of uncertainty in characterizing the impacts of biotechnology (genetically modified crops) on ecosystems.
      Performance Measures                         FY2002   FY 2003   FY 2004   FY2005   FY 2006   FY2007
                                                   Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted    Pres Bud
      Improved   risk   assessment   tools    and                                                       6
      characterization   of   ecological   risks   of
      genetically modified crops.
                                                               reports
      Baseline:     EPA has developed performance indicators that monitor research activities and outputs.  The targets referenced for
                   biotechnology research  include products  that contribute to reducing scientific uncertainty such as reports on the
                   development of tools and their applications in assessments to characterize the impacts of genetically modified crops on
                   ecosystems.

      Global Change Research - Human Health and Ecosystems

      In 2007      A preliminary evaluation of the direct effects of climate change on regional air quality for input to the Climate Change
                   Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Products.
      Performance Measures

      Conduct numerical air quality simulations using
      as input regional climate modeling, emissions
      modeling, and driver scenarios.
FY2002   FY2003   FY 2004   FY 2005   FY 2006   FY2007
Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted    Pres Bud
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       Baseline:     This goal represents an important new contribution because it focuses on the effects of climate change on air quality,
                    rather than the effects of air quality on climate change. This represents a unique contribution by EPA, as a member
                    agency in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). This work is important due to its potentially significant
                    implications for the ability of states and cities to meet EPA's air quality standards. Also, the results of this work are
                    supporting the production of CCSP Synthesis & Assessment (S&A) Reports, due to be completed in December 2007.
                    For this reason, communication and  dissemination of the results of this work  will be closely coordinated  with the
                    CCSP. This effort responds to President Bush's direction that climate change research activities  be accelerated  to
                    provide the best possible scientific information to support public discussion and decision making on climate-related
                    issues.

       Estuarine Ecosystem Conditions

       In 2007       30 states having estuarine resources use a common monitoring design and appropriate indicators to determine the status
                    and trends of ecological resources and the effectiveness of programs and policies.

                 Performance Measures              FY2002   FY2003   FY2004   FY 2005   FY 2006   FY 2007
                                                     Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                            Bud
       Number of states  using a common monitoring                                                        30         States
       design and appropriate indicators to determine
       the status and trends of ecological resources and
       the  effectiveness  of  national  programs  and
       policies.

       Baseline:     ORD  has developed a standard protocol for monitoring the ecological condition of estuaries; including, probabilistic
                    sampling designs, response  designs for indicators, laboratory analyses, statistical analyses and reporting  formats. By
                    2007, ORD is targeting that 30 states having estuarine resources used a common monitoring design and appropriate
                    indicators to determine the status and trends of ecological resources and the effectiveness of programs and policies. In
                    2005, 22 states used a common monitoring design.
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      Human Health Risk Assessment Research

      In 2007       Complete 16 human health assessments of high priority chemicals for interagency or external peer review so that EPA
                    program offices  and  regions, states and  local  risk  assessors  have state-of-the-science  health hazard assessment
                    information on priority substances

      In 2007       Complete  the Air  Quality  Criteria  Document (AQCD) for Lead in support  of the EPA/OAQPS review  and
                    promulgation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).

      In 2006       By 2006, deliver at least 20 dose-response assessments, provisional values, or pathogen risk  assessments so that by
                    2010,  at least 100  assessments have been made available through the Integrated  Risk Information System (IRIS)
                    database and other communications  to EPA program offices,  regions, states and Tribes providing  the necessary
                    information to predict  risk and make risk management decisions that protect public health.

                 Performance Measures              FY 2002   FY 2003  FY 2004  FY 2005   FY 2006  FY 2007
                                                    Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                          Bud
      Completed     dose-response     assessments,                                            20                  Assessment
      provisional values, or pathogen risk assessments                                                                 s
      Complete 16 human health assessments of high                                                       16        assessments
      priority chemicals for interagency or external
      peer review, including acrylonitrile, methanol,
      methylene,   chloride,  trichloroethylene,  and
      dioxin.
      Final AQCD for Lead which serves as the basis                                                       1         AQCD
      for the EPA/OAQPS staff paper for the National
      Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)

      Baseline:      The Integrated Risk Information  System (IRIS) is an electronic data base used in risk assessments, decision-making,
                    and regulatory activities.  EPA produces many of its major health assessments under the auspices of IRIS, the primary

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                    EPA database containing the Agency's scientific positions on human health effects that might result from exposure to
                    various substances found in the environment. Through the IRIS Program, ORD administers an Agency-wide process of
                    chemical nomination, assessment, consensus  building, and peer review through which  assessments on IRIS  are
                    produced and updated. The schedule of IRIS products  for FYs 2006 and 2007 represent the highest program priorities.

       National Ambient Air  Quality Standard  (NAAQS)  are  required by the  Clean Air Act to  protect against  health and welfare
       (environmental) effects  of ambient concentrations of widespread  major air pollutants (particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide,
       nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and lead). The NAAQS and its scientific bases ("criteria") must periodically be reviewed and revised as
       appropriate. The last Lead NAAQS review was 1990. Criteria for review of the Lead NAAQS are developed in the Lead Air Quality
       Criteria Document (AQCD) which covers chemical and physical properties, sources and emissions, environmental concentrations,
       human exposure, toxicology,  epidemiology, and environmental  effects.The Lead AQCD will be used by  the Office of Air Quality,
       Planning and Standards to develop a Staff Paper risk assessment.

       Research on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

       In 2007       By 2007,  develop improved protocols for  screening and testing for the Agency's  Endocrine Disrupters Screening
                    Program and reduce scientific uncertainty on effects, exposure, and risk management issues

       In 2006       By 2006, develop  and transfer standardized protocols for  screen!' ~ chemicals for their potential effects on  the
                    endocrine system, so that EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances has the necessary protocols to
                    validate for use in the Agency's Endocrine Disrupters Screening Program, mandated by the Food Quality Protection
                    Act, as determined by independent expert review.

                 Performance Measures             FY 2002   FY2003  FY2004   FY2005  FY 2006   FY2007
                                                    Actuals    Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                           Bud
       Report on  a protocol to screen environmental                                             1                    Report
       chemicals for their ability  to interact with the
       male hormone receptor
       Improved protocols for screening and testing                                                          6         Reports


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                 Performance Measures


      Effects and exposure milestones met
      Assessment milestones met
      Risk management milestones met
FY 2002
Actuals
FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY 2006
Actuals Actuals Actuals Enacted
FY2007
Pres
Bud
4
0
3
Reports
Reports
Reports
      Baseline:      The Endocrine Disrupters program provides EPA with the scientific information necessary for the Agency to reduce or
                    prevent potential unreasonable risks to human health and wildlife from exposures to chemicals that adversely affect the
                    endocrine system, called endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).  In 1998, the Endocrine Disrupters Screening and
                    Testing Advisory Committee, a FACA convened by EPA to provide advice on the development and implementation of
                    a screening program, identified a few assays to use as starting  points.  However, as they affirmed, no assays were
                    considered to be  "validated"  at the  time.   EPA's endocrine disruptor research program refined these assays and
                    developed new ones when the starting point assays were found to be unreliable or inadequate.  Between FY 2000 and
                    FY 2006, EPA will have completed 22 milestones associated with this APG, including reducing scientific uncertainty
                    regarding the mechanisms by which chemicals interfere with the endocrine system, developing reports on a variety of
                    screening assays in different animal species (e.g.,  fish,  frogs, rats), and transferring protocols  that have  been
                    standardized in  our laboratories and accompanying background documentation to  OPPTS.  OPPTS will have the
                    protocols validated by an external peer review panel and will implement a screening program using them. The data that
                    will be developed from the application of the validated protocols will enable the Agency to  conduct risk assessments
                    from which decisions can be made that will reduce  or prevent unreasonable risks to humans and wildlife from exposure
                    to endocrine disruptors.

      Beginning in FY 2005, regular evaluations by independent and external panels  will provide reviews of EPA research programs'
      relevance, quality, and successful performance to date, and will determine whether EPA has been successful in meeting its annual and
      long-term commitments for research.

      Homeland Security Research
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       In 2007       Enhance public health and safety and mitigate adverse effects of the purposeful introduction of hazardous chemical,
                    biological, or radiological materials into the environment.

       In 2006       Provide methods, guidance documents, technologies and tools  to first responders  and decision-makers to enhance
                    safety and to mitigate adverse effects of the purposeful introduction of hazardous chemical or biological materials into
                    the environment.
                 Performance Measures
       Comprehensive guidance document for building
       owners and managers on restoration of buildings
       after  terrorist  contamination with biological or
       chemical hazards
       Guidance   document   for  emergency   and
       remedial response personnel and water utility
       operators for  the restoration of water systems
       after  terrorist  contamination with biological or
       chemical hazards
       Comprehensive  guidance  package   including
       data,  methodologies, and other risk assessment
       tools  that will assist emergency responders in
       establishing remediation goals at incident sites
       Provide guidance documents to support efficient
       and   effective  outdoor  clean-ups  and  safe
       disposal of decontamination wastes.
       Develop    emergency/laboratory    capacity
       documents to improve the standardization of
       methods and/or safety of personnel  involved
FY 2002
Actuals
FY 2003
Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY 2005
Actuals
FY2006
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FY 2007
  Pres
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                                                               Guidance
                                                               Guidance
                                                               Guidance
                                                               products


                                                               protocols
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       with  the  collection  of environmental samples
       during a significant event.
       Test  and  evaluate  homeland security-related
       technologies,  producing technology evaluation
       reports.
       Provide products to enhance security of water
       systems through early detection and prepare for
       a terrorist attack on water system for treatment
       of  the  water and  decontamination  of  the
       infrastructure.
       Evaluate relevant health and risk-related data to
       support risk assessors in the rapid assessment of
       risk.
FY 2002
Actuals
FY 2003
Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY2005
Actuals
FY2006
Enacted
FY2007
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                                                     13
                                                     40
                                                     reports
                                                                reports
                                                     advisory
                                                     levels
       Baseline:     The goal of the National Homeland Security  Research Center is to provide appropriate and  effective threat  and
                    consequence assessment  guidance  and technologies  to  help  decision-makers prepare for and respond to  attacks
                    involving chemical, biological and  radiological contaminants. This goal encompasses improving ways to detect  and
                    contain contaminants, and providing improved methods to decontaminate buildings, water infrastructure systems  and
                    outdoor environments. The Center is also committed to providing emergency response support, expanded laboratory
                    capacity and  capabilities, and  evaluations of homeland security-related technologies. The  Center was created in
                    recognition of terrorists threats to the  United States and its citizens  and the need to improve the nation's  domestic
                    preparedness and response to intentional attacks.

       Computational Toxicology
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       In 2007       Initiation of a research program (ToxCast) to categorize the potential hazard of chemicals using modern tools of computational
                    toxicology.

       Performance Measures                         FY2002   FY 2003   FY 2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY2007
                                                    Actuals     Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted   Pres Bud
       Identification and evaluation  of in  silico  and                                                       1          method
       molecular indicators that can be used to validate
       the predictiveness of high through put tools for
       categorizing potential for toxicity

       Baseline:     Despite pressing needs of a number of EPA  Program Offices, there is no scientifically acceptable method for efficiently
                    and effectively  prioritizing broad  lists of chemicals  (e.g., endocrine disrupting chemicals, high production volume
                    chemicals) for toxicological testing. This research program will create the foundation for such a method.

       Human Health Research

       In 2007       Increased use of human health research products

       Performance Measures                         FY 2002   FY 2003   FY 2004   FY 2005   FY2006   FY2007
                                                    Actuals     Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted   Pres Bud
       Percentage  of planned outputs delivered in                                                       100        Percent
       support  of  public health outcomes long-term
       goal.
       Percentage  of planned outputs delivered in                                                       100        Percent
       support of mechanistic data long-term goal.
       Percentage  of planned outputs delivered in                                                       100        Percent
       support of aggregate and cumulative risk long-
       term goal.
       Percentage  of planned outputs delivered in                                                       100        Percent


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      Performance Measures                        FY2002   FY2003   FY2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY2007
                                                 Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Enacted    Pres Bud
      support of the susceptible subpopulations long-
      term goal.
      Average time (in  days)  to  process  research                                                    292      Average
      grant proposals from RFA closure to submittal                                                             Days
      to EPA's GAD,  while  maintaining a credible
      and efficient competitive merit review system

      Baseline:     To assess progress toward the  goal of increased use of human health research products,  ORD will measure the
                   percentage of planned outputs delivered on time for each long-term goal. As an efficiency measure, the program will
                   also track the average time to process research grants proposals.

      GOAL:  COMPLIANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

      Improve environmental performance through compliance with environmental requirements, preventing pollution, and promoting
      environmental stewardship. Protect human health and the environment by encouraging innovation and providing incentives for
      governments, businesses, and  the public that promote environmental stewardship.

      OBJECTIVE: IMPROVE COMPLIANCE

      By 2008, maximize compliance to protect human health and the environment through compliance assistance, compliance incentives,
      and enforcement by achieving a 5 percent increase in the pounds of pollution reduced, treated, or eliminated, and achieving a 5 percent
      increase in the number of regulated entities making improvements in environmental management practices.

      Non-Compiiance Reduction

      In 2007       Through  monitoring and enforcement actions, EPA will increase complying actions, pollutant reduction or treatment,
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       In 2006       Through monitoring and enforcement actions, EPA will increase complying actions, pollutant reduction or treatment,
                    and improve environmental management practices.

       In 2005       Through monitoring and enforcement actions, EPA increased complying actions, pollutant reduction or treatment, and
                    improved environmental management practices (BMP), reducing 1.1 billion pounds of pollutants in FY 2005.

       In 2004       Enforcement actions taken  in 2004 required  defendants to reduce, treat, or eliminate 1 billion pounds of illegal
                    emissions  and discharges, and establish improved  EMPs  that  will help  detect  and prevent potential future non-
                    compliance; the 21,000 inspections, 425 criminal investigations, and 455 civil investigations conducted maintain an
                    effective deterrent to violations of federal environmental laws.

       In 2003       EPA directed enforcement actions to maximize compliance and address environmental and human health problems.

       In 2002       Based upon one measure, this APG was not met.
                 Performance Measures
      Millions of pounds of pollutants required to be
      reduced through enforcement actions settled this
      fiscal year.(core optional)
      Pounds of pollution estimated to be reduced,
      treated, or eliminated as a result of concluded
      enforcement actions, (civil enf)
      Percentage of  concluded   enforcement  cases
      (including  SEPs)  requiring that pollution  be
      reduced, treated, or eliminated.
      Percentage of  concluded   enforcement  cases
      including SEPs  requiring  implementation  of
FY 2002 FY 2003
Actuals Actuals
261 600



FY 2004 FY 2005
Actuals Actuals
1,000
1,100
28.8
72.5
FY 2006
Enacted
450
30
65
FY 2007
Pres
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Million
pounds
500 Million
pounds
30 Percentage
70 Percentage
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Actuals
FY 2003
Actuals
FY2004
Actuals
       improved environmental management practices.
       Percentage   of   regulated   entities   taking
       complying  actions  as  a  result  of  on-site
       compliance inspections and evaluations.
       Dollars  invested  in  improved  environmental
       performance    or   improved   environmental
       management  practices as a result of concluded
       enforcement  actions (i.e., injunctive relief and
       SEPs)
       Percent of concluded enforcement actions that  77
       require an  action that results in environmental
       benefits and/or changes in facility management
       or information practices.
FY2005
Actuals
                               19
                               $10
                               Billion
FY 2006
Enacted
                               25
                               $4.1
                               Billion
FY 2007
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30
                               $4.2
                               Billion
                                          Percentage
                               Dollars
          63
          83
                                          Percent
      Baseline:      The FY2005 baseline for the number of facilities taking complying actions to address deficiencies identified during on-
                    site compliance inspections and evaluations is 947 facilities that took complying actions.  The 2008 strategic target is a
                    5% increase in complying actions taken during inspections compared to the FY2005  baseline of 947 facilities.  The
                    FY2005 baseline for the percent of enforcement actions requiring that pollutants be reduced, treated, or eliminated is
                    28.8%. The strategic target is a 5% increase in the percent of enforcement actions requiring that pollutants be reduced,
                    treated, or eliminated by FY 2008 based on the FY2005 baseline.  The FY2005 baseline for the percent of enforcement
                    actions requiring improvement of EMPs is 72.5%.  The FY2005 baseline for the increase in the pounds of pollution
                    reduced, treated, or  eliminated is 620 million  pounds.  The baseline for the number of regulated entities making
                    improvements in EMPs is 5,220 regulated entities. The strategic  target is a 5% increase in the percent of enforcement
                    actions requiring improvement in environmental management practices by FY2008.
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       Compliance Incentives

       In 2007       Identify and correct noncompliance and reduce environmental risks through an increase in the percent of facilities that
                    use EPA incentive policies to conduct environmental audits or other actions that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution or
                    improve environmental management practices.

       In 2006       Through  self-disclosure policies, EPA will increase the percentage of audits or other actions reducing pollutants  or
                    improving EMP.

       In 2005       Through  self-disclosure policies, EPA increased the percentage of audits or other actions reducing 1.9 million pounds
                    of pollutants & improved environmental management practices.

       In 2004       In FY2004, over 900 facilities voluntarily self-disclosed and corrected violations for reduced or eliminated penalties.
                    The  incentives programs  have helped  return  thousands  of facilities to compliance,  furthering environmental
                    stewardship  through the provision of information, incentives and innovation approaches  to reduce  or  eliminate
                    pollution.

       In 2003       Increased opportunities  through new targeted sector initiatives for industries to voluntarily self-disclose and correct
                    violations on a corporate-wide basis.

       In 2002       The number of facilities that participated in voluntary self-audit programs, disclosed and corrected violations greatly
                    exceeded the target.

                 Performance Measures             FY 2002   FY2003  FY2004  FY200S   FY 2006   FY 2007
                                                     Actuals   Actuals    Actuals    Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                             Bud
       Pounds  of  pollutants  reduced,  treated,   or                                   1.9        0.4         0.4        Pounds
       eliminated, as a result of audit agreements.                                        million     million     million
       Facilities voluntarily self-disclose  and correct   1,467      848       969                                       Facilities
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      of EPA self-disclosure policies.
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FY2003
Actuals
FY2004
Actuals
FY2005
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      Baseline:      The FY2005 baseline for the number of facilities that use EPA incentive policies to conduct environmental audits or
                    other actions that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution or improve EMPs is  1,095 regulated entities.  The strategic target
                    by FY2008 is a 5% increase in the percent of facilities that use EPA incentive policies to conduct environmental audits
                    or other actions that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution or improve environmental management practices. The baseline
                    for the pounds of pollutants reduced,  treated or eliminated as a result of audits or  other actions and for the dollars
                    invested in improved environmental performance or improved EMPs will be developed in FY2006.

      Regulated Communities

      Jn 2007       Prevent noncompliance or reduce environmental risks through EPA compliance assistance by achieving: an increase in
                    the percent of regulated entities that improve their understanding of environmental  requirements; an increase in the
                    number of regulated entities that improve environmental management practices; and an increase in the percentage of
                    regulated entities that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution.

      In 2006       Through compliance assistance, EPA  will increase  the understanding  of regulated  entities,  improve Environmental
                    Management Practices, and reduce pollutants.

      In 2005       Through compliance  assistance, EPA  increased the understanding  of regulated entities, improved Environmental
                    Management Practices, and  reduced pollutants. Seventy-eight percent of the Compliance Assistance Centers' survey
                    respondents from the regulated community improved environmental management practices as a result of information
                    provided by the Centers.

      In 2004       In FY 2004, EPA provided compliance assistance to 731,000  entities. Providing compliance assistance to businesses,
                    local governments, and federal facilities, improved understanding of regulations, promoted best management practices
                    and reduced pollution while saving regulated entities money.
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      In 2003      Increased the regulated  community's compliance with environmental requirements  through their expanded use  of
                   compliance assistance. The Agency continued to support small business compliance assistance centers and developed
                   compliance assistance tools such as sector notebooks and compliance guides.
                 Performance Measures
      Percentage of regulated entities receiving direct
      compliance assistance from EPA reporting that
      they  improved  EMP  as  a result  of EPA
      assistance.
      Percentage of regulated entities receiving direct
      assistance  from  EPA   reporting   that  they
      reduced, treated, or eliminated pollution, as  a
      result of EPA assistance.
FY 2002
Actuals
FY 2003
Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY 2005
Actuals

72
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Enacted

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                               13
                               15
                               15
                                                              Percentage
                               Percentage
      Baseline:     The  FY  2005 baseline  for the percent  of regulated entities that  improve their understanding of environmental
                   requirements  is 80%.  The strategic target is a 5%  increase in the  number of regulated entities that increase their
                   understanding of environmental requirements by FY2008. The FY2005 baseline for the percent increase in the number
                   of regulated  entities that improve environmental management practices  is 1,602 entities. The  strategic  target  for
                   increasing environmental management practices  through compliance  assistance is a 5%  increase  (1,682 regulated
                   entities) by FY 2008. The FY2005 baseline for the percent of regulated entities that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution
                   as a result of EPA compliance assistance is 10%. The strategic target for increasing the  percentage of compliance
                   assistance recipients that reduce, treat, or eliminate pollution is 5% by  FY2008.


      OBJECTIVE:  IMPROVE  ENVIRONMENTAL  PERFORMANCE  THROUGH POLLUTION PREVENTION AND
      INNOVATION
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       By 2008, improve environmental protection and enhance natural resource conservation  on the part of government, business, and the
       public through the adoption of pollution prevention and sustainable practices that include the design of products and manufacturing
       processes that generate  less pollution,  the  reduction of regulatory barriers, and the adoption of results-based, innovative, and
       multimedia approaches.

       Reducing PBTs in Hazardous Waste Streams

       In 2007       Reduce pollution in business operations.

       In 2006       Reduce pollution in business operations.

                 Performance Measures             FY2002   FY 2003  FY 2004  FY2005  FY2006   FY2007
                                                    Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                            Bud
       Number of pounds  reduced  (in  millions) in                                             1.2        0.6        Pounds
       generation of  priority list chemicals from 2001                                             million    million
       baseline of 84  million pounds.

       Baseline:      In FY 2001, the baseline of priority chemicals in waste streams was initially established at 88 million pounds; however,
                    the  baseline changes  from year to year as  industrial facilities correct past reporting  errors.   This necessitates
                    adjustments to annual targets. The FY 2008 goal is a reduction of 8.4 million pounds (10%). This is  a two-year lag
                    reporting actual reductions.

       Innovation Activities

       In 2007       Performance Track facilities collectively will meet 4 of the 6 annual performance improvement  targets for 3.7 billion
                    gallons of water use, 16.3 million MMBTUs of energy use, 1,050 tons materials use, 460,000 tons of  non-hazardous
                    solid waste, 66,000 tons of air releases, and 12,400 tons of discharges to water.
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       In 2006       Performance Track members collectively will meet targets for annual performance improvement targets for water use,
                    energy use, materials use, non-hazardous solid waste, air releases, and discharges to water.

       In 2005       In FY 2005,  Performance Track members collectively reduced water use by 528 million gallons, increased energy use
                    by 22 million  MMBTUs, increased solid  waste by  22,000 tons, reduced air releases by 7,700 tons, reduced water
                    discharges by 7,700 tons, and increased materials use by 125,000 tons.
                 Performance Measures
       Specific annual reductions in six media/resource
       areas:  water use, energy  use, solid  waste, air
       releases, water discharges, & materials use.
       Reduce 3.7 billion  gallons of water use; 16.3
       million MMBTUs of energy use;  1,050 tons of
       materials  use;  460,000  tons  of solid  waste;
       66,000 tons of air  releases; & 12,400 tons of
       water discharges.
       Reduce 3.5 billion  gallons of water use; 15.5
       million MMBTUs of energy use;  1,000 tons of
       materials  use;  440,000  tons  of solid  waste;
       66,000 tons of air  releases; & 12,400 tons of
       water discharges.
FY 2002
Actuals
FY2003
Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY 2005
Actuals

1
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Enacted
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                                                               Media
                                                               Reductions

                                                               Media
                                                               Reductions
                                                               Media
                                                               Reductions
      Baseline:      Annual performance goals are based on the collective normalized (production adjusted) improvements achieved by
                    Performance Track members in FY 2004 in 6 media areas.  The FY 2004 improvements, normalized to FY 2003
                    economic activity levels were a reduction of 3,387,333,545 gallons of water use; a reduction of 14,809,395 MMBTUs
                    of energy use; an increase of 1,752 tons of materials use; a reduction of 418,421 tons of non-hazardous solid waste; a
                    reduction of 63,123 tons of air releases and a reduction of 12,109 tons of water discharges.
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      Reduction of Industrial /Commercial Chemicals

      In 2007      Prevent, reduce and recycle hazardous industrial/commercial chemicals and municipal solid wastes.
      In 2006
      In 2005
      In 2004
      In 2003
      In 2002
Prevent,  reduce  and recycle hazardous industrial/commercial  chemicals  and  improve environmental stewardship
practices.

FY 2005 data will be available in FY 2007.

FY 2004  data will be available in FY 2006 to verify whether the quantity of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) pollutants
released,  disposed  of, treated or combusted  for energy recovery in 2004, (normalized for changes in industrial
production) was reduced by 200 million pounds, or 2%, from 2002.

The quantity of TRI pollutants released, disposed of, treated or combusted for energy recovery in 2003 decreased by
622 million pounds of TRI pollutants.

The quantity of TRI pollutants released, disposed of, treated or combusted for energy recovery in 2002, (normalized for
changes in industrial production) increased by 366 million pounds of TRI pollutants, or 2%, from 2002.
                 Performance Measures
                                FY2002   FY2003  FY 2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY2007
                                Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                      Bud
      Reduction   of   TRI   non-recycled    waste  366   M  622 M
      (normalized)                                 Lbs

      Quantity  of   hazardous   chemicals/solvents
      eliminated   through   the   Green   Chemistry
      Challenge Awards Program
      Percent  reduction in  both  Toxics  Release
      Inventory (TRI)  chemical  releases  to  the
                                                    Data
                                                    Avail.
                                                    FY2006
                                                    460
                                                              Data
                                                              Avail.
28%
28%
                     Pounds
                     Pounds
Releases
(Cum)
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Performance Measures FY 2002
Actuals

environment from the business sector per unit of
production ("Clean Index")
Percent reduction in TRI chemicals in
production-related wastes generated by the
business sector per unit of production ("Green
Index").
Reduction in overall pounds of pollution.
Millions of dollars saved through reductions in
pollution.
Annual cumulative quantity of water conserved.

Billions of BTUs of energy conserved.
Annual cumulative quantity of water conserved.

Cumulative conservation of millions of BTUs of
energy and gallons of water.
Cumulative reduction of hazardous chemical
releases to the environment and hazardous
FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005
Actuals Actuals Actuals

FY2007
Data
Avail.
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Data
Avail.
FY 2006
Data
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FY2006
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FY2006
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14%

42
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$170
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1.5
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175
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FY 2007
Data
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FY 2007
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$175
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1.6
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176
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600
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820
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Waste
(Cum)
Pounds
(Cum)
Dollars
(Cum)
Gallons

BTUs
(Cum)
Gallons

BTUslGallo
ns
(in millions)
Pounds
       chemicals  in  industrial  waste,  in millions of
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FY2004
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      pounds.
      Baseline:     The baseline for TRI non-recycled wastes is 622M pounds based on 2003 TRI data reported in FY2005.  The 2003
                   baseline  for cumulative reduction  of industrial hazardous chemical releases to the environment and  hazardous
                   chemicals in industrial wastes is 326 million pounds. The FY 2005 baseline for conservation of BTUs is 15 billion
                   BTUs. The FY 2002 baseline for gallons of water is 330 million gallons. The 2005 baseline for money saved is $2.9
                   million.  The 2003 baseline for the Clean Index is 8.1% of releases and the FY 2003 baseline for the Green Index is
                   7.5% of waste.

      OBJECTIVE: BUILD TRIBAL CAPACITY

      Through 2008, assist all federally recognized tribes in assessing the condition of their environment, help in building their capacity to
      implement environmental programs where needed to improve tribal health and environments, and implement programs in Indian
      country where needed to address environmental issues.

      Build Tribal Capacity

      In 2007      Assist federally recognized tribes in assessing the condition of their environment, help in building their  capacity to
                   implement environmental programs where needed to improve tribal health and environments, and implement programs
                   in Indian country where needed to address environmental issues.

      In 2006      Assist federally recognized tribes in assessing the condition of their environment, help in building their  capacity to
                   implement environmental programs where needed to improve tribal health and environments, and implement programs
                   in Indian country where needed to address environmental issues.
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       In 2005       EPA assisted Federally recognized tribes with assessing the condition of their environment, helped build their capacity
                    to implement environmental programs where needed  to improve tribal health and environments,  and implemented
                    programs in Indian Country where needed to address environmental issues.

       In 2004       86% of Tribes  have an  environmental presence (e.g.  one or more persons to assist in building Tribal capacity to
                    develop and implement environmental programs).

       In 2003       In 2003. AIEO evaluated non-Federal sources of environmental data pertaining  to conditions in Indian Country to
                    enrich the Tribal Baseline Assessment Project.

       In 2002       A cumulative total of 331 environmental assessments have been completed.


                 Performance Measures             FY2002  FY2003   FY2004   FY2005   FY2006  FY 2007
                                                   Actuals    Actuals    Actuals    Actuals   Enacted    Pres
                                                                                                         Bud
      Percent   of   Tribes   with    EPA-approved                       26        33         39         42        % Tribes
       multimedia workplans (cumulative).
      Percent  of Tribes with  delegated and  non-                       28        47         48         49        % Tribes
       delegated programs (cumulative).
      Percent   of   Tribes   with   EPA-reviewed                       44        29         30         31        % Tribes
      monitoring    and    assessment   occurring
       (cumulative).
      Number     of    environmental    programs                                 12.3       12.4       12.5      Programs
       implemented in Indian Country per million
      dollars.

      Baseline:      There are 572 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP program funding. The FY 2005 baseline for the percent of tribes
                    with EPA-approved multimedia workplans is 33% of tribes.  The  FY 2005 baseline for the percent of tribes with


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                    delegated and non-delegated programs is 47% of tribes. The FY 2005 baseline for the percent of tribes with EPA-
                    reviewed  monitoring and assessment occurring is  29% of  tribes. The FY 2005 baseline for the  number of
                    environmental programs implemented in Indian Country per million dollars is 12.3 programs.

      OBJECTIVE: ENHANCE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

      Through 2008, strengthen the scientific evidence  and  research supporting environmental policies and decisions on compliance,
      pollution prevention, and environmental stewardship.


      Research

      Pollution Prevention Tools and Methodologies

      In 2007       Ten percent increase in Pollution Prevention/Sustainability program publications rated as highly cited papers


                 Performance Measures             FY 2002   FY2003   FY 2004   FY 2005  FY 2006  FY2007
                                                   Actuals   Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Enacted    Pres
                                                                                                         Bud
      Percentage            of           Pollution                                                      44.2       %
      Prevention/Sustainability  program publications
      rated as highly cited papers (top 1%) in research
      journals.


      Baseline:      Bibliometric  analysis will be used  to assess the impact of peer-reviewed  publications.  Recent  results  from a
                    bibliometric analysis completed for the P2/Sustainability research program will be used as the baseline for assessing
                    impact in the  scientific community.  In 2005, 34.2% of P2 papers qualified as highly cited. The P2/Sustainability
                    research program proposes to quantify citation rate increases for the program's top publications.


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      NPM: OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

      Energy Consumption Reduction

      In 2007      As required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, EPA will achieve a 4% reduction in energy consumption from the
                  Agency's 2003 baseline.

      In 2006      As required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, EPA will achieve a 2% reduction in energy consumption from the
                  Agency's 2003 baseline.

                Performance Measures            FY 2002   FY2003  FY 2004  FY 2005   FY 2006   FY2007
                                                Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                   Bud
      Cumulative percentage  reduction  in energy                                         2         4        Percent
      consumption.

      Baseline:     For the Agency's 29 reporting facilities, the 2003 energy consumption of British Thermal Units (BTUs) per square foot
                  is 341,123 BTUs per square foot.

      Human Capital

      In 2007      EPA will  develop workforce  planning strategies  that  link current and future Human Capital needs to mission
                  accomplishments which will result in significant reductions in skill gaps for Mission Critical Occupations.  In addition,
                  EPA's recruitment strategy will focus on hiring needs that will encourage the use of hiring flexibilities, build on
                  centralized and local recruitment approaches,  and focus on attracting applicants who are talented,  diverse, and
                  committed to EPA's mission.

                Performance Measures            FY2002   FY2003  FY2004  FY2005   FY 2006   FY 2007
                                                Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                   Bud

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                Performance Measures
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Actuals
                                                     FY 2003
                                                     Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY2005
Actuals
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25
                                                                                                            Percent
                                                                                                  15
                                                                                                  100
                                                           Percent
                                                           Percent
Percent  to  which competency/skill  gaps are
reduced  (beginner to intermediate) in Mission
Critical Occupations.
Percent  to  which competency/skill  gaps are
reduced  (intermediate  to  expert)  in  Mission
Critical Occupations.
Number of  new hires recruited through EPA's
Environmental  Intern  Program  in  Mission
Critical Occupations.
Average time to  hire non-SES positions  from
date vacancy closes to date offer is extended,
expressed in working days.
For SES positions, the  average time from date
vacancy  closes  to  date  offer is extended,
expressed in working days.

BaseliLe:     Baseline will be established by FY 2007.

NPM: OFFICE  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

Information Exchange Network

In 2007      Improve  the  quality,  comparability, and availability of environmental data for sound environmental decision-making
            through the Central Data Exchange (CDX).
                                                                                                  45        Days


                                                                                                  90        Days
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      In 2006       Improve the quality, comparability, and availability of environmental data for sound environmental decision-making
                    through the Central Data Exchange (CDX).

      In 2005       Progress in developing the Central Exchange Network continues.

      In 2004       Significant progress has been made in developing the Exchange Network over the past three years.  The numbers of
                    Exchange Network nodes and data flows have increased making it possible to exchange and integrate large volumes of
                    environmental data  to enhance environmental decision-making.  A key component to the Network  is EPA's Central
                    Data Exchange (CDX) and its ability to  facilitate data exchange and  information  sharing. As a result, EPA  has
                    experienced a tremendous growth in users of CDX and the Network.

      In 2003       Continued to improve data access to ensure that decision makers have access  to the environmental  data that EPA
                    collects and manages to make sound environmental decisions while minimizing the reporting burden on data providers.

      In 2002       The Central Data Exchange (CDX), a key component of the environmental information exchange network,  became
                    fully operational and 45 states are using it to send data to EPA; thereby improving data consistency with participating
                    states.
                 Performance Measures
      States using the Central Data Exchange (CDX)
      to send data to EPA.
      Number of major EPA environmental systems
      that  use  the CDX  electronic requirements
      enabling faster receipt, processing,  and quality
      checking of data.
      States will be able to exchange data with CDX
      through state nodes in real time, using new web-
      based data  standards that allow for automated
FY 2002
Actuals
FY2003
Actuals
FY2004
Actuals
FY2005
Actuals
FY2006
Enacted
FY 2007
Pres
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45
49
                               22
                               29
36
                               40
                               50
           States
Systems
           States
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      data-quality checking.
      Number   of   users   from   states,   tribes,
      laboratories, and  others that  choose CDX  to
      report environmental data electronically to EPA.
      Percent of customer help desk calls resolved in a
      timely manner.
      In preparation for increasing  the exchange  of
      information through CDX, implement four data
      standards in 13 major systems and develop four
      additional standards in 2003.
      Number of private sector and local government
      entities, such as water authorities, will use CDX
      to exchange environmental data with EPA.
      CDX offers online data exchange for all major
      national systems by the end of FY 2004.
      Number of states  using CDX  as the means by
      which  they routinely exchange  environmental
      data with two or more EPA  media programs  or
      Regions.
FY 2002
Actuals
FY2003
Actuals
FY 2004
Actuals
FY2005
Actuals
FY2006
Enacted
FY 2007
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                               45,000    47,000    55000
                               96
                               96
                               96
                    7,050


                       13

                       49
                                                   Users
                               Percent

                               Data
                               Standards
                                                   Entities


                                                   Systems

                                                   States
      Baseline:     The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001, the baseline is 70 data flows. The baseline of users for the
                   scheduled deployment of data flows is approximately 75,000 users.

      Data Quality
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       In 2007       EPA will improve the quality and scope of information available to the public for environmental decision-making.

       In 2006       EPA will improve the quality and scope of information available to the public for environmental decision-making.

       In 2005       EPA continues to improve the quality and scope  of information available to the public for environmental decision-
                    making.

       In 2004       In FY 2004, EPA developed  a management report on  options for enhancing access to the  next  Report on the
                    Environment by making it easily available electronically.

       In 2003       The public had access to a wide range of Federal, state, and local information about local environmental conditions and
                    features in an area of their choice.

       In 2002       100% of the publicly available facility data from EPA's national systems accessible on the EPA Website is part of the
                    Integrated Error Correction Process; thereby reducing data error.

                 Performance Measures             FY2002   FY2003   FY 2004   FY 2005  FY2006   FY2007
                                                     Actuals    Actuals   Actuals    Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                           Bud
       Publicly  available  facility  data from  EPA's  100                                                            Percent
       national   systems,   accessible   on   the  EPA
       Website,  will be part of the  Integrated Error
       Correction Process.


       Responders to  the  baseline  questionnaire on                                 63                             Percent
       customer satisfaction on the EPA Website report
       overall satisfaction with their visit to EPA. GOV.
       Window-to-My   Environment   is   nationally            Nationall                                             Deployed
       deployed  and  provides  citizens  across  the            y
       country   with   Federal,   state,  and   local

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                 Performance Measures             FY2002   FY 2003   FY2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY 2007
                                                   Actuals   Actuals   Actuals   Actuals   Enacted    Pres
                                                                                                         Bud
      environmental information specific to an area of
      their choice.
      Establish the baseline for the suite of indicators                       1                                          Report
      that are used by EPA's programs and partners in
      the    Agency's    strategic    planning    and
      performance measurement process.

      Baseline:      An effort to develop a State of the Environment report based on environmental indicators was initiated in FY 2002.

      Information Security

      In 2007       OMB reports that all EPA information systems meet/exceed established standards for security.

      In 2006       OMB reports that all EPA information systems meet/exceed established standards for security.

      In 2005       EPA continues to make progress in improving its information security program.

      In 2004       EPA has made significant progress over the last 4 years in improving its information security program. For example,
                    EPA succeeded for a second year in achieving 100% intrusion detection, and the Agency's compliance with OMB's
                    security program criteria increased from 75% in FY 2003 to 91% in FY 2004.

      In 2003       OMB reported that all EPA information systems meet/exceed established standards for security.

      In 2002       Completed risk assessments on the Agency's critical infrastructure systems (12). critical financial systems (13), and
                    mission critical environmental systems (5).

                 Performance Measures             FY 2002   FY2003   FY2004   FY2005   FY2006   FY 2007

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      Critical  infrastructure systems  risk assessment
      findings  will  be  formally  documented  and
      transmitted to systems owners and managers in
      a formal Risk Assessment document.
      Critical   financial   systems  risk  assessment  13
      findings  will  be  formally  documented  and
      transmitted to systems owners and managers in
      a formal Risk Assessment document.
      Mission  critical  environmental  systems  risk  5
      assessment    findings    will   be   formally
      documented and transmitted to  systems owners
      and managers in  a formal  Risk Assessment
      document.
      Percent   of   Federal   Information  Security
      Management Act  reportable systems that  are
      certified and accredited.
      Percent   of   intrusion  detection  monitoring
      sensors installed and operational.
                                                  Enabling/Support Programs
                                            Annual Performance Goals and Measures

                                                  Actuals    Actuals    Actuals   Actuals   Enacted
12
                                                    Pres
                                                    Bud
                                        Systems
                                                            Systems
                                                            Systems
          75
          75
91
100
94
100
100
Percent
                              Percent
      Baseline:     In FY 2002, the Agency started planning an effort to expand and strengthen its information security infrastructure.

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      Fraud Detection and Deterrence
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       In 2007       In 2007, the OIG will improve Agency business and program operations by identifying 840 recommendations, potential
                    savings  and  recoveries equal to 150 percent of the annual investment  in the OIG,  230 actions for better business
                    operations, and 80 criminal, civil, or administrative actions reducing risk or loss of integrity.

       In 2006       In 2006, the OIG will improve Agency business and program operations by identifying 820 recommendations, potential
                    savings  and  recoveries equal to 150 percent of the annual investment  in the OIG,  225 actions for better business
                    operations, and 80 criminal, civil, or administrative actions reducing risk or loss of integrity.

       In 2005       The OIG has begun including the non-monetary results of "Single Audits" and audits performed for OIG in its targets
                    and results.  Therefore, OIG adjusted its original targets submitted to OMB to account  for the large increase in the
                    expected and actual number of improved business practices and systems and the number of business recommendations,
                    risks, and best practices identified.  The number of criminal, civil and administrative actions has increased, reflecting a
                    greater number of debarments and  suspensions of contractors, and the number of cases involving laboratories, which
                    are time-lag  results of prior years' performance.  The  285 percent return on the dollar investment in OIG represent
                    $143.8 million in questioned costs, recommended efficiencies and fines, recoveries, and penalties.

       In 2004       The OIG exceeded its annual targets except it only achieved a 48% potential dollar return on its budget.

       In 2003       The OIG exceeded the targets for this goal by including measures of i -suits in promoting economy and efficiency and
                    preventing and  detecting fraud, waste, and  abuse  in EPA programs  and  operations  in addition to  measures of
                    environmental recommendations and improvement.

                 Performance Measures             FY2002  FY2003   FY2004  FY2005  FY2006   FY 2007
                                                    Actuals   Actuals   Actuals   Actuals   Enacted     Pres
                                                                                                           Bud
       Number  of improved  business  practices  and                        133         724      225        230       Improveme
       systems.                                                                                                      nts
       Number  of criminal, civil, and  administrative                        108         125      80         80        Actions
       actions.
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                                              Annual Performance Goals and Measures
FY 2002
Actuals
       Number of business recommendations,  risks,
       and best practices identified.
       Return  on  the annual dollar investment in the
       OIG.
FY2003
Actuals

312


856
FY 2004
Actuals

390


 48
FY2005
Actuals

1,119


 285
FY 2006
Enacted

820


150
FY 2007
  Pres
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840


150
                                                               Recommend
                                                               a-tions
                                                               Percent
      Baseline:      In FY 2002, the OIG established a baseline of 150 business recommendations, 70 improved business practices, and 50
                    criminal, civil, and administrative actions for improving Agency management; and a 100%  potential dollar return on
                    the investment in the OIG from savings and recoveries.

      Audit and Advisory Services

      In 2007       In  2007,  the  OIG will contribute  to  improved  environmental  quality and  human health by  identifying  115
                    environmental recommendations, best practices, risks, or opportunities for improvement; contributing to the reduction
                    or  elimination of 33  environmental  or infrastructure security risks;  and  55 actions influencing  environmental
                    improvements or program changes.

      In 2006       In  2006,  the  OIG will contribute  to  improved  environmental  quality and  human health by  identifying  105
                    environmental recommendations, best practices, risks, or opportunities for improvement; contributing to the reduction
                    or  elimination of 28  environmental  or infrastructure security risks;  and  50 actions influencing  environmental
                    improvements or program changes.

      In 2005       These performance results generally represent  complex  environmental actions to  be taken  subsequently to OIG
                    recommendations,  risks, and best practices identified. While the results for Environmental Actions and  Improvements
                    indicate the measure was not met, the system used to track  this information currently does not capture actions taken by
                    EPA program managers prior to the issuance of the Inspector General's final report, which means the number of actions
                    taken (35) is probably artificially low from errors of omission. Further, there are a considerable number of primary and
                    secondary actions  and  improvements that are time lagged, occurring beyond the immediate scope of  recognition as
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      In 2004
      In 2003
                                 Enabling/Support Programs
                          Annual Performance Goals and Measures

reportable results because of their complexity and expanded residual effect, thereby making them difficult to track.
Therefore, the reported results for this measure are conservative and do not fully reflect the scope or number of actions
taken and improvements made.

Exceeded its targets by identifying 116 environmental recommendations, risks, and best practices; contributing to the
reduction of 45 environmental risks; and 49 actions influencing positive environmental or health impacts.

Improved environmental quality and human health by identifying 312 environmental recommendations, risks, and best
practices; contributing to the reduction  of 92 environmental risks, and 185 actions influencing positive environmental
or health impacts.
                 Performance Measures


      Number of environmental risks reduced.
      Number of environmental actions.

      Number  of  environmental  recommendations,
      risks, and best practices identified.
                                FY2002   FY2003   FY 2004   FY 2005   FY2006   FY 2007
Actuals

92
185

485

Actuals

45
49

116

Actuals

35
35

112

Enacted

28
50

105

Pres
Bud
33
55

115



Risks
Improveme
nts
Recommend
a-tions
      Baseline:      In FY 2002, the OIG established a baseline of: 75 recommendations, best practices and risks identified contributing to
                    improved Agency environmental goals; 15 environmental actions; and the reduction of 15 environmental risks
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   COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES - ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Goal 1- Clean Air and Global Climate Change
Objective: Healthier Outdoor Air

The   Environmental  Protection   Agency
(EPA) cooperates with other Federal, state,
Tribal, and local agencies in achieving goals
related to ground level ozone and PM. EPA
continues   to   work   closely  with   the
Department  of Agriculture 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  (DO I), National  Park Service
(NFS),  in  developing  its regional haze
program   and  deploying  the  IMPROVE
visibility monitoring network. The operation
and  analysis  of  data  produced  by  the
paniculate matter (PM)  monitoring system
is an example of the close coordination of
effort 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 be working to
further distribute NASA satellite products to
and NOAA  air quality forecast  products to
Regions, states, local agencies, and Tribes to
provide  better understanding of air quality
on a day-to-day basis and to assist with PM
forecasting.  EPA will also  work with
NASA to develop a better understanding of
PM formation using satellite data.  EPA
works  with  the Department  of the  Army,
Department of Defense (DoD) on advancing
emission measurement technology and with
the  National  Oceanic  and  Atmospheric
Administration  (NOAA),  Department  of
Commerce  for  meteorological  support  for
our modeling and monitoring efforts.

To better understand the magnitude, sources,
and causes of mobile  source pollution, EPA
works  with  the  Departments of  Energy
(DOE) and DOT to fund research projects.
A  program  to  characterize the  exhaust
emissions from  light-duty gasoline vehicles
is being co-funded by DOE and DOT. Other
DOT  mobile  source   projects   include
TRANS1MS (TRansportation ANalysis and
SIMulation System) and other transportation
modeling projects; DOE is  funding these
projects through  the  National  Renewable
Energy Laboratory. EPA also works closely
with  DOE   on  refinery  cost  modeling
analyses and the development of clean fuel
programs.    For mobile sources program
outreach, the Agency is participating in  a
collaborative effort  with DOT's  Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)  and the
Federal  Transit   Administration   (FTA)
designed to educate  the public  about  the
impacts of  transportation choices on traffic
congestion,  air  quality,  and  human health.
This  community-based   public  education
initiative also  includes  the  Centers  for
Disease Control (CDC).  In addition, EPA is
working with DOE to identify opportunities
in  the  Clean Cities  program.   EPA also
works  with  other Federal agencies such as
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the  U.S.  Coast  Guard  (USCG)  on  air
emission issues.  Other programs targeted to
reduce air toxics from  mobile sources  are
coordinated with DOT.  These partnerships
can  involve policy assessments and  toxic
emission reduction strategies in  different
regions of the country.

To  develop   new   continuous   source
monitoring  technology  for  toxic metals
emitted   from   smokestacks,   EPA    has
partnered with the DoD.  This  partnership
will  provide a new source monitoring tool
that  will  streamline   source   monitoring
requirements   that  a   number  of  DoD
incinerators   are  required  to  meet   and
improve the operation  of DoD incinerators
with   real-time   emissions   information
resulting in reduced releases of air toxics to
the environment.  In time, this technology is
expected to be available for use at non-DoD
facilities.

For  the clean fuel programs, EPA works
closely  with the  DOE  on  refinery  cost
modeling  analyses.  For  mobile  sources
program    outreach,    the    Agency   is
participating  in a collaborative  effort with
FHWA  and FTA  designed to educate  the
public about the impacts of transportation
choices  on  traffic congestion, air quality,
and  public  health.  This  community-based
public education initiative also includes the
CDC. In addition, EPA works with DOE to
identify opportunities  in  the Clean Cities
program.   EPA  also  works  cooperatively
with DOE to better characterize gasoline  PM
emissions and characterize the contribution
of gasoline vehicles and engine emissions to
ambient PM levels.

To reduce  air toxic emissions that do  not
inadvertently  increase  worker  exposures,
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.  To assess
atmospheric  deposition  and  characterize
ecological effects,  EPA works with NOAA
and  the Department of the Interior's  U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).

The  Agency  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.

To  determine   the   extent  to   which
agricultural   activities  contribute  to  air
pollution, EPA will continue to work closely
with   the   USD A   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  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  will
complement EPA's programs on  children's
health, Trade  and  the  Environment,  and
trans-boundary air pollution.  In addition,
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EPA will partner  with others worldwide,
including international organizations such as
the    United    Nations     Environment
Programme,  the  European  Union,  the
Organization for Economic Development
and Co-operation (OECD), the World Bank,
the Asian  Development  Bank,  and  our
colleagues in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and
Japan.

Objective: Healthier Indoor Air

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
     conduction   programs   aimed   at
     reducing children's exposure to known
     indoor triggers  of asthma,  including
     secondhand smoke;
  8  Department of  Housing  and  Urban
     Development (HUD) on home health
     and  safety issues,  especially those
     affecting children;
  •  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.

Objective: nrotect the  Ozone Layer

In an effort to curb the illegal importation of
ozone  depleting  substances  (ODSs),  an
interagency  task   force    was   formed
consisting of representatives from EPA, the
Departments of Justice  (DOJ), Department
of Homeland  Security (DHS), Department
of State, Department of Commerce, and the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  Venting of
illegally   imported   chemicals   has   the
potential  to prevent the United States from
meeting the goals of the Montreal Protocol
to restore the ozone layer.

EPA  works   very   closely   with   the
Department of State  and   other  Federal
agencies   as  appropriate in  international
negotiations among Parties to the Protocol.
EPA works with the  Office  of  the United
States  Trade   Representative  to   analyze
potential trade  implications in stratospheric
protection  regulations that  affect  imports
and exports.

EPA is   working  with  USDA  and  the
Department of State  to facilitate  research
and development  of alternatives to methyl
bromide.    EPA  collaborates  with  these
agencies   lo   prepare  U.S.   requests  for
emergency and critical use exemptions of
methyl bromide.  EPA is providing input to
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USDA on rulemakings for methyl bromide-
related programs.  EPA  consults with the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the
potential  for  domestic  methyl  bromide
needs.

EPA also coordinates closely with 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 works with the  CDC and the National
Weather Service (NWS)  to coordinate the
Ultraviolet Radiation (UV) Index and the
health   messages  that  accompany  index
reports.  EPA is a member of the  Federal
Council on Skin Cancer  Prevention, which
educates and protects all Federal employees
from  the  risks of  overexposure  to UV
radiation.

In addition to collecting  its own UV  data,
EPA coordinates with NASA and NOAA to
monitor the state of the stratospheric ozone
layer.  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.

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: Radiation

In  addition   to  the  specific  activities
described  above, EPA continues to  work
with  Federal  agencies   including Nuclear
Regulatory Commission  (NRC), DOE, and
DHS to prevent metals and finished products
suspected     of    having     radioactive
contamination from  entering the  country.
EPA also works with the DOT on initiatives
to  promote  use of  non-nuclear density
gauges for highway paving,  and with the
DOE and NRC  to  develop  state-of-the-art
tracking systems for radioactive  sources in
U.S. commerce.

Objective:   Reduce   Greenhouse   Gas
Intensity

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  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,
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USGCRP, NOAA, NASA, and the DoD, to
prepare the Third 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   Third    National    Communication
describes  policies and measures  (such  as
ENERGY   STAR  and   EPA's  Clean
Automotive      Technology      initiative)
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 2002.  The
"U.S. Climate Action Report 2002: Third
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/usnc3.pdf

EPA works  primarily with the Department
of Slate, 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.

EPA works  primarily with the Department
of  State,  the  Agency   for  International
Development as well as local and  regional
foreign  governments   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.

Objective: Enhance Science and Research

EPA works with the National Park Service
in operating Clean Air Status and Trends
Network (CASTNET).   In addition,  DOE
will pursue actions such as promoting  the
research, development, and deployment of
advanced    technologies    (for   example,
renewable  energy sources).  In the case of
fuel cell vehicle technology, EPA is working
closely with DOE  as the  Administration's
FreedomCAR initiative develops, taking the
lead on emissions-related  issues.

The President's  call for a greatly expanded
and  coordinated  inter-agency  particulate
matter (PM)  research  effort  led  to  the
creation in  1999 of the  Particulate Matter
Workgroup, which is administered by  the
Air Quality Research Subcommittee of the
Committee  on  Environment  and  Natural
Resources  (CENR).   This workgroup,  co-
chaired by  EPA and NIEHS, has completed
its Strategic Research  Plan for Particulate
Matter24  to guide  the  coordinated  Federal
research program over the next five to  ten
years.

The body  of national PM  research dealing
with  atmospheric  sciences is coordinated
under North American Research Strategy for
Tropospheric  Ozone)   NARSTO.25    Its
24 Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Air
Quality Research Subcommittee, Strategic Research Plan
for Particulate Matter (Washington: CENR, 2002).
Available at:

15 Formerly an acronym for the North American Research
Strategy tor Tropospheric Ozone, the term NARSTO now
describes a public-private partnership across the U.S.,
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membership of more than 65 organizations,
which includes all major Federal, state, and
provincial  governments,  private  industry,
and    utilities,    recently    released   an
assessment26 of PM atmospheric science to
help  policy makers  implement  air  quality
standards  for  PM.   It  presents the  latest
understanding     of    PM    atmospheric
phenomena   over   North  America  and
recommends    additional   work   to   fill
identified gaps.

EPA's air toxics  research  is coordinated as
needed with other Federal agencies,  such as
the  National   Institute  of Environmental
Health  Sciences (NIEHS) and the National
Toxicology Program  (as a source of  toxicity
testing data).  EPA also  supports the Health
Effects Institute (HEI),27 which  coordinates
with  industry  partners.   In addition, EPA
conducts  research   on   advanced   source
measurement  approaches  jointly  with  the
Department of Defense through the Strategic
Environmental Research and  Development
Program (SERDP).28
Canada, and Mexico for dealing with tropospheric
pollution, including ozone and suspended paniculate
matter.  For more information, visit:

26 NARSTO, Paniculate Matter Scie.nc.e. for Policy Makers:
A NARSTO Assessment (London: Cambridge University
Press, 2004). Available at:

27 For more information, visit:

28 For more information, visit: 
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Goal 2~ Clean and Safe Water
Objective: Protect Human Health

The  1996  SDWA amendments include  a
provision  that  mandates  joint  EPA/CDC
study of waterborne diseases and occurrence
studies in public water supplies.   CDC is
involved in assisting EPA in training health
care providers (doctors, nurses, public health
officials, etc.) on public health issues related
to drinking water contamination and there is
close CDC/EPA coordination on research on
microbial  contaminants in  drinking water.
EPA has in place a MOU and an Interagency
Agreement  (TAG)  with  the  CDC  to
implement this provision.

In implementing its source water assessment
and   protection   efforts,   the   Agency
coordinates many of its activities with other
Federal agencies.  There are three major
areas  of relationships  with  other  agencies
concerning source water  assessments  and
protection.

Public Water Systems (PWS)

Some Federal agencies, (i.e., USDA (Forest
Service), DoD, DOE, DOI/NPS, and USPS),
own  and   operate public  water  systems.
EPA's  coordination  with  these  agencies
focuses primarily  on  ensuring that  they
cooperate  with  the  states  in which  their
systems  are  located,  and  that  they  are
accounted  for in the states' source water
assessment programs as mandated in the
1996    amendments   to   the   SDWA.

Data Availability,  Outreach and Technical
Assistance

EPA coordinates with USGS, USDA (Forest
Service,  Natural  Resources  Conservation
Service,    Cooperative   State   Research,
Education,    and     Extension    Service
(CSREES), Rural Utilities Service); DOT,
DoD, DOE, DOI (NFS and Bureau of Indian
Affairs  (BIA),  Land   Management,   and
Reclamation); HHS (Indian Health Service)
and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Tribal Access Coordination

EPA  will  continue to work  with other
Federal  agencies  to develop a  coordinated
approach to  improving tribal access to safe
drinking water.  In response to commitments
made during the 2002 World  Summit in
Johannesburg, the EPA committed to the
goal of coordinating  with other  Federal
agencies to  reduce  by half the number of
households on tribal lands  lacking access to
safe  drinking  water   by  2015.  United
Nations. 2002. Report of the World Summit
on Sustainable Development: Johannesburg,
South Africa,  26 August  - 4  September,
2002. New York, NY: United Nations.

Collaboration with USGS

EPA and USGS have identified the need to
engage in joint, collaborative field activities,
research and  testing,  data exchange,  and
analyses, in  areas such as the occurrence of
unregulated        contaminants,       the
environmental    relationships     affecting
contaminant   occurrence,   evaluation   of
currently regulated  contaminants,  improved
protection   area   delineation   methods,
laboratory   methods,  and  test   methods
evaluation.  EPA has an IAG with USGS to
accomplish    such   activities.      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.
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Collaboration  with  Public   and  Private
Partners on  Critical Water  Infrastructure
Protection

EPA   coordinates   with  other   Federal
agencies, primarily DHS, CDC,  FDA and
DoD    on    biological,   chemical,   and
radiological  contaminants,   and  how  to
respond to  their presence in drinking water
and wastewater systems. A  close linkage
with the FBI,  particularly with respect  to
ensuring the effectiveness of the ISAC, will
be continued.  The  Agency is strengthening
its working relationships with the American
Water    Works    Association    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.

Collaboration with FDA

EPA and FDA have issued  joint national
fish consumption advisories  to protect the
public   from   exposure  to    mercury  in
commercially and recreationally caught fish,
as  well as  fish  caught for  subsistence.
EPA's advisory covers the recreational and
subsistence fisheries in fresh  waters  where
states  and Tribes  have  not  assessed the
waters for  the need for an  advisory, ibid.
http://mapl.epa.gov/html/federaladv
FDA's advisory covers commercially caught
fish, and fish caught in marine waters. Ibid.
http ://map 1 .epa. gov/html/federaladv    EPA
works  closely  with FDA to  distribute the
advisory to the public.   In  addition, EPA
works with FDA to investigate the need for
advisories  for  other contaminants  and  to
ensure that these federal advisories support
and augment advisories issued by states and
Tribes.

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.
ibid.   "National   Beach   Guidance  and
Required Performance Criteria for Grants."
EPA will continue to work with  the USPS
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.

Objective. Protect Water Quality

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
(Natural Resources  Conservation  Service,
Forest   Service,   Agriculture   Research
Service),    DOI    (Bureau   of    Land
Management, Office  of  Surface  Mining,
USGS, USFWS,  and the  Bureau of Indian
Affairs), NOAA, DOT, and DoD (Navy and
COE).  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)
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Since inception of  the  NPDES  program
under Section 402 of the CWA, EPA and the
authorized states have  developed expanded
relationships with various Federal agencies
to implement  pollution controls for point
sources.  HP A 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 SBA and the Office
of Management  and  Budget   (OMB) to
ensure that regulatory programs are fair and
reasonable.  The Agency coordinates with
the NOAA on efforts to ensure that NPDES
programs  support   coastal   and  national
estuary efforts; and with the DOI on mining
issues.

Joint   Strategy   for   Animal   Feeding
Operations

The  Agency  is working  closely with the
USDA to implement the  Unified National
Strategy for   Animal  Feeding  Operations
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  CAFO
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)

Representatives from EPA's SRF program,
HUD's  Community  Development   Block
Grant program, and USDA's Rural Utility
Service have signed a MOU committing to
assisting  state or  Federal  implementers in:
(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.   In 1998,  EPA  and the  Rural
Utilities Service  of the USDA formalized a
partnership  between  the  two  agencies to
provide  coordinated financial and technical
assistance to Tribes.

Construction Grants Program  -  US Army
Corps of Engineers

Throughout the history  of the  construction
grants program under Title II of the  CWA,
EPA  and the delegated states have  made
broad use  of the construction  expertise of
the COE to provide varied assistance in
construction  oversight  and  administrative
matters.   EPA  works  with  the  Corps to
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provide oversight for  construction of  the
special   projects  that   Congress    has
designated.   The  mechanism   for   this
expertise has been and continues to be an
JAG between the two agencies.

Nonpolnt Sources

EPA will continue to work closely with its
Federal partners  to achieve  the  ambitious
strategic objective  of reducing pollutant
discharges,  including  at  least 20  percent
from   1992   erosion  levels.      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
will also continue to work closely with the
Forest  Service  and   Bureau  of   Land
Management,    whose   programs    can
contribute significantly to reduced pollutant
loadings of sediment, especially on the vast
public lands that comprise 29 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 will  also  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.
Vessel Discharges

Regarding  vessel  discharges,   EPA  will
continue working closely with the USCG on
addressing    ballast   water    discharges
domestically, and with the interagency work
group   and   U.S.  delegation  to   Marine
Environmental    Protection     Committee
(MEPC) on international controls. EPA will
continue to  work closely with  the USCG,
Alaska   and   other   states,   and  the
International   Council  of  Cruise   Lines
regarding regulatory  and  non-regulatory
approaches   to   managing    wastewater
discharges from  cruise ships.  EPA will also
continue to  work  with  the Coast  Guard
regarding  the   vessel  sewage  discharge
standards and with the Navy on developing
Uniform National Discharge Standards for
Armed  Forces vessels.  Regarding dredged
material management, EPA will continue to
work closely with the COE on standards for
permit   review,    as    well    as   site
selection/designation and monitoring.

OIA  also serves as the primary  point-of-
contact and  liaison with USAID. Specially
drawing on expertise from throughout EPA,
OIA  administers a number of interagency
agreements for environmental assistance.

EPA works  closely with a number of other
Federal agencies with environmental, health,
or safety mandates.  These include (among
others) the DOL, DOT, USDA, DOI, HHS
and FDA.

EPA works  with the Department  of State,
NOAA, USCG, Navy, and other Federal
agencies in  developing the technical basis
and    policy   decisions    necessary   for
negotiating   global   treaties   concerning
marine  an ti fouling   systems,   invasive
species, and  air  pollution  from  ships.  EPA
also  works  with  the  same  Agencies  in
addressing  land-based  sources of  marine
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pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and Wider
Caribbean Basin.

Objective: Enhance Science and 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
program   on   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 is also 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.

The issue of eutrophication, hypoxia, and
harmful algal blooms (HABs) is a priority
with the Committee on Environment  and
Natural Resources (CENR). An interagency
research  strategy for pfiesteria and other
harmful  algal  species  was  developed in
1998, and EPA is continuing to implement
that strategy. EPA is working closely with
NOAA on  the  issue of nutrients and risks
posed  by  HABs.    This  CENR is  also
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.
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Goal 3-Land Preservation and Restoration
Objective: Preserve Land

Pollution   prevention   activities   entail
coordination     with    other     Federal
departments/agencies, such as the  General
Services Administration (GSA) (use of safer
products  for indoor painting and cleaning),
the DoD (use  of safer paving materials for
parking lots), and Defense Logistics Agency
(safer solvents).  The program  also works
with the  NIST,  the International Standards
Organization,  and  other groups  to  develop
standards  for  Environmental  Management
Systems.

In addition to business, industry and other
non-governmental  organizations, EPA will
work with Federal, state, Tribal, and local
governments     to    encourage    reduced
generation as  well as the safe recycling of
wastes.   Frequently,  successful  programs
require  multiple partners  to address  the
multi-media   nature  of effective  source
reduction and recycling. The Agency  has
brought together a range of stakeholders to
examine  alternatives  in  specific industrial
sectors, and several regulatory changes have
followed which  encourage  hazardous waste
recycling.  Partners in this effort include the
Environmental Council of States, the Tribal
Association on Solid Waste and  Emergency
Response, and the Association of State  and
Territorial   Solid   Waste   Management
Officials.

As Federal partners, EPA and  the USPS
work together on several  municipal solid
waste  projects.  For  instance,  rather  than
dispose of returned or unwanted mail, EPA
and the USPS developed and implemented
successful   recycling   procedures    and
markets.    For  example,  unwanted  mail
(advertisements, catalogues, etc.) is being
returned  to  the  Post Office for recycling
rather  than  disposal  by the  recipient.  In
addition,    Integrated     Solid    Waste
Management Plans are  being implemented
at  parks  in  western  states  because  of
Regional  offices'  assistance  to  the  NFS.
EPA also works with the  SBA to  provide
support to recycling businesses.

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
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 13101  and in tracking and
reporting purchases of products made with
recycled contents.

In addition, the Agency is currently engaged
with the DoD, DoEd, DOE, USPS, 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  participated  in
developing a draft interagency MOU  which
will lead to increased reuse and recycling of
an array of computers and  other electronics
hardware  used  by civilian  and  military
agencies.  Implementation of this MOU will
divert substantial quantities of plastic, glass,
lead,  mercury, silver, and  other materials
from disposal. Currently, EPA works with
USDA  and  FDA  on a variety of  issues
related  to  the  disposal   of  agricultural
products     (food    and/or    animals),
contaminated  with chemical  or biological
pathogens.
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Concerns about the use of contaminants of
concern (e.g., methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, or
MTBE)  in  gasoline  further  underscores
EPA's  and   the  state's  emphasis  on
promoting compliance with all Underground
Storage Tanks  (UST)  requirements.  EPA
provides technical information, forums for
information    exchanges    and    training
opportunities to sates, Tribes and  Intertribal
Consorita    to    encourage     program
development and/or  implementation of the
UST  program.   In FY  2007, EPA will
continue   to    promote    cross   media
opportunities (e.g.  targeted  public health
protection through UST and Source Water
Protection   Programs,   support     core
development  and  implementation of state
and   Tribal  UST  programs,  strengthen
partnerships   among   stakeholders   and
provide  technical  assistance,  compliance
assistance,  and  training  to promote and
enforce UST facilities' compliance.

Objective: Restore Land

Superfund Remedial Program

The     Superfund   Remedial    program
coordinates  with many other  Federal and
state agencies  in accomplishing its mission.
Currently,  EPA  has   active  interagency
agreements with  NOAA,  DOI, OSHA,  the
Federal  Emergency Management  Agency
(FEMA), and USCG.

These agencies provide numerous Superfund
related  services such as providing technical
support  during   hazardous   waste  site
investigations and identifying and evaluating
the  severity  of  risks  posed  to natural
resources  from   hazardous  waste  sites;
providing scientific support  for  response
operations   in   EPA's  Regional  offices;
supporting the national response system by
providing emergency preparedness expertise
and administrative support to the National
Response Team and the Regional Response
Teams; assisting in the coordination among
Federal  and  state natural resource trustee
agencies;  conducting  outreach  to  stales,
Indian Tribes and Federal natural resource
trustee officials regarding natural resource
damage       assessments;       conducting
compliance assistance visits to review site
safety and  health  plans and  developing
guidelines for assessing  safety  and health at
hazardous  waste  sites;   supporting   the
Superfund program in the management and
coordination  of training programs for local
officials     through     the    Emergency
Management Institute and the  National Fire
Academy:  esponding to actual or potential
releases of hazardous substances involving
the coastal zones, including the Great Lakes
and  designated   inland  river  ports;  and,
litigating and settling cleanup agreements
and cost recovery cases.

Superfund Federal Facilities Program

The Superfund Federal Facilities Program
coordinates   with Federal  agencies  (e.g.
DoD, DOE,  DOI, etc.), states,  Tribes and
state  associations and others  to implement
its   statutory  responsibilities  to  ensure
cleanup and  property reuse.  The Federal
Facilities  Program  provides technical and
regulatory oversight  at  Federal facilities to
ensure human health and environment are
protected. Executive Order 12580 delegates
certain   authorities    for    implementing
Superfund to other Federal agencies.  EPA's
participation  in the acceleration process of
the first  four rounds of Base Realignment
and Closures (BRAC) was  funded through
an  IAG  which  expires on September 30,
2008. BRAC Round 5, finalized in 2005,
will result  in additional work requirements
in  FY 2006  and  outyears.    In  expediting
DOE's cleanup  program, DOE  has signed
lAGs with EPA for technical input regarding
innovative     and    flexible     regulatory
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approaches,  streamlining of documentation,
integration' of projects, deletion of sites from
the   NPL,    field   assessments,    and
development of management documents and
processes.    The  lAGs  have   received
recognition by DOE as a model for potential
use at other DOE field offices.

The Agency also  works in partnership with
state and Tribal governments to strengthen
their hazardous waste programs and improve
the  efficiency  and effectiveness  of  the
nation's overall hazardous waste  response
capability.    EPA  assists  the  states   in
developing      their      Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) implementation
programs  through  infrastructure  support,
financial  and  technical  assistance,  and
training.   Partnerships with states increase
the number of site cleanups, improve  the
timeliness  of responses,  and  make land
available   for   economic  redevelopment
earlier in  the process,  while allowing  for
more direct local involvement in the cleanup
process.

EPA partners with  other Federal  agencies,
state  and local governments,  and private
industry   to  fulfill  Superfund   program
priorities  when  a  site   is  radioactively
contaminated.        Under    CERCLA,
radioactively   contaminated   sites    are
addressed in a manner consistent with how
chemically contaminated sites are addressed,
accounting  for  the technical  differences.
The radiation program provides radiological
scientific   and   technical  expertise   and
leadership in evaluating projects as well as
providing field and laboratory support.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

The Agency maintains  a close relationship
with the state agencies that are authorized to
implement the  Resource  Conservation  and
Recovery  Act   (RCRA)  Permitting   and
Corrective Action Programs.  EPA expects
states to  achieve the same level of Federal
standards as the Agency, including annual
performance goals of human exposures and
groundwater releases controlled, as well as
the  number  of  facilities  brought  under
approved controls.  As part of the state grant
process, Regional offices negotiate with the
states  their   progress   in   meeting  the
corrective  action  environmental  indicator
goals.

Encouraging states to become authorized for
the  RCRA  Corrective  Action  Program
remains a priority.  Currently, 41 states and
territories   have   been   authorized   to
implement   the  program.     EPA   also
encourages  states  to  use  alternate  (non-
RCRA) authorities  to accomplish the goals
of the Corrective Action Program.  These
include  state  Superfund  and  voluntary
programs.

The  RCRA  Permitting  and  Corrective
Action  Programs  also  coordinate closely
with other Federal agencies, primarily the
DoD and DOE, which have  many sites  in
the corrective action universe.  Encouraging
Federal  facilities  to  meet   the  RCRA
Corrective  Action program's  goals remains
a top priority.

Leaking  Underground Storage Tanks

EPA, with very  few exceptions,  does not
perform  the cleanup of leaking underground
storage tanks (LUST).  States and territories
use the LUST Trust Fund 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.  Thirty-seven states have
their own  cleanup  funds  to pay for the
majority of owners' and operators' cleanup
costs.  The vast majority of LUST cleanups
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are paid for by  state LUST cleanup funds
and not by private parties; state  funds  are
separate from the Federal LUST Trust Fund.

States are key to  achieving the objectives
and long-term strategic goals.  Except  in
Indian Country, EPA relies on state agencies
to implement the LUST 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.  The EPA
LUST Program  also coordinates its efforts
with EPA's Office of Water to jointly work
with the states to address contamination in
areas that are the sources of drinking water.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

EPA plays a major role in reducing the risks
accidental  and   intentional   releases   of
harmful substances and oil pose  to human
health and the environment.   This requires
continuous coordination with many Federal,
state and local agencies. As the Federal  on-
sccne coordinator (OSC) in the inland zone,
EPA evaluates and responds to thousands of
releases  annually  as part of  the  National
Response Plan (NRP).  The NRP is a multi-
agency    preparedness    and    response
mechanism that  includes the  following key
components:  the National Response Center
(NRC);  the National  Response  Team (NRT),
composed  of   16   Federal  agencies;   13
Regional  Response Teams   (RRTs);  and
Federal  OSCs.   These organizations  work
with state and local officials to develop and
maintain contingency plans will enable  the
Nation to respond effectively  to hazardous
substance and oil emergencies.

In addition, the  Agency plays a leadership
role  in  crisis   management,   requiring
participation  on a  number  of interagency
committees and  workgroups.   Building  on
current   efforts   to   enhance   national
emergency response management, EPA and
its  role  on   the   NRT   will   continue
implementation of the new National Incident
Management System (NIMS).

The  NRP,  under the  direction of  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  has the  lead  responsibility  for  the
plan's    Emergency    Support   Function
covering hazardous  materials  and  inland
petroleum  releases.     Accordingly,  EPA
participates  in   the  Federal  Emergency
Support  Function Leaders Group  which
addresses NRP planning and implementation
at the  operational   level.    Through  this
interagency  organization,  Federal  agencies
handle  issue  formulation  and  resolution,
review after-action reports, and evaluate the
need  for changes to  NRP  planning and
implementation   strategies.     They  also
participate  in  NRP  exercises, training and
post  event evaluation actions, coordinating
these activities closely with the NRT.

EPA coordinates  its  preparedness activities
with  DHS,  FEMA,  Federal  Bureau  of
Investigation (FBI), other Federal agencies,
states and local governments.  EPA will also
continue   to    clarify    its   roles   and
responsibilities  to   ensure  that   Agency
security  programs are consistent with  the
national homeland security strategy.

EPA provides  staff support to the Homeland
Security Operations Center (HSOC) during
national disasters and emergencies, response
to terrorist  incidents and  other  responses
under the NRP.  EPA will also continue to
develop  and participate in training courses
on     emergency     support     function
responsibilities, deliver presentations on the
NRP  to  national  forums and participate in
nationwide exercises to test and improve the
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Federal  government's  preparedness  and
response system as well as its capabilities.

Under the  Oil Spill Program,  EPA works
with  other  Federal  agencies  such   as
USFWS,  NOAA,  USCG,  FEMA,  DOI,
DOT, DOE, and other Federal agencies and
states, as well as  with  local  government
authorities  to develop  Area  Contingency
Plans.  DOJ also provides assistance  to
agencies  with   judicial   referrals   when
enforcement    of   violations    becomes
necessary.   EPA and  the  USCG work  in
coordination  with other Federal authorities
to implement the National Preparedness for
Response Program.

The COE and the  Bureau of Reclamation
contribute to the cleanup of Superfund sites
by providing technical support for the design
and  construction  of   many   remediation
projects  through  site-specific  interagency
agreements. These Federal partners have the
technical design and construction expertise
and contracting  capability  needed to assist
EPA regions in implementing  most  of
Superfund's    high-cost    fund-financed
remedial action projects. The  two agencies
also  provide technical  on-site  support  to
Regions in the   enforcement  oversight  of
numerous construction  projects  performed
by  Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs).

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.
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 USGS also has a
number  of programs, such  as  the Toxic
Substances Hydrology Program, that support
studies  related to contamination of surface
water   and   groundwater  by   hazardous
materials.

The Agency  is also 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.
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
developed  an MOU29  with   several other
agencies [DOE, DoD, NRC, USGS, NOAA,
and  USDA]   for   multimedia  modeling
research and development.
29 For more information please go to: Interagency Steering
Committee on Multimedia Environmental Models MOU,
http://www.iscrnem.orE/Memorandum.htm
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Goal 4-Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
Objective:   Chemical,   Organism   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.

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,
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agencies  work  together on  residue testing
programs and on enforcement actions that
involve pesticide residues on food,  and we
coordinate  our  review   of antimicrobial
pesticides.   The Agency  coordinates with
USDA/ARS     in     promotion     and
communication of  resistance  management
strategies.    Additionally,  we  participate
actively   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.

Internationally,   the  Agency  collaborates
with   the  Intergovernmental  Forum  on
Chemical  Safety   (IFCS),  the   CODEX
Alimentarius   Commission,   the    North
American  Commission on Environmental
Cooperation (NACEC), 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.

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
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  , ublic,  growers  and   industry
organizations.

EPA works closely with Federal agencies to
improve the  health  of  children  and older
adults.  Working   with  the   CDC,   the
Environmental   Council  of  the   States
(ECOS), and the Association  of State and
Territorial  Health  Officials (ASTHO), a
national   action    agenda   to    reduce
environmental triggers of childhood asthma
was developed and implemented.

The  Agency  continues to work with other
Federal agencies in the  development  of
children's environmental  health indicators
used to monitor the  outcomes of children's
health efforts.   The Agency collaborates
with the CDC, National Center  for  Health
Statistics and  obtains  approval  from  the
Federal Interagency Forum on  Child and
Family  Statistics (www.childstg.ts^gQy) on
the reporting of appropriate children's health
indicators and data.  EPA also participates in
the development of the annual report entitled
"America's    Children:    Key    National
Indicators of Weil-Being."

As a member of the Interagency Forum on
Aging  Related  Statistics,  EPA  helps  to
assure that key indicators  associated  with
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important aspects of older Americans' lives
are considered in reports  such as "Older
Americans  2004:  Key Indicators of Well-
Being."

EPA and the Agency  for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) support the
Pediatric Environmental  Health  Specialty
Units (PEHSUs) which provide  education
and  consultation  services  on  children's
environmental  health  issues   to   health
professionals, public health officials, and the
public.

EPA  works  closely  with  other  Federal
agencies to  improve  children's  health  in
schools. For example, EPA has incorporated
into the new Healthy  School Environments
Assessment Tool (HealthySEAT), a number
of recommendations and requirements from
the Department of Education,  the CDC,
DOT, DOE, CPSC and OSIIA.

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  Agency works with a full range of
stakeholders  on homeland security issues:
USDA,  CDC,  other  Federal  agencies,
industry  and  the  scientific  community.
Review of the agents that may be effective
against  anthrax  has  involved GSA,  State
Department,   Research   Institute   for
Infectious Disease, FDA, EOSA, USPS, and
others, and  this effort  will build on this
network.

The  Acute  Exposure Guidelines  (AEGL)
program  is  a  collaborative effort  that
includes  ten Federal  agencies (EPA, DHS,
DOE, DoD, DOT, NIOSH, OSHA, CDC,
ATSDR,  and  FDA),    numerous   state
agencies,   private  industry,   academia,
emergency medical associations, unions, and
other organizations in  the private sector.
The  program  also  has  been  supported
internationally by  the OECD and  includes
active  participation  by the  Netherlands,
Germany and France.

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-
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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.  Coordination on safe PCB disposal is
an area  of ongoing emphasis with the DoD,
and particularly with the U.S. Navy, which
has  special   concerns  regarding  PCBs
encountered  during  ship scrapping.  PCBs
and mercury  storage and safe disposal are
also 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.

To effectively participate in the international
agreements on POPs, heavy metals and PIC
substances,   EPA   must    continue   to
coordinate with other  Federal agencies and
external stakeholders, such as Congressional
staff, industry, and environmental  groups.
For  example,  EPA  has  an  interest  in
ensuring that  the  listing  of  chemicals,
including  the application  of criteria  and
processes for  evaluating future chemicals for
possible international  controls,  is based on
sound   science.    Similarly,  the  Agency
typically coordinates with  FDA's  National
Toxicology   Program,   the  CDC/ATSDR,
NIEHS  and/or the Consumer Product Safety
Commission  (CPSC) on matters relating to
OECD test guideline harmonization.
EPA's objective  is  to  promote  improved
health and environmental  protection, both
domesticallv and worldwide. 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  (IFCS),  the
North    American     Commission     on
Environmental   Cooperation   (NACEC),
OECD,  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  is a  leader  in  global  discussions  on
mercury and was instrumental  in the launch
of UNEP's Global  Mercury Program,  and
we 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.

EPA  has  developed cooperative efforts on
persistant  organic pollutants  (POPs) with
key international  organizations and bodies,
such  as  the  United  Nations  Food  and
Agricultural   Organization,   the   United
Nations Environment Program,  the  Arctic
Council, and  the  World Bank.   EPA  is
partnering  with domestic and international
industry groups and foreign governments to
develop successful programs.

Objective: Communities

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
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governments  established two  international
institutions,   the  Border   Environmental
Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the
North   American   Development   Bank
(NADBank),  which  manages  the  Border
Environmental Infrastructure Fund (BEIF),
to support the financing and construction of
much need 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
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 to further
efforts to improve water  and wastewater
services to communities  within 100  km of
the U.S.-Mexico border. Recently, EPA has
been involved in efforts to  plan, design and
construct   more  than   10   water  and
wastewater facilities in the border region.

EPA's environmental mandate  and expertise
make it uniquely qualified  to  represent the
nation's   environmental  interests  abroad.
While the Department of State is responsible
for the  conduct of overall   U.S.  foreign
policy,    implementation   of   particular
programs, projects, and agreements is often
the responsibility  of other agencies with
specific technical expertise and resources.
Relations between EPA and DOS cut across
several  offices  and/or   bureaus  in  both
organizations.

EPA works extensively  with  the Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative  (USTR), as
well as the USTR-chaired interagency Trade
Policy Staff Committee  (TPSC) system, to
ensure that  U.S.  trade  and environmental
polices are  mutually supportive. (The TPSC
system  consists  of  various  interagency
workgroups that develop trade policy for
political  level review and decision.)   For
example, through the Agency's participation
in  the  negotiation  of  both  regional  and
bilateral  trade agreements and the World
Trade Organization Agreements, EPA works
with USTR to ensure that U.S. obligations
under international trade agreements do not
hamper the  ability of  Federal and  state
governments to maintain high levels  of
domestic environmental protection.

The two agencies  also  work  together to
ensure that  new obligations  are consistent
with U.S. law and EPA's rules, regulations,
and programs. In addition to  the work with
USTR,  EPA  also  cooperates  with many
other Federal  agencies in the development
and execution of U.S. trade policy, and in
performing environmental reviews of  trade
agreements, developing  and  implementing
environmental   cooperation    agreements
associated   with   each   new  FTA,   and
developing and implementing the associated
environmental  capacity  building projects.
EPA   works   most   closely   with   the
Department of State, USAID and USTR in
the capacity building  area.    Finally, the
Agency  also  serves as  the  co-lead (with
USTR) of the Trade and  Environment Policy
Advisory Committee (TEPAC), a formally-
constituted  advisory  body  made  up  of
respected experts from industry, NGOs and
academia.
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Brownfields

Under the  Brownfields  Federal Partnership
Action  Agenda,  EPA  and  its partnering
agencies work together to prevent,  assess,
safely  clean  up,  and  sustainably  reuse
brownfields.  More than 20 federal agencies
dedicated  to  hrownfields  cleanup  and
redevelopment   have   committed    their
resources  to  help revitalize communities
throughout the nation.   Building  on these
partnerships,   EPA    is    initiating    a
collaborative  effort  with  other  agencies
involved  in  brownfields  revitalization  to
develop a shared performance standard that
focuses on property  reuse.  Through this
effort, EPA  and its  partners will analyze
methods to demonstrate and measure the
transition  of  brownfields  into productive
reuse.

Objective: Ecosystems

National Estuary Program

Effectively    implementing    successful
comprehensive management  plans for the
estuaries   in  the   NEP depends  on  the
cooperation,  involvement,  and  commitment
of  Federal and state agency partners that
have  some  role  in   protecting  and/or
managing those estuaries. Common Federal
partners include NOAA, USFWS, COE, and
USDA.   Other partners include  state and
local  government  agencies,  universities,
industry,   non-governmental   organizations
(NGO), and members of the public.

Wetlands

Federal agencies share the goal of increasing
wetlands   functions    and  values,  and
implementing a fair and flexible approach to
wetlands regulations. In addition, EPA has
committed to working with ACOE to ensure
that the Clean Water Act Section 404
program    is   more   open,   consistent,
predictable, and based on sound science.

Coastal America

In efforts to better leverage our collaborative
authorities  to address coastal communities'
environmental issues (e.g.,  coastal habitat
losses,    nonpoint    source    pollution,
endangered species,  invasive species, etc.),
EPA, by memorandum of agreement in 2002
entered into  an  agreement  with  Multi-
agency  signatories.     November  2002.
Coastal  America  2002 Memorandum  of
Understanding.      Available   online   at
http://www.CQastalamerica.gov/text/mou02.
htm

Great Lakes

Pursuant to the mandate in  Section  118 of
the Clean Water Act to "coordinate action of
the Agency with the  actions of other Federal
agencies and state  and  local  authorities..."
Great  Lakes  National  Program  Office
(GLNPO)   is    engaged   in   extensive
coordination  efforts  with state, Tribal,  and
other Federal agencies,  as well as with our
counterparts in Canada.   EPA and its local,
state,  tribal  and   Federal   partners   are
coordinating  restoration of the Great Lakes
pursuant   to  a   Great  Lakes   Regional
Collaboration.  EPA previously joined with
states, Tribes,  and  Federal agencies  that
have  stewardship  responsibilities  for  the
Lakes in developing the new Great Lakes
Strategy.   In addition  to  the eight  Great
Lakes States and interested  Tribes, partners
include the COE, USCG, USFWS,  USGS,
NOAA and  NRCS.   The Strategy joins
environmental  protection   agencies  with
natural resource  agencies  in  pursuit  of
common goals.   These organizations  meet
semi-annually  as  the  Great  Lakes  U.S.
Policy Committee to strategically plan and
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prioritize environmental actions.   GLNPO
monitoring involves extensive coordination
among  these  partners,  both  in  terms of
implementing the monitoring program, and
in utilizing results from the  monitoring to
manage environmental programs. GLNPO's
sediments program works closely  with the
states  and  the Corps  regarding  dredging
issues.   Implementation  of the Binational
Toxics    Strategy   involves    extensive
coordination  with  Great   Lakes  States.
GLNPO works closely with  states, Tribes,
FWS,  and  NRCS  in  addressing habitat
issues  in the  Great  Lakes.    EPA  also
coordinates  with  these  partners  regarding
development    and   implementation   of
lakewide Management Plans for each of the
Great Lakes and for Remedial Action Plans
for the 31 U.S./binational Areas of Concern.

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay Program has a Federal
Agencies Committee,   chaired  by EPA,
which  was  formed in  1984  and  has  met
regularly ever  since.   There  are  currently
over 20 different Federal agencies actively
involved with the Bay Program through the
Federal Agencies Committee. The Federal
agencies have worked together over the past
decade  to implement the commitments laid
out  in  the 1994 Agreement of  Federal
Agencies on Ecosystem Management in the
Chesapeake Bay  and   the   1998  Federal
Agencies  Chesapeake  Ecosystem  Unified
Plan  (FACEUP).   The  Federal Agencies
Committee has been  focusing on  how its
members can  help  to  achieve  the  104
commitments contained in  the Chesapeake
2000 agreement adopted by the Chesapeake
Bay Program  in June 2000.   Through this
interagency  partnership  Federal  agencies
have contributed  to some major successes,
such as the U.S.  Forest Service helping  to
meet the year  2010 goal to  restore 2,010
miles of riparian forest buffers eight  years
early; the NPS the effort to  establish  over
500 miles of water trails three years early;
and the USFWS in reaching the Program's
fish passage goal of reopening 1,357 miles
of formerly blocked river habitat in 2004.
Also in 2004, through the Federal Agencies
Committee, the  members  sought  better
coordination of  agency budgets and other
programs   to  try  to  leverage  maximum
benefit  to  the  state,  private,  and  Federal
efforts protect and restore the Bay.

Gulf of Mexico

Key to the  continued progress of the Gulf of
Mexico  Program   is   a   broad   multi-
organizational Gulf states-led  partnership
comprises   of  regional;   business   and
industry;   agriculture;   state   and   local
government;  citizens; environmental  and
fishery  interests;  and, numerous  Federal
departments  and  agencies.    This  Gulf
partnership is comprised  of members of the
Gulf   Program's  Policy  Review  Board,
subcommittees,      and      workgroups.
Established in  1988, the Gulf of  Mexico
Program is designed to assist the Gulf States
and stakeholders in  developing a regional,
ecosystem-based  framework for restoring
and protecting the Gulf of Mexico  through
coordinated Gulf-wide as well  as  priority
area-specific efforts.    The  Gulf  States
strategically identify the  key environmental
issues and work at the regional,  state, and
local   level  to  define,  recommend,  and
voluntarily   implement   the   supporting
solutions.    To   achieve  the  Program's
environmental  objectives,  the  partnership
must  target specific Federal, state, local, and
private programs,  processes, and financial
authorities in order to leverage the resources
needed to  support  state and  community
actions.

Objective; Enhance Science and Research

Several Federal agencies sponsor research
on variability and susceptibility in risks from
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exposure  to  environmental contaminants.
EPA  collaborates  with a  number  of the
Institutes within the NTH 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.

Research  in   ecosystems   protection   is
coordinated  government-wide  through the
Committee on  Environment  and  Natural
Resources  (CENR).  EPA  is  an   active
participant in  the  CENR, and all work  is
fully  consistent  and  complementary  with
other Committee  member  activities.  EPA
researchers work within the CENR on the
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program (EMAP)  and  other  ecosystems
protection research, including the  restoration
of habitats and species, impacts of landscape
change, invasive species and inventory and
monitoring programs.

The    Mid-Atlantic    Landscape    Atlas
represents one of the EMAP's first regional-
scale  ecological  assessments,  and   was
developed  in  cooperation  with  NOAA,
USFWS, the University of Tennessee, and
DOE's  Oak   Ridge  National laboratory.
Development  of   the   Networking   and
Information    Technology   Research    &
Development  (NITR) Modeling  System  is
coordinated with the COE, USDA and DOE.
Through  interagency  agreements   with
USGS, EPA has worked to  investigate and
develop tools for  assessing the  impact  of
hydrogeology  on riparian restoration efforts.
The  collaborative   work with the  USGS
continues to play a vital role in investigating
the impact and fate of atmospheric loadings
of nitrogen and nitrogen applications as part
of restoration technologies on terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems. All of these efforts have
significant implications for risk management
in watersheds,  total maximum daily load
(TMDL) implementation, and management
of non-point source pollutants.

The  Agency, through partnerships  with
private sector companies, non-profits,  other
Federal  agencies,  universities, and states,
including  California EPA, has worked  to
identify and control  human  exposure  to
methyl-mercury.     EPA  has  also  been
working with  DOE and USGS to  address
risk  management  issues  associated  with
mercury emissions from utilities.

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 is also
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, the  NHSRC
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, the
NHSRC is  also collaborating with CDC.
The  NHSRC works with DOE to access and
support  research   conducted  by  DOE's
National Laboratories, as  well as to obtain
data related to radioactive materials.
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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  and Analysis
Center   (WaterlSAC)   operated  by  the
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
(AMWA).    The  National  Academy  of
Sciences has also been engaged to provide
advice on  the  long-term  direction  of the
water  research  and  technical  support
program.
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Goal 5-Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
Objective: Improve Compliance

The    Enforcement    and    Compliance
Assurance Program coordinates closely with
DOJ  on  all  enforcement  matters.    In
addition, the program coordinates with other
agencies on specific environmental issues as
described herein.

The Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance  (OECA)  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  BIA  on   Tribal  issues  relative   to
compliance  with environmental  laws  on
Tribal  Lands,  and with  the  SBA on  the
implementation  of  the  Small  Business
Regulatory  Enforcement  Fairness  Act
(SBREFA).  OECA also shares information
with  the  IRS  on  cases  which  require
defendants to  pay civil  penalties, thereby
assisting the IRS  in  assuring compliance
with tax laws.   In addition, it coordinates
with the SBA and a number of other Federal
agencies  in  implementing  the  Business
Compliance   One-Stop   Project,  an  "E-
Government"  project  that  is  part  of  the
President's    Regulatory    Management
Agenda. OECA also works with a variety of
Federal agencies including the DOL and the
IRS  to organize  a  Federal  Compliance
Assistance   Roundtable   to  address  cross
cutting   compliance   assistance    issues.
Coordination also occurs with  the COE on
wetlands,

Due to changes in the Food Security Act, the
USDA/NRCS   has   a   major   role   in
determining whether areas on agricultural
lands meet the definition of wetlands and are
therefore regulated under the CWA.  Civil
Enforcement coordinates with USDA/NRCS
on   these   issues  also.    The  program
coordinates closely with the USDA on the
implementation  of  the Unified  National
Strategy  for  Animal  Feedlot Operations.
EPA's  Enforcement   and   Compliance
Assurance  Program also coordinates  with
USDA on food safety issues arising from the
misuse  of  pesticides,  and  shares  joint
jurisdiction with Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) on pesticide labeling  and advertising.
Coordination  also occurs with Customs on
pesticide imports. EPA and the  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  HUD
concerning lead poisoning.

The    Criminal  Enforcement    program
coordinates   with   other   Federal  law
enforcement  agencies (i.e.  FBI, Customs,
DOL, U.S. Treasury, USCG and DOJ) and
with  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   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.

OECA  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  Office of Enforcement and  Compliance
Assurance     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
2007, the OECA will work directly with a
number of other Federal agencies to improve
CWA  compliance   at  Federal  facilities.
OECA  and  other   agencies  will  jointly
investigate   the  underlying   causes   of
persistent CWA violations and design  and
implement fixes  to  the problems to keep
facilities  in compliance over the long term.
OECA anticipates that FY 2007 will see the
completion of  a multiple-year partnership
with  the  Veterans  Health Administration
(VHA), a part of the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA). OECA and the VHA formed
the  partnership  in  2002   to   improve
compliance at VHA medical centers across
the nation. Since then, EPA and VHA have
jointly designed  and begun  implementing
environmental management  systems at  all
VHA medical centers, completed  multi-day
onsite  reviews at more than  20 medical
centers   to   assess  the  strengths   and
weaknesses of their environmental programs
and to guide the VHA in making program
improvements at all its medical centers, and
delivered     multiple      environmental
compliance   courses  for  VHA  staff  and
managers.

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 Department of Justice,
and the States of Arizona, California, New
Mexico, and Texas.

Objective: Improve Environmental
Performance through Pollution Prevention
and Innovation

EPA  is   involved  in a  broad  range  of
pollution  prevention  (P2) activities which
can yield reductions in waste generation and
energy consumption in both the public and
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private  sectors.  For  example,  the  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 NFS
(to use Green Purchasing as a tool to achieve
the  sustainability  goals of the  parks),  DoD
(use   of   environmentally    preferable
construction   materials),    and  Defense
Logistics   Agency    (identification    of
environmental attributes for  products in its
purchasing system).   The program  is also
working  within EPA  to "green" its  own
operations. The program also  works  with
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 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 is also working with the
DOE's 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 § 309  of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) to review and  comment on
proposed   Federal   actions,  neither  the
National  Environmental Policy Act nor  §
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
FHWA and FAA),  COE,  DOI  (including
Bureau of  Land  Management,  Minerals
Management   Service   and  NPS),   DOE
(including Federal Regulatory Commission),
and DoD.

EPA   an.   DOI   are  coordinating  an
Interagency  Tribal  Information   Steering
Committee that. includes  the  Bureau  of
Reclamation,  DOE,  HUD, USGS, Federal
Geographic Data Committee,  BIA,  Indian
Health Service, Department of the Treasury,
and DOJ.  This  Interagency effort is aimed
to coordinate the exchange of selected sets
of     environmental,    resource,     and
programmatic   information  pertaining  to
Indian Country among Federal agencies in a
"dynamic" information management system
that   is  continuously   and  automatically
updated and refreshed, to be shared equally
among partners and other constituents.

Under a two-party interagency agreement,
EPA  works  extensively  with the  Indian
Health Service to cooperatively address the
drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs of Indian Tribes.  EPA is developing
protocols  with the Indian Health  Service
Sanitation Facilities  Construction Program
for integration  of databases  of  the  two
agencies, within the framework of the Tribal
Enterprise Architecture.

EPA  has organized a Tribal Data Working
Group under the Federal  Geographic Data
Committee, and, along with BIA,  is the co-
chair  of this group.  EPA  will play a lead
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role in establishing common geographic data
and metadata standards for Tribal data, and
in establishing protocols  for  exchange of
information among Federal, non-Federal and
Tribal cooperating partners.

EPA  is  developing  protocols  with the
Bureau  of Reclamation, Native  American
Program, for integration of databases of the
two agencies,  within the framework of the
Tribal Enterprise Architecture.  EPA is also
developing agreements to share information
with the Alaska District,  COE.

To  promote   mutual  goals   as leadership
programs with industry, the Office of Policy,
Economics, and Innovation (OPEI)  through
its  National   Environmental  Performance
Track, works with the Voluntary Protection
Programs  (VPP) in the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).  EPA
and   OSHA   collaborate  in  developing
incentives   for   members,   identifying
potential   members,    providing    joint
recognition, and sharing best practices from
their  experience  in  managing leadership
programs.

Under a MOU, EPA and NFS established a
partnership to  share resources for promoting
environmental     management    system
approaches  that  are  good   for  both the
environment   and  business.   The   MOU
promotes   the implementation  of  cost-
effective    environmental    management
practices  for   businesses in  the  tourism
industry,  including the  approximately 600
NFS  concessionaires  that provide  various
visitor services in more than 130  national
parks.

Information on regulations and other issues
that may  have an adverse impact on small
businesses is shared regularly with the Small
Business   Administration's    Office   of
Advocacy. An ongoing activity includes the
coordination   of  interactions  among the
Office of Air and Radiation, the State Small
Business  Assistance  Program's  National
Steering  Committee,  and the  Office  of
Advocacy  in  the  development  of  the
proposed   55   area   source   Maximum
Achievable  Control  Technology  (MACT)
rules  that will impact small businesses and
state programs.

The  Sector Strategies program  addresses
issues that  directly affect the environmental
performance of selected industries and other
sectors of the economy.   At times, actions
taken to enhance  sector-wide  performance
involve  other Federal  agencies. This work
tends to be informal  and issue-specific, as
opposed to formal inter-agency partnerships.
For example, previous work on Agribusiness
sector issues involved the Natural Resource
Conservation Service of the USDA.  Energy
conservation work with the Metal Foundry
sector  involved  the  DOE's  innovative
technologies program.  In 2005, Port sector
stakeholders  include  the U.S.  Maritime
Administration  (DOT),  COE  and NOAA.
Data work with the Cement sector involves
USGS  contacts.     And  future   "green
highway"  work of the Construction  Sector
may involve the FHWA.

Activities associated with the Environmental
Education  Program  are   coordinated with
other Federal agencies in a variety of ways:

EPA  currently  funds  approximately  $1.5M
for eight interagency  agreements  with  four
Federal   agencies.     Current  projects  are
focused on helping these  agencies to better
coordinate  their environmental  education
efforts (see www.handsontheland.org) and
improving      capacity     to     measure
environmental education program outcomes.

All of the activities are funded jointly by the
cooperating Federal agency and a  third non-
profit partner.  Detailed  information about
the interagency agreements is available at
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http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/iag.html.  EPA
chairs  the  Task  Force on  Environmental
Education which meets periodically to share
information.   The  current focus involves
sharing    information     on     linking
environmental education programs  to the
strategic  planning  initiatives  of  Federal
agencies  and  developing  program  impact
measures.

As   a   participant   on   the   following
interagency   workgroups,  EPA  remains
informed  of  related  efforts  across  the
government   and   provides   coordination
assistance as necessary:   The  Interagency
Committee     on     Education    (Chair:
Department  of  Education);    Partners in
Resource   Education   (Chair:  National
Environmental   Education   and  Training
Foundation);   the   Federal   Interagency
Committee    on    Interpretation   (Chair:
National  Park Service);  Ocean Education
Task Force (workgroup of the U.S. Ocean
Commission);   and  the  Afterschool.gov
(Chair: General Services Administration).

EPA's   web    portal  of   all   Federal
environmental education program web sites
is:
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/FTFmemws.ht
ml.

Objective: Enhance Science and Research
EPA is coordinating with DoD's Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program    (SERDP)    in    an   ongoing
partnership,   especially in  the  areas  of
pollution    prevention    research    and
incorporation of materials lifecycle analysis
into the manufacturing process for weapons
and military  equipment.  The agency has
also made  contact with USDA regarding
lifecycle   analysis  of  biologically-   and
genetically-altered products.  EPA  and the
COE  will  address  the  costs  and  benefits
associated  with  new engineering  projects
and technologies in order to respond to the
economic    impacts   of   environmental
innovation.  EPA's People, Prosperity, and
Planet  (P3)  student design  competition for
sustainability will partner with NASA, NSF,
OFEE, USAID, USDA, CEQ, and OSTP.

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,
Kentucky,   and   Michigan (storm   water
treatment); and  Colorado and  New York
(waste-to-energy technologies).
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  COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES - ENABLING SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Office of the Administrator (OA)

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,  Bureau of the
Census on the Pollution Abatement Costs
and Expenditure (PACE) survey in order to
obtain information on  pollution  abatement
expenditures  by industry. Tn our effort to
measure the beneficial outcomes  of Agency
programs, we co-sponsor 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.,   USDA,   Department  of
Interior, Forest  Service,  NOAA) to foster
improved   interdisciplinary   research  and
reporting  of  economic  information   by
collaboratively  supporting  workshops  and
symposiums  on environmental  economics
topics  (ecosystem   valuation    resource
evaluation);  economics of invasive species;
and measuring health benefits.

The Agency also  continues to  work with
other Federal agencies in the development of
children's environmental  health indicators
used  to monitor the outcomes of children's
health efforts.   The Agency collaborates
with  the  Centers for Disease Control  and
Prevention  and the  National  Center  for
Health Statistics to obtain approval  of the
Federal  Interagency  Forum  on  Child  and
Family  Statistics (www.chiidstats.gov)  on
the reporting of appropriate children's health
indicators and data.
The  Office  of Homeland Security (OHS)
continues  to  focus  on broad,  Agency  and
government-wide homeland security policy
issues that cannot be adequately addressed
by  a single program office, as  well as
ensuring   implementation    of   EPA's
Homeland Security  Strategy.  A  significant
amount  of the responsibilities require close
coordination with Federal partners, through
Policy  Coordinating  Committees  (PCCs),
briefings  and discussions with  individual
senior Federal officials.  OHS represents the
Administrator,  Deputy Administrator,  and
other senior  Agency officials at meetings
with personnel from the White House and
Department  of Homeland Security (DHS),
and  other high-level stakeholders.   OHS
coordinates the development of responses to
inquiries from the White House, DHS, the
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  though these efforts.  OHS helps
to reduce/eliminate redundancy in homeland
security   efforts,    therefore    ensuring
consistent development and implementation
of the  Agency's policies and procedures,
while  building  an external  network of
partners  so  that EPA's  efforts  can be
integrated into, and build upon, the efforts of
other Federal agencies.

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
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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  and  Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU) works with
the Small Business Administration (SBA)
and other federal agencies to increase the
participation  of small  and  disadvantaged
businesses in EPA's procurement of goods,
services,  equipment,   and  construction.
OSDBU 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 OSDBUs throughout the federal
government.  EPA's OSDBU  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.   It  also
works with the Department of Education and
the While House HBCU (Historically Black
College  and  University)  Workgroup  to
increase opportunities for HBCUs to partner
with small businesses and federal agencies,
especially in the area of scientific  research
and development. Work is also coordinated
with  the Minority  Business Development
Agency  to  fund  opportunities  for small
disadvantaged businesses, and to collaborate
to provide  outreach to  small disadvantage
businesses and Minority-Serving Institutions
throughout  the  United  States and  the trust
territories.   EPA's OSDBU  Director is an
active  participant  in  the  federal OSDBU
Council (www.osdbu.gov), and served as the
Council's Chairperson in FY  2004 and FY
2006. The OSDBU Directors collaborate to
the extent possible to support major outreach
efforts   to   small   and   disadvantaged
businesses,   Service-Disabled    Veteran-
Owned  Small  Businesses,  and  minority-
serving    educational    institutions   via
conferences,  business fairs,  and speaking
engagements.

Office  of  the  Chief  Financial Officer
(OCFO)

To achieve its mission, EPA has undertaken
specific coordination  efforts  with Federal
and state agencies  and departments through
two  separate vehicles:  1)  the National
Academy    of   Public   Administration's
Consortium   on   Improving   Government
Performance;  2)  active  contributions  to
standing     interagency     management
committees,  including the  Chief Financial
Officers Council and  the Federal Financial
Managers'   Council.  These   groups  are
focused     on     improving     resources
management and accountability  throughout
the   Federal  government.   EPA  also
coordinates appropriately with Congress and
other Federal agencies, such as Department
of  Treasury,  Office  of  Management  of
Budget, and the Government Accountability
Office.

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 administration,
contracts   management   and   Homeland
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Security.  These  activities include specific
collaboration efforts with Federal  agencies
and  departments  through  the following
activities:

Chief Human Capital Officers, a group  of
senior  leaders  that discuss human  capital
initiatives across the federal government;

Legislative   &   Policy   Committee,   a
committee   comprised  of  other  federal
agency representatives who assist Office  of
Personnel Management in developing plans
and policies  for  training  and  development
across the government;

The   Agency  is   participating  in   the
government's implementation of Public Law
106-107  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 Users Group.  EPA also
participates  in the Federal Demonstration
Partnership   to reduce  the administrative
burdens associated with research grants;

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   Management
Agenda  in  all aspects  of  the  acquisition
system, as well as the  President's specific
acquisition-related initiatives  and  policies;
and

EPA   is  working  with  the  Office  of
Management and Budget, General Services
Administrations,    and    Department   of
Commerce's  National Institute of Standards
and  Technology  to  implement Homeland
Security  Presidential Directive No.  12 -
Policy  for   a  Common  Identification
Standard  for   Federal   Employees  and
Contractors.

Office  of  Environmental  Information
(QEI)

EPA is a  leader in  many  areas,  such as E-
dockets.  EPA has a modern well-supported
system that can host other Agencies' docket
systems, thereby reducing their  costs  to
develop or deploy such a system. EPA will
also  continue   to  coordinate   with state
agencies on FT infrastructure and  security
issues through  state organizations  such  as
the   Naf;'inal   Association   of   State
Information  Resources  Executives.    In
addition,  EPA,  along with  other  Federal
agencies, is involved in the OMB led e-Gov
initiatives.  As  part of  this effort,  EPA,
OMB, the Department of Transportation,
and  ten   other   Federal   agencies   are
examining  the  expansion   of   EPA's
Regulatory   Public  Access   System,   a
consolidated   on-line  rule-making  docket
system providing a single point of access for
all  Federal rules. EPA is also coordinating
efforts  with   the  National  Archives and
Records Administration  on an e-records
initiative. This effort is aimed at establishing
uniform   procedures,   requirements,  and
standards  for  electronic  record  keeping  of
Federal c-Gov records.

EPA works with its state partners under the
Slate/EPA    Information    Management
Workgroup   and   the  Network   Steering
Board.  This workgroup has created action
teams to  jointly develop  key  information
projects.   Action  teams  consist  of EPA,
state,  and  Tribal  members.  They  are
structured to result in consensus  solutions to
information management issues which affect
states,  tribes,   and  EPA,  such   as  the
development  and use of environmental data
standards,  and  implementation   of  new
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technologies  for  collecting and reporting
information.

EPA    also   participates   in   multiple
workgroups with  other  Federal  agencies
including   the  United  States  Geological
Survey  (USGS), Federal  Geographic Data
Committee  (FGDC),  and  CIO  Council
(http://www.cio.gov/).     The   Agency  is
actively involved with  several agencies  in
developing government-wide e-government
reforms, and continues to participate with
the  Office of  Homeland Security  and
national  security  agencies on  homeland
security. These  multi-agency  workgroups
are   designed   to    ensure    consistent
implementation    of     standards    and
technologies  across  Federal  agencies  in
order to support efficient data sharing.

       EPA will continue  to coordinate with
key Federal data sharing partners including
the USGS, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the
Fish and Wildlife Service as  well as state
and  local  data sharing partners in  public
access information initiatives.  With respect
to     community-based    environmental
programs,  EPA  coordinates   with  state,
Tribal,  and  local  agencies,  and  with
non-governmental  organizations, to  design
and implement specific projects.

The  nature and degree  of  EPA's interaction
with other entities varies widely, depending
on the  nature  of  the  project  and  the
location(s) in which it is implemented. EPA
is working closely with the FGDC and the
USGS  to  develop   and  implement  the
infrastructure for national  spatial data. EPA
is coordinating its program  with other state
and  Federal organizations,  including  the
Council for Environmental  Quality and the
Environmental Council of States,  to insure
that  the appropriate  context is  represented
for  observed environmental   and  human
health conditions.
EPA will continue to coordinate with other
Federal agencies on  IT  infrastructure and
security  issues  by   participating on  the
Federal CIO Council. For example, EPA
(along  with  the  Department  of  Labor)
recently co-chaired  a Federal  government
committee on security.  EPA will continue
to  participate   on    the   CIO  Council
committees  on  security,  capital planning,
workforce   development,  interoperability,
and  e-Gov,  and will engage  with  other
Federal   agencies    in    ensuring    the
infrastructure for homeland security.

Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

The EPA Inspector General  is a member of
the President's  Council   on Integrity and
Efficiency    (PCEE),    an    organization
comprised  of Federal Inspectors General
(IG).   The PCIE coordinates and improves
the   way    IGs   conduct   audits   and
investigations,  and  completes  projects  of
government-wide  interest.   The EPA IG
chairs    the    PCIE's    Environmental
Consortium, GPRA Roundtable, and Human
Resources  Committee.   The  Consortium,
which seeks  effective solutions to  cross-
cutting  environmental   issues,  currently
includes representatives from 19 executive
agencies and GAO.   The  OIG Computer
Crimes Unit coordinates activities with other
law  enforcement  organizations  that  have
computer  crimes units such as  the  Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service,
and the Department  of Justice.  In addition,
the  OIG  participates with  various  inter-
governmental  audit  forums,  professional
associations, and other cross-governmental
forums to exchange  information, share best
practices, and direct collaborative efforts.
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                MAJOR MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
In April  2005, EPA's  Office of Inspector
General   (OIG)   and   the  Government
Accountability  Office   (GAO)  identified
areas  they  consider to  be  EPA's most
pressing  management  challenges.  While
OIG identified the majority of  the  areas,
GAO raised a number of the same concerns,
such  as  human  capital   and   assistance
agreements. Notably, neither OIG nor GAO
suggested elevating any of the issues to the
level of a material weakness—a reportable
condition  that could adversely  impact the
integrity of Agency programs and activities.
Most   of  the  challenges  identified  are
recurring issues  that take  time  to  resolve.
EPA has been working to address these
long-standing  issues and  has  made great
progress.

EPA  senior  managers  are  committed  to
resolving current issues and identifying and
addressing  emerging  issues  before  they
become serious problems. EPA continues to
strengthen  its  management  practices by
maintaining a system  of  internal  controls
that  helps identify  and  resolve  potential
management vulnerabilities.   In FY 2005,
for the   fourth  consecutive  year,  EPA
reported  no material weaknesses under the
Federal Managers Financial  Integrity Act
(FMFIA).  The Agency resolved two of its
internal  Agency-level  weaknesses,  which
are reportable conditions  less severe than
material  weaknesses,  but  that  merit  the
attention of the  Administrator.   Currently,
EPA   has  elevated   three  management
challenges  (human   capital,   assistance
agreement, and homeland security) to the
level  of  Agency-level  weaknesses  under
FMFIA.  EPA leaders  meet periodically to
review and discuss the progress the Agency
is  making to address  the issues, and  each
year the Agency reports on the status of its
efforts    in    its    Performance     and
Accountability    Report    and    Budget
Submissions.

OMB continues to recognize EPA's efforts
to    maintain   effective    and   efficient
management controls.  Since June 2003, the
Agency has maintained its "green"  status
score for  Improved Financial Performance
under the  President's  Management Agenda
(PMA).  Following are discussions of the
Agency's  management challenges  and the
progress made in addressing them.

Challenges in Addressing the Air Toxics
Regulatory Program  Goals

Scope of  Challenge:   While  EPA  has
achieved  its  Phase  I  goal  of  issuing
technology-based  standards,   there   are
concerns about EPA's efforts to assess and
implement Phase 2, residual risk standards,
as well as the  accuracy of air toxics data
used in measuring progress.

Agency Response: The Air Toxics Program
faces significant challenges because much
remains to be done to address requirements
of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments
(e.g., issuance  of  final  standards  for  70
stationary    area     source   categories).
However,  the  Agency  has  made  great
progress in reducing air toxic emissions. In
FY 2004, EPA closed Air  Toxics Program
as an Agency-level weakness because it had
developed a strategy for achieving toxic risk
reductions. EPA issued 96 MACT standards
that  apply  to  174  industrial  categories.
These MACT  standards have  resulted in
annual  reductions of  1.5  million tons of
toxic emissions.   By 2007, even  greater
reductions will  be achieved when all major
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stationary sources  come into compliance
under the MACT program.   To date, EPA
has completed 16 area source standards and
is  working  to  develop standards  for  an
additional 25 (4 of which are under court-
ordered  deadlines).     Once   completed,
standards for the 25 area source  categories
will  address a significant portion of urban
hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, as
outlined in EPA's FY 1999 Integrated Urban
Air Toxics Strategy.   EPA  also expects to
have completed  the first eight residual risk
standards by the  end of 2006.

Implementing  the residual risk program, as
dictated  by  the  Clean Air  Act,  remains a
significant time and resource challenge.  The
statute    requires     a     comprehensive
quantitative assessment of the exposures and
risks associated  with  air emissions from all
of the sources in each category to inform the
potential development of a  standard for the
category which  is more stringent  than the
original standard. It also, therefore, requires
knowledge  of  the  methods available to
reduce emissions  and  risks beyond  those
required  in the original standard,  as well as
the quantitative  knowledge  of the emission
reductions expected from implementation of
each  of those  methods.   Each  of  these
assessments  is  turning out to  be  quite
extensive in terms of the resources and time
required  to  conduct, and the uncertainties
associated  with  the  results remain  fairly
large compared  to the desired outcome and
the decisions  required.   For example, we
estimate  that the development of the average
residual  risk regulation, from start to finish,
requires  significant funding and  FTE  over
the course of 4 years.   Given the fact that
this requirement extends to about 170 source
categories over 10 years, it is easy to see that
the  entire  program will entail  significant
resources to complete,  and all  of  this  is
occurring in a time of dwindling resources
for EPA  in  general  and  the air toxics
program specifically

In the  meantime,  we  have embarked  on
developing a voluntary process rule, which
may  reduce  any  potential  cost burden
associated  with  residual  risk  rules,  and
which will allow the residual risk program
to focus its resources on addressing the most
significant   risks  associated   with   major
stationary sources of air toxics.  This rule,
the Total Facility Low Risk Demonstration
(TFLRD)    rule,   will  allow   individual
facilities which  are  currently subject to
technology-based standards  to conduct their
own   risk   assessments   in   order  to
demonstrate  to  us   and   to  their   local
permitting   authority   that  they  present
negligible health  and environmental risks to
their  surrounding community,  and thereby
ensure  their future compliance  with any
subsequently developed residual  risk  rules.
This will  provide EPA with more accurate
site-specific  emissions information   about
low-risk sources  and help to focus residual
risk requirements on  those sources  which
present significant risks. This should help to
reduce  the  resource  burden  required to
develop residual risk standards in addition to
reducing    the   implementation   burden
associated   with   standards   which   are
developed.

Modeling studies, such as the  National  Air
Toxics Assessment (NATA), predict that the
air toxic risks to the  public occur on two
distinct geographic scales.  To improve our
ability to characterize these risks, EPA along
with  its state, local government, and  tribal
partners recently started a national air toxic
monitoring  network with regional and local
components to measure ambient levels of
key air toxics pollutants.   Several air toxic
pollutants have been predicted to contribute
to  widespread   regional   and/or  national
exposures   and   risks.     The   regional
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component  of   the   national  air  toxic
monitoring network, the National Air Toxic
Trends Sites (NATTS), comprises 22 sites
nationwide designed to capture the  impacts
of  these  pollutants.   The  first  year  of
NATTS  monitoring was  completed.   The
local component of the monitoring network
comprises  unique  local   scale  monitoring
projects   designed  to   answer   specific
questions pertaining to  local air toxic issues.
Thirteen  local  scale  projects  awarded  in
2005 are nearing completion.  In early 2006,
the   Agency  will   award   grants   to
communities to initiate 19 new local scale
monitoring projects.

The NATA provides nationwide census tract
resolution  of cancer and non-cancer risk
estimates from HAPs.   The  Agency uses
NATA  information to help  set priorities,
measure  progress against goals, and develop
study  plans  for   more detailed  local
assessments.      These   detailed   local
assessments will  help  identify areas where
potentially higher exposures  (i.e., hotspots)
may exist  in urban environments and link
these concerns to local risk reductions.  The
NATA is updated periodically.

The Agency  will  continue  to make  Air
Toxics Program tracking a high priority  and
will  adjust  its   strategy  as   necessary  to
comport  with  legal  constraints  and  to
maximize air toxic risk reduction.

Highlights of Progress:

  •   Completed  one residual risk standard
     for coke ovens.
  •  Proposed 5  additional  residual  risk
     rules.
  9   Continue to work  on  seven  residual
      risk  assessments  for  the 2-, 4-year
      source  categories with  court-ordered
      dates.
  *   In addition to EPA's 23  National Air
     Toxics Trends Sites (NATTS), EPA
     funded  $6.3  million  in  19  separate
     grants  to State and local agencies  to
     support     additional      local-scale
     monitoring   efforts   and   methods
     development in FY06.

Plans for Further Improvements:

  •   Continue   to  develop   tools  and
     databases to more accurately perform
     and  improve  the  quality  and  the
     timeliness of risk characterization.
  •   Continue  to  develop  a  performance
     measure, toxicity-weight emission,  to
     act as  a surrogate  for risk reduction
     progress.
  •   Exploring     pollution    prevention
     approaches   for  area   sources  and
     engaging with five  industry groups to
     explore and pilot these ideas.
  •   Developing  an "Area Source Program
     White  Paper" to provide flexibility in
     how the states and /or EPA address the
     area source program.
  *   Continuing to improve the quality and
     timeliness of EPA's air toxic emissions
     inventories.
  •   Developing  an  air  toxic  monitoring
     network   to  supplement  "toxicity-
     weighted emissions" as  a  measure of
     progress in risk reduction.
  0   Developing  a mobile source air toxics
     rulemaking  to examine  the  need for
     and feasibility of  additional  mobile
     source controls options  for  gasoline,
     motor  vehicles, and portable gasoline
     containers.
  *   Conducting  research on  near-roadway
     exposure  to  assist  federal, state,  and
     local  transportation and  air  quality
     planners.

Superfund    Evaluation    and    Policy
Identification
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Scope of Challenge:   OIG believes EPA
faces significant challenges  in its ability to
effectively   meet   current   and   future
Superfund fiscal and program management
challenges and needs to establish a strong
working relationship between states  and
tribes in order to achieve its environmental
goals.

Agency  Response:  While  acknowledging
its   fiscal   and   program   management
challenges, EPA does not believe it has any
weaknesses  in  the  area  of  Superfund
evaluation and policy identification.  Despite
the  program's  complexity  and   unique
administrative structure,  the  Agency  has
made  and continues to  make  significant
progress in cleaning up  Superfund sites and
reducing  risk to  human  health  and  the
environment.

With regard to OIG's concern that EPA has
failed    to   proactively   identify    or
communicate  current   fiscal  and  other
program management challenges, EPA  has
taken  a  number  of actions  to  improve
program    performance    and    address
management challenges.  During FY 2004,
EPA completed and  published an internal
review of its Superfund program, Superfund:
Building on the Past, Looking to the Future.
The purpose of  this 120-Day Study was to
identify    opportunities    for    program
efficiencies that would enable the Agency to
begin and ultimately complete more long-
term cleanups with current  resources.   An
in-house workgroup has been established to
review and implement the recommendations
and to track progress made in improving the
Superfund  program.     Some   of   the
recommendations  that  have  been  or  are
being  addressed include:  establishing the
Superfund Board of Directors, which issued
the "Principles for Superfund Cleanup in the
21st Century" and set a hierarchy of goals for
the program;  increasing  the  number  of
Records of Decisions that  will be reviewed
by the Remedy Review Board by 5 to  10
percent; and establishing a new enforcement
performance  measure  to  implement  the
"Enforcement First" policy.

The Agency's three major initiatives since
1.998  have produced some positive results
and lessons that have been incorporated into
its current strategy  for managing the tribal
role.  To ensure tribal needs are addressed,
EPA established the Superfund tribal forum
as a  mechanism for sharing  information
among  regions   to provide  learning  or
improverru .it opportunities. The Superfund
program will  continue to  coordinate with
tribes and EPA regions in implementing a
final Superfund tribal strategy.

Highlights of Progress:

  •  Published Superfund: Building on the
     Past,  Looking  to   the  Future,  an
     internal  review  of  the  Superfund
     program        that        contains
     recommendations     for     program
     improvements.
  •  Published the 120-Day Study Action
     Plan, which outlines how EPA  will
     carry out the recommendations of the
     study (February 2005).
  *  Initiated  a   formal   benchmarking
     program to identify best practices that
     can be used throughout the program.
  *  Benchmarked   site-specific   payroll
     charging practices in the  regions  to
     identify and transfer best practices  to
     properly account for staff time spent
     working on site-specific activities for
     cost recovery and public accountability
     purposes.
  •  Improved   communication   of  site
     cleanup   progress    in    new   and
     innovative  ways through the recently
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     released   Superfund   Site   Progress
     Profiles on the internet.
  *   Completed  the   Superfund   Tribal
     Strategy   and  Implementation  Plan
     (June 2005).

Plans for Further Improvements:

•  Continue  to  develop   an   Out-year
   Liability Model to  support forecasting
   costs  and   accomplishments  of   the
   Superfund   Program over  a  30-year
   period.
•  Analyze   all  unliquidated  obligations
   balances to  determine whether they can
   be    made    available    through   the
   deobligation process.
«  Initiate  a  workforce  analysis on  the
   effects  of workload changes  on FTE
   needs for Agency programs.
*  Develop a brochure  for EPA Superfund
   staff working with  tribes that provides
   ideas for consultation.

Information System Security

Scope of Challenge:  Due  to the dynamic
nature of information security, EPA needs to
continue its emphasis  and vigilance  on
strong information security.

Agency Response:  EPA acknowledges that
as technology evolves, security of all types
(personnel, physical and cyber) remains  a
key  concern for both  public  and  private
sector organizations. While OIG commends
EPA for its efforts to enhance its security
program through strengthened management
controls,  risk    assessments,  penetration
testing, and  monitoring of  the  Agency's
firewalls, the dynamics of security require
continued emphasis and vigilance.   In  FY
2004, EPA  closed Information Security as
an Agency-level  weakness  because  it had
addressed   OTG's   specific  management
control concerns.
OIG stated that the Agency needs to develop
and  ensure  implementation  of  a training
program  for  employees  with  significant
security responsibilities. EPA currently has
a robust  training program that requires all
EPA  employees  with significant security
responsibilities to complete at least two role-
based  security  training  courses.    This
requirement is in addition  to  the annual
mandatory Security Awareness Training that
EPA  employees are required to  complete.
The status of all employee security training
is tracked in a web-based database.

In FY 2005, OMB identified EPA as one of
only eight agencies deemed  "green" in its
color coded  scorecard for  progress  and
status under the  President's Management
Agenda (PMA).  The  Agency will continue
to  implement  a  PMA  "green" security
program  which  includes  all  necessary and
many  innovative  security  processes   to
ensure the collection and analysis of quality
data now and in the future.

Highlights of Progress:

9  Established a  robust training program
   that  requires  all EPA employees with
   significant  security responsibilities  to
   complete at least two role-based security
   training courses.
9  Developed a draft EPA Certification &
   Accreditation  (C&A)  Guide,  a  tool
   designed to  help  assist  EPA staff  in
   conducting C&A  for EPA  information
   systems.
*   Continued to use the Plan of Action and
   Milestones   process   to   effectively
   monitor  program  offices'   mitigation
   progress  for  FT  security  weaknesses
    identified  and  reported  to   the Chief
    Information Officer.

Plans for Further Improvements:
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    Continue to implement a PMA "green"
    security    program   which   includes
    innovative security processes to ensure
    the  collection  and analysis of quality
    data now and in the future.
                            Management
Information    Resources
(IRM) and Data Quality
Scope of Challenge:  EPA faces a number
of  challenges   (e.g.,  implementing  data
standards   to   facilitate   data    sharing;
establishing quality assurance  practices  to
improve   the   reliability,  accuracy,  and
scientific basis  of environmental data) with
the data it uses  to  make  decisions and
monitor  progress  against  environmental
goals.

Agency  Response:     EPA  has  made
significant  progress  in  addressing  this
challenge.  In FY 2001, EPA acknowledged
both laboratory quality system  practices and
data management practices as Agency-level
weaknesses.    In  FY 2004,  the  Agency
corrected   its   laboratory  quality  system
practices  as  a  FMFIA   weakness.   The
Agency's actions to address and validate the
effectiveness  of corrective actions included
providing  tools, technical evaluations, and
training for environmental laboratories and
coordinating  discussions  with internal and
external representatives on how to assure the
quality of laboratory data. Additionally, the
Science   Policy  Council's   Forum  on
Environmental  Measurement developed an
approach  to  ensure  and  document  the
competency of Agency laboratories, which
was issued as a policy directive in February
2004.      Under   this    policy,   Agency
laboratories  must  demonstrate   on-going
performance  through  independent  external
assessments  and  participation  in  inter-
laboratory comparison studies.
In FY 2005, the Agency corrected its data
management practices as an Agency-level
weakness.      EPA  completed   specific
corrective actions for this weakness and
validated    those    actions   to    ensure
deficiencies   identified   were   effectively
eliminated.  Specifically,  EPA developed an
effective  data  standards  program  and
promulgated six Reinventing Environmental
Information  Data Standards for the Agency.
Additionally, EPA developed  an  Agency
Data   Architecture  which   serves   as   a
blueprint  for  the information  needed  to
support   cross-organizational    activities.
Having   a   well-defined   and   reliable
architecture     to     guide    information
management decisions promotes improved
data  quality  and  enables  multiple  and
secondary uses  of the data.  In FY 2005, the
Agency developed a process for  ensuring
data management  policies and  procedures
are planned, maintained,  and  revised  as
appropriate.     For example,  the  Agency
changed  the  structure   and   operating
procedures of the  Quality  and  Information
Council (QIC) to better fulfill its role as the
information-policy-making body.

Data standards  are an essential  component
of EPA's  information program.  As part  of
its  process  for developing data standards,
EPA has established a System of Registries
that  provides   a   reference   point   for
implementing   the  standards.    However,
coordinating data  standards in  information
collections,  from  initial  planning  to  data
analysis, is not yet routine in all programs.
EPA  requires a process for ensuring that
each data standard adopted by the Agency is
fully  implemented in a  cost-effective and
timely  manner.      Therefore,   EPA  is
proposing a new  Agency-level weakness,
Implementation  of   Data  Standards,  to
address the issue.
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Highlights of Progress:

*  Developed     an    Agency-approved
   planning  process  to  identify key  data
   gaps   by  building   on   data   gaps
   information  included  in EPA's Draft
   Report on the Environment 2003.30
•  Proposed a new Agency-level weakness,
   Implementation of Data Standards,  to
   ensure that new standards adopted by the
   Agency are fully implemented in a cost
   effective and timely manner.

Plans for Further Improvements:

9  Establish a procedure for reporting on
   the process of implementation across the
   Agency   to  the   QIC  and  the Chief
   Financial Officer on a regular basis.
•  Develop  a  detailed description  of the
   Agency's   strategy  to   correct   the
   Implementation  of  Data  Standards
   weakness, including  major  milestones
   and a validation plan.
Human
Capital
..Strategy
Implementation/Employee Competencies

Scope of Challenge:  While EPA has made
progress  in  addressing  human  capital
concerns, OIG believes  EPA continues to
face challenges in developing and sustaining
a  highly skilled,  diverse,   result-oriented
workforce with the right mix of technical
expertise,   experience    and    leadership
capabilities.

Agency   Response:    OIG  and   GAO
acknowledge  the  Agency's progress  in
addressing  human capital  concerns,  but
believe EPA needs to continue  monitoring
its Agency-wide implementation of human
capital activities.  In FY 2005, EPA initiated
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(EPA-260-R-02-006). Available at
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a  number of  activities  that  helped  the
Agency make progress in addressing many
of    its   human    capital   challenges.
Specifically,  EPA  implemented  a human
capital accountability system to monitor and
report on the Agency's progress  in human
capital management.  This  allows EPA to
gauge  the  overall  effectiveness  of its
Strategy  for  Human   Capital   and  to
determine whether the Agency is  achieving
its  desired   results.   Additionally,   each
headquarters  program and  regional office
was required to develop a local-level human
capital action plan by adopting the required
goals  and   strategies  identified  in   the
Agency's Strategy for Human Capital and
reporting on its results.   To further the
Agency's workforce  planning  efforts  in
developing   an    agency-level    Strategic
Workforce Plan (SWP),  each headquarters
and  regional  office  submitted  workforce
(occupation-based)  needs using a planning
template. This  information  was  used  to
develop   a  high-level   SWP  to  identify
competency needs and frame  the Agency's
comprehensive  National  Recruitment and
Outreach Strategy that coordinates outreach
activities for a  variety  of  positions and
Agency  programs,  particularly focusing on
Hispanics,   African    Americans,   and
American Indians/Alaska Natives.

EPA  is committed  to addressing  its human
capital   challenges.   The  Agency  will
continue  to   implement   an  aggressive
corrective action  plan  to  ensure  that
deficiencies  identified do not impair the
Agency's ability to accomplish its mission.

Highlights of Progress:

*   Established  a  Senior  Human Capital
    Official  in  each program and regional
    office.
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•  Completed  a  review of  the  Human
   Capital Strategy conducted  by EPA's
   Human Resources Council resulting in
   improved outcome-based goals.
*  Revised EPA's approach to its Agency-
   wide strategic  workforce planning and
   began integrating workforce  planning
   into   the   Agency's   planning   and
   budgeting process.
•  Developed human capital measures and
   achievements  for  inclusion  in  the FY
   2007 Annual Plan.
•  Completed advertising for EPA's eighth
   Intern  Program  class   to   facilitate
   outreach and recruitment  efforts.

Plans for Further Improvements:

«  Develop a Strategic Workforce Plan for
   the  Agency that will  be  revised in
   conjunction with the Agency's Strategic
   Plan.
*  Continue to train and  develop coaches to
   increase the Agency's diverse "Coaching
   Cadre."
•  Identify  a competency assessment tool
   and/or  survey  instrument   to  capture
   workforce competencies  mission critical
   occupations (MCO),  including leaders
   (Senior Executive Service and GS-13,
   14,  and  15 supervisors  and  managers).
   Technical    competencies    will   be
   developed  for  MCOs  throughout  FY
   2006.
9  Work with  programs  and  regions to
   report  on  effective   strategies  and
   solutions used to close competency gap.

Agency  Efforts in Support of  Homeland
Security   (formerly.  Protecting  Critical
Infrastructure from Non-traditional Attacks)

Scope of Challenge: EPA needs  to continue
to  work  with stakeholders  to  develop
performance measures for  water security,
identify   impediments   preventing   water
systems from  addressing  vulnerabilities in
computer systems, take steps to ensure it is
performing    all   designated   BioWatch
responsibilities,   and  develop   a  better
process    for    identifying,     obtaining,
maintaining,    and   tracking    response
equipment    necessary   for   Nationally
Significant Incidents.

Agency Response: EPA continues to refine
its   role  and  strengthen  its  efforts  in
Homeland  Security.   In  FY 2005,  EPA
declared Homeland  Security  an  Agency
weakness  and  is  developing  a  detailed
strategy  to correct  the weakness,  including
major milestones,  a validation  plan,  and
anticipated correction date.

The Agency has done extensive research on
various  aspects  of water security  and is
making   important   progress    on   the
WaterSentinel surveillance  and  monitoring
project,  including beginning a pilot testing
program. EPA continues  to work with state
and   local   stakeholders   to    develop
comprehensive  and accurate performance
measures for  water security and to identify
impediments preventing water systems from
addressing   vulnerabilities  in    computer
systems.  EPA  has taken multiple steps to
ensure   that   all  of    its   BioWatch
responsibilities arc performed. The Agency
has on-going  dialogue with the Department
of  Homeland Security (DHS),  as well as
state and local stakeholders, to ensure strong
lines  of communication  on this  critical
project.  EPA is involved in many aspects of
BioWatch:      from     the     technical
recommendations that aid in developing the
monitors to  their  installation in  the  field.
Additionally,  EPA is directly involved with
emergency  response  activities   regarding
BioWatch.   The  Agency   is   currently
developing a  better process for  identifying,
obtaining,    maintaining,   and    tracking
response equipment necessary for Nationally
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Significant  Incidents  using  the   lessons
learned  from  the response  to  Hurricane
Katrina.  Using  real-world  examples  like
these will ensure the accuracy of the process
and its applicability to the Agency's actual
needs.

Highlights of Progress:
•  Updated  EPA's  Homeland   Security
   Strategic Plan to identify the range of
   EPA's  homeland  security  activities,
   taking into consideration the evolving
   role of the DHS.
»  Began the  WaterSentinel  pilot.   This
   pilot  will  gather  valuable information
   that will be used to design EPA's most
   important water monitoring projects.
*  Strengthened  relationships  with  the
   DHS,  as well as with state and local
   stakeholders,  relative   to   BioWatch.
   Constantly   evaluating  and   revising
   techniques and standards of operation to
   ensure maximum efficiency.

Plans for Further Improvements:
•  Continue  to enhance and improve the
   WaterSentinel, based on lessons learned
   from the pilot.
•  Finalize   a  process   for  identifying,
   obtaining,   maintaining,  and  tracking
   response   equipment   necessary  for
   Nationally Significant Incidents.
•  Develop   performance   measures  for
   EPA's major homeland security projects.

Linking Mission and Management

Scope of Challenge:   OIG believes  that
while EPA has begun linking costs  to goals,
it must continue to work with its partners to
develop appropriate  outcome measures and
accounting systems that (rack environmental
and   human   health   results across  the
Agency's   new   goal  structure.      This
information must then become an integral
part  of  the  Agency's   decision-making
process.

Agency Response:  EPA has sustained its
commitment to  improving  the  way  the
Agency manages for results and uses cost
and  performance  information  in  decision
making.   During FY  2005, the Agency
developed   and   implemented   a   new
performance tracking feature in its Annual
Commitment System (ACS). This function
supports the entry and tracking of actual
performance data against  annual  regional
performance commitments,  most of which
are directly  linked to national performance
goals that  support the  Agency's Strategic
Plan. The. Agency continues to experience a
high demand for access  to the ACS as more
national programs begin to use the system to
track  regional  performance  against  key
program measures.  To date,  six national
program offices and all ten regional offices
use the ACS.  Also in FY 2005, the Agency
redefined its cost accounting unit from Sub-
Objective to Program/Project to allow  EPA
to develop  a  variety of reports to  address
financial  requirements  of  Statement  of
Federal Financial Accounting Standards No.
4, Managerial  Cost Accounting.

OMB  continues  to recognize EPA  for  ils
efforts  to  improve  the way  the Agency
manages  for  results  and  uses  cost  and
performance   information    in   decision
making.     Since  September 2003   (eight
consecutive quarters), EPA has maintained a
"green" status score for Improved Financial
Performance under  PMA.    EPA  has also
received a  progress  score  of "green" for
Budget and Performance Integration for all
but one consecutive quarter since June 2002.

Highlights of Progress:

*   Developed and  implemented  a  new
    performance  tracking   feature  in  the
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   Agency's Annual Commitment System
   that  supports the entry  and tracking of
   annual performance data against annual
   regional performance commitments.
•  Improved PART scores.   (As of July
   2005,  6  of  the  32   EPA  programs
   assessed  show results not demonstrated.)
•  Enhanced  the  Office  of  the  Chief
   Financial  Officer's   Reporting   and
   Business  Intelligence   Tool  (ORBIT)
   functionality    by    expanding    the
   programmatic    and      performance
   reporting   capability    and    adding
   additional data sources  (Administrative
   Data Mart).
•  Began to develop the  Agency's  2006-
   2011 Strategic Plan, including outreach
   to   partners   and   stakeholders   and
   consultation   with   state   and  tribal
   partners.
9  Implemented a comprehensive strategy
   to integrate PART measures and related
   performance   information  into  EPA's
   external  GPRA  documents  (i.e.,  OMB
   Submission,     Annual     Plan     &
   Congressional Justification, Performance
   and Accountability Report).

Plans for Further Improvements:

«  Continue to develop the Agency's 2006-
   20011 Strategic Plan, including outreach
   lo   partners   and   stakeholders   and
   consultation   with   state   and  tribal
   partners  to  develop outcome-oriented
   goals and objectives.
•  Continue to  improve PART scores by
   developing   efficiency   measures  for
   environmental programs.

Grants   Management 	and   Use   of
Assistance Agreements

Scope of Challenge: EPA needs to improve
oversight for awarding and  administering
assistance agreements  to   ensure  effective
and efficient  use  of resources in attaining
environmental goals. Recent OIG and GAO
audits continue to identify problems  in the
use of assistance agreements.

Agency Response:  Assistance agreements
are one of EPA's primary mechanisms for
carrying  out  its mission to  protect human
health and the  environment.   The Agency
awards approximately half of its budget to
organizations      through      assistance
agreements.  Thus it is imperative that the
Agency use good management practices in
awarding  and overseeing these agreements
to ensure they contribute cost effectively to
attaining environmental goals.

EPA acknowledges OIG and GAO concerns
regarding  the  management  of  assistance
agreements,  and  tracks  this  issue  as  an
Agency weakness in  the FMFIA  process.
The Agency  has  made significant  progress
in   developing   and   implementing   a
comprehensive   system  of  management
controls   to  correct  grants  management
problems.  EPA  issued  its  first long-term
Grants Management Plan,31 with associated
performance  measures, in April 2003. The
plan,   which  GAO   recognizes   as   a
comprehensive  and  coordinated  plan for
strengthening grants management, outlines
an aggressive approach to ensure that the
commitments are fully implemented and that
employees   are   held  accountable  for
managing  grants  effectively.   Also, EPA
established a Grants Management  Council,
composed  of  EPA's  Senior   Resource
Officials,  to  provide   the   leadership,
coordination, and accountability needed to
implement the plan.

Highlights of Progress:
  U.S. EPA, EPA Grants Management Plan. Available at
http://www.epa,gov/pgd/EO/tinalreport.pdf
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•  Issued a  long-term  Training  Plan  that
   outlines   the   Agency's  strategy   for
   ensuring  that   employees  and   grant
   applicants are knowledgeable about their
   grant management obligations.
•  Issued  a  revised Grants  Competition
   Policy  that  substantially  reduced  the
   competition threshold  from $75,000 to
   $15,000.  In FY 2005, EPA  competed
   approximately  87%  of new non-profit
   grants covered by the policy.
9  Posted    grant   opportunities     and
   application packages to www.grants.gov
   making it easier for potential  recipients
   to  obtain information  about Federal
   grants and submit application for those
   grants.
9  Established   a  new  "Grant  Awards
   Database" to improve the transparency
   and accessibility of grants  data  to  the
   public.     The  database   contains  a
   summary   of   records  for  all  non-
   construction EPA grants awarded in the
   last 10 years  and  can be  accessed at
   http://yg$emite.epa.gov/oarm/igms_egf.n
   sj/HQmePage?ReadForm
*  Issued a new Environment Results Order
   designed  to  ensure  that  grants  are
   outcome-oriented  and  linked  to EPA
   strategic goals.
*  Issued  a  new  policy  on  the internal
   review  of discretionary  grants.    The
   policy requires Assistant and Regional
   Administrators  to   certify  that  non-
   competitive  discretionary  grants   and
   competitive     announcements    have
   appropriate environmental outcomes  and
   support program goals.
B  Issued a new Order designed to assess, at
   the  pre-award  stage, the  administrative
   and programmatic  capabilities of non-
   profit  organizations applying for EPA
   assistance agreements.

Plans for Further Improvements:
9  Improve the delivery and availability of
   training programs by developing on-line
   training   for  project   officers,   grant
   specialists,  managers  and  supervisors,
   and grant recipients.
•  Strengthen  external  peer  review  of
   competitive grant applications to  ensure
   that    taxpayer    dollars   are   used
   appropriately        and       promote
   accountability, transparency and results.
•  Improve EPA project officers'  efficiency
   and effectiveness by developing project
   officer workforce plans.  In 2006, each
   EPA  office/region  will  be required to
   develop  a  strategy for  managing  its
   workforce to promote  more accountable
   grants management.
•  Strengthen Agency processes  under  the
   Environmental    Results   Order   for
   identifying and  reporting on significant
   grant    results     information    (e.g.,
   highlighting  results  achieved through
   grants in the FY 2005  Performance  and
   Accountability Report).
*  Enhance accountability by incorporating
   grants  management responsibilities in
   the    Agency's   new    Performance
   Assessment Rating System.
•  Begin pilot testing a statistical approach
   for selecting recipients for post-award
   monitoring reviews, which should help
   the   Agency  obtain   more   accurate
   information  on   trends   in  grantee
   compliance.

Inconsistency Among   EPA*s  Regional
Offices

Scope  of  Challenge:   GAO  feels   that
inconsistency  in program delivery  among
EPA's  regional  offices  has  often gone
beyond the level that should be expected to
take into account geographical diversity.

GAO has reported  inconsistent approaches
in   program   delivery   among  regions,
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particularly  in  approving  or  disapproving
proposals by states  to  change their  water
quality   standards   and  in  enforcement
philosophy.   GAO  feels that while EPA
attempts  to   achieve   some   level   of
consistency  to  ensure  that  the  public is
afforded    equal    protection     under
environmental  laws  and   that  regulated
parties,  taxpayers, and  rate payers are  not
subjected  to   widely  varying  costs   of
environmental  compliance, the  extent  of
variations is well  beyond the  level that
should be expected.

While  EPA  has  mechanisms  in place  to
ensure basic consistency in  environmental
programs,   the   Agency    expects   and
encourages some variation  in  regional-state
interaction.  States are allowed, by statute, to
have variations in their programs, and some
states have chosen to put standards in place
that   are  more   stringent   than  federal
requirements.    States  and  regions  have
differing ecological,  economic,  and  other
factors that  influence which environmental
laws  and   regulations   require  the  most
immediate  attention, and  the  manner  in
which   they  can   be   most   effectively
managed.

EPA has a significant effort underway with
the states to better align state, regional,  and
national  planning   processes  and   better
define   performance  expectations.   This
effort,   which  began  in  2004,  provides
expanded   opportunities  for   states   to
participate   in  all  aspects  of  the  EPA
planning process—setting mutual goals  and
priorities  and  accountability  for results.
Efforts underway include:

*  The   EPA   Strategic   Plan  is  the
   overarching  framework for  all  of  the
   planning, budgeting  and priority setting
   systems.   The  EPA Annual Plan  and
   Budget establishes  annual performance
   targets and funding levels for the fiscal
   year to support accomplishment of the
   Strategic Plan.   Regional Plans, new in
   2005, explain how regional offices will
   make  progress toward  the  Agency's
   strategic goals over the next three to five
   years.
•  Workplans for Performance Partnership
   Agreements      and      Performance
   Partnership Grants reflect the results of
   previous  joint  planning  and  priority
   setting efforts.
*  An  automated  Annual   Commitment
   System  through  which  the  regions
   identify their performance commitments
   for  the  upcoming  fiscal  year.   The
   system allows states  and tribes to review
   and  comment  on draft  commitments,
   offering   an   unprecedented  level   of
   transparency    and  collaboration   and
   increasing   opportunities   to   align
   national,  regional,   state  and  tribal
   priorities.
•  Several  Strategic Planning  Pilots  are
   underway,   through   a   cooperative
   agreement  with   the   Environmental
   Council of the States.  The  pilots help
   build   states'   planning   capabilities,
   stimulate  state-regional  joint planning,
   improve  performance  reporting,   and
   support improvements  to  Performance
   Partnership Agreements and other statc-
   EPA agreements.    For example, Texas
   focused on improving alignment of EPA
   and  state  performance  measures.   A
   crosswalk of the measures showed  that
   43% to 53% of water measures and 55%
   of  air  measures  were  highly  related.
   Region 6 and Texas are  now striving to
   revise   or   establish   complementary
   measures.

Some additional  activities and  studies are
underway that will also  look at the issues of
flexibility and consistency in environmental
programs.     First,    the   U.S.   Senate
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Environment  and  Public  Works  (EPW)
Committee is initiating a review of oversight
of  enforcement  approaches  among  EPA
regions. EPW staff will visit EPA's regional
offices to review enforcement consistency.
This   is   expected   to   be  a  major,
comprehensive  study.   Second,  GAO is
scoping a potential study that will focus on
the EPA-state relationship with  regard to
enforcement:  how priorities are established,
and  how  the  programs are  implemented.
Third, EPA expects to receive a report from
the   National    Academy   of   Public
Administration  by the  end of 2006  that
discusses  how  environmental  services are
delivered in the nation.

Highlights of Progress:

*   Improved alignment of EPA  and state
    planning  and  budgeting  processes to
    better  define performance expectations
    (as discussed above).
8   Developed   the   State   Enforcement
    Program Review  Framework to achieve
    greater consistency  among  state  and
    regional enforcement programs.
•   Established various internal and external
    working groups  to improve  program
    consistency,    communications    and
    coordination on water  quality  standards
    issues across regions and states.

Plans for Further Improvements:

*   Continue to  convene monthly meetings
    of the Water Quality Standards (WQS)
    Managers Association, Regional WQS
    Coordinators, and Regional Endangered
    Species  Act  Coordinators to  discuss
    issues  of  national  significance  and
    ensure  an    appropriate   level   of
    consistency.
•   Reflect regional  and state priorities in
    EPA's FY2007  Regional  Plans  and
    include    a    strong    measurement
component and better link priorities  to
PART,  the  EPA Annual  Commitment
System, and the  Agency's budget and
accounting system.
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                         EPA USER FEE PROGRAM
In FY 2007, EPA will have several user fee
programs  in operation.   These user  fee
programs and proposals are as follows:

Current Fees: Pesticides

The FY 2007 President's 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 Maintenance Fee Extension

       The   Maintenance  Fee   provides
       funding   for  the   Reregistration
       program  and  a  certain  percentage
       supports    the    processing    of
       applications involving "me-too"  or
       inert  ingredients.  The  Agency  is
       scheduled to complete issuance  of
       Reregistration Eligibility  Decisions
       for  the  Reregistration  program  in
       2008.   In FY  2007, the Agency
       expects  to collect $21,000,000  in
       Maintenance fees.

•  Enhanced Registration Services

       Entities seeking to  register pesticides
       for use in the United Slates pay a fee
       at  the  time  the registration  action
       request   is  submitted   to   EPA
       specifically for accelerated pesticide
       registration decision  service.  This
       process    has    introduced    new
       pesticides  to  the   market   more
       quickly.   In  FY 2007, the Agency
       expects to collect $10,000,000 in
       Enhanced  Registration Service  fees
       under current law.

Current Fees: Other

•  Pre-Manufacturing Notification Fee

       Since 1989, the Pre-Manufacturing
       Notifications  (PMN)  fee  has  been
       collected   for   the   review   and
       processing  of  new  chemical  pre-
       manufacturing         notifications
       submitted  to  EPA by the chemical
       industry. These fees are paid at the
       lime of submission of the PMN for
       review   by   EPA's   Office    of
       Prevenlion,  Pesticides  and  Toxic
       Substances.      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  $1,800,000 in PMN
       Fees in FY 2007 under current law.

«  Lead Accreditation  and Certification
   Fee

       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
       painl contractors certified under this
       rule.  The training programs ensure
       thai  lead  painl abalemenl is  done
       safely.    Fees  collected   for  this
       activity are deposited in the  U.S.
       Treasury.   EPA estimates  that less
       than $500,000  will be deposited in
       FY 2007.
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a  Motor     Vehicle     and     Engine
   Compliance Program Fee

       This fee is authorized by  the Clean
       Air  Act of 1990 and is managed by
       the Office of Air and Radiation. Fee
       collections began  in August 1992.
       This    fee    is    imposed    on
       manufacturers of light-duty vehicles,
       light   and   heavy   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 heavy-duty, in-use, and
       nonroad industries, 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,  tugs,  watercraft, jet-
       skis),   locomotive,   aircraft   and
       recreational    vehicles    (off-road
       motorcycles, snowmobiles).  In  FY
       2007,   EPA  expects  to   collect
       $19,000,000 from this fee.

Fee Proposals: Pesticides

8  Registration Review Fees

       As   the   Reregistration   program
       approaches     completion,     the
       Registration    Review    program,
       through   periodic   15-year   cycle
       reviews, will be  initiated  to ensure
       that  registered  pesticides  in  the
       marketplace continue to be safe for
       use   in  accordance with  the  latest
   scientific information.   In 2007, the
   President's   Budget   proposes  to
   collect  $22,000,000 through a new
   Registration Review fee aligned with
   estimated  costs   associated  with
   registration  review and  evaluating
   potential  effects  of  pesticides  on
   endangered species.

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
   Congressional action through 2008.
   Language  will  be  submitted  to
   eliminate   the    prohibition    on
   collecting pesticide Tolerance  fees.
   In FY  2007, the President's Budget
   proposes to  collect $13,000,000 in
   Tolerance Fees.

Enhanced Registration Services

   In FY  2007, the President's Budget
   proposes  to  publish   a  new fee
   schedule and restructuring  proposal
   for registration services to collect an
   additional $12,000,000.

Pesticides  Maintenance Fee Extension

   Under  current  law,   the   Agency
   expects to  collect $21,000,000 in
   Maintenance  fees  in  FY  2007.
   Language  will  be   submitted  to
   increase  the  authorized  level  of
   collections and restructure the fee in
   2007   to   collect  an  additional
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       $9,000,000 in order to align  more
       closely with program costs.

Fee Proposals:  Other

•   Pre-Manufacturing Notification Fee

       Under the current fee structure,  the
       Agency  would collect $1,800,000 in
       FY  2007.   Language   will   be
       submitted  to remove the statutory
       cap in the Toxic Substances  Control
       Act     on      Pre-Manufacturing
       Notification Fees. In FY 2007, EPA
       expects  to  collect  an  additional
       $4,000,000   by    removing    the
       statutory cap.
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                           WORKING CAPITAL FUND
in FY 2007, the Agency begins its eleventh
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  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 eighteen
permanent  members from the program and
regional offices.

Two Agency Activities begun in FY  1997
will continue into  FY 2007.  These are the
Agency's  information  technology   and
telecommunications operations, managed by
the Office  of Environmental  Information,
and Agency postage costs,  managed by the
Office  of Administration.  A third Activity,
Financial  Management,  will  be provided
pending a successful WCF pilot program in
FY  2006.    This  Activity  provides  the
Integrated Financial Management System

(IFMS), which is the core accounting system
for the Agency, and it is  managed by the
Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

The Agency's FY  2007  budget  request
includes resources for these three Activities
in  each   National   Program  Manager's
submission, totaling  approximately $170.0
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 2007, the
Agency  will  continue  to  market   its
information technology 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 FOR STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

AEA: Atomic Energy Act, as amended, and Reorganization Plan #3

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

CSA: Computer Security Act

CWPPR: Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act of 1990

CWA: Clean Water Act

CZARA: Coastal Zone Management Act Reauthorization Amendments



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CZMA: Coastal Zone Management Act

DPA: Deepwater Ports Act

DREAA: Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

ECRA: Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act

EFO1A: 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

FMFIA: Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act



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FOIA: Freedom of Information 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




1GA: Inspector General Act




IPA: Intergovernmental Personnel Act




IPIA: Improper Payments Information Act




ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Bfficiency Act




LPA-US/MX-BR: 1983 La Paz Agreement on US/Mexico Border Region




MPPRCA: Marine Plastic Pollution, Research and Control Act of 1987




MPRSA: Marine  Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act
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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

PFCRA: Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

PIISA: 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

SBREFA: Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996

SBLRBRERA:   Small   Business  Liability  Relief  and   Brownfields  Revitalization  and
Environmental Restoration Act



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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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               FY 2007 STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS

                        Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
                               (Dollars in Thousands)

GranttiiUe
State and Local
Air Quality
Management








State and Local
Air Quality
Management

















Statutory
Authorities:
Clean Air Act,
8103









Clean Air Act,
§103


















EHgible
Recipients*
Air pollution
control agencies
as defined in
section 302(b) of
theCAA






Multi-
jurisdictional
organizations
(non-profit
organizations
whose boards of
directors or
membership is
made up of CAA
section 302(b)
agency officers
and Tribal
representatives
and whose
mission is to
support the
continuing
environmental
programs of the
states)

Eligible Uses
S/L monitoring
and data
collection
activities in
support of the
establishment of
a PM2.5
monitoring
network and
associated
program costs
Coordinating or
facilitating a
multi-
jurisdictional
approach to
addressing
regional haze













FY 2006
Enacted
Do|lars(K10pO)
$42,500.0










$5,000.0



















FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 1,
/"\l-il 1
Obj. 1








Goal 1,

Obj. 1

















FY 2007
Request
DoHars(X1000)
$0.0










$2,500.0



















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Grant Title
State and Local
Air Quality
Management

































Statutory
Authorities
Clean Air Act,
Sections 103,
105, 106

































Eligible
Recipients*
Air pollution
control agencies
as defined in
section 302(b) of
the CAA; Multi-
jurisdictional
organizations
(non-profit
organizations
whose hoards 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 176 A, or
section 184
NOTE: only the
Ozone Transport
Commission is
eligible as of
2/1/99
Eligible Uses
Carrying out the
traditional
prevention and
control programs
required by the
CAA and
associated
program support
costs;
Coordinating or
facilitating a
multi-
jurisdictional
approach to
carrying out the
traditional
prevention and
control programs
required by the
CAA;
Supporting
training for CAA
section 302(b)
air pollution
control agency
staff; and
Coordinating or
facilitating a
multi-
jurisdictional
approach to
control interstate
air pollution



FY2006
Enacted
DoIIars(X1000)
$172,761.0



































tV2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 1,
.— .1 • H
Obj. 1

































FY 2007
Request
DaIlars(X1000)
$182,679,5



































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Grant Title
Tribal Air
Quality
Management


















Radon







Water Pollution
Control (Section
106)










Nonpoint Source
(NFS - Section
319)







Statutory
Authorities
Clean Air Act,
Sections 103 and
105; Tribal
Cooperative
Agreements
(TCA) in annual
Appropriations
Acts













Toxic
Substances
Control Act,
Sections 10 and
306; TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts
FWPCA, as
amended, §106;
TCA in annual
Appropriations
Acts








FWPCA, as
amended,
§ 319(h); TCA
in annual
Appropriations
Acts




Eligible
Recipients*
Tribes;
Intertribal
Consortia;
State/ Tribal
college or
university















State Agencies,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia




States, Tribes
and Intertribal
Consortia, and
Interstate
Agencies








States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia








Eligible Uses
Conducting air
quality
assessment
activities to
determine a
Tribe's need to
develop a CAA
program;
Carrying out the
traditional
prevention and
control programs
required by the
CAA and
associated
program costs;
Supporting
training for CAA
for federally
recognized
Tribes
Assist in the
development and
implementation
of programs for
the assessment
and mitigation of
radon

Develop and
carry out surface
and ground
water pollution
control
programs,
including
NPDES permits,
TMDL's, WQ
standards,
monitoring, and
NFS control
activities.
Implement EPA-
approved state
and tribal
nonpoint source
management
programs and
fund priority
projects as
selected by the
State.
FY2006
. Enacted
Dollars(Xi000)
$10,887.0




















$7,439.0







$216,172.0












$204,278.0









FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 1,

Obj. 1


















Goal 1 ,
rti • ^
Uuj. 2





Goal 2,

Obj. 2










Goal 2,

Obj. 2







FY2007
Request
Dollars(XlOOO)
$10,939.5




















$8,073.5







$221,661.0












$194,040.0









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Grant Title
Wetlands
Program
Development







Targeted
Watershed
Grants





Public Water
System
Supervision
(PWSS)








Homeland
Security Grants






Underground
Injection Control
[IJIC]








Statutory
Authorities
FWPCA, as
amended,
§104 (b)(3);
TCA in annual
Appropriations
Acts




Department of
Interior,
Environment
and Related
Agencies
Appropriation
Act, 2006 Public
Law 109-54
Safe Drinking
Water Act,
§1443(a); TCA
in annual
Appropriations
Acts.






Safe Drinking
Water Act,
1442; TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts,


Safe Drinking
Water Act, g
1443(b);TCAin
annual
Appropriations
Acts.





Eligible
Recipients*
States, Local
Governments,
Tribes,
Interstate
Organizations,
Intertribal
Consortia, and
Non-Profit
Organizations

States, Local
Governments,
Tribes, Interstate
Organizations,
Intertribal
Consortia, and
Non-Profit
Organizations
States, Tribes,
and Intertribal
Consortia









States, Tribes,
and Intertribal
Consortia





States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia









Eligible Uses
To develop new
wetland
programs or
enhance existing
programs for the
protection,
management and
restoration of
wetland
resources.
Assistance for
watersheds to
expand and
improve existing
watershed
protection
efforts.

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.
To assist States
and Tribes in
coordinating
their water
security
activities with
other homeland
security efforts.
Implement and
enforce
regulations that
protect
underground
sources of
drinking water
by controlling
Class I-V
underground
injection wells.
FY2006
. Enacted
D»Hars(X1000)
$15,765.0









$16,608.0







$98,279.0











$4,926.0







$10,838.0










FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,

Obi 3
•-j-uj. -J






Goal 4,

Obj.3





Goal 2,

Obj. 1









Goal 2,

Obj. 1





Goal 2,

Obj. 1








FY20Q7
Request
DoIlars(X1000)
$16,830.0









$6,930.0







$99,099.0











$4,950.0







$10,890.0










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Grant Title
Beaches
Protection












Hazardous
Waste Financial
Assistance








Brown fields















Statutory
Authorities
Beaches
Environmental
Assessment and
Coastal Health
Act of 2000;
TCA in annual
Appropriations
Acts.






Resource
Conservation
Recovery Act,
§3011;
FY 1999
Appropriations
Act (PL 105-
276); TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts.
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation
and Liability Act
of 1980, as
amended,
Section 128








Eligible
Recipients*
States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia, Local
Governments










States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consorlia








States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia














Eligible Uses
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
parly cleanups,
provide cleanup
support through
low interest
loans, and
provide certainty
for liability
related issues.
FY2006
Enacted
DoIlars(X1000)
$9,853.0













$101,944.0










$49,264.0















FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,

Obj. 1











Goal 3,
Obj. 1

Obj. 2







Goal 4,

Obj. 2













FY2007
Request
Dollars(XlOOO)
$9,900.0













$103,345.5










$49,494.9















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Grant Title
Underground
Storage Tanks
[USTj





































Statutory
Authorities
Solid Waste
Disposal Act of
1976, Section
2007(f)(2), as
amended, 42
U.S.C.
6916(0(2) and
implemented by
regulations at 40
CFR 35.330;
Resource
Conservation
and Recovery
Act; Section 204
of the
Demonstration
Cities and
Metropolitan
Development
Act, as amended
at 42 U.S.C.
3334;
Departments of
Veterans Affairs,
Housing and
Urban
Development,
and Independent
Agencies
Appropriations
Act of 1999,
Public Law 105-
276, (112Stat.
2461, 2499; 42
U.S.C. 6908a);
Underground
Storage Tank
Compliance Act
of 2005; Section
2007 (f)
Eligible
Recipients*
States, federally-
recognized
Tribes and
Intertribal
Consortia



































Eligible Uses
Develop and/or
implement state
or Indian UST
program;
provide funding
for SEE
enrollees to
work on the
state's
underground
storage tanks
and to support
direct UST
implementation
programs.

























FY2006
. Enacted
Dollars(XlOOO)
$11,774.0







































FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal3

Obj. 1





































FY2007
Request
DollarsCXIQflO)
$37,566.7







































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Grant TiHc
Pesticides
Program
Implementation



























Lead














Statutory
Authorities
The Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act
§20&23; the
FY 1999
Appropriations
Act (PT- 105-
276); FY 2000
Appropriations
Act (P.L. 106-
74); TCA in
annn al
d.llllU-d.1
Appropriations
Acts.























Toxic
Substances

Control Act,
§ 404 (g);
TSCA 10;
FY2000
Appropriations
Act (P.L, 106-
74); TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts.


Eligible
Recipients*
States, Tribes
and Intertribal
Consortia



























States, Tribes,
Intertribal

Consortia












Eligible Uses
Assist States and
Tribes to
develop and
implement
pesticide
programs,
including
pro'grams that
protect workers,
ground-water,
and endangered
species from
pesticide risks ,
and other
pesticide
management
programs
designated by
the
Administrator;
develop and
implement
programs for
certification and
training of
pesticide
applicators;
develop
Integrated
Pesticides
Management
(IPM) programs;
support
pesticides
education,
outreach, and
sampling efforts
for Tribes.
To support and
assist States and

Tribes to
develop and
carry out
authorized slate
lead abatement
certification,
training and
accreditation
programs; and to
assist tribes in
development of
lead programs.
FY2006
, Enacted
DoIlars(X10QO)
$12,907.0




























$13,499.0














FY2007
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. I



























Goal 4,
("11-1T 1
L/Dl 1
j











FY2007
Request
DollarsfSlOOO)
$12,968.9




























$13,563.1














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Grant Title
Toxic
Substances
Compliance






Pesticide
Enforcement







Statutory
Authorities
Toxic
Substances
Control Act,
§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,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia




States,
Territories,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia





Eligible Uses
Assist in
developing and
implementing
toxic substances
enforcement
programs for
PCBs, asbestos,
and lead-based
paint
Assist in
implementing
cooperative
pesticide
enforcement
programs



FY2006
, Enacted
DtoIlars(X1000)
$5,074.0








$18,622.0








FY20Q?
Goal/
Objective
Goal 5,

Obj. 1






Goal 5,
/-VL,' -1
UDJ. 1






FY2W7
Request
DoIlarsfXIOOO)
$5,098.5








$18,711.0








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Grant Title
National
Environmental
Information
Exchange
Network
(NEIEN, aka
"the Exchange
Network")



























Pollution
Prevention












Statutory
Authorities
As appropriate,
Clean Air Act,
Sec. 103; Clean
Water Act, Sec.
104; Solid Waste
Disposal Act,
Sec. 8001;
FIFRA, Sec 20;
TSCA, Sec. 10
and 28; Marine
Protection,
Research and
Sanctuaries Act,
Sec. 203; Safe
Drinking Water
Act, Sec. 1442;
Indian
Environmental
General
Assistance
Program Act of
1992, as
amended; FY
2000
Appropriations
Act (P.L. 106-
74); Pollution
Prevention Act,
Sec. 6605; FY
2002
Appropriations
Act and FY
2003
Appropriations
Acts.
Pollution
Prevention Act
of 1990, §6605;
TSCA 10;
FY2000
Appropriations
Act (P.L. 106-
74); TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts.



Eligible
Recipients*
States, tribes,
interstate
agencies, tribal
consortium, and
other agencies
with related
environmental
information
activities.


























States, Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia












Eligible Uses
Assists states
and others to
better integrate
environmental
information
systems, better
enable data-
sharing across
programs, and
improve access
to information.
























To assist state
and tribal
programs to
promote the use
of source
reduction
techniques by
businesses and
to promote other
Pollution
Prevention
activities at the
state and tribal
levels.
FY2e96
Enacted
DoilarsQUOOO)
$19,706.0


































$4,926.0













FY2097
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4

Obj. 2
































Goal 4,

Obj. 1











FY2007
Request
DoJlars(XlOfiO)
$14,850.0


































$5,940.0













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Grant Title
Sector Program
(previously
Enforcement &
Compliance
Assurance)

























Tribal General
Assistance
Program







Statutory
Authorities
As appropriate,
Clean Air Act,
Sec. 103; Clean
Water Act, Sec.
104; Solid Waste
Disposal Act,
Sec. 8001;
F1FRA, Sec 20;
TSCA, Sec. 10
and 28; Marine
Protection,
Research and
Sanctuaries Act,
Sec. 203; Safe
Drinking Water
Act, Sec. 1442;
Indian
Environmental
General
Assistance
Program Act of
1992, as
amended; FY
2000
Appropriations
Act (P.L. 106-
74); TCA in
annual
Appropriations
Acts.
Indian
Environmental
General
Assistance
Program Act of
1992, as
amended; TCA
in annual
Appropriations
Acts.
Eligible
Recipients*
State,
Territories,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia,
Multi-
jurisdictional
Organizations






















Tribal
Governments
and Intertribal
Consortia







Eligible Uses
Assist in
developing
innovative
sector-based,
multi-media, or
single-media
approaches to
enforcement and
compliance
assurance




















Plan and develop
Tribal
environmental
protection
programs.





FY2W6
Enacted
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                 INFRASTRUCTURE / STAG PROJECT FINANCING
                                  (Dollars in Millions)

Infrastructure Financing
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
STAG Projects
Brownfields Environmental Projects
Clean School Bus Initiative
Diesel Emissions Reduction Program
Mexico Border Projects
Alaska Native Villages
Targeted Projects - Puerto Rico
TOTAL
FY 2006
Enacted
Budget

$886.8
$837.5

$88.7
$6.9
$0.0
$49.3
$34.5
$0.0
$1,903.7
FY 2007
President's
Budget Request

$687.6
$841.5

$89.1
$0.0
$49.5
$24.8
$14.9
$1.0
$1,708.4
Infrastructure and Special Projects Funds
The  President's  Budget includes a total  of
$1,708.4  million  in  2007   for  EPA's
Infrastructure programs and State and Tribal
Assistance   Grant    (STAG)    projects.
Approximately $1,545 million will support
EPA's Goal 2: Clean and  Safe Water, $114
million will support EPA's Goal 4: Healthy
Communities  and   Ecosystems  and  $50
million will support  Goal  1: Clean Air and
Global Climate Change.

Infrastructure and targeted projects funding
under  the  STAG  appropriation  provides
financial assistance to states, municipalities,
interstates, and Tribal governments to fund a
variety of drinking  water, wastewater,  air
and  Brownfields environmental  projects.
These  funds  are essential  to  fulfill  the
Federal government's commitment to help
our  state, Tribal and local partners obtain
adequate funding to construct the facilities
required    to    comply   with   Federal
environmental   requirements  and  ensure
public  health  and  revitalize contaminated
properties.

Providing STAG funds to capitalize State
Revolving  Fund  (SRF)  programs,  EPA
works  in partnership  with  the  states  to
provide low-cost loans to municipalities for
infrastructure construction.  As set-asides of
the SRF programs, grants  are available to
Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages for
drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
needs based on national priority lists.  The
Brownfields    Environmental     Program
provides  states,   Tribes,    and   political
subdivisions  (including cities,  towns, and
counties) the necessary tools, information,
and  strategies   for  promoting  a  unified
approach  to   environmental  assessment,
cleanup,       characterization,        and
redevelopment  at  sites contaminated  with
hazardous    wastes     and    petroleum
contaminants.

The  resources included in  this budget will
enable  the  Agency,  in conjunction  with
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EPA's state, local, and Tribal partners, to
achieve several  important  goals  for  2007.
Some of these goals include:

     - 94 percent of the population served
       by community  water  systems will
       receive drinking water meeting all
       health-based standards.

     - Award 101 assessment grants  under
       the  Brownfields program, bringing
       the cumulative  total grants awarded
       to  1,081  by the end  of  FY 2007
       paving the way for  productive reuse
       of these  properties. This  will bring
       the total  number of sites assessed to
       9,000 while leveraging a total of $10
       billion in cleanup and redevelopment
       funds since 1995.

Goal 1: Clean Air and  Global  Climate
Change

Diesel   Emissions   Reduction    Grant
Program

In FY 2007, EPA will support the National
Clean   Diesel    program,   authorized   in
Sections 791-797 of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005. This program focuses on reducing
particulate matter (PM) by up to  95% from
existing  diesel  engines,   including  on-
highway  and   nonroad   equipment   and
reducing  other,  smog-forming  emissions
such as nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons.
Five  sectors  are targeted for  reduction:
freight,   construction,    school    buses,
agriculture,   and ports.    Grants  will  be
provided to eligible entities in areas  of the
country that are not  meeting ambient air
quality standards.  This program will help
provide immediate reductions by retrofitting
the   engines   with   emission  control
technologies sooner than  would  otherwise
occur  through normal  turnover of the fleet
because  these  engines often  remain  in
service for 20 or more years.  In 2007, up to
30 percent of the appropriated funds will be
used to  provide formula grants to states for
the purpose of establishing state  grant  and
loan programs. EPA expects to fund at least
200  new grants  deploying  technology in
various  sectors using diesel engines.  These
funds will also  support competitive grants
for replacing, repowering and  retrofitting
older school buses with  emission control
technology,    potentially   reducing    PM
emissions by up to 95 percent.

Goal 2: Clean and Safe Water

Capitalizing Clean  Water  and  Drinking
Water Std, j Revolving Funds

The  Clean Water and Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund programs   demonstrate  a
true  partnership between states,  localities
and   the  Federal  government.     These
programs   provide   Federal    financial
assistance to states,  localities, and Tribal
governments to  protect the  nation's  water
resources  by  providing  funds  for  the
construction   of   drinking   water    and
wastewater  treatment facilities.   The state
revolving funds  are two important elements
of the  nation's substantial  investment in
sewage   treatment   and   drinking   water
systems,  which provides Americans with
significant benefits  in the form  of reduced
water pollution and safe drinking water.

EPA will  continue  to  provide  financial
assistance for wastewater and  other  water
projects  through the  Clean Water  State
Revolving  Fund   (CWSRF).     CWSRF
projects  include nonpoint source,  estuary,
storm water, and sewer  overflow projects.
The  dramatic  progress made in  improving
the quality of wastewater treatment since the
1970s is a national success.  In 1972, only
84 million people were served by secondary
or advanced wastewater treatment facilities.
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Today, 99 percent of community wastewater
treatment plants, serving 181 million people,
use secondary treatment  or better. Water
infrastructure  projects  supported  by  the
program  contribute  to  direct  ecosystem
improvements by  lowering the  amount of
nutrients and toxic pollutants in  all types of
surface  waters.  While great progress has
been   made,   many  rivers,   lakes   and
ocean/coastal areas still suffer an enormous
influx of pollutants after heavy  rains.  The
contaminants result in beach closures, infect
fish   and  degrade   the   ability   of  the
watersheds to sustain a healthy  ecosystem.
Improvements  to  our cities  infrastructure
remain a top priority if we are to  reclaim our
water resources.

The  FY 2007  President's  Budget Request
includes $687.6 million in funding for the
CWSRF.  More than $23 billion  has already
been  provided to capitalize  the  CWSRF,
well over twice the original Clean Water Act
authorized level  of  $8.4  billion.   Total
CWSRF funding available for  loans since
1987,  reflecting  loan  repayments,   state
match dollars, and other funding sources, is
approximately  $55 billion, of which more
than  $52  billion  has  been  provided  to
communities as financial assistance.

The  dramatic progress made  in improving
the quality of wastewater treatment since the
1970s is a national success.  In 1972, only
84 million people were served by secondary
or advanced wastewater treatment  facilities.
Today, 99 percent of community wastewater
treatment plants, serving 181 million people,
use secondary treatment or better.

The DWSRF  will be self-sustaining in the
long run and will help offset the costs of
ensuring safe drinking  water supplies  and
assisting small communities in meeting their
responsibilities.  Since its inception in 1997,
the Drinking Water State  Revolving Fund
(DWSRF)  program  has  made  available
$11.1 billion to finance 4,196 infrastructure
improvement  projects nationwide, with  a
return of $1.73 for every $1 of Federal funds
invested.

Set-Asides for Tribes: To improve public
health and water quality on Tribal lands, the
Agency  will  continue  the  1  Vz percent
CWSRF set-aside for funding  wastewater
grants to tribes as provided in the Agency's
2002 appropriation.    The  2002  World
Summit in Johannesburg adopted the goal of
reducing  the  number  of  people lacking
access to basic sanitation by 50 percent by
2015.     Through   this   program,   EPA
contributes to this goal which will provide
for the  development  of sanitation facilities
for tribes and Alaska Native Villages.

Alaska Native Villages

The  President's Budget provides $15 million
for  Alaska   native   villages   for   the
construction  of  wastewater  and  drinking
water facilities to address serious sanitation
problems.  EPA will  continue to work with
the  Department   of  Health  and Human
Services' Indian Health Service, the State of
Alaska,  the  Alaska  Native Tribal  Health
Council  and local communities to provide
needed financial and technical assistance.

Puerto Rico
The   President's  Budget  includes   $1.0
million   for   the  next  design  phase  of
upgrades to Metropolitano's Sergio Cuevas
treatment plant  in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
EPA and Puerto Rico provided $7 million to
date ($3.8 and $3.2  million, respectively).
When   all   upgrades  are  complete,  EPA
estimates that about 1.4 million people will
enjoy safer, cleaner drinking water.
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Goal  4:   Healthy   Communities   and
Ecosystems

Brownfields Environmental Projects
The  President's  Budget  includes  $89.0
million   for  Brownfields  environmental
projects.    EPA will  award  grants  for
assessment activities, cleanup, and revolving
loan  funds  (RLF).    Additionally,  this
includes cleanup  of sites contaminated by
petroleum   or   petroleum  products  and
environmental job  training grants. In  FY
2007, the funding provided will result in the
assessment of 1,000 Brownfields properties.
Brownfields grantees will leverage cleanup
and redevelopment jobs  and  $900,000  in
cleanup and redevelopment funding.

Mexico Border

The OMB Submission includes a total  of
$25.0   million  for  water  infrastructure
projects along the U.S./Mexico Border. The
goal  of  this  program  is  to  reduce
environmental and human health risks along
the   U.S./Mexico    Border.       EPA's
U.S./Mexico Border program provides funds
to  support  the  planning,   design   and
construction  of high  priority water  and
wastewater  treatment  projects  along the
border.   The Agency's goal is to provide
protection  of people in the  U.S.-Mexico
border area for health risks by increasing the
number of homes connected to potable water
supply  and   wastewater   collection   and
treatment   systems.    The  program  has
sufficient  resources  to carry out currently
approved projects and provides $25  million
to address new needs in FY 2007.
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PROGRAM PROJECTS BY APPROPRIATION
(Dollars
> ~ \ *
Science & Technology
Air Toxics and Quality
Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Federal Support for Air Toxics Program
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certification
Knergy Policy Act & Related Authorities
Implementation
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and
Certification (other activities)
Subtotal, Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and
Certification
Radiation: Protection
Radiation; Response Preparedness
Subtotal, Air Toxics and Quality
Climate Protection Program
Climate Protection Program
Enforcement
Forensics Support
Homeland Security
Homeland Security; Critical Infrastructure Protection
Water sentinel and related training
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure
Protection (other activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure
Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Decontamination
Laboratory Security: Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Safe, Building
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and
in Thousands)
., OWigattorjs ' ' Enacted


$8,476.1
$10,747.8
$3,040.8

$0.0
$60,614,9
$60,614.9
$2,552.0
$2,460.0
$87,891,6

$20,448,0

$13,377.9


$0.0
$17,952.2
$17,952.2

$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$33,417,3


$8,527.0
$10,012.0
$2,225.0

$0.0
$58,613.0
$58,613.0
$2,086.0
$3,468.0
$84,931.0

$18,648.0

$13,129.0


$8,131.0
$4,262.0
$12,393.0

$16,868.0
$591.0
$3,722.0
$14,571.0
i 	 BpesBwJ ,

$9,259.4
$10,272.9
$2,264.7

$11,400.0
$56,924.5
$68,324.5
$2,054.3
$3,585.9
$95,761.7

$12,549.6

$13,185.2


$41,735.2
$3,515.8
$45,251.0

$24,666.7
$600.0
$4,000.0
$15,231.4
' -JPmBfi

$732.4
$260.9
$39.7

$11,400.0
($1,688.5)
$9,711.5
($31.7)
$117.9
$10,830.7

($6,098.4)

$56.2


$33,604.2
($746.2)
$32,858.0

$7,798,7
$9.0
$278.0
$660.4
           Recovery (other activities)
      Subtotal, Homeland  Security:  Preparedness,  Response,   $33,417.3         ' $35,752.0          $44,498.1          S8,746.1
         and Recovery
    Homeland  Security:   Protection of  EPA  Personnel  and   52,517.6           52,050.0           $2,079.0           $29.0
    Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security                                $53,887.1          $50,195.0          $91,828.1          $41,633.1
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' " * - - - -V , , , < , . ,
Indoor Air
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Subtotal, Indoor Air
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Registration of New Pesticides
Pesticides: Review / Reregistration of Existing Pesticides
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Research / Congressional Priorities
Research: Clean Air
Research: Air Toxics
Research: Global Change
Research: NAAQS
Subtotal, Research: Clean Air
Research: Clean Water
Research: Drinking Water
Research: Water Quality
Subtotal, Research: Clean Water
Research: Human Health and Ecosystems
Human Health Risk Assessment
Research: Computational Toxicology
Research: Endocrine Disrupter
Research: Fellowships
Research: Human Health and Ecosystems
Subtotal, Research: Human Health and Ecosystems
•vtms—
~~ ObKgatkms
$696.7
$909.5
$1.606.2

$4,141.3

$8,892.1

$2,473.1
$2,471.1
$4,944.2
574,485.5

$14,472.5
$19,395.9
$63,156.4
$97,024.8

$46,824.0
$46,243.2
$93,067.2

$33,247.5
512,002.9
$12,559.5
$14,476.8
$169,805.8
$242,092.5
*rm
^•IWKitoi.
$429.0
$810.0
$1,239.0

$4,173.0

$8,511.0

$2,463.0
$2,480.0
$4,943.0
$32,919.0

$16,226.0
$18,619.0
$66,777.0
$101,622.0

$45,170.0
551,269.0
$96,439.0

$35,637.0
$12,327.0
$10,494.0
$11,691.0
$167,703.0
$237,852.0
- wm?
" ^^
$442.2
$828.7
$1,270.9

$4,268.0

$70,239.5

$2,766.1
$2,820.4
$5,586.5
$0.0

$12,274.2
$17,456.4
$05,455.6
$95,186.2

$49,242.5
$56,988.2
$106,230.7

534,488.5
514,983.1
$9,081.2
58,383.0
5161,312.7
$228,248.5


$13.2
$18.7
$31.9

595.0

$61,728.5

$303.1
$340.4
$643.5
($32,919.0)

($3,951.8)
($1,162.6)
($1,321.4)
($6,435.8)

54,072.5
55,719.2
$9,791.7

($.1,148.5)
52,050.1
($1,412.8)
($3,308.0)
($6,390.3)
(59,603.5)
Research: Land Protection
    Research: Land Protection and Restoration
                                                        510,257.6
$11,606.0
$10,552.8
($1,053.2)
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....: ... , - / "•..--...-
Research: Sustainability
Research: Economics and Decision Science(EDS)
Research: Environmental Technology Verification (ETV)
Research: Sustainability
Subtotal, Research: Sustainability
> FY-3005-
O&SBpfctas

$2,465.6
$3,364.9
$36,354.6
$42,185.1
5 ; ; Enacted ,

$2,361.0
$2,990.0
$25,803.0
$31,154.0
mm
ft^sBi

$2,494.6
$0.0
$21,404.9
$23,899.5
n- :-pm%*.
id , > , vs. Enact

$133.6
($2,990.0)
($4,398.1)
($7,254.5)
Toxic Research and Prevention
    Research: Pesticides and Toxics

Water: Human Health Protection
    Drinking Water Programs

Rescission of  Prior Year Expired  Contracts, Grants, and
Interagency Agreements
Total, Science & Technology
$28,276.0
$30,357.0
$26,223.7
($4,133.3)
$3,326.0
so.o
$785,903.1
$3,092.0
($1,000.0)
$729,810.0
$3,243.1
$0.0
$788,274.0
$151.1
$1,000.0
$58,464.0
Environmental Program & Management

Air Toxics and Quality
    Clean Air Allowance Trading Programs
    Federal Stationary Source Regulations
    Federal Support for Air Quality Management
           Energy Policy Act Implementation
           Clean Diesel Initiative
           Federal Support for Air Quality Management (other
           activities)
      Subtotal, Federal Support for Air Quality Management
    Federal Support for Air Toxics Program
    Radiation: Protection
    Radiation: Response Preparedness
    Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic Programs
    Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral Fund
Subtotal, Air Toxics and Quality

Brownfields
    Brown fields

Climate Protection Program
    Climate Protection Program
           Energy Star
           Methane to Markets
$17,513.5
$20,555.3
$0.0
$0.0
$89,350.1
$89,350,1
$23,518.7
$11,694.4
$2,284,4
$4,478.1
$9,920.0
$179,314.5
$27,248.4
$0.0
$0.0
$17,708.0
$23,215.0
$0.0
$5,867.0
$90,082.0
$95,949.0
$25,405.0
$11,178.0
$2,632.0
54,938.0
$8,600.0
$189,625.0
$24,534.0
$49,536.0
$1,971.0
$19,126.4
525,678.3
$2,800.0
$0.0
$85,265.6
$88,065.6
$25,513.7
$10,648.6
$2,688.7
$5,221.4
$13,365.0
$190,307.7
$24,637.3
$45,722.8
$4,420.5
$1,418.4
82,463.3
$2,800.0
($5,867.0)
($4,816.4)
($7,883.4)
$108.7
(S529.4)
$56.7
$283,4
$4,765.0
$682,7
$103.3
($3,813.2)
$2,449.5
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~ ~
Climate Protection Program (other activities)
Subtotal, Climate Protection Program
Subtotal, Climate Protection Program
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Energy Policy Act Implementation
Compliance Assistance and Centers (other
activities)
Subtotal, Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Energy Policy Act Implementation
Compliance Monitoring (other activities)
Subtotal, Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Energy Policy Act Implementation
Civil Enforcement (other activities)
Subtotal, Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Environmental Justice
NEPA Implementation
Subtotal, Enforcement
Environmental Protection / Congressional Priorities
Geographic Programs
Geographic Program: Chesapeake Bay
Geographic Program: Great Lakes
Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico
Geographic Program: Lake Champlain
Geographic Program: Long Island Sound

ObKgittiofei
$92,457.2
$92,457.2
$92,457.2


$0.0
527,207.0
$27,207.0
$10,135.7

$0.0
$85,297.9
$85,297.9
$122,640.6


SO.O
$113,719.7
$113,719.7
$35,109.3
$3,766.2
$4,853.2
$13,016.8
$170,465.2
$89,868.8

522,886.6
$21,098.8
$3,739.8
$686.3
52,132.7
.
$39,327.0
$90,834.0
$90,834.0


$0.0
$27,935,0
$27,935.0
$9,412.0

$0.0
385,463,0
$85,463.0
$122,810.0


$0.0
$117,807.0
$1 17,807.0
$37,565.0
$2,945.0
$5,569.0
$12,640.0
$176,526.0
$49,799.0

$22,118.0
$21,164.0
$4,809.0
$1,926.0
$470.0

$41,700.0
$91,843.3
$91,843.3


$111.2
$28,779.5
$28,890.7
$9,702.2

$986.9
$92,031.9
$93,018.8
$131,611.7


$753.2
$120,024.5
$120,777.7
$37,793.5
$2,503.7
$3,859.0
$13,787.5
$178,721.4
$0.0

$26,397.7
$20,577.1
$4,310.7
$933.8
$466.9
few
$2,373.0
$1,009.3
$1,009.3


$111.2
$844.5
$955.7
$290.2

$986.9
$6,568.9
$7,555.8
$8,801.7


$753.2
$2,217.5
$2,970.7
$228.5
($441.3)
($1,710.0)
$1,147.5
$2,195.4
($49,799.0)

$4,279.7
($586.9)
($498.3)
($992.2)
($3.1)
    Geographic Program: Other
          Geographic. Program: Pugel Sound
$0.0
$1,971.0
SO.O
($1,971.0)
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-„„.,,
Community Action for a Renewed Environment
(CARE)
Geographic Program: Other (other activities)
Subtotal, Geographic Program: Other
Regional Geographic Initiatives
Subtotal, Geographic Programs
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Communication and Information
Laboratory Preparedness and Response
Homeland Security: Communication and
Information (other activities)
Subtotal, 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
Subtotal, Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response,
and Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of EPA Personnel and
Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
Indoor Air
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Subtotal, Indoor Air
Information Exchange / Outreach
Children and Other Sensitive Populations; Agency
Coordination
Congressional, Intergovernmental, External Relations
Environmental Education
Exchange Network
Small Business Ombudsman
Small Minority Business Assistance
State and Local Prevention and Preparedness
~ " "• Ff'SMIS
, „ GMgitiioas " "
$0.0
$6,786.1
$6,786.1
$8,057.0
$65,387.3


$0.0
$5,432.4
$5,432.4

$0.0
$6,700.6
$6,700.6

$2,620.2
$2,620.2
$9,102.2
$23,855.4

S5,986.6
$21,464.4
$27,451.0

$7,135.8
$48,407.3
$8,648.1
$16,723.0
53,691.3
$2,245.7
$11,327,5
JFF3W
$2,862.0
$5,124.0
$9,957.0
$8,060.0
$68,504.0


$1,212.0
$5,263.0
$6,475.0

$98.0
$6,689.0
$6,787.0

$3,252.0
$3,252.0
$6,199.0
$22,713.0

$5,159.0
$23,137.0
$28,296.0

$5,633.0
$50,291.0
$8,889.0
$17.700.0
S3.343.0
$2,503.0
$11,377.0
-....#r#»
$4,448.4
$4,601.6
$9,050.0
$9,137.3
$70,873.5


$1,200.0
$5,599.7
$6,799.7

$99.0
$7,143.7
$7,242.7

$3,328.7
$3,328.7
$6,268.9
$23,640.0

$5,519.2
$23,464.3
$28,983.5

$6,063.8
$52,142.7
$0.0
$16,048.5
$3,501.7
$2,646.6
$12,508.4

$1,586.4
($522.4)
($907.0)
$1,077.3
$2,369.5


($12.0)
$336.7
$324.7

$1.0
$454,7
$455.7

$76.7
$76.7
$69.9
$927.0

S360.2
S327.3
$687.5

$430,8
$1,851.7
($8,889.0)
($1,651.5)
$158.7
$143.6
$1,131.4
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                                 FY2007 Annual Plan

"',->>=•-« < - - - J- .,<..,,>.,
TRI / Right to Know
Tribal - Capacity Building
Subtotal, Information Exchange / Outreach
International Programs
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Environment and Trade
International Capacity Building
POPs Implementation
US Mexico Border
Subtotal, International Programs
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Rights / Title VI Compliance
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
Legal Advice; Support Program
Regional Science and Technology
Regulatory Innovation
Regulatory/Economic-Managcment and Analysis
Science Advisory Board
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Operations and Administration
Acquisition Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Financial Assistance Grants / 1AG Management
Human Resources Management
Subtotal, Operations and Administration

, ~ CHtBgattwis - -
$15,380.7
$10,937.7
$124,497.1

$3,370.5
$2,211.7
$10,548.5
$3,196.5
$5,951.5
$25,278.7

$4,745,6
$84,371.1
$89,116.7

$4,784.2
$1,531.0
$10,905.7
$32,764.8
$13,864.0
$3,424.8
$21,215.1
$13,875.1
$4,660.8
$107,025.5

$21,830.4
$68,045.9
$317,744.7
$22,223.9
$46,795.7
$476,640.6

Enacted
$14,289.0
$11,049.0
$125,074.0

$4,116.0
SI, 766.0
$6,138.0
$1,697.0
$5,749.0
$19,466.0

$3,751.0
$94,567.0
$98,318.0

$4,607.0
$1,048.0
$10,575.0
$35,931.0
$13,206.0
$3,522.0
$21,511.0
$16,551.0
$4,402.0
$111,353.0

$23,265.0
$73,680.0
$343,908.0
$23,168.0
$41,275.0
$505,296.0


$15,243.4
$11,435.7
$119,590.8

$4,137.0
$1,861.2
$6,390.3
$1,808.7
$6,061.0
$20,258.2

$5,562.1
$96,807.2
$102,369.3

$4,860.9
$1,229.8
$11,053.7
$37,525.5
$13,465.9
53,520.7
525,853.6
517,554.8
54,615.7
$119,680.6

$25,418.3
$83,548.1
$294,760.1
$21,847.0
$40,202.5
$465,776.0

i - - ~ Tfc laacfeds
$954.4
$386.7
($5,483.2)

$21.0
$95.2
$252.3
$111.7
$312.0
$792.2

$1,811.1
$2,240.2
$4,051.3

$253.9
$181.8
$478.7
$1,594.5
$259.9
(SI. 3)
S4,342.6
$1,003.8
$213.7
$8,327.6

$2,153.3
S9,868.1
($49,147.9)
($1,321.0)
($1,072.5)
($39,320.0)
Pesticides Licensing
    Pesticides: Field Programs
$25,649.5
$24,516.0
$24,926.3
                                  $410.3
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FY 2007 Annual Plan
0
"• -J r* v. 0 ^ A
Pesticides: Registration of New Pesticides
Pesticides: Review / Reregistration of Existing Pesticides
Science Policy and Biotechnology
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
RCRA: Corrective Action
RCRA: Waste Management
RCRA: Waste Minimization & Recycling
Subtotal, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Management
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk Review and Reduction
Endocrine Disruptors
Toxic Substances: Lead Risk Reduction Program
Pollution Prevention Program
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
Water Quality Monitoring
Surface Water Protection (other activities)
Subtotal, Surface Water Protection
srsaas
" " /Vhtintxt&ffec "
UDugllutHiat
$39,321.6
$49,074.7
$1,961.5
$11 6,007 .3

536,575.0
$67,842.9
$10,878.7
$115,296.6

$8,462.3
$45,781.1
$8,696.4
$13,280.9
$15,889.3
$92,110.0

$6,459.2

$13,946.6
$25,902.3
$20,126.7
$59,975.6

83,723,7
894,559.1
$98,282.8

$13,114.0

$0.0
$186,745.5
$186,745.5
'WY3&8&
iT;rw»tf*tf
KaHKnSai
541,604.0
557,458.0
$1,694.0
$125,272.0

$39,396,0
$65,793.0
$11,825.0
$117,014.0

$9,008.0
$46,542.0
58,767.0
310,162.0
516,621.0
$91,100.0

$7,763.0

$28,989.0
523,773.0
519,416.0
$72,178.0

$3,156.0
$95,656.0
$98,812.0

$12,212.0

$7,193.0
$182,019.0
$189,212.0
. - ,Y „ ,ff 2$$?
iPwSMf Itnv)
jrTcS Jwufj
$39,767.6
$51,814.6
31,754.0
$118,262.5

$40,372.3
$67,887.3
$12,235.1
$120,494.7

$7,736.5
$44,637.0
$7,985.4
$11,367.6
$21,292.4
$93,018.9

$11,713.7

$49,600.0
$18,417.2
$20,992.2
$89,009.4

$2,653.9
$99,121.0
$101,774.9

$12,462.4

$7,120.7
$184,466.5
$191,587.2
"" ,~V "l^sSlH
1- . < ^M *TFifafti
₯$Fj&P3|£M
($1,836.4)
($5,643.4)
$60.0
($7,009.5)

$976.3
$2,094.3
$410.1
$3,480.7

($1,271.5)
($1,905.0)
($781.6)
$1,205.6
$4,671.4
$1,918.9

$3,950.7

$20,611.0
($5,355.8)
$1,576.2
$16,831.4

($502.1)
$3,465.0
$2,962.9

$250.4

($72.3)
$2,447.5
$2,375.2
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                                   FY 2007 Annual Plan

• , - •• I
Subtotal, Water Quality Protection
Rescission of Prior Year Expired Contracts, Grants, and
Interagency Agreements
Total, Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Inspector General Congressionally Mandated Projects
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
Air Toxics and Quality
Radiation: Protection
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and Investigations
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Environmental Justice

- -Fy£flft§ , <
Obligations
$199,859.5
$0.0
$2,309,238.0


$44,580.7
$426,4
$45,007.1


$12,936.5

$32,244.5
$45,181.0


$1,969.4

$15,182.0

$0.0
$148.9
$1,452.4
$1,601.3

$625.2
$8,070.1
$897.8
$921.5

,. ,. „ « |T $Mfc > FY £($?' ' ' " fiSS'JBjffl
- , - Enacted , PnssiSuil , „ :'vfi. Enact
$201,424.0 $204,049.6 $2,625.6
($2,000.0) $0.0 $2,000.0
$2,344,711.0 $2,306,617.0 ($38,094.0


$36,904.0 $35,100.0 ($1,804.0)
$0.0 $0.0 $0.0
$36,904.0 $35,100.0 ($1,804.0)


$11,331.0 $11,385.1 $54.1

$28,295.0 $28,430.9 $135.9
$39,626.0 $39,816.0 $190.0


$2,120.0 $2,323.3 $203.3

$13,337.0 $13,316.0 ($21.0)

$11.0 $22.2 $11.2
$1.86.0 $142.7 ($43.3)
$955.0 $1,144.1 $189.1
$1,152.0 $1,309.0 $157.0

$796.0 $883.0 $87.0
$8,275.0 $8,502.2. $227.2
$581.0 $621.9 $40.9
$827.0 $756,7 ($70.3)
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FY 2007 Annual Plan
-^ -^ .
Forensics Support
Superfund: Enforcement
Superfund: Federal Facilities Enforcement
Subtotal, Enforcement
Homeland Security
Homeland Security; Communication and Information
Laboratory Preparedness and Response
Subtotal, 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
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
Congressional, Intergovernmental, External Relations
Exchange Network
Subtotal, Information Exchange / Outreach
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management / Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Legal Advice: Environmental Program
if'tlUij-hiiSilJiviJl
QragpW&S
$3,599.5
$165,634.0
$8,900.3
$188,648.4


$0.0
$0.0

$0.0
$1,348.2
$1,348.2

$0.0
$0.0
$38,131.8
$38,131.8
$694.2
$40,174.2

$111.7
$2,330.3
$2,442.0

S234.6
$17,734.0
$17,968.6

$980.4
$722.8
::.;.IT**
Enacted
$3,643.0
$156,653.0
$9,410.0
$180,185.0


$296.0
$296.0

$197.0
$1,245.0
$1,442.0

$10,395.0
$0.0
$27,184.0
$37,579.0
$588.0
$39,905.0

$48.0
$1,650.0
$1,698.0

S341.0
$17,053.0
$17,394.0

$975.0
$755.0
' t FY25MJ7,
$4,184.2
$163,650.5
$10,196.9
$188,795.4


S300.0
$300.0

$198.0
$1,373.6
$1,571.6

$12,271.3
$9,500.0
$28,003.6
S49,774.9
$594.2
$52,240.7

$130.4
$1,432.4
$1,562.8

S788.6
$17,120.4
$17,909.0

$887.2
$690.8
t - - -o ^-Pl^Sjqi^l
$541.2
$6,997.5
$786.9
$8,610.4


$4.0
$4.0

$1.0
$128.6
$129.6

$1,876.3
$9,500.0
$819.6
$12,195.9
$6.2
$12,335.7

$82.4
($217.6)
($135.2)

$447.6
$67.4
$515.0

($87.8)
($64.2)
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                                FY 2007 Annual Plan
V, ft- J « > *,O^^A ^ .V V V. w .j
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory / Economic Review
Operations and Administration
Financial Assistance Grants / 1AG Management
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Acquisition Management
Human Resources Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Research: Human Health and Ecosystems
Human Health Risk Assessment
Research: Land Protection
Research: Land Protection and Restoration
Research: SITE Program
Subtotal, Research: Land Protection
Research: Sustainability
Research: Sustainability
Superfund Cleanup
Superfund; Emergency Response and Removal
Superfund: EPA Emergency Preparedness
Superfund: Federal Facilities
Supcrfund: Remedial
Superfund: Support to Other Federal Agencies
Brownfields Projects
Subtotal, Superfund Cleanup
Rescission of Prior Year Expired Contracts, Grants, and
Interagency Agreements
Total, Hazardous Substance Superfund
(Transfer to Office of Inspector General)
(Transfer to Science and Technology)
-£2Si"
$1,703,2

$3,109.3
$65,156.8
$17,464.2
$5,250.8
$20,620.3
$111,601.4

$3,848.8

$23,322.6
$6,730.9
$30,053.5

$501.0

$197,032.3
$11,387.4
$31,063.4
$711,969.6
$5,444.0
$2,299.0
$959,195.7
$0.0
$1,374,889.5
($15,182.0)
($38,821.1)
- SB-.-
$1,730.0

$3,060.0
$69,667.0
$19,727.0
$5,665.0
$24,349.0
$122,468.0

$3,755.0

$22,927.0
$1,206.0
$24,133.0

$292.0

$193,584.0
$10,540.0
$31,336.0
$588,905.0
$9,540.0
$0.0
$833,905.0
($11,000.0)
$1,231,074.0
($13,337.0)
($30,156.0)
ET3«? -
$1,578.0

$2,920.8
$73,944.7
$23,514.3
$5,270.2
$25,540.8
$131,190.8

$3,847.2

$21,963.9
$0.0
$21,963.9

$0.0

$192,398.9
$8,863.1
$31,486.6
$581,594.9
$8,575.4
$0.0
$822,918.9
so.o
$1,258,955.0
($13,316.0)
($27,811.1)
PresBud
vs:.£nact
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                                     FY 2007 Annual Plan
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Acquisition Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
Facilities Infrastructure and Operations
Human Resources Management
Subtotal, Operations and Administration
Research: Land Protection
Research: Land Protection and Restoration
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
LUST / UST
LUST Cooperative Agreements
Subtotal, Underground Storage Tanks (LUST / UST)
-JSB,
$108.0

$337.0
$730.4
$982.9
$5.0
$2,055.3

$699.3

$10,146,4
$57,048.9
$67,195.3
•: XX
$182.0

$358.0
$1,010.0
$894.0
$3.0
$2,265.0

$634.0

$10,514.0
$65,647.0
$76,161.0
,: •>. f; •,£>,-. -IPlFljbf'-^ftnij
$175.9

$360.8
$1,014.8
$916.8
$3.0
$2,295.4

$651.3

$10,590.1
$58,207.2
$68,797.3
, -iss
($6.1)

$2.8
$4.8
$22.8
$0.0
$30.4

$17.3

$76.1
($7,439.8)
(57,363.7)
Total, Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Oil Spill Response

Compliance
    Compliance Assistance and Centers

Enforcement
    Civil Enforcement

IT / Data Management / Security
    IT / Data Management

Oil
    Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparedness and Response

Operations and Administration
    Facilities Infrastructure and Operations

Research: Land Protection
    Research: Land Protection and Restoration
Total, Oil Spill Response

State and Tribal Assistance Grants
$70,589.5
$79,953.0
$270,1


$1,900.7


$39.5


$13,991.5


$552.1


$841.0
$17,594.9
$284.0


$1,910.0


$31.0


$12,066.0


$500.0


$838.0
$15,629.0
$72,759.0
$280.2


$1,826.3


S32.5


$12,964.6


S499.3


$903,1
$16,506.0
($7,194.0)
($3.8)


($83.7)


$1.5


$898.6


($0.7)


S65.1
$877.0
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                                       FY 2007 Annual Plan
Air Toxics and Quality
    Clean School Bus Initiative

Brownfields
    Brownfields Projects

Infrastructure Assistance
    Infrastructure Assistance:  Alaska Native Villages
    Infrastructure Assistance:  Clean Water SRF
    Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant Program
    Infrastructure Assistance:  Drinking Water SRF
    Infrastructure Assistance:  Mexico Border
    Infrastructure Assistance:  Puerto Rico
Subtotal, Infrastructure Assistance

STAG Infrastructure Grants / Congressional Priorities
Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance  Grants  (excluding
categorical grants)

Categorical Grants
    Categorical Grant: Beaches Protection
    Categorical Grant: Brownfields
    Categorical Grant: Knvironmenlal Information
    Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste Financial Assistance
    Categorical Grant: Homeland Security
    Categorical Grant: Lead
    Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source (Sec. 319)
    Categorical Granl: Pesticides Enforcement
    Categorical Grant: Pesticides Program Implementation
    Categorical Grant: Pollution  Control (Sec. 106)
            Water Quality 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:  Sector Program
    Categorical Grant:  State and Local Air Quality Management
    Categorical Grant: Targeted  Watersheds
$0.0
$88,065.1
                $6,897.0
                $88,676.0
$0,0
$89,119.4
($6,897.0)
$443.4
$50,866.5
$1,110,473.7
$0.0
$847,519.2
$66,176.9
$0.0
$2,073,036.3
$255,255.6
$2,418,357.0
$13,262.7
$47,411.0
$19,837.0
$105,786.4
$4,988.8
$14,169.0
$225,194.2
$20,468.4
SI 3,347.2
$0.0
$211,124.6
$211,124.6
55,161.7
$104,043.6
$8,739.4
52,464.3
5233,758.6
517,706.0
$34,485.0
$886,759.0
$0.0
$837,495.0
$49,264.0
$0.0
$1,808,003.0
$197,058.0
$2,100,634.0
$9,853.0
$49,264.0
$19,706.0
$101,94/1.0
$4,926.0
$13,499.0
$204,278.0
$18,622.0
512,907.0
518,228.0
$197,944.0
$216,172.0
$4,926.0
$98,279.0
$7,439.0
$2,21.7.0
$220,261.0
$16,608.0
$14,850.0
$687,555.0
$49,500.0
$841,500.0
$24,750.0
$990.0
$1,619,145.0
$0.0
$1,708,264.4
$9,900.0
$49,494.9
$14,850.0
$103,345.5
$4,950.0
$13,563.1
$194,040.0
$18,711.0
$12,968.9
$18,500.0
$203,161.0
$221,661.0
$5,940.0
$99,099.0
$8,073.5
$2,227.5
$185,179.5
$6,930.0
($19,635.0)
($199,204.0)
$49,500.0
$4,005.0
($24,514.0)
5990.0
($188,858.0)
($197,058.0)
($392,369.6)
$47.0
$230.9
(54,856.0)
$1,401.5
$24.0
$64.1
($10,238.0)
$89.0
$61.9
$272.0
$5,217.0
$5,489.0
$1,014.0
$820.0
S634.5
510.5
($35,081.5)
(S9,678.0)
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                                  FY 2007 Annual Plan

Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances Compliance
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality Management
Categorical Grant: Tribal General Assistance Program
Categorical Grant: Underground Injection Control (UIC)
Categorical Grant: Underground Storage Tanks
Categorical Grant: Wastewater Operator Training
Categorical Grant: Water Quality Cooperative Agreements
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program Development
Subtotal, Categorical Grants

OWBgatiMS
55,516.4
$12,977.1
$72,212.5
$11,537.5
$12,073.1
$943.0
$12,372.9
$15,027.2
$1,190,122.6
.....
" ^ $na&$&
$5,074.0
$10,887.0
$56,654.0
$10,838.0
$11,774.0
$1,182.0
$0.0
$15,765.0
$1,113,075.0

$5,098.5
$10,939.5
$56,925.0
$10,890.0
$37,566.7
$0.0
$0.0
$16,830.0
$1,089,183.6

' ;°f$,,IlMK3U&i
$24.5
$52.5
$271.0
$52.0
$25,792.7
($1,182.0)
$0.0
$1,065.0
($23,891.4)
Rescission  of Prior Year Expired Contracts, Grants, and
Interagency Agreements

Total, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
$0.0           ($66,000.0)        SO.O              $66,000.0


$3,608,479.6    $3,147,709.0       $2,797,448.0        ($350,261.0)
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