US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
UPDATED 2002 INVENTORY
for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
July 2002
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: Executive Summary 1
PART II: Table A: AAPI Participation in Major Programs and Services 3
PART III: Table B: Specific Projects and Initiatives for AAPIs 28
PART IV: Table C: Asian American and Pacific Islander Employment Profile 36
PART V: Agency Infrastructure to Support AAPI Activities 37
Appendix 49
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PARTI
Executive Summary
The mission of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health
and safeguard the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends. The
Agency ensures that all Americans are protected from significant risks due to environmental
factors, such as air and water pollution, toxic chemicals, and hazardous waste, where they live,
learn, and work. (Appendix A lists EPA's mission, goals, and principles.)
EPA provides leadership in the nation's environmental science, research, education and
assessment efforts. Working closely with other Federal agencies, state and local governments,
and Indian tribes, it develops and ensures compliance with regulations under existing
environmental laws. It also works with industries and all levels of government in a wide variety
of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts. EPA educates the
public on environmental issues and provides tools for Americans to make their own decisions
regarding acceptable levels of environmental and public health risks. The Agency has developed
cross-cutting programs to address the needs of vulnerable populations such as children, minority
and low-income communities, and others who may suffer disproportionately from adverse health
effects caused by certain environmental conditions.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) live in communities where they face the
same adverse environmental impacts as other residents. However, certain AAPI subgroups may
be more affected by these environmental factors due to their lifestyle, customs and practices,
living and working conditions, and other activities. Due to language barriers or other factors,
AAPIs may lack awareness of, or may not have full access to, the range of EPA programs,
services, environmental information, and opportunities available to them.
EPA programs and services are administered through its headquarters offices located in
Washington, DC, and through its ten Regional offices (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Kansas City, San Francisco, and Seattle). EPA also has 17 laboratories
across the country. In fiscal year (FY) 2001, the Agency had approximately 17,700 permanent
employees, with approximately 5.2 percent of this workforce of Asian or Pacific Islander
descent. The percent of AAPIs showed a slight improvement since FY 1999 and was about 1.3
percent higher than the civilian labor force and about .8 percent higher than the permanent
Federal workforce. Over 62 percent of AAPI employees occupied the "professional"
employment categories. A significant portion of AAPIs were at the GS-12 and GS-13 levels (20
percent and 45.5 percent, respectively), which is 6 to 10 percent higher than the percent of all
Agency employees at these grade levels. However, AAPIs held only 3 percent of the Agency's
supervisory positions (including Senior Executive Service).
To ensure that AAPIs and other minorities have full access to EPA's programs and
services, the Agency has undertaken significant measures. While EPA programs specifically
designated for AAPIs are limited, the Agency strives to address AAPI needs through a wide array
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of activities, initiatives, and other opportunities such as partnerships with community-based
organizations (CBOs), financial assistance, outreach, research and development, technical
assistance, educational internships and scholarships, and employment.
In September 2001, EPA published the Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach
Strategy (EPA-202-K-01-003 or www.epa.gov/aapi/outreach.htm) which creates a
comprehensive framework for strengthening the Agency's relationship with the nation's diverse
and growing AAPI community. To develop and shape this strategy, EPA engaged in a
cooperative effort meeting with AAPI residents, community groups, academia, business, and
local governments in five US communities with diverse AAPI populations. These meetings, in
the spring and summer of 2000, were designed to provide attendees with information about
EPA's work and to gather community input on the strategy. The voices and visions of these
sessions helped EPA set forth an integrated approach to improving the delivery of programs and
services of particular importance to AAPI communities.
The goals of the strategy are fourfold. First, it lays the foundation for building strong
community partnerships to respond effectively to the environmental and public health needs of
AAPIs and encourage public participation and informed decision-making. Second, it describes
EPA's commitment to enhancing economic opportunities for AAPI-owned businesses. EPA
also is committed to promoting environmental education, encouraging AAPI youth to be
stewards of the environment and to consider the pursuit of environmental careers. Finally, this
strategy delineates how EPA intends to promote diversity in its own workforce by providing
employment opportunities for AAPI professionals and pathways for career growth.
This strategy represents an important milestone in EPA's efforts to provide all Americans
with the knowledge and resources needed to confront environmental and public health
challenges. This approach not only meets the Agency's goals, mandates, and budget constraints,
but also reflects EPA's commitment to promote easy access and full utilization of its programs
and services by AAPIs. It also reflects EPA's active support for the goals of the White House
Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
This 2002 Inventory responds to the White House Initiative's request to update the
Inventory completed in calendar year 2000 that established a baseline for the Federal government
to measure progress. It displays the level of services that EPA provided to AAPIs based
primarily on FY 2001, the last full fiscal year for which data are available. EPA is pleased to
participate in this cross-agency collaboration to comprehensively address the multi-faceted
problems facing AAPI communities.
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PART II
Table A
AAPI Participation in Major Programs and Services
(based on FY 2001 or the last year for which data are available)
Major Program/Service
Children's Health Protection - focuses
on providing information, technical
assistance and other support to the
public to complement community
initiatives, public policy, regulations,
industrial and municipal practices
designed to improve children's
environmental health.
www.epa.gov/children/enter.htm
Title VI External Compliance - ensures
that recipients of EPA financial
assistance and others comply with the
relevant non-discrimination
requirements under Federal law and
handles complaints alleging violation of
Title VI. www.epa.gov/civilrights/
Title VII Internal Compliance - affords
all EPA employees and applicants for
employment equal employment and
advancement opportunities without
regard to race, color, national origin,
sex, age, religion, disability, reprisal,
sexual orientation, or parental status and
manages the Agency's Discrimination
Complaints Program.
www.epa.gov/civilrights/
Lead
Entity
AO
AO/
OCR
AO/
OCR
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
17,707
(Total
permanent
EPA
employees)
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
927
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Potentially affected the AAPI
population and their children.
Developed guidance for Title VI
implementation. EPA's Plan by
which persons with limited
English proficiency can have
meaningful access to EPA
programs is under review by the
Department of Justice.
Developed tools to manage and
fully utilize a diverse workforce
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Major Program/Service
Special Emphasis Programs (SEP)-
focus on the employment, development,
and advancement of members of the
protected groups in all disciplines,
including science and engineering,
secretarial and clerical, managerial, and
administrative positions.
www.epa.gov/civilrights
Cooperative Environmental
Management - provides efficient and
effective operation and oversight of
EPA advisory committees authorized
under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act. www.epa.gov/ocempage/
Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization - stimulates involvement of
minority firms (including AAPIs) in the
procurement/grant process and sponsors
conferences, one-on-one counseling, and
group training, www.epa.gov/osdbu/
Lead
Entity
AO/
OCR,
Other
EPA
Offices
AO/
OCEM
AO/
OSDBU
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Coordinated program and public
relations activities with
institutions serving AAPI
students through EPA's national
and collateral-duty AAPI SEP
managers. Used SEP and
Environmental Justice and
Diversity Action Plans to target
activities to AAPI organizations
through listening sessions,
recruitment and outreach efforts.
Promoted the participation of
AAPIs as members in Federal
advisory committees.
Disseminated information on
procurement and grant
opportunities and provided
technical and management
assistance.
www.epa.gov/osdbu/smbusiness.htm
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Major Program/Service
Indoor Air Quality - addresses problems
of indoor air pollution (from radon,
tobacco products, fuels, pesticides, etc.)
through efforts to inform the public and
through the Regional Radon Training
Centers .
www.epa.gov/air/indoorair/index.html
Radiological Emergency Preparedness
and Response - monitors and assesses
offsite radiation exposures and provides
guidance during any coordinated Federal
response to radiological emergencies.
www.epa.gov/air/radiation/index.html
Site Cleanup - develops risk assessment
tools and guidance for cleaning up sites
contaminated with radioactive materials
www.epa.gov/radiation/cleanup/
Ambient Air Program - directs a
national program to provide scientific
and technical guidance to EPA
Headquarters and Regional Offices, and
State and local agencies regarding air
quality monitoring and works to assure
that various air quality management
programs and objectives required by the
Clean Air Act are implemented and that
the national Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAQQS) are maintained.
www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/
Lead
Entity
OAR
OAR
OAR
OAR
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Raised knowledge and
awareness of program issues.
Provided skills and resources to
CBOs that serve AAPI
communities (e.g., translation of
EPA related materials and
training on air issues for local
health affiliates working with
AAPI populations.)
Same as above.
Same as above.
Same as above.
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Major Program/Service
Transportation and Air Quality Program
- protects public health and the
environment by controlling air pollution
from motor vehicles, engines, and the
fuels used to operate them, and by
encouraging travel choices that
minimize emissions.
www.epa.gov/air/transport/index.html
Acquisition Management - responsible
for all contracting and related activities
to fulfill the Agency's mission to protect
and safeguard the environment through
its business relationships.
www.epa.gov/oam/
Senior Environmental Employment
(SEE) Program - utilizes the skills and
expertise of older Americans (55 and
above), including AAPIs, and enables
them to contribute to the workforce.
www.epa.gov/ohros/see/brochure/
Environmental Justice - addresses issues
related to the fair treatment of people of
all races, income and cultures with
respect to development, implementation,
and enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations and policy.
www.epa.gov/compliance/environmental
justice/index .html
Lead
Entity
OAR
OARM
OARM/
OHROS
manages,
Program
&
Regions
utilize
OECA/
OEJ
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
1795
(SEE
program
enrollees)
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
93
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Raised knowledge and
awareness of transportation and
air quality issues through
consumer information and
voluntary programs.
www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer.ht
m
Managed/tracked all prime and
subcontracts with contractors of
AAPI descent (see Appendix C).
Partnered with community-
based organizations like the
National Asian Pacific Center on
Aging to employ retired AAPI
professionals in a variety of
environmental projects with
EPA.
Increased awareness/outreach
efforts by translating basic
environmental justice
information into Chinese and
Vietnamese languages
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Major Program/Service
Environmental Justice Small Grants
Program - fosters collaborative efforts
directed at addressing and/or resolving
real life environmental justice issues.
The projects place a premium on
community and family health.
www.epa.gov/compliance/environmental
iustice/grants/ei smgrants.html
Analysis and Dissemination of
Environmental Data -
• provides technical assistance to
organizations that partner with EPA in
collecting data, analyzing data,
preparing statistical reports and making
the data usable and understandable.
• responds to program and Regional
requests for demographic,
environmental, economic, TRI and other
data that are available from EPA and
other Federal or state government
sources (e.g., 2000 Census data of AAPI
populations by US counties) and
provides data collection, mapping and
visualization of collected data.
Lead
Entity
OECA/
OEJ
OEI
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Four community-based
organizations served
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Encouraged participation
through outreach, grant
workshops and application
information. In FY-2001 , four
grants were awarded to
demonstrate how AAPI
communities come together in
different ways to solve local
problems. These reflected the
diversity of problems found in
AAPI communities across the
US.
Provided technical assistance to
AAPI organizations who partner
with EPA's AAPI program and
responded to EPA AAPI
program requests.
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Major Program/Service
Public Access - provides access to
quality data including:
• www.epa.gov , EPA's gateway to
publicly accessible information.
• www.epa.gov/enviro/index iava.html.
Envirofacts Data Warehouse, which
provides information about environ-
mental activities anywhere in the US.
• www.epa. gov/enviro/html/em/index .html .
EnviroMapper, a web-based, interactive
mapping tool, that provides a dynamic
way to visualize environmental
information in local settings.
• http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/.
Window to My Environment, which
uses interactive maps and powerful tools
to answer questions about environmental
conditions in communities and what they
are doing protect the environment.
Environmental Information Outreach -
promotes the availability of EPA
information resources.
Lead
Entity
OEI
OEI
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
• Provided technical support for
AAPI web site "usability"
testing so that members of the
AAPI community gain access to
EPA information resources.
• EnviroMapper includes an
environmental justice applica-
tion to assist communities that
may be disproportionately
affected by pollution sources.
• Window to My Environment
currently covers Regions 3, 5, 6
and 8.
Promoted the availability of
EPA information resources.
Provided to AAPI communities
(both technical and general
interest audiences, e.g., provided
outreach to AAPI communities
about the availability of
"Window to My Environment").
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Major Program/Service
International Air Program - reduces
emissions from mobile sources in
Southeast Asia and China by
characterizing the air pollution in the
cities and developing emission control
strategies for both new and in-use motor
vehicles.
The Washington Center for Internships
and Academic Seminars
Pesticide Registration - evaluates the
potentially adverse effects of pesticides
on humans, the environment and non-
target species. Pesticides are found in
homes/businesses that impact AAPIs.
www.epa.gov/pesticides/chemreg.htm
Pesticide Reregistration - reviews the
health and environmental effects of
pesticides registered before 1984 to
determine if they meet contemporary
health and safety standards.
www.epa.gov/pesticides/reresistration/
Lead
Entity
OIA,
OAR
OIA
OPPTS
OPPTS
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
2 per fiscal year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Provided technical assistance to
the Phillippines and Vietnam to
support efforts to remove lead
from gasoline. These
technology transfer projects will
benefit AAPI family members
still living in Asia.
Recruited and offered
internships to students from
colleges and universities with a
high percentage of AAPIs.
Included a dietary risk
assessment that analyzes data for
certain populations, e.g., AAPIs,
as part of the registration
process.
Same as above.
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Major Program/Service
Pesticide Special Review - reviews a
particular pesticide which may have
unreasonable adverse effect to people or
the environment. Certain pesticides may
warrant further review to reduce the
risks posed by a pesticide to an
acceptable level while taking into
consideration the benefits provided by
the use of the pesticide.
www.epa.gov/oppsrrdl/specialreview.ht
ml
Protecting Children from Pesticides -
studies pesticides to better understand
their effects on children since they are at
a greater risk for some pesticides. AAPI
children are part of the populations
which may experience increased risks.
Pesticides and National Strategies for
Health Care Providers - helps health
care providers become better aware and
trained in pesticide health issues.
www.epa.gov/oppfeadl/safety/healthcar
e/healthcare .htm
Lead
Entity
OPPTS
OPPTS
OPPTS
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Same as above.
Same as above.
Improved the recognition,
diagnosis, management, and
prevention of adverse health
effects from pesticide exposures.
10
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Major Program/Service
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship
Program (PESP) - forms voluntary
partnerships with pesticide users
(partners) and with organizations that
have significant influence over pest
management practices (supporters) to
reduce the health and environmental
risks associated with pesticide use and
implements pollution prevention
strategies. www.epa.gov/oppbppdl/PESP/
Certification and Training and Worker
Protection Program - funds cooperative
agreements to assist states, territories,
and tribes conduct certification and
training programs that cover safe
pesticide use for pesticide applicators to
reduce the risk of pesticide poisonings
and injuries among agricultural workers
and pesticide handlers, including AAPIs.
http://www.epa.gov/oppfeadl/safety/wor
kers/wo rkers .htm
Lead
Entity
OPPTS
OPPTS
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Opened to all organizations that
meet the program membership
criteria.
Required the use of multiple
languages (including those of
AAPIs), information channels,
and organizational networks
(e.g., warning signs posted at
points of entry to pesticide
treated fields include
information in Cambodian,
Chinese, Korean, Laotian,
Filipino/ Tagalog, Thai, and
Vietnamese) to reach a diverse
and highly mobile population.
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Major Program/Service
Pesticides Education and Outreach -
ensures that the public has information it
needs to make responsible decisions
about pesticides and promotes public
health and environmental protection
goals (e.g., the "Citizens Guide to Pest
Control and Safety" teaches consumers
how to control pests in/around the home,
alternatives to chemical pesticides, how
to choose pesticides, and how to use,
store and dispose of them safely.)
www.epa.gov/pesticides/consumer.htm
Lead Risk Reduction Program - reduces
the hazards posed by lead-based paint
through regulation, education and
outreach.
www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/index.html
Lead
Entity
OPPTS
OPPTS,
R6
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Translated many of these
documents into AAPI languages;
and employed translators for
better communication with
AAPIs and others (e.g.,
education materials written in
Chinese and other languages
about the safe use of pesticides
in the home).
Directed educational campaign
at both abatement workers and
parents, especially in low-
income areas and areas with a
high population of immigrants.
A Vietnamese translation of the
lead brochure "Protect your
Family from Lead in your
Home" was published in 2002.
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Major Program/Service
Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program
- focuses on providing methods and
procedures to detect and characterize the
potential effects of chemicals
(pesticides, commercial chemicals, and
environmental contaminants) on the
endocrine system. These hormone-
disrupting chemicals are widespread and
can cause adverse effects, even at low
levels, resulting in potentially serious
risks to the environment and public
health that could impact on AAPIs.
www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/index.htm
Design for the Environment - helps
businesses, through voluntary
partnerships, integrate environmental
concerns with everyday decision-making
on cost and performance. The program's
goal is to reduce the risk of chemicals to
workers, communities and the
environment.
www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/
Lead
Entity
OPPTS
OPPTS,
R6, R9
Total
Population
171ilriK1n
Migible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Translated public documents
into AAPI languages, as
necessary.
Provided translated materials for
Korean-American garment care
establishments:
www.epa . go v/opp tintr/dfe/pubs/
allpubs.htm. Vietnamese-
American nail care salons in the
Houston, Texas are involved in
partnership program with EPA
Region 6 to determine best shop
practices.
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Major Program/Service
PBT Initiative - addresses the impacts
on people and the environment from
highly toxic, long lasting substances
such as mercury. OPPTS is working
with other EPA offices to assure that
monitoring plan developed for priority
persistent, biaccumulative, and toxics
reflects baselines affecting subsistence
fisher populations, including AAPIs.
www.epa.gov/opptintr/pbt/mercury.htm
Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Program - funds research grants and
graduate fellowships in numerous
environmental science and engineering
disciplines through a competitive
solicitation process and independent
peer review, http://es.epa.gov/ncer/grants/
STAR Peer Review - supports the STAR
program through a rigorous peer review
process that rates the quality of the
science proposed by the Principal
Investigators.
Lead
Entity
OPPTS
ORD
ORD
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
3 graduate fellowships
10* research grants
principal investigators
75*
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Included AAPI subpopulations
in definition of subsistence
fisher population group. This
program should help reduce the
risk of eating mercury-
contaminated fish by AAPIs.
Engaged (by contract) outside
experts in the specified field to
review STAR applications and
rate them according to the
quality of the science in the
proposal. Of those reviewers,
EPA estimates that about 75
AAPIs were engaged as peer
reviewers. Reviewers become
familiar with the application
process, understand the quality
of the proposals that succeed,
and, in the future, assemble their
own applications or encourage
others from their institutions to
do so.
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Major Program/Service
Small Business Innovation Research -
participates in the SBIR Program
established by the Small Business
Innovation Development Act of 1982.
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/
Environmental Technology Verification
(ETV) Program - develops testing
protocols and verifies the performance
of innovative technologies to problems
that threaten human health or the
environment, www.epa.gov/etv/
Small Drinking Water Treatment
Technology Evaluations
Superfund Technical Assistance
Lead
Entity
ORD
ORD
ORD
ORD,
RIO,
OSWER
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI
Total
3 to 8*
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Made approximately forty Phase
I awards of $70,000 each and
ten to fifteen Phase II awards of
$250,000 each. EPA estimates
that between 10% and 25% of its
SBIR awards are AAPI small
businesses or businesses that
have a Principal Investigator
who is an AAPI.
Accelerated the entrance of new
environmental technologies into
the domestic and international
marketplace.
Provided technical assistance on
evaluation and selection of
drinking water, wastewater, and
telemetry technologies in the
Pacific Islands.
Provided technical support for
the Del Monte Superfund site in
Hawaii.
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Major Program/Service
Brownfields - addresses abandoned,
idled, or under-used industrial and
commercial properties which are not
Superfund sites. EPA works with
communities, states and municipalities
to revitalize brownfield properties by
mitigating potential health risks through
better site assessment and clean-up and
by restoring economic vitality through
local job development and training.
www.epa.gov/epahome/hi-brownfields.htm
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) - focuses on active
industrial facilities that treat, store, or
generate hazardous waste. EPA and its
state partners work together to address
releases from the facilities to drinking
water supplies or sensitive ecosystems.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/index.htm
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and
Prevention - provides leadership,
advocacy, and assistance to prevent and
prepare for chemical emergencies;
respond to environmental crises; and
inform the public about chemical
hazards in their community.
www.epa.gov/swercepp/
Oil Program - prevents, prepares for and
responds to oil spills that occur in and
around inland waters of the US.
www.epa.gov/oilspill/
Lead
Entity
OSWER
OSWER
OSWER
OSWER
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Provided cultural awareness and
sensitivity training for staff.
Provided cultural awareness and
sensitivity training for staff.
Provided cultural awareness and
sensitivity training for staff.
Provided cultural awareness and
sensitivity training for staff.
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Major Program/Service
Underground Storage Tanks (UST) -
prevents and addresses releases from
USTs. Promotes compliance with EPA
and State requirements for leak
detection and the upgrading, replacing
or closure of substandard tanks. Cleans
up leaking UST contamination.
www.epa.gov/swerustl/index.htm
Underground Injection Control Program
- provides safeguards so that injection
wells do not endanger current and future
underground sources of drinking water.
www.epa.gov/safewater/uic.html
Beach Protection Program -funds grants
to strengthen beach standards and
testing, improve the scientific basis for
beach monitoring, and develop methods
to inform the public about beach
conditions
www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/
Fish Consumption/Advisory - supports
states and tribes through guidance,
scientific information and technical
assistance.
www.epa.sov/waterscience/fish/
Public Water System Supervision
Program - implements and enforces
drinking water standards to protect
public health.
www.epa.gov/safewater/pws/pwss.html
Lead
Entity
OSWER
OW
OW
OW
OW
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Provided compliance
information regarding USTs and
cleanup information regarding
leaking USTs as part of the UST
owners/ operators community,
including AAPIs.
Translated public information
materials in AAPI languages.
Improved public notification in
Pacific Island states and
territories.
Provided translation of brochure
and/or information materials.
Translated public information
materials in AAPI languages.
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Major Program/Service
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund -
makes funds available to drinking water
systems to finance infrastructure
improvements to ensure the provision of
safe drinking water to 250 million
customers.
www.epa.gov/safewater/dwsrf.html
Outreach to AAPI community leaders -
increases the dialogue with AAPI
community residents and organizations.
Urban Environmental Program -
addresses environmental justice issues.
Lead
Entity
OW
Rl
Rl
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Maintained, improved and
expanded information and
systems to support core public
health, program and right-to-
know needs. Community water
systems that serve a large non-
English-speaking population
must include in their annual
water quality reports information
in the appropriate language
about the importance of the
report, or a telephone number
where residents may obtain a
translated copy of the report.
Identified issues and discussed
strategies through meetings with
leadership, organizations and
residents.
Communicated in Laotian,
Hmong and Vietnamese as part
of the Northern Rhode Island
Conservation District - Public
Education Campaign for the
Woonasquatucket River.
Produced in Cambodian an
informational brochure for the
Keep Providence Beautiful
campaign. Sponsored the
Chinese Progressive Association
in the Campaign to Protect
Chinatown.
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Major Program/Service
Children's Health
Ombudsperson for Small &
Disadvantaged Businesses Utilization
Children's Environmental Health State
Coordination, Outreach and Education
Program - develops capacity within
Region 4 states to address children's
environmental health hazards. A major
component of this project is children's
environmental health outreach, training
and educational programs.
The Presidential Task Force on
Environmental Health & Safety Risks to
Children - encourages Federal agencies
to give more support to states to combat
childhood asthma. The Region is
facilitating the development and
implementation of state strategies to
reduce exposures to environmental
triggers of childhood asthma.
Lead
Entity
R3
R3
R4
R4
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Same as AAPIs Served
Same as AAPIs Served
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
40*
50*
725,487
NHOPI
0
24,221
Total
40*
50*
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
725,487
24,221
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Circulated AAPI language
materials on lead and asthma
through Region 3's grantees.
Held open house for minority-
owned businesses to promote
mission of the office.
Impacted AAPIs living in high-
risk neighborhoods that tend to
be poor, minority, urban, low-
income, and older housing
neighborhoods.
Impacted AAPI populations
living in high-risk
neighborhoods. Many of the
high-risk areas for asthma are
poor, minority, urban, low-
income areas.
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Major Program/Service
Lead
Entity
Total
Population
Eligible
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI
Total
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Children's Pesticide, Asbestos, and Lead
(PAL) Environmental Education and
Outreach Initiative - minimizes
children's exposure to environmental
health hazards through a community-
based program.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
725,487
24,221
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
Trained health professionals,
developed educational and
outreach material and resulted in
the establishment of community
intervention programs. AAPI
children in poor, minority,
urban, low-income and older
housing neighborhoods have
high-risks for lead-poisoning,
asthma and environmental
hazards.
Children's Environmental Health Lead
Based Paint Regulatory Compliance
Assistance and Education Project -
provides outreach, compliance
assistance and information to the
regulated community and the public on
the EPA regulatory requirements
associated with lead-based paint. The
project focuses on low income and
minority communities where the greatest
number of children have been found
with elevated blood lead levels.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
725,487 24,221
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
Impacted children, including
AAPI children, especially in
high-risk neighborhoods
(low-income areas
and areas with potentially a high
population of immigrants) in
helping to reduce childhood
lead.
Lead-Based Paint Real Estate
Notification and Disclosure Program -
entitles home buyers and renters of pre-
1978 housing to receive lead poisoning
prevention information pamphlet and
disclosure from the owner/landlord of
the property of knowledge of lead-based
paint in housing before lease or
purchase.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
725,487
24,221
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
Targeted compliance inspections
toward areas at high-risk for
lead-poisoned children, which
are urban, low-income, older
housing neighborhoods. AAPI
populations living in high-risk
neighborhoods will be impacted.
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Major Program/Service
Lead
Entity
Total
Population
Eligible
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian
NHOPI Total
Total AAPIs Served
Asian
NHOPI Total
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Lead-Based Paint Training and
Certification Program - funds
cooperative agreements to assist states
and tribes, as well as directly
implements in some states and tribes, a
program to conduct certification and
training which conveys appropriate
techniques to conduct paint inspections,
risk assessments and safe paint removal
in housing, in order to reduce the risk of
lead poisoning among children,
including AAPI children.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
725,487
24,221
749,708
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
Impacted children, including
AAPI children, especially in
high-risk neighborhoods
(low-income areas
and areas with potentially a high
population of immigrants) in
helping to reduce childhood lead
poisoning.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) -
informs agricultural workers and
handlers about the hazards of pesticides;
provides protections to employees in the
form of notification and personal
protective equipment (PPE); and
mitigates exposures and provides
emergency assistance in the event of
pesticide exposure. EPA and the states
are responsible for ensuring that
employers are complying with the WPS
requirements.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
941,600
*Estimate of farm workers in
Region 4 based on the 1990
census and a National
Agricultural Workers Survey
conducted in 1994-1995 that
showed that fewer than 1 % of the
farm workers in the United States
were Asian born.
Informed workers of WPS
requirements and the points of
contacts to report violations and
to obtain more information.
Each of the states has outreach
underway under the WPS and
many of the outreach materials
are translated into languages
other than English.
Superfund Community Involvement
Activities - plans and implements
community relations/public involvement
programs in accordance with CERCLA
and RCRA.
R4
Universal
Benefit
Same as AAPIs Served
725,487 24,221
749,708
Informed and educated affected
AAPIs that live in affected
areas.
*Estimates derived from Census
2000 data located at US Census
Bureau web site, State and
County QuickFacts
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Major Program/Service
RCRA Enforcement - provides technical
assistance and other support to the
owners/operators of the industrial
facilities in selection of compliance
alternatives to return to compliance.
Water Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance Programs -
• provides scientific and technical
assistance to the Region 5 States to
assure that various water programs and
objectives required by various water
statutes (such as clear water act, safe
drinking water act, underground
injection control, etc.) are implemented.
• provides technical assistance and
other support to the operators for owners
of the industrial facilities personnel in
selection of compliance alternatives to
return to compliance. Several Asians
own and operate printed circuits boards.
• provides technical assistance and
necessary documents to community
groups, concerned citizens, regarding
compliance status of various industries
and publicly owned treatment workers.
Regional AAPI Outreach Strategy -
concentrates outreach efforts on the
large Vietnamese community in
Houston, Texas, as part of the national
AAPI outreach initiative.
Lead
Entity
R5
R5
R6
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Distributed information to
persons/businesses in the AAPI
directory.
Created dialogue between the
states, community groups and
private sector. Designated
program specific individuals,
hosted meetings and provided
speakers.
Translated various EPA
outreach brochures to
Vietnamese and attended Asian
community activities to
distribute outreach material.
The program lead is fluent in
Vietnamese.
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Major Program/Service
Team Houston - partnership of twenty-
three Federal, state, and local
governments and AAPI community in
Houston, Texas formed on June 6, 2001 .
The team has monthly conference calls
to discuss on-going activities aimed at
resolving AAPI issues in Houston,
Texas. Team Houston's activities
continue in FY2002.
Safe Drinking Water - ensures drinking
water meets health based standards for
more than 90 contaminants and protects
drinking water from contamination
sources.
Fish Consumption Advisories - reduce
consumption of contaminated fish and
shellfish.
Children's Health Project
Lead
Entity
R6
R6
R6
R7
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
300,000*
(Estimated at 56.8% of
Houston population, a
majority of whom are
Vietnamese)
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
300,000*
(Estimated at 56.8% of
Houston population, a
majority of whom are
Vietnamese)
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Funded activities individually by
agency or local governments.
EPA participated in the Design
for the Environment nail salon
project and assisted the Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) with
their first Vietnamese
translation. Five thousand
copies have been distributed to
the Vietnamese community in
Houston as well as other FWS
offices in the US. Participated
in 2002 community outreach
efforts during the Vietnamese
New Year Celebration and
during a summer festival both at
the Lavang Church in Houston.
Made available, as appropriate,
drinking water consumer
confidence reports in foreign
languages if a significant portion
of the service population is non-
English speaking. Recruited
bilingual staff (Vietnamese).
Posted an advisory limiting the
consumption of crabs and catfish
in the Houston Ship Channel,
which is heavily fished by
Asians.
Visited pre-schools and day care
centers to educate children and
network with communities.
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Major Program/Service
Indoor Air Quality
State Indoor Radon Grants - encourage
people to test their homes for radon, to
fix them if radon levels are elevated, and
to build new homes to be radon-
resistant.
Pesticides - works with state, tribal, and
Pacific Island partners to implement an
enforcement and public outreach
strategy to eliminate the import, sale,
and use of insecticide chalk that is
produced in China and often found in
Asian markets.
Lead
Entity
R7
R9,
OAR
R9
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Raised public awareness through
information booths, answering
telephone calls, presentations,
Kids' web page.
Provided grants to Guam EPA.
Guam has the highest levels of
radon in Region 9 (>100pCi/L in
homes and schools). Guam EPA
built a radon lab (reducing time
and inefficiency of mainland
testing). Besides increasing
radon awareness, it expanded
testing to day care centers and is
conducting a lottery to provide a
free mitigation system to two
homeowners.
Developed and translated
(internally) into Vietnamese and
Chinese a brochure highlighting
the hazard to children. Region
9, states, tribes, and the Pacific
Islands continue to distribute
over 500 brochures to retail
establishments that may be
selling chalk.
www.epa.gov/Region9/toxic/pes
t/chalk/index.html
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Major Program/Service
Pesticides/Farm Worker Protection
Program - manages and implements the
Region's program as directed by the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Superfund - plans and implements
community relations and public
involvement programs in accordance
with CERCLA and RCRA.
Lead
Entity
R9
R9
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Distributed materials in AAPI
languages to state inspectors and
Pacific Island territory
inspectors e.g., Multilingual
Inspector Language phrase cards
and audio cassettes that were
produced by the EPA Office of
Compliance in 1999. The card
and cassette are intended to
assist state pesticide inspectors
in gathering information about
how well the Worker Protection
Standard is implemented by
aiding them in communicating
with non-English speaking farm
workers (Cambodian, Chinese,
Ilocano, Korean, Laotian,
Tagalog, Thai-Female, Thai-
Male and Vietnamese).
Produced outreach materials in
various AAPI languages in order
to inform, educate and involve
affected AAPI communities at
these sites.
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Major Program/Service
Pacific Islands Office (PIO)- manages
EPA's involvement and activities in the
Pacific Island areas: the US flag areas
of American Samoa, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands and
Guam; and the freely associated states of
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and the
Republic of Palau. PIO endeavors to
maintain a current and comprehensive
understanding of the circumstances
(environmental, political, social,
economic, etc.) that affect these areas
(with an emphasis in the flag areas) in
order to inform the Agency's activities.
www.epa.gov/region09/cross pr/islands/
index .html
Superfund technical assistance grant -
awarded to the Waste Action Project
Advisory Group for work on a
Superfund site located in a major Puget
Sound waterway from which AAPIs
harvest shellfish.
Lead
Entity
R9
RIO
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
300,000*
(Population mostly PI)
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
300,000*
(Population mostly PI)
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Awarded to area environmental
protection agencies consolidated
environmental program grants
which enable program designs
that reflect the priorities and
needs of each area «
www.epa.gov/Region9/cross pr/
islands/intro.html » and
provided ongoing technical
assistance. Sponsored annual
Pacific Islands environmental
conference with participation
from local governments, elected
officials, private sector
representatives, academia and
non-profit and community-based
organizations.
Arranged for the Department of
State to translate the Advisory
Group's brochure into
Vietnamese, Cambodian and
Laotian.
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Major Program/Service
Student Educational Employment
Program, Volunteer Program, and
Internships - enrich educational
programs; relate education to the
occupational needs of both EPA and
participating students; provide students
the opportunity for early career
exploration and work exposure; and
encourage interest in environmental
studies and careers.
www.epa.gov/epahome/iobs.htm
Lead
Entity
All
Total
Population
Eligible
Universal
Benefit
Total AAPIs Eligible
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Total AAPIs Served
Asian NHOPI Total
Undetermined
Efforts to Broaden Service
Delivery to AAPIs
Recruited at institutions with
high percentage of AAPIs.
* Estimate
Note: All of the EPA Regions work with states, tribes and other entities in their Regions to implement air, water, waste, and other environmental programs. These
programs are listed in the table above only if the Region indicated specific efforts to broaden service delivery to AAPIs.
Appendix B-l provides a key to Table A (Lead Entity Acronyms).
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PART III
Table B
Specific Projects and Initiatives for AAPIs
(based on FY 2001 or the last year for which data are available)
Pr o j ect/Initiative
Air Program - efforts to characterize air pollution in cities
and to develop emission control strategies for both new and
in-use motor vehicles in China and Southeast Asia, and to
remove lead from gasoline in Vietnam and the Philippines.
Environmental Justice Small Grant - award to Boat People
SOS, Inc., Camden, NJ. Through a series of outreach
activities including information workshops, radio talk
shows, and monthly newsletters, Boat People SOS is
targeting Vietnamese refugees in Camden, New Jersey in
order to build community capacity and enhance community
understanding of lead paint hazards faced in Camden
homes.
Environmental Justice Small Grant - award to
Vietnamese Community Southeastern of Virginia, Inc.,
Hampton, VA. The Community Health Awareness
Project's focus is Vietnamese refugees in Hampton Roads,
Virginia who live in old buildings that are subject to high
levels of carbon monoxide and lead. The project's goals
are to raise health risk awareness, identify and assess
pollution sources, and recruit and train environmental and
health community advocates through health advocate
training, information workshops, a Vietnamese-language
newsletter mailed to the specific families, and
flyers/brochures .
Program
Category
3
1
1
Total Funding
Undetermined
$15,000
$15,000
Total AAPIs
Served
Undetermined
Community
based
organization
Community
based
organization
Funding
Mechanism
7
World Bank
1
1
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
1
4
Subject to available
funds
4
Subject to available
funds
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
Environmental Justice Small Grant - award to
Asian Pacific Environmental Network , Oakland, CA..
The Asian Pacific Environmental Network launched the
first community capacity building effort in the Laotian
community of West Contra Costa County in 1995. The
goal is to bring together different ethnic groups of the
Laotian community to organize, develop indigenous
leadership, and build community capacity to work for
social and environmental justice. This project focuses on
improving the county's disclosure of the release of toxic
substances and their impact on human health, and the
delivery of this information to Laotian and other non-
English speaking communities.
Environmental Justice Small Grant - award to
My Service Mind Of the Northwest, Lakewood, WA.
This project addresses environmental pollution in the daily
life of low-income Korean populations in Pierce, South
King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties; and serves to
educate them about the dangers, proper use and disposal of
household products; hazards of incorrect disposal; and the
harmful effects of radiation. The project promotes critical
thinking and action to develop and improve access to this
information due to language barriers of affected
community.
Environmental Justice Small Grant - award to the Korean
Women 's Association in Region 10 for AAPI youth to learn
about proper shellfish harvesting.
Lead Risk Reduction Program - translation of the lead
brochure, "Protect your Family from Lead in your Home,"
into Vietnamese.
Program
Category
1
1
1
1
Total Funding
$14,285
$14,999
$15,000
$2,000
Total AAPIs
Served
Community
based
organization
Community
based
organization
40,000
(Estimate)
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
1
1
1
6
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
4
Subject to available
funds
4
Subject to available
funds
4
4
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
Design for the Environment - outreach to Korean dry
cleaners associations by EPA and state agencies
Design for the Environment - education of nail salon
workers about the dangers of the chemicals present in their
workplace through literature reviews and development of
Vietnamese-translated fact sheets. EPA will work with
nine pilot nail salons in order to develop best management
practices for the industry.
Post Doc Program - one Asian-American post doc hired in
FY2002.
Research Program - Memorandum of Understanding with
the Kwangiu Institute of Science and Technology to
conduct cooperative research and exchanges of personnel.
In FY 2002, hired two post docs from the Institute and an
undergraduate student from Korea spent 4 months working
with two researchers on metals transport research in the
subsurface.
STAR Research Grant - award to the University of Illinois
at Champaign entitled "Friends' Children's Environmental
Health Center," to undertake basic science research and a
community-based project in a Hmong- and Laotian-
American community in the Midwest.
STAR Research Grant - award to the Universities of Guam
and Hawaii and the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences
entitled "Integrating Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrity and
Restoration Options with Watershed-based activities in the
Tropical Pacific Islands and the Societal Costs of Poor
Land-use Practices."
Program
Category
1
1
2
2
2
2
Total Funding
N/A
$75,000
$90,000
$300,000
$249,500
Total AAPIs
Served
1500
(Estimate)
200,000
(Estimate)
1
2
Undetermined
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
N/A
6
7
Salary dollars
4
1
1
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
7
Meetings with dry
cleaner associations
4
4
4
4
4
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
RCRA Focus series on Dry Cleaning - translation into
Korean.
UST Compliance - grants to states, territories, and tribes to
implement the UST program..
Cleanup of Leaking UST Contamination - cooperative
agreements to states, territories, and tribes to implement the
LUST program.
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program - grants to
ensure effective public health protection by preventing
contamination of the nation's drinking water supplies.
Public Water Supply Supervision (PWSS) Program - grants
to ensure public health protection by providing effective
oversight and by maximizing the use of available resources
in the implementation of SDWA programs and regulations.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) - grants to
implement and oversee drinking water infrastructure
financing and establish future infrastructure needs.
Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants (DWIG) - grants to
implement and oversee drinking water infrastructure
financing and establish future infrastructure needs.
Program
Category
1
3
3
1,2, 3
1,2, 3
1,2, 3
1,2, 3
Total Funding
Undetermined
$270,000
(HI, GU, AS,
CNMI)
$480,000
(HI, GU, AS,
CN)
$10,476,900
(All)
$93,100,200
(All)
$823,185,000
(All)
Total AAPIs
Served
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
N/A
2
4
1
1
1
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
5
4
4
3
Formula based on
populations,
geographical area
and the number of
injections wells in
the five well types or
Classes
3
Formula based on
populations,
geographical area
and number of
different types of
water systems
3
Formula based on
the results of the
statutorily-required
DW infrastructure
Needs Survey
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
Drinking Water Outreach - publications and outreach to
increase public involvement and consumer awareness of
drinking water issues
National Forum on Contaminants in Fish -
state/federal/tribal conference on fish advisories.
Fish Consumption/Advisory - distribution of multi-
language outreach brochures on fish advisories to high risk
communities.
Beach Protection Program - grants to strengthen beach
standards and testing, improve the scientific basis for beach
monitoring, and develop methods to inform the public
about beach conditions.
Recycling Program - a solid waste recycling program
established as well as storm water education for an adopted
school in Philadelphia's Chinatown.
Team Houston -partnership of twenty-three Federal, state,
and local governments and AAPI community in Houston,
Texas formed on June 6, 2001 . The team has monthly
conference calls to discuss on-going activities aimed at
resolving AAPI issues in Houston, Texas. Team Houston's
activities continue in FY2002.
Pesticides Program - translation of pesticide safety
outreach materials in AAPI languages. Materials include
pesticide application warning signs in Mandarin, Tagalog
and Samoan, pesticide safety poster in Laotian and
Tagalog, and pesticide safety workbook in Chamorro.
Program
Category
1, 3
3, 5
1
2,3,5
3
1
1
Total Funding
$616,000
$100,000
$55,000
$236,000
$0
Undetermined
$10,000
Total AAPIs
Served
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
200
(Estimate)
300,000
(Estimated at
56.8% of
Houston
population)
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
1
2
7
Interagency
Agreement
2
N/A
7
Each Agency
/local govt. funds
their activities
4
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
2
4
4
5
Program grant
allocation formula
N/A
Undetermined
4
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
Pesticide Program - funding to the State of Hawaii for
pesticide safety training for non-English speaking farmers
from Southeast Asian and the Philippines. Training
conducted in Tagalog, Laotian and Korean.
Pesticide Program - two week Intergovernmental Personnel
Act assignment to the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam to provide technical
support and training to both CNMI-Department of
Environmental Quality and Guam EPA in Pesticide
Inspection & Enforcement procedures. Region 9 staff lead
an 8-day hands-on FIFRA inspectors workshop on Saipan
addressing such topics as: neutral inspection scheme
development; legal authorities for entry; evidence
collection; and case development activities.
Seafood Consumption Study - data from a 1999 Region 10
AAPI seafood consumption study was prepared in an
accessible, user-friendly format via the EPA web site:
www.epa.gov/RegionlO/offices/oea/risk/a&pi.pdf
Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program -
cooperative agreement with the National Asian Pacific
Center on Aging (NAPCA) which employs AAPI and other
individuals in a variety of activities from clerical to
professional services (e.g., engineers, chemists,
statisticians, etc.) to support EPA activities.
Program
Category
5
3
1
1, 2,3
Total Funding
$40,000
$3,000
$3,000 and RIO
in-kind services
$6,330,332
Total AAPIs
Served
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
4
4
Contract
4
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
4
4
5
Internal budget
4
Subject to available
funds
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
• Student Career Experience Program - a Federal program
that exposes students to public service and work experience
directly related to the students' academic programs and
career goals.
• High school student volunteer program - unpaid EPA
training opportunities that provide high school students
work experience related to their academic programs.
• Alliance for Learning and Vision of Under-represented
Americans - an educational program that supports local
AAPI students attending the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas.
Environmental Careers Organizations - an internship
program which targets students from minority and low-
income populations, such as AAPIs.
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic
Seminars - an organization that recruits and offers
internships to students from colleges and universities with a
high percentage of AAPIs.
Recruitment Events - participation in FY 2001 and FY
2002 in national conferences and/or career fairs of the
Organization of Chinese Americans, Federal Asian Pacific
American Council, and National Association of Asian
American Professionals, as well as the Asian Diversity
Conference and Job Fair.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Awareness -
OPPTS training, OSWER speaker sponsorship on the topic
of Japanese internment in WWII, Region 2 cultural
awareness seminars, Regions 4, 5 and 9 professional
development and other events, Region 7 "Asian Ancestors
in the Americas" video and lecture by Chen Yi, and
cultural food , entertainment and lectures in Headquarters.
Program
Category
5
5
7 Internships
1
5,7
Total Funding
$30,000
$270,000
(Estimated cost
of stipends)
$17,867
$12,150
-$16,500
Total AAPIs
Served
26
8% of the total
ECO Interns
2 per fiscal year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Funding
Mechanism
7
Internal budget
7
Internal budget
7
Internal budget
6
4, 5, 6, 7
Internal budget
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
4
Subject to available
funds
4
4
5
National and local
recruitment budgets
4, 5
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Pr o j ect/Initiative
AAPI Program and Career Enhancement Training - training
and professional development for AAPI employees in
OPPTS, ORD, OSWER, Region 4 and Region 5.
Diversity training offered to staffs in OSWER, Region 4
and Region 5.
Nationwide networking at training conferences.
Program
Category
5
5
5
Total Funding
-$16,000
$29,200
$3,000
Total AAPIs
Served
85
N/A
2
Funding
Mechanism
6,7
Internal budget
N/A
7
AAPI training
conference
Formula to
Determine Funding
Level
4, 5
5
N/A
NOTE: Appendix B-2 provides a key to Table B (Numerical Codes for Program Category, Funding Mechanism and Formula). Appendix D provides a summary
of EPA community grant programs and award amounts for FY 2001.
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PART IV
Table C
Asian American and Pacific Islander Employment Profile
Grade
Level
GS 1-4
GS 5
GS 6
GS7
GS 8
GS 9
GS 10
GS 11
GS 12
GS 13
GS 14
GS 15
SES
Other*
TOTAL
Occupational Categories
Professional
Total
AAPIs
2
1
14
11
117
297
94
35
1
5
577
Total
EPA
8
46
112
261
1035
3483
1662
874
81
102
7664
Administrative
Total
AAPIs
0
7
0
17
0
14
67
125
35
13
6
1
285
Total
EPA
9
88
1
316
5
505
1416
2658
1261
962
178
38
7437
Technical
Total
AAPIs
0
2
1
10
7
4
1
1
0
26
Total
EPA
2
17
55
236
139
120
67
29
10
675
Clerical
Total
AAPIs
4
3
3
6
5
4
1
0
0
26
Total
EPA
82
91
97
288
207
113
47
2
1
928
Other
Total
AAPIs
7
1
2
1
1
1
13
Total
EPA
28
7
14
6
4
2
76
Supervisory
Total
AAPIs
0
18
23
7
0
48
Total
EPA
1
446
837
240
17
1541
* Includes Senior Level, Science/Technical, Administrative Law Judges, Administratively Determined, Executive Schedule, and PHS Commissioned Officers.
NOTE: This table reflects permanent employees as of 9/22/01 except for fifteen wage grade employees.
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PARTY
Agency Infrastructure to Support AAPI Activities
Understanding AAPI Needs
A. Has your agency conducted any needs assessments, reports or other documents within the
last five years (produced internally or through an award or contract) to identify, quantify, and
evaluate AAPI service needs (such as the needs of Southeast Asians in the Midwest, Pacific
Islanders in the mainland, etc.)? If yes, please list and describe.
The Environmental Protection Agency has conducted several assessments and issued
several reports and other documents concerning the United States as a whole and, in some cases,
target populations such as AAPIs. In addition, there are a number of Agency efforts with
particular geographic focus with a predominantly AAPI population such as insular areas and on
mainland urban areas where the majority of AAPIs reside. Furthermore, EPA conducts periodic
assessments of the diversity of its workforce, including the representation of the AAPI population.
• In September 2001, EPA published the Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach
Strategy (EPA-202-K-01-003 or www.epa.gov/aapi/outreach.htm) which creates a
comprehensive framework for strengthening the Agency's relationship with the nation's
diverse and growing AAPI community. This Strategy described a number of activities
focusing on AAPI populations. These included: a seafood consumption study in the
Pacific Northwest, environmental justice for Philadelphia's Chinatown, working with the
Asian Pacific Environmental Network to augment AAPIs' voice on environmental issues,
reaching out to Korean dry cleaners through EPA's Design for the Environment's Garment
and Textile Care Program, educating families about lead poisoning in Milwaukee's
Southeast Asian communities, taking actions to reduce "Chinese Chalk" use, raising
awareness of indoor air pollutants in partnership with the Association of Asian Pacific
Community Health Organizations, protecting coral reefs in the Pacific, and raising
environmental awareness in Hawaii.
• In FY 2001, under the Design for the Environment Program, Region 6 defined the market
profile of the nail care salon industry in Houston, Texas as well as its environmental and
health and safety issues. It has partnered with Vietnamese-American nail salons in
Houston to determine best shop practices.
• A number of offices are using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to
conduct studies with an AAPI focus: (1) The Office of Environmental Information and the
Office of Environmental Justice are working on a project to be completed in September
2002 to develop GIS maps of the Pacific Insular Areas (US territories), showing facilities
with environmental permits. This effort promotes public awareness and environmental
right-to-know. Eventually, the interactive EnviroMapper software, which is available on
the EPA web site, will incorporate this information. (2) In the past year or so, Region 7
used Census Bureau data and GIS mapping technology in an effort to identify the greatest
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concentration of AAPI populations in the Region. It also identified the colleges and
universities within the Region that have a significant percentage of AAPI students.
Region 7 will use this information to establish networks with community leaders and
student groups for future outreach and recruitment purposes. (3) Region 2 conducted a
GIS study in order to identify the Region's largest concentrations of low-income Southeast
Asian communities. This study constituted an initial stage in Region 2's outreach effort to
determine community needs.
Since January 2000, EPA has been funding a study of the health of coral reef ecosystems
in Pacific Island communities. The coral reef ecosystems are ecologically and
economically important to coastal and island inhabitants. Coral reefs buffer the shore
against wave damage and erosion, support a variety of fish and plant species and sustain
fisheries that supply food and employment, and provide income from recreational and
tourist dollars.
The Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances included a dietary risk
assessment that analyzes data for certain populations, e.g., AAPIs, as part of the pesticide
registration process.
Region 10 conducted a seafood consumption study (published in 1999, EPA 910/R-99-003
or www.epa.gov/RegionlO/offices/oea/risk/a&pi.pdf) among ten AAPI subpopulations in
the vicinity of Seattle and Puget Sound to determine their seafood consumption rates,
including cooking methods and commonly consumed seafood varieties and parts. The
study was a first step towards helping the AAPI community better understand and balance
potential risks from seafood consumption with its significant health benefits and cultural
importance.
The Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations coordinated efforts with
several EPA offices to address environmental and public health issues raised by the
governments of Insular Areas (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the
US Virgin Islands). In support of the Interagency Group on Insular Affairs (led by the
Department of Interior), EPA's response to issues raised in this dialogue was documented
in a report resulting in economic development initiatives for the Insular Areas.
Region 5 developed a directory of Asian community organizations and leaders in several
Midwestern states in preparation for a Regional Pesticides Conference that alerted the
Asian community to the health hazards associated with a chalk used for pest control in
private homes.
The Office of Cooperative Environmental Management conducted an internal study to
assess the diversity of Federal Advisory Committees. The study cited the need for
increased representation by AAPIs in several advisory groups, particularly on topics for
which active community participation is most warranted (e.g., environmental justice).
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• The Office of Water conducted its first Clean Water Needs Survey for infrastructure under
the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1997. Included in the assessment were several million
dollars for water infrastructure development in areas with a preponderantly AAPI
population.
• As part of the annual Affirmative Employment Program (AEP) report, the Agency
periodically conducts workforce analyses that focus on issues such as under utilization and
under representation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities. Based on these
reports, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) provides recommendations to Headquarters
program offices and Regions to design programs and activities that promote and encourage
workforce diversity. EPA's AEP Plan outlines the Agency's effort to improve the
employment and advancement opportunities for under represented women, minorities and
persons with disabilities. The report also documents the status of significant program
objectives and action items directed towards achieving parity in the workforce.
Cultural and Linguistic Competency
B. Does your agency have regulations, policies or guidance memoranda on compliance with
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act for the limited-English proficient? If yes, please describe or
attach.
EPA does not have an Agency-wide policy for translations in AAPI languages although
Region 2 developed a translation policy to ensure that residents with limited English proficiency
are able to understand documents containing general information about EPA programs. (This
policy does not include documents that are subject to legal interpretation.)
However, EPA has developed a plan by which persons with limited English proficiency
can have meaningful access to EPA programs. Currently, this plan is under review by the
Department of Justice. Also, "The Model Plan for Public Participation" developed by the Public
Participation and Accountability Subcommittee of the National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council (NEJAC) calls for the meaningful involvement of all stakeholders in all aspects of the
environmental decision-making process. So that the stakeholders can be meaningfully and
appropriately involved in all stages of the process, information should be made available to the
stakeholders in an accessible form. This means that when it is appropriate, materials are to be
made available in an appropriate language format for those with limited English proficiency.
C. Does your agency have any informational materials translated in AAPI languages? If yes,
please list and describe.
EPA offices have translated environmental information when there is evidence of a
minority population with limited English proficiency and which may experience adverse
environmental and health impacts. Some documents are consumer-oriented while others focus on
worker health and safety. These translations include publications, fishing advisories, and warning
signs, and Internet (HTML/PDF) documents. Translations are provided in Cambodian, Chinese,
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Hmong, Ilocano (Philippine dialect), Korean, Lao, Filipino/Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.
Appendix E lists EPA's current information materials that are translated in Asian languages.
Internal Agency Infrastructure
D. AAPI-Specific Workgroups and Advisory Bodies: Does your agency have any ongoing
mechanisms for focusing on AAPI issues, such as advisory bodies and workgroups? If yes,
please list and describe.
EPA has several mechanisms in place to focus on AAPI issues. The Office of Civil Rights
has established six Special Emphasis Programs (SEPs) to address the concerns, needs, and career
aspirations of the traditionally under represented groups. These SEPs, which include a National
Asian American and Pacific Islander Special Emphasis Program Manager, provide assistance and
guidance in the recruitment, development and advancement of women, minorities and persons
with disabilities. These programs are a necessary and integral part of the Agency s Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Employment Programs.
The National SEPs are managed by full-time employees. In addition, each Headquarters
office and Region has collateral-duty employee representatives for local programs. SEP Managers
assist management in:
• establishing contacts and coordinating program and public relations activities with
educational institutions with a high percentage of AAPI students;
• involving EPA managers with these educational institutions, providing technical
assistance and participating in recruitment trips, speaking engagements, and training
conferences;
• educating selecting officials about recruitment and outreach opportunities and sources;
• educating managers and employees about constituent groups' cultures and contributions, as
well as barriers to employment and career development opportunities;
• educating job applicants and employees about employment opportunities;
• developing and implementing a Diversity Action Plan in each office; and
• organizing the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month observance events for the purpose
of developing cultural awareness about the contributions, legacy, heritage and concerns of
the AAPI community.
The Asian Pacific American Council (APAC), as a private non-labor employee group, has
received Agency approval to provide recommendations to management on matters concerning
equity and diversity in the hiring and career advancement of AAPI employees.
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E. General Workgroups and Advisory Bodies: Does your agency have a process in place to
receive input from AAPIs and AAPI community-based organizations? In particular, identify
workgroups and advisory bodies tied to your agency's major programs and services. List the
ratio of AAPIs constituting those bodies.
The Agency maintains or participates on several general, external advisory groups that
welcome input from AAPI individuals and/or community-based organizations. For example:
• The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council receives input from all minority
and low-income communities, including AAPIs, on environmental justice issues. NEJAC
specifically seeks the representation of AAPIs on environmental and public health issues
for which their communities may be impacted.
• EPA's program and Regional offices conduct numerous public meetings and request public
comment on regulatory and non-regulatory actions. AAPI groups and individuals are free
to participate in this stakeholder consultation process. For example, on June 26, 2002,
Region 2 held a dialogue with members of the AAPI community to discuss the World
Trade Center (WTC) clean-up efforts in lower Manhattan. Several community
representatives from the Chinatown district and other parts of New York City were
invited. Region 2 is coordinating a massive assistance effort in which the occupants of
some 39,000 homes in the proximity of the WTC are being offered assistance including
free cleaning and testing by certified asbestos contractors. EPA's World Trade Center web
site « www.epa.gov/wtc/ » offers a wide range of information in English, Spanish and,
in some cases, Chinese.
• Several EPA Regions participate on the Federal Executive Board (Regions 1 & 3), Federal
Regional Council (Region 9) or the equivalent which are a consortia of different Federal
departments and agencies in those Regions working in partnership to better serve the
public. They focus on broad issues of diversity, including AAPIs. The Federal Executive
Board in Philadelphia has a local Partners In Equality Council that organizes multi-agency
programs featuring speakers regarding various EEO and diversity issues as well as an
annual EEO Day of Training for managers. The Federal Regional Council in San
Francisco has established three committees to give attention and focus to needs specific to
special populations in the Region. The Outer Pacific Committee focuses on the Pacific
Islands.
Appendix F lists the major Federal Advisory Committees. Although an EPA internal
study cited a general difficulty in garnering adequate AAPI (and other minority) representation in
Federal Advisory Committees, it did not address the specific number of representatives required
to overcome this deficiency.
EPA also has several general, internal advisory groups on which AAPI employees
participate.
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• The Honor Awards Board includes a member from the Asian Pacific American Council
(non-labor employee advisory group) to provide input on diversity and equity in the
awards consideration process.
• As an outgrowth of the Diversity Action Plans, a number of offices have established
Diversity Steering Groups, Recruitment Councils, or Position Review Panels which
perform a variety of tasks to promote diversity awareness and initiatives or process
changes to increase diversity in the organization.
F. Identify FTE equivalents in your agency that specifically focus on AAPI issues. If
responsibilities and duties involving AAPI issues are parceled out as collateral duties to one or
more employees, please compute what the FTE equivalent would be.
• The Pacific Islands Office (PIO) in Region 9 dedicates 7 FTEs to manage the Agency's
involvement and activities in the Pacific Island areas: the US flag areas of American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam; and the
freely associated states (FAS) of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated
States of Micronesia (FSM), and the Republic of Palau (ROP).
• EPA uses around 6.0 FTE to focus mainly on AAPI workforce issues, although a small
percentage focuses on programmatic issues related to AAPIs. This commitment primarily
comprises one FTE serving as the National Asian American and Pacific Islander Special
Emphasis Program Manager as well as collateral-duty employees serving as SEP managers
in the various program offices and Regions who are authorized to work up to 20% of their
total work hours on AAPI employment and career advancement issues.
G. Were there any grant programs in FY 2001/FY 2002 for which AAPIs were listed as a
funding priority? Please list.
• The Office of Environmental Justice's (OEJ) Small Grants Program provided funds to
non-profit organizations, states, cities, counties, or local government organizations for
activities that address environmental justice issues in minority and low-income
communities, including AAPIs.
• OEJ also manages a Pollution Prevention Grants Program with funding for non-profit
organizations, states, cities, counties, local government organizations, or academic
institutions to provide pollution prevention education, outreach, and technical assistance in
minority communities.
• Region 9 awards to Pacific Island area environmental protection agencies consolidated
environmental program grants which enable program designs that reflect the priorities and
needs of each area.
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Representation and Workforce Issues
H. Has your agency identified or implemented any strategies for improving workforce diversity
and the representation ofAAPIs within the workforce? If yes, please describe.
In the Spring 2001, EPA published Investing in Our People, EPA's Strategy for Human
Capital 2001 through 2003 which focuses on enhancing the value of EPA employees. It
recognizes that as the value of the Agency's people increases through investment and
development, the performance capacity of the organization increases and therefore so does its
value to the public. Its first goal is to "attract and retain a diverse and highly skilled workforce."
To that end, EPA has undertaken a number of diversity efforts over the past several years that
build on or are incorporated within its human capital foundation. EPA's Federal Equal
Opportunity Recruitment Program Plan reflects these efforts.
EPA's national recruitment program - - a key component in EPA 's Strategy for Human
Capital - - serves as the focal point for coordinating and planning recruitment activities Agency-
wide. Its objectives are to:
• locate the best qualified applicants while adhering to merit system principles and EEO
requirements;
• establish a framework for HR offices to implement recruitment initiatives;
• help reestablish relations with minority organizations, including institutions with high
percentages ofAAPIs;
• implement recruitment aspects of outreach strategies, including the Asian American and
Pacific Islander Outreach Strategy which has an "Employment and Professional
Advancement" component; and
• support offices in implementing Diversity Action Plans (DAP).
Integral to the program are the development and dissemination of tools, development and
implementation of outreach strategies, and monitoring and evaluation of results. These include
development of training materials for recruiters and on-line tools to assist managers in their
recruiting efforts; enhancement of the web site to attract and inform applicants about job
opportunities; participation at national recruiting events (e.g., sponsored by the Organization of
Chinese Americans, Federal Asian Pacific American Council, and National Association of Asian
American Professionals, as well as the Asian Diversity Conference and Job Fair); and production
and maintenance of state-of-the-art recruitment booths and materials to use at these events.
EPA's comprehensive recruitment program incorporates both national and local diversity
efforts to identify and hire entry-level people to senior specialists with the use of outreach, special
hiring authorities, incentives, internships, fellowships, or other programs, including:
• EPA Intern Program, a comprehensive entry level, permanent employment and career
development program designed to recruit and nurture the next generation of EPA leaders.
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Interns enter a two year process to help them develop their potential. Since 1998, EPA has
hired a total of 111 Interns, including a significant percent of women, persons with
disabilities, and minorities, including AAPIs. In FY 2002, the Agency received over 2000
applications for the new class of 20 to 30 Interns who will start work in August and early
September.
• Federal Career Intern Program, excepted service appointments (Schedule B) not to
exceed two years. Individuals are hired at GS-5, GS-7 or GS-9 to two grade interval
positions, and upon successful completion of the program, including a two-year formal
training component, are eligible for noncompetitive conversion to career or career-
conditional appointments. This program is an excellent vehicle for targeted recruitment
(e.g., at institutions with a high percentage of AAPIs and career fairs sponsored by
professional organizations, etc.).
• Outstanding Scholar, a special hiring authority established for entry-level administrative
positions at the GS-5 and GS-7 level for college graduates with a GPA of 3.45 or better or
who have graduated in the upper 10 percent of their class. (This authority, authorized
under the terms of the Luevano Consent Decree, can only be used for specific series and
job titles).
• Student Career Experience Program (SCEP), a work-study program that provides
opportunity for students in academic institutions to blend periods of study with periods of
career-related employment. Besides being able to non-competitively convert students to
permanent positions once they graduate, EPA can foster a working relationship with the
academic institutions, including those with a high percentage of AAPIs, that will enhance
the success of EPA's college recruitment.
• AAPI Community Internship Program, announced by EPA's Administrator in May
2002. This fully-funded internship is the first of its kind in the Federal government, in
which interns work on projects to benefit the AAPI community. This program was
established by the Office of International Activities and is open to sponsorship from all
program offices. The program is administered by the Washington Center for Internships
and Academic Seminars.
To develop students for environmental careers and to promote environmental studies as
well as to find potential recruits, EPA managers and human resources specialists establish
contacts with local high schools and institutions of higher learning, especially those with large
minority populations. For example:
• In FY 2002, Region 6 conducted recruitment and outreach at the University of Houston
(20% AAPI enrollment); University of Texas at Dallas (20% AAPI enrollment); and
Houston Baptist University (16% AAPI enrollment).
• EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) in
Research Triangle Park is developing strong, cooperative relationships with institutional
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organizations and programs designed to enhance interaction with NHEERL research
programs. It solicits input from organizations representing various minority groups,
including AAPIs, and makes recommendations for enhancing opportunities.
• For more than 11 years, EPA has worked with the University of Arizona, an institution
with a high percentage of AAPIs, to recruit qualified and culturally diverse people into the
Agency's workforce. The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response works in
partnership with the University of Arizona under the College Relations Program, which
includes a summer internship program funded through an EPA cooperative agreement.
EPA has funded internships for approximately 70 undergraduate and graduate students, of
which about 14 percent have been AAPIs. Typically, OSWER's interns work in EPA
Headquarters and Regional hazardous waste management offices. The internship program
provides students with an opportunity to apply their academic skills and knowledge in a
professional environment as well as to receive academic credit.
• Recognizing the need to develop the EPA employees of the future, Region 9 established a
Memorandum of Understanding in November 1999 with the Galileo Academy of Science
and Technology in San Francisco. The EPA-Galileo Partnership provides environmental
education and mentoring to a predominately minority student population. Ninety percent
of the students are minority and/or low-income and over sixty percent are AAPIs. In FY
2001, the Region 9 staff volunteered their time to participate in various activities with
Galileo students enrolled in the Academy's Environmental Science Career Pathway as
well as held a "Career Day for students at the Regional office.
EPA's Strategy for Human Capital also contains a strategy to "institute processes to
recognize and embrace differences that each employee brings to the organization." Some of the
action items include continuing to implement the Diversity Action Plans (DAP) and including in
the core curriculum for supervisors and managers a module on ensuring equal opportunity and
equitable treatment within their organizations. Responsibility for human capital investment and
effective human resources management is shared by all Offices and Regions, managers and
supervisors, and staff across the Agency.
• The National Diversity Action Plan represents the Agency's comprehensive strategy to
ensure that all employees, regardless of race, creed, national origin, gender, disability, or
sexual orientation, are afforded equitable treatment. Through the DAP, the Agency strives
to educate its employees about the facts surrounding issues of diversity; to promote a
dialogue within every office to confront and work through these concerns; to recruit,
develop, and maintain a diverse workforce; and to find, develop, and implement concrete
solutions to its diversity issues. Each EPA program office and Region have developed
DAPs with goals and actions specific to their office.
• In FY 2001 all EPA supervisors and managers underwent mandatory civil rights training.
The training provided an opportunity to learn about the legal framework for civil rights in
the Federal sector and to gain a clear understanding of management's general equal
employment opportunity responsibilities.
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/. Is there an AAPI Federal employee organization in your agency? If yes, please describe
ways in which your agency utilizes and supports the efforts of this group. Also describe any
other strategies in place to support the professional development and career advancement of
AAPI employees.
EPA recognizes employee groups, such as the Asian Pacific American Council (APAC),
so that it can better manage its communications with groups and their members on matters of
mutual interest. The Agency issued guidance on the "Recognition of Non-Labor Employee
Groups," which: (1) documents the regulatory authority supporting non-labor employee groups;
(2) clarifies the responsibilities and privileges of Agency groups; and (3) highlights the
distinctions between voluntary, non-labor groups and employee unions — only the unions have
sole bargaining authority for the employees they represent.
APAC advises the Agency on issues of diversity and employment equity. APAC works
with the Office of Civil Rights to help identify and address career advancement and other
workforce issues (such as training opportunities and adequate publicity of vacancy
announcements). OCR and other program offices and Regions co-sponsor activities with APAC
for the observance of Asian Pacific Heritage Month such as professional development training,
panel discussions, and other special events. The Agency encourages all employees to attend these
programs.
In 2000, APAC nominated EPA for the Federal Asian Pacific American Council's
(FAPAC's) Outstanding Agency of the Year Award. The award recognizes the work of Federal
agencies to improve representation, promotion, and recognition of AAPIs. For many years,
FAPAC has given a similar award to recognize individual contributions to the AAPI community.
EPA was one of two agencies to receive the award in the first year it was presented to honor the
management achievements of agencies.
The Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach Strategy has an "Employment and
Professional Advancement" component. Under the Strategy for Human Capital's goal for
"EPA's people to perform to their highest potential" are strategies to link employee development
to mission needs and to instill a culture of continuous learning, ethical behavior and
professionalism in all EPA employees, including AAPIs. It identifies as action items
implementation of the Workforce Development Strategy which offers a series of targeted
developmental programs including the:
• Mid-Level Development Program, that focuses on mid-level employees (i.e., GS-7
through non-supervisory GS-14) who represent the essential core of the Agency and
encumber over 75% of EPA positions. This program will train and develop EPA mid-
level employees around the competencies required to achieve EPA's shared vision and
mission as they progress in their careers and within the next five to ten years, advance into
leadership, decision-making, supervisory, and management positions throughout EPA.
• Management Development Program, that helps EPA address its emerging leadership
needs. The goal of this program is to create leadership excellence - - EPA supervisors,
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managers and executives who "live" EPA's leadership philosophy and management
expectations. The program redirects emphasis of management training away from
guidance and toward self-assessment, competency development, and demonstration and
effective role modeling.
• New Skills/New Options Program, a career development initiative designed to improve
job performance, professionalism, and satisfaction of EPA's administrative and clerical
support staff. It facilitates development of a strategy for career enhancement, personal
visioning, and development.
Data Collection and Evaluation
/. List your agency's main data sets. Indicate for each data set whether:
1. aggregated AAPI data are collected and analyzed;
2. disaggregated AAPI data are collected and analyzed (specify which subpopulations are
identified);
3. aggregated AAPI data are collected but not analyzed;
4. disaggregated AAPI data are collected but not analyzed (specify which subpopulations
are identified);
5. AAPI data are not collected.
EPAYS is the official payroll system which tracks all workforce data. Aggregate AAPI
employment data are collected and analyzed.
HR Pro is EPA's new automated human resources information system which will increase
HR performance and productivity. When fully implemented, this system will provide easy access
to information needed by management and HR professionals to manage EPA's human capital and
make strategic decisions related to the workforce.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Assistant (EEO Assistant) is a database which tracks
complaints data. Aggregate data on AAPIs (and other minority communities) are collected and
analyzed.
Offices and Regions also have collected aggregate and disaggregate AAPI data, as needed,
to target communication and outreach efforts in populations living in local areas where possible
environmental and public health risks have been identified. In some instances, disaggregate AAPI
data was collected to study specific health effects caused by environmental impacts (e.g.,
consumption of fish contaminated with mercury and other pollutants).
In 2001, EPA started asking new contract awardees to voluntarily identify the specific
racial or ethnic category that best describes their business ownership. EPA will treat the data as
confidential information, using them internally for general statistical purposes or to help focus
outreach initiatives to minority-owned businesses unaware of EPA contracting opportunities.
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K. What is the current status for implementing the collection ofAAPI data into the two
categories, "Asian " and "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI)," under the
new standards for the classification of Federal data on race and ethnicity? Describe the process
and strategies for complying with the new standards by 2003? Please attach any relevant
documents.
EPA is working to comply with these standards.
L. Does your agency have any performance measures specifically for AAPIs? If yes, please
describe.
EPA has aggressively implemented the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
through its strategic goals and performance measures (see Appendix A). Each line item
mentioned in Tables A & B complies with one or more of EPA's strategic goals. Furthermore,
EPA developed cross-Agency programs, such as Community-Based Environmental Protection and
Environmental Justice, to address the specific needs of children, Native Americans, and minority
and low-income individuals who suffer disproportionately from adverse health effects cause by
some environmental conditions. Key objectives, strategies, and performance measures were
developed to address the unmet needs of these groups. Although some of these programs target
minority populations, EPA does not have performance measures specifically for AAPIs.
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APPENDIX
Appendix A:
Appendix B-l:
Appendix B-2:
Appendix C:
Appendix D:
Appendix E:
Appendix F:
EPA's Mission, Goals, and Principles
Table A: Lead Entity Acronyms
Table B: Numerical Codes for Program Category, Funding Mechanism and
Formula
Funding to Pacific Islands for Environmental Programs
Summary of EPA Community Grant Programs
Information Materials Translated in Asian Languages
Federal Advisory Committees
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Appendix A
EPA's Mission, Goals, and Principles
The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and
to safeguard the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends.
EPA's purpose is to ensure that:
• All Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment
where they live, learn and work.
• National efforts to reduce environmental risk are based on the best available scientific
information.
• Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are enforced fairly and
effectively.
• Environmental protection is an integral consideration in US policies concerning natural
resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry,
and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing
environmental policy.
• All parts of society - communities, individuals, business, state and local governments,
tribal governments - have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively
participate in managing human health and environmental risks.
• Environmental protection contributes to making our communities and ecosystems diverse,
sustainable and economically productive.
• The United States plays a leadership role in working with other nations to protect the
global environment.
EPA's mission reflects the will of the American people as expressed through Congress and
seven successive Presidents. To remain focused on these mandates and to establish guideposts for
its employees today and in the future, EPA has defined a series often strategic, long-term goals.
These goals, together with the underlying principles that will be used to achieve them, will define
EPA's planning, budgeting, analysis, and accountability process.
EPA's Goals
1. Clean Air: The air in every American community will be safe and healthy to breathe. In
particular, children, the elderly, and people with respiratory ailments will be protected
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from health risks of breathing polluted air. Reducing air pollution will also protect the
environment, resulting in many benefits, such as restoring life in damaged ecosystems and
reducing health risks to those whose subsistence depends directly on those ecosystems.
2. Clean and Safe Water: All Americans will have drinking water that is clean and safe to
drink. Effective protection of America's rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, and coastal and
ocean waters will sustain fish, plants, and wildlife, as well as recreational, subsistence, and
economic activities. Watersheds and their aquatic ecosystems will be restored and
protected to improve public health, enhance water quality, reduce flooding, and provide
habitat for wildlife.
3. Safe Food: The foods Americans eat will be free from unsafe pesticide residues.
Children especially will be protected from the health threats posed by pesticide residues,
because they are among the most vulnerable groups in our society.
4. Preventing Pollution and Reducing Risk in Communities, Homes, Workplaces and
Ecosystems: Pollution prevention and risk management strategies aimed at
cost-effectively eliminating, reducing, or minimizing emissions and contamination will
result in cleaner and safer environments in which all Americans can reside, work and
enjoy life. EPA will safeguard ecosystems and promote the health of natural communities
that are integral to the quality of life in this nation.
5. Better Waste Management, Restoration of Contaminated Waste Sites, and
Emergency Response: America's wastes will be stored, treated, and disposed of in ways
that prevent harm to people and to the natural environment. EPA will work to clean up
previously polluted sites, restoring them to uses appropriate for surrounding communities,
and respond to and prevent waste-related or industrial accidents.
6. Reduction of Global and Cross-Border Environmental Risks: The United States will
lead other nations in successful, multilateral efforts to reduce significant risks to human
health and ecosystems from climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and other
hazards of international concern.
7. Expansion of Americans' Right to Know About Their Environment: Easy access to a
wealth of information about the state of their local environment will expand citizen
involvement and give people tools to protect their families and their communities as they
see fit. Increased information exchange between scientists, public health officials,
businesses, citizens, and all levels of government will foster greater knowledge about the
environment and what can be done to protect it.
8. Sound Science, Improved Understanding of Environmental Risk, and Greater
Innovation to Address Environmental Problems: EPA will develop and apply the best
available science for addressing current and future environmental hazards, as well as
approaches toward improving environmental protection.
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9. A Credible Deterrent to Pollution and Greater Compliance with the Law: EPA will
ensure full compliance with laws intended to protect human health and the environment.
10. Effective Management: EPA will establish a management infrastructure that will set and
implement the highest quality standards for effective internal management and fiscal
responsibility.
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Appendix B-l
Table A: Lead Entity Acronyms
Acronym
AO
OAR
OARM
OCFO
OCR
OCEM
OECA
OEI
OEJ
OHROS
OIA
OIG
OPPTS
ORD
OSDIBU
OSWER
OW
RTP
Rl
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
RIO
Lead Entity
Office of Administrator
Office of Air and Radiation
Office of Administration and Resources Management
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of Civil Rights
Office of Cooperative Environmental Management
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Office of Environmental Information
Office of Environmental Justice
Office of Human Resources and Organizational Services
Office of International Activities
Office of the Inspector General
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Office of Research and Development
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Office of Water
Research Triangle Park
Region 1, Boston
Region 2, New York
Region 3, Philadelphia
Region 4, Atlanta
Region 5, Chicago
Region 6, Dallas
Region 7, Kansas City
Region 8, Denver
Region 9, San Francisco
Region 10, Seattle
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Appendix B-2
Table B: Numerical Codes for Program Category, Funding Mechanism and Formula
Program Category
1 - Direct Services and Outreach
2 - Research, Development and Evaluation
3 - Technical Assistance
4 - Facilities and Equipment
5 - Training and Professional Development
6 - Fellowships, Scholarships, and Other Aid
7 - Other (with brief description)
Funding Mechanism
1 - Competitive grant
2 - Non-competitive or sole-source grant
3 - Competitive cooperative agreement
4 - Non-competitive or sole source cooperative agreement
5 - Competitive contract
6 - Non-competitive or sole-source contract
7 - Other method (with brief description)
Formula to Determine Funding Level
1 - Tied to the percentage of AAPIs in the population
2 - Tied to a funding goal
3 - Legislated amount (specified in appropriations)
4 - Negotiated budget
5 - Other method (with brief description)
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Appendix C
Funding to Pacific Islands for Environmental Programs
(FY 2001)
Program
Consolidated Environment
Wastewater Construction
Drinking Water Construction
Total
Samoa
$1,477,565
$1,206,300
$ 192,800
$2,876,665
CNMI*
$1,595,515
$560,600
$251,800
$2,407,915
Guam
$2,613,450
$874,800
$606,900
$4,095,150
* Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Note: This table reflects the major funding by EPA Region 9 for programmatic support dedicated to
environmental activities in the Pacific Islands. This does not account for the total amount funded by EPA.
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Summary of EPA Community Grant Programs
Appendix D
Grant Program
Brownfields
Assessment
Demonstration
Pilots
Brownfields Job
Training and
Development
Demonstration
Pilots
Children' s
Health
Protection
Environmental
Education
Environmental
Justice
Small Grants
Purpose
To empower States, communities,
tribes, and other stakeholders in
economic redevelopment to work
together in a timely manner to
prevent, assess, and safely clean up
brownfields to promote their
sustainable reuse. EPA's Brownfields
Assessment Demonstration Pilots are
directed toward environmental
activities preliminary to cleanup, such
as site assessments, site
identification, site characterization,
and site response or cleanup planning
To facilitate cleanup of brownfields
sites contaminated with hazardous
substances and prepare trainees for
future employment in the
environmental field. The pilot projects
must prepare trainees in activities that
can be usefully applied to a cleanup
employing an alternative or innovative
technology.
To support community-based and
regional projects that enhance public
outreach and communication; to
assist families in evaluating risks to
children and in making informed
consumer choices.
To provide financial support for
projects that design, demonstrate, or
disseminate environmental education
practices, methods, or techniques.
To provide financial assistance to
eligible community groups and
Federally recognized tribal
governments that are working on or
plan to carry out projects that address
environmental justice issues.
Eligible
Applicants
States and US territories,
political subdivisions (including
cities, towns, and counties) and
Federally recognized Indian
tribes.
Colleges, universities, non-
profits, training centers,
community-based job training
centers, states, cities, towns,
counties, US territories,
and Federally recognized
Indian tribes. Generally,
entities with experience in
providing job training and
placement programs are invited
to apply.
Community groups, public
nonprofit organizations, tribal
governments, and
municipal/local governments.
Local, tribal, or state education
agencies, colleges and
universities, nonprofit
organizations, state
environmental agencies, and
noncommercial educational
broad-casting agencies.
Any affected community group,
nonprofit organization, univer-
sity, or tribal government.
Organizations must be incor-
porated to receive funds.
Award
Amounts
FY 2001
Up to
$200,000
for 2 years
Up to
$200,000
over 2
years
$35,000 to
$135,000
~ $1,000 to
$100,000
Up to
$20,000
each
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Grant Program
Environmental
Protection:
Consolidated
Research
National
Estuary
Program
Pollution Prevention
Incentives for States
Solid Waste
Management
Assistance
Superfund
Technical
Assistance Grants
Purpose
To support environmental research
based on excellent science as
determined through peer review by
experts drawn nationally from the
scientific community.
To promote the development of
comprehensive conservation and
management plans for designated
estuaries.
To support state, tribal, and regional
programs addressing the reduction or
elimination of pollution across all
environmental media: air, land, and
water.
To promote use of integrated solid
waste management systems to solve
municipal solid waste generations and
management problems at the local,
regional, and national levels.
To enable groups of individuals
affected by Superfund National
Priorities List (NPL) sites to obtain
technical assistance in interpreting
site information.
Eligible
Applicants
States, local governments,
Federally recognized Indian
tribes, territories and
possessions, public and private
universities and colleges,
hospitals, laboratories, public
and private non-profit
institutions, and highly qualified
individuals.
Grants are issued only for
those estuaries designated as
"nationally significant" by EPA.
EPA is authorized to make
grants to State, interstate, and
regional water pollution control
agencies and entities, State
coastal zone management
agencies, interstate agencies,
other public and nonprofit
private agencies, institutions,
organizations, and individuals
(Section 320(g)(l)). Profit
making organizations are not
eligible for grants.
State agencies (including the
District of Columbia),state
instrumentalities such as
universities, Federally
recognized tribes, and US
territories and possessions.
States are encouraged to form
partnerships with local
governments, businesses, and
other environmental assistance
providers.
Nonprofit entities,
government agencies, and
Indian tribes.
Groups affected by an NPL
site. All groups must be
incorporated as nonprofit
organizations.
Award
Amounts
FY 2001
$6,000 to
$1,500,000
$10, 000 to
$795,000
$20,000 to
$200,000
(50%
matching
grant
requirement)
$5,000 to
$250,000
Up to
$50,000
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EPA Informational Materials Translated in Asian Languages
Appendix E
Title Document
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Asthma, Air Quality and Environmental Justice EPA-402-F-95-001
Children and Secondhand Smoke
Cleaner Technology Substitutes Assessment for EPA-744-5-98-01 1
Professional Fabricare
Design for the Environment: Frequently Asked EPA-744-F-98-01 1
Questions About Dry Cleaning
Design for the Environment: Garment and Textile Care EPA-744-F-98-012
Program Fact Sheet: Cleaner Clothes, Cleaner
Neighborhoods, and Cleaner Solutions
Environmental Justice at EPA EPA-300-F-97-008
Environmental Justice Health Education Project EPA-300-F-97-008
Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group EPA-200-F-95-009
Environmental Violations EPA-300-F-97-007
EPA: Serving a Diverse Society EPA-300-K-97-015
Insecticide Chalk ("Chinese Chalk") -
This Product is Unsafe and Illegal
Lead in Drinking Water
Plain Korean Guide for Perc Dry Cleaners: Step-by- EPA-305-B-97-001
Step Approach to Understanding Federal
Environmental Regulations
Pocket Guides for Pesticide Safety for Use by
Agricultural Workers
Principles of Environmental Justice not specified
Proper Pesticide Usage
Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home EPA-747-K-99-001
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats EPA-100-F-99-010
Protecting Your Family and Yourself from Carbon EPA-402-F-99-004
Monoxide Poisoning
Radon Charcoal Canister Procedures EPA-402-F-98-013
Resource Guide for Garment and Textile Care EPA-744-K-96-004
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EPA Federal Advisory Committees
Appendix F
EPA Advisory Committee
Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board
EPA Board of Scientific Counselors
EPA Science Advisory Board
EPA-USDA Committee to Advise on Reassessment and
Transition
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel
Good Neighbor Environmental Board
Governmental Advisory Committee to the United States
Representative to the North American Commission for
Environmental Cooperation
Gulf of Mexico Policy Review Board
Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Policy Dialogue Committee
Local Government Advisory Committee
Microbial Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Advisory
Committee
National Advisory Committee to the United States
Representative to the North American Commission for
Environmental Cooperation
National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline
Levels for Hazardous Substances
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology
Designated Federal
Officer
Angela Nugent
Joanne Rodman
Paul Rasmussen
Robert Flaak
Stan Meiburg
Vanessa Bowie*
Edward Kantor
Shirley Hamilton
Robert Flaak
Margie Fehrenbach
Larry Dorsey
Elaine Koerner
Mark Joyce
Gloria Car
Paul Cassidy
Paul Guthrie
Crystal Rodger s
Mark Joyce
Paul Tobin
Gwen Whitt
Telephone
Number
202-564-4562
202-564-2708
202-564-1306
202-564-4546
404-562-8357
202-564-5186
702-798-2690
202-564-6853
202-564-4546
703-308-4775
202-564-8376
202-564-1484
202-564-9802
228-688-2421
703-308-7281
202-564-3649
202-564-5275
202-564-9802
202-564-8557
202-564-5982
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EPA Advisory Committee
National Drinking Water Advisory Council
National Environmental Education Advisory Council
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
Urban Wet Weather Sanitary Sewer Overflows Advisory
Committee
Designated Federal
Officer
Brenda P. Johnson
Ginger Keho
Charles Lee
Marva King*
Margie Fehrenbach
Kevin Weiss
Telephone
Number
202-564-3791
202-564-0453
202-564-2515
202-564-2599
703-308-4775
202-564-0742
* DFO's Assistant
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