United States
         Environmental Protection
         Agency
What is the  Environmental
Advisory Board?
Financial     Who serves on the Environmental Financial Advisory Board?
The  Environmental  Financial Advisory
Board (EFAB) is an independent advisory
committee chartered in 1989 under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act  (FACA),
which provides  a role for the public to
participate in the federal government's
decision-making  process.  Committees
under FACA allow the government to
draw  on the  expertise of committee
members,  providing  federal  officials
information and advice on a broad range
of issues affecting federal policies  and
programs.
Reports
• www2.epa.gov/envirofinance/publicat
  ions#efabsub

Strategic Agendas
• www2.epa.gov/envirofinance/publicat
  ions#agendas

Current Board Members
• www2.epa.gov/envirofinance/efabme
  mbers
FOR MORE INFORMATION

WEB:
www2.epa.gov/envirofinance/efab

EMAIL:
ocfoinfo@epa.gov

The Environmental Financial Advisory
Board is supported by EPA's Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, Center for
Environmental Finance.
            The Environmental  Financial  Advisory  Board's  (EFAB)  members
            consist  of  prominent  experts  from  the  finance  and  banking
            communities, business and industry, national organizations, and all
            levels of government, including elected officials. The board is led by
            a  designated federal official  from within  EPA,  selected by EPA's
            Administrator, and a chair.

            What does the Environmental Financial Advisory Board do?

            The Environmental Financial  Advisory Board (EFAB) provides  EPA
            with    a    cross-media,   intergovernmental    perspective   on
            environmental and economic goals while emphasizing cost-effective,
            risk-based  approaches and public-private  partnerships.   It seeks
            practical ways of lowering costs,  increasing  public and  private
            investments,  and building  state   and local  capacity  to solve
            environmental financing challenges.  The board has made significant
            contributions  to  EPA's  efforts to address critical environmental
            financing. EFAB focuses on:

            Lowering costs: EFAB proposes to EPA ways to remove financial and
            programmatic  barriers  that  raise  the  cost  of environmental
            compliance.
            Increasing public  and private investment:  EFAB proposes methods
            of  increasing public and  private  investment  in environmental
            facilities and services.
            Building state and local financial capacity:  EFAB recommends ways
            to  build state and local  financial capacity necessary to carry out
            environmental requirements.
             EFAB   develops   an   annual
             Strategic Action Agenda based
             on  EPA's  strategic  plans  and
             goals.    The  agenda  defines
             environmental  finance  themes
             and sets forth specific issues for
             investigation.

             EPA has adopted  many of the
             board's recommendations, con-
             tained in a variety of environ-
             mental   policy  and  technical
             reports and advisories.
                                                                            May 2013
                                                                                       EPA-190-F-13-001

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