U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Mission
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to
protect human health and the environment.
Introduction and Overview
The Agency's FY 2013 budget request
supports the Administration's commitment
to ensure that all Americans are protected
from significant risks to human health and
protect the environment where they live,
learn and work. The EPA's work touches on
the lives of every single American, every
single day as we protect the environment for
our children, but also for our children's
children. The mission, day in and day out, is
to protect the health of the American people
by keeping pollution out of the air we
breathe, toxins out of the water we drink and
swim in, and harmful chemicals out of the
food we eat and the lands where we build
our homes and our communities. We are
committed to advancing environmental
justice and achieving transparency in agency
decision-making as an integral part of
achieving our mission.
Environmental challenges and health threats
have the capacity to limit opportunity and
hold back the progress of entire
communities. Recent events such as the
radiation released after the earthquake in
Japan and the environmental impact of
large-scale disasters, both natural and man-
made, reinforce the critical importance of
fulfilling the EPA's mission and providing
the safeguards that the American people
look to the Agency to deliver. We will meet
these challenges by using the best available
scientific information, ensuring fair and
effective enforcement of environmental
laws, and providing all parts of society
communities, individuals, businesses, and
federal, state, local, and tribal
governmentsaccess to accurate
information so that they may participate
effectively in managing human health and
environmental risks. The EPA's work is
guided by the best possible data and
research and a commitment to transparency
and the accountability that comes with it.
To learn more about how the Agency
accomplishes this mission, including
information on the organizational structure
and regional offices, visit:
http ://www. epa.gov/aboutepa/.
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
President's Budget
(including FY 2011 Annual Performance
Report)
The EPA's FY 2013 Annual Performance
Plan and President's Budget requests $8.344
billion, approximately $105 million below
FY 2012. The Agency recognizes the
difficult fiscal situation that the nation is
facing, and is making strategic adjustments
to sustain necessary and fundamental human
health and environmental protection within
core resources and programs. In preparing
the FY 2013 President's Budget, we
reassessed our priorities and focused on the
most critical work of the EPA and our state
and tribal partners to maximize the
effectiveness of our resources and
collaboration. This budget reflects our
commitment to finding ways to do our work
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more effectively and efficiently while
achieving the same or potentially better
results, and realizing cost savings.
To support continued progress toward the
most critical goals and outcomes, the FY
2013 request reprioritizes and adjusts
funding levels. Where possible, the Agency
is leveraging its resources by expanding or
building new partnerships with other federal
agencies. In addition, the Agency is focusing
resources on the problems of the future and
is eliminating certain mature programs that
have accomplished their goals, and where
there is the possibility of maintaining some
of the human health and environmental
benefits through implementation at other
federal agencies or the state or local level
because they are well-established and well-
understood.
The EPA strives to connect the results we
have achieved to our planning and budgeting
decisions and to support our overall strategic
direction and the FY 2012 - 2013 Priority
Goals. Toward this end, the Agency has
worked to integrate the FY 2011 Annual
Performance Report and FY 2013
Congressional budget justification. The
EPA's FY 2011 performance information is
highlighted throughout the budget request,
notably in the sections titled Program
Performance and Assessment and Overview
of FY 2011 Performance sections, which
describe key accomplishments and
challenges for the EPA's five strategic goals
and five cross-cutting fundamental
strategies.
FY 2013 Funding Priorities
Improving Air Quality and Climate
Change
The EPA is dedicated to protecting and
improving the quality of the Nation's air to
promote public health and protect the
environment. Among the most common
sources of air pollution are highway motor
vehicles and their fuels. EPA's work to
establish the new fuel and national
emissions standards to reduce emissions of
air pollution and educate consumers on the
ways their actions affect the environment
have led to a real success story. The national
program of fuel economy and greenhouse
gas standards for light-duty vehicles alone
will save approximately 12 billion barrels of
oil and prevent 6 billion metric tons of GHG
emissions over the lifetimes of the vehicles
sold through model year 2025. In FY 2013,
$102 million is provided for Federal Vehicle
and Fuel Standards and Certifications. In
addition, Federal Stationary Source
Regulations work is funded at $34 million
which includes a nearly $7 million increase
to support the development of New Source
Performance Standards and to more
efficiently coordinate actions to meet
multiple CAA objectives for controlling
both criteria and toxic air pollutants while
considering cost effectiveness, the technical
feasibility of controls, and providing greater
certainty for regulated industry.
We will continue to address the impacts of
climate change in FY 2013. An increase of
approximately $32.8 million over the FY
2012 Enacted budget for climate protection
will allow the Agency to support the full
range of approaches to reducing GHGs and
the risks its effects pose to human health and
the environment and to property. This
increase includes $26.5 million for
categorical grants for states and tribes. The
economic costs of not addressing climate
change could include reduced productivity
through missed work and school days,
increased hospital visits, respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, and even premature
death - especially for certain vulnerable
populations like the elderly, the poor, and
children.
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Protecting America's Waters
The EPA's ecosystem protection programs
encompass a wide range of approaches that
address specific at-risk regional areas and
larger categories of threatened systems, such
as urban waters, estuaries, and wetlands.
Locally generated pollution, combined with
pollution carried by rivers and streams and
through air deposition, can accumulate in
these ecosystems and degrade them over
time. The EPA and its federal partners along
with states, tribes, municipalities, and
private parties, will continue efforts to
restore the integrity of the imperiled waters
of the United States. In FY 2013, EPA will
fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
at $300 million, maintaining FY 2012
enacted funding levels, and fund the
Chesapeake Bay program at $72.6 million, a
$15 million increase over FY 2012 levels.
Sustainable Water Infrastructure
The Clean Water and Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds are provided $2 billion in
FY 2013. As part of the Administration's
long-term strategy, the EPA is implementing
a Sustainable Water Infrastructure Policy
that focuses on working with states and
communities to enhance technical,
managerial and financial capacity. Important
to the enhanced technical capacity will be
alternatives analyses to expand "green
infrastructure" options and their multiple
benefits. Federal dollars provided through
the State Revolving Funds will act as a
catalyst for efficient system-wide planning
and ongoing management of sustainable
water infrastructure. More fully utilizing the
revolving fund capitalization grants
provided to our partners will enable States to
build, revive, and "green" our aging
infrastructure.
To help ensure that water is safe to drink
and to address the nation's aging drinking
water infrastructure that can impact water
quality, $850 million for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund will support new
infrastructure improvement projects for
public drinking water systems in FY 2013.
In concert with the states, the EPA will
focus this affordable, flexible financial
assistance to support utility compliance with
safe drinking water standards. The EPA also
will work with utilities to promote technical,
financial, and managerial capacity as a
critical means to meet infrastructure needs
and to enhance program performance and
efficiency.
The EPA will continue to provide annual
capitalization to the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund to enable EPA partners to
improve wastewater treatment, address
nonpoint sources of pollution, and promote
estuary revitalization. Recognizing the
expected long-term benefits of healthy
aquatic systems as economic cornerstones
vital to property values, tourism,
recreational and commercial fishing, and
hunting, the EPA is requesting $1.175
billion in FY 2013.
Protecting Our Land
The Superfund program protects the
American public and its resources by
cleaning up sites which pose an imminent or
long term risk of exposure and harm to
human health and the environment. In FY
2013, the Agency will maintain the funding
level necessary to respond to emergency
releases of hazardous substances as well as
maintain the goal of sites achieving human
exposure and groundwater migration under
control. In addition, as one of the Superfund
program's primary goals, the Agency will
continue its "enforcement first" policy and
identify and pursue potentially responsible
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parties (PRPs) to pay for and conduct
cleanups at Superfund sites to preserve
critical federal dollars for sites where there
are no viable contributing parties. This will
include negotiating and settling with PRPs
and utilizing the special account funds
which the Agency obtains from PRPs to
finance site-specific CERCLA response
actions in accordance with the settlement
agreement. PRP resources, state resources,
and appropriated resources are critical to the
Superfund program. As of the end of FY
2011, the EPA is carefully managing more
than $1.8 billion in special account
resources and has developed multi-year
plans to use these funds as expeditiously as
possible consistent with applicable
requirements. The EPA will maximize all of
our available tools and resources to continue
our Superfund work, while attempting to
minimize programmatic impacts.
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals
Ensuring the safety of new or existing
chemicals in commerce to protect the
American people remains a key EPA
priority. Chemicals are ubiquitous in our
everyday lives and products. They are used
in the production of everything from our
homes and cars to the cell phones we carry
and the food we eat. Chemicals often are
released into the environment as a result of
their manufacture, processing, use, and
disposal. FY 2013 funding will be directed
toward chemical safety, increasing support
for actions to reduce and assess chemical
risks, and obtaining and maximizing the
availability to the public of needed
information on potentially hazardous
chemicals. The current program activity
levels continue to leave a backlog of
chemicals to be tested. The FY 2013 overall
increase of $36.4 million to the EPA's
chemical programs is essential to support a
crucial stage of the EPA's strengthened
approach to address existing chemicals that
have not been tested for adverse health or
environmental effects.
21st Century Enforcement
This FY 2013 budget builds upon current
efforts to transition toward using 21st
Century technology in enforcement and
compliance, resulting in long-term savings
to the federal government, states, and the
regulated community as the overall cost of
compliance is reduced. Investments in new
technology, including e-reporting and more
advanced monitoring tools, will allow the
EPA and our state partners to more easily
identify, investigate, and address the worst
violations that affect our communities. By
embracing new approaches to harness 21st
century technology tools, the Agency will
meet our goals more effectively and
efficiently.
In FY 2013, the Agency will redirect or
refocus approximately $36 million within
the enforcement and compliance programs
in order to transform and modernize our
approach to enforcing the nation's
environmental laws. This effort will enhance
the EPA's ability to detect violations that
impact public health, reduce transaction
costs for the regulated community, and
better engage the public to drive behavioral
changes in compliance. The EPA will
promote e-reporting by implementing new
technologies, develop and disseminate
advanced monitoring tools, upgrade agency
IT infrastructure to exploit more fully the
wealth of new monitoring data, and
modernize the EPA's approach to
enforcement by ensuring new and existing
rules incorporate electronic reporting. In FY
2013, as a key element of this approach, we
will assist states in modifying their data
systems to implement e-reporting with their
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regulated facilities, leading to improved
compliance and transparency.
Supporting State and Tribal Partners
Supporting our state and tribal partners, the
primary implementers of environmental
programs on the ground, is a long-held
priority of the EPA. Funding to states and
tribes in the State and Tribal Assistance
Grants (STAG) account continues to be the
largest percentage of the EPA's budget
request, at 40% in FY 2013. For Categorical
Grants, $1.2 billion is provided, reaffirming
the EPA's commitment to states that
implement rules and rely on Federal funding
to maintain core environmental programs in
light of state funding uncertainties. At $114
million over FY 2012 Enacted levels, this
budget request for Categorical Grants
provides increases of $66 million for State
and Local Air Quality Management, $27
million for Pollution Control, and $29
million for Tribal GAP.
As part of the Agency's commitment to
tribes, we are proposing a $29 million
increase over the FY 2012 enacted levels to
enhance the Tribal General Assistance
Program (GAP) resources. This funding
level for GAP grants will build Tribal
capacity and assists tribes in leveraging
other EPA and federal funding to contribute
towards a higher overall level of
environmental and human health protection.
Expanding Partnership with Other
Federal Agencies
The EPA continues to work with its partners
across the federal government to leverage
resources and avoid duplication of efforts
and maximize the effect of federal resources
in environmental protection. For example, to
support sustainability efforts, the EPA has
joined forces with the Department of
Transportation (DOT) and the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
to align housing, transportation and
environmental investments through a
Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
Adding to that effort, the Brownfields
program has become a laboratory for
innovation in sustainable development
where efforts to remediate polluted sites and
make them available for reuse by the
community often includes green
infrastructure, Smart Growth principles,
efficient building techniques, or other steps
towards building a sustainable city.
Building on the existing collaboration
efforts to protect or restore the nation's
waters, the EPA and US Department of
Agriculture (USDA) will enhance existing
coordination efforts in reducing non-point
source pollution. The Agency also recently
joined ten other federal agencies in
launching the Urban Waters Federal
Partnership, aimed at transforming urban
waters into neighborhood centerpieces and
foundations for sustainable economic
growth. The EPA will continue to work with
the Department of Energy (DOE) and the
US Geological Survey (USGS) on a
Hydraulic Fracturing Study of potential
impacts on drinking water.
Priority Science and Research
Science and research continue to be the
foundation of all our work at the EPA. The
Office of Research and Development's
integrated and cross-disciplinary
organization of the scientific research
programs provides a systems perspective.
This perspective is critical to the
performance of the EPA and increases the
benefits from high quality science. Superior
science leads to shared solutions; everyone
benefits from clean air and clean water.
Rigorous science leads to innovative
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solutions to complex environmental
challenges. In FY 2013, the EPA is
refocusing resources to support a Southern
New England Program for Innovative
Estuarine Approaches, and advancing efforts
in both lifecycle chemical safety and
sustainable molecular design.
The Southern New England Program for
Innovative Estuarine Approaches will
develop innovative scientific and technical
solutions to inform policies, environmental
management structures, and business
approaches to ensure the sustainability of
our coastal watersheds and estuaries.
Additional funding is for sustainable
molecular design of chemicals to develop
inherently safer process and products that
minimize or eliminate the associated adverse
impacts on human health and the
environment. This effort will provide new
principles for alternative chemical design
and reduce the likelihood of unwanted toxic
effects of nanomaterials and other
chemicals.
The EPA also will continue to build on
current research to study the potential
impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking
water. Building on ongoing research, the
$14 million total request in FY 2013 for
hydraulic fracturing research will begin an
effort to assess additional questions
regarding the safety of hydraulic fracturing.
The research will be coordinated with DOE
and USGS under a developing
Memorandum of Understanding which
emphasizes the expertise of each Federal
partner, and will include an assessment of
potential air, ecosystem, and water quality
impacts of hydraulic fracturing. The EPA
also will release an Interim Report on the
Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on
Drinking Water Resources in 2012.
Eliminations and Efficiencies
Recognizing the tight limits on discretionary
spending across government, the EPA has
evaluated and reprioritized its work and
made necessary adjustments to focus FY
2013 resources toward the Agency's highest
priorities and most critical needs. These
reductions and eliminations and the
projected impacts are described in fuller
detail in appropriate sections of the FY 2013
Annual Plan and Congressional Justification
and in the 2013 Cuts, Consolidations, and
Savings (CCS) Volume of the President's
Budget which identifies lower-priority
program activities in accordance with the
GPRA Modernization Act, 31 U.S.C.
1115(b)(10). The public can access the
volume at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget.
The EPA continues to examine its programs
to find those that have served their purpose
and accomplished their mission. The FY
2013 President's Budget eliminates a
number of programs totaling $50 million
including: the Clean Automotive
Technology Program; Beaches Protection
categorical grants; Environmental
Education; State Indoor Radon Grants; the
Support to Other Federal Agencies program
within Superfund; and the Fibers program.
Building on the work undertaken in FY
2011 and planned for FY 2012, the Agency
is examining how it can do its work
differently, both programmatically and
administratively, to achieve efficiencies and
results. To complement these near-term
efforts, the EPA also is undertaking a series
of important steps to lay the groundwork for
longer-term efficiencies, to move toward a
21st century EPA. Major projects include
enhancing collaboration tools and IT
systems, evaluating and consolidating or
reconfiguring our space, and establishing
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Regional or national Centers of Expertise,
all of which will help ensure the best use of
human and financial resources. The EPA is
continuing the effort to analyze staffing
levels and deploy human resources to
achieve the Agency's mission more
effectively and efficiently.
The Agency's funding request reflects its
commitment to reducing discretionary
spending across government. In response to
government-wide calls for promoting
efficient spending, such as the Campaign to
Cut Waste and Executive Order on
Promoting Efficient Spending, the Agency
will reduce spending by an aggregate of 20
percent on advisory contracts, printing,
travel, and IT devices by the end of FY 2013
compared to FY 2010. The EPA will do this
by: providing as many documents and
reports electronically rather than printing
thousands of pages of paper, saving money
and reducing the Agency's environmental
footprint; reducing overall agency travel
ceiling by 27 percent by using
videoconferences, reducing the number of
overall meetings and combining meetings;
and managing spending on EPA-held
conferences by using government-owned
space and technology to achieve savings.
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APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Budget Authority
(Dollars in Thousands)
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Oil Spill Response
Superfund Program
IG Transfer
S&T Transfer
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
SUB-TOTAL, EPA
Rescission of Prior Year Funds
SUB-TOTAL, EPA (INCLUDING
RESCISSIONS)
Recovery Act - EPM
Recovery Act - IG
Recovery Act Resources
TOTAL, EPA
FY2011
Actuals
$877,269.5
$2,883,566.0
$46,627.9
$38,523.8
$19,680.7
$1,413,818.5
$8,943.7
$27,506.1
$1,450,268.3
$118,851.3
$4,555,997.5
$9,990,785.0
$0.0
$9,990,785.0
$31,546.9
$3,664.8
$35,211.7
$10,025,996.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$793,728.0
$2,678,222.0
$41,933.0
$36,370.0
$18,245.0
$1,180,890.0
$9,939.0
$22,979.0
$1,213,808.0
$104,142.0
$3,612,937.0
$8,499,385.0
($50,000.0)
$8,449,385.0
$0.0
$8,449,385.0
FY 2013
Pres Budget
$807,257.0
$2,817,179.0
$48,273.0
$41,969.0
$23,531.0
$1,142,342.0
$10,864.0
$23,225.0
$1,176,431.0
$104,117.0
$3,355,723.0
$8,374,480.0
($30,000.0)
$8,344,480.0
$0.0
$8,344,480.0
*For ease of comparison, Superfund transfer resources for the audit and research functions are
shown in the Superfund account.
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APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time Equivalents (FTE)
Science & Technology
Science and Tech. - Reim
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Oil Spill Response
Super fund Program
IG Transfer
S&T Transfer
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Superfund Reimbursables
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
WCF-Reimbursable
FIFRA
Pesticide Registration Fund
UIC Injection Well Permit BLM
TOTAL, EPA
FY 2011
Actuals
2,452.9
1.1
10,802.1
38.1
264.9
110.4
2,927.5
49.9
106.4
3,083.8
97.2
67.0
126.8
136.3
54.3
3.0
17,237.9
FY 2012
Enacted
2,432.7
1.5
10,735.1
0.0
293.0
101.0
2,945.3
65.1
105.3
3,115.7
43.7
69.7
141.6
150.0
0.0
0.0
17,084.0
FY 2013
Pres Budget
2,471.4
1.5
10,758.6
0.0
300.0
118.5
2,883.4
65.8
106.4
3,055.6
48.7
68.1
141.6
145.0
0.0
0.0
17,109.0
*For ease of comparison, Superfund transfer resources for the audit and research functions are
shown in the Superfund account.
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GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Budget Authority
(Dollars in Thousands)
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Hazardous Substance Superfund
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Protecting America's Waters
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing
Sustainable Development
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Oil Spill Response
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Science & Technology
FY 2011
Actuals
$1,175,293.2
$300,827.8
$508,524.5
$4,732.7
$9,136.6
$4,067.2
$348,004.4
$5,085,863.7
$156,935.6
$1,086,528.0
$37,534.1
$6,154.3
$3,798,711.8
$2,246,381.2
$211,339.8
$361,566.4
$4,546.6
$7,538.9
$17,282.2
$1,183,400.3
$118,117.4
$342,589.8
$697,917.4
$189,347.3
10
FY 2012
Enacted
$1,026,168.9
$259,586.9
$459,629.4
$5,546.6
$8,625.3
$4,089.9
$288,690.7
$4,094,452.5
$148,848.5
$968,153.2
$25,490.1
$5,975.0
$2,945,985.7
$1,931,053.3
$187,061.8
$333,896.6
$5,408.2
$7,218.9
$15,729.3
$960,699.1
$103,291.6
$317,748.0
$662,826.3
$180,156.6
FY 2013
Pres Budget
$1,124,580.5
$270,745.7
$499,317.5
$7,170.6
$10,178.8
$4,428.8
$332,739.1
$3,782,228.0
$150,595.4
$982,243.2
$27,573.0
$6,891.6
$2,614,924.7
$1,937,998.6
$182,851.0
$346,461.8
$6,578.8
$8,199.5
$20,342.8
$926,024.8
$103,265.7
$344,274.2
$699,261.0
$184,540.7
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Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Hazardous Substance Superfund
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Oil Spill Response
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Sub-Total
Rescission of Prior Year Funds
Total
FY 2011
Actuals
$452,722.3
$2,008.4
$10,898.5
$6,158.2
$36,782.8
$820,541.2
$18,819.0
$505,771.7
$1,471.0
$4,795.6
$2,398.5
$256,642.7
$733.9
$29,908.7
$10,025,996.7
$0.0
$10,025,996.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$428,138.4
$3,021.3
$9,991.2
$7,293.0
$34,225.8
$784,884.0
$18,074.2
$488,404.4
$2,466.9
$4,559.6
$2,515.7
$241,726.1
$850.4
$26,286.8
$8,499,385.0
($50,000.0)
$8,449,385.0
FY 2013
Pres Budget
$456,289.1
$3,759.0
$11,455.5
$7,638.1
$35,578.6
$830,411.9
$18,524.2
$532,867.4
$3,191.6
$5,243.6
$3,188.2
$238,339.3
$851.3
$28,206.4
$8,374,480.0
($30,000.0)
$8,344,480.0
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GOAL, APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Authorized Full-time Equivalents
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Science & Technology
Science and Tech. - Reim
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
WCF-REIMB
Protecting America's Waters
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
WCF-REIMB
UIC Injection Well Permit BLM
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing
Sustainable Development
Science & Technology
Science and Tech. - Reim
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Oil Spill Response
Oil Spill Response - Reim
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Superfund Reimbursables
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
WCF-REIMB
FY 2011
Actuals
2,773.5
767.4
0.0
1,928.6
2.6
27.6
17.7
29.7
3,510.3
480.7
2,775.9
9.2
218.5
23.0
3.0
4,452.5
539.0
0.9
1,699.9
10.5
26.5
74.9
20.3
1,906.6
86.2
63.5
24.3
(FTE)
FY 2012
Enacted
2,719.0
759.3
1.5
1,868.0
0.0
38.8
18.6
32.8
3,423.6
490.2
2,728.3
0.0
178.1
27.1
0.0
4,328.2
525.0
0.0
1,647.6
0.0
37.8
83.7
0.0
1,898.2
43.7
65.0
27.2
FY 2013
Pres Budget
2,783.1
777.3
1.5
1,907.2
0.0
44.6
18.9
33.6
3,418.9
497.1
2,723.6
0.0
171.4
26.8
0.0
4,342.1
532.3
0.0
1,628.2
0.0
40.9
100.4
0.0
1,901.6
48.7
63.3
26.7
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Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Science & Technology
Science and Tech. - Reim
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Hazardous Substance Superfund
WCF-REIMB
Pesticide Registration Fund
Rereg. & Exped. Proc. Rev Fund
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Science & Technology
Environmental Program & Management
Envir. Program & Mgmt - Reim
Inspector General
Oil Spill Response
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Superfund Reimbursables
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
WCF-REIMB
FY 2011
Actuals
2,734.4
579.5
0.2
1,886.8
14.0
11.7
17.7
34.0
54.3
136.3
3,888.4
86.4
2,604.2
1.9
8.6
15.2
1,141.8
11.0
3.5
15.9
FY 2012
Enacted
2,680.0
568.0
0.0
1,882.6
0.0
21.1
22.0
36.3
0.0
150.0
3,933.2
90.2
2,608.6
0.0
17.2
17.3
1,176.9
0.0
4.7
18.2
FY 2013
Pres Budget
2,679.9
573.5
0.0
1,879.4
0.0
23.4
22.5
36.1
0.0
145.0
3,885.0
91.1
2,620.2
0.0
19.8
18.1
1,112.6
0.0
4.8
18.3
Total 17,359.2 17,084.0 17,109.0
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
develop adaptation strategies to address
climate change, and protect and improve air
quality
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Reduce the threats posed by climate
change by reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and taking actions that
help communities and ecosystems
become more resilient to the effects
of climate change
Achieve and maintain health-based
air pollution standards and reduce
risk from toxic air pollutants and
indoor air contaminants.
Restore the earth's stratospheric
ozone layer and protect the public
from the harmful effects of UV
radiation.
Minimize unnecessary releases of
radiation and be prepared to
minimize impacts should unwanted
releases occur.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY 2013 Pres Budget
Taking Action on Climate Change
and Improving Air Quality
Address Climate Change
Improve Air Quality
Restore the Ozone Layer
Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to
Radiation
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$1,175,293.2
$200,978.6
$913,282.5
$18,007.6
$43,024.5
2,773.5
FY 2012
Enacted
$1,026,168.9
$200,463.4
$768,929.3
$17,998.3
$38,778.0
2,719.0
FY 2013
Pres Budget
$1,124,580.5
$240,278.6
$825,362.2
$18,528.3
$40,411.4
2,783.1
V.
FY 2012 1
$98,411.6
$39,815.2
$56,432.9
$530.0
$1,633.4
64.1
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Introduction
The EPA has dedicated itself to protecting
and improving the quality of the Nation's air
to promote public health and protect the
environment. Air pollution concerns are
diverse and significant, and include:
greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate
change, outdoor and indoor air quality,
stratospheric ozone depletion, and radiation
protection.
Since passage of the Clean Air Act
Amendments in 1990, nationwide air quality
has improved significantly. Despite this
progress, in 2010 about 124 million
Americans (about 40% of the US
population) lived in counties with air that
did not meet health-based standards for at
least one pollutant. Long-term exposure to
elevated levels of certain air pollutants has
been associated with increased risk of
cancer, premature mortality, and damage to
the immune, neurological, reproductive,
cardiovascular, and respiratory systems.
Short-term exposure to elevated levels of
certain air pollutants can exacerbate asthma
and lead to other adverse health effects and
economic costs including; the impacts
associated with increased air pollution levels
affect productivity and the economy through
missed work and school days. Degradation
of views in national and state parks is
difficult to quantify but is likely to impact
tourism and quality of life.
The issues of highest importance facing the
air program over the next few years will
continue to be ozone and particulate air
pollution, including interstate transport of
these air pollutants; emissions from
transportation sources; toxic air pollutants;
indoor air pollutants; and GHGs. The EPA
uses a variety of approaches to reduce
pollutants in indoor and outdoor air.
Strategies include traditional regulatory
tools; innovative market-based techniques;
public- and private-sector partnerships;
community-based approaches; voluntary
programs that promote environmental
stewardship; and programs that encourage
cost-effective technologies and practices.
Among the most common sources of air
pollution are highway motor vehicles and
their fuels. The EPA establishes national
emissions standards for each of these
sources to reduce emissions of air pollution.
The Agency also provides emissions and
fuel economy information for new cars, and
educates consumers on the ways their
actions affect the environment. The EPA's
Renewable Fuel Standard program and
motor vehicle greenhouse gas standards
have already begun changing the cars
Americans drive and the fuels they use. The
supply and diversity of biofuels in America
is growing every year, and a new generation
of automobile technologies, including
several new plug-in hybrids and all-electric
vehicles, continues to "hit the road."
The EPA is responsible for establishing test
procedures needed to estimate the fuel
economy of new vehicles, and for verifying
car manufacturers' data on fuel economy
and pollutant emissions. The Agency is
completing efforts to increase its testing and
certification capacity to ensure that new
vehicles, engines, and fuels are in
compliance with new vehicle and fuel
standards. In particular, compared to
conventional vehicles, advanced technology
vehicles like Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (PHEV) and Battery Electric
Vehicles (EV) require new, additional
testing capabilities. Ensuring compliance
with the Administration's new fuel economy
and greenhouse gas standards is vital to
reducing dependence on oil and saving
consumers' money at the pump. The EPA
will continue to implement a national
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program to reduce GHGs from light-duty
and heavy-duty mobile sources. The national
program of fuel economy and greenhouse
gas standards for light-duty vehicles alone
will save approximately 12 billion barrels of
oil and prevent 6 billion metric tons of GHG
emissions over the lifetimes of the vehicles
sold through model year 2025.
The EPA's air toxic control programs are
critical to the Agency's continued progress
in reducing public health risks, and
improving the quality of the environment. In
FY 2013, the EPA will continue to focus on
communities with greater levels of industrial
and mobile source activity (e.g., near ports
or distribution areas), which according to the
2005 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
often have greater cumulative exposure to
air toxics than non-industrial areas. Between
2012 and 2013, there are approximately 70
stationary source (e.g., air toxics) rules due
for review and promulgation, 35 of which
are already on court-ordered deadlines or in
litigation. These rules are all in some stage
of development now. Working with litigants
and stakeholders, and informed by analyses
of air quality health risk data, the EPA is
working to prioritize a more limited set of
air toxics regulations that can be completed
expeditiously and that will address the most
significant risks to public health.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to
address the impacts of climate change
through careful, cost-effective rulemaking
and voluntary programs that encourage
businesses and consumers to limit
unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions. The
climate is warming, as evidenced by
observations in the scientific literature that
show increasing temperatures, rising sea
levels, and widespread melting of snow and
ice. Heat-trapping greenhouse gases are now
at record-high levels in the atmosphere
compared to the recent and distant past, a
clear result of human activity. As the
number of days with extremely hot
temperatures increase, severe heat waves are
projected to intensify and lead to heat-
related mortality and sickness. Also, with
time, more Americans are likely to be
affected by certain diseases that thrive in
areas with higher temperatures and greater
precipitation, including pest-borne diseases
and food and water-borne pathogens. The
costs of these impacts of climate change
include increased hospital visits, respiratory
and cardiovascular diseases, and even
premature death - especially for certain
vulnerable populations like the elderly, the
poor, and children.
Because people spend much of their lives
indoors, the quality of indoor air also is a
major concern. Indoor allergens and irritants
play a significant role in making asthma
worse and triggering asthma attacks. Over
25 million American currently have asthma
and asthma annually accounts for over
500,000 hospitalizations, 13 million missed
school days, and over $50 billion in
economic costs.
Major FY 2013 Changes
In FY 2013, resources under Goal 1 are
focused on the Agency's core statutory work
in reducing public health risks through
standards setting, market-driven and
partnership innovations, and support for
state and tribal partners. Recognizing the
tight limits on discretionary spending across
the government, the EPA has evaluated and
reprioritized its work and made necessary
adjustments to focus FY 2013 resources on
the Agency's highest priorities. This effort
involved strategic reductions and
redirections within and across programs. In
addition, the Agency is proposing to
eliminate certain mature programs that have
succeeded in establishing the expertise at the
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state and local level to implement similar
programs, and where there is the possibility
of maintaining some of the human health
benefits through implementation at the local
level. Reductions in some critical areas in
FY 2012 make the FY 2013 resources even
more important to advancing or even
maintaining progress toward longer-term
goals. Across the Agency, resources have
been targeted to: 1) moving toward
environmental protection for the 21st
Century by increasing transparency and the
use of technology, 2) supporting core
mission functions, and 3) implementing
efficiencies that enhance the effective use of
limited resources in the long-term.
Given the nation's current tight fiscal
climate, the EPA is making several
significant changes in the air program to
focus on its highest priorities. The Agency is
eliminating the Clean Automotive
Technology (CAT) program and reassigning
the program's expert staff to address the
high priority and increasing workload in
vehicle and fuels testing related to the
historic new GHG and fuel economy
standards. The Agency also is reducing
radon activities by $8.0 million by
eliminating categorical grants to states for
radon and reducing the federal staff in the
radon program. These programs have
resulted in significant institutional
improvements over time.
For work under the strategic objective
Improve Air Quality, a funding level of
$825.4 million, $56.4 million over the FY
2012 Enacted budget, will enable the
Agency and state and tribal partners to
conduct statutorily mandated work on the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) for criteria pollutants, including
ozone. Included in this amount is $289
million in state and tribal grant funding, an
increase of $39 million over FY 2012. These
funds support an expanding core state
workload for implementing revised and
more stringent NAAQS, and for overseeing
compliance with air toxics regulations. Also
included is an increase for additional state
air monitors required by revised NAAQS.
The FY 2013 resources are also critical for
the EPA to review criteria pollutant
standards in accordance with the CAA
statutory schedule and for the EPA and its
state and tribal partners to monitor the air
that we all breathe in communities across
America. The requested FY 2013 funding
will allow the EPA to continue to coordinate
actions to meet multiple CAA objectives for
controlling both criteria and toxic air
pollutants while considering their cost
effectiveness and the technical feasibility of
controls, as well as providing greater
certainty for regulated industry. The EPA is
working to streamline the implementation of
rules at the federal, state, tribal, and local
government level, as well as in industry. For
example, the EPA has made progress in
combining multiple standards where they
pertain to the same area with a "sector"
approach to maximize the synergies among
standards and reduces costs to the EPA,
states, tribes, local government and industry.
An increase of approximately $32.8 million
over the FY 2012 Enacted budget for
climate protection will allow the Agency to
support the full range of approaches to
reducing GHGs and the risks its effects pose
to human health and the environment and to
property. This increase includes $26.5
million for categorical grants to assist states
and tribes in permitting sources of
greenhouse gas emissions and implement
the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule In
addition, the Energy Star program, the
Global Methane Initiative, the Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule, and state and
local technical assistance and partnership
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programs, such as SmartWay, will all help
reduce GHGs before it is too late. This level
of resources for these programs in FY 2013
is critical for the Agency's efforts to address
the impacts of climate change. Without
these funds, the impacts of climate change
are likely to be even worse, in the form of
increased hospital visits, respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, and even premature
death.
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
(DERA) grant program is funded at $15
million; a $15 million reduction from FY
2012 enacted levels. DERA provides
immediate emission reductions from
existing diesel engines through engine
retrofits, rebuilds and replacements of older,
dirtier engines, switching to cleaner fuels,
idling reduction strategies, and other clean
diesel strategies. While the DERA grants
accelerate the pace at which dirty engines
are retired or retrofitted, pollution emissions
from the legacy fleet will be reduced over
time as portions of the fleet turn over and
are replaced with new engines that meet
modern emissions standards. As such,
DERA funding is being phased out and will
be allocated to a new rebate program and
national low-cost revolving loan or other
financing program that targets the dirtiest,
most polluting engines. Both approaches
would be available to private fleets for the
first time and enable a more targeted
approach to high emissions areas.
The Agency is eliminating the Clean
Automotive Technology (CAT) program in
FY 2013 resulting in a net savings of over
$8 million. The 34 technical experts that
supported the CAT program work will be
redeployed to support the growing
implementation and compliance activities
associated with NHTSA CAFE fuel
economy and EPA GHG emission standards
for light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles and
engines. In FY 2013, resources also will
support GHG standard setting actions
regarding advanced vehicle and engine
technologies, including light-duty and
heavy-duty trucks.
The Agency also is eliminating Radon
Categorical Grants ($8 million in STAG) in
FY 2013 and cutting approximately $2
million from the non-STAG Radon program.
Exposure to radon gas continues to be a
significant risk to human health, and over
the 23 years of its existence, EPA's radon
program has provided important guidance
and significant funding to help states
successfully establish their own programs.
At the federal level, the EPA will implement
the Federal Radon Action Plan, a multi-year,
multi-agency strategy for reducing the risk
from radon exposure by leveraging existing
federal housing programs and more
efficiently implementing radon-related
activities to have a greater impact on public
health.
For the Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE)
research program, the increase will support
an effort to address additional questions
regarding the safety of hydraulic fracturing
(FTP). Resources will support ambient air
monitoring and associated health effects
assessments to address the potential impacts
of FTP on air quality, water quality, and
ecosystems.
Priority Goals
The EPA has established an FY 2012-2013
Priority Goal to improve the country's
ability to measure and control Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) emissions. The Priority Goal is:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
cars and trucks. Through September 30,
2013, the EPA in coordination with
DOT's fuel economy standards program
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will be implementing vehicle and truck
greenhouse gas standards that are
projected to reduce GHG emissions by
1.2 billion metric tons and reduce oil
consumption by about 98 billion gallons
over the lifetime of the affected vehicles
and trucks.
Additional information on the Agency's
Priority Goals can be found at
www.performance.gov.
FY 2013 Activities
Reducing GHG Emissions and Developing
Adaptation Strategies to Address Climate
Change
Responding to the threat of climate change
is one of the Agency's top priorities. The
EPA's strategy to address climate change
supports the President's greenhouse gas
reduction goals. Climate change poses risks
to public health, the environment, cultural
resources, the economy, and quality of life.
Many impacts of climate change are already
evident and some will persist into the future.
Climate change impacts include increased
temperatures and more stagnant air masses
that make it more challenging to achieve air
quality standards for smog in many regions
of the country. This adversely affects public
health if areas cannot attain or maintain
clean air and increases the costs to local
communities.
The Agency will work with partners and
stakeholders to provide tools and
information related to greenhouse gas
emissions and impacts and will reduce
emissions domestically and internationally
through cost-effective, voluntary programs
while pursuing additional regulatory actions
as needed. In FY 2013, the Agency will
focus on core program activities, expand
some existing strategies, and discontinue
others, including:
Beginning to implement the important
new vehicle fuel economy labelling
requirements. For the first time, the new
label provides consumers with
greenhouse gas, as well as fuel economy,
information.
Continuing to implement the harmonized
DOT and EPA fuel economy and
greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
standards for light-duty vehicles (model
years 2012-2016) and heavy-duty
vehicles (model years 2014-2018). The
EPA will begin developing a second
phase of heavy-duty GHG regulations
that will incorporate a complete vehicle
approach and bring a wider range of
advanced technologies, including hybrid
vehicle drive trains. The EPA also must
consider nine petitions asking the
Agency to develop GHG emission
standards for a wide range of non-road
equipment, including locomotives,
marine craft, and aircraft.
Continuing to promote cost-effective
corporate GHG management practices
and provide recognition for superior
efforts through a joint award program
with non-government organizations. As
of 2010, the EPA's voluntary, public
private partnerships helped businesses,
industry and transportation avoid 533
million metric tons of carbon equivalent
emissions.
Focusing on GHG supply chain
management, which will primarily be
implemented through the ongoing
cooperative pilot with the General
Services Administration to assist small
federal suppliers in developing their
GHG inventories.
Continuing to implement the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule.
Activities in FY 2013 will include
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expanding the database management
systems for new sectors, verifying reported
data, providing guidance and training to
reporters, and sharing data with the public,
within the federal government, with state
and local governments, and with reporting
entities.
An increase of around $3 million for the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program will
support reporting and verification of
emissions across the 31 industry sectors and
emission sources (10 sectors were added in
FY 2010) and approximately 13,000
reporters as well as work with states across
the spectrum of the common by-product
gases. Work in FY 2013 includes support for
uses on how to comply with the rule and
how to report emissions using the electronic
reporting tool as well as how to address any
potential reporting errors prior to data
publication. These resources will provide
assistance to reporting entities, ensure data
accuracy, and provide transparency into the
major sources of GHG emissions across the
nation. An increase of approximately $4
million for ENERGY STAR will support
oversight of the improved third-party
certification system for ENERGY STAR
products and the implementation of the
EPA's verification process for residential,
commercial and industrial buildings to
safeguard the economic and health benefits
brought to the market by this program. This
increase will also support the Agency's
effort to develop an ENERGY STAR fee
program. Another priority is to support
public and private organizations as they
implement the full range of least cost
compliance and mitigation options
associated with the EPA's power sector air
standards.
Funding for the Clean Automotive
Technologies (CAT) program was
eliminated in FY 2013. The CAT program,
with its advanced series hybrids and ultra-
clean engines, has matured and provided a
deep understanding of the technology
pathways that are necessary in order to
achieve maximum reductions of criteria and
GHG emissions cost-effectively from both
cars and trucks. FY 2012 will be a transition
year in which the CAT program will
complete work on the highest priority
projects, and continue technology
deployment through various actions
including license agreements. In 2013, other
Federal research programs, such as DOE's
Vehicles Technology program will support
the development and deployment of
advanced automotive technologies. In FY
2013, the Agency will refocus the workforce
in this program to support implementation
and compliance with GHG emission
standards for light-duty and heavy-duty
vehicles developed under the Federal
Vehicle and Fuels Standards and
Certification program project. In addition,
resources will be used to support compliance
activities for implementing NHTSA's CAFE
standards. Under authorities contained in the
Clean Air Act and the Energy Policy Act,
the EPA is responsible for issuing
certificates and ensuring compliance with
both the GHG and CAFE standards.
Improving Air Quality
Clean Air
Particulate Matter (PM) is linked to tens of
thousands of premature deaths per year and
repeated exposure to ozone can cause acute
respiratory problems and lead to permanent
lung damage. Short term exposure to sulfur
dioxide (862) can result in adverse
respiratory effects, including narrowing of
the airways which can cause difficulty
breathing and increased asthma symptoms,
particularly in at risk populations including
children, the elderly, and people with
asthma.
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Implementing the existing PM National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS),
as well as the potential revised 2012 PM
NAAQS, are among the Agency's highest
priorities for FY 2013. The EPA will
provide technical and policy assistance to
states developing or revising attainment
State Implementation Plans (SIPs) and will
designate areas as attainment or
nonattainment. The budget includes an
additional $39 million in grants to support
core state workload for implementing
NAAQS, reducing exposure to air toxics to
ensure improved air quality in communities,
and for additional air monitors required by
revised NAAQS. In FY 2013, the EPA will
also continue its work with states and
communities to implement the existing
ozone standard. The EPA will provide
technical and policy assistance to states
developing or revising attainment SIPs, and
provide ongoing assistance in meeting the
goals of those plans. The EPA will also
provide technical and policy assistance to
states developing regional haze
implementation plans and will continue to
review and act on SIP submissions in
accordance with the Clean Air Act. These
objectives are supported by an investment of
$7.0 million to provide technical assistance
to state, tribal and local agencies through the
Federal Support for Air Quality
Management program. This support includes
source characterization analyses, emission
inventories, quality assurance protocols,
improved testing and monitoring techniques,
and air quality modeling.
The EPA will continue to implement the
new Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS2)
program and carry out several other actions
required by the Energy Policy Act (EPAct)
of 2005 and the Energy Independence and
Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The EPA is
responsible for establishing test procedures
needed to estimate the fuel economy of new
vehicles and for verifying car
manufacturers' data on fuel economy. In FY
2013, the EPA will continue implementing
its plan to upgrade its vehicle, engine, and
fuel testing capabilities at the National
Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
(NVFEL), addressing the need to increase
testing and certification capacity to ensure
that new vehicles, engines, and fuels are in
compliance with new vehicle and fuel
standards. In 2011, the EPA provided
certifications for over 4,000 different types
of engines - a workload that has quadrupled
over the past decade. The EPA's workload
will continue to grow, as the Agency begins
to implement new and more stringent GHG
emission standards promulgated in 2012 and
2013 for additional classes of vehicles and
engines.
The requested FY 2013 resources are
required to operate the new testing facilities
and run new test procedures associated with
the increased breadth and complexity of
standards. Resources will support activities
such as oversight of certification and
compliance requirements for the expanding
number of vehicles and engines the EPA
regulates. These include hybrid and biofuel
vehicles, advanced technology vehicles,
engines entering the market in response to
the EPA's new GHG emission standards,
and foreign imports. Resources will also
support oversight of credit trading under
both fuels and engine regulations and will be
used to develop and manage data systems
designed to make it easier for the regulated
community to comply with EPA standards
by reducing reporting burdens.
Air Toxics
The Agency will continue to work with state
and local air pollution control agencies and
community groups to assess and address air
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toxics emissions in areas of greatest
concern, including in disproportionately
impacted communities and where the most
vulnerable members of our population live,
work, and go to school.
One of the top priorities for the air toxics
program is to eliminate unacceptable health
risks and cumulative exposures to air toxics
from multiple sources in affected
communities and to enable the Agency to
fulfill its Clean Air Act (CAA) and court-
ordered obligations. The CAA requires that
the technological basis for all technology-
based standards be reviewed and updated as
necessary every eight years. In FY 2013, the
EPA will continue to conduct risk
assessments to determine whether the
technology-based rules appropriately protect
public health.
In addition to meeting CAA requirements,
the EPA will continue development of its
multi-pollutant and sector based efforts by
constructing and organizing analyses around
industrial sectors. By addressing individual
sectors' emissions comprehensively and
prioritizing regulatory efforts on the
pollutants of greatest concern, the EPA will
develop consolidated, more effective, lower-
cost technological improvements in the
sectors. The EPA will continue to look at all
pollutants in an industrial sector and identify
ways to take advantage of the co-benefits of
pollution control. In developing sector and
multi-pollutant approaches, the Agency
seeks innovative solutions that address the
differing nature of the various sectors and
minimizes costs to the EPA, states, tribes,
local governments and the regulated
community. In FY 2013, an increase of $2.7
million will be used to coordinate actions for
controlling both criteria and toxic air
pollutants to achieve objectives of the Clean
Air Act, maximize cost effectiveness, and
provide greater certainty to industry.
The EPA will continue to improve the
dissemination of information to state, local
and tribal governments, and the public,
using analytical tools such as the National
Air Pollution Assessment (NAPA) and
National Air Toxic Assessment (NATA),
enhancing quantitative benefits assessment
tools such as BenMAP, improving emission
inventory estimates for toxic air pollutants,
and managing information for regulated
entities electronically in a single location by
modernizing the Air Facility System (AFS)
database. The EPA anticipates that these
improvements will increase the Agency's
ability to meet aggressive court-ordered
schedules to complete rulemaking activities,
especially in the Risk Technology Review
program.
Indoor Air
Twenty percent of the population, including
students, teachers and administrative staff,
spend the day inside elementary and
secondary schools. If these schools have
problems with leaky roofs and poor heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning systems, the
result can be the increased presence of
molds and other environmental allergens
which can trigger a host of health problems,
including asthma and allergies. Over the
past four years, at least 16,000 health care
professionals have been trained by the EPA
and its partners on environmental
management of asthma triggers.
Additionally, approximately 1/3 of our
nation's schools now have effective indoor
air quality management programs in place. It
is estimated that 2.7 million homes with
high radon levels have, with the help of the
EPA and its partners, been returned to
acceptable levels or have been built with
new radon-reducing features.
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In the Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
program ($17.8 million), the EPA will
continue to promote comprehensive asthma
care that integrates management of
environmental asthma triggers and health
care services by building community
capacity for delivering comprehensive
asthma care programs through the
Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly
Environments Campaign. The EPA will
place a particular emphasis on protecting
vulnerable populations, including children,
and low-income and minority populations.
The EPA will continue to update its existing
program guidance to provide clear and
verifiable protocols and specifications for
ensuring good indoor air quality across a
range of building types during multiple
phases of the building life cycle. The EPA
will collaborate with public and private
sector organizations to integrate these
protocols and specifications more efficiently
into existing energy-efficiency, green-
building and health-related programs and
initiatives. FY 2013 activities will focus on
equipping the affordable housing sector with
training and guidance to promote the
adoption of these best practices with the aim
of creating healthy, energy-efficient homes
for low income families.
In FY 2013, with the elimination of Radon
Categorical Grants and reduction to the
radon program of approximately $2 million,
this program will focus on efficiently
promoting radon risk reduction in homes
and schools. Using information
dissemination, social marketing techniques,
and partnerships with federal agencies and
public health and environmental
organizations, the EPA will drive action by
implementing the Federal Radon Action
Plan, published in June 2011. These actions
will promote testing for indoor radon, fixing
homes and schools when radon levels are
high, and building new homes and schools
with radon-resistant features.
Stratospheric Ozone
The stratospheric ozone program ($15.3
million) implements the provisions of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the
Act) and the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(Montreal Protocol). Under the Act and the
Protocol, the EPA is authorized to control
and reduce ozone depleting substances
(ODS) in the US, and to contribute to the
Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund. As of
January 1, 2010, ODS production and
imports were capped at 3,810 ODP-
weighted metric tons, which is 25 percent of
the U.S. baseline under the Montreal
Protocol. In 2015, U.S. production and
import will be reduced further, to 10 percent
of the U.S. baseline, and in 2020, all
production and import will be phased out
except for exempted amounts. As ODS and
many of their substitutes are potent GHGs,
appropriate control and reduction of these
substances also provides significant benefits
for climate protection. The Act provides for
a phase out of production and consumption
of ODS and requires controls on their use,
including banning certain emissive uses,
requiring labeling to inform consumer
choices and requiring sound servicing
practices for the use of ODS in various
products (e.g., air conditioning and
refrigeration). As a signatory to the
Montreal Protocol, the United States is
committed to ensuring that our domestic
program is at least as stringent as
international obligations and to regulating
and enforcing its terms domestically. In FY
2013, the EPA will focus its work to ensure
that ODS production and import caps under
the Montreal Protocol and Clean Air Act
continue to be met.
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Radiation
In FY 2013, the EPA Radiation program
($21.8 million), in cooperation with other
federal agencies, states, tribes, and
international radiation protection
organizations, will develop and use
voluntary and regulatory programs, public
information, and training to protect the
public from unnecessary exposures to
radiation. In response to advances in
uranium production processes and mining
operations, the Agency is updating its
radiation protection standards for the
uranium fuel cycle, which were developed
over 30 years ago. In FY 2013, the EPA's
Radiological Emergency Response Team
(RERT) will maintain and improve the level
of readiness to support federal radiological
emergency response and recovery operations
under the National Response Framework
(NRF) and the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP). The National RadNet ambient
radiation air monitoring system, which
includes the country's 100 most populous
cities, will provide data to assist in
protective action determinations.
Research
Environmental challenges in the 21st
Century continue to be complex as the links
between stressors such as climate change,
urbanization, and air quality become better
understood. These complex challenges
require different thinking and solutions than
those used in the past. Reducing risk can no
longer be the only approach to
environmental protection. Industry and
government are turning to solutions that
enhance economic growth and social well-
being, as well as protect public health and
the environment. These solutions require
research that transcends disciplinary lines
and includes all stakeholders in the process.
The process includes the EPA's regional and
program offices as well as other
stakeholders including states and
communities who rely on the research. With
the partners and stakeholders, the EPA
researchers define the research needs and
how the solutions will be integrated. These
new, integrated, transdisciplinary
approaches require innovation at all steps of
the process. Ultimately, the EPA is seeking
technological innovations that support
environmentally responsible solutions and
foster new economic development.
In FY 2013, the EPA is strengthening its
planning and delivery of science by
continuing the more integrated research
approach begun in FY 2012. Integrated
research looks at problems more
systematically and holistically. This
approach will yield benefits beyond those
possible from more narrowly targeted
approaches that focus on single chemicals or
problem areas.
A robust air monitoring network is vital to
the nation's air quality. Air monitoring tools
measure and track pollutants, identify
pollutant sources, and inform how and
where Americans are exposed to air
pollutants. Many of the existing monitoring
technologies used in the national networks
are decades old and are costly. The
complexity of environmental issues at local,
national, and international levels requires
more advanced and comprehensive
monitoring. In FY 2013, the EPA plans to
develop efficient, high-performing, and cost-
effective monitors for ambient air pollutants.
Such monitors will replace outdated
techniques, produce more detailed
information, and reduce the cost of
monitoring for the EPA, states, and local
agencies.
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The Air, Climate and Energy (ACE)
program conducts research on
environmental and human health impacts
related to air pollution, climate change, and
biofuels. Protecting human health and the
environment from the effects of air pollution
and climate change, while simultaneously
meeting the demands of a growing
population and economy is critical to the
well-being of the nation and the world.
Exposure to an evolving array of air
pollutants is a considerable challenge on
human health and the environment. This
multifaceted environment reflects the
interplay of air quality, the changing
climate, and emerging energy options. By
integrating air, climate and energy research,
the EPA can better understand, define and
address the complexity of these interactions.
The Agency will provide models and tools
necessary for communities and for decision
makers at all levels of government to make
the best decisions.
For example, the ACE research program
will improve the widely used Community
Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling
system. State and local agencies and the
EPA rely on this tool to implement the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS). Specifically, nations, states, and
communities use CMAQ to model how air
pollution levels change when different
emission reduction alternatives are used.
With this tool, decision-makers can test a
range of strategies and determine what
approach best fits their situation.
Improvements to CMAQ will increase
users' capability to accurately model
changes in ozone, paniculate matter, and
hazardous air pollutant concentrations. The
CMAQ model has over 1,500 users in the
U.S. and 1,000 more in over 50 countries.
The ACE research program will continue to
address critical science questions under
three major research themes.
Theme 1: Assess Impacts - Assess human
and ecosystem exposures and effects
associated with air pollutants and climate
change. Evaluate the effects of air pollution
and climate change on individuals,
ecosystems, communities, and regions
(including the effects on those most
susceptible or vulnerable).
Theme 2: Prevent and Reduce Emissions -
Provide the science needed to develop and
evaluate approaches to preventing and
reducing harmful air emissions. The EPA
decision makers and other stakeholders need
such data and methods to analyze the full
life-cycle impacts of new and existing
energy technologies. With ACE's data,
decision makers can determine which
energy choices are most economically,
socially, and environmentally appropriate.
Theme 3: Respond to Changes in Climate
and Air Quality - Provide modeling and
monitoring tools, metrics, and information
on air pollution exposure. Individuals,
communities, and governmental agencies
will use these tools and information to make
public health decisions related to air quality
and climate change.
ACE research incorporates economic and
social factors that may influence anticipated
environmental results.
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Figure 1: Integration of Air,
Climate, and Energy1
Figure 1, "Integration of Air,
Climate, and Energy" illustrates
the relationships among air,
climate, and energy. The figure
identifies the major earth and
human systems impacted by air
pollution and climate change. It
portrays the responses and social
factors influencing the
relationships among each.
Earth Systems
Exposurestoand Effects on:
In FY 2013, research will study the
generation, fate, transport, and chemical
transformation of air emissions to identify
individual and population health risks. The
ACE research program considers the
environmental impacts of energy production
and use across the full life cycle. For
example, increased use of wood in
residences can reduce greenhouse gas
emissions but cause local air pollution
problems. The program will incorporate air,
climate, and energy research to ensure the
development of sustainable solutions and
attainment of statutory goals in a complex
multi-pollutant environment. The ACE
program will conduct research to better
understand and assess the effects of global
change on air quality, water quality, aquatic
ecosystems, land use, human health and
social wellbeing.
In addition, the program will conduct
systems-based sustainability analyses that
include environmental, social and economic
dimensions. The EPA's FY 2013 hydraulic
fracturing research request will enable
assessment of potential air, ecosystem and
water quality impacts of hydraulic
fracturing. The EPA, with the Department of
Energy and the Department of the Interior,
will study the impacts of developing our
nation's unconventional oil and gas
resources. This effort will promote a better
understanding of potential impacts of
hydraulic fracturing and complement current
hydraulic fracturing research efforts. This
research will help our nation to safely and
prudently develop oil and gas resources.
Adapted from IPCC, 2007: Climate Change 2007:
Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II,
and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Protecting America's Waters
Protect and restore our waters to ensure that
drinking water is safe, and that aquatic
ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife,
and economic, recreational, and subsistence
activities.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Reduce human exposure to
contaminants in drinking water, fish
and shellfish, and recreational
waters, including protecting source
waters.
Protect the quality of rivers, lakes,
streams, and wetlands on a
watershed basis, and protect urban,
coastal, and ocean waters.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Protecting America's Waters
Protect Human Health
Protect and Restore Watersheds and
Aquatic Ecosystems
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2013 Pres Budget
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 v.
Actuals Enacted Pres Budget FY 2012 Enacted
$5,085,863.7 $4,094,452.5 $3,782,228.0 ($312,224.5)
$1,532,401.0 $1,295,538.9 $1,216,766.0 ($78,772.9)
$3,553,462.7 $2,798,913.5 $2,565,462.0 ($233,451.5)
3,510.3 3,423.6 3,418.9 -4.7
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Introduction
While much progress has been made,
America's waters remain imperiled.
Increased demands, land use practices,
population growth, aging infrastructure, and
climate variability continue to pose
challenges to our nation's water resources.
The latest national surveys confirm that
America's waters are stressed by nutrient
pollution, excess sedimentation, and
degradation of shoreline vegetation, which
affect more than 50 percent of our lakes and
streams. The rate at which new waters are
listed for water quality impairments exceeds
the pace at which restored waters are
removed from the list. For many years,
nonpoint source pollution, principally
nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediments, has
been recognized as the largest remaining
impediment to improving water quality.
However, pollution discharged from
industrial, municipal, agricultural, and
stormwater point sources continue to cause a
decline in the quality of our waters. Other
significant contributors to degraded water
quality include loss of habitat, habitat
fragmentation, and changes in the way water
is infiltrated into soils, runs off the land, and
flows down streams (hydrologic alteration).
From nutrient loadings and stormwater
runoff to invasive species and drinking
water contaminants, water quality programs
face complex challenges that can be
addressed effectively only through a
combination of traditional and innovative
strategies. The EPA will work hand-in-hand
with states and tribes to develop and
2 U.S. EPA, 2006. Wadeable Streams Assessment: A
Collaborative Survey of the Nation's Streams. EPA 841-B-
06-002. Available at
http://www.epa. gov/owow/streamsurvey. See also EPA,
2010. National Lakes Assessment: A Collaborative Survey
of the Nation 'slakes. EPA 841-R-09-001. Available at
http://www.epa.gov/lakessurvev/pdf/nla chapter0.pdf.
implement nutrient limits and intensify our
work to restore and protect the quality of the
nation's streams, rivers, lakes, bays, oceans,
and aquifers. We will continue the increased
focus on communities, particularly those
disadvantaged communities facing
disproportionate impacts or having been
historically underserved. We also will use
our authority to protect and restore
threatened natural treasures such as the
Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, and the
Gulf of Mexico; to address our neglected
urban rivers; to ensure safe drinking water;
and to reduce pollution from nonpoint and
industrial dischargers. The EPA will
continue to address post-construction runoff,
water-quality impairments from surface
mining, and drinking water contamination.
As part of the Administration's long-term
strategy, the EPA is implementing a
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Policy that
focuses on working with states and
communities to enhance technical,
managerial and financial capacity. Important
to the enhanced technical capacity will be
alternatives analyses to expand "green
infrastructure" options and their multiple
benefits. Federal dollars provided through
the State Revolving Funds will act as a
catalyst for efficient system-wide planning
and ongoing management of sustainable
water infrastructure.
The EPA continues to work with its partners
across the Federal government to leverage
resources and avoid duplication of efforts.
The EPA and USDA will enhance existing
coordination efforts in reducing nonpoint
source pollution and the EPA will move
beyond its ongoing study and expand its
work with DOE and the USGS on
understanding and the potential impacts of
hydraulic fracturing.
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Major FY 2013 Changes
To address resource constraints in the FY
2013 budget and the FY 2012 Enacted
Budget, the EPA carefully evaluated water
program activities to assess where the pace
of progress could be slowed, where other
governmental entities could provide needed
support, or where programs could be
eliminated to allow for necessary
redirections to fund critical Administration
priorities. The EPA will direct limited
resources to where they can best protect
public health, especially in disadvantaged
communities; provide increased support to
state and tribal partners; and focus on the
largest pollution problems, including
nutrient pollution. In light of reductions in
some critical areas in FY 2012, the
requested FY 2013 resources are pivotal to
enabling the Agency to advance, or even
maintain, progress toward longer-term goals.
In FY 2013, funding of $265 million, $27
million above FY 2012, for Section 106
Water Pollution Control Grants supports
prevention and control measures to improve
water quality and address nutrient run-off
The increase, in addition to addressing
nutrient loads, will strengthen the state,
interstate and tribal base programs, provide
additional resources to address TMDL,
monitoring, and wet weather issues and help
states improve their water quality programs
relating to the management of nutrients. An
addition of $4.4 million to Public Water
System Supervision Grants will support
state data management, improve data
quality, and allow the public to access
compliance monitoring data not previously
available.
In FY 2013, the Budget includes a
significant new effort under which the EPA
and the USDA are working with key
Federal partners, along with agricultural
producer organizations, conservation
districts, states, tribes, NGOs and other local
leaders to identify areas where a focused and
coordinated approach can achieve decreases
in water pollution. The President's Budget
builds upon the collaborative process
already underway among Federal partners to
demonstrate substantial improvements in
water quality by coordinating efforts
between U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and EPA programs such as the
EPA's Nonpoint Source Grants and Water
Pollution Control Grants and USDA's Farm
Bill conservation programs. This
coordination will allow for more effective,
targeted investments at the Federal and State
level during a time of constrained budgets,
and will ensure continued improvements in
water quality.
Further, the EPA will provide $15 million of
Section 106 funds to states, interstate
agencies and tribes that commit to
strengthening their nutrient management
efforts consistent with the EPA's Office of
Water guidance issued in March 2011.
Increased funding of approximately $15
million above FY 2012 for the Chesapeake
Bay will help states meet the nutrient
reduction goals in the Total Maximum Daily
Load through State Implementation Grants
(SIGs) and implement Phase II Watershed
Implementation Plans. An increase of $5
million for Mexico Border Infrastructure
Assistance will help advance the EPA's
work with the Border States and local
communities in improving the region's
water quality and public health.
Also in FY 2013, $5.9 million over FY 2012
is requested for the Drinking Water program
to strengthen efforts to protect the nation's
drinking water supply by providing
technical assistance to states and systems.
The funds also will support upgrading of the
Safe Drinking Water Information System
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(SDWIS) to improve compliance monitoring
and data flow and quality.
In FY 2013, $4.3 million above FY 2012 is
provided for the Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources research program as part of a
wider $14 million effort to address
additional questions regarding the safety of
hydraulic fracturing (FTP). The research will
be in collaboration with DOE and USGS
under a developing Memorandum of
Understanding which emphasizes the
expertise of each Federal partner, and will
include an assessment of potential air,
ecosystem, and water quality impacts of
hydraulic fracturing. Consistent with advice
from the Science Advisory Board on areas
to study, this work will ensure an
understanding of the full suite of potential
impacts of hydraulic fracturing and
complement current hydraulic fracturing
research efforts.
In FY 2013, the EPA reduced or eliminated
funding to a number of programs. The
Agency is requesting $2 billion, a reduction
of $359 million, for the Clean Water and
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. The
Administration requests a combined $2
billion for federal capitalization of the SRFs.
This will allow the SRFs to finance over $6
billion in wastewater and drinking water
infrastructure projects annually. The
Administration has strongly supported the
SRFs, having received and/or requested
funding for them totaling over $18 billion
since 2009; since their inception, over $52
billion has been provided for the SRFs. The
reduced level will mean fewer water
infrastructure projects. The EPA will work
to target assistance to small and underserved
communities with limited ability to repay
loans, while maintaining state program
integrity. A number of systems could have
access to capital through the
Administration's proposed Infrastructure
Bank.
In this difficult financial climate, the
Agency will eliminate the Beaches Grant
Program with a reduction of $9.9 million in
FY 2013. While beach monitoring continues
to be important, well-understood guidelines
are in place, and state and local government
programs have the technical expertise and
procedures to continue beach monitoring
without federal support.
Priority Goals
The EPA has established two FY 2012-2013
Priority Goals to improve water quality. The
Priority Goals are:
Improve, restore, or maintain water
quality by enhancing nonpoint source
program accountability, incentives, and
effectiveness. By September 30, 2013,
50% of the states will revise their
nonpoint source program according to
new Section 319 grant guidelines that
the EPA will release in November 2012.
Improve public health protection for
persons served by small drinking water
systems by strengthening the technical,
managerial, and financial capacity of
those systems. By September 30, 2013,
the EPA will engage with twenty states
to improve small drinking water system
capability through two EPA programs,
the Optimization Program and/or the
Capacity Development Program.
Additional information on the Agency's
Priority Goals can be found at
www.performance.gov.
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FY 2013 Activities
Through Environmental Management
Systems, the EPA will continue to
emphasize watershed stewardship,
watershed-based approaches, water
efficiencies, and best practices. The EPA
will focus specifically on green
infrastructure, nutrients, and trading among
point sources and nonpoint sources for water
quality improvements and urban waters. In
FY 2013, the Agency will advance the water
quality monitoring initiative under the Clean
Water Act, and develop important rules and
implementation activities under the Safe
Drinking Water Act. Related efforts to
improve monitoring and surveillance will
help advance water security nationwide.
Drinking Water
To help achieve the Administrator's priority
to protect America's waters, in FY 2013, the
EPA will continue to implement its Drinking
Water Strategy, an approach to expand
public health protection for drinking water.
The vision of the strategy is to streamline
decision-making and expand protection
under existing laws and promote cost-
effective new technologies to meet the needs
of rural, urban and other water-stressed
communities. The Agency will focus on
regulating groups of drinking water
contaminants, improving water treatment
technology and expanding communication
with states, tribes and communities.
In FY 2013, a funding level of $120.8
million in categorical grants for drinking
water programs will enable the EPA, the
states, and community water systems to
build on past successes while working
toward the FY 2013 goal of assuring that 92
percent of the populations served by
community water systems receive drinking
water that meets all applicable health-based
standards. The Agency met its safe drinking
water goals from FY 2008 through FY 2011.
In FY 2011, 93.2 percent of the population
was served by community water systems
that met applicable health-based standards,
surpassing the FY 2011 target of 91 percent.
States carry out a variety of activities,
including on-site sanitary surveys of water
systems and assistance to small systems to
improve their capabilities. The EPA will
support state and local implementation of
drinking water standards by providing
guidance, training, and technical assistance
and ensuring proper certification of water
system operators. The EPA also will
maintain the rate of system sanitary surveys
and onsite reviews to promote compliance
with drinking water standards.
To help ensure that water is safe to drink
and to address the nation's aging drinking
water infrastructure that can impact water
quality, $850 million for the Drinking Water
State Revolving Fund will support new
infrastructure improvement projects for
public drinking water systems in FY 2013
and beyond. In FY 2011, the fund utilization
rate3 for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund was 90 percent, surpassing the target
of 89 percent. In concert with the states, the
EPA will focus this affordable, flexible
financial assistance to support utility
compliance with safe drinking water
standards. The EPA also will work with
utilities to promote technical, financial, and
managerial capacity as a critical means to
meet infrastructure needs and to enhance
program performance and efficiency.
3 Utilization rate is the cumulative dollar amount of loan
agreements divided by cumulative funds available for
projects. Cumulative funds available include the federal
capitalization grant portion and everything that is in the
SRF (state match, interest payments, etc).
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Clean Water
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to
collaborate with states and tribes to make
progress toward the EPA's clean water
goals. Programs for controlling nonpoint
sources of pollution are key to reducing the
number of impaired waters. The programs
provide a multi-faceted approach to the
problem, with a mix of innovative
development strategies to help leverage
traditional tools. Maximizing the partnership
with USDA and more fully utilizing the
revolving fund capitalization grants
provided to our partners will enable the EPA
to build, revive, and "green" our aging
infrastructure. In FY 2013, a funding level
of $445.2 million in categorical grants for
clean water programs will enable the EPA,
states and tribes to implement core clean
water programs and promising innovations
on a watershed basis to accelerate water
quality improvements.
In FY 2013, the EPA and the USDA will
work together to effectively target both the
Natural Resource Conservation Service's
(NRCS) conservation assistance programs
and EPA's Section 319 grant funds to
critical watersheds to improve water quality.
The EPA and NRCS will collaborate with
stakeholders to identify watersheds for
focusing conservation and monitoring
projects. Priority will be placed on
partnering in watersheds that have high
nonpoint source nutrient sediments loadings,
including those listed by states as having
impaired waters for nutrients, and the
opportunity to make significant progress on
reducing those loads. Further, the EPA will
provide $15.0 million of Section 106 funds
to support states, interstate agencies and
tribes that commit to strengthening their
nutrient management efforts consistent with
EPA Office of Water guidance issued in
March 2011.
Building on 30 years of clean water
successes, the EPA, in conjunction with
states and tribes, will address the
requirements of the Clean Water Act by
focusing on two primary tools: Total
Maximum Daily Loads and National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permits that are built upon
scientifically sound water quality standards
and technology-based pollutant discharge
limits. For the past six years, the EPA has
consistently surpassed its targets for
establishing or approving TMDLs. There is
much remaining to do, an additional
estimated 49,000 TMDL are needed. In FY
2011, the Agency completed 2,846 TMDLs
bringing the cumulative total to 49,663
TMDLs. The EPA also surpassed its target
of issuing high priority EPA and state
NPDES permits (including tribal) by 32
percent.
The EPA will continue to provide annual
capitalization to the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund to enable EPA partners to
improve wastewater treatment, nonpoint
sources of pollution, and estuary
revitalization. Realizing the expected long-
term benefits, the EPA is continuing our
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
commitment by requesting $1.175 billion in
FY 2013. The fund utilization rate for the
Clean Water State Revolving Fund in FY
2011 was 98 percent, surpassing the target
of 94.5 percent
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TMDLs Established or Approved by
EPA - Cumulative (bps)
Budget Target
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2008 2009 2010
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2011 2012
2013
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to
strengthen the nationwide monitoring
network and complete statistically-valid
surveys of the nation's waters. In FY 2011,
the EPA used valid surveys of a statistically
representative sample of U.S. waters to
assess the nation's water quality. The results
of these efforts are scientifically-defensible
water quality data and information essential
for cleaning up and protecting the nation's
waters. Work will continue on the National
Wetland Condition Assessment report,
which will be issued in FY 2014, providing
regional and national estimates of wetland
ecological integrity and ranking the stressors
most commonly associated with poor
conditions.
The Agency will continue in FY 2013 to
assist communities, particularly underserved
communities, in their local efforts to restore
and protect the quality of their urban waters.
By integrating water quality improvement
activities and partnering with federal, state,
local, and non-governmental organizations,
the EPA will help to sustain local
commitment over the longer time frame that
is required for water quality improvement in
urban watersheds. In support of the
President's America's Great Outdoors
(AGO) initiative, the EPA will provide
grants and technical assistance to support
community urban water stewardship and
local restoration efforts. As part of the
Urban Waters Federal Partnership, the EPA
also will coordinate with member agencies
to deliver technical assistance to pilot
communities. Focus areas may include:
promoting green infrastructure to reduce
contaminated stormwater runoff; promoting
volunteer monitoring; and tailoring risk
communication and outreach to
communities. The Urban Waters grant
program will provide $4.4 million to fund
innovative approaches for water quality
improvement enhancements in urban areas
that will help communities revitalize their
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waterfronts and accelerate measurable water
quality improvements.
As part of the Agency's core missions under
the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking
Water Act, the EPA will continue to address
climate change impacts to water resource
programs and to mitigate greenhouse gas
emissions resulting from water activities.
Climate change will exacerbate water
quality stressors such as stormwater and
nutrient pollution, will overload treatment
systems, and could add new stressors such
as those related to expanding renewable
energy development. WaterSense, Climate
Ready Estuaries, Climate Ready Water
Utilities and Green Infrastructure are
examples of programs that will help
stakeholders adapt to climate change in FY
2013, and programs targeted at vulnerable
populations will be increasingly important.
Efforts to incorporate climate change
considerations into key programs will help
protect water quality and the nation's
investment in drinking water and wastewater
treatment infrastructure.
In FY 2013, the EPA, in cooperation with
federal, state and tribal governments and
other stakeholders, will make progress
toward achieving the national goal of no net
loss of wetlands under the Clean Water Act
Section 404 regulatory program. In FY
2011, the EPA and its partners met this
national goal. In addition, since 2002, over
1,000,000 acres of habitat have been
protected or restored within National
Estuary Program study areas. The Agency's
FY 2013 budget request of $27.3 million for
National Estuaries Programs and Coastal
Waterways will enable the protection or
restoration of an additional 100,000 acres
within these areas.
Geographic Water Programs
The Administration has launched numerous
cross-agency efforts to promote
collaboration and coordination among
agencies, which include a suite of large
aquatic ecosystem restoration efforts. Three
prominent examples for the EPA of cross-
agency restoration efforts are the Great
Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Gulf of
Mexico. Working with its partners and
stakeholders, the EPA has established
special programs to protect and restore each
of these unique natural resources.
The EPA's ecosystem protection programs
encompass a wide range of approaches that
address specific at-risk regional areas and
larger categories of threatened systems, such
as urban waters, estuaries, and wetlands.
Locally generated pollution, combined with
pollution carried by rivers and streams and
through air deposition, can accumulate in
these ecosystems and degrade them over
time. The EPA and its federal partners along
with states, tribes, municipalities, and
private parties, will continue efforts to
restore the integrity of imperiled waters of
the United States.
Great Lakes:
In FY 2013, $300 million in funding for the
EPA-led Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
will address priority environmental issues
(e.g., toxic substances, nonpoint source
pollution, habitat degradation and loss, and
invasive species) in the largest freshwater
system in the world. This carefully
coordinated interagency effort involves the
White House Council on Environmental
Quality, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Department
of Health and Human Services, Department
of Homeland Security, Department of
Housing and Urban Development,
Department of State, Department of
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Defense, Department of Interior, and
Department of Transportation.
The EPA expects to continue to achieve
substantial results through both federal
projects and projects done in conjunction
with states, tribes, municipalities,
universities, and other organizations.
Progress will continue in each of the Great
Lakes Restoration Initiative's five focus
areas (see below) through implementation of
both on-the-ground and in-the-water actions.
The EPA will place a priority on restoring
beneficial uses in Areas of Concern,
deli sting Areas of Concern, and reducing
phosphorus pollution in targeted watersheds.
Five Focus Areas:
Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern
Invasive Species
Nearshore Health and Nonpoint Source
Habitat and Wildlife Protection and
Restoration
Accountability, Education, Monitoring,
Evaluation, Communication, and
Partnerships
Chesapeake Bay:
The Chesapeake Bay Program's FY 2013
budget request of $72.6 million, an increase
of approximately $15.3 million, will allow
the EPA-led inter-agency Federal
Leadership Committee to continue to
implement the President's Executive Order
on Chesapeake Bay Protection and
Restoration. The key initiatives include:
implementing the TMDL; assisting states in
implementing their Phase II watershed
implementation plans, maintaining oversight
of state permitting and compliance actions
for the various sectors; expanding and
improving a publicly accessible TMDL
tracking and accountability system;
deploying technology to integrate discrete
Bay data systems and to present the data in
an accessible accountability system called
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building off of the tremendous early efforts
of the Working Group, the Gulf of Mexico
Alliance, and others, while working to assist
the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource
Damage Trustee Council. The Trustee
Council focuses on restoring, rehabilitating,
or replacing the natural resources damaged
by the oil spill, while the Task Force and its
federal agency partners focus their
individual efforts on the broader suite of
impacts afflicting the Gulf Coast region. The
Gulf of Mexico program's FY 2013 budget
request of $4.4 million will allow the EPA
to continue its support for Gulf restoration
work, such as habitat conservation and
replenishment and protection of coastal and
marine resources. In FY 2011, the EPA
exceeded its targets for 1) restoring water
and habitat quality to meet water quality
standards in impaired segments in 13
priority coastal areas, and 2) restoring,
enhancing or protecting over 30,000
cumulative acres of important coastal and
marine habitats.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task
Force has developed a Gulf of Mexico
Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy
that identifies major policy areas where
coordinated federal-state action is necessary
and also considers existing restoration
planning efforts in the region to identify
planning gaps and restoration needs. This
strategy will inform federal investments in
ecosystem restoration in the Gulf region
over the next decade. The Administration
also supports dedicating a significant portion
of the eventual Clean Water Act civil
penalties resulting from the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill for Gulf recovery, in
addition to current funding for Gulf
programs.
Homeland Security
In FY 2013, in its role in protecting the
nation's critical water infrastructure from
terrorist and other threats, the EPA and its
stakeholder group will evaluate data from
the final Water Security Initiative pilots in
four major metropolitan areas on
effectiveness, sustainability (including costs
and benefits), and implementation ability.
The EPA also will develop tools to enable
national adoption of contamination warning
systems by the water sector.
Research
Environmental challenges in the 21st century
are more complex than before. Causes of
environmental and health risks, such as
climate change, urbanization, nonpoint
source water pollution, and increased water
demand, have become universal and require
different thinking and solutions than in the
past. Reducing risk can no longer be the
only approach to environmental protection.
Industry and government are looking toward
solutions that enhance economic growth,
social well-being, public health, and
environmental quality.
Increased demands, land use practices,
population growth, aging infrastructure, and
climate change and variability, pose
significant threats to our nation's water
resources. (See Figure 1)
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environmental management actions and decisions by society.
Such competing interests require the
development of innovative new solutions for
water resource managers and other decision-
makers. To address these challenges, the
EPA's Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources (SSWR) research program
provides the information and tools that the
EPA needs to meet its legal, statutory, and
policy challenges. Research will integrate
social, economic, and environmental
sciences to support the nation's range of
growing water-use and ecological
requirements.
SSWR is conducting research that will
enable decision-makers to identify what is
needed to protect water resources, including
information about complex tradeoffs, water
contaminants and nutrient management on
watershed, regional, and national scales.
This research is informing the EPA's first
National Wetlands Condition Report.
Researchers are also developing tools to
better detect and assess waterborne
chemicals and microbial contaminants. In
FY 2013, the SSWR program will report on
the presence of Nitrosodimethylamine
(NDMA) in drinking water, a compound of
concern because of its carcinogenic
potential. In addition, in support of the
Agency's Recommended Elements of a
State Nutrients Framework, the EPA will
conduct research to improve, demonstrate
and apply numeric nutrient criteria
approaches across different scales and
waterbody types.
Research also addresses and adapts to future
water resources management needs to
ensure that natural and engineered water
systems have the capacity and resiliency to
meet current and future water needs. The
SSWR program will continue developing,
implementing, and providing guidance on
green infrastructure projects as a cost-
effective approach to stormwater
management. Additionally, the SSWR
research program will continue to ensure the
safety of America's water resources through
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new approaches to monitor and mitigate
aging distribution and collection systems.
The SSWR research program also will
continue research to address potential water
supply endangerment associated with
subsurface land use practices including
energy and mineral extraction. Research
conducted includes studying the impacts of
hydraulic fracturing on the Nation's water
resources. The EPA seeks to investigate the
public and environmental health questions
while maximizing the benefits of hydraulic
fracturing practices. The EPA will continue
conducting research to determine whether
hydraulic fracturing has adverse effects on
drinking water resources. In addition, the
EPA will begin studying the impacts of
hydraulic fracturing on air, water quality,
and ecosystems. This research will
complement the EPA's current study on
potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on
drinking water, and will expand upon and
compliment ongoing coordination with DOE
and USGS under a developing MOU.
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Cleaning Up Communities and
Advancing Sustainable Development
Clean up communities, advance sustainable
development, and protect disproportionately
impacted low-income, minority, and tribal
communities. Prevent releases of harmful
substances and clean up and restore
contaminated areas
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Support sustainable, resilient, and
livable communities by working with
local, state, tribal, and federal
partners to promote smart growth,
emergency preparedness and
recovery planning, brownfield
redevelopment, and the equitable
distribution of environmental
benefits.
Conserve resources and prevent land
contamination by reducing waste
generation, increasing recycling, and
ensuring proper management of
waste and petroleum products.
Prepare for and respond to accidental
or intentional releases of
contaminants and clean up and
restore polluted sites.
Support federally-recognized tribes
to build environmental management
capacity, assess environmental
conditions and measure results, and
implement environmental programs
in Indian country.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Cleaning Up Communities and
Advancing Sustainable
Development
Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities
Preserve Land
Restore Land
Strengthen Human Health and
Environmental Protection in Indian
Country
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2013 Pres Budget
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 v.
Actuals Enacted Pres Budget FY 2012 Enacted
$2,246,381.2 $1,931,053.3 $1,937,998.6 $6,945.3
$531,616.1 $483,770.0 $478,699.8 ($5,070.2)
$276,971.3 $254,818.4 $242,950.8 ($11,867.6)
$1,347,503.6 $1,104,154.4 $1,097,100.4 ($7,054.0)
$90,290.2
4,452.5
,310.5
4,328.2
$119,247.5
4,342.1
$30,937.0
13.9
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Introduction
The EPA strives to protect and restore land,
one of America's most valuable resources,
by cleaning up communities to create a safer
environment for all Americans. Hazardous
and non-hazardous wastes on land can
migrate to the air, groundwater and surface
water, contaminating drinking water
supplies, causing acute illnesses and chronic
diseases, and threatening healthy
ecosystems. The EPA will continue efforts
to prevent and reduce the risks posed by
releases of harmful substances to land, clean
up communities, strengthen state and tribal
partnerships, expand the conversation on
environmentalism, and work for
environmental justice. The Agency also will
advance sustainable development and
maximize efforts to protect
disproportionately impacted low-income,
minority, and tribal communities through
outreach and protection efforts for
communities historically underrepresented
in the EPA's decision-making.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to work
collaboratively with state and tribal partners
to prevent and reduce exposure to
contaminants. Improved compliance at high-
risk oil and chemical facilities through
inspections will help prevent exposure and
lower the risk of accidents. The EPA and its
key state, tribal, and local partners,
including affected communities, have
matured in our collaborative approaches to
identifying and cleaning up contaminated
sites and putting these sites back into
productive use for communities. To address
exposures to releases that have already
occurred and/or will occur in the future, the
EPA will continue the multi-year Integrated
Cleanup Initiative (ICI) program for the
fourth year. The Initiative will identify and
implement opportunities to integrate and
leverage the full range of the Agency's land
cleanup authorities to accelerate the pace of
cleanups, address a greater number of
contaminated sites, and put these sites back
into productive use while protecting human
health and the environment.
As a result of the ICI effort, the Agency will
implement improvements to its land cleanup
programs (e.g., Superfund, Brownfields,
RCRA Corrective Action, and Leaking
Underground Storage Tanks) to address the
cleanup needs at individual sites. These
efforts will be supported by sound scientific
data, research, and cost-effective tools that
alert the EPA to emerging issues and inform
Agency decisions on managing materials
and addressing contaminated properties. The
EPA also will continue to implement its
Community Engagement Initiative. The
goals of this initiative are to ensure
transparent and accessible decision-making
processes, deliver information that
communities can use to participate
meaningfully, and help the EPA produce
outcomes that are responsive to community
perspectives and that ensure timely cleanup
decisions.
Improving a community's ability to make
decisions that affect its environment is at the
heart of the EPA's community-centered
work. Challenging and complex
environmental problems such as
contaminated soil, sediment, and
groundwater that can cause human health
concerns, persist at many contaminated
properties. The burden of a single blighted
and contaminated site, or multiple blighted
and contaminated sites concentrated within
an area, can result in long-term
environmental and economic distress to a
community. As multiple sites often are
connected through infrastructure and
geographic location, approaching the
assessment and cleanup needs of the entire
area can be more effective than focusing on
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individual sites. During FY 2013, the
Brownfields program will continue to
support the Agency's ongoing brownfields
area-wide planning efforts. The cooperative
agreements awarded and technical assistance
provided for brownfields area-wide planning
helps communities identify viable reuses of
brownfields properties, as well as the full
range of associated infrastructure
investments and environmental
improvements, which will help site cleanup
and area revitalization. This approach
maximizes the benefits that clean up and
restoration can bring to a community.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue its work
to cleanup, redevelop, and revitalize
contaminated sites. Many communities
across the country regularly face risks posed
by intentional and accidental releases of
hazardous substances into the environment.
The EPA and its state partners issue, update,
or maintain RCRA permits for 2,466
hazardous waste facilities. In FY 2011, the
EPA approved new or updated controls for
100 hazardous waste facilities. In addition,
there are 1,652 sites on the Superfund
National Priorities List (NPL), only 347 of
which have been deleted. Sites are placed on
the NPL when the presence of
contamination, often from complex
chemical mixtures of hazardous substances,
has impacted groundwater, surface water,
and/or soil. The precise impact of many
contaminant mixtures on human health
remains uncertain; however, substances
commonly found at Superfund sites have
been linked to a variety of human health
problems, such as birth defects, infertility,
cancer, and changes in neurobehavioral
functions. Through FY 2011, the EPA had
controlled human exposures to
contamination at 1,348 NPL sites.
In FY 2013, the EPA is directing $5.7
million to compliance monitoring and on-
site inspections at Risk Management Plan
(RMP) and oil facilities. There is a critical
need for the Agency to continue efforts to
prevent and respond to accidental releases of
harmful substances, including oil spills, by
developing clear authorities, training
personnel, and providing proper equipment.
Recent spills and releases at oil and
chemical facilities resulted in human injuries
and deaths, severe environmental damage,
and great financial loss. For example, the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster resulted
in 11 deaths, over 200 million gallons of
spilled oil, and severe economic and
environmental damage throughout the Gulf.
Likewise, accidents reported to the EPA
since 2005 by the current universe of RMP
facilities have resulted in approximately 60
deaths, over 1,300 injuries, nearly 200,000
people sheltered in place, and more than
$1.6 billion in on-site and off-site damages.
Major FY 2013 Changes
The EPA has carefully evaluated all
program activities associated with cleaning
up communities and taking care of one of
America's most valuable resources, land.
The FY 2013 request reflects the EPA's
continuous analysis of program priorities
and needs in light of fiscal constraints which
informed the decisions to reduce or
eliminate programs and redirect resources to
higher priorities. This budget reflects
difficult choices such as a reduction to the
Superfund cleanup programs of $40.6
million and the elimination of the
Environmental Education program and the
Superfund: Support for Other Federal
Agencies program (which transfers funds to
other agencies automatically). The EPA has
targeted resources to areas of critical need
including Tribal General Assistance (GAP)
and Oil Spill Prevention.
The FY 2013 request strongly supports tribal
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programs. As the largest single source of the
EPA's funding to tribes, the Tribal General
Assistance Program (GAP) provides grants
to build capacity to administer
environmental programs that may be
authorized by the EPA in Indian Country.
The capacity to develop environmental
education and outreach programs, develop
and implement integrated solid waste
management plans, and to identify serious
conditions that pose immediate public health
and ecological threats, is important for the
health of the tribal communities. These
grants provide technical assistance for
developing programs to address
environmental issues on Indian lands. In FY
2013, $96.4 million, a $28.7 million increase
over FY 2012, for GAP grants will help
build tribal capacity and assist tribes in
leveraging other EPA and federal funding to
contribute towards a higher overall level of
environmental and human health protection
for this underserved population.
The discharge of oil into U.S. waters can
threaten human health, cause severe
environmental damage, and induce great
financial loss to businesses, all levels of
government and the public. The EPA's Oil
Spill program protects U.S. waters and the
communities that depend on them by
preventing, preparing for, and responding to
oil spills. In FY 2013, $19.3 million, an
increase of $4.6 million, is requested for the
Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparation and
Response program. Additional resources
will allow the Agency to better protect local
communities by supporting increased
inspections of high-risk Facility Response
Plan (FRP) facilities, establishing a national
oil database, helping facilities with
compliance issues, better equipping
inspectors for more efficient inspection
processes, and informing program
management and measurement activities.
There are approximately 4,500 FRP
facilities. In FY 2013, the EPA's goal is to
bring into compliance 40 percent of those
facilities found to be non-compliant during
the FY 2010 through FY 2012 inspection
cycle.
In FY 2013, the EPA is requesting $2.0
million for planning and implementing a
Regional Center of Expertise for Chemical
Warfare Agent (CWA) Laboratories to
consolidate functions and gain cost and
human capital efficiencies. Maintaining this
national capability is essential to support
emergency responses and NPL site cleanup
decisions. The Agency will conduct an
analysis to determine how to maintain this
CWA capability most effectively at
Regional laboratories. This analysis would
include potential consolidation of the
facilities and equipment that requires
support, while maintaining the strategic
vision for the wider federal effort developed
by the Department of Homeland Security.
Other priority considerations include
maintaining national expertise in this area,
processes to mobilize this expertise, and
policy for dual use of the capability to
promote more efficient operations and other
factors.
In FY 2013, the Agency is reducing the
Superfund Remedial program by $33.2
million. To withstand this reduction, the
Agency will give priority to completing
projects at various stages in the response
process. The EPA will not plan to start new
project phases, including new remedial
construction starts. Instead, the Agency will
focus on completing ongoing project phases,
such as investigation, remedy design, and
remedy construction. This approach will
create a backlog of new construction
projects estimated to range between 25 and
35 by the end of FY 2013. The EPA will not
reduce its statutorily mandated actions to
operate ground water remedies, or to
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monitor and assess the protectiveness of the
constructed remedies. The program will
continue to place emphasis on promoting
site reuse in affected communities, but this
shift may impact the EPA's longer-term
commitment to complete 93,400 Superfund
remedial site assessments by 2015. Through
FY 2011, 89,916 sites had been assessed.
The pace of ongoing construction projects
will be slowed, extending the timeline to
achieve site cleanup and the return of sites to
productive use. In order to protect the public
from imminent threats to human health and
the environment, the EPA is maintaining
funding levels for the Superfund Emergency
Response and Removal program. The
program that provides automatic transfer
funding to other federal agencies
(Superfund: Support to Other Federal
Agencies) is being eliminated as outdated.
Funding for Superfund support by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, and
Department of the Interior will be provided
on an as-needed basis through inter-agency
agreements.
The EPA conducts environmental education
activities and outreach through its national
program offices (e.g., the Office of Water,
etc.), as well as through its Environmental
Education program. The Agency proposes to
eliminate its Environmental Education
program, a reduction of nearly $10 million,
in order to focus its limited resources on
further integrating environmental education
activities into existing environmental
programs. In FY 2012, the EPA established
the Intra-Agency Environmental Education
Workgroup to incorporate environmental
literacy and stewardship activities across all
EPA programs. By aligning environmental
education and outreach activities with the
appropriate national programs, the EPA is
improving the accountability and outcomes
of these activities. Elimination of the
Environmental Education program will
allow the EPA to better leverage its
resources for environmental outreach
activities which will be carried out under a
streamlined and coordinated approach, thus
better serving the public while promoting
environmental literacy. The Agency also
will enhance efforts to develop additional
public-private partnership to help support
environmental education stakeholders.
Priority Goal
The EPA has established an FY 2012-2013
Priority Goal to highlight progress made
through cleaning up contaminated sites. The
Priority Goal is:
Clean up contaminated sites and make
them ready for use. By September 30,
2013, an additional 22,100 sites will be
ready for anticipated use.
Additional information on the Agency's
Priority Goals can be found at
www.performance.gov.
FY 2013 Activities
Work under Goal 3 supports four objectives:
1) Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities, 2) Preserve Land; 3) Restore
Land; and 4) Strengthen Human Health and
Environmental Protection in Indian Country.
All of these efforts are guided by science
and research.
Promote Sustainable and Livable
Communities
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to use
several approaches to promote sustainable,
healthier communities and protect
vulnerable populations and
disproportionately impacted low-income,
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minority, and tribal communities. The
Agency especially is concerned about
threats to sensitive populations, such as
children, the elderly, and individuals with
chronic diseases.
Brownfields:
The EPA's Brownfields program is funded
at $167 million. This program supports
states, local communities, and tribes in their
efforts to assess and clean up potentially
contaminated and lightly contaminated sites
within their jurisdiction. In FY 2013, this
support includes participation in the
Partnership for Sustainable Communities,
particularly for brownfields area-wide
planning projects and support for sustainable
redevelopment approaches to brownfields.
The EPA will continue to provide technical
assistance for brownfields redevelopment in
cities in transition (areas struggling with
high unemployment as a result of structural
changes to their economies). In addition, the
Brownfields program, in collaboration with
the EPA's Sustainable Communities
program, will address critical issues for
brownfields redevelopment, including land
assembly, development permitting issues,
financing, accountability to uniform systems
of information for land use controls, and
other factors that influence the economic
viability of brownfields redevelopment. The
best practices, tools, and lessons learned
from the Sustainable Communities program
will directly inform and assist the EPA's
efforts to increase area-wide planning for
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of
brownfields sites. In FY 2013, the
Brownfields program will continue to foster
federal, state, local, and public-private
partnerships to return properties to
productive economic use in communities.
The EPA supports a modification to the
current statutory language which calls for a
firm 25-percent set-aside for petroleum
brownfields properties. The new language
will provide for "no more than 25 percent"
of Brownfields funds directed to petroleum
sites. This change will allow brownfield
funding to be directed to projects selected
based on potential risk and benefits.
Petroleum sites will remain eligible for
funding.
Smart Growth:
The Agency's Smart Growth and
Sustainable Design program works across
the EPA and with other federal agencies to
help communities strengthen their
economies, protecting the environment and
preserving their heritage. This program
focuses on streamlining, concentrating, and
leveraging state and federal assistance in
places with the greatest need in order to
create an inviting atmosphere for economic
development upon which urban, suburban,
and rural communities can capitalize. In FY
2013, the EPA will develop new
mechanisms to address the growing demand
from communities for more direct technical
assistance, including in rural areas, in areas
that are disadvantaged, or in areas that have
been adversely affected by contamination
and environmental degradation.
The Agency also will continue its support
for the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development, and the
EPA's Partnership for Sustainable
Communities by coordinating planning
efforts associated with housing,
transportation, air quality, and protection of
water resources. The EPA will continue to
provide technical assistance to tribal, state,
regional, and local governments as they seek
to grow their economies and create jobs
while reducing polluting emissions,
controlling storm-water runoff,
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incorporating sustainable design practices,
and promoting equitable development.
Environmental Justice:
The EPA is committed to environmental
justice regardless of race, color, national
origin, or income. Recognizing that minority
and/or low-income communities frequently
may be exposed disproportionately to
environmental harm and risks, the Agency
works to protect these communities and to
ensure they are given the opportunity to
participate meaningfully in environmental
decisions, including clean-ups. In FY 2013,
the EPA requests $7.8 million for the
Environmental Justice (EJ) program to
continue its efforts to incorporate
environmental justice considerations into the
rulemaking process, as well as maintain the
successful ongoing grants program.
Implementation of Plan EJ 2014 by Agency
Programs and Regional Offices is a key
component of this effort. An ongoing
challenge for the EPA has been developing
rules that implement existing statutory
authority while working to reduce
disproportionate exposure and impacts from
multiple sources. In FY 2013, the EJ
program will apply effective methods
suitable for decision-making involving
disproportionate environmental health
impacts on minority, low-income, and tribal
populations. The EPA also is developing
technical guidance to support the integration
of EJ considerations in analyses that support
the EPA's actions.
Community Action for a Renewed
Environment (CARE):
The Agency places a high priority on
expanding the conversation on
environmentalism and working for
environmental justice. Through the
Community Action for a Renewed
Environment (CARE) Program, the EPA
will provide funding, tools, and technical
support that enable underserved
communities to create collaborative
partnerships to address local environmental
problems. The on-the-ground support and
funding will help to reduce toxic pollution
from all sources, revitalize underserved
areas, and improve the health of
communities across the nation in sustainable
ways. In dealing with multi-media, multi-
layered issues, communities want "One
EPA" and "one government". For each of
the CARE communities, the EPA will work
with the community to see their problems
holistically, the way they see them.
In FY 2013, the EPA is requesting new
grant authority to implement this successful
program beyond the demonstration phase.
The CARE program is designed to assist
distressed communities with addressing
critical human health and environmental
risks using a multi-media approach, with 90
percent of CARE projects in Environmental
Justice communities of concern. With FY
2013 funding of $2.1 million, the EPA will
address pollution problems in communities
using collaborative processes to select and
implement local actions. The EPA will
award federal funding for projects to reduce
exposure to toxic pollutants and local
environmental problems, create and
strengthen local partnerships and capacity,
provide technical support and training, and
conduct outreach to share lessons learned by
CARE communities. In FY 2013, the
Agency also will continue to support CARE
through the Brownfields and Sustainable
Communities Programs to enhance the
building of local partnerships, to help
underserved communities, and to leverage
resources and sustain environmental health
efforts over time.
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U.S.-Mexico Border:
The EPA is requesting $14.5 million for
U.S.-Mexico Border programs in FY 2013,
including $10 million for infrastructure
assistance grants. The 2,000 mile border
between the United States and Mexico is
one of the most complex and dynamic
regions in the world. The U.S.-Mexico
Border region hosts a growing population of
more than 14.1 million people and accounts
for three of the ten poorest counties in the
U.S. In addition, 432,000 of the over 14
million people in the region live in 1,200
colonias,4 which are unincorporated
communities characterized by substandard
housing and unsafe drinking water. These
demographics pose unique drinking water
and wastewater infrastructure challenges as
well as air pollution issues. Border 2020 has
identified six long-term strategic goals to
address the serious environmental and
environmentally-related public health
challenges including the impact of
transboundary transport of pollutants in the
border region. The six goals are: reduce
conventional air pollutant and emissions;
improve water quality and water
infrastructure sustainability and reduce
exposure to contaminated water; materials
management and clean sites; improve
environmental and public health through
chemical safety; enhance joint preparedness
for environmental response; and compliance
assurance and environmental stewardship.
Preserve and Restore Land
In FY 2013, the Agency is requesting $1.3
billion to continue to apply the most
effective approaches to preserve and restore
land by developing and implementing
prevention programs, improving response
capabilities, and maximizing the
effectiveness of response and cleanup
actions under RCRA, Superfund, LUST and
other authorities. This strategy will help
ensure that human health and the
environment are protected and that land is
returned to beneficial use in the most
effective way.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to use a
hierarchy of approaches to protect the land:
reducing waste at its source, recycling
waste, managing waste effectively by
preventing spills and releases of toxic
materials, and cleaning up contaminated
properties. The Agency is especially
concerned about threats to sensitive
populations, such as children, the elderly,
and individuals with chronic diseases, and
prioritizes cleanups accordingly.5
The Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA, or Superfund) and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
provide legal authority for the EPA's work
to protect the land. The Agency and its
partners use Superfund authority to clean up
uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste
sites, allowing land to be returned to
productive use. Under RCRA, the EPA
works in partnership with states and tribes to
address risks associated with anyone who
generates, recycles, transports, treats, stores,
or disposes of waste.
In FY 2013, the EPA will work to preserve
and restore the nation's land by ensuring
http://www.borderhealth.org/border region.php
5 Additional information on these programs can be found
at: www.epa. gov/superfund.
http://www.epa. gov/oem/content/er cleanup.htnu
http: //www. epa. go v/epao swer/hazwaste/ca/.
http://www.epa. gov/Brownfields/,
http: //www. epa. go v/swerust 1 /.
http://www.epa.gov/swerffrr/ and
http://www.epa.gov/swerrims/landrevitalization.
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proper management of waste and petroleum
products, reducing waste generation,
increasing recycling and by supporting its
cleanup programs and oversight of oil and
chemical facilities. These efforts are
integrated with the Agency's efforts to
promote sustainable and livable
communities. The EPA's land program
activities for FY 2013 include seven broad
efforts: 1) Integrated Cleanup Initiative; 2)
Land Cleanup and Revitalization; 3) RCRA
Waste Management and Corrective Action;
4) Recycling and Waste Minimization; 5)
Underground Storage Tanks management;
6) Oil Spills and Chemical Safety, and 7)
Homeland Security.
Integrated Cleanup Initiative-:
In FY 2010, the EPA initiated a multi-year
strategy called the Integrated Cleanup
Initiative (ICI) to improve accountability,
transparency, and effectiveness by better
integrating and leveraging the Agency's
land cleanup authorities. The ICI establishes
a framework of activities, milestone dates,
and deliverables to enable the EPA to
address a greater number of sites, accelerate
the pace of cleanups, and put those sites
back into productive use while protecting
human health and the environment. One of
the primary goals of ICI is to communicate
progress, successes, and challenges in a
transparent manner to stakeholders and the
public.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to
accelerate and otherwise improve
comprehensive management of all aspects of
the Agency's cleanup programs while
addressing the three critical points in the
cleanup processstarting, advancing, and
completing site cleanup. The Agency is
exploring new project management
efficiencies, broadening the use of
optimization techniques, and improving the
efficiency of the grants and contracting
processes that are so important to our
cleanup programs.
Land Cleanup and Revitalization:
In addition to promoting sustainable and
livable communities, the EPA's cleanup
programs (e.g., Superfund Remedial,
Superfund Federal Facilities Response,
Superfund Emergency Response and
Removal, RCRA Corrective Action,
Brownfields, and Leaking Underground
Storage Tanks (LUST) Cooperative
Agreements) and their partners are taking
proactive steps to facilitate the cleanup and
revitalization of contaminated properties. To
support the Land Revitalization Initiative,
the EPA created the Land Revitalization
Agenda7 to integrate reuse into the EPA's
cleanup programs, establish partnerships,
and help make land revitalization part of the
EPA's organizational culture. In FY 2013,
the Agency will continue to help
communities clean up and revitalize these
once productive properties by removing
contamination, helping limit urban sprawl,
fostering ecologic habitat enhancements,
enabling economic development, taking
advantage of existing infrastructure, and
maintaining or improving quality of life. In
addition, the EPA will continue to support
the RE-Powering America's Land initiative8
in partnership with the Department of
Energy, and support ongoing work with the
General Services Administration to
expeditiously identify parcels of federally-
owned property ready for reuse as part of
cleanup. These projects encourage reuse and
6 Additional information on this initiative may be found on
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/integratedcleanup.htm.
7 Additional information on this agenda can be found on
http://www.epa. gov/landreuse/agenda full.htm
8 Additional information on this initiative can be found on
http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/.
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development on currently or formerly
contaminated land.
RCRA Waste Management and Corrective
Action:
In partnership with the states, the Agency
implements the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), which is critical to
comprehensive and protective management
of solid and hazardous materials from cradle
to grave. In FY 2013, the EPA and the states
will oversee and manage RCRA permits for
10,000 hazardous waste units at 2,466
facilities. The EPA is responsible for the
continued oversight and maintenance of the
regulatory controls at facilities covered by
RCRA and directly implements the entire
RCRA program in Iowa and Alaska.9 The
EPA provides leadership, worksharing, and
support to the 50 states and territories
authorized to implement the permitting
program. The RCRA permitting program
faces a significant workload to ensure
controls remain protective. With declining
state resources, the EPA is facing the
potential of an increasing amount of direct
implementation responsibility.
The EPA's Corrective Action program is
responsible for overseeing and managing
cleanups that protect human health and the
environment at active RCRA sites. The EPA
focuses its corrective action resources on the
3,747 operating hazardous waste facilities
that are a subset of approximately 6,000
sites with corrective action obligations.
These facilities include some of the most
highly contaminated, technically
challenging, and potentially threatening sites
the EPA confronts in any of its cleanup
programs.10 In FY 2013, the EPA will focus
resources on those sites that present the
highest risk to human health and the
environment and implement actions to end
or reduce these threats. To this end, the
Agency will focus on site investigations to
identify threats, establish interim remedies
to reduce and eliminate exposure; and select
and construct safe, effective long-term
remedies that maintain the viability of the
operating facility.
Recycling and Waste Minimization:
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to
advance the sustainable materials
management (SMM) practices and a cradle-
to-cradle perspective representing an
important emphasis shift from waste
management to materials management. This
involves integrating information to foster a
national focus, formulating and issuing
policy, and addressing market challenges on
raw material usage (non-fossil fuel or food).
The EPA considers the human health and
environmental impacts associated with the
full lifecycle of materialsfrom the amount
and toxicity of raw materials extraction,
through transportation, processing,
manufacturing, use and re-use, recycling,
and disposal. The Agency's approach to
SMM integrates the safe reuse of materials
with economic opportunity. The initial
strategy areas include: 1) federal green
challenge to reform government purchasing
practices in an environmentally friendly
manner; 2) sustainable food management to
help capture and prevent food from being
disposed in landfills; and 3) safe handling of
used electronics to increase the amount of
used electronics managed by accredited
third party electronics recyclers.
http://www.epa.gov/wastes/hazard/tsd/permit/pgprarpt.htm
10 There are additional facilities that have corrective action
obligations that the EPA does not track under GPRA, as
they are typically smaller, less significant facilities or sites.
The EPA recognizes that the total universe of such facilities
or sites "subject to" corrective action universe is between
five and six thousand facilities or sites.
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The EPAct and Underground Storage Tanks:
The EPAct11 contains numerous provisions
that significantly affect federal and state
underground storage tank (UST) programs
and requires that the EPA and states
strengthen tank release and prevention
programs. In FY 2013, the EPA will
continue to provide grants to states to help
them meet their EPAct responsibilities,
which include: 1) mandatory inspections
every three years for all underground storage
tanks and enforcement of violations
discovered during the inspections; 2)
operator training; 3) prohibition of delivery
for non-complying facilities12; and 4)
secondary containment or financial
responsibility for tank manufacturers and
installers.
In FY 2013, the EPA will bolster
communication and outreach to petroleum
brownfields stakeholders; provide targeted
technical assistance to state, tribal, and local
governments; evaluate policies to facilitate
increased petroleum brownfields site
revitalization; and pursue corridor and smart
growth projects to promote investment in
and the sustainable reuse of petroleum
brownfields.
Oil Spills and Chemical Safety:
The Oil Spill program helps protect U.S.
waters by effectively preventing, preparing
for, responding to, and monitoring oil spills.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to focus
efforts on oil spill prevention, preparedness,
For more information, refer to
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-
bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:
publ058.109.pdf(scroll to Title XV - Ethanol And Motor
Fuels, Subtitle B - Underground Storage Tank
Compliance, on pages 500-513 of the pdf file).
Refer to Grant Guidelines to States for Implementing the
Delivery Prohibition Provision of the Energy Policy Act
of 2005, August 2006, EPA-510-R-06-003,
http://www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/epact Q5.htm#Final.
compliance assistance, and enforcement
activities associated with the more than 600
thousand non-transportation-related oil
storage facilities that the EPA regulates
through its Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure (SPCC) Program. The
Agency requests redirected resources of $4.1
million to increase the frequency of
compliance inspections at high-risk oil
facilities from the current 20 year frequency
to a seven to ten year cycle, develop a third-
party audit program, and develop a National
Oil database. The EPA's regulated universe
includes approximately 4,500 FRP facilities
and over 600,000 SPCC facilities.
The RMP (Risk Management Program)
provides the foundation for community and
hazard response planning by requiring
chemical facilities to take preventative
measures, as well as collecting and sharing
data to assist other stakeholders in
preventing and responding to releases of all
types. Taken together, the Risk Management
Program and Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
establish a structure within which federal,
state, local, and Tribal partners can work
together to protect the public, the economy,
and the environment from chemical risks.
For FY 2013, the EPA requests redirected
resources of $1.6 million to conduct on-site
inspections at approximately five percent of
RMP facilities nationwide and at least 30
percent of those inspections will be at high
risk facilities.
In the Oil spill program, the goal in FY 2013
is that 40 percent of FRP facilities found to
be non-compliant during FY 2010 through
FY 2012 will be brought into compliance by
the end of the fiscal year. In addition to its
prevention responsibilities, the EPA serves
as the lead responder for cleanup of all
inland zone spills, including transportation-
related spills from pipelines, trucks, and
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other transportation systems, and provides
technical assistance and support to the U.S.
Coast Guard for coastal and maritime oil
spills.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue to review
and revise, as appropriate, the National Oil
and Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan, including Subpart J that
regulates the use of dispersants and other
chemicals as a tool in oil spill response. In
addition, the EPA is establishing a National
Oil database to help streamline the process
for assisting facilities with compliance,
better equip inspectors for more efficient
inspection processes, and inform program
management and measurement activities. In
FY 2013, the EPA will finalize development
and begin implementation of this National
Oil database including identifying
requirements for electronic submission of
FRPs in order to create reporting efficiencies
for the agency, states, local government and
industry.
Homeland Security:
The EPA's Homeland Security work is an
important component of the Agency's
prevention, protection, and response
activities. The EPA will continue to provide
Homeland Security emergency preparedness
and response capability related to chemical,
biological, and radiological (CBR) agents
and catastrophic incidents. In FY 2013, the
Agency requests $38.7 million to: maintain
its capability to respond effectively to
incidents that may involve harmful CBR
substances; operate the Environmental
Response Laboratory Network (ERLN);
maximize the effectiveness of its
involvement in national security events
through pre-deployments of assets such as
emergency response personnel and field
detection equipment; maintain the
Emergency Management Portal (EMP); and
manage, collect, and validate new
information for new and existing chemical,
biological, and radiological agents as
decontamination techniques are developed
or as other information emerges from the
scientific community.
Improve Human Health and the
Environment in Indian Country
In FY 2013, the EPA will assist federally-
recognized tribes in assessing environmental
conditions in Indian country. The Agency is
requesting $96.4 million for the Tribal GAP
program, a $28.7 million increase, in order
to help tribes build their capacity to
implement environmental programs. This
additional funding will increase the average
cost of grants made to eligible tribes and
will fund limited targeted assistance
initiatives focused on mutually agreed-upon
concerns in Indian country. This will help to
reduce staff turn-over rates and thereby
enhance longer-term sustainability of the
programs being developed. It will further the
EPA's partnership and collaboration with
tribes to address a wider set of program
responsibilities and challenges and will fund
focused targeted assistance on long-standing
and mutually agreed-upon concerns in
Indian country. The EPA also will
strengthen the scientific evidence and
research supporting environmental policies
and decisions on compliance, pollution
prevention, and environmental stewardship
in Indian country through continued
collaboration with Agency program offices
and through the EPA's Tribal Science
Council.
Since adopting the EPA Indian Policy in
1984, the EPA has worked with federally-
recognized tribes on a government-to-
government basis, in recognition of the
federal government's trust responsibility to
federally-recognized tribes. Under federal
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environmental statutes, the Agency is
responsible for protecting human health and
the environment in Indian country. In FY
2013, the EPA's Office of International and
Tribal Affairs will continue to lead agency-
wide program efforts to work with tribes,
Alaska Native Villages, and inter-tribal
consortia to fulfill this responsibility. The
EPA's strategy for achieving this objective
has three major components:
Establish an Environmental Presence in
Indian Country: The Agency will
continue to provide funding through the
Tribal General Assistance Program
(GAP) so each federally-recognized tribe
can establish an environmental presence.
» Provide Access to Environmental
Information: The EPA will provide the
information tribes need to meet the EPA
and tribal environmental priorities and
characterize the environmental and
public health improvements that result
from joint actions.
Implementation of Environmental
Goals: The Agency will provide
opportunities for the implementation of
tribal environmental programs by tribes
through 1) media-specific programs, 2)
tribes themselves, or 3) directly by the
EPA, if necessary.
Research
The Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Research Program (SHCRP) will continue
research to support the EPA's program
offices, and our state and tribal partners in
protecting and restoring land, and supporting
community health. The work of the SHCRP
falls into four inter-related themes:
1. Data and Tools to Support
Sustainable Community Decisions
uses interactive social media and
other innovative means to enable
communities and stakeholders to
actively engage in the planning,
design, and implementation of SHC
research to meet their desired
sustainability goals;
2. Forecasting and Assessing
Ecological and Community Health
will enable communities to ensure
the sustainable provision of
ecosystem services and to assess
how the natural and built
environment affects the health and
well-being of their residents;
3. Near-term Approaches for
Sustainable Solutions builds upon
the EPA's program office experience
to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of methods for
addressing existing sources of land
and groundwater contamination,
while moving to innovative
approaches that reduce new sources
of contamination and enable
recovery of energy, materials, and
nutrients from waste;
4. Integrated Solutions for Sustainable
Outcomes assesses the state of the art
of sustainable practices for four
high-priority community decision
areas: waste and materials
management; infrastructure,
including energy and water;
transportation; and planning and
zoning for buildings and land use. It
will use whole-system modeling to
integrate these four areas to better
achieve outcomes with multiple
benefits and to develop and test
Taskforce on Research to Inform and
Optimize (TRIO) accounting
methods.
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In FY 2013, the SHCRP will address many
facets of site contamination and cleanup.
This includes source elimination of
contaminated ground water and migration at
Superfund sites and plume management to
reduce exposures via drinking water and
vapor intrusion. Research efforts are leading
to screening, sampling, and modeling
approaches to assess risks from vapor
intrusion and to define the need for
mitigation in homes, schools, and places of
employment. This science will be used to
develop guidance in site ranking and in
remedial investigations.
Research will characterize contaminated
sediments, remediation options, and ways to
enhance cleanup of contaminated sediments,
leading to restored ecological functioning
and lifting of fish consumption advisories in
impaired waters. The EPA will use this
research to improve the cost effectiveness of
sediment remediation cleanups and achieve
human health, environmental, and economic
benefits of cleanup projects along lakes and
rivers. This research provides site-specific
and general technical support to the EPA as
it evaluates options for remediation of
Superfund sites.
The EPA will continue to develop or revise
protocols to test oil spill control agents or
products for listing on the National
Contingency Plan Product Schedule,
including dispersants performance and
behavior in deep water. In addition, working
with the Agency's Underground Storage
Tanks program, SHCRP will deliver
improved characterization and remediation
methods for fuels released from leaking
underground storage tanks.
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of
chemicals and prevent pollution at the
source.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Reduce the risk of chemicals that
enter our products, our environment,
and our bodies.
Conserve and protect natural
resources by promoting pollution
prevention and the adoption of other
stewardship practices by companies,
communities, governmental
organizations, and individuals.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals
and Preventing Pollution
Ensure Chemical Safety
Promote Pollution Prevention
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$697,917.4
$639,000.0
$58,917.5
2,734.4
FY 2012
Enacted
$662,826.3
$604,596.5
$58,229.7
2,680.0
FY 2013 Pres Budget
FY 2013 v.
Pres Budget FY 2012 Enacted
$699,261.0
$639,243.7
$60,017.3
2,679.9
$36,434.7
$34,647.2
$1,787.6
-0.1
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Introduction
Chemicals are ubiquitous in our everyday
lives and products. They are used in the
production of everything from our homes
and cars to the cell phones we carry and the
food we eat. Chemicals often are released
into the environment as a result of their
manufacture, processing, use, and disposal.
Research shows that children are getting
steady infusions of industrial chemicals
before they are even given solid food.13'14'15
Other vulnerable groups, including low-
income, minority, and indigenous
populations, may be disproportionately
impacted by chemical exposure and thus
particularly at risk.16'17'18
A requested increase of $36.4 million in FY
2013 will support a crucial stage of the
EPA's strengthened approach to address
existing chemicals that have not been tested
for adverse health or environmental effects.
The FY 2013 request of $699 million will
allow the EPA to sustain its success in
managing the potential risks of new
chemicals entering commerce and to
significantly accelerate progress in assessing
13 The Disproportionate Impact of Environmental Health
Threats on Children of Color
(http://vosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/8d49f7ad4bbcf4
ef852573590040b7f6/79a3fl3c301688828525770c0063b2
77! OpenDocument)
14 Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
15 Guide to Considering Children's Health When
Developing EPA Actions: Implementing Executive Order
13045 and EPA's Policy on Evaluating Health Risks to
Children
(http://vosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/ADPgu
ide.htm/SFile/EPA ADP Guide 508.pdf)
16 Holistic Risk-based Environmental Decision Making: a
Native Perspective
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241171)
17 Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low
Income Populations
18 Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice
During the Development of an Action
(http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ej/resources/policv/consid
ering-ej-in-rulemaking-guide-07-2010.pdf)
and ensuring the safety of existing
chemicals. In FY 2013, the EPA will move
forward in its transition from an approach
dominated by voluntary chemical data
submissions by industry, to a more proactive
approach to ensure chemical safety. The
approach focuses on: 1) using all available
authorities under TSCA to take immediate
and lasting action to eliminate or reduce
identified chemical risks and develop proven
safer alternatives; 2) using regulatory
mechanisms to fill remaining gaps in critical
exposure data, and increasing transparency
and public access to information on TSCA
chemicals; 3) using data from all available
sources to conduct detailed chemical risk
assessments on priority chemicals to inform
the need for and support development and
implementation of risk management actions;
and 4) preventing introduction of unsafe
new chemicals into commerce.
In FY 2013, the EPA's Pesticide Licensing
program will continue to screen new
pesticides before they reach the market and
will continue to ensure that pesticides
already in commerce are safe when used in
accordance with the label. As directed by the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and the
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), the
EPA will register pesticides to protect
consumers, pesticide users, workers who
may be exposed to pesticides, children, and
other sensitive populations. The EPA also
will review potential impacts on the
environment, with particular attention to
endangered species.
The EPA has a long history of international
collaboration on a wide range of global
environmental issues. Research under this
goal supports the EPA's bilateral and
multilateral partnerships which have taken
on new significance in the face of shared
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environmental and governance challenges
such as global climate change and
improving children's environmental health
outcomes.
The EPA envisions that environmental
progress in cooperation with global partners
can catalyze even greater progress toward
protecting our domestic environment,
including adapting to climate change,
ensuring that trade-related activities sustain
environmental protection, enhancing the
ability of our trading partners to protect their
environments and develop in a sustainable
manner and, improving international
cooperation and enhancing opportunities
through effective consultation and
collaboration related to issues of mutual
interest. To advance all of these efforts, the
EPA continues to focus on the following
international priorities: building strong
environmental institutions and legal
structures; combating climate change by
limiting pollutants; improving air quality;
expanding access to clean water; reducing
exposure to toxic chemicals; and cleaning up
e-waste.
Pollution prevention is central to the EPA's
sustainability strategies. In FY 2013, the
EPA will enhance cross-cutting efforts to
advance sustainable practices, safer
chemicals and sustainable lower risk
processes and practices, and safer products.
The EPA will incorporate sustainability
principles into our policies, regulations, and
actions. The combined effect of community-
level actions, geographically targeted
efforts, attention to chemicals, and concern
for ecosystemsimplemented through the
lens of science, transparency, and lawwill
bring real improvements and protections. To
help ensure that communities have access to
timely and meaningful data on toxic
chemical releases, the EPA will update the
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) to clarify
certain reporting requirements, consider the
regulatory addition of selected chemicals,
and consider whether to regulate additional
industry sectors under TRI.
Achieving an environmentally sustainable
future demands that the EPA address today's
environmental problems by using a science-
based process while simultaneously
preparing for long-term challenges. The
EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB)
recognizes this and that solutions must
tackle issues collectively, rather than
individually, to be effective.19 This belief is
a core philosophy of the EPA's FY 2013
research program, and it will position the
Agency to address the environmental
challenges of the 21st Century.
Major FY 2013 Changes
Recognizing the tight limits on discretionary
spending across government, the EPA has
evaluated its priorities and made necessary
adjustments to focus FY 2013 resources on
the most significant efforts that help protect
health and the environment from chemical
risks. The FY 2013 request reflects EPA's
program priorities and needs in light of
current program activity levels and fiscal
constraints. The EPA requests an increase in
FY 2013 of approximately $11 million over
the FY 2012 enacted level for critical work
in Enhancing Chemical Safety. This priority
work targets increased support for initiating,
continuing, and completing actions to reduce
chemical risks; assessing chemical risks; and
obtaining needed information on potentially
hazardous chemicals while maximizing the
availability of information to the public. In
the research programs, an increase of
approximately $4 million supports
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sustainable molecular design research. The
EPA will use this program to generate the
critical information needed by
manufacturers to develop inherently safer
processes and products that minimize or
eliminate the associated adverse impacts on
human health and the environment that
could result from the manufacturing, use,
and disposal of chemicals, including
nanomaterials.
Program priorities and needs in light of
current program activity levels and fiscal
constraints required difficult decisions
resulting in requests for program reductions
and eliminations. In FY 2013, the EPA will
reduce by approximately $2 million all of
the non-enforcement activities of the PCB
and fibers programs, acknowledging the
program's maturity, broad adoption, and
well-documented and understood human
health risks. In FY 2013, the EPA also will
reduce the Endocrine Disrupter program by
approximately $1 million as a result of
progress being made to establish a full set of
screening assays. The program will
transition to more efficient methodologies
for screening chemicals, such as
computational toxicology (CompTox), as
new technologies are validated, yielding
benefits such as automated, rapid screening
that will be used to generate data on the
adverse effects of large numbers of
chemicals.
FY 2013 Activities
Chemicals Program
Existing chemicals activities fall into three
major components: 1) strengthening
chemical information collection,
management, and transparency ($13.9
million); 2) screening and assessing
chemical risks ($14.9 million); and 3)
reducing chemical risks ($24.6 million). In
FY 2013, the toxics program will maintain
its 'zero tolerance' goal in preventing the
introduction of unsafe new chemicals into
commerce. However, thousands of existing
('pre-TSCA') chemicals already in
commerce remain un-assessed.
In FY 2013, the increased resources
requested will allow the EPA to complete
detailed chemical risk assessments of
priority chemicals that began in FY 2012
and to initiate five to ten additional
assessments, several of which will be
completed in FY 2013. The EPA also plans
to develop hazard characterizations for 450
additional High Production Volume (HPV)
chemicals using the data obtained through
TSCA test rules, bringing the projected total
by the end of FY 2013 to 2,433 of the 3,761
HPV chemicals identified prior to the 2011
TSCA Chemical Data Reporting rule. The
major activity of the New Chemicals
program is premanufacture notices (PMN)
review and management, which address the
potential risks from approximately 1,000
chemicals, products of biotechnology, and
new chemical nanoscale materials received
annually prior to their entry into the US
marketplace.
In FY 2013, the Agency will continue to
implement the chemicals risk management
program to further eliminate risks from
high-risk "legacy" chemicals. As illustrated
on the opposite page, the EPA will build on
the successful national effort to reduce
childhood blood lead incidence and continue
ongoing implementation of the Lead
Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule
though outreach efforts and targeted
activities to support renovator certifications.
In collaboration with states and local
governments, the Agency will continue to
address "hotspots" where there are
remaining incidences of children with high
blood lead levels.
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Children's Risk
Blood Lead Levels for Children aged 1-5
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Endocrine Disrupter Program
In FY 2013, the Endocrine Disrupter
Screening Program will focus on: 1)
finalizing the inter-laboratory validation of
three Tier 2 assays; 2) prioritizing and
selecting additional chemicals for Tier 1
screening; 3) continuing to issue Tier 1 Test
Orders for selected chemicals evaluating
results of Tier 1 screening data submitted for
the first list of pesticide chemicals; 4)
conducting weight of evidence evaluations
to determine which pesticide chemicals have
the potential to interact with endocrine
systems (Tier 1), and if so whether they
should be further tested for effects (Tier 2);
and 5) continuing coordination and
collaboration with the research and
development program to determine the
applicability of computational toxicology-
based approaches to assess a chemical's
potential to interact with the estrogen,
androgen, and thyroid systems.
Pesticides Program
Key components of chemical safety in
protecting human health, communities, and
ecosystems are identifying, assessing, and
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pesticides on which our society and
economy depend. Chemical and biological
pesticides help meet national and global
demands for food. They provide effective
pest control for homes, schools, gardens,
highways, utility lines, hospitals, and
drinking water treatment facilities and
control animal vectors of disease. Many
regulatory actions involve reduced risk
pesticides that, once registered, will result in
increased societal benefits.
In FY 2013, $129.0 million is requested to
support the EPA pesticide review processes
for all pesticide applications. The EPA also
will focus on improving pesticide
registrations' compliance with the
Endangered Species Act and achieving
broader Agency objectives for water quality
protection. The EPA also will continue to
emphasize the protection of potentially
sensitive groups, such as children, by
reducing exposures from pesticides used in
and around homes, schools, and other public
areas. In addition, the Agency worker
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protection, certification, and training
regulations will encourage safe application
practices. Together, these programs will
minimize exposure to pesticides, maintain a
safe and affordable food supply, address
public health issues, and minimize property
damage that can occur from insects and
pests.
Pollution Prevention Program
In FY 2013, the requested funding of $20.9
million for the EPA's Pollution Prevention
(P2) Program will target technical
assistance, information, and assessments to
encourage the use of greener chemicals,
technologies, processes, and products. The
EPA will continue to support programs with
proven records of success, including
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
(EPP), Design for the Environment (DfE),
Green Suppliers Network, Pollution
Prevention Technical Assistance,
Partnership for Sustainable Healthcare,
Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. In
addition, the EPA's P2 Programs will
support the Economy, Energy, and
Environment (E3) Partnership among
federal agencies, local governments, and
manufacturers to promote energy efficiency,
job creation, and environmental
improvement. Work under these programs
also supports the energy reduction goals
under Executive Order 13514. Through
these efforts, the EPA will continue to
encourage government and business to adopt
source reduction practices that can help
prevent pollution and avoid potential
adverse human health and environmental
impacts.
Research
The EPA's Chemical Safety and
Sustainability, Human Health Risk
Assessment, and Homeland Security
Research Programs underpin the analysis of
risks and potential health impacts across the
broad spectrum of EPA programs and
provide the scientific foundation for
chemical safety and pollution prevention. In
FY 2013, the EPA will further strengthen its
planning and delivery of science by
continuing an integrated research approach
that tackles problems systematically instead
of individually.
The requested increase of $2.5 million to the
Chemical Safety and Sustainability Research
Program (CSSRP) will support the EPA's
efforts to develop enhanced chemical
screening and testing techniques that
improve context-relevant chemical
assessment and management. New tools
promise to transform the way the EPA
evaluates risks of chemical products. The
EPA will combine these new tools with
existing test methods, integrating toxicity
and exposure pathways in the context of the
life cycle of the chemical. This approach
will yield benefits such as automated, rapid
screening that will be used to generate data
on the adverse effects of large numbers of
chemicals. Previous approaches were more
narrowly targeted to single chemicals or
problem areas.
In FY 2013, the EPA will continue the
multi-year transition away from the
traditional assays used in Endocrine
Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP)
through efforts to validate and use
computational toxicology and high
throughput screening methods. This will
allow the Agency to more quickly,
efficiently, and cost-effectively assess
potential chemical toxicity. For example, the
average cost of testing 300 chemicals with
computational toxicology is about $20,000
per chemical, compared to more traditional
approaches that can cost more than $6
million per chemical. In FY 2013, the EPA
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will continue to evaluate endocrine-relevant
ToxCast assays.
The CSSRP also supports decision makers
in individual localities and communities
with research on their priority contaminants.
This will support better air toxics and
drinking water-related regional and local
decision-making. Under the consolidated
research program, the EPA also will
continue to support the scientific foundation
for addressing the risks of exposure to
chemicals in wildlife.
In FY2013, the Agency's Human Health
Risk Assessment Research Program will
continue to develop assessments including:
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) health hazard and dose-
response assessments,
Integrated Science Assessments
(ISAs)of criteria air pollutants;
Community Risk and Technical
Support, and
Methods, models, and approaches to
modernize risk assessment for the
21st Century.
The program will release draft Integrated
Science Assessments for nitrogen oxides
and carbon monoxide for Clean Air Science
Advisory Committee review and public
comment. The program will make
significant progress on health hazard
assessments of high priority chemicals (e.g.,
dioxin, methanol, cumulative phthalate
assessment, benzo-a-pyrene, Libby asbestos
cancer assessment, and polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) non-cancer assessment).
The Homeland Security Research Program
(HSRP) will continue to enhance the
nation's preparedness, response, and
recovery capabilities for homeland security
incidents and other hazards. The HSRP will
provide stakeholders with valuable detection
and response analytics for incidents
involving chemical, biological, or
radiological agents. The program will
emphasize research needed to support
response and recovery from wide-area
attacks involving radiological agents,
nuclear agents, and biothreat agents such as
anthrax.
The EPA will allocate $164.4 million to the
Chemical Safety and Sustainability, Human
Health Risk Assessment, and Homeland
Security Research Programs in FY 2013.
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Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and
Congressional Justification
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Protect human health and the environment
through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance
with environmental laws.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES:
Pursue vigorous civil and criminal
enforcement that targets the most
serious water, air, and chemical
hazards in communities. Assure
strong, consistent, and effective
enforcement of federal
environmental laws nationwide.
GOAL, OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Authority
Full-time Equivalents
(Dollars in Thousands)
Enforcing Environmental Laws
Enforce Environmental Laws
Total Authorized Workyears
FY 2013 Pres Budget
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 v.
Actuals Enacted Pres Budget FY 2012 Enacted
$820,541.2 $784,884.0 $830,411.9 $45,527.9
$820,541.2 $784,884.0 $830,411.9 $45,527.9
3,888.4 3,933.2 3,885.0 -48.2
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Introduction
The EPA's civil and criminal enforcement
programs perform the core function of
assuring compliance with our nation's
environmental laws. A strong and effective
enforcement program is essential to
maintain respect for the rule of law and a
level economic playing field, and to realize
the promise of federal statutes to protect the
environment and the public health of
citizens.
On January 18, 2011, President Obama
issued a "Presidential Memoranda -
Regulatory Compliance"20 which reaffirms
the importance of effective enforcement and
compliance in regulations. In part, it states
"Sound regulatory enforcement promotes
the welfare of Americans in many ways, by
increasing public safety, improving working
conditions, and protecting the air we breathe
and the water we drink. Consistent
regulatory enforcement also levels the
playing field among regulated entities,
ensuring that those that fail to comply with
the law do not have an unfair advantage over
their law-abiding competitors."
In FY 2013, the EPA seeks to maintain the
strength of its core national Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance program.
Recognizing the limitations of the federal
budget and the declining resources of the
states, the Agency will continue to
implement strategies that use resources more
efficiently and find opportunities to focus
and leverage efforts to assure compliance
with environmental laws.
The EPA has achieved impressive pollution
control and health benefits through vigorous
compliance monitoring and enforcement,
but tough enforcement alone will not
address all noncompliance problems. The
sheer number of regulated facilities, the
contribution of large numbers of smaller
sources to environmental problems, and
federal and state budget constraints, mean
the EPA can no longer rely primarily on the
traditional single facility inspection and
enforcement approach to ensure widespread
compliance21. In light of the fiscal
constraints, the need to innovate is even
greater if the EPA is to achieve gains in
compliance over the long-term. Instead, the
EPA needs to develop and implement a new
paradigm that relies heavily on advances in
both monitoring and information technology
and that will improve oversight and reduce
burdens on business.
This new paradigm is called "Next
Generation Compliance." There are multiple
components to this new paradigm: the use of
modern monitoring technology to detect
pollution problems; electronic reporting by
facilities so that quality, complete and
timely information on compliance and
pollutants can be obtained; transparency so
the public is aware of facility and
government environmental performance;
implementation of innovative enforcement
approaches; and structuring regulations to
drive compliance. In FY 2013, the national
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
program will increase efforts to implement
Next Generation Compliance approaches to
help achieve the EPA's goals more
efficiently and effectively while continuing
to pursue high priority work.
20 For more information regarding the Regulatory
Compliance Memo, please refer to:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-
office/2011/01/18/presidential-memoranda-regulatorv-
compliance
www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/civil/cwa/acti
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In FY 2013, the EPA will focus on
addressing the most important public health
and environmental compliance problems. In
addition, the Agency proposes to accelerate
its Next Generation Compliance approaches
to harness the tools of 21st century
technology to make this program more
efficient and effective for the future. For
example, the burden and costs of monitoring
and compliance reporting can be reduced for
the EPA, states and businesses by investing
in modern monitoring and electronic
reporting technology. This would allow the
EPA and states to move away from the
traditional model of reliance on time-
consuming and expensive individual facility
inspections and paper reporting. The Agency
also will continue to emphasize the
importance of making compliance
information publicly available to better
serve the American people and provide an
efficient and effective incentive to promote
compliance with environmental laws.
Major FY 2013 Changes
It is critically important that the EPA
continually assess its priorities and embrace
new approaches that can help achieve goals
more efficiently and effectively. The EPA's
FY 2013 budget submission for the
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
program decreases some program areas so
the Agency can continue to pursue the
highest priority work, including work on the
national enforcement initiatives.
In FY 2013, the Agency will redirect or
refocus resources within the enforcement
and compliance programs in order to
accelerate efforts to increase compliance
with the nation's environmental laws. This
effort will enhance the EPA's ability to
detect violations that impact public health,
reduce transaction costs for the regulated
community, and better engage the public to
drive behavioral changes in compliance. The
EPA will promote e-reporting by
implementing new technologies, develop
and disseminate advanced monitoring tools,
upgrade Agency IT infrastructure to exploit
more fully the wealth of new monitoring
data, and modernize the EPA's approach to
enforcement by ensuring new and existing
rules incorporate electronic reporting. In FY
2013, a key element of this approach will be
modifying data systems to implement e-
reporting with regulated facilities, leading to
improved compliance and transparency, and
more efficient processes that do not rely on
paper-based reporting. The EPA and states
will have access to more complete, timely
and accurate data that will improve our
ability to prioritize permitting, monitoring,
and enforcement actions. Funding for this
effort in FY 2013 would allow the cost
savings and cost avoidance to begin to
accrue to the EPA, states, and industry as a
result of converting paper-based reporting to
electronic reporting.
The EPA's National Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance program will see an
overall reduction of 45.0 FTE, a cut of 1.3
percent from FY 2012 FTE levels. The EPA
will prioritize resources to continue to
address the most important public health and
environmental compliance problems, and
will reduce efforts in a variety of program
areas based on objective factors such as
relative risks to public health or the
environment, levels of non-compliance,
states' ability to provide compliance
oversight and enforcement, and other factors
such as statutory or treaty obligations. In
times of declining resources it is critical not
only to carefully assess the highest priorities
but also to develop strategies that can help
achieve goals more efficiently and
effectively.
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The EPA is reducing by $1.3 million,
funding associated with Potentially
Responsible Party (PRP) searches and
settlement activity under the Superfund
Enforcement program. This reduction also
would decrease funding provided to the
Department of Justice for Superfund
settlement efforts. The request would also
reduce compliance assistance and clean up
oversight activities at federal facilities under
the Superfund Federal Facilities
Enforcement program.
Priority Goal
The EPA has established a FY 2012-2013
Priority Goal on electronic reporting. While
the enforcement program has a lead role in
implementing this goal by co-chairing a
newly formed Agency task force, this is an
Agency goal across EPA programs. This
Priority Goal will:
Increase transparency and reduce burden
through e-Reporting. By September 30,
2013, develop a plan to convert existing
paper reports into electronic reporting,
establish electronic reporting in at least
four key programs, and adopt a policy
for including electronic reporting in new
rules.
Additional information on the Agency's
Priority Goals can be found at
www.performance.gov.
FY 2013 Activities
The FY 2013 budget incorporates difficult
decisions to reduce spending for lower
priority activities. Nevertheless, the Agency
is committed to implementing a strong
enforcement and compliance program
focused on identifying and reducing non-
compliance and deterring future violations.
To meet these goals, the program employs a
variety of activities, including data
collection and analysis, compliance
monitoring, assistance and incentives, civil
and criminal enforcement efforts and
innovative problem-solving approaches to
identify and address the most significant
environmental issues. In FY 2013 these
efforts will be enhanced through Next
Generation Compliance approaches that rely
on 21st century reporting and monitoring
tools to advance implementation of the
Administrator's priorities as well as the
Agency's core program work. In FY 2013,
the Agency is requesting a total of $620.1
million and 3,324.6 FTE for its Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance program. The
major activities include the following:
Focus Areas:
Protecting Air Quality: The EPA will
focus on the largest sources of air
pollution, including coal-fired power
plants and the cement, acid and glass
sectors, to improve air quality.
Enforcement to cut toxic air pollution in
communities improves the health of
communities, particularly those
overburdened by pollution.
The Energy Independence and Security
Act (EISA) of 2007 requires increased
use of renewable fuels. The EPA's Civil
Enforcement program will help the
regulated community understand their
statutory obligations under EISA;
inspect renewable fuel production
facilities; monitor compliance with
renewable fuel requirements; monitor
and enforce the credit trading program;
and, undertake administrative and
judicial enforcement actions, as
appropriate.
Protecting America's Waters: Pursuant
to the Clean Water Act Action Plan, the
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EPA is working with states to revamp
compliance and enforcement approaches
to more effectively and efficiently
address the most important water
pollution problems. This work includes
getting raw sewage out of water, cutting
pollution from animal waste, and
reducing pollution from stormwater
runoff. These efforts will help to clean
up great waters like the Chesapeake Bay
and will focus on revitalizing urban
communities by protecting and restoring
urban waters. Enforcement also will
support the goal of assuring clean
drinking water for all communities,
including small systems and in Indian
country.
Cleaning Up Our Communities: The
EPA protects communities by ensuring
that responsible parties conduct
cleanups, saving federal dollars for sites
where there are no viable contributing
parties. Ensuring that responsible parties
clean up the sites also reduces direct
human exposure to hazardous pollutants
and contaminants, provides for long-
term human health protection, and
ultimately makes contaminated
properties available for reuse.
The EPA's Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective
Action enforcement program supports
the goal set by the Agency and its state
partners of attaining remedy construction
at 95 percent of 3,747 RCRA facilities
by the year 2020. In 2010, the EPA
issued the "National Enforcement
Strategy for Corrective Action" to
promote and communicate nationally
consistent enforcement and compliance
assurance principles, practices, and tools
to help achieve this goal. In FY 2013,
the EPA will continue targeted
enforcement under the Strategy and will
work with its state partners to assess the
contribution of enforcement in working
towards the 2020 goal.
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and
Preventing Pollution: Strengthening
chemical safety enforcement and
reducing exposure to pesticides will
improve the health of Americans.
Enforcement reduces direct human
exposures to toxic chemicals and
pesticides and supports long-term human
health protection.
Compliance Monitoring
The EPA's Compliance Monitoring program
reviews and evaluates the activities of the
regulated community to determine
compliance with applicable laws,
regulations, permit conditions and
settlement agreements, as well as to
determine whether conditions presenting
imminent and substantial endangerment
exist. In FY 2013, the EPA's compliance
monitoring activities will be both
environmental media- and sector-based. The
EPA's media-based inspections complement
those performed by states and tribes, and are
a key part of the strategy for meeting the
long-term and annual goals established for
the air, water, pesticides, toxic substances
and hazardous waste programs. The EPA
will target its inspections to the highest
priority areas and coordinate inspection
activity with states and tribes, but
noncompliance may potentially go
undetected or increase. In FY 2013, as part
of Next Generation Compliance, the Agency
will continue to enhance the efficiency and
effectiveness of the Compliance Monitoring
program by emphasizing electronic
reporting (e-reporting), enhancing data
systems to collect, synthesize and
disseminate monitoring data, and deploying
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state of the art monitoring equipment to the
field.
Compliance monitoring also includes the
EPA's management and use of data systems
to run its compliance and enforcement
programs under the various statutes and
programs that the EPA enforces. In FY
2013, the Agency will accelerate the process
of enhancing its data systems to support
electronic reporting, providing more
comprehensive, accessible data to the public
and improving integration of environmental
information with health data and other
pertinent data sources from other federal
agencies and private entities. The Agency
will complete Phase II of its multi-year
project to modernize the Permit Compliance
System (PCS) by moving all of the
remaining states from PCS to the Integrated
Compliance Information System (ICIS). The
EPA will then focus its resources on the last
Phase of ICIS, Phase III, to modernize the
Air Facility System (AFS). ICIS supports
both compliance monitoring and civil
enforcement. In FY 2013, the proposed
Compliance Monitoring budget is $126.6
million and 634.5 FTE.
Civil Enforcement
The Civil Enforcement program's
overarching goal is to assure compliance
with the nation's environmental laws and
regulations in order to protect human health
and the environment. The program
collaborates with the Department of Justice,
states, local agencies and tribal governments
to ensure consistent and fair enforcement of
all environmental laws and regulations. The
program seeks to protect public health and
the environment and ensure a level playing
field by strengthening partnerships with co-
implementers in the states, encouraging
regulated entities to rapidly correct their
own violations, ensuring that violators do
not realize an economic benefit from
noncompliance and pursuing enforcement to
deter future violations. In FY 2013, the Civil
Enforcement program will benefit from the
Next Generation Compliance initiative by
deploying state of the art monitoring
equipment to the field and increasing the use
of e-reporting. The EPA and states will be
able to target limited inspection and
enforcement resources in those areas where
they are most needed such as complex
industrial operations requiring physical
inspection, repeat violators, and cases
involving significant harm to human health
or the environment, or potential criminal
violations.
The Civil Enforcement program develops,
litigates and settles administrative and civil
judicial cases against serious violators of
environmental laws. In FY 2011, the EPA
enforcement actions required companies to
invest an estimated $19 billion in actions
and equipment to control pollution
(injunctive relief) - a record amount. Also in
FY 2011, the EPA's enforcement actions
required companies to reduce pollution by
an estimated 1.8 billion pounds per year -
the second highest amount since the EPA
began measuring pollutant reductions from
enforcement cases using current
methodologies. In addition, the EPA's top
15 Clean Air Act enforcement actions of FY
2011 reduced emissions of particulate
matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and
VOCs, resulting in projected health benefits
and other environmental improvements
valued at $15 to $36 billion each year.
In FY 2013, the EPA will focus on national
priorities and repeat violators, especially in
communities that may be disproportionately
exposed to risks and harm from pollutants in
their environment, including minority and/or
low-income areas. Specifically, in FY 2013,
the EPA will continue to target
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implementation of the National Enforcement
Initiatives established for FY 2011-2013.
These national initiatives address problems
that remain complex and challenging,
including Clean Water Act "wet weather"
discharges, violations of the Clean Air Act
New Source Review/Prevention of
Significant Deterioration requirements and
Air Toxics regulations, RCRA violations at
mineral processing facilities, and multi-
media problems resulting from energy
extraction activities. Information on
initiatives, regulatory requirements,
enforcement alerts and EPA results will be
made available to the public and the
regulated community through web sites. The
Civil Enforcement program also will support
the Environmental Justice program and the
Administrator's priority to address pollution
impacting vulnerable populations. In
addition, the Civil Enforcement program
will help to implement the President's
directive to develop and implement a
compliance and enforcement strategy for the
Chesapeake Bay, providing strong oversight
to ensure existing regulations are complied
with consistently and in a timely manner. In
FY 2013, the proposed budget for Civil
Enforcement is $192.7 million and 1,205.7
FTE.
Criminal Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement underlies the EPA's
commitment to pursuing the most serious
pollution violations. The EPA's Criminal
Enforcement program investigates and helps
prosecute environmental violations that
seriously threaten public health and the
environment and involve intentional,
deliberate or criminal behavior on the part of
the violator. The Criminal Enforcement
program deters violations of environmental
laws and regulations by demonstrating that
the regulated community will be held
accountable through jail sentences and
criminal fines. Bringing criminal cases to
court sends a strong deterrence message to
potential violators, enhances aggregate
compliance with laws and regulations, and
protects communities.
The program has completed its three-year
hiring strategy, raising the number of special
agents to 200. To make the best use of
resources, the program will work to reduce
case work in lower priority areas and use the
special agent capacity to address complex
environmental cases in FY 2013. To
accomplish this, the Criminal Enforcement
program will expand its identification and
investigation of cases with significant
environmental, human health and deterrence
impact. The EPA's Criminal Enforcement
program will focus on cases across all media
that involve serious harm or injury;
hazardous or toxic releases; ongoing,
repetitive, or multiple releases; serious
documented exposure to pollutants; and
violators with significant repeat or chronic
noncompliance or prior criminal conviction.
In FY 2013, the proposed budget for
Criminal Enforcement is $59.6 million and
298.2 FTE.
Superfund Enforcement
The EPA's Superfund Enforcement program
protects communities by ensuring that
responsible parties conduct cleanups of
hazardous waste sites, preserving federal
dollars for sites where there are no viable
contributing parties. Superfund Enforcement
uses an "enforcement first" approach that
maximizes the participation of liable and
viable parties in performing and paying for
cleanups in both the remedial and removal
programs; however, due to the fiscally
constrained environment, the EPA will
reduce resources that support program
activities, including PRP searches, cleanup
settlements, and cost recovery. Similarly,
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cuts in Superfund Federal Facilities
enforcement will place greater focus on
federal agencies actively managing their
own cleanup efforts. The Agency will
continually assess its priorities and embrace
new approaches that can help achieve its
goals more efficiently and effectively.
Enforcement authorities play a unique role
under the Superfund program. The
authorities are used to ensure that
responsible parties conduct a majority of the
cleanup actions and reimburse the federal
government for cleanups financed by
Federal resources. In tandem with this
approach, various reforms have been
implemented to increase fairness, reduce
transaction costs, promote economic
development and make sites available for
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responsible parties cleanup sites ultimately
reduces direct human exposures to
hazardous pollutants and contaminants,
provides for long-term human health
protections and makes contaminated
properties available for reuse.
The Department of Justice supports the
EPA's Superfund Enforcement program
through negotiations and judicial actions to
compel PRP cleanup and litigation to
recover Trust Fund monies. The Agency is
providing $23.7 million to the Department
of Justice through an Interagency
Agreement. In FY 2011, the Superfund
Enforcement program secured private party
commitments that exceeded $3.3 billion. Of
this amount, PRPs have committed to future
response work with an estimated value of
approximately $3 billion; PRPs have agreed
to reimburse the agency for $298.6 million
in past costs; and PRPs have been billed by
the EPA for approximately $74 million in
oversight costs. The EPA also works to
22 For more information regarding the EPA's enforcement
program and its various components, please refer to
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup/superfund/
ensure that required legally enforceable
institutional controls and financial assurance
instruments are in place and adhered to at
Superfund sites and at facilities subject to
RCRA Corrective Action to ensure the long-
term protectiveness of cleanup actions.
The Forensics Support program provides
specialized scientific and technical support
for the nation's most complex Superfund
civil and criminal enforcement cases, as well
as technical expertise for Agency
compliance efforts. In FY 2013, the National
Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC)
will continue to function under rigorous
International Standards Organization 17025
requirements for environmental data
measurements to maintain its accreditation.
Due to reduced funding and the need to
direct resources to the Agency's highest
priorities, the Agency is reducing funding
for the forensics laboratory at the National
Enforcement Investigations Center (NEIC).
This decrease would reduce NEIC's support
for civil enforcement cases under CERCLA
authorities and their ability to support
complex enforcement cases, and criminal
investigations.
Partnering with States, Tribes and
Communities
The EPA shares accountability for
environmental and human health protection
with states and tribes. Most states are
authorized or have been delegated the legal
responsibility for implementing the major
federal environmental protection programs,
including the compliance and enforcement
responsibilities. The Agency works together
with the states to target the most important
pollution violations and ensure that
companies that meet their obligations and
are responsible neighbors are not put at a
competitive disadvantage. The EPA also has
a responsibility to oversee state and tribal
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implementation of federal laws to provide
that the same level of protection for the
environment and the public applies across
the country. In FY 2013 the Agency is
requesting $24.3 million for enforcement
and compliance categorical grants.
The EPA's enforcement and compliance
program promotes environmental justice by
targeting pollution problems that
disproportionately affect low income,
minority, and/or tribal communities.
Compliance with environmental laws is
particularly important in communities that
are exposed to greater environmental health
risks. The EPA also fosters community
involvement by making information about
compliance and government action available
to the public. The Agency also strives to
provide increased transparency; by making
information on violations both available and
understandable to communities, the EPA
empowers citizens to demand, and motivates
regulated facilities to provide, better
compliance with environmental laws.
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PERFORMANCE: STRATEGIC GOALS 1-5 EIGHT-YEAR ARRAY
(Boxes shaded gray indicate that a measure has been terminated for FY 2012 and beyond, therefore, data are no longer collected.)
GOAL 1: TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop adaptation strategies to address climate change, and protect and improve air quality.
Objective 1 - Address Climate Change: Reduce the threats posed by climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and taking actions
that help communities and ecosystems become more resilient to the effects of climate change
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, additional programs from across EPA will promote practices to help Americans save energy and
conserve resources, leading to expected greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 740.1 MMTCO2Eq.From a baseline without
adoption of efficient practices. This reduction compares to 500.4 MMTCO2Eq. Reduced in 2008. (Baseline FY 2008:
ENERGY STAR 140.8 MMTCO2Eq., Industrial Programsl 314.2 MMTCO2Eq., SmartWay Transportation Partnership 5.9
MMTCO2Eq., Pollution Prevention Programs 6.5 MMTCO2Eq., Sustainable Materials Management Programs2 34.3
MMTCO2Eq., WaterSense Program 0.4 MMTCO2Eq., Executive Order 135143 GHG Reduction Program 0.0 MMTCO2Eq.)
(PM G02) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCO2E) of greenhouse gas reductions in the buildings sector.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 97 2
(!) Address
Climate Actual 110.4
Change
107.8
132.4
118.8
140.8
130.2
143.4
143.0
163.5
156.9
Data
Avail
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168.7
182.6
MMTCO2e
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 89.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions. To serve as a
basis for comparison in future years, EPA used the 2004 baseline to project into the future assuming no impact on greenhouse
gas emissions from U.S. climate change programs. The baseline was developed as part of an interagency evaluation of the U.S.
climate change programs in 2002, which built on similar baseline forecasts developed in 1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate
Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data for carbon emissions related to energy use is based on data from the Energy
Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power sector. Baseline data for non-
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global warming potential gases are maintained by EPA.
(PM G06) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCO2E) of greenhouse gas reductions in the transportation
sector.
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
2.2
Actual 2.2
4.2
5.5
5.9
9.5
6.0
7.2
7.0
FY2011
9.0
Data
Avail
12/2012
FY 2012
11.3
Unit
MMTCO2e
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 0.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions from the
SmartWay program. To serve as a basis for comparison in future years, EPA projected from the 2004 baseline into the future
assuming no impact on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. climate change programs. The baseline was developed as part of an
interagency evaluation of the U.S. climate change programs in 2002, which built on similar baseline forecasts developed in
1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data for carbon emissions related to energy use is
based on data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power
sector. Baseline data for non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global warming potential
gases are maintained by EPA.
(PM G16) Million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCO2E) of greenhouse gas reductions in the industry sector.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 212.0 229.6 248.3 267.3 304.0
Actual 251.9 267.3 289.7 293.7 362.8
346.2
Data
Avail
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372.9
421.9
MMTCO2e
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 201 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent reductions from
ENERGY STAR for the Industrial Sector, Non-CO2 Partnership Programs, Combined Heat and Power Partnership, Significant
New Alternatives Policy (SNAP), and the Landfill Rule. To serve as a basis for comparison in future years, EPA projected from
the 2004 baseline into the future assuming no impact on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. climate change programs. The
baseline was developed as part of an interagency evaluation of the U.S. climate change programs in 2002, which built on
similar baseline forecasts developed in 1993 and 1997 in the U.S. Climate Change Action Report (2002). Baseline data is based
on data from the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and from EPA's Integrated Planning Model of the U.S. electric power
sector. Baseline data for non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including nitrous oxide and other high global warming potential
gases are maintained by EPA.
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Strategic Measure: By 2015, EPA will integrate climate change science trend and scenario information into five major
scientific models and/or decision-support tools used in implementing Agency environmental management programs to further
EPA's mission, consistent with existing authorities (preference for one related to air quality, water quality, cleanup programs,
and chemical safety). (Baseline FY 2010: 0 scientific models)
(PM ADI) Cumulative number of major scientific models and decision support tools used in implementing
environmental management programs that integrate climate change science data.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
Major
Models and
Tools
Additional Information: To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating considerations of
climate data into major scientific models and decision support tools. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are
sensitive to climate, and every action EPA takes must be resilient to these fluctuations. The FY 2011 baseline is 0 major
scientific models/decision support tools.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, EPA will account for climate change by integrating climate change science trend and scenario
information into five rule-making processes to further EPA's mission, consistent with existing authorities (preference for one
related to air quality, water quality, cleanup programs, and chemical safety). (Baseline FY 2010: 0)
(PM AD2) Cumulative number of major rulemakings with climate sensitive, environmental impacts, and within existing
authorities, that integrate climate change science data.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1
Major
Rulemakings
Additional Information: To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating considerations of
climate data into major rule making processes. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are sensitive to climate, and
every action EPA takes must be resilient to these fluctuations. The FY 2011 baseline is 0 major proposed rules.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating considerations of climate change
impacts and adaptive measures into five major grant, loan, contract, or technical assistance programs to further EPA's mission,
consistent with existing authorities (preference for one related to air quality, water quality, cleanup programs, and scientific
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research). (Baseline FY 2010: 0)
(PM ADS) Cumulative number of major grant, loan, contract, or technical assistance agreement programs that
integrate climate science data into climate sensitive projects that have an environmental outcome.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1
Major
Programs
Additional Information: To ensure EPA's mission, EPA will build resilience to climate change by integrating considerations of
climate data into grant, loan, contract, and technical assistance programs. Many of the outcomes EPA is working to attain are
sensitive to climate, and every action EPA takes must be resilient to these fluctuations. The FY 2011 baseline is 0 programs
(PM G17) Percentage of registered facilities that submit required and complete GHG data by the annual reporting
deadline.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100 100 Percent of
Additional Information: The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Registry tracks the number registered facilities emitting greenhouse
gases. Approximately 13,000 reporters will be required to submit reports by September 30, 2011 (the first reporting cycle), but
the exact number of required reporters is unknown and may vary each year.
Objective 2 - Improve Air Quality: Achieve and maintain health-based air pollution standards and reduce risk from toxic air pollutants and
indoor air contaminants.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, the population-weighted average concentrations of ozone (smog) in all monitored counties will
. . decrease to .073 ppm compared to the average of 0.078 ppm in 2009.
Criteria (PM A01) Annual emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) from electric power generation sources.
RegtomdHa^e FY 2006 FY 2007 FY2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10,300,00 9,900,000 9,400,000 9,400,000 8,450,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 Tons
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0
Emitted
Actual 9,300,000 8,900,000 7,600,000 5,700,000 5,166,000
Data
Avail
12/2012
Additional Information: The baseline in 1980 is 17.4 million tons of SO2 emissions from electric utility sources. Statutory SO2
emissions capped in 2010 at 8.95 million tons, approximately 8.5 million tons below 1980 emissions level. "Allowable SO2
emission level" consists of allowance allocations granted to sources each year under several provisions of the Act and additional
allowances carried over, or banked, from previous years. This inventory was developed by National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program (NAPAP) and is used as the basis for reductions in Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments. The data is
contained in EPA's National Air Pollutant Emissions Trends Report. Targets for this measure through 2010 are based on
implementation of the Acid Rain Program alone whereas the (lower) target of 6 million tons for 2011 and 2012 recognizes
implementation of the Cross State Air Pollution Rule program in eastern states in combination with the nationwide Acid Rain
Program
(PM M9) Cumulative percentage reduction in population-weighted ambient concentration of ozone in monitored
counties from 2003 baseline.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 5 6 8 10 11 12 13
Percent
Actual 7
13
15
Data
Avail
12/2012
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 15,972 million people parts per billion. The ozone concentration measure
reflects improvements (reductions) in ambient ozone concentrations across all monitored counties, weighted by the populations
in those areas. To calculate the weighting, pollutant concentrations in monitored counties are multiplied by the associated
county populations.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, the population-weighted average concentrations of inhalable fine particles in all monitored
counties will decrease to 10.5 |ig/m3 compared to the average of 11.7 |ig/m3 2009.
(PM M91) Cumulative percentage reduction in population-weighted ambient concentration of fine particulate matter
(PM-2.5) in all monitored counties from 2003 baseline.
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target 23456
Actual 7
13
17
23
Data
Avail
12/2012
Unit
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 2,581 million people micrograms per cubic meter. The PM-2.5 concentration
reduction annual measure reflects improvements (reductions) in the ambient concentration of fine particulate matter PM-2.5
pollution across all monitored counties, weighted by the populations in those areas. To calculate this weighting, pollutant
concentrations in monitored counties are multiplied by the associated county populations.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to 14.7 million tons per year compared to the 2009
level of 19.4 million tons emitted.
(PM O34) Cumulative millions of tons of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) reduced since 2000 from mobile sources.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
2.03
2.03
2.37
2.37
2.71
2.71
3.05
3.05
3.39
3.38
3.73
3.73
4.07
4.41
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2000 for Nitrogen Oxide emissions from mobile sources is 11.8 million tons. The
2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the baseline for mobile source emissions.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce emissions of direct particulate matter (PM) to 3.9 tons per year compared to the 2009
level 4.2 million tons emitted.
(PM P33) Tons of PM-10 Reduced since 2000 from mobile sources.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target 74,594 87,026 99,458 111,890 124,322
Actual 74,594 87,026 99,458 111,890 124,322
FY2011
136,755
Data
Avail
12/2012
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the baseline for mobile source emissions. The 2000 baseline
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for PM-10 emissions from mobile sources is 613,000 tons.
(PM P34) Cumulative tons of PM-2.5 reduced since 2000 from mobile sources.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 73,460 85,704 97,947 110,190 122,434 136,677
Actual 73460 85,704 97,497 110,190 122,434 136,677
FY 2012
146,921
FY 2013
159,164
Unit
Tons
Reduced
(PM M92) Cumulative percentage reduction in the number of days with Air Quality Index (AQI) values over 100 since
2003, weighted by population and AQI value.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
17
39
21
42
25
52
29
59
33
70
37
Data
Avail
12/2012
50
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 for the Air Quality Index (AQI) is zero percent reduction and the 2004 result is a
15.5% reduction. The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national
air quality standard for the pollutant, which is the level EPA has set to protect public health. AQI values below 100 are
generally thought of as satisfactory. When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy for certain
sensitive groups of people and then for everyone as AQI values get higher.
(PM M93) Cumulative percentage reduction in the number of days with (AQI) values over 100 since 2003 per grant
dollar allocated to the states in support of the NAAQS.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
21
28
21
31
25
34
29
31
33
43
37
Data
Avail
12/2012
41
Percent
Reduction
(PM M94) Percent of major NSR permits issued within one year of receiving a complete permit application.
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target 70 75 78 78 78
Actual 70
83
79
76
46
FY2011
78
Data
Avail
12/2012
FY 2012
78
Unit
Percent
Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 61%. New Source Review (NSR) requires stationary sources of air pollution to
get permits before they start construction. Permits are legal documents that the source must follow, and they specify what
construction is allowed, what emission limits must be met, and often how the source must be operated. Usually NSR permits are
issued by state or local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases.
(PM M95) Percent of significant Title V operating permit revisions issued within 18 months of receiving a complete
permit application.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 91 94 97 IQQ 100 100 100 100
Percent
Actual 91
81
85
87
82
Data
Avail
12/2012
Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 100%. Operating permits are legally enforceable documents that permitting
authorities issue to air pollution sources after the source has begun to operate. Usually Title V permits are issued by state or
local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases. Title V permits must be renewed every five
years.
(PM M96) Percent of new Title V operating permits issued within 18 months of receiving a complete permit application.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target g3 87 91 95 99 99 99
Percent
Actual 83
51
72
70
67
Data
Avail
12/2012
Issued
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 75%. Operating permits are legally enforceable documents that permitting
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authorities issue to air pollution sources after the source has begun to operate. Usually Title V permits are issued by state or
local air pollution control agencies, and the EPA issues the permit in some cases. Title V permits must be renewed every five
years.
(PM MM8) Cumulative percentage reduction in the number of days to process State Implementation Plan revisions,
weighted by complexity.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Actual
1.2
3.3
2.4
1.
2.9
14
3.1
Data
Avail
12/2012
3.1
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: When a State Implementation Plan (SIP) is received by a Regional office for processing, the submittal
is assigned a complexity factor. For most SIP elements the complexity factor will be 1.0, which corresponds to the overall
processing time of 14 months. Under certain circumstances, in particular for SIP elements that are very complex such as
attainment demonstrations for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and for all redesignation requests, a complexity factor of
1.28, corresponding to a review time of 18 months will be assigned.
(PM MM9) Cumulative percentage reduction in the average number of days during the ozone season that the ozone
standard is exceeded in non-attainment areas, weighted by population.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 19 23 26 29 45
Percent
Actual
37
47
56
Data
Avail
12/2012
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is zero.
(PM N35) Limit the increase of Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions from mobile sources compared to a 2000 baseline.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target i 01 1.18 1.35 1.52 1.69
Actual 101 1.18 1.35 1.52 1.69
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1.86
1.86
2.02
2.19
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Additional Information: The baseline in 2000 for Carbon Monoxide emissions from mobile sources is 79.2 million tons. The
2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PM O33) Cumulative millions of tons of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) reduced since 2000 from mobile sources.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1.03
1.03
1.20
1.20
1.37
1.37
1.54
1.54
1.71
1.71
1.88
1.88
2.05
2.23
Tons
Reduced
Additional Information: The baseline in 2000 for Volatile Organic Compounds emissions from mobile sources is 7.7 million
tons. The 2000 Mobile6 inventory is used as the baseline for mobile source emissions.
(PM O39) Tons of pollutants (VOC, NOX, PM, CO) reduced per total emission reduction dollars spent.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
.011
.011
.012
Data
Avail
12/2012
.012
.013
Tons
Dollar
per
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce emissions of air toxics (toxicity-weighted for cancer) to 4.2 million tons from the 1993
toxicity-weighted baseline of 7.2 million tons
(PM 001) Cumulative percentage reduction in tons of toxicity-weighted (for cancer risk) emissions of air toxics from
1993 baseline.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
(2) Reduce Air T
rr\ OJ" * _/ * _/ * \J J \J J \J J I "^<
Additional Information: The baseline in 1993 is 7.24 million tons. The toxicity-weighted emission inventory utilizes the
National Emissions Inventory (NEI) for air toxics along with the Agency's compendium of cancer and non-cancer health risk
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criteria to develop a risk metric that can be tabulated on an annual basis. Air toxics emissions data are revised every three years
with intervening years (the two years after the inventory year) interpolated utilizing inventory projection models.
(PM 002) Cumulative percentage reduction in tons of toxicity-weighted (for non-cancer risk) emissions of air toxics from
1993 baseline.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 53
Actual 52
58
53
59
53
59
53
59
53
59
Data
Avail
12/2012
59
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: The baseline in 1993 is 7.24 million tons. The toxicity-weighted emission inventory utilizes the
National Emissions Inventory (NEI) for air toxics along with the Agency's compendium of cancer and non-cancer health risk
criteria to develop a risk metric that can be tabulated on an annual basis. Air toxics emissions data are revised every three years
with intervening years (the two years after the inventory year) interpolated utilizing inventory projection models.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, the number of future premature lung cancer deaths prevented annually through lowered radon
exposure will increase to 1,460 from the 2008 baseline of 756 future premature lung cancer deaths prevented.
(PM R50) Percentage of existing homes with an operating radon mitigation system compared to the estimated number
of homes at or above EPA's 4pCi/L action level.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
(4) Reduce
Exposure to
Indoor
Pollutants
Target
No Target
Establishe
d
Actual 94
No Target
Establishe
d
10.3
11.1
11.0
11.5
12.0
12.0
12.3
12.5
Data
Avail
12/2012
13.3
13.9
Percent
Homes
of
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 6.9 percent of homes with radon operating mitigation systems. Radon causes
lung cancer, and is a threat to health because it tends to collect in homes, sometimes to very high concentrations. As a result,
radon is the largest source of exposure to naturally occurring radiation.
(PM R51) Percentage of all new single-family homes (SFH) in high radon potential areas built with radon reducing
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features.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe
d d
Actual 27.4
28.6
30.0
11.0
31.5
36.1
33.0
40.1
34.5
Data
Avail
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36.0
37.5
Percent
Homes
of
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 20.7 percent of all new single-family homes. Radon causes lung cancer, and is
a threat to health because it tends to collect in homes, sometimes to very high concentrations. As a result, radon is the largest
source of exposure to naturally occurring radiation.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, the number of people taking all essential actions to reduce exposure to indoor environmental
asthma triggers will increase to 7.6 million from the 2003 baseline of 3 million. EPA will place special emphasis on children at
home and in schools, and on other disproportionately impacted populations.
(PM R16) Percentage of the public that is aware of the asthma program's media campaign.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
>20
33
>20 >20 >20
Data Not Data Not
Avail
Avail
33
>30
Data Avail
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>30
Data
Avail
12/2012
>30
>30
Percent
Aware
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 27%. Public awareness is measured before and after the launch of a new wave
of the campaign. "Data not available" indicates a time point that was not included in the assessment plan.
(PM R17) Additional health care professionals trained annually on the environmental management of asthma triggers.
FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
FY 2006
2,000
FY 2007
2,000
FY 2008
2,000
Target 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Actual 3^82 4,582 4,558 4,614 4,153
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Data
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Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 2,360 trained health care professionals. Asthma is a serious, life-threatening
respiratory disease that affects millions of Americans. In response to the growing asthma problem, EPA created a national,
multifaceted asthma education and outreach program to share information about environmental factors that trigger asthma.
(PM R22) Estimated annual number of schools establishing indoor air quality management plans consistent with EPA
guidance.
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
FY 2006
1,200
1,200
FY 2007
1, 100
1,346
FY 2008
1,100
1,614
FY 2009
1,000
1,765
FY 2010
1,000
2,448
FY2011
1,000
Data
Avail
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1,000
1,000
Schools
Additional Information: The baseline in 2003 is 3,200 schools. Significant progress has been realized as a result of key
program investments that drive bottom line results. The EPA remains concerned about and committed to improving the health
of America's children and the staff at the schools they attend. Targets reflect realistic estimates of the progress that
regional/state/local leadership will achieve.
Objective 3 - Restore the Ozone Layer: Restore the earth's stratospheric ozone layer and protect the public from the harmful effects of UV
radiation.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
(1) Reduce
Consumption
of Ozone-
depleting
Substances
Strategic Measure: By 2015, U.S. consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chemicals that deplete the Earth's
protective ozone layer, will be less than 1,520 tons per year of ozone depletion potential from the 2009 baseline of 9,900 tons
per year. By this time, as a result of worldwide reduction in ozone-depletion substances, the level of "equivalent effective
stratospheric chlorine" (EESC) in the atmosphere will have peaked at 3.185 parts per billion (ppb) of air by volume and begun
its gradual decline to less than 1.8 ppb (1980 level).
(PM SOI) Remaining US Consumption of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), chemicals that deplete the Earth's
protective ozone layer, measured in tons of Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target <9QOO <9,900 <9,900 <9,900 <3,811
<3,700
<3,700
Actual 6,205
6,296
5,667
3,414
2,435
Data
Avail
12/2012
OOP Tons
Additional Information: The baseline in 1989 for Ozone Depleting Substances consumed is 15,240 tons. The base of
comparison for assessing progress is the domestic consumption cap of Class II HCFCs as set by the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol. Each Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) is weighted based on the damage it does to the stratospheric ozone - this is its
ozone-depletion potential (OOP). Beginning on January 1, 1996, the cap was set at the sum of 2.8 percent of the domestic OOP-
weighted consumption of CFCs in 1989 plus the ODP-weighted level of HCFCs in 1989. Consumption equals production plus
import minus export.
(PM S17) Total federal dollars spent per school joining the SunWise program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 560
Actual 544
525
484
485
414
455
385
433
405
433
Data
Avail
12/2012
433
Dollars per
School
Objective 4 - Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to Radiation: Minimize unnecessary releases of radiation and be prepared to minimize impacts
should unwanted releases occur.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
(1) Prepare for
Radiological
Emergencies
Strategic Measure: Through 2015, EPA will maintain a 90 percent level of readiness of radiation program personnel and assets
to support federal radiological emergency response and recovery operations, maintaining the 2010 baseline of 90 percent.
(PM R34) Percentage of most populous US cities with a RadNet ambient radiation air monitoring system, which will
provide data to assist in protective action determinations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 67 80 85 90 95
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Actual 67 87 92
98
100
Data
Avail
12/2012
Additional Information: The baseline is 55% for the 100 most populous cities.
(PM R35) Level of readiness of radiation program personnel and assets to support federal radiological emergency
response and recovery operations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
78
78
80
83
85
87
90
90
90
97
90
Data
Avail
6/2012
90
Percent
Readiness
Additional Information: The baseline in 2005 is a 50% level of readiness. The level of readiness is measured as the percentage
of response team members and assets that meet scenario-based response criteria.
(PM R36) Average time before availability of quality assured ambient radiation air monitoring data during an
emergency.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1.9
1.9
1.3
1.3
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.7
Data
Avail
12/2012
0.5
Days
Additional Information: The baseline in 2005 is 2.5 days. The average time in availability is measured as time in days between
collection and availability of data for release by EPA during emergency operations.
(PM R37) Time to approve site changes affecting waste characterization at DOE waste generator sites to ensure safe
disposal of transuranic radioactive waste at WIPP.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 105 90 80 70 70
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70
70
70
Days
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Actual 100 86 75
75
66
Additional Information: The baseline in 2004 is 150 days.
Data
Avail
12/2012
(PM R38) Population covered by Radiation Protection Program monitors per million dollars invested.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 3,471,000 4,159,000 4,729,000 5,254,000 5,779,000 5,779,000
... Data
Actual 3,471,000 4,418,000 4,536,000 5,228,000 4,^19 Avail
' 12/2012
Population
per Million
Dollars
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Protect and restore our waters to ensure that drinking water is safe, and that aquatic ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife, and
economic, recreational, and subsistence activities.
Objective 1 - Protect Human Health: Reduce human exposure to contaminants in drinking water, fish and shellfish, and recreational waters,
including protecting source waters.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, 90 percent of community water systems will provide drinking water that meets all applicable
health-based drinking water standards through approaches including effective treatment and source water protection. (2005
baseline:89 percent. Status as of FY 2009: 89 percent.)
(PM F) Percent of community water systems for which minimized risk to public health through source water protection
is achieved.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe
, ,
d d
T
. , ,. , ° , 50
Established
40.2
Percent
CWSs
(1) Water Safe Explanation of Results: The target of 50 percent was established during the development of the 2006-11 Strategic Plan. As the
to Drink target has remained unchanged, the measure has not performed as well as the program initially anticipated; however,
performance has improved over each year.
Additional Information: In 2002, community water systems for which minimized risk to public health through source water
protection is achieved was at 8 percent.
(PM aa) Percent of population served by CWSs that will receive drinking water that meets all applicable health-based
drinking water standards through approaches including effective treatment and source water protection.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
93
89
94
91.5
90
92
90
92.1
90
92
91
93.2
91
Percent
Population
Additional Information: In 2005, 89 percent of the population served by community water systems received drinking water that
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met applicable drinking water standards.
(PM ape) Fund utilization rate for the DWSRF.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013
Target g3.3 85 86 89 86 89 89 89
Actual 869 88 90 92 91.3 90
Additional Information: In 2005, the fund utilization rate for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund was 85 percent.
Unit
Percent
(PM apd) Number of additional projects initiating operations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY 2012 FY 2013
FY2011
Target 425 433 440 445 450 500
Actual 399 438 445 480 668 840
Additional Information: In 2005, 2,611 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund projects initiated operations (annual).
(PM apg) People receiving drinking water that meets all applicable health-based standards per million dollars spent to
manage the national drinking water program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe
, ,
d d
131,000
Established ^' People/Milli
on
124,165
Explanation of Results: EPA missed its target for this measure due to the difficulty of small drinking water systems in
maintaining their managerial, technical, and financial capacity.
Additional Information: In 2005, 128,493 people were receiving drinking water that met all applicable health-based standards
per million dollars spent to manage the national drinking water program.
(PM aph) Percent of community water systems that have undergone a sanitary survey within the past three years (five
years for outstanding performance).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target 95 95 95
Actual 94 92 87
95
95
87
95
92
95
Percent
CWSs
Explanation of Results: This measure was not met as a result of fewer state resources. Sanitary surveys are resource-intensive
efforts as state staffer contractors must physically visit the system to perform a sanitary survey.
Additional Information: In 2007, 92 percent of community water systems had undergone a sanitary survey. Prior to FY 2007,
this measure tracked states rather than community water systems in compliance with this regulation.
(PM apj) Percent of identified Class V motor vehicle waste disposal wells and other high-priority Class V wells closed or
permitted.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
80
91
76
92
Percent
Wells
Additional Information: "Sensitive ground water protection areas" are defined by the UIC primacy program director but at a
minimum must include groundwater-based community water system source water areas. In 2005, 72 percent of Class V wells
were closed or permitted.
(PM apm) Percent of community water systems that meets all applicable health-based standards through approaches
including effective treatment and source water protection.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
93.5
89.3
89
89
89.5
89
90
89.1
90
89.6
90
90.7
90
Percent
Systems
Additional Information: In 2005, 89 percent of community water systems met all applicable health-based drinking water
standards.
(PM apn) Percent of data for violations of health-based standards at public water systems that are accurate and
complete in SDWIS/FED for all MCL and TT rules.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
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No Target No Target No Target 90
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Establishe
d
Actual
Data
Avail
1/2014
Additional Information: In 2003, 65 percent of data for violations of health-based standards at public water systems were
accurate and complete in SDWIS/FED for all MCL and TT rules.
(PM apo) Percent of deep injection wells that are used to inject industrial, municipal, or hazardous waste (Class I) that
lose mechanical integrity and are returned to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger
underground sources of drinking water.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
92
96
92
83
Percent
Wells
Explanation of Results: The number of wells that lost mechanical integrity was very small (22). In returning 18 of the 22 wells
back into compliance within the 180 days, the percentage (86 percent) doesn't completely express the complexity of having a
small universe. The measure has been revised to account for classes I, II, and III wells, collectively allowing for a broader
universe. The hope is that this change provides an improved measure while eliminating the challenge of the smaller universe
with separate classes. Knowing how many wells that will lose mechanical integrity (MI) in a given year is very critical to
establishing the target for this measure. It is nearly impossible to predict how many wells will lose mechanical integrity in a
given year. Many regions estimate the target based on historical trends and how many wells they believe they can address
within the 180 days. When more wells lose mechanical integrity than anticipated, it becomes more difficult to achieve the
target. In addition, the measure is hampered by its very low universe. For example, out of the 22 wells nationally, some regions
may only have 3 wells, and if their target is 100 percent, but they're only able to return 2 of 3 wells back into compliance within
the 180 days, then missing 1 immediately drops them to 67 percent. For many regions, this measure is pretty much all or
nothing. The measure has been revised in the NWPG for 2012 to account for all three classes of wells together rather than
separately. We anticipate this change will improve the denominator so that the measure is less of a hit or miss due to the smaller
denominator.
Additional Information: In 2009, 100 percent of Class I wells that lost mechanical integrity were returned to compliance within
180 days.
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(PM app) Percent of deep injection wells that are used to enhance oil/natural gas recovery or for the injection of other
(Class II) fluids associated with oil and natural gas production that have lost mechanical integrity and are returned to
compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of drinking water.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
89
89
89
86
Percent
Wells
Explanation of Results: The number of wells that lost mechanical integrity was very small (22). In returning 18 of the 22 wells
back into compliance within the 180 days, the percentage (86 percent) doesn't completely express the complexity of having a
small universe. The measure has been revised to account for classes I, II, and III wells, collectively allowing for a broader
universe. The hope is that this change provides an improved measure while eliminating the challenge of the smaller universe
with separate classes. Knowing how many wells will lose mechanical integrity (MI) in a given year is very critical to
establishing the target for this measure. It is nearly impossible to predict how many wells that will lose mechanical integrity in a
given year. Many regions estimate the target based on historical trends and how many wells they believe they can address
within the 180 days. When more wells lose mechanical integrity than anticipated, it becomes more difficult to achieve the
target. In addition, the measure is hampered by its very low universe. For example, out of the 22 wells nationally, some regions
may only have 3 wells, and if their target is 100 percent, but they're only able to return 2 of 3 wells back into compliance within
the 180 days, then missing 1 immediately drops them to 67 percent. For many regions, this measure is pretty much all or
nothing. The measure has been revised in the NWPG for 2012 to account for all three classes of wells together rather than
separately. We anticipate this change will improve the denominator so that the measure is less of a hit or miss due to the smaller
denominator.
Additional Information: In 2009, 90 percent of Class II wells that lost mechanical integrity were returned to compliance within
180 days.
(PM apq) Percent of deep injection wells that are used for salt solution mining (Class III) that lose mechanical integrity
and are returned to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of
drinking water.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
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93
75
93
100
Percent
Wells
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Additional Information: In 2009, 100 percent of Class III wells that lost mechanical integrity were returned to compliance
within 180 days.
(PM aps) Percent of Classes I, II and III salt solution mining wells that have lost mechanical integrity and are returned
to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of drinking water.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
90
Percent
(Class
Wells)
Additional Information: There is no fixed point that can be used as a baseline for this measure, since the activity that we are
monitoring - "MI Loss" - has not yet occurred. The universe of wells losing mechanical integrity is not static.
(PM apt) Number of Class V motor vehicle waste disposal wells (MVWDW) and large capacity cesspools (LCC)
[approximately 23,640 in FY 2010] that are closed or permitted (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
20,840
24,327
Wells
Additional Information: OW will be establishing a baseline this year, as it is our first year reporting. This can be problematic,
however, since regions don't know exactly how many new facilities they will identify.
(PM dw2) Percent of person months during which community water systems provide drinking water that meets all
applicable health-based standards.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
95
97
95
97.2
95
97.3
95
97.4
95
Percent
Months
Additional Information: In 2005, community water systems provided drinking water that met all applicable health-based
drinking water standards during 95 percent of "person months."
(PM pil) Percent of population in each of the U.S. Pacific Island Territories (served by community water systems) that
meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards, measured on a four-quarter rolling average basis.
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 72 73 73 75
Actual 79 go 82 87
FY 2012
80
FY 2013
82
Unit
Percent
Population
Additional Information: In 2005, 95 percent of the population in American Samoa, 10 percent in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and 80 percent of Guam were served by CWSs that received drinking water that meets all
applicable health-based standards. This measure is on a four-quarter rolling average basis.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, 88 percent of the population in Indian Country served by community water systems will receive
drinking water that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards. (2005 baseline:86 percent. Status as of FY
2009:81 percent.)
(PM E) Percent of the population in Indian Country served by community water systems that receive drinking water
that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
87
Percent
Population
90 87 87 87 87 87
86.6 87 83 81.2 87.2 81.2
Explanation of Results: Almost all tribal water systems are small; many of these systems have poor source water quality, and
there is difficulty supporting sustainable pricing for water services.
Additional Information: In 2005, 86 percent of the population served by community water systems received drinking water that
met applicable drinking water standards.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, in coordination with other federal agencies, provide access to safe drinking water for 136,100
American Indian and Alaska Native homes. (FY 2009 baseline: 80,900 homes. Universe: 360,000 homes.)
(PM Gpa) Percent of Alaska population served by public water systems in compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act
regulatory requirements.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
No Target No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe Establishe
d d d
No Target
Established
100
Households
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Data
Avail
6/2012
(2) Fish
Shellfish
to Eat
and
Safe
(PM dw5) Percent of homes on tribal lands lacking access to safe drinking water.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe
d
No Target
Establishe
d
No Target
Established
Households
Explanation of Results: The percent of tribal homes that lack access to safe drinking water missed the target for a couple of
reasons. The percent calculation is based on a static 2003 baseline, and since 2003, there has been an increase in the total
number of tribal homes included in the Indian Health Service (MS) data system and an increase in the need for basic drinking
water infrastructure to serve homes which previously had access to safe drinking water. As a result, the Agency has
recategorized this measure to an indicator measure. The agency is now measuring the number of homes "provided" access to
safe drinking water (in coordination with other federal agencies) rather than a percentage of homes. The Agency has established
targets for and begun reporting against this new matrix.
Additional Information: In 2005, 11 percent of homes on tribal lands lacked access to safe drinking water. The 2011 universe
is currently 385,822.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce the percentage of women of childbearing age having mercury levels in blood above the
level of concern to 4.6 percent. (2002 baseline: 5.7 percent of women of childbearing age have mercury blood levels above
levels of concern identified by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).)
(PM fsl) Percent of women of childbearing age having mercury levels in blood above the level of concern.
FY 2006 FY 2007
Target
Actual
FY 2008
5.5
Data
Unavailab
FY 2009
5.2
2.8
FY 2010
5.1
Data
Unavailabl
FY2011
4.9
Data
Unavailab
FY 2012
4.9
Unit
Percent
Women
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Explanation of Results: EPA has received data for this measure from the CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES) and is in the process of analyzing and validating the information.
Additional Information: Baseline is 7.8 percent based on data collected in 1999-2000. Universe is population of women of
childbearing age.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, maintain the percentage of days of the beach season that coastal and Great Lakes beaches
monitored by state beach safety programs are open and safe for swimming at 95 percent. (2007 baseline: Beaches open 95
percent of the 679,589 days of the beach season (beach season days are equal to 3,647 beaches multiplied by variable number of
days of beach season at each beach). Status as of FY 2009:95 percent.)
(PM pi3) Percent of days of the beach season that beaches in each of the U.S. Pacific Island Territories monitored under
the Beach Safety Program will be open and safe for swimming.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
70
80
80
81
80
80
82
77
Percent Days
for Swimming
Explanation of Results: Specific reasons for not meeting the target are unknown, but the lower than expected result may be due
(3) Water Sate ^o an increase in precipitation (which can cause an increase in indicator bacteria detected at beaches). This measure is scheduled
to be deleted in FY 2012.
Additional Information: In 2005, beaches were open and safe 64 percent of the beach season in American Samoa, 97 percent in
the CNMI & 76 percent in Guam.
(PM ssl) Number of waterborne disease outbreaks attributable to swimming in or other recreational contact with
coastal and Great Lakes waters measured as a 5-year average.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
Outbreaks
Additional Information: Very few outbreaks have been reported over the ten years of data reviewed in consideration of a
baseline for this measure. In 2005, two waterborne diseases were reported. Universe is not applicable to this baseline.
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(PM ss2) Percent of days of beach season that coastal and Great Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety
programs are open and safe for swimming.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
94
97
92.6
95.20
92.6
95
93
95
95
95
95
95
95
Percent
Days/Season
Additional Information: In 2005, beaches were open 96% of the 743,036 days of the beach season (i.e., beach season days are
equal to 4,025 beaches multiplied by variable number of days of beach season at each beach).
Objective 2 - Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems: Protect the quality of rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands on a
watershed basis, and protect urban, coastal, and ocean waters.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
(1) Improve
Water Quality
on a
Watershed
Basis
Strategic Measure: By 2015, attain water quality standards for all pollutants and impairments in more than 3,360 water bodies
identified in 2002 as not attaining standards (cumulative). (2002 universe: 39,798 water bodies identified by states and tribes as
not meeting water quality standards. Water bodies where mercury is among multiple pollutants causing impairment may be
counted toward this target when all pollutants but mercury attain standards but must be identified as still needing restoration for
mercury; 1,703 impaired water bodies are impaired by multiple pollutants, including mercury, and 6,501 are impaired by
mercury alone. Status as of FY 2009: 2,505 water bodies attained standards.)
(PM L) Number of water body segments identified by states in 2002 as not attaining standards, where water quality
standards are now fully attained (cumulative).
FY 2010
FY 2006
Target
Actual
FY 2007
1,166
1,409
FY 2008
1,550
2,165
FY 2009
2,270
2,505
2,809
2,909
FY2011
3,073
3,119
FY 2012
3,324
FY 2013
3,524
Unit
Segments
Additional Information: 2002 baseline: 39,798 water bodies identified by states and tribes as not meeting water quality
standards. Water bodies where mercury is among multiple pollutants causing impairment may be counted toward this target
when all pollutants but mercury attain standards but must be identified as still needing restoration for mercury; 1,703 impaired
water bodies are impaired by multiple pollutants, including mercury, and 6,501 are impaired by mercury alone.
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(PM bpa) CWSRF long-term revolving level ($billion/yr).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target No Target No Target NQ ^
Ii o + ol*\l i ol"»zi I< o + ol*\l i ol"» zi Ii o + ol*\l i ol"» zi ^
Establishe
d
Establishe
d
Establishe
d
Established
3.4
Data
Unavailab
le
Dollars
(Billion)/Yea
r
Explanation of Results: The $3.4 billion target assumed a set level of federal funding through 2011. ARRA, FY 2010 and FY
2011 appropriations have greatly impacted this assumption.
Additional Information: In 2001, $3.9 billion of Clean Water SRF dollars were at the long term revolving level. The $3.4
billion was a forecasted average of what the CWSRFs could provide once federal capitalization ended. It was developed under
the assumption that federal capitalization would continue until 2011 and then cease. It was also assumed that it would take
approximately 4 to 5 years for the federal funds to work through the program. The $3.4 billion was calculated by taking a 25-
year average over the projection period of 2015 through 2040.
(PM bpb) Fund utilization rate for the CWSRF.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
Actual
93.3
94.7
93.4
96.7
93.5
98
94.5
98
92
100
FY2011
94.5
98
FY 2012
94.5
FY 2013
94.5
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: In 2002, 91 percent was used as the baseline for this measure. It was calculated using data collected
annually from all 51 state CWSRF programs (50 states and Puerto Rico).
(PM bpc) Percent of all major publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) that comply with their permitted wastewater
discharge standards.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
86
86
86
Data
86
86.9
86
86.7
86
Percent
POTWs
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le
(PM bpf) Estimated annual reduction in millions of pounds of phosphorus from nonpoint sources to water bodies
(Section 319 funded projects only).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 4.5
Actual
4.5
75
4.5
3.5
4.5
3.5
4.5
2.6
4.5
Data
Avail
4/2012
4.5
Pounds
(Million)
Explanation of Results: EPA collects this information in its Grants Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS) for Section 319-
funded on-the-ground implementation projects that will reduce phosphorus loads to water bodies. States are not required to
enter this information into GRTS until after one full year of project implementation so that field data can be collected to support
the model calculations. Results are expected by April 2012.
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 558,000 Ibs of phosphorus from nonpoint sources.
(PM bpg) Estimated additional reduction in million pounds of nitrogen from nonpoint sources to water bodies (Section
319 funded projects only).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target g.5 8.5
Actual 14.5 19.1
8.5
11.3
9.1
9.8
Data
Avail
4/2012
Pounds
(Million)
Explanation of Results: EPA collects this information in its Grants Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS) for Section 319-
funded on-the-ground implementation projects that will reduce phosphorus loads to water bodies. States are not required to
enter this information into GRTS until after one full year of project implementation so that field data can be collected to support
the model calculations. Results are expected by April 2012.
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 3.7 million Ibs of nitrogen from nonpoint sources.
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(PM bph) Estimated additional reduction in thousands of tons of sediment from nonpoint sources to water bodies
(Section 319 funded projects only).
Target
FY 2006
700
Actual 1200
FY 2007
700
1,200
FY 2008
700
2,100
FY 2009
700
2,300
FY 2010
700
2,100
FY2011
700
Data
Avail
4/2012
FY 2012
700
Unit
Tons
(Thousand)
Explanation of Results: EPA collects this information in its Grants Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS) for Section 319-
funded on-the-ground implementation projects that will reduce phosphorus loads to water bodies. States are not required to
enter this information into GRTS until after one full year of project implementation so that field data can be collected to support
the model calculations. Results are expected by April 2012.
Additional Information: In 2005, there was a reduction of 1.68 million tons of sediment from nonpoint sources.
(PM bpk) Number of TMDLs that are established by states and approved by the EPA [state TMDL] on a schedule
consistent with national policy (cumulative). [A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to obtain
water quality standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to the completion and approval of the TMDL
itself.]
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
15,428
17,682
20,232
21,685
28,527
30,658
33,540
36,487
39,101
38,749
41,235
41,231
43,781
46,331
TMDLs
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, States developed 2,482 TMDLs. Alabama, Kentucky, and South Carolina had several
TMDLs with technical and/or legal issues that still need to be resolved, and most states continue to suffer due to budget
shortfalls. Additionally, Region 10 states are developing watershed TMDLs, which require a significant amount of resources
and time.
Additional Information: Cumulatively, more than 40,000 state TMDLs were completed through FY 2011. A TMDL is a
technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to attain water quality standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to
the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.
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(PM bpl) Percent of high-priority state NPDES permits that are issued in the fiscal year.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012
Target
Actual
95
96.4
95
112
95
120
95
147
95
142
100
135
100
FY 2013
80
Unit
Percent
Permits
Explanation of Results: States have continued their efforts in coordination with the EPA Regions to maintain strong
performance in the issuance of their high priority permits. When states establish their lists each year, they designate a pool of
priority permits and commit to issuing a certain number of these in the fiscal year. If a State is able to issue permits designated
as priority ahead of schedule, they receive credit toward the current fiscal year target, which may result in issuing more permits
than originally targeted.
Additional Information: Priority Permits are permits in need of reissuance that have been identified by states as
environmentally or programmatically significant. The annual universe of Priority Permits includes the number of permits
selected as priority, from which a subset will be issued in the current fiscal year. In 2005, 104% of the designated priority
permits were issued in the fiscal year. Starting in FY2013, results can no longer exceed 100% issuance due to a refinement of
the measure definition, and the target was revised accordingly. The universe used to calculate percentage results changed from
the number of permits committed to issuance in the current fiscal year to the total number of permits selected as priority.
(PM bpm) Cost per water segment restored.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Dollars
Target 1,358,351 615,694 684,200 708,276 771,000 681,445 721,715 685,885
Actual 576,618 512,735 547,676 570,250 581,281 578,410
Additional Information: The cost per water segment restored was $1,544,998 in 2004.
(PM bpn) Percent of major dischargers in Significant Noncompliance (SNC) at any time during the fiscal year.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5
Data I Percent
Actual 20.2
22.6
23.9
23.3
23.5
Avail
3/2012
Dischargers
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Explanation of Results: The FY 2011 EOY data is not available at this time due to the current DMR reporting cycle. Final
EOY data will be available March 2012.
(PM bpp) Percent of submissions of new or revised water quality standards from states and territories that are
approved by the EPA.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
90.9
89
85
85.6
87
92.5
85
93.2
85
90.9
85
91.8
85
Percent
Submissions
Additional Information: In 2004, the baseline was 87.6 percent submissions approved. Approval rates are expected to decline
in 2011 and 2012 due to the increasing complexity of technical and policy issues that rose in state standards revisions submitted
to the EPA.
(PM bpr) Loading (pounds) of pollutants removed per program dollar expended.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
385
385
233 285 332 368 371 377
233 331 332 368 371 377
Additional Information: The loading (pounds) of pollutants removed per program dollar expended was 122 in 2004.
Pounds
(PM bps) Number of TMDLs that are established or approved by the EPA [total TMDL] on a schedule consistent with
national policy (cumulative). [A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to attain water quality
standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.]
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
20,275
22,648
25,274
26,844
33,801
35,979
38,978
41,866
44,560
46,817
49,375
49,663
52,218
54,773
TMDLs
Additional Information: Cumulatively, EPA and states completed more than 49,000 TMDLs through FY 2011. A TMDL is a
technical plan for reducing pollutants in order to attain water quality standards. The terms "approved" and "established" refer to
the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.
(PM bpt) Percent of waters assessed using statistically valid surveys.
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FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Target 54 54 65
Actual 54 54 65
Additional Information: In 2000, 31 percent of waters were assessed using statistically valid surveys.
FY 2009
65
65
FY 2010
82
82
FY2011
100
100
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Percent
Waters
(PM bpv) Percent of high-priority EPA and state NPDES permits (including tribal) that are issued in the fiscal year.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 95
Actual 98 5
95
104
95
119
95
144
95
138
100
132
100
Percent
Permits
Explanation of Results: States and EPA have continued their efforts in coordination with the EPA Regions to maintain strong
performance in the issuance of their high priority permits. When states establish their lists each year, they designate a pool of
priority permits and commit to issuing a certain number of these in the fiscal year. If a State or EPA Region is able to issue
permits designated as priority ahead of schedule, they receive credit toward the current fiscal year target, which may result in
issuing more permits than originally targeted.
Additional Information: Priority Permits are permits in need of reissuance that have been identified by states or EPA Regions
as environmentally or programmatically significant. The annual universe of Priority Permits includes the number of permits
selected as priority, from which a subset will be issued in the current fiscal year. In 2005, 104% of the designated priority
permits were issued in the fiscal year. Starting in FY2013, results can no longer exceed 100% issuance due to a refinement of
the measure definition, and the target was revised accordingly. The universe used to calculate percentage results changed from
the number of permits committed to issuance in the current fiscal year to the total number of permits selected as priority.
(PM bpw) Percent of states and territories that, within the preceding 3-year period, submitted new or revised water
quality criteria acceptable to the EPA that reflect new scientific information from the EPA or sources not considered in
previous standards.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 66 67
Actual 66.1 66.1
68
62.5
68
62.5
66
67.9
64.3
69.6
64.3
Percent
States and
Territories
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Additional Information: In 2004, the baseline was 70% of states and territories submitting acceptable water quality criteria
reflecting new scientific information. In response to an EPA national priority, states are focusing on adopting water quality
criteria for nutrients (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorus). Because developing these criteria is a complex multi-year process for many
states, EPA expects some decline in performance in the short term.
(PM cr2) Clean up acres of known contaminated sediments (cumulative starting FY 2006).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
5
10
20
20
60
63
Acres
Additional Information: In 2006, 400 acres of known highly contaminated sediments were found in the main-stem of the
Lower Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers.
(PM cr3) Demonstrate a reduction in mean concentration of contaminants of concern found in water and fish tissue
(cumulative starting in FY 2006).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
10
Data
Avail
3/2012
Mean
Concentratio
n
Additional Information: In 2005, 5 sites demonstrated a reduction in mean concentration of certain contaminants of concern
found in water and fish tissue.
(PM pi2) Percent of time that sewage treatment plants in the U.S. Pacific Island Territories comply with permit limits
for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
67
67
62
65
62
52
63
50
Percent Time
Explanation of Results: The EOY result reflects continued noncompliance at Guam treatment plants (Guam plants were in
compliance only 21% of the time in FY11). We expect this trend to continue in FY12.
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Additional Information: The sewage treatment plants in the Pacific Island Territories complied 59 percent of the time with
BOD and TSS permit limits.
(PM wq2) Remove the specific causes of water body impairment identified by states in 2002 (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
4,607
6,723
6,891
7,530
8,512
8,446
9,016
9,527
10,161
10,711
Causes
Additional Information: In 2002, an estimate of 69,677 specific causes of water body impairments were identified by states.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, improve water quality conditions in 330 impaired watersheds nationwide using the watershed
approach (cumulative). (2002 baseline: Zero watersheds improved of an estimated 4,800 impaired watersheds of focus having
one or more water bodies impaired. The watershed boundaries for this measure are those established at the "12-digit" scale by
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Watersheds at this scale average 22 square miles in size. "Improved" means that one or
more of the impairment causes identified in 2002 are removed for at least 40 percent of the impaired water bodies or impaired
miles/acres or there is significant watershed-wide improvement (as demonstrated by valid scientific information) in one or more
water quality parameters associated with the impairments. Status as of FY 2009: 104 improved watersheds.)
(PM uwl) Number of urban water projects initiated addressing water quality issues in the community.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
Projects
Additional Information: This measure tracks progress in the implementation of grants that help communities access, improve,
and benefit from their urban waters and surrounding land. Projects that address water quality in the community will be tracked
through grantee reporting and can include the following activities (as authorized under Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water
Act): planning, outreach, training, studies, monitoring, and demonstration of innovative approaches to manage water quality.
(PM wq3) Improve water quality conditions in impaired watersheds nationwide using the watershed approach
(cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
40
102
141
208
112
352
Watersheds
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Actual 60
104
Additional Information: In 2002, there were 10 watersheds improved of an estimated 4,800 impaired watershed of focus
having 1 or more water bodies impaired. The watershed boundaries for this measure are those established at the "12-digit" scale
by the U.S. Geological Survey. Watersheds at this scale average 22 square miles in size. "Improved" means that that one or
more of the impairment causes identified in 2002 are removed for at least 40 percent of the impaired water bodies or impaired
miles/acres, or there is significant water shed-wide improvement, as demonstrated by valid scientific information, in one or more
water quality parameters associated with the impairments.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, in coordination with other federal agencies, provide access to basic sanitation for 67,900
American Indian and Alaska Native homes. (FY 2009 baseline: 43,600 homes. Universe: 360,000 homes.)
(PM Opb) Percent of serviceable rural Alaska homes with access to drinking water supply and wastewater disposal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
92
92
94
91
96
91
98
92
92
Data
Avail
5/2012
93
Percent
Homes
Additional Information: In 2003, 77 percent of serviceable rural Alaska homes had access to drinking water supply and
wastewater disposal.
(PM wq6) Percent of homes on tribal lands lacking access to basic sanitation.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe
d
No Target
Establishe
d
No Target
Established
8.6
Percent
Homes
Explanation of Results: The percent of tribal homes lacking access to basic sanitation target was not met for two reasons; 1.)
the percent calculation is based on a static 2003 baseline and since 2003 there has been an increase in the total number of tribal
homes included in the Indian Health Service (MS) data system and 2.) An increase in the need for basic sanitation
infrastructure to serve homes which previously had access to basic sanitation. As a result, the Agency has re-categorized this
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measure as an indicator and is now measuring, identifying targets, and reporting out on the number of homes provided basic
sanitation (in coordination with other federal agencies) rather than a percentage of homes.
Additional Information: In 2005, 6.64 percent of homes on tribal lands lacked access to basic sanitation.
(PM uw2) Number of urban water projects completed addressing water quality issues in the community.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
0
0
Projects
Additional Information: As this is a new measure, it is not anticipated that any projects will be completed in FY 2013.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, improve regional coastal aquatic ecosystem health, as measured on the "Good/Fair/Poor" scale of
the National Coastal Condition Report. (FY 2009 baseline: National rating of "Fair" or 2.8, where the rating is based on a 4-
point system ranging from 1 to 5, in which "1" is "Poor" and "5" is "Good" using the National Coastal Condition Report
indicators for water and sediment, coastal habitat, benthic index, and fish contamination.)
(PM sf3) At least seventy-five percent of the monitored stations in the near shore and coastal waters of the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary will maintain Chlorophyll a(CHLA) levels at less than or equal to 0.35 ug 1-1 and light
clarity (Kd) levels at less than or equal to 0.20 m-1.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
(2) Improve Tar§et
Coastal and Actual
Ocean Waters
75
85.4
75
Percent
Stations
Additional Information: In 2005, total water quality was at chl < 0.2 ug/1, light attenuation < 0.13/meter, DIN < 0.75
micromolar, and TP < 0.2 micromolar.
(PM sf4) At least seventy-five percent of the monitored stations in the near shore and coastal waters of the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary will maintain dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) levels at less than or equal to 0.75 uM and
total phosphorus (TP) levels at less than or equal to 0.25 uM.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
75
73.6
75
Percent
Stations
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Explanation of Results: In 2010, a total of 1,000 stations exhibited dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) levels at less than or
equal to 0.75uM for results of 84.3% that met the target. Total phosphorus numbers did not achieve the measure with 738 of
1,003 stations meeting the target for results of 73.6%.
Additional Information: The baseline for DIN is <0.75 uM (76.3 percent); TP < 0.25 uM (89.9 percent).
(PM sf5) Improve the water quality of the Everglades ecosystem as measured by total phosphorus, including meeting the
10 ppb total phosphorus criterion throughout the Everglades Protection Area marsh.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
Maintain Maintain Maintain Maintain Maintain Maintain
Not
Maintaine
d
Not
Maintaine
d
Not
Maintained
Not
Maintaine
d
Parts/Billion
Explanation of Results: This measure is tracked in 2 parts: 1) Water year 2011 annual geometric mean total phosphorus (TP)
concentration throughout the Everglades Protection Area did not meet the 10 ppb water quality criterion in the impacted
portions of the Refuge, WCA2 and WCA3. 2) Water year 2011 annual phosphorus load reductions for the Stormwater
Treatment Areas (STA) did not meet their permit discharge limits. Inflow phosphorus concentrations to the Everglades continue
to exceed the lOppb criterion, in spite of significant progress.
Additional Information: In 2005, the average annual geometric mean phosphorus concentrations were 5 ppb in the Everglades
National Park, 10 ppb in Water Conservation 3 A, 13 ppb in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and 18 ppb in Water
Conservation Area 2A; annual average flow-weighted from total phosphorus discharges from Stormwater Treatment Areas
ranged from 13 ppb for area 3/4 and 98 ppb for area 1W. Effluent limits will be established for all discharges, including
Stormwater Treatment Areas.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, 95 percent of active dredged material ocean dumping sites, as determined by the 3-year average,
will have achieved environmentally acceptable conditions (as reflected in each site's management plan and measured through
onsite monitoring programs). (2009 baseline: 99 percent. FY 2009 universe is 65.) (Due to variability in the universe of sites,
results vary from year to year (e.g., between 85 percent and 99 percent). While this much variability is not expected every year,
the results are expected to have some change each year.)
(PM co5) Percent of active dredged material ocean dumping sites that will have achieved environmentally acceptable
conditions (as reflected in each site's management plan).
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FY 2006 FY 2007
Target 95
Actual 99
FY 2009
98
99
FY 2010
98
90.1
FY2011
98
93
FY 2012
95
FY 2013
95
Unit
Percent Sites
Explanation of Results: Gulfport Western Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS) has exceeded the minimum depth
limitation. The Miami ODMDS has elevated PCB levels. In addition, multiple Gulf of Mexico (ODMDSs) likely do not meet
environmentally acceptable conditions due to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and need to be evaluated.
Additional Information: The baseline was calculated in 2005 at 60 sites.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, working with partners, protect or restore an additional (i.e., measuring from 2009 forward)
600,000 acres of habitat within the study areas for the 28 estuaries that are part of the National Estuary Program. (2009
baseline: 900,956 acres of habitat protected or restored, cumulative from 2002-2009. In FY 2009, 125,437 acres were protected
or restored.)
(PM 202) Acres protected or restored in National Estuary Program study areas.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 25,000
Actual 140,033
50,000
83,490
100,000
125,410
100,000
89,985
100,000
62,213
100,000
100,000
Acres
50,000
102,462.9
Explanation of Results: There are a large number of variables that affect the habitat acres actually reported at EOY. Two of the
biggest factors affecting the NEP's work and acres reported are: 1) the economy (non-federal match is a significant challenge
because state and local budgets have been severely cut), 2) the number of larger ready-to-go projects has greatly diminished
over these last years, leaving much smaller projects. We expect these factors will continue to influence our results in the future.
Therefore, we are working to determine a more appropriate target for the future.
Additional Information: 2009 Baseline: 900,956 acres of habitat protected or restored; cumulative from 2002-2009.
(PM 4pc) Program dollars per acre of habitat protected or restored.
Target
Actual
FY 2006
510
401
FY 2007
505
492
FY 2008
500
909
FY 2009
500
659
FY 2010
500
2,046
FY2011
500
2,454
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Dollars
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Explanation of Results: Our target was missed due to receiving unexpected appropriations and fewer than expected habitat
acres protected or restored in FY 2011. There are a large number of variables that affect the habitat acres actually reported at the
end of the year. Two of the biggest factors affecting the NEPs' work and therefore acres reported are: 1) the economy (non-
federal match is a significant challenge because state and local budgets have been severely cut so funds are extremely tight),
and 2) the number of larger ready to go projects has greatly diminished over these last year's leaving much smaller ones. FY
2011 was the last year for reporting on this performance measure.
Additional Information: In 2004, $519 program dollars per acre of habitat protected or restored.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, working with partners, achieve a net increase of wetlands nationwide, with additional focus on
coastal wetlands, and biological and functional measures and assessment of wetland condition. (2004 baseline: 32,000 acres
annual net national wetland gain.)
(PM 4E) In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, states, and tribes, achieve no net loss of wetlands each
year under the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No
Loss
Net No Net
Loss
(3) Increase
Wetlands
Data Not Data Not Data Not No Net No Net No Net
Available Available Available Loss Loss Loss
Acres
Additional Information: EPA receives data for this measure from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). ACE recently finalized
its database and was able to collect actual data for the first time in FY 2009.
(PM 4G) Number of acres restored and improved under the 5-Star, NEP, 319, and great water body programs
(cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
75,000
82,875
88,000
103,507
110,000
130,000
150,000
154,000
170,000
180,000
Acres
Additional Information: This measure describes the wetland acres restored through only EPA programs. Information on the
national status of wetland gains and losses regardless of the cause is provided every five years by the USFWS. The most recent
report noted an annual net loss of 13,800 acres.
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(PM Opd) Percent of project federal funds expended on time within the anticipated project construction schedule set
forth in the Management Control Policy.
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Target
Actual
FY 2009
94
90.5
FY 2010
94.5
85
FY2011
95
Data
Avail
5/2012
FY 2012
95.5
Unit
Percent
Projects
Explanation of Results: Data available May 2012
Additional Information: A baseline had been set in 2008 of 93.5 percent.
(PM crl) Protect, enhance, or restore acres of wetland habitat and acres of upland habitat in the Lower Columbia River
watershed (cumulative starting FY 2006).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
Actual
8,000
12,986
10,000
15,700
16,000
16,000
FY2011
16,300
16,661
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Acres
Additional Information: In 2005, 96,770 acres of wetlands were available for protection, enhancement or restoration in the
Lower Columbia River Estuary.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, prevent water pollution and protect aquatic systems so that the overall ecosystem health of the
Great Lakes is at least 24.7 points on a 40-point scale. (2009 baseline: Great Lakes rating of 22.5 (expected) on the 40-point
scale where the rating uses select Great Lakes State of the Lakes Ecosystem indicators based on a 1- to -5 rating system for each
(4) Improve indicator, where "1" is "Poor" and "5" is "Good".)
the Health of (PM 433) Improve the overall ecosystem health of the Great Lakes by preventing water pollution and protecting aquatic
the Great systems (using a 40-point scale).
Lakes FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 21
21
21
No Target , T
T? * ur u No Target 0, .
Estabhshe _ ,,. , , 23.4
, Established
21.9
23.4
The 40-point
scale has no
unit
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Actual 21.1 22.7 23.7
Explanation of Results: The Great Lakes Index score of 21.9 does not indicate worsening environmental conditions in the
Great Lakes over the long term. Rather, the change is a result of an adjustment to one of the eight index components - beach
closures. In 2010, 62% of Great Lakes beaches were reported as open more than 95% of the swimming season. This represents
a large decrease from the previous year (82%), and caused the beach closure component of the index to drop from a "2" to a "1."
While this gives the appearance that beach - and therefore general Great Lakes - conditions are deteriorating, approximately the
same number of beaches did not meet the 95% threshold in 2010 as in 2009. This is attributable to a more rigorous standard of
reporting. Prior to 2010, states had been considering non-monitored beaches as open and safe for swimming for 100% of the
beach season because the lack of monitoring resulted in no closings. The inclusion of non-monitored beaches in the category of
"beaches meeting the criteria of being open more than 95% of the swimming season" raised the number of beaches considered
safe for swimming, and in turn raised the percentage. In 2010, non-monitored beaches were no longer reported by states, which
resulted in a smaller number of beaches monitored and counted in this component of the index.
Starting in FY12, the beach closure component of the index will be revised to assess the percentage of days of the beach season
that the Great Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety programs are open and safe for swimming. This component will
then be consistent with the national beach program measure and the revised Great Lakes beach program measure under the
GLRI Action Plan.
Additional Information: The ecosystem health index for the Great Lakes in 2002 was 20. Index value for 2010 = 22.7. This
was previously a long-term measure, so no data is included for FY 2009 or FY 2010.
(PM 620) Cumulative percentage decline for the long-term trend in concentrations of PCBs in whole lake trout and
walleye samples.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
5
6
5
6
5
6
10
43
37
44
40
Percent
Decline
Additional Information: On average, total PCB concentrations in whole Great Lakes top predator fish have recently declined 5
percent annually - average concentrations at Lake sites from 2002 were: L Superior-9ug/g; L Michigan- 1.6ug/g; L Huron-
.8ug/g L Erie- 1.8ug/g; and L Ontario- 1.2ug/g.
(PM 625) Number of Beneficial Use Impairments removed within Areas of Concern (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target 16
Actual
21
12
20
12
26
26
33
BUIs
Removed
Additional Information: Under the GLRI, EPA collaborated extensively with state and federal partners to conduct projects
supporting the removal of the following beneficial use impairments: 'Restrictions on Drinking Water' BUI at Rochester
Embayment AOC (11/3) and Detroit River AOC (7/9); 'Beach Closing' BUI at Kalamazoo River AOC (3/3), Lower Menominee
AOC (3/3), Waukegan Harbor AOC (9/28), Manistique River AOC (5/5/10 - not previously counted); 'Restrictions on
Dredging' BUI at St. Clair River AOC (3/3), Muskegon Lake AOC (9/26), and White Lake AOC (9/30); 'Added Costs to
Agriculture or Industry' BUI at Rochester Embayment AOC (7/9) and Grand Calumet River AOC (9/30); 'Eutrophication' BUI
at Deer Lake AOC (9/26); 'Bird or Animal Deformities' BUI at Deer Lake AOC (9/26); and Tainting of Fish and Wildlife' BUI
at St. Clair River AOC (11/17/09 - not previously counted).
(PM 626) Number of Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes where all management actions necessary for delisting have
been implemented (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 1 i
Actual 2
Additional Information: Universe of 31; baseline of 1.
(PM 627) Number of nonnative species newly detected in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012
AOCs
Target
Actual
1.1
1.0
0.83
FY 2013 Unit
0.8
Species
Additional Information: During the ten-year period prior to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (2000-2009), thirteen new
invasive species were believed to be discovered within the Great Lakes. This is a baseline rate of invasion of 1.3 species per
year. NOAA scientists have since reclassified the detection dates of three species based on a reassessment and categorization of
available data. This alters the baseline to 1.0 species per year (10 species from 2000-2009). The FY 2012 target of 0.8 is based
on this new baseline of 1.0 species per year. This target also assumes the same rate of detection (one species over the five years
of the Action Plan) as the original targets.
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(PM 628) Acres managed for populations of invasive species controlled to a target level (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1,000
1,500
13,045
15,500
18,000
Acres
Explanation of Results: This result is higher than anticipated. The unprecedented level of funding for invasive species work
capitalized on a backlog of projects and appears to have achieved economies of scale due to significantly larger projects.
Approximately 4,800 acres of this effort contribute to efforts to protect, restore, and enhance costal habitat (GL-12) and are also
included in the results for that measure. Reporting for this measure relies heavily upon receiving and validating information
from funding recipients (grantees, states, federal agencies, sub-grantees).
Additional Information: There were zero acres managed for populations of invasive species controlled to a target level in 2005.
(PM 629) Number of multi-agency rapid response plans established, mock exercises to practice responses carried out
under those plans, and/or actual response actions (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
12
Number
Responses/Pi
ans
Additional Information: There were zero multi-agency rapid response plans established, mock exercises to practice responses
carried out under those plans, and/or actual response actions in 2005.
(PM 630) Five-year average annual loadings of soluble reactive phosphorus (metric tons per year) from tributaries
draining targeted watersheds.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
Target
Actual
FY 2010
0
FY2011
0
Data
Unavailab
le
FY 2012
0.5
Unit
Metric
Tons/Year
Explanation of Results: Sufficient historical data does not currently exist to allow for calculation of 5-year averages through
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the 2010 water year for the Saginaw, Genesee, and St. Louis Rivers. This measure tracks changes in the five-year average
annual loadings of SRP. Under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, improved phosphorus data are now being collected in all
five targeted watersheds (Fox, Saginaw, Maumee, St. Louis, and Genesee) to better estimate annual loadings of soluble reactive
phosphorus (SRP). Some historical data reflecting five years or more of sampling does exist for the Fox and Maumee Rivers,
allowing for loads to be estimated. While limited data is available, the assessment of these 5-year average annual loadings
illustrate the inherent problems with tracking changes to SRP loadings from tributaries, given the yearly variability of rainfall
and other climatic factors; therefore, results of this measure may not indicate a trend from year to year.
Additional Information: This measure is being reported in percent reductions of five-year average annual loadings of soluble
reactive phosphorus (metric tons per year). The existing measure cannot provide technically sound and statistically valid results
sufficient to provide long-term trend information. The program proposes to develop a replacement for this measure in the
summer of 2012.
(PM 631) Percentage of beaches meeting bacteria standards 95 percent or more of beach days.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
86
87
62
Percent
Beaches
Explanation of Results: The measure has been changed for FY 2012 so that it only counts monitored beaches and is consistent
with the national coastal and Great Lakes beach measure. Reasons for missing the target included a change in reporting so that
non-monitored beaches were not counted as "open."
Additional Information: The baseline is 86 percent (2006).
(PM 632) Acres in Great Lakes watershed with USDA conservation practices implemented to reduce erosion, nutrients,
and/or pesticide loading.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
2
62
Percent
Acres
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, 268,107 acres in the Great Lakes watershed were put into USDA conservation practices to
reduce erosion, nutrients and/or pesticide loadings under Farm Bill Programs. This represents a 62 percent increase over the
baseline of 165,000 acres (based on FY 2008 data). The significant increase in FY 2011 is a combined result of greater funding
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(base USDA programs and GLRI) and increased participation in NRCS programs. The acres tracked in this measure are not
cumulative but are for new conservation practices implemented in a given fiscal year. The percent increase will vary
considerably from year to year due to funding, the conservation universe, and the difficulty of conservation practices.
Additional Information: The baseline is 165,000 acres in the Great Lakes watershed with USDA conservation practices
implemented to reduce erosion, nutrients, and/or pesticide loading.
(PM 633) Percent of populations of native aquatic non-threatened and non-endangered species self-sustaining in the wild
(cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
33%;
48/147
33%;
48/147
31; 46/147
33%;
48/147
34%;
50/147
Species
Explanation of Results: Actions have been taken which we believe will increase the percentage of populations self-sustaining
in the wild; however, this environmental indicator will require additional time for the impacts to affect species populations. We
expect that the actions taken will realize the targets established, albeit on a delayed schedule. Lake Huron whitefish and lake
trout populations (two species targeted to meet this measure) are making significant progress in measurable population metrics,
but the impacts of our efforts will not be fully known for several years, since lake trout are a long-lived, slow-growing, late
maturing species that does not recruit to most sampling gears until age 5+.
Additional Information: In 2009, 27 percent of populations of native aquatic non-threatened and non-endangered species were
self-sustaining in the wild.
(PM 634) Number of acres of wetlands and wetland-associated uplands protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
5,000
5,000
9,624
11,000
13,000
Acres
Additional Information: There were zero acres of wetlands and wetland-associated uplands protected, restored and enhanced in
2005 through GLRI.
(PM 635) Number of acres of coastal, upland, and island habitats protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative).
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Acres
Performance Measures and Data
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target 15^000
Actual
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
15,000 15,000 20,000
12,103
Explanation of Results: Funding delays and permitting process delays have slowed project implementation. These project areas
are expected to be protected, restored, or enhanced in CY 2012.
Additional Information: There were zero acres of coastal, upland, and island habitats protected, restored and enhanced in 2005.
(PM 636) Number of species delisted due to recovery.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
Actual
0
FY2011
0
FY 2012
1
FY 2013
2
Unit
Species
Additional Information: There were zero species delisted due to recovery in 2005.
(PM 637) Percent of days of the beach season that the Great Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety programs
are open and safe for swimming.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
90
90
Percent Days
Additional Information: Results do not indicate a worsening of beach conditions since approximately the same number of
beaches did not meet the 95% threshold in 2010 as in 2009. The measure was revised for FY 2012 so that it only counts
monitored beaches and is consistent with the national coastal and Great Lakes beach measure (SS-SP9.N11). Furthermore, non-
monitored beaches are not counted as "open."
Strategic Measure: By 2015, remediate a cumulative total of 10.2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment in the Great
Lakes. (2009 baseline: Of the 46.5 million cubic yards once estimated to need remediation in the Great Lakes, 6.0 million cubic
yards of contaminated sediments have been remediated from 1997 through 2008.)
(PM 606) Cubic yards of contaminated sediment remediated (cumulative from 1997) in the Great Lakes.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target 32 4.5 5.0
Actual 4.1 4.5 5.5
5.9
6.0
6.3
7.3
9.1
9.6
8.4
Cubic Yards
(Million)
Additional Information: 7.3 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments were remediated from 1997 through 2009 of the
46.5 million requiring remediation.
(PM 623) Cost per cubic yard of contaminated sediments remediated (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
200
200
Dollars/Cubi
c Yard
200 200 200
122 125 144
Additional Information: In 2006, the cost per cubic yard of contaminated sediments remediated was $115.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, achieve 50 percent (92,500 acres) of the 185,000 acres of submerged aquatic vegetation
necessary to achieve Chesapeake Bay water quality standards. (2008 baseline: 35 percent, 64,912 acres.)
(PM 233) Total nitrogen reduction practices implementation achieved as a result of agricultural best management
practice implementation per million dollars to implement agricultural BMPs.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
47,031
48,134
49,237
49,237
49,237
FY 2012
49,660
FY 2013 Unit
43,529
45,533
49,660
49,660
Data
Unavailab
le
Pounds/Doll
ars
(Millions)
Target
(5) Improve
the Health of Actual
the
Chesapeake
Bay Ecosystem Explanation of Results: Not able to track this measure since FY 2010 (due to the development of the Bay TMDL). Measure
replaced with PM 234.
Additional Information: The 2001 baseline is 43,289.
(PM cbl) Percent of submerged Aquatic Vegetation goal of 185,000 acres achieved based on annual monitoring from
previous goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
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No Target No Target No Target 45
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Actual
Establishe
d
43
Additional Information: In 1985, 21percent of the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation goal of 185,000 acres was achieved (38,226
acres).
(PM cb6) Percent of goal achieved for implementing nitrogen reduction actions to achieve the final TMDL allocations,
as measured through the phase 5.3 watershed model.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1
22.5
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The FY 2010 baseline is 0 percent. The universe is 100 percent goal achievement by December 31,
2025 (FY 2026). FY 2013 target is a placeholder and will be revised after finalization of Phase 2 WIPs being developed in
association with Bay TMDL.
(PM cb7) Percent of goal achieved for implementing phosphorus reduction actions to achieve final TMDL allocations, as
measured through the phase 5.3 watershed model.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
22.5
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The FY 2010 baseline is 0 percent. The universe is 100 percent goal achievement by December 31,
2025 (FY 2026). FY 2013 target is a placeholder and will be revised after finalization of Phase 2 WIPs being developed in
association with Bay TMDL.
(PM cb8) Percent of goal achieved for implementing sediment reduction actions to achieve final TMDL allocations, as
measured through the phase 5.3 watershed model.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
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1
11
22.5
Percent Goal
Achieved
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Additional Information: The FY 2010 baseline is 0 percent. The universe is 100 percent goal achievement by December 31,
2025 (FY 2026). FY 2013 target is a placeholder and will be revised after finalization of Phase 2 WIPs being developed in
association with Bay TMDL.
(PM 234) Reduce per capita nitrogen loads (pounds per person per year) to levels necessary to achieve Chesapeake Bay
Total Maximum Daily Load allocations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
15.17
Pounds/Pers
on/Year
Additional Information: FY 1986 baseline is 27.4 pounds of nitrogen/person/year. Universe is 10.57 pounds of
nitrogen/person/year by December 31, 2025 (FY 2026).
(PM cb2) Percent of Dissolved Oxygen goal of 100 percent standards attainment achieved based on annual monitoring
from the previous calendar year and the preceding 2 years.
Target
Actual
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
No Target No Target , T
T? 4. ur u T? * ur u No Target
Estabhshe Estabhshe _ , , , ,
, , Established
d d
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
40
38.5
Percent
Dissolved
Oxygen
Additional Information: Historic data for measure changed due to new assessment method adopted during development of the
Bay TMDL. Results from FY 2011 reflect new method, The revised historic results are FY 2006: 35.2 percent; FY 2007: 32.3
percent; FY 2008: 40.5 percent; FY 2009: 42.1 percent; FY 2010: 39.4 percent.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce releases of nutrients throughout the Mississippi River Basin to reduce the size of the
hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico to less than 5,000 km2, as measured by the 5-year running average of the size of the zone.
(Baseline: 2005-2009 running average size is 15,670 km2.)
(PM 22b) Improve the overall health of coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico on the Good/Fair/Poor scale of the National
Coastal Condition Report.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 Scale
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and Protect
the Gulf of
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Actual 2.4 2.4 2.2
2.2
Explanation of Results: The NCCR IV assessment is based on environmental stressor and response data collected by the states
of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas from 2003-2006. The hurricanes of 2005 (Katrina and Rita)
significantly affected the data collected and Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana did not collect data in 2005 except for water
quality indicators in Mississippi. These factors influenced the overall condition score which represents no significant change
from the previous ratings in NCCR II and III but did not improve.
Additional Information: In 2008, the Gulf of Mexico rating of Fair/Poor was 2.2, where the rating is based on a 5-point system
in which 1 is Poor and 5 is Good and is expressed as an aerially weighted mean of regional scores using the National Coastal
Condition Report II indicators: water quality index, sediment quality index, benthic index, coastal habitat index, and fish tissue
contaminants.
(PM xgl) Restore water and habitat quality to meet water quality standards in impaired segments in 13 priority coastal
areas (cumulative starting in FY 2007).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
320
360
64 96 96 202
131 131 170 286
Additional Information: In 2008, the Gulf of Mexico coastal wetlands habitats included 3,769,370 acres
Impaired
Segments
(PM xg2) Restore, enhance, or protect a cumulative number of acres of important coastal and marine habitats.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
18,200
25,215
26,000
29,344
27,500
29,552
30,000
30,052
30,600
30,600
Acres
Additional Information: In 2008, 25,215 acres were restored, enhanced, or protected in the Gulf of Mexico.
(7) Restore Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce the maximum area of hypoxia in Long Island Sound by 15 percent from the pre-TMDL
and Protect avera§e °f 208 square miles as measured by the 5-year running average size of the zone. (Baseline: Pre-total maximum daily
the Long ^oa<^ (TMDL) average conditions based on 1987-1999 data is 208 square miles. Post-TMDL includes years 2000-2014.
Island Sound Universe: The total surface area of Long Island Sound is approximately 1,268 square miles; the potential for the maximum area
of hypoxia would be 1,268 square miles.)
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(PM 115) Percent of goal achieved in reducing trade-equalized (TE) point source nitrogen discharges to Long Island
Sound from the 1999 baseline of 59,146 TE Ibs/day.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
52
70
72
Data
Avail
3/2012
74
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The 2000 TMDL baseline is 59,146 Trade-Equalized (TE) pounds/day. The 2014 TMDL target is
22,774 TE pounds/day.
(PM H8) Restore, protect or enhance acres of coastal habitat from the 2010 baseline of 2,975 acres.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
218
480
Acres
Additional Information: The 2010 baseline is 2,975 acres. The long-term goal of this measure was significantly exceeded in
FY 2010. EPA revised this measure in FY 2012 to measure acres instead of percent of goal achieved. EPA establishes annual
targets with partners to measure annual progress. Out-year estimates are based on continued state progress, feasibility, and
funding for habitat restoration projects.
(PM H9) Reopen miles of river and stream corridors to diadromous fish passage from the 2010 baseline of 17.7 river
miles by removal of dams and barriers or by installation of bypass structures.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
28
51
Miles
Additional Information: The long-term goal of this measure was significantly exceeded in FY 2010. The EPA revised this
measure in FY 2012 to measure river miles instead of percent of goal achieved. The EPA will establish annual targets with
partners to measure annual progress. Out-year estimates are based on continued state progress, feasibility, and funding for fish
passage and bypass projects. The EPA revised its FY 2012 target for this measure in the FY 2013 submission due to a
miscalculation. It is not a reflection of reduced effort.
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(PM 116) Percent of goal achieved in restoring, protecting or enhancing 240 acres of coastal habitat from the 2008
baseline of 1,199 acres.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
33
740
50
890
Percent Goal
Achieved
Explanation of Results: Achieved 890 percent of the 2014 habitat acres goal. The 2014 target was significantly exceeded in FY
2011 due partially to increased prior year appropriations that enabled the leveraging of funding for acquisitions of several
properties that helped exceed expectations for this measure.
Additional Information: The Long Island Sound Study established a goal to restore or protect 240 additional acres of coastal
habitat from 2009-2014, from a 2008 baseline of 1,199 acres.
(PM H7) Percent of goal achieved in reopening 50 river and stream miles to diadromous fish passage from the 2008
baseline of 124 miles.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m
Target 33 50
Actual 72 72
Percent Goal
Achieved
Additional Information: The Long Island Sound Study established a goal to reopen 50 river/stream miles to diadromous fish
passages in 2009-2014, from a 2008 baseline of 124 miles.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, improve water quality and enable the lifting of harvest restrictions in 4,300 acres of shellfish bed
growing areas impacted by degraded or declining water quality in the Puget Sound. (2009 baseline: 1,730 acres of shellfish beds
with harvest restrictions in 2006 had their restrictions lifted. Universe: 30,000 acres of commercial shellfish beds with harvest
(8) Restore restrictions in 2006.)
and Protect (PM psl) Improve water quality and enable the lifting of harvest restrictions in acres of shellfish bed growing areas
the Puget impacted by degrading or declining water quality.
Sound Basin FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
450
1,566
600
1,730
1,800
4,453
4,953
1,525
7,758
Acres
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Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, Puget Sound's Samish Bay 4,037 acres were placed under new harvest restrictions
primarily due to pathogen pollution. Also, in FY 2011, there were 1,109 acres in Puget Sound that had harvest restrictions
lifted. The net loss in harvestable acres for FY 2011 is 2,928 acres; an EOY FY cumulative total of 1,525 acres.
Additional Information: The universe of potentially recoverable shellfish beds in Puget Sound closed due to nonpoint source
pollution is approximately 10,000 acres. In 2010, 4,453 acres (cumulative) of shellfish-bed growing areas had improved water
quality, resulting in the lifting of harvest restrictions. In 2011, a downgrading of approximately 4,000 acres in Samish Bay
occurred due to non-point pollution exacerbated by La Nina weather conditions. The Puget Sound program is strategically
directing resources in FY 2012 and beyond to address the pathogen pollution problem impacting shellfish harvest in Puget
Sound. The program is addressing this both in the near term - focusing on specific geographical locations (e.g. Samish Bay),
and in the long term for the universe of potentially recoverable shellfish acres basin-wide in Puget Sound.
(PM ps2) Remediate acres of prioritized contaminated sediments.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
123
125
123.1
123
123.1
127
123
Acres
Explanation of Results: Work anticipated to meet this measure was delayed. The additional acres projected for remediation in
FY 2011 are still being worked on to complete the clean-up (expected in February 2012).
Additional Information: In 2008, 123 acres of prioritized contaminated sediments were remediated.
(PM ps3) Number of near shore, riparian, and wetland habitat acres protected or restored.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
2,310
4,413
3,000
5,751
6,500
10,062
12,363
14,629
19,063
24,063
Acres
Additional Information: In 2008, 4,413 acres (cumulative) of tidally- and seasonally-influenced estuarine wetlands were
restored.
(9) Sustain and Strategic Measure: By 2015, provide safe drinking water or adequate wastewater sanitation to 75 percent of the homes in the
Restore the U.S.-Mexico Border area that lacked access to either service in 2003. (2003 Universe: 98,515 homes lacked drinking water, and
U.S.-Mexico 690,723 homes lacked adequate wastewater sanitation, based on a 2003 assessment of homes in the U.S.-Mexico Border area.
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Border 2015 target: 73,886 homes provided with safe drinking water, and 518,042 homes with adequate wastewater sanitation.)
Environmental (PM 4pg) Loading of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removed (million pounds/year) from the U.S.-Mexico border
Health
area since 2003.
FY 2006
Target
Actual
FY2007 FY2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY 2012
115
FY 2013
121.5
Unit
Million
Pounds/Year
FY2011
108.2
108.5
Additional Information: The baseline starts in 2003 with zero pounds of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removed.
(PM xb2) Number of additional homes provided safe drinking water in the U.S.-Mexico border area that lacked access
to safe drinking water in 2003.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1,200
(Annual)
1,276
(Annual)
2,500
(Annual)
5,162
(Annual)
1,500
(Annual)
1,584
(Annual)
28,434
(Cumulativ
e)
52,130
(Cumulativ
e)
54,130
(Cumulati
ve)
54,734
(Cumulati
ve)
1,000
(Annual)
3,000
(Annual)
Homes
Additional Information: Units and Baseline: "Additional homes" represents the number of existing households that are
provided access (i.e., connected) to safe drinking water as a result of Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF)-supported
projects. The program measures from a baseline of zero additional homes since this measure was developed in 2003. Universe:
The known universe is the number of existing households in the U.S.-Mexico border area lacking access to safe drinking water
in 2003 (98,515 homes). The known universe was calculated from U.S. Census and the Mexican National Water Commission
(CONAGUA) sources. This measure was modified from cumulative to annual beginning in FY 2012 to better capture annual
program progress.
(PM xb3) Number of additional homes provided adequate wastewater sanitation in the U.S.-Mexico border area that
lacked access to wastewater sanitation in 2003.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
70,750
15,000
105,500
246,175
461,125
10,500
27,000
Homes
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73,475
(Annual)
(Annual)
31,686
(Annual)
(Annual)
43,594
(Annual)
(Cumulativ
e)
254,125
(Cumulativ
e)
(Cumulati
ve)
513,041
(Cumulati
ve)
(Annual) (Annual)
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Actual
Additional Information: Units and Baseline: "Additional homes" represents the number of existing households that are
provided access (i.e., connected) to adequate wastewater sanitation as a result of Border Environment Infrastructure Fund
(BEIF)-supported projects. The program measures from a baseline of zero additional homes since this measure was developed
in 2003. Universe: The known universe is the number of existing households in the U.S.-Mexico border area lacking access to
adequate wastewater sanitation services in 2003 (690,723). The known universe of unconnected homes was calculated from
U.S. Census and the Mexican National Water Commission (CONAGUA) sources. This measure was modified from cumulative
to annual beginning in FY 2012 to better capture annual program progress.
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GOAL 3: CLEANING UP COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Clean up communities, advance sustainable development, and protect disproportionately impacted low-income, minority, and tribal
communities. Prevent releases of harmful substances and clean up and restore contaminated areas.
Objective 1 - Promote Sustainable and Livable Communities: Support sustainable, resilient, and livable communities by working with local,
state, tribal, and federal partners to promote smart growth, emergency preparedness and recovery planning, brownfield redevelopment, and the
equitable distribution of environmental benefits.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, conduct environmental assessments at 20,600 (cumulative) brownfield properties. (Baseline: As
of the end of FY 2009, EPA assessed 14,600 properties.)
(PM B29) Brownfield properties assessed.
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200
Actual
FY 2006
1,000
2,139
FY 2007
1,000
1,371
FY 2008
1,000
1,453
FY 2009
1,000
1,295
FY 2010
1,000
1,326
FY2(
1,000
1,784
Properties
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, the Agency embarked on a major data improvement effort to collect additional data and
prior existing data. The Agency is increasing the target for this measure in FY 2012.
(2) Assess and Additional Information: The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. However, the targets above are
Cleanup not estimated based on these additional funds. ARRA resources and performance measures for EPA's Brownfields program are
Brownfields tracked separately on EPA's internet site http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.html#quarterly and the government-wide ARRA
site www.recovery.gov.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, make an additional 17,800 acres of brownfield properties ready for reuse from the 2009 baseline.
(Baseline: As of the end of FY 2009, EPA made 11,800 acres ready for reuse.)
(PM B33) Acres of Brownfields properties made ready for reuse.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe 225
d d
598
2,399
4,404
1,000
2,660
1,000
3,627
1,000
6,667
3,000
3,000
Acres
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Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, the Agency embarked on a major data improvement effort to collect additional data and
prior existing data. The Agency is increasing the target for this measure in FY 2012.
Additional Information: The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. However, the targets above are
not estimated based on these additional funds. ARRA resources and performance measures for EPA's Brownfields program are
tracked separately on EPA's internet site http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.html#quarterly and the government-wide ARRA
site www.recovery.gov.
(PM B32) Number of properties cleaned up using Brownfields funding.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
60
88
60
77
60
78
60
93
60
109
60
130
120
120
Properties
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, the Agency embarked on a major data improvement effort to collect additional data and
prior existing data. The Agency is increasing the target for this measure in FY 2012.
Additional Information: The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. However, the targets above are
not estimated based on these additional funds. ARRA resources and performance measures for EPA's Brownfields program are
tracked separately on EPA's internet site http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.html#quarterly and the government-wide ARRA
site www.recovery.gov.
(PM B34) Jobs leveraged from Brownfields activities.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
Target
Actual
5,000
5,504
5,000
5,209
5,000
5,484
5,000
6,490
FY 2010
5,000
5,177
FY2011
5,000
6,447
FY 2012
5,000
FY 2013
5,000
Unit
Jobs
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, the Agency embarked on a major data improvement effort to collect additional data and
prior existing data. The Agency is increasing the target for this measure in FY 2012.
Additional Information: The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. However, the targets above are
not estimated based on these additional funds. ARRA resources and performance measures for EPA's Brownfields program are
tracked separately on EPA's internet site http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.html#quarterly and the government-wide ARRA
site www.recovery.gov.
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(PM B37) Billions of dollars of cleanup and redevelopment funds leveraged at Brownfields sites.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 1-0
Actual i 48
0.9
1.69
0.9
1.48
0.9
1.06
0.9
1.40
0.9
2.14
1.2
Dollars
(Billions)
(3) Reduce
Chemical
Risks at
Facilities and
in
Communities
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011, the Agency embarked on a major data improvement effort to collect additional data and
prior existing data. The Agency is increasing the target for this measure in FY 2012.
Additional Information: The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. However, the targets above are
not estimated based on these additional funds. ARRA resources and performance measures for EPA's Brownfields program are
tracked separately on EPA's internet site http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.html#quarterly and the government-wide ARRA
site www.recovery.gov.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, continue to maintain the Risk Management Plan (RMP) prevention program and further reduce
by 10 percent the number of accidents at RMP facilities. (Baseline: There was an annual average of 190 accidents based on
RMP program data between 2005-2009).
(PM CH2) Number of risk management plan audits and inspections conducted.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 40o 400 400 400 400 560 530 500
I Audits
Actual 550 628 628 654 618 630
Additional Information: Between FY 2000 and FY 2011, more than 6,800 Risk Management Plan audits/inspections were
completed.
Objective 2 - Preserve Land: Conserve resources and prevent land contamination by reducing waste generation, increasing recycling, and
ensuring proper management of waste and petroleum products.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
(1) Waste Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase the amount of municipal solid waste reduced, reused, or recycled by 2.5 billion pounds.
Generation (At the end of FY 2008, 22.5 billion pounds of municipal solid waste had been reduced, reused, or recycled.)
and Recycling (PM MW9) Billions of pounds of municipal solid waste reduced, reused, or recycled.
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Program Area
Performance Measures and Data
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target 19.5 20.5
FY 2013 Unit
Actual
23.7
22.6
Data
Avail
12/2012
Pounds
(Billions)
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2013. FY 2012 data will be available December 2013.
(PM SMI) Tons of materials and products offsetting use of virgin resources through sustainable materials management.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe 8,549,502 8,650,995
d
8,449,458
Tons
Additional Information: New measure to reflect the national program shift from waste management to sustainable materials
management. This new measure replaces our retired waste management measure, "Billions of pounds of municipal solid waste
reduced, reused or recycled." The FY 2011 results will be used as the baseline for this new measure.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase beneficial use of coal combustion ash to 50 percent from 40 percent in 2008.
(PM MW2) Increase in percentage of coal combustion ash that is beneficially used instead of disposed.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
1.8
-0.7
1.8
1.8
1.
-6
1.4
Data Avail
12/2012
1.4
Data
Avail
12/2013
1.4
Percent
Increase
Additional Information: In 2008, approximately 136 million tons of coal combustion ash was generated, and 40 percent was
used rather than landfilled. Data lag for FY 2010 and FY 2011 results is two years, to allow for the use of finalized survey
numbers in the budget cycle.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase by 78 the number of tribes covered by an integrated waste management plan compared
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to FY 2009. (At the end of FY 2009, 94 of 572 federally recognized tribes were covered by an integrated waste management
plan.)
(PM MW8) Number of tribes covered by an integrated solid waste management plan.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Tribes
Actual
27
28
26
35
16
31
23
23
14
17
Additional Information: The baseline for this measure was set at zero, in response to new criteria for reporting identified in
2006. Beginning in FY 2012, RCRA Program grant funding supporting the development of integrated waste management plans
is no longer available. However, the performance target may be achieved with the assistance of other funding sources, including
tribes, other EPA programs, or other federal agencies. Technical assistance to the tribes, such as that provided through tribal
circuit riders, will remain available. At the end of FY 2011, 134 of 574 federally recognized tribes were covered by an
integrated waste management plan.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, close, clean up, or upgrade 281 open dumps in Indian country and on other tribal lands compared
to FY 2009. (At the end of FY 2009, 412 open dumps were closed, cleaned up, or upgraded. As of April 1, 2010, 3,464 open
dumps were listed in the Indian Health Service Operation and Maintenance System Database, which is dynamic because of the
ongoing assessment of open dumps.)
(PM MW5) Number of closed, cleaned up, or upgraded open dumps in Indian country or on other tribal lands.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
30
107
30
166
27
129
22
141
45
82
45
Dumps
Explanation of Results: Leveraged available EPA resources and tribal funds to greatly accelerate the expected pace of open
tribal lands.
Additional Information: The baseline for this measure was set at zero, in response to new criteria for reporting identified in
2006.
(2) Minimize Strategic Measure: By 2015, prevent releases at 500 hazardous waste management facilities with initial approved controls or
Releases of updated controls resulting in the protection of an estimated 3 million people living within a mile of all facilities with controls.
Hazardous (Baseline: At the end of FY 2009, it was estimated that 789 facilities will require these controls out of the universe of 2,468
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Program Area
Waste and
Petroleum
Products
Performance Measures and Data
facilities with about 10,000 process units. The goal of 500 represents 63 percent of the facilities needing controls.)
(PM HWO) Number of hazardous waste facilities with new or updated controls.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Actual
100
115
100
140
100
130
100
100
Facilities
Explanation of Results: Regional offices and their state counterparts were able to maintain a high permit renewal rate, which
accounts for over half of the reported results.
Additional Information: There are an estimated 894 facilities that will require initial approved or updated controls out of the
universe of 2,450 facilities.
(PM HWE) Number of facilities with new or updated controls per million dollars of program cost.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
2.00
3.79
Facilities
3.64 3.68 3.72 3.75
3.72 3.75 3.91 4.01
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2013. FY 2012 is the last year that results will be reported.
(PM PBS) Number of pounds of priority chemicals reduced from all phases of the manufacturing lifecycle through
source reduction and/or recycling.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Explanation of Results: Several Regions reported unexpected results from their partners, partly due to the closeout of this
measure. Region 6 was able to challenge and encourage a partner to make a significant component substitution which accounted
for almost half the national total.
Additional Information: The National Partnership Environmental Program (NPEP) has over 260 partners, including many
federal and state facilities, who have removed more than nearly 30 million pounds of priority chemicals through both source
reduction and recycling activities.
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Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: Each year through 2015, increase the percentage of UST facilities that are in significant operational
compliance (SOC) with both release detection and release prevention requirements by 0.5 percent over the previous year's
target. (Baseline: This means an increase of facilities in SOC from 65.5 percent in 2010 to 68 percent in 2015.)
(PM ST6) Increase the percentage of UST facilities that are in significant operational compliance (SOC) with both
release detection and release prevention requirements by 0.5% over the previous year's target.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 66
Actual 62
67
63
68
66
65
66
65.5
69
66
71
66.5
Percent
Additional Information: Implementing the 2005 Energy Policy Act requirements, EPA and states are inspecting infrequently
inspected facilities, and are finding many out of compliance, impacting our ability to achieve compliance rate goals. As a result,
the significant operational compliance targets have been adjusted to reflect a 0.5 percent increase each year to maintain
aggressive goals.
Strategic Measure: Each year through 2015, reduce the number of confirmed releases at UST facilities to 5 percent fewer than
the prior year's target. (Baseline: Between FY 1999 and FY 2009, confirmed UST releases averaged 8,113.)
(PM ST1) Reduce the number of confirmed releases at UST facilities to five percent (5%) fewer than the prior year's
target.
FY2006
Target
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(2) Emergency
Preparedness
and Response
Strategic Measure: By 2015, achieve and maintain at least 80 percent of the maximum score on the Core National Approach to
Response (NAR) evaluation criteria. (Baseline: In FY 2009, the average Core NAR Score was 84 percent for EPA headquarters,
regions, and special teams prepared for responding to emergencies).
(PM Cl) Score on annual Core NAR.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe
d
84.3
55
87.9
60
77.5
70
72
Percent
Explanation of Results: The value of 77.5 is a composite score that includes both Core ER and Core CBRN for all 10 Regions,
EPA HQ and EPA Special Teams. The Regional scores are only the Core ER portion of the evaluation.
Additional Information: In FY 2009, the average Core NAR Score was 84 percent for EPA headquarters, regions, and special
teams prepared for responding to emergencies.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, complete an additional 1,700 Superfund removals through Agency-financed actions and through
oversight of removals conducted by potentially responsible parties (PRPs). (Baseline: In FY 2009, there were 434 Superfund
removal actions completed including 214 funded by the Agency and 220 overseen by the Agency that were conducted by PRPs
under a voluntary agreement, an administrative order on consent or a unilateral administrative order).
(PM 132) Superfund-lead removal actions completed annually.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 195
Actual 157
195
200
195
215
195
214
170
199
170
214
170
170
Removals
Explanation of Results: The Removal program is designed to respond to threats as they arise. It is difficult to predict how many
will occur in a year. However, due to the experience and expertise of EPA's On-Scene Coordinators, EPA is able to quickly and
effectively respond to those that do occur.
Additional Information: Between 2006 and 2011 EPA completed an average of 200 Superfund-lead removal response actions.
(PM 135) PRP removal completions (including voluntary, AOC, and UAO actions) overseen by EPA.
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Performance Measures and Data
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 115 120 125 130 170 170
Actual 93 151 157 154 192 191
FY 2012
170
FY 2013
170
Unit
Removals
Additional Information: In FY 2010, EPA will begin implementing a new measure to track removals undertaken by potentially
responsible parties, either voluntarily or pursuant to an enforcement instrument, where EPA has overseen the removals.
Between 2006 and 2011, EPA completed an average of 156 PRP-lead removal response actions.
(PM 136) Superfund-lead removal actions completed annually per million dollars.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
0.97
Removals
0.91 0.92 0.93 0.94 0.95 0.96
1.02 1.04 1.05 1.30 1.97 2.04
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2013. FY 2012 is the last year that results will be reported.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, no more than 1.5 million gallons will be spilled annually at Facility Response Plan (FRP)
facilities, a 15 percent reduction from the annual average of 1.7 million gallons spilled from 2005-2009.
(PM 325) Gallons of oil spilled to navigable waters per million program dollar spent annually on prevention and
preparedness at Facility Response Plan (FRP) facilities.
FY2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Target
No Target No Target
Establishe Establishe
d d
90,000
FY 2009
No Target
Establishe
d
No Target
Established
Actual Triennial Triennial 152,165 Triennial Triennial
81,000
Data
Avail
3/2012
Gallons
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2012. FY 2011 is the last year that results will be reported.
(PM 337) Percent of all FRP inspected facilities found to be non-compliant which are brought into compliance.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Program Area
(3) Cleanup
Contaminated
Land
Performance Measures and Data
Target
Actual
15
48
30
48
35
Percent
Explanation of Results: Since the establishment of this measure, there has been a change in focus in the program to bring
facilities into compliance. The measure does not have Regional Commitments, and due to the short history of this measure
(baseline established in 2010), it is difficult to establish expectations for Regional performance. Despite this difficulty, the
Agency intends to increase the target percentage by 5 percent each year from 2011 through 2013.
Additional Information: New measure in FY 2010.
(PM 338) Percent of all SPCC inspected facilities found to be non-compliant which are brought into compliance.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
15
36
30
45
35
40
Percent
Explanation of Results: Since the establishment of this measure, there has been a change in focus in the program to bring
facilities into compliance. The measure does not have Regional Commitments, and due to the short history of this measure
(baseline established in 2010), it is difficult to establish expectations for Regional performance. Despite this difficulty, the
Agency intends to increase the target percentage by 5 percent each year from 2011 through 2013.
Additional Information: New measure in FY 2010.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, complete 93,400 assessments at potential hazardous waste sites to determine if they warrant
Comprehensive Emergency Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) remedial response or other cleanup
activities. (Baseline: As of 2010, the cumulative total number of assessments completed was 88,000.)
(PM 115) Number of Superfund remedial site assessments completed.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
900
1,020
900
650
Assessments
Additional Information: This measure accounts for all remedial assessments performed at sites addressed under the Superfund
program. At the end of FY 2011, the cumulative total number of assessments completed was 89,916.
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Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase to 84 percent the number of Superfund final and deleted NPL sites and RCRA facilities
where human exposures to toxins from contaminated sites are under control. (Baseline: As of October 2009, 70 percent
Superfund final and deleted NPL sites and RCRA facilities have human exposures under control out of a universe of 5,330.)
(PM 151) Number of Superfund sites with human exposures under control.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
10
34
10
10
24
10
11
10
18
10
10
10
Sites
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, Superfund had controlled human exposures at 1,348 final and deleted NPL sites.
The FY 2010 through FY 2012 targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM 157) Human exposures under control per million dollars.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY 2012 FY 2013
Unit
Sites
FY2011
6.1 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.3
Actual 6.9 7.6 8.5 7.9 7.5
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2012. FY 2011 is the last year that results will be reported.
(PM CA1) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities with human exposures to toxins under control.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe 69
d
65
72
72
77
81
85
Percent
Additional Information: There is a universe of 3,746 low, medium, and high National Corrective Action Prioritization System-
ranked facilities.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase to 78 percent the number of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities
with migration of contaminated groundwater under control. (Baseline: At the end of FY 2009, the migration of contaminated
groundwater was controlled at 58 percent of all 3,746 facilities needing corrective action.)
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Performance Measures and Data
(PM CA2) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities with migration of contaminated groundwater under control.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe 61
d
58
63
64
67
69
73
Percent
Additional Information: There is a universe of 3,746 low, medium, and high National Corrective Action Prioritization System-
ranked facilities.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase to 56 percent the number of RCRA facilities with final remedies constructed. (Baseline:
At the end of FY 2009, all cleanup remedies had been constructed at 32 percent of all 3,746 facilities needing corrective action.)
(PM 117) Percent increase of final remedy components constructed at RCRA corrective action facilities per federal,
state, and private sector dollars per year.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
7
3
40
3
-9
-11.7
Percent
Increase
Explanation of Results: The 11.7 percent decrease in efficiency in FY 2011 is due to the complexity of sites currently in the
corrective action pipeline. As some of the smaller and less complex sites are cleaned up, the remaining universe has a greater
proportion of more complicated sites which takes more resources to clean up, meaning a longer time frame.
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2013. FY 2012 is the last year that results will be reported.
(PM CAS) Cumulative percentage of RCRA facilities with final remedies constructed.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target
Establishe 35
d
38
46
51
Percent
32 37 42
Additional Information: There is a universe of 3,746 low, medium and high National Corrective Action Prioritization System-
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Performance Measures and Data
ranked facilities.
Strategic Measure: Each year through 2015, reduce the backlog of LUST cleanups (confirmed releases that have yet to be
cleaned up) that do not meet state risk-based standards for human exposure and groundwater migration by 1 percent. This
means a decrease from 21 percent in 2009 to 14 percent in 2015.(At the end of FY 2009, there were 100,165 releases not yet
cleaned up.)
(PM 112) Number of LUST cleanups completed that meet risk-based standards for human exposure and groundwater
migration.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
12,250
12,944
12,250
11,591
12,250
11,169
11,250
10,100
Cleanups
13,600 13,000 13,000
14,493 13,862 12,768
Explanation of Results: Completing cleanups continues to get more challenging. Many states are facing significant staff and
resource constraints, while at the same time cleanup costs are rising.
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, EPA completed a cumulative total of 413,740 leaking underground storage tank
cleanups. The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 through FY 2012 targets
represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
Strategic Measure: Each year through 2015, reduce the backlog of LUST cleanups (confirmed releases that have yet to be
cleaned up) in Indian country that do not meet applicable risk-based standards for human exposure and groundwater migration
by 1 percent. This means a decrease from 28 percent in 2009 to 22 percent in 2015.
(PM 113) Number of LUST cleanups completed that meet risk-based standards for human exposure and groundwater
migration in Indian Country.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Cleanups
Actual
30
43
30
54
30
40
30
49
30
62
38
42
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, EPA completed a cumulative total of 961 leaking underground storage tank
cleanups in Indian country, out of a universe of 1,284 confirmed releases. This is a subset of the national total of 413,740
leaking underground storage tanks cleanups completed.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, ensure that 799 Superfund NPL sites are "sitewide ready for anticipated use." (Baseline:-As of
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Performance Measures and Data
October 2009, 409 final and deleted NPL sites had achieved "sitewide ready for anticipated use.")
(PM 162) Number of Federal Facility Superfund sites where all remedies have completed construction.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Target 51 56 60 64 68 70
Actual 55 59 61 65 69 70
Unit
Sites
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2012 because the Federal Facility Program has limited
control over achieving this output and is dependent on the lead Federal agencies' budget, contracts, and timeliness. The number
of Federal Facility Superfund sites completing construction has always been reported as part of the overall Superfund
Construction Completion measure (PM 141). FY 2011 is the last year that results will be reported in a separate measure.
(PM 163) Cumulative number of Federal Facility Superfund sites where the final remedial decision for contaminants at
the site has been determined.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 61 76 81 77 92 104
Actual 70 71 73 77 82 82
Sites
Explanation of Results: Measure not met due to a variety of factors including delayed cleanup schedules, new contamination,
funding shortfalls, documentation issues, weather conditions, and change of site personnel.
Additional Information: EPA is discontinuing this measure in FY 2012 because the Federal Facility Program has limited
control over achieving this output and is dependent on the lead Federal agencies' budget, contracts, and timeliness. FY 2011 is
the last year that results will be reported under this measure.
(PM S10) Number of Superfund sites ready for anticipated use site-wide.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
30
64
30
85
65
66
65
66
65
65
65
Sites
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, EPA's Superfund program had ensured that 540 final and deleted NPL sites met the
criteria to be determined ready for anticipated use site-wide.
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(PM 141) Annual number of Superfund sites with remedy construction completed.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
22
Completions
40 24 30 20 22 22
40 24 30 20 18 22
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, Superfund had completed construction at 1,120 final and deleted NPL sites. The
program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010 through FY 2012 targets represent the expected
total from base funding plus ARRA.
(PM 152) Number of Superfund sites with contaminated groundwater migration under control.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
10
21
10
19
15
20
15
16
15
18
15
21
15
15
Sites
Explanation of Results: Superfund reviews groundwater data regularly during its 5-year Review of Completed Remedies. Until
the 5th year, the program cannot accurately predict whether a contaminated plume has stabilized or not. In FY11, several sites
underwent the 5th year review in the 4th quarter. Based on the data, Regions determined that the sites should be categorized as
Under Control, which resulted in exceeding the target.
Additional Information: Through FY 2011, Superfund had controlled groundwater migration at 1,051 final and deleted NPL
sites.
(PM 170) Number of remedial action project completions at Superfund NPL sites.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
103
132
130
Completions
Explanation of Results: This is a new measure. Substantial effort was made to clarify relevant guidance, stress the importance
of finalizing RA completion documentation in a timely manner, hold contractors, responsible parties, and other federal agencies
accountable for deadlines and submitting documentation. Projects were completed using base funding plus ARRA.
Additional Information: Since program inception through the end of FY 2011, Superfund had completed 2,830 remedial action
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projects at final and deleted NPL sites. The program which this measure supports receives funds from ARRA. The FY 2010
through FY 2012 targets represent the expected total from base funding plus ARRA.
Objective 4 - Strengthen Human Health and Environmental Protection in Indian Country: Support federally-recognized tribes to build
environmental management capacity, assess environmental conditions and measure results, and implement environmental programs in Indian
country.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase the percent of tribes implementing federal regulatory environmental programs in Indian
country to 18 percent. (FY 2009 baseline: 13 percent of 572 tribes).
(PM 5PQ) Percent of Tribes implementing federal regulatory environmental programs in Indian country (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 6 7 14 18 22 24
Actual
6
14
7
13
14
14
18
17
Percent
(1) Improve
Human Health
and the
Environment
in Indian
Country
Explanation of Results: While a substantial increase was made in the number of total tribes with TAS approval in FY 2011, the
total percentage of tribes implementing federal regulatory programs barely missed the target due to tribes moving from the use
of DITCAs (a portion of how the measure is calculated) to other cooperative agreements such as PPGs.
Additional Information: There are 572 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding. The Strategic Measure refers to the total
number of tribes and inter-tribal consortia that are eligible for GAP funding.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase the percent of tribes conducting EPA-approved environmental monitoring and
assessment activities in Indian country to 50 percent. (FY 2009 baseline: 40 percent of 572 tribes).
(PM 5PR) Percent of Tribes conducting EPA approved environmental monitoring and assessment activities in Indian
country (cumulative.)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
21
42
23
40
42
50
52
52
54
Percent
Additional Information: There are 572 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding. The Strategic Measure refers to the total
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number of tribes and inter-tribal consortia that are eligible for GAP funding.
(PM 5PS) Percent of Tribes with an environmental program (cumulative).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target
Actual
57
57
60
64
65
68
70
72
FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
73
Percent
Additional Information: There are 572 tribal entities that are eligible for GAP funding. The Strategic Measure refers to the total
number of tribes and inter-tribal consortia that are eligible for GAP funding. During the past four years, significant progress has
been made in GAP, adding environmental programs for almost 75 tribes. In efforts to focus the EPA's suite of annual
performance to the most important and useful information, the EPA will no longer be collecting this specific data in future
years.
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Reduce the risk and increase the safety of chemicals and prevent pollution at the source.
Objective 1 - Ensure Chemical Safety: Reduce the risk of chemicals that enter our products, our environment, and our bodies.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce by 40 percent the number of moderate to severe exposure incidents associated with
organophosphates and carbamate insecticides in the general population. (Baseline is 316 moderate and severe incidents reported
to the Poison Control Center (PCC) National Poison Data System (NPDS) in 2008 for organophosphate and carbamate
pesticides.)
(PM 143) Percentage of agricultural acres treated with reduced-risk pesticides.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 17
Actual
18
18
20
18.5
21
20
21.5
21
21
21
Data
Avail
10/2012
Unit
Percent
(1) Protect
Human Health Explanation of Results: Data Lags one year.
from Chemical Additional Information: Baseline year is 1998 using Doane Marketing Research, Inc. a private sector research database.
Baseline was 3.6% of total acreage. Results are reported end of calendar year.
(PM 111) Reduction in moderate to severe exposure incidents associated with organophosphates and carbamate
insecticides in the general population.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Risks
Target
Actual
10
15
Percent
Additional Information: Moderate to severe exposure incidents reported during 2008 is 316 as reported in the American
Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poisoning Data System.
Strategic Measure: By 2014, reduce the percentage of children with blood lead levels above 5 ig/dl to 1.0 percent or less.
(Baseline is 3.0 percent in the 2005-2008 sampling period.)
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(PM 008) Percent of children (aged 1-5 years) with blood lead levels (>5 ug/dl).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
3.5
Data Avail
11/2012
No Target
Establishe
d
Biennial
1.5
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
Additional Information: Data released by CDC from the National Health and Nutritional Evaluation Survey (NHANES) in
March of 2009 estimated 4.1% of children aged 1-5 with lead poisoning (blood lead levels of 5 ug/dl or greater) from 2003/4
sampling data. Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM 009) Cumulative number of certified Renovation Repair and Painting firms
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target
Actual
100,000
59,143
100,000
114,834
FY 2012
140,000
FY 2013
152,000
Unit
Firms
Explanation of Results: Twelve states are now authorized to implement the RRP Program and contributed additional Firm
Certifications to those processed by EPA in states without authorized programs.
Additional Information: The baseline is zero in 2009. This year was chosen because 2010 is the first year that firms will submit
applications to EPA to become certified. Over time, firms will either become certified directly through EPA (tracked through
Federal Lead-based Paint Program (FLPP) or through an authorized State program (tracked through grant reports/ACS).
(PM 10A) Annual percentage of lead-based paint certification and refund applications that require less than 20 days of
EPA effort to process.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
95
Percent
90 91 92 92 92
92 91 92 96 95
Additional Information: Baseline for percentage of lead-based paint certification and refund applications that require less than
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20 days of EPA effort to process is 87% in 2008, which is taken from the Federal Lead Based Paint Program (FLPP) database
records.
(PM 10D) Percent difference in the geometric mean blood level in low-income children 1-5 years old as compared to the
geometric mean for non-low income children 1-5 years old.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 29
Actual 35
No Target
Establishe
d
29
Biennial 23.5
No Target
Establishe
d
Biennial
28
Data Avail
10/2012
No Target
Establishe
d
Biennial
13
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
Additional Information: Baseline for percent difference in the geometric mean blood level in low-income children 1-5 years
old as compared to the geometric mean for non-low income children 1-5 years old is 32% in 1999-2002. Data for this measure
is reported biennially.
Strategic Measure: By 2014, reduce the percent difference in the geometric mean blood lead level in low-income children 1 to
5 years old as compared to the geometric mean for non-low income children 1 to 5 years old to 10.0 percent. (Baseline is 23.4
percent difference in the geometric mean blood lead level in low-income children 1 to 5 years old as compared to the geometric
mean for non-low-income children 1 to 5 years old in 2005-2008.)
(PM D6A) Reduction in concentration of PFOA in serum in the general population.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
Reduction
Additional Information: Baselines are derived from the Centers for Disease Control's National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES) concentration data in the general population and results are reported biennially. PFOA
baselines are based on 2005/2006 geometric mean data in serum: 3.92 |ig/L.
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Strategic Measure: By 2014, reduce concentration for the following chemicals in children: non-specific organophosphate
metabolites by 75 percent and chlorpyrifos metabolite (TCPy) by 75 percent. (Baselines are derived from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) metabolite concentration data
in children and results are reported biennially. Pesticide baselines are based on 2001-2002 data for non-specific
organophosphate metabolites (0.55 imol/L) and chlorpyrifos metabolite (TCPy) (16.0 ig/L).)
(PM 012) Percent reduction of children's exposure to rodenticides.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
10
0
Percent
Explanation of Results: Mitigation actions not yet fully represented by the data.
Additional Information: The total number of confirmed and likely rodenticide exposures to children in 2008 is 11,674 based
data from the Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System.
(PM 091) Percent of decisions completed on time (on or before PRIA or negotiated due date).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
99
99.7
99
98.4
99
Percent
Explanation of Results: In order to ensure adequate protection to human health and the environment, EPA delayed registration
decisions on certain actions until measures sufficient to allow these protections were in place. Some of the issues involved in
seven of the actions included pollinator risk, impurities, and child resistant packaging. In these cases, the registrants were
unwilling to allow a time extension and negotiation of the PRIA due date. An additional nine actions were delayed because the
chemical associated with those actions was the subject of a lawsuit. All existing registrations for the chemical were vacated in
response to the lawsuit, and therefore the pending PRIA actions associated with amendments to those registrations could not
move forward within the PRIA time frame.
Additional Information: Baseline for decisions completed on time is 99.9% in 2008.
(PM 164) Number of pesticide registration review dockets opened.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
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Target
Actual
70
75
70
81
70
Dockets
Explanation of Results: The chemical cases in FY 2011 required less effort than average cases reviewed. Future (pending)
cases are expected to be more resources intensive. Exceeding the goal is a result of closing cases that involved active
ingredients for which there are no longer active registrations. Because there are no active registrations, these cases did not
require risk assessments. When a case is closed a count is given for docket / workplans target(s). The remaining cases have
active registrations and will require full-fledged risk assessments.
Additional Information: Baseline for registration review work dockets is 71 opened in 2008.
(PM J15) Reduction in concentration of targeted pesticide analytes in children.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
50,50
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
Additional Information: NHANES (2001-2002 baseline) measure is based on NHANES 95th percentile concentrations for six
no-specific organophosphate analytes (0.55 |imol/L), and a chlorpyrifos-specific metabolite (TCPy) (16.0 |ig/L). Data for this
measure are reported biennially.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, complete endocrine disrupter screening program (EDSP) decisions for 100 percent of chemicals
for which complete EDSP information is expected to be available by the end of 2014. (Baseline is no decisions have been
completed through 2009 for any of the chemicals for which complete EDSP information is anticipated to be available by the
end of 2014. EDSP decisions for a chemical can range from determining potential to interact with the estrogen, androgen, or
thyroid hormone systems to otherwise determining whether further endocrine related testing is necessary.)
(PM E01) Number of chemicals for which Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP) decisions have been
completed
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
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Actual
Additional Information: FY 2010 baseline is 11 chemicals for which EDSP decisions have been completed. Several factors
will impact the schedule for completing EDSP decisions including, for example, the number of pesticide cancellations and other
actions that will remove a chemical from commerce and/or discontinue manufacture and import, the number of pesticide
cancellations involving minor agricultural uses, the number of pre-enforcement challenges to test orders, unforeseen laboratory
capacity limits, and unforeseen technical problems with completing the Tier 1 assays for a particular chemical.
(PM 240) Maintain timeliness of Section 18 Emergency Exemption Decisions
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
45
Days
45 45 45 45 45 45
48 36.60 34 40 50 52
Explanation of Results: Active Ingredients with significant risks elements required more time to review.
Additional Information: Baseline for S18 decisions is 45 days in 2005.
(PM 247) Percent of new chemicals or organisms introduced into commerce that do not pose unreasonable risks to
workers, consumers, or the environment.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10o
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
91
100
Data
Avail
10/2012
100
100
Percent
Explanation of Results: Data lag
Additional Information: Baseline for percent of new chemicals or organisms introduced into commerce that do not pose
unreasonable risks to workers, consumers, or the environment was developed from a 2 year analysis from 2004-2005 comparing
8(e) reports to New Chemical submissions and is 100%.
(PM 281) Reduction in the cost per submission of managing PreManufacture Notices (PMNs) through the Focus
meetings as a percentage of baseline year cost per submission.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target
Actual
61
50
63
59
65
Percent
Explanation of Results: Target missed due to revision of baseline cost and because final PMN e-reporting rule allowed paper
submissions to continue longer than anticipated when targets were set and provided option for submitting via CDs through first
half of FY 2012, resulting in lower than anticipated portion of submissions coming in electronically.
Additional Information: Baseline for percent reduction from baseline year the cost per submission of managing PMNs through
the Focus meeting is $160 in FY 2009. The current cost per submission is $65.60.
(PM 282) Annual reduction in the production adjusted risk based score of releases and transfers of ITJR chemicals from
manufacturing facilities
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 30
Actual
0.27
FY 2007
2.6
5.09
FY 2008
2.5
Data
Avail
10/2012
FY 2009
2.4
Data
Avail
10/2012
FY 2010
2.2
Data Avail
10/2012
FY2011
2.0
Data
Avail
10/2012
% RSEI Rel
Risk
Explanation of Results: Results for FY 2004 - FY 2006 are revised to reflect changes made in the RSEI model that calculates
them and reflect revisions made by facilities to prior years TRI reports. FY 2007 target exceeded significantly in part due to
these changes. The FY 2008 - 2010 data are still undergoing quality review. Measure terminates in FY 2012 so no future target
adjustments are warranted.
Additional Information: Baseline for the analysis of IUR chemicals using the Risk Screening Environmental Indicators Model
in 1998 was zero percent. 1998 was selected as the baseline year because this was the first year that most of these chemicals
were targeted through the HPV challenge program. Targets for this measure were established in 2004, however, a 35%
reduction has been observed from 1998-2006.
(PM Ar5) Number of countries completing phase out of leaded gasoline, (incremental)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
No Target
Target 7 Establishe 743
d
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Actual 7 13 7
Additional Information: As of 2006, the baseline is 159 countries, out of a universe of 194, that have phased out lead gasoline.
Since 2006, 186 countries have completed the phase out of leaded gasoline. As a result of these successes, EPA's two
performance measures related to the Partnership will no longer be tracked after FY 2011.
(PM Ar8) Number of countries introducing low sulfur in fuels, (incremental)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 2
Actual
No Target
Establishe
d
14
Countries
Additional Information: As of 2006, out of a universe of 194, 39 countries introduced low-sulfur gasoline. Since 2006, 61
countries introduced low-sulfur gasoline. As a result of these successes, EPA's two performance measures related to the
Partnership will no longer be tracked after FY 2011.
(PM E02) Number of chemicals for which EDSP Tier 1 test orders have been issued
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
40
0
40
Chemicals
Explanation of Results: Test orders for the first list of 67 pesticide chemicals were issued in FY 2010 (baseline). Before test
orders for additional chemicals can be issued, amendment to the existing Information Collection Request (ICR) is necessary.
Once the ICR is amended and approved, test orders for additional chemicals can be ordered. The Agency is in the process of
developing the ICR amendment and related documents.
Additional Information: FY 2010 baseline is 67 chemicals for which EDSP Tier 1 test orders have been issued.
(PM EOS) Number of screening and testing assays for which validation decisions have been reached
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Assays
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Actual
Additional Information: FY 2010 baseline is 15 screening and testing assays for which validation decisions have been reached.
There are several steps within the validation process including: preparation of detailed review papers, performance of
prevalidation studies, validation by multiple labs, and peer reviews. A decision to discontinue validation efforts for a particular
assay could occur during any of these steps while a decision to accept an assay as validated occurs after all the steps are
successfully completed.
(PM HC1) Annual number of hazard characterizations completed for HPV chemicals
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
230
270
300
318
300
450
Chemicals
(2) Protect
Ecosystems
from Chemical
Risks
Additional Information: The cumulative baseline through FY 2009 is 1,095. This is made up on US and internationally
sponsored Hazard Characterization through 2009. International HCs started being produced in the early 1990's and US
sponsored HCs started to be produced in 2007. Through FY 2011 1,683 hazard characterizations have been completed.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, no watersheds will exceed aquatic life benchmarks for targeted pesticides. (Based on FY 1992-
2001 data from the watersheds sampled by the USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, urban
watersheds that exceed the National Pesticide Program aquatic life benchmarks are 73 percent for diazinon, 37 percent for
chlorpyrifos, and 13 percent for carbaryl. Agricultural watersheds that exceed the National Pesticide Program aquatic life
benchmarks are 18 percent for azinphos-methyl and 18 percent for chlorpyrifos.)
(PM Oil) Number of Product Re-registration Decisions
FY 2010
FY 2006
Target
Actual
FY 2007
545
962
FY 2008
1,075
1,194
FY 2009
2,000
1,482
1,500
1,712
FY2011
1,500
1,218
FY 2012
1,200
FY 2013
1,200
Unit
Decisions
Explanation of Results: The number of products subject to review has declined. Outyear targets were reduced in expectation of
continued decline.
Additional Information: Actual in FY 2005 is 501 product re-registrations.
(PM 230) Number of pesticide registration review final work plans completed.
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FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 70 70
Actual 70 75
FY 2012
70
FY 2013
72
Unit
Work Plans
Explanation of Results: In FY 2011 the Agency was able to close cases that involved active ingredients for which there are no
longer active registrations. Because there are no active registrations, these cases did not require risk assessments. When a case is
closed a count is given for docket / work plans performance. The remaining cases have active registrations and will require risk
assessments.
Additional Information: Baseline for final work plans for registered pesticides reviewed is 47 in 2008.
(PM 268) Percent of urban watersheds that do not exceed EPA aquatic life benchmarks for three key pesticides of
concern (diazinon, chlorpyrifos and carbaryl).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
25,25,30
No Target
Establishe 5, 0, 20
d
No Target
Establishe 5, 0, 10
d
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
40, 0, 30 Biennial 6.7, 0, 33
Biennial
Additional Information: Based on FY 1992 - 2001 data from the watersheds sampled by the USGS National Water Quality
Assessment (NAWQA) program, urban watersheds that exceeded the National Pesticide Program aquatic life benchmarks are
73% for diazinon, 37% for chlorpyrifos, and 13% for carbaryl. Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM 269) Percent of agricultural watersheds that do not exceed EPA aquatic life benchmarks for two key pesticides of
concern (azinphos-methyl and chlorpyrifos).
Target
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
0, 10
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
No Target
Establishe 0, 10
d
No
Target
Establish
ed
Percent
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Actual
Additional Information: Based on FY 1992 - 2001 data from the watersheds sampled by the USGS National Water Quality
Assessment (NAWQA) program, agricultural watersheds that exceeded the National Pesticide Program aquatic life benchmarks
are 18% for azinphos-methyl and 18% for chlorpyrifos. Data for this measure are reported biennially.
(PM 276) Percent of registration review chemicals with identified endangered species concerns, for which EPA obtains
any mitigation of risk prior to consultation with DOC and DOI.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
Percent
(3) Ensure
Transparency
of Chemical
Health and
Safety
Information
Additional Information: The baseline is 0% for each annual reporting period as percentages are not cumulative. The data is
tracked by OPP using internal tracking numbers. The data is obtained from ecological risk assessments and effects
determinations prepared to support a registration review case.
Strategic Measure: Through 2015, make all health and safety studies available to the public for chemicals in commerce, to the
extent allowed by law. (Baseline is 21,994 confidential business information (CBI) cases of Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) health and safety studies as defined in TSCA Section 3(6) that were submitted for chemicals potentially in commerce
between the enactment of TSCA and January 21, 2010.)
(PM CIS) Percentage of existing CBI claims for chemical identity in health and safety studies reviewed and, as
appropriate, challenged.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
5
5.3
10
Percent
Additional Information: Prior to August 2010, 22,483 existing TSCA CBI claims for chemical identity, which potentially
contain health and safety studies, had not been reviewed or challenged, where appropriate. Through FY 2011 that number has
declined to roughly 21,300.
(PM C19) Percentage of CBI claims for chemical identity in health and safety studies reviewed and challenged, as
appropriate, as they are submitted.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Prior to August 2010, 0% of TSCA CBI cases with claims for chemical identity, which potentially
contain health and safety studies, had been reviewed or challenged, where appropriate.
Objective 2 - Promote Pollution Prevention: Conserve and protect natural resources by promoting pollution prevention and the adoption of
other stewardship practices by companies, communities, governmental organizations, and individuals.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce 15 billion pounds of hazardous materials cumulatively through pollution prevention.
(Baseline is 4.8 billion pounds reduced through 2008.)
(PM 264) Pounds of hazardous materials reduced through pollution prevention.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target 401
Actual
394
414
386.1
429
469.8
494
605.6
1,625
1,383.7
1,549
Data
Avail
10/2012
FY 2012
1,064
Unit
Pounds
(Millions)
(1) Prevent
Pollution and
Promote Explanation of Results: Incomplete data due to data lag from Regions and Centers.
Environmental Additional Information: Baseline is 4.8 billion pounds reduced from 1997 through 2008. Commencing in 2010 targets and
Stewardship results incorporate both new annual results and recurring results for up to 10 prior years for each of the six individual Pollution
Prevention programs.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2Eq.) cumulatively through
pollution prevention. (Baseline is 6.5 MMTCO2Eq. reduced through 2008. The data from this measure are also calculated into
the Agency's overall GHG measure under Goal 1.)
(PM 297) Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MTCO2e) reduced or offset through pollution prevention.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 2 5.9
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Actual
1.618
3.45
Data
Avail
10/2012
Explanation of Results: Incomplete data due to data lag from Regions and Centers.
Additional Information: Baseline is 6.5 MMTC02e reduced through from 1997 through 2008. Commencing in 2010 targets
and results incorporate both new annual results and recurring results for up to 10 prior years for each of the six individual
Pollution Prevention programs.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce water use by an additional 24 billion gallons cumulatively through pollution prevention.
(Baseline is 51 billion gallons reduced through 2008.)
(PM 262) Gallons of water reduced through pollution prevention.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
Actual
0.329
2.27
1.79
1.75
1.64
21.18
1.79
4.67
26.2
29.8
FY2011
28.6
FY 2012
27.8
Data
Avail
10/2012
Unit
Gallons
(Billions)
Explanation of Results: Incomplete data due to data lag from Regions and Centers.
Additional Information: Baseline is 51.3 billion gallons reduced from 1997 through 2008. Commencing in 2010 targets and
results incorporate both new annual results and recurring results for up to 10 prior years for each of the six individual Pollution
Prevention programs.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, save $1.2 billion through pollution prevention improvements in business, institutional, and
government costs cumulatively. (Baseline is $3.1 billion saved through 2008.)
(PM 263) Business, institutional and government costs reduced through pollution prevention.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 33.2 44.3 45.9 130 1,060 1,042 847 738 Dollars
Saved
Actual
38.2
282.7
44.3
282.7
45.9
227.2
130
276.5
1,060
935.6
Data
Avail
(Millions)
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Explanation of Results: Incomplete data due to data lag from Regions and Centers.
Additional Information: Baseline is 3.1 billion dollars saved from 1997 through 2008. Commencing in 2010 targets and results
incorporate both new annual results and recurring results for up to 10 prior years for each of the six individual Pollution
Prevention programs.
Strategic Measure: Through 2015, increase the use of safer chemicals cumulatively by 40 percent. (Baseline: 476 million
pounds of safer chemicals used in 2009 as reported to be in commerce by Design for the Environment program.)
(PM 239) Annual number of chemicals with final values for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 37 6 14 20
Actual 37 4 15 7
Chemicals
Explanation of Results: FY 2011 performance has been hampered by delays in the transition to new contract support vehicles
and uncertainty over FY 2011 and future program funding levels, which prompted the program to allocate available resources in
a manner that placed priority on developing information supporting technical aspects of the AEGL values development process
(preparing dossiers for consideration by the review committee) at the expense of supporting the work to formally publish the
final values. Final Values for 7 chemicals will be published in September, 2011. The FY 2011 target will be achieved in the first
quarter of FY 2012 supported by resources already allocated to the program.
Additional Information: Baseline from program initiation in 1996 through 2008 is 37 chemicals.
(PM P25) Percent increased in use of safer chemicals
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
Target
Actual
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
No Target
Est.
60.1
Percent
Explanation of Results: No target was established for FY 2011 since this was a new measure for FY 2012. In FY 2011, the
Program made substantial one year progress through heavy reliance on leveraging partner resources. The level of FY 2011
success is not expected to be achieved in future years. Third-parties, paid for by product manufacturers and approved by DfE,
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now conduct a significant portion of the product reviews for manufacturers who seek the DfE label and manage the
CleanGredients database, a marketplace for chemicals that meet DfE criteria. While the third-parties gather ingredient
information, conduct literature reviews, and summarize their findings in a report, DfE maintains quality control over the process
by reviewing each and every report and application for the DfE label. These activities have allowed DfE to meet the growing
demand for the DfE label.
Additional Information: Baseline is 476 M Ibs. of safer chemicals in commerce in 2009 as reported by Design for the
Environment.
(PM 298) Energy savings per dollar invested in the Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Target
Actual
1.31M
1.66M
1.89
1.24M
2.19M
Data
Avail
10/2012
2.32 M
Unit
BTUs/$
Explanation of Results: Incomplete data due to data lag from Regions and Centers.
Additional Information: The baseline for energy saved per dollar invested in 2007 is 0.79 M BTUs/$.
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Protect human health and the environment through vigorous and targeted civil and criminal enforcement. Assure compliance with
environmental laws.
Objective 1 - Enforce Environmental Laws: Pursue vigorous civil and criminal enforcement that targets the most serious water, air, and
chemical hazards in communities. Assure strong, consistent, and effective enforcement of federal environmental laws nationwide.
Program Area Performance Measures and Data
Strategic Measure: By 2015, conduct 105,000 federal inspections and evaluations (5-year cumulative). (FY 2005-2009
baseline: 21,000 annually)
(PM 409) Number of federal inspections and evaluations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 19^00 ^^00 Inspections/
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 21,000 annually. The FY 2012 President's Budget provides additional
resources to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance to strengthen its monitoring program and expand the use of
electronic reporting. The President's Budget also provides additional resources to EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response for enforcement and compliance activities for two programs: Oil Spill Prevention and Preparedness, and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act Hazardous Waste and Risk Management Programs.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, initiate 19,500 civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases (5-year cumulative). (FY
2005-2009 baseline: 3,900 annually)
(PM 410) Number of civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases initiated.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
(1) Maintain
Enforcement
Presence
Target
Actual
3,300
3,200
Cases
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 3,900 cases annually.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, conclude 19,000 civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases (5-year cumulative). (FY
2005-2009 baseline: 3,800 annually)
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Unit
Cases
Performance Measures and Data
(PM 411) Number of civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases concluded.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Target 3,200 3,000
Actual
Additional Information: FY 2005-2009 baseline: 3,800 annually.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, maintain review of the overall compliance status of 100 percent of the open consent decrees.
(Baseline 2009: 100 percent)
(PM 412) Percentage of open consent decrees reviewed for overall compliance status.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100 100
Actual
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2009 baseline: 100 percent.
Strategic Measure: Each year through 2015, support cleanups and save federal dollars for sites where there are no alternatives
by: (1) reaching a settlement or taking an enforcement action before the start of a remedial action at 99 percent of Superfund
sites having viable responsible parties other than the federal government; and (2) addressing all cost recovery statute of
limitation cases with total past costs greater than or equal to $200,000. [Baseline: 99 percent of sites reaching a settlement or
EPA taking an enforcement action (FY 2007-2009 annual average); 100 percent cost recovery statute of limitation cases
addressed (FY 2009)]
(PM 418) Percentage of criminal cases having the most significant health, environmental, and deterrence impacts.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
43
43
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2010 baseline: 36 percent.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase the percentage of criminal cases with charges filed to 45 percent. (FY 2006-2010
baseline: 36 percent)
(PM 420) Percentage of criminal cases with charges filed.
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Target
Actual
FY2011
FY 2012
40
FY 2013
40
Unit
Percent
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: FY 2006-2010 baseline: 36 percent.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, maintain an 85 percent conviction rate for criminal defendants. (FY 2006-2010 baseline: 85
percent)
(PM 419) Percentage of criminal cases with individual defendants.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013
Target 75 75
Actual
Additional Information: FY 2006-2008 baseline: 78 percent.
(PM 421) Percentage of conviction rate for criminal defendants.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011
Target
Actual
Additional Information: FY 2006-2010 baseline: 87 percent.
FY 2012
85
FY 2013
85
Unit
Percent
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce, treat, or eliminate 2,400 million estimated pounds of air pollutants as a result of
concluded enforcement actions (5-year cumulative). (FY 2005-2008 baseline: 480 million pounds, annual average over the
(2) Support period)
Taking Action (PM 400) Millions of pounds of air pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions.
on Climate
Change and
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
Improving Air
Quality
Target
Actual
FY 2010
480
410
FY 2012
480
FY 2013
480
Unit
Million
Pounds
FY2011
480
1,100
Explanation of Results: Each year a small number of big cases provide the majority of pollutant reductions, which makes
setting targets for pollutant reduction measures highly uncertain. This year 1 case provided 64% of the total air pollutant
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Program Area
(3) Support
Protecting
America's
Waters
(4) Support
Cleaning Up
Communities
and Advancing
Sustainable
Development
Performance Measures and Data
reductions.
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: 480 million pounds, annual average over the period.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce, treat, or eliminate 1,600 million estimated pounds of water pollutants as a result of
concluded enforcement actions (5-year cumulative). (FY 2005-2008 baseline: 320 million pounds, annual average over the
period)
(PM 402) Millions of pounds of water pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
320
1,000
320
740
320
320
Million
Pounds
Explanation of Results: Each year a small number of big cases provide the majority of pollutant reductions, which makes
setting targets for pollutant reduction measures highly uncertain. This year 2 water cases account for over half of the total of
water pollutant reductions.
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: 320 million pounds, annual average over the period. For FY 2010,
two stormwater home builder actions contributed to more than half of the one billion pound pollutant reduction result.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce, treat, or eliminate 32,000 million estimated pounds of hazardous waste as a result of
concluded enforcement actions (5-year cumulative). (FY 2008 baseline: 6,500 million pounds)
(PM 405) Millions of pounds of hazardous waste reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500 Million
Actual 11 son 3 600 Pounds
Explanation of Results: The hazardous waste metric is generally dominated by results from one or two very big cases. This
results in substantial variability in this measure from year to year.
Additional Information: FY 2008 Baseline: 6,500 million pounds. The results for this measure are driven by a small number of
very large cases and do not necessarily represent typical annual results. For example, in FY 2010 over 99% of the total 11.75
billion pounds of hazardous waste reduced, treated, or eliminated came from two cases - CF Industries Inc. (9.87 billion
pounds) and Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation (1.86 billion pounds).
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Strategic Measure: By 2015, obtain commitments to clean up 1,500 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater
medial as a result of concluded CERCLA and RCRA corrective action enforcement actions (5-year cumulative). (FY 2007-
2009 baseline: 300 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media, annual average over the period)
(PM 078) Percentage of all Superfund statute of limitations cases addressed at sites with unaddressed total past costs
equal to or greater than $200,000.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 2009, the Agency will have addressed 100 percent of Cost Recovery at all NPL and non-NPL
sites with total past costs equal to or greater than $200,000.
(PM 285) Percentage of Superfund sites having viable, liable responsible parties other than the federal government
where EPA reaches a settlement or takes an enforcement action before starting a remedial action.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 90
Actual 100
95
98
95
95
95
100
95
98
95
100
99
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 1998 approximately 70 percent of new remedial work at NPL sites (excluding Federal facilities)
was initiated by private parties. In FY 2003, a settlement was reached or an enforcement action was taken with non-Federal
PRPs before the start of the remedial action at approximately 90 percent of Superfund sites.
(PM 417) Millions of cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media EPA has obtained commitments to clean
up as a result of concluded CERCLA and RCRA corrective action enforcement actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 300 300 Million
Additional Information: FY 2007-2009 baseline: 300 million cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media, annual
average over the period.
(5) Support Strategic Measure: By 2015, reduce, treat, or eliminate 19.0 million estimated pounds of toxic and pesticide pollutants as a
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Ensuring the
Safety of
Chemicals and
Preventing
Pollution
(6) Enhance
Strategic
Deterrence
through
Criminal
Enforcement
Performance Measures and Data
result of concluded enforcement actions (5-year cumulative). (FY 2005-2008 baseline: 3.8 million pounds, annual average over
the period)
(PM 404) Millions of pounds of toxic and pesticide pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded
enforcement actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
3.8
8.3
3.8
6.1
Million
Pounds
Explanation of Results: Each year a small number of big cases provide the majority of pollutant reductions, which makes
setting targets for pollutant reduction measures highly uncertain.
Additional Information: FY 2005-2008 Average Baseline: The program used existing data to estimate results for FY 2005-
2008, which yielded an approximate average baseline of 3.8 million pounds. FY 2010 results were driven by a small number of
enforcement cases, which yielded the majority of the 8.3 million pounds addressed.
Strategic Measure: By 2015, increase the percentage of criminal cases having the most significant health, environmental, and
deterrence impacts to 50 percent. (FY 2010 baseline: 36 percent)
(PM 408) Percent of closed cases with criminal enforcement consequences (indictment, conviction, fine, or penalty).
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m
Target 33 33
. Percent
Actual 35 37
Additional Information: FY 2006-2008 Average Baseline: 33%.
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PERFORMANCE: RESEARCH EIGHT-YEAR ARRAY
(Boxes shaded gray indicate that a measure has been terminated for FY 2012 and beyond, therefore, data are no longer collected.)
The following measures are associated with EPA's research programs. In 2012, EPA reorganized its research programs to focus on
sustainability and to better address Agency priorities and stakeholders' needs. Correspondingly, EPA developed new measures
associated with these "sustainable research" programs. While there are fewer measures in 2012 than previously, the new measures
comprehensively assess EPA's research. For example, EPA used to measure the completion of research by "long term goal." Moving
forward, EPA will report the completion of research by "program." The new measures utilize a similar but more aggregated approach
to allow for more meaningful and concise data collection. The table below reflects past and existing measures.
NPM: AA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Performance Measures and Data
(PM AC1) Percentage of products completed on time by Air, Climate, and Energy research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012
Target
Actual
100
FY 2013
100
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM AC2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients for use in taking action on climate change or improving air quality.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
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partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM CS1) Percentage of planned research products completed on time by the Chemical Safety for Sustainability research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM CS2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients and partners to improve their capability to advance the
environmentally sustainable development, use, and assessment of chemicals.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM HC1) Percentage of planned research products completed on time by the Sustainable and Healthy Communities research program.
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FY 2006 FY 2007
Target
Actual
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY2011
FY 2012
100
FY 2013
100
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM HC2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients, partners, and stakeholders for use in pursuing their sustainability
goals.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM HS1) Percentage of planned research products completed on time by the Homeland Security research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
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of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM HS2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients and partners to improve their capabilities to respond to
contamination resulting from homeland security events and related disasters.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM RA1) Percentage of planned research products completed on time by the Human Health Risk Assessment research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM RA2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients and partners for use in informing human health decisions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORE) has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM RA6) Number of regulatory decisions in which decision-makers used HHRA peer-reviewed assessments (IRIS, PPRTVs, exposure
assessments and other assessments)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
no target
established
20
Number
Additional Information: The measure calculates the percent of Agency regulatory decisions for which clients use HHRA peer-reviewed health
assessments. The measure is calculated by reviewing regulatory decisions and Records of Decision (ROD) made by EPA program offices in recent
years, determining how many quantitative health assessment values were used in these EPA program decisions, and what percentage of these values
had been developed by the HHRA Program.
(PM RA7) Annual milestone progress score for completing draft IRIS health assessments.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
50
50
Score
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that includes such factors as client interest,
complexity of science, and level of effort required. Points are scored by multiplying the weight of each assessment by the number of milestones
completed in the assessment process. The program plans to target an average score of 50 points each year beginning in 2009, representing a steady
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and timely completion of draft assessments throughout each fiscal year. Near-term targets are based on the large volume of ongoing assessments
that have not been released in draft due to the change in the process for external review. This measure will be assessed as a rolling average with
potential annual excess rolled over to the next target year so as to provide incentives for completion of more milestones.
(PM RA8) Annual progress score for finalizing IRIS health assessments.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
20
20
Score
Additional Information: This measure tracks the program's ability to make progress in finalizing and releasing IRIS assessments under LTG1. The
annual score, tracked cumulatively throughout the year, is based on the relative weighting of each chemical. Chemicals are weighted using a 3-tier
system that includes client interest, complexity of science, and level of effort required. Points are scored by multiplying the weight of each
assessment by the number of milestones completed in the assessment process. The program plans to target an average score of 20 points each year
beginning in 2009, representing a steady and timely completion of final assessments throughout each fiscal year. Near-term targets are based on the
large volume of ongoing assessments that have not been finalized due to the change in the process for external review and completion. This measure
will be assessed as rolling average.
(PM SW1) Percentage of planned research products completed on time by the Safe and Sustainable Water Resources research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: A research product is "a deliverable that results from a specific research project or task. Research products may require
translation or synthesis before integration into an output ready for partner use." This secondary performance measure tracks the timely completion
of research products. Working with its partners, each program develops a list of planned research products and their associated outputs. The list
reflects all products the program plans to complete by the end of each fiscal year. The estimated completion date is based on when the output is
needed for partner use and when the research products are needed to be transformed into the output. The actual product completion date is self-
reported. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned products each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs.
(PM SW2) Percentage of planned research outputs delivered to clients and partners to improve the Agency's capability to ensure clean and
adequate supplies of water that support human well-being and resilient aquatic ecosystems.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target
Actual
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Research outputs result from the translation or synthesis of one or more research products into the format compatible with
the partner's decision needs. "Delivery of a research output" means that the output is transferred to ORD's research partner ready for the intended
partner use. EPA identifies and describes the planned outputs in the program's Research Program Strategic Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the
program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that
it can best meet EPA and other partners' needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORE) has better formalized the process
for developing and modifying program outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving
partners in this process helps to ensure the ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility.
(PM H29) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of public health outcomes long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H30) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of mechanistic data long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10o
Actual 92
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
75
Percent
Explanation of Results: Delay in report of publications describing the potential usefulness of in vitro liver models for screening and mode of action
prediction. This report was completed in December 2011.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
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program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H31) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of aggregate and cumulative risk long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
87.5
Percent
Explanation of Results: A no-cost extension was granted on a report on interpreting biomarkers using physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
modeling. The no-cost extension was necessary to provide the extramural researchers with the time necessary to successfully complete their project
and to thereafter submit the final report. Two unanticipated developments necessitated the extension. First, an instrument malfunction required the
replenishment of additional cell cultures. Second, newly acquired data have led the researchers to revise the assumptions underlying their model.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H32) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the susceptible subpopulations long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
64
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
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goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H35) Percentage of planned actions accomplished toward the long-term goal of reducing uncertainty in the science that supports
standard setting and air quality management decisions. (Research)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual 94
100
100
100
100
100
80
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Beginning in FY 2008, this measure will track the program's success in completing its planned outputs on time. Prior to
FY 2008, the measure tracked success in completing both planned outputs and planned actions in response to independent review recommendations.
(PM H66) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of WQRP long-term goal #1) delivered
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
92
100
90
Percent
Explanation of Results: Resources and research on a review of published vertebrate gene expression in fathead minnow were redirected to more
effectively focus on higher priority efforts related to sustainability, partners' needs, and Administrator's priorities.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H68) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of WQRP long-term goal #2) delivered
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10o
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
86
100
100
100
85.7
Percent
Explanation of Results: A draft assessment report on flowing waters was delayed due to our partners' delay in forming data analysis teams. The
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report is expected to be completed in December 2012.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H70) Percentage of planned outputs (in support of WQRP long-term goal #3) delivered
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual 92
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
66.7
Percent
Explanation of Results: A report on the effects of CAFOs on ground water quality was delayed to support the development of the Safe and
Sustainable Water Resources program and higher priority efforts related to sustainability, partners' needs, and Administrator's priorities. This CAFO
study involves comprehensive data from different analytical labs for seven study sites. The study includes antibiotic data from USGS. An instrument
failure prevented analysis completion for one of the sites. ORD decided to delay this report to allow these data to be included and to better tailor this
report to the Safe and Sustainable Water Resources framework (established during 2011). EPA's wastewater decision makers are aware of this
delay. EPA's report has been peer-reviewed and recommended for publication with revisions, which are now in progress. Completion is expected in
the second quarter of FY12.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H72) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of efficient and effective clean-ups and safe disposal of contamination wastes.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target IQO 100 100
Actual 100 100 92
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85
100
100
171
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100
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Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H73) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of water security initiatives.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10o
Actual 100
100
100
100
83
100
100
100
100
80
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H76) Percentage of Global publications rated as highly cited publications.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
22
25
No Target
Established
Biennial
23
25
No Target
Established
Biennial
24
Data Not
Collected
Percent
Explanation of Results: Due to program restructuring and discontinuation of programmatic BOSC reviews, funds for bibliometric analyses were
redirected to an interagency initiative supporting the development of a data infrastructure that will aid in more effective assessment of the long term
impacts of research. Since bibliometric analyses were not conducted in FY 2011, no data were collected for this measure and therefore will not be
available to report.
Additional Information: The criteria and the "highly cited" rankings will be provided using "Thomson's Essential Science Indicator (ESI)
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(PM H77) Percentage of Global publications in high impact journals.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
23.6
24.1
No Target
Established
Biennial
24.6
24.1
No Target
Established
Biennial
25.6
Data Not
Collected
Percent
Explanation of Results: Due to program restructuring and discontinuation of programmatic BOSC reviews, funds for bibliometric analyses were
redirected to an interagency initiative supporting the development of a data infrastructure that will aid in more effective assessment of the long term
impacts of research. Since bibliometric analyses were not conducted in FY 2011, no data were collected for this measure and therefore will not be
available to report.
Additional Information: The criteria and the "impact factor" rankings will be provided using "Thomson's Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
(PM H79) Percentage of planned outputs delivered under the Global Change research program.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs will be outlined in the program's revised Multi-Year Plan. This measure will track progress
toward completing those milestones across the program.
(PM H83) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of HHRA Technical Support Documents.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target No Tar§et 90
Established
Actual g \
81
90
89
90
100
90
100
90
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
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ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM H89) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the manage material streams, conserve resources and appropriately
manage waste long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
83.3
Percent
Explanation of Results: A delay in research on the use of organic- based permeable reactive barrier (PRB) systems for the treatment of heavy
metals and arsenic occurred so that researchers could focus on higher priority Hydraulic Fracturing work. Research is expected to be completed in
FY2012.
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan (MYP). Outputs in support of this long-term goal
include reports on technologies, methods, and models to manage material streams and reduce uncertainty in assessments. Additional details are
described in the MYP.
(PM H90) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the mitigation, management and long-term stewardship of contaminated
sites long-term goal.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100 100 100 100 100
96 100 100 100 100 66.67
Explanation of Results: A report on dispersant effectiveness was delayed so that researchers could attend to higher priority efforts.
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan (MYP). Outputs in support of this long-term goal
include reports, technologies, methods, and models related to the characterization and remediation of contaminated sites. Additional details are
described in the MYP.
(PM H91) Peer-reviewed publications over FTE.
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Target 79 gO .81
Actual Data Not Data Not 0.73
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FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
.82 .83 .84
Data Not Data Not Data Not
174
FY 2012
FY 2013
Unit
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Collected Collected
Collected
Explanation of Results: Due to program restructuring and discontinuation of programmatic BOSC reviews, funds for bibliometric analyses were
redirected to an interagency initiative supporting the development of a data infrastructure that will aid in more effective assessment of the long term
impacts of research. Since bibliometric analyses were not conducted in FY 2011, no data were collected for this measure and therefore will not be
available to report.
Additional Information: The universe of peer-reviewed publications includes 1) journal articles, 2) books and book chapters, and 3) EPA reports,
where at least one EPA author is listed or where the publication is the result of an EPA grant. If a publication includes more than one EPA author,
that publication is counted only once. Materials submitted for publication but not yet published are not included. FTE are actual program full time
equivalents. The program is also submitting data on extramural vs. intramural costs to support the measure. Data and targets are based on a three
year moving average.
(PM106) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the SP2 program's long-term goal one.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual go
100
86
100
100
100
100
100
88
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports
on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 108) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the SP2 program's long-term goal two.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports
on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 110) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of the SP2 program's long-term goal three.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 10o
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
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Actual 100 80
100
100
Additional Information: Annual research outputs are included in the program's Multi-Year Plan. At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports
on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs. The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year.
(PM 119) Percentage of Ecological Research publications rated as highly-cited publications.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target No Tar§et 20-4
Established
Actual Biennial
21.10
No Target
Established
_,. . ,
Biennial
Data Avail
11/2012
No Target
Established
Biennial
Data Not
Collected
Percent
Explanation of Results: Due to program restructuring and discontinuation of programmatic BOSC reviews, funds for bibliometric analyses were
redirected to an interagency initiative supporting the development of a data infrastructure that will aid in more effective assessment of the long term
impacts of research. Since bibliometric analyses were not conducted in FY 2011, no data were collected for this measure and therefore will not be
available to report.
Additional Information: This metric provides a systematic way of quantifying research performance and impact by counting the number of times an
article is cited within other publications. The "highly cited" data are based on the percentage of all program publications that are cited in the top
10% of their field, as determined by "Thomson's Essential Science Indicator" (ESI). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year
period, and is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). This "highly cited"
metric provides information on the quality of the program's research, as well as the degree to which that research is impacting the science
community. As such, it is an instructive tool both for the program and for independent panels such as the BOSC in their program reviews.
(PM 120) Percentage of Ecological research publications in "high-impact" journals.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
No Target 20.3
Established
Biennial
20.80
No Target
Established
Biennial
Data Avail
11/2012
No Target
Established
Biennial
Data Not
Collected
Percent
Explanation of Results: Due to program restructuring and discontinuation of programmatic BOSC reviews, funds for bibliometric analyses were
redirected to an interagency initiative supporting the development of a data infrastructure that will aid in more effective assessment of the long term
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impacts of research. Since bibliometric analyses were not conducted in FY 2011, no data were collected for this measure and therefore will not be
available to report.
Additional Information: This measure provides a systematic way of quantifying research quality and impact by counting those articles that are
published in prestigious journals. The "high impact" data are based on the percentage of all program articles that are published in prestigious
journals, as determined by "Thomson's Journal Citation Reports" (JCR). Each analysis evaluates the publications from the last ten year period, and
is timed to match the cycle for independent expert program reviews by the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC). This "high impact" metric
provides information on the quality of the program's research, as well as the degree to which that research is impacting the science community. As
such, it is an instructive tool both for the program and for independent panels such as the BOSC in their program reviews.
(PM121) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of State, tribe, and EPA office needs for causal diagnosis tools and methods to
determine causes of ecological degradation.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
88
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 122) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of State, tribe, and EPA office needs for environmental forecasting tools and
methods to forecast the ecological impacts of various actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 100
Actual 100
100
100
100
83
100
93
100
100
100
62.5
Percent
Explanation of Results: A delay in research on Lyme disease projections and scenarios was delayed due to a landcover classification
incompatibility in scenarios delivered by USGS. The incompatibility is now being addressed and research can continue once resolved.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
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program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 123) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of State, tribe, and EPA office needs for environmental restoration and
services tools and methods to protect and restore ecological condition and services.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual 100
100
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
75
Percent
Explanation of Results: Research on limitations of curve number relationship between rainfall and runoff was delayed due to weather-related
limitations. The research output is expected to be delivered by April 2012.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 128) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt ORD-identified and developed
metrics to quantitatively assess environmental systems for sustainability.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
66.67
Percent
Explanation of Results: Research on the impact of current biofuels policies has been delayed in order to address critical needs of the ACE program.
The research output is expected to be complete by March 2012.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
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needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 129) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt ORD-developed decision support
tools and methodologies.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
87.5
Percent
Explanation of Results: Research on a decision support tool integrating life cycle assessment methods with material flow approaches was slightly
delayed in order to address critical needs of the ACE program. This research is expected to be complete in February 2012.
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
(PM 130) Percentage of planned outputs delivered in support of STS's goal that decision makers adopt innovative technologies developed or
verified by ORD.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: At the end of the fiscal year, the program reports on its success in meeting its planned annual outputs (detailed in the
program's Multi-Year Plan). The program strives to complete 100% of its planned outputs each year so that it can best meet EPA and other partners'
needs. To ensure the ambitiousness of its annual output measures, ORD has better formalized the process for developing and modifying program
outputs, including requiring that ORD programs engage partners when making modifications. Involving partners in this process helps to ensure the
ambitiousness of outputs on the basis of partner utility. In addition, EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) periodically reviews programs'
goals and outputs and determines whether they are appropriate and ambitious.
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(PM 134) Percentage of planned risk management research products delivered to support EPA's Office of Water, Regions, water utilities,
and other key stakeholders to manage public health risk.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: The outputs tracked by this measure demonstrate progress towards completing DWRP's long term goal 1, which supports
the Office of Water (OW) in rule implementation, simultaneous compliance, and evaluating the effectiveness of risk management decisions. ORD's
work under this goal also supports OW, regions, states, utilities, and key stakeholders in protecting sources of drinking water, managing water
availability, improving water infrastructure sustainability, increasing water and energy use efficiency, and responding to short and long-term water
resource impacts of environmental stressors such as climate change, population growth and land use changes.
(PM 135) Percentage of planned methodologies, data, and tools delivered in support of EPA's Office of Water and other key stakeholders'
needs for developing health risk assessments under the SDWA.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
86
100
90
Percent
Explanation of Results: Research on leak, purge and gas permeability testing methods was slightly delayed in order to attend to more critical needs
of the SSWR program, and to more effectively focus on efforts related to sustainability, partners' needs, and Administrator's priorities. Research is
expected to be completed in FY 2012.
Additional Information: The outputs tracked by this measure demonstrate progress towards completing DWRP's long term goal 1, which primarily
supports the Office of Water in decisions relating to: Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR), regulating/not regulating contaminants
on the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), the six year review, and the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. ORD's work under this goal
also supports regions and key stakeholders in meeting simultaneous compliance requirements while also aiding risk assessors in developing risk
assessments that inform regulatory decisions.
PERFORMANCE: ENABLING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS EIGHT-YEAR ARRAY
(Boxes shaded gray indicate that a measure has been terminated for FY 2012 and beyond, therefore, data are no longer collected.)
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NPM: OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Performance Measures and Data
(PM 007) Percent of GS employees (DEU) hired within 80 calendar days.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
15
18
20
Percent
Additional Information: In FY 2009, 10.7% of GS employees Designated Employee Unit (DEU) were hired on average in
189.2 days.
(PM 008) Percent of GS employees (all hires) hired within 80 calendar days
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
23
21
25
Percent
Explanation of Results: Metric was not met due to external factors that lengthen the hiring process such as the number of days
a vacancy must be announced per the Collective Bargaining Unit; a new hire's availability to report within the established time
frame; and the selecting office's review time (e.g., receipt of incomplete vacancy packages, Subject Matter Expert review of
certificates, and final selection by management).
Additional Information: In FY 2009, 14.6% of GS employees (other than DEU) were hired on average in 163 days.
(PM 009) Increase in number and percentage of certified acquisition staff (1102)
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
335/80 335/80
Number/
Percent
Additional Information: There were 304 GS-1102 Staff on board as of July 26, 2010. There were 240 GS-1102 Staff, 78.9%,
certified as of September 2, 2010.1
(PM 010) Cumulative percentage reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scopes 1 & 2 emissions.
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FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Target
Actual
FY 2009
FY 2010
1.0
79.5
FY2011
0.4
59
FY 2012
6.4
FY 2013
11.9
Unit
Percent
Additional Information: On October 8, 2009, the President signed Executive Order 13514, "Federal Leadership in
Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance," requiring all Federal Agencies to reduce their Green House Gas Scope 1
and 2 emissions (EPA committed to a 25% reduction by FY 2020 from a FY 2008 baseline). EPAs FY 2008 GHG Scope 1 and
2 emissions were 140,720 mTCO2e's. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires each federal agency to reduce energy use
intensity by 3% annually through FY 2015. For the Agency's 29 reporting facilities, the FY 2003 energy consumption of British
Thermal Units (BTUs) per square foot is 346,518 BTUs per square foot. EPA reset its annual/intermediate Scope 1 and 2 GHG
reduction goals in its June 2011 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (S2P2).
(PM 098) Cumulative percentage reduction in energy consumption.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010
FY2011 FY2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 2
Actual 3
6
9
9
13
12
18
15
18.3
18
18.1
21
Percent
Additional Information: On January 24, 2007, the President signed Executive Order 13423, "Strengthening Federal
Environment, Energy, and Transportation Management," requiring all Federal Agencies to reduce their Green House Gas
intensity and energy use by 3% annually through FY 2015. For the Agency's 29 reporting facilities, the FY 2003 energy
consumption of British Thermal Units (BTUs) per square foot is 346,518 BTUs per square foot.
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NPM: OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Performance Measures and Data
(PM 052) Number of major EPA environmental systems that use the CDX electronic requirements enabling faster
receipt, processing, and quality checking of data.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
29
32
36
37
45
48
50
55
60
60
60
64
67
Systems
Additional Information: The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001 to enable States, Tribes and others to send
environmental data to EPA through a centralized electronic process.
(PM 053) States, tribes and territories will be able to exchange data with CDX through nodes in real time, using
standards and automated data-quality checking.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
50
42
55
57
55
59
60
59
65
69
65
72
80
Users
Additional Information: The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001 to enable States, Tribes and others to send
environmental data to EPA through a centralized electronic process.
(PM 998) EPA's TRI program will work with partners to conduct data quality checks to enhance accuracy and
reliability of environmental data.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
500
Quality
Checks
Additional Information: This metric will allow EPA to for the first time report on performance of the Toxics Release Inventory
(TRI) program. Data checks will improve the accuracy and reliability of environmental data.
(PM 999) Total number of active unique users from states, tribes, laboratories, regulated facilities and other entities that
electronically report environmental data to EPA through CDX.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
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Target
Actual
Baseline
Year
56,200
58,000
60,000
Users
Additional Information: This metric replaces PM 054, which is being discontinued. PM 999 measures the total number of
active individual CDX users. This new metric only includes users who have logged in within the previous two years (active
users). Each distinct user is counted only once, regardless of the number of different accounts, roles, or locations. This new
metric will provide a more accurate portrayal of current CDX usage by focusing programmatic assessment on active unique
users, screening out dormant accounts, test accounts, and multiple accounts registered to the same user.
(PM 054) Number of users from states, tribes, laboratories, and others that choose CDX to report environmental data
electronically to EPA.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
47,000
62,000
55,000
88,516
100,000
127,575
130,000
184,109
210,000
231,700
210,000
Users
Data Not
Reported
Explanation of Results: This metric is being discontinued. PM 999 will now more accurately measure CDX usage by screening
out inactive users and multiple accounts from the same user.
Additional Information: Zero. The Central Data Exchange program began in FY 2001. Prior to that there were no users.
(PM 408) Percent of Federal Information Security Management Act reportable systems that are certified and
accredited.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target
Actual
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Percent
Additional Information: FISMA assigns specific responsibilities to Federal agencies and National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) to strengthen information system security. The continued goal, as required by FISMA, is for the Agency to
achieve a continuous 100% compliance status with Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of all reportable systems.
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NPM: INSPECTOR GENERAL
Performance Measures and Data
(PM 35A) Environmental and business actions taken for improved performance or risk reduction.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 303
Actual 407
318
464
334
463
318
272
334
391
334
315
334
375
Actions
Explanation of Results: While the OIG achieved over 94% of this target in FY 2011, this measure represents subsequent
intermediate outcome actions taken by the Agency on OIG recommendations as well as any long- term outcome improvements
achieved as a result of those actions. Actions taken on OIG recommendations are dependent upon the complexity of the
recommendation and how quickly the Agency acts to implement them, which is out of the OIGs control. Generally there is a 2
to3 year time lag to implement OIG recommendation, but the Agency often seeks and has extended the completion dates
beyond the normal lag time making the predictability of results difficult. More complex OIG recommendations from a fewer
number of OIG reports in previous years have made achievement of this target more difficult.
Additional Information: The baseline is a moving average for the three most recent years. For the period concluding with fiscal
year 2010, the baseline is 375 actions.
(PM 35B) Environmental and business recommendations or risks identified for corrective action.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 925
Actual i 024
925
949
971
624
903
983
903
945
903
2011
903
950
Recommend
ations
Explanation of Results: The number of OIG results in terms of recommendations and risk identified has generally reflected the
staffing levels of the OIG and the types of audits and evaluations performed. More complex evaluations and audits have fewer
total but more complex recommendations and risks identified. The type of work changes as the OIG identifies different areas of
risks requiring reviews. The number of recommendations dramatically increased in FY 2011 as the OIG included 1137 findings
from Single Audit review of ARRA grant recipients. The non-ARRA portion of recommendations identified was 874.
Additional Information: In FY 2009 the OIG established a revised baseline of 865 environmental and business
recommendations or risks identified for corrective actions. The baseline was adjusted to reflect an average of the actual
reported results for the period FY 2006-2008. The baseline has generally decreased to reflect the transfer of DCAA audit
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oversight from the OIG directly to the EPA, and a significant gap between the OIG ceiling and actual staffing levels.
(PM 35C) Return on the annual dollar investment, as a percentage of the OIG budget, from audits and investigations.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target 150 150
Actual 1610 189
150
186
120
150
120
36
120
151
120
Percent
Explanation of Results: The OIG has been fairly consistent in the dollar level of questioned costs, cost efficiencies identified
from audits and evaluation, and fines, penalties and settlements from investigations. Some years may have vast differences
from the normal level, often dependent upon an extraordinary recovery from a criminal case settlement of great magnitude as in
FY 2006, or a significant decrease in FY 2010, as we focused resources on fewer quantitative monetary reviews in preference
to more qualitative reviews such as internal controls. During FY 2011, the OIG refocused its efforts on areas of monetary
benefit resulting in both a significant increase over the results of FY 2010, but also significantly exceeding the target for FY
2011.
Additional Information: The baseline reflects potential dollar return on investment as a percentage of OIG budget from
identified opportunities for savings, questioned costs, fines, recoveries and settlements. The baseline is a moving average for
the three most recent years. For the period concluding with fiscal year 2010, the baseline is 112%.
(PM 35D) Criminal, civil, administrative, and fraud prevention actions.
FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Unit
Target gO
Actual 121
80
103
80
84
80
95
75
115
80
160
85
Actions
Explanation of Results: Results from Investigative work is extremely unpredictable since the nature of the work itself is
response oriented (to indicators of fraud, wrong doing, or allegations received) and dependent upon the subsequent actions of
the Department of Justice. However, OIG investigative results have generally correlated to the levels of investigative staffing
and have increased steadily since FY 2008 - a trend we anticipate to continue as the OIG continues to reach its authorized staff
level. Our Office of Investigations exceeded its target by 100% as a result of 1) its ability to increase its staffing level closer to
its authorized level; 2) extraordinary number of administrative actions in the form of debarments and suspensions and
disciplinary actions resulting from investigative cases; and, 3) an increased number of proactive fraud prevention outreach
briefings with other federal, state and local organizations.
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Additional Information: In FY 2009 the OIG established a revised baseline of 80 criminal, civil and administrative actions,
which has remained constant over time.
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VERIFICATION/VALIDATION OF
PERFORMANCE DATA
Beginning with the EPA's FY 2013 budget,
the Agency has developed Data Quality
Records (DQRs) to present
validation/verification information for
selected performance measures, consistent
with guidance from the Office of
Management and Budget. A DQR
documents the management controls,
responsibilities, quality procedures, and
other metadata associated with the data
lifecycle for an individual performance
measure, and is intended to enhance the
transparency, objectivity, and usefulness of
the performance result. To access a pdf file
containing all current Data Quality Records,
please go to
http://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/annualpl
an/fy2013.html.
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COORDINATION WITH OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Environmental Programs
Goal 1- Taking Action on Climate
Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective: Address Climate Change
Voluntary climate protection programs
government-wide stimulate the development
and use of renewable energy technologies
and energy efficient products that will help
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The effort
is led by EPA and DOE with significant
involvement from USDA, HUD, and the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).
Agencies throughout the government make
significant contributions to the climate
protection programs. For example, DOE
pursues actions such as promoting the
research, development, and deployment of
advanced technologies (for example,
renewable energy sources). The Treasury
Department administers proposed tax
incentives for specific investments that will
reduce emissions. EPA is responding to the
President's directive to work with NHTSA
to develop a coordinated national program
that will set further standards to improve
fuel efficiency and reduce GHG emissions
for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017
and later. EPA is broadening its public
information transportation choices campaign
as a joint effort with DOT. EPA coordinates
with each of the above-mentioned agencies
to ensure that our programs are
complementary and in no way duplicative.
The 2009 Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) on ENERGY STAR, signed by EPA
and DOE, defines clear lines of
responsibility between the Agencies that
build upon and leverage their respective
areas of expertise and outlines a number of
program enhancements that will drive
greater efficiency for American consumers
and greater efficiency in homes and
buildings. As part of the MOU, EPA and
DOE developed an annual work plan
detailing key work across the two Agencies
and highlighting their cooperative work on
energy efficiency in commercial and
residential buildings and the products and
equipment that go into these buildings. For
example, in 2011, EPA and DOE will be
expanding the program for ENERGY STAR
products to include verification testing run
by certification bodies (CBs) as well as
DOE's parallel, targeted verification testing.
EPA works primarily with the Department
of State, USAID, and DOE as well as with
regional organizations in implementing
climate-related programs and projects. In
addition, EPA partners with others
worldwide, including international
organizations such as the United Nations
Environment Programme, the United
Nations Development Programme, the
United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe, the International Energy Agency,
the OECD, the World Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, and our colleagues in
Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Japan.
An example of EPA's coordination with
other federal agencies, as well as
international partners, is the Global Methane
Initiative (formerly known as the Methane to
Markets Partnership). GMI is an
international public-private initiative that
advances cost-effective, near-term methane
recovery and use as a clean energy source in
four sectors: agriculture, coal mines,
landfills, and oil and gas systems. These
projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions in
the near term and provide a number of
important environmental and economic co-
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benefits. There are 40 partner countries and
over 1,000 members of the Project Network,
including private sector, NGO, and
multilateral organizations such as the World
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the
Inter-American Development Bank. EPA is
the lead agency from the USG and
coordinates with Department of State, DOE,
USDA, USAID, and the US Trade and
Development Agency.
The Agency coordinates its global change
research with other federal agencies through
the U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP).23 EPA's global change research
efforts focus on understanding the impacts
of climate change to air quality, water
quality, and aquatic ecosystems, and include
efforts to improve models that address air
and water pollution formation and transport
in the context of a changing climate. These
modeling efforts require close coordination
with other agencies to use the results of
global-scale models as input to more
detailed regional models that describe
pollutant formation and transport at levels
needed by local and state resource
managers. This work includes research to
better understand the emissions, transport,
and impacts to health and climate of black
carbon. Additional coordination of global
change research occurs through the National
Science and Technology Council's
(NSTC's) CENRS Subcommittee on Water
Availability and Quality.
Objective: Improve Air Quality
The EPA cooperates with other federal,
state, Tribal, and local agencies to achieve
goals related to ground level ozone and
particulate matter (PM) and to ensure the
actions of other agencies do not interfere
with state plans for attaining and
For more information, see .
maintaining the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards. EPA continues to work
closely with the Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the Department of Interior (DOI),
and the Department of Defense (DOD) in
developing a policy that addresses
prescribed burning at silviculture and
agricultural operations. EPA, the
Department of Transportation (DOT), and
the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) work
with state and local agencies to integrate
transportation and air quality plans, reduce
traffic congestion, and promote livable
communities. EPA continues to work with
the Department of the Interior (DOI),
National Park Service (NFS), and U.S.
Forest Service in implementing its regional
haze program and operating the Interagency
Monitoring of Protected Visual
Environments (IMPROVE) visibility
monitoring network. The operation and
analysis of data produced by this air
monitoring system is an example of the
close coordination of efforts between the
EPA and state and Tribal governments.
For pollution assessments and transport,
EPA is working with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) on technology transfer using
satellite imagery. EPA will work to further
distribute NASA satellite products and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) air quality forecast
products to Regions, states, local agencies,
and Tribes to provide a better understanding
of air quality on a day-to-day basis and to
assist with air quality forecasting. EPA
works with NASA to develop a better
understanding of PM formation using
satellite data. EPA works with the
Department of the Army on advancing
emission measurement technology and with
NOAA for meteorological support for our
modeling and monitoring efforts. EPA
collects real-time ozone and PM
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measurements from State and local agencies,
which are used by both NOAA and EPA to
improve and verify Air Quality Forecast
models.
EPA's AIRNow program (the national real-
time AQI reporting and forecasting system)
works with the National Weather Service
(NWS) to coordinate NOAA air quality
forecast guidance with state and local
agencies for air quality forecasting efforts
and to render the NOAA model output in the
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), which helps
people determine appropriate air quality-
protective behaviors. The AIRNow program
also collaborates with the U.S. National Park
Service and the U.S. Forestry Service in
receiving air quality monitoring
observations, in addition to observations
from over 130 state, local, and Tribal air
agencies. AIRNow also collaborates with
NASA in a project to incorporate satellite
data with air quality observations.
To better understand the magnitude, sources,
and causes of mobile source pollution, EPA
works with the Department of Energy
(DOE) and DOT to fund research projects.
A program to characterize exhaust emissions
from light-duty gasoline vehicles is co-
funded by DOE and DOT. Other DOT
mobile source projects include TRANSEVIS
(TRansportation ANalysis and SEVIulation
System) and other transportation modeling
projects; DOE is funding these projects
through the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory. EPA also works closely with
DOE on refinery cost modeling analyses and
the development of clean fuel programs. For
mobile sources program outreach, the
Agency is participating in a collaborative
effort with DOT's Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) to educate the
public about the impacts of transportation
choices on traffic congestion, air quality,
and human health. This community-based
public education initiative also includes the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In
addition, EPA is working with DOE to
identify opportunities in the Clean Cities
program. EPA also works with other federal
agencies, such as the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG), on air emission issues, and other
programs targeted to reduce air toxics from
mobile sources are coordinated with DOT.
These partnerships can involve policy
assessments and toxic emission reduction
strategies in different regions of the country.
EPA continues to work with DOE, DOT,
and other agencies as needed on the
requirements of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 and the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007.
To develop air pollutant emission factors
and emission estimation algorithms for
aircraft, ground equipment, and military
vehicles, EPA partners with the Department
of Defense. This partnership will provide for
the joint undertaking of air-
monitoring/emission factor research and
regulatory implementation.
To reduce air toxics emissions that may
inadvertently increase worker exposure,
EPA is continuing to work closely with the
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) to
coordinate the development of EPA and
OSHA standards. EPA also works closely
with other health agencies such as the CDC,
the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
on health risk characterization for both toxic
and criteria air pollutants.
EPA is also contributing air quality data to
the CDC's Environmental Public Health
Tracking Program, which is made publicly
available and used by state and local public
health agencies. To assess atmospheric
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deposition and characterize ecological
effects, EPA works with NOAA, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the
National Park Service (NFS), the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), the USDA, and
the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
EPA has worked extensively with the
Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) on the National Health and
Nutritional Evaluation Study to identify
mercury accumulations in humans. EPA also
has worked with DOE on the Fate of
Mercury study to characterize mercury
transport and traceability in Lake Superior.
EPA is a partner with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in the
development of the National Environmental
Public Health Tracking Network, providing
air quality indicators as well as air pollution
health effects expertise.
To improve our understanding of
environmental issues related to the
agricultural sector, EPA is working closely
with the USDA and others to reduce
emissions and improve air quality while
supporting a sustainable agricultural sector.
Our approach to the agriculture sector
includes scientific assessment, outreach and
education, and implementation/compliance.
The scientific assessment will ensure that we
are all guided by sound science. Because we
do not have adequate emissions estimates
for this sector, we need to develop an
understanding of emissions profiles and
establish monitoring and measurement
protocols, technology transfer, and a
research agenda. Through outreach and
education, we will instill a long-term
commitment to working with the
agricultural community; build respect and
trust; and identify, promote, and quantify
new/existing control technologies. We also
will encourage partnerships between EPA,
USDA, and their established partners and
utilize existing USDA infrastructure (e.g.,
Extension Service, NRCS, land grant
colleges and universities, and Farm Bill
programs). Additionally, we will engage in
active dialogue with agriculture community.
Our implementation/compliance approach
will fully institute policies and practices to
ensure that farming and land management
communities continue to consider air quality
as an integral part of their resource
management. An appropriate mix of
voluntary and regulatory programs will be
implemented and we will utilize USDA
infrastructure to implement air quality
programs and compliance assistance where
practical.
In developing regional and international air
quality programs and projects, and in
working on regional agreements, EPA works
with NOAA, NASA, DOE, USDA, USAID,
and OMB, as well as with regional
organizations. EPA's international air
quality management program complements
EPA's programs on children's health, Trade
and the Environment, climate change, and
trans-boundary air pollution. In addition,
EPA partners with other organizations
worldwide, including the United Nations
Environment Programme, the European
Union, the Organization for Economic
Development and Cooperation, the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
the North American Commission for
Environmental Cooperation, the World
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities, the
Global Air Pollution Forum, and our air
quality colleagues in several countries,
including Canada, Mexico, Europe, China,
and Japan.
EPA works closely, through a variety of
mechanisms, with a broad range of federal,
state, Tribal, and local government agencies,
industry, non-profit organizations, and
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individuals, as well as other nations, to
promote more effective approaches to
identifying and solving indoor air quality
(IAQ) problems. At the federal level, EPA
works closely with several departments or
agencies on healthy homes, healthy schools,
healthy buildings, and international issues.
Examples include:
Healthy Homes
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to reduce the burden
of asthma by coordinating
research, building community
capacity, raising public awareness,
and promoting the adoption of
reimbursement for asthma care
services, with a special emphasis on
controlling indoor environmental
exposures and to track progress on
this objective;
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) to improve
IAQ in homes;
Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) to identify and
mitigate the health hazards of
consumer products designed for
indoor use;
Department of Energy (DOE) to
address IAQ in home weatherization
programs; and
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
to encourage USDA extension
agents to conduct local projects
designed to improve indoor air
quality.
EPA plays a leadership role on the
President's Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and
Safety Risks to Children,
particularly with respect to asthma
and school environmental health
issues.
EPA is a member of the National
Asthma Education and Prevention
Program Coordinating Committee
and the Federal Liaison Group on
Asthmathe overarching
coordination groups that focus on
national asthma control efforts.
Healthy Schools
Department of Education (DoEd) on
a wide range of school related
indoor environmental quality
initiatives, including development of
voluntary guidelines mandated
under the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 for siting of
school facilities and state school
environmental health programs, as
well as the establishment of a DoEd-
led Green Ribbon Schools initiative;
and
Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to promote
healthy, asthma-friendly schools,
and track progress on this objective.
Other Healthy Buildings
As a co-chair of the Federal
Interagency Committee on Indoor
Air Quality (CIAQ), EPA
coordinates the exchange of
information on lAQ-related research
and activities. The co-chair agencies
include the CPSC, DOE, NIOSH
and OSHA, and another 20 Federal
departments and agencies participate
as members.
International
U.S. Government-wide Cookstoves
Interagency Working Group, whose
members include the Department of
State, Environmental Protection
Agency, Agency for International
Development, Department of
Energy, and Department of Health
and Human Services, to improve
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health, livelihood, and quality of life
in developing countries by reducing
exposure to indoor air pollution
from household energy use through
public-private partnership initiatives
such as the Partnership for Clean
Indoor Air and the Global Alliance
for Clean Cookstoves.
EPA coordinates its air quality research with
other federal agencies through the
Subcommittee on Air Quality Research24 of
the NSTC Committee on Environment and
Natural Resources and Sustainability
(CENRS). The Agency and NIEHS co-
chaired the subcommittee's Paniculate
Matter Research Coordination Working
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Group, which produced a strategic plan for
federal research on the health and
environmental effects, exposures,
atmospheric processes, source
characterization and control of fine airborne
particulate matter. EPA coordinates specific
research projects with other federal
agencies, where appropriate, and supports
air-related research at universities and
nonprofit organizations through its Science
to Achieve Results (STAR) research grants
program.
EPA works with other federal agencies to
coordinate U.S. participation in the Arctic
Mercury Project, a partnership established in
2001 by the eight member states of the
Arctic CouncilCanada, Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the
U.S.
EPA will partner with the Army, as part of
the Army's Net Zero Initiative, to develop
and demonstrate innovative energy
technologies to accomplish the Army's goal
of net zero energy, water and waste by 2020.
Objective: Restore the Ozone Layer
EPA works very closely with the
Department of State and other federal
agencies in international negotiations among
Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
and in developing the implementing
regulations. While the environmental goal of
the Montreal Protocol is to protect the ozone
layer, the ozone depleting substances it
controls also are significant greenhouse
gases. Therefore, this work also protects the
Earth's climate system. According to a 2007
study published in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences,26 chemical
controls implemented under the Montreal
Protocol will - by 2010 - have delayed the
onset of serious climate effects by a decade.
EPA works on several multinational
environmental agreements to simultaneously
protect the ozone layer and climate system,
including working closely with the
Department of State and other Federal
agencies, including OMB, OSTP, CEQ,
USDA, FDA, Commerce, NOAA, and
NASA.
EPA works with other agencies, including
the Office of the United States Trade
Representative and Department of
Commerce, to analyze potential trade
implications in stratospheric protection
regulations that affect imports and exports.
EPA leads a task force with the Department
of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Department of Treasury,
24 For more information, see
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25 For more information, see
26 Guus J. M. Velders, Stephen O. Andersen, John S.
Daniel, David W. Fahey, and Mack McFarland;
The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in
Protecting Climate; PNAS 2007 104:4814-4819;
published online before print March 8, 2007;
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0610328104.
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and other agencies to curb the illegal
importation of ozone-depleting substances
(CDS). Illegal import of CDS has the
potential to prevent the United States from
meeting the goals of the Montreal Protocol
to restore the ozone layer.
EPA has continued discussions with DOD to
assist in the effective transition from ODS
and high-GWP substitutes to a suite of
substitutes with lower global warming
potential (GWPs).
EPA works with USDA and the Department
of State to facilitate research, development,
and adoption of alternatives to methyl
bromide. EPA collaborates with these
agencies to prepare U.S. requests for critical
use exemptions of methyl bromide. EPA is
providing input to USDA on rulemakings
for methyl bromide-related programs. EPA
also consults with USDA on domestic
methyl bromide needs.
EPA coordinates closely with Department of
State and FDA to ensure that sufficient
supplies of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are
available for the production of life-saving
metered-dose inhalers for the treatment of
asthma and other lung diseases. This
partnership between EPA and FDA
combines the critical goals of protecting
public health and limiting damage to the
stratospheric ozone layer.
EPA's SunWise program works with the
National Weather Service (NWS) to
coordinate the UV Index, a forecast of the
next day's ultraviolet radiation levels, which
helps people determine appropriate sun-
protective behaviors. The SunWise program
also collaborates with the CDC when
developing new sun safety and skin cancer
prevention resources, including a shade
planning guide, state-specific skin cancer
fact sheets, and other school- and
community-based resources. SunWise
collaborates with state and local
governments through the SunWise
Communities program. SunWise is a
successful environmental and health
education program that teaches children and
their caregivers how to protect themselves
from overexposure to the sun through the
use of classroom, school, and community-
based components. More than 22,000
schools have received SunWise teaching
materialsreaching more than one million
students over the life of the program. The
most recent study of the program, conducted
in 2006-2007, found that for every dollar
invested in SunWise, between approximately
$2 and $4 in medical care costs and
productivity losses are saved, and concluded
that from a cost/benefit and cost-
effectiveness perspective, it is worthwhile to
educate children about sun safety.
27
EPA coordinates with NASA and NOAA to
monitor the state of the stratospheric ozone
layer and to collect and analyze UV data,
including science assessments that help the
public understand what the world may have
looked like without the Montreal Protocol
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and its amendments. EPA works with
NASA on assessing essential uses and other
exemptions for critical shuttle and rocket
needs, as well as effects of direct emissions
27 Jessica W. Kyle, James K. Hammitt, Henry W.
Lim, Alan C. Geller, Luke H. Hall-Jordan, Edward
W. Maibach, Edward C. De Fabo, Mark C. Wagner;
"Economic Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's SunWise Program: Sun
Protection Education for Young Children."
Pediatrics, Vol. 121 No. 5 May 2008, pp. e!074-
e!084
28 The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a
Changing Climate, and the "WorldAvoided;"
Findings and Summary of the U.S. Climate Change
Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product
2.4; November 2008.
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of high-speed aircraft flying in the
stratosphere.
EPA works with DOE on GreenChill29 and
Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD)30
efforts. The GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership is an EPA
cooperative alliance with the supermarket
industry and other stakeholders to promote
advanced technologies, strategies, and
practices that reduce refrigerant charges and
emissions of ozone-depleting substances and
greenhouse gases. EPA's RAD Program is a
partnership program that protects the ozone
layer and reduces emissions of greenhouse
gases through the recovery of ozone-
depleting chemicals from old refrigerators,
freezers, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers.
EPA coordinates with the Small Business
Administration (SBA) to ensure that
proposed rules are developed in accordance
with the Small Business Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Objective: Reduce Unnecessary Exposure
to Radiation
EPA works primarily with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC), Department
of Energy (DOE), and Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) on multiple
radiation protection issues. EPA has ongoing
planning and guidance discussions with
DHS on Protective Action Guidance and
general emergency response activities,
including exercises responding to nuclear
related incidents. As the regulator of DOE's
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility,
EPA has to continually coordinate oversight
activities with DOE to keep the facility
operating in compliance with its regulations.
29 For more information, see:
www. epa. gov/greenchill
30 For more information, see:
www. epa. gov/ozone/partnerships/rad
EPA also works with tribes to address public
health and environmental issues with
uranium mining. EPA is a member of the
interagency Radiation Source Protection and
Security Task Force, established in the
Energy Policy Act to improve the security of
domestic radioactive sources. EPA also is a
working member of the interagency Nuclear
Government Coordinating Council (NGCC),
which coordinates across government and
the private sector on issues related to
security, communications, and emergency
management within the nuclear sector.
For emergency preparedness purposes, EPA
coordinates closely with other federal
agencies through the Federal Radiological
Preparedness Coordinating Committee and
other coordinating bodies. EPA participates
in planning and implementing table-top and
field exercises including radiological anti-
terrorism activities, with the NRC, DOE,
Department of Defense (DOD), Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and
DHS.
EPA works closely with other federal
agencies when developing radiation policy
guidance under its Federal Guidance
authority. This authority was transferred to
EPA from the Federal Radiation Council in
1970 and tasks the Administrator with
making radiation protection
recommendations to the President. When
signed by the President, Federal Guidance
recommendations are addressed to all
federal agencies and are published in the
Federal Register. Risk managers at all levels
of government use this information to assess
health risks from radiation exposure and to
determine appropriate levels for clean-up of
radioactively contaminated sites. EPA's
radiation science is widely relied on and is
the objective foundation for EPA, other
federal agencies, and states to develop
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radiation risk management policy, standards,
and guidance.
EPA is a charter member and co-chairs the
Interagency Steering Committee on
Radiation Standards (ISCORS). ISCORS
was created at the direction of Congress.
Through quarterly meetings and the
activities of its six subcommittees, member
agencies are kept informed of cross-cutting
issues related to radiation protection,
radioactive waste management, and
emergency preparedness and response.
ISCORS also helps coordinate U.S.
responses to radiation-related issues
internationally.
Promoting international assistance, EPA
serves as an expert member of the
International Atomic Energy Agency's
(IAEA) Environmental Modeling for
Radiation Safety, Naturally-Occurring
Radioactive Materials Working Group.
Additionally, EPA remains an active
contributor to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development's
(OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
EPA serves on both the NEA Radioactive
Waste Management Committee (RWMC)
and the Committee on Radiation Protection
and Public Health (CRPPH). Through the
RWMC, EPA is able to exchange
information with other NEA member
countries on the management and disposal
of high-level and transuranic waste. Through
participation on the CRPPH and its working
groups, EPA has been successful in bringing
a U.S. perspective to international radiation
protection policy.
Goal 2- Protecting America's Waters
Objective: Protect Human Health
Collaboration with Public and Private
Partners on Critical Water Infrastructure
Protection
The EPA coordinates with other federal
agencies, primarily Department of
Homeland Security, Centers for Disease
Control, Food and Drug Administration, and
Department of Defense, on biological,
chemical, and radiological contaminants of
high concern, and how to detect and respond
to their presence in drinking water and
wastewater systems. A close linkage with
the FBI and the Intelligence Analysis
Directorate in Department of Homeland
Security, particularly with respect to
ensuring the timely dissemination of threat
information through existing communication
networks, will be continued. The Agency is
strengthening its working relationships with
the Water Research Foundation, the Water
Environment Research Foundation, and
other research institutions to increase our
knowledge on technologies to detect
contaminants, monitoring protocols and
techniques, and treatment effectiveness.
EPA will continue to work with the US
Army Corps of Engineers to refine
coordination processes among federal
partners engaged in providing emergency
response support to the water sector. These
efforts will include refining existing
standard operating procedures, participating
in cross-agency training opportunities, and
planning multi- stakeholder water sector
emergency response exercises. EPA will be
determining how US Army Corps of
Engineers and the EPA are to clarify their
roles and responsibilities under the new
National Disaster Recovery Framework.
Geologic Sequestration
The EPA coordinates with federal agencies
to plan and obtain research-related data, to
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coordinate regulatory programs, and to
coordinate implementation of regulations to
protect underground sources of drinking
water during geologic sequestration
activities. The EPA works with the
Department of Energy to plan research on
monitoring, modeling, verification, public
participation, and other topics related to
Department of Energy -sponsored geologic
sequestration partnership programs. The
EPA also coordinates with U.S. Geological
Survey, Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Interior, and Department of
Transportation to ensure that Safe Drinking
Water Act regulations for geologic
sequestration sites are appropriately
coordinated with efforts to deploy projects,
map geologic sequestration capacity,
provide tax incentives for CC>2 sequestration,
and manage the movement of CC>2 from
capture facilities to geologic sequestration
sites.
Collaboration with U.S. Geological Survey
The EPA and U.S. Geological Survey have
established an Interagency Agreement to
coordinate activities and information
exchange in the areas of unregulated
contaminants occurrence, the environmental
relationships affecting contaminant
occurrence, protection area delineation
methodology, and analytical methods. This
collaborative effort has improved the quality
of information to support risk management
decision-making at all levels of government,
generated valuable new data, and eliminated
potential redundancies.
Sustainable Rural Drinking and Wastewater
Systems
In 2011, the EPA and U.S. Department of
Agriculture-RD-RUS signed a new
memorandum of agreement - Promoting
Sustainable Rural Water and Wastewater
Systems. The EPA and U.S. Department of
Agriculture have agreed to work together to
increase the sustainability of rural drinking
water and wastewater systems to ensure the
protection of public health, water quality,
and sustainable communities. The MOA
addresses the following four areas: 1)
Sustainability of Rural Communities -
promote asset management planning, water
and energy efficiency practices, and other
sustainable utility management practices; 2)
System Partnerships - educate communities
and utilities on the types of partnership
opportunities that can lead to increased
compliance and reduced costs, and
encourage struggling systems to explore
these options; 3) Water Sector Workforce -
work together to promote careers in the
water sector to attract a new generation of
water professionals to rural systems; and 4)
Compliance of Small Rural Public Water
and Wastewater Systems with Drinking
Water and Clean Water Regulations -
partner and provide timely regulation
training to water and wastewater systems in
rural areas. In addition, the two agencies
will work to address funding for
infrastructure projects that aid in the
compliance of national drinking water and
clean water regulations.
Tribal Access Coordination
In 2003, the EPA and its federal partners in
the Department of Agriculture, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Health and Human Services,
and Department of Interior set a very
ambitious goal to reduce the number of
homes without access to safe drinking water.
This goal remains ambitious due to the
logistical challenges, capital and operation,
and maintenance costs involved in providing
access. The EPA is working with its federal
partners to coordinate spending and address
some of the challenges to access on Tribal
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lands, and expects to make measureable
progress on the access issue.
Source Water Protection
The EPA is coordinating with U.S.
Department of Agriculture and U.S.
Geological Survey as part of a 3-
organization collaborative to support state
and local implementation of source water
protection actions. In addition, the EPA
works with U.S. Geological Survey on
coordinating mapping of source water areas
on a national scale with the National
Hydrography Database, as well as working
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
the Department of Education.
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Data Availability, Outreach and Technical
Assistance
The EPA coordinates with U.S. Geological
Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Forest Service, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service,
Rural Utilities Service, Centers for Disease
Control, Department of Transportation,
Department of Defense, Department of
Energy, Department of the Interior (National
Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Land Management, and Reclamation),
Department of Health and Human Services
(Indian Health Service) and the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Research
While EPA is the federal agency mandated
to ensure safe drinking water, other federal
and non-federal entities are conducting
research that complements EPA's research
priority contaminants in drinking water. For
example, the CDC and NIEHS conduct
health effects and exposure research. FDA
also performs research on children's risks.
Many of these research activities are being
conducted in collaboration with EPA
scientists. The private sector, particularly the
water treatment industry, is conducting
research in such areas as analytical methods,
treatment technologies, and the development
and maintenance of water resources.
Cooperative research efforts have been
ongoing with the American Water Works
Association, Water Research Foundation
and other stakeholders to coordinate
drinking water research. EPA also is
working with USGS to evaluate
performance of newly developed methods
for measuring microbes in potential drinking
water sources.
EPA has developed joint research initiatives
with NOAA and USGS for linking
monitoring data and field study information
with available toxicity data and assessment
models for developing sediment criteria.
In addition, EPA is coordinating research
with DOE and USGS to understand and
address the potential human health and
environmental impacts of hydraulic
fracturing.
Objective: Protect and Restore Watersheds
and Aquatic Ecosystems
Watersheds
Protecting and restoring watersheds will
depend largely on the direct involvement of
many federal agencies and state, Tribal, and
local governments who manage the
multitude of programs necessary to address
water quality on a watershed basis. Federal
agency involvement will include U.S.
Department of Agriculture (Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Forest
Service Agency, and Agriculture Research
Service), Department of the Interior (Bureau
of Land Management, Office of Surface
Mining, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Transportation, and Department of Defense
(Navy and US Army Corps of Engineers).
At the state level, agencies involved in
watershed management typically include
departments of natural resources or the
environment, public health agencies, and
forestry and recreation agencies. Locally,
numerous agencies are involved, including
regional planning entities such as councils of
governments, as well as local departments of
environment, health, and recreation who
frequently have strong interests in watershed
projects.
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System Program
Since inception of the NPDES program
under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act,
the EPA and the authorized states have
developed expanded relationships with
various federal agencies to implement
pollution controls for point sources. The
EPA works closely with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Marine
Fisheries Service on consultation for
protection of endangered species through a
Memorandum of Agreement. The EPA
works with the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation on National Historic
Preservation Act implementation. The EPA
and the states rely on monitoring data from
U.S. Geological Survey to help confirm
pollution control decisions. The Agency also
works closely with the Small Business
Administration and the Office of
Management and Budget to ensure that
regulatory programs are fair and reasonable.
The Agency coordinates with NOAA on
efforts to ensure that NPDES programs
support coastal and national estuary efforts
and with the Department of the Interior on
mining issues.
Joint Strategy for Animal Feeding
Operations
The Agency is working closely with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture to
implement the Unified National Strategy for
Animal Feeding Operations (AFO Strategy)
finalized on March 9, 1999. The Strategy
sets forth a framework of actions that U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the EPA will
take to minimize water quality and public
health impacts from improperly managed
animal wastes in a manner designed to
preserve and enhance the long-term
sustainability of livestock production. The
EPA's recent revisions to the Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations Regulations
(effluent guidelines and NPDES permit
regulations) will be a key element of the
EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture's
plan to address water pollution from
CAFOs. The EPA and U.S. Department of
Agriculture senior management meet
routinely to ensure effective coordination
across the two agencies.
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
The EPA's State Revolving Fund program,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development's Community Development
Block Grant program, and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Rural
Development foster collaboration on jointly
funded infrastructure projects through: (1)
coordination of the funding cycles of the
three federal agencies; (2) consolidation of
plans of action (operating plans, intended
use plans, strategic plans, etc.); and (3)
preparation of one environmental review
document, when possible, to satisfy the
requirements of all participating federal
agencies. A coordination group at the
federal level has been formed to further
these efforts and maintain lines of
communication. In many states,
coordination committees have been
established with representatives from the
three programs.
In implementation of the Indian set-aside
grant program under Title VI of the Clean
Water Act, the EPA works closely with the
Indian Health Service to administer grant
funds to the various Indian tribes, including
determination of the priority ranking system
for the various wastewater needs in Indian
Country. The EPA and U.S. Department of
Agriculture Rural Development partner to
provide coordinated financial and technical
assistance to tribes.
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Federal Agency Partnerships on Impaired
Waters Restoration Planning
The federal government owns about 30
percent of the land in the United States and
administers over 90 percent of these public
lands through four agencies: Forest Service,
Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park
Service, and Bureau of Land Management.
In managing these extensive public lands,
federal agencies have a substantial influence
on the protection and restoration of many
waters of the United States. Land
management agencies' focus on water issues
has increased significantly, with the Forest
Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and
Bureau of Land Management all initiating
new water quality and watershed protection
efforts. The EPA has been conducting joint
national assessments with these agencies to
enhance watershed protection and quantify
restoration needs on federal lands. EPA's
joint national assessments of Fish and
Wildlife Service and Forest Service
properties have already documented the
extent and type of impaired waters within
and near these agencies' lands, developed
GIS databases, reported national summary
statistics, and developed interactive
reference products (on any scale, local to
national), accessible to staff throughout the
agencies. Similar joint assessments are
planned with the other major federal land
management agencies. These assessments
have already influenced the agencies in
positive ways. The Forest Service and the
Fish and Wildlife Service have performance
measures that involve impaired waters. The
Forest Service used their national
assessment data to institute improvements in
a national monitoring and Best Management
Practices training program as well as
develop a watershed condition framework
for proactively implementing restoration on
priority National Forest and Grassland
watersheds. Also, under a Memorandum of
Agreement between the EPA and Forest
Service, numerous aquatic restoration
projects have been jointly funded and
carried out. The Fish and Wildlife Service is
using their national assessment data to
inform agency planning on water
conservation, quality, and quantity
monitoring and management in the National
Wildlife Refuge System, and also is using
the assessment in National Fish Hatcheries
System planning. Further and their
Contaminants Program, the EPA
assessments and datasets are making
significant contributions to the government-
wide National Fish Habitat Action
Partnership 2010 national assessment offish
habitat condition and the restoration and
protection efforts of 17 regional Fish Habitat
Partnerships. Also, EPA has provided
geospatial analysis from the agencies
atmospheric mercury deposition modeling to
the National Park Service for each of the
properties they manage. This analysis shows
not only the amount of mercury falling onto
a particular watershed but also allocates the
deposition among major contributing U.S.
and global sources.
Monitoring and Assessment of Nation's
Waters
The EPA works with federal, state, and
Tribal partners to strengthen water
monitoring programs to support a range of
management needs and to develop tools to
improve how we manage and share water
data and report environmental results. The
EPA's Monitoring and Assessment
Partnership is a forum for the EPA, states,
tribes and interstate organizations to
collaborate on key program directions for
assessing the condition of the nation's
waters in a nationally consistent and
representative manner. The EPA is co-chair,
along with U.S. Geological Survey, of the
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National Water Quality Monitoring Council,
a national forum for scientific discussion of
strategies and technologies to improve water
quality monitoring and data sharing. The
council membership includes other federal
agencies, state and Tribal agencies, non-
governmental organizations, academic
institutions, and the private sector.
Nonpoint Sources Pollution Controls
The EPA will continue to work closely with
its federal partners to achieve our goals for
reducing pollutant discharges from nonpoint
sources, including reduction targets for
sediments, nitrogen, and phosphorous. Most
significantly, the EPA will continue to work
with the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
which has a key role in reducing sediment
loadings through its continued
implementation of the Environmental
Quality Incentives Program, Conservation
Reserve Program, and other conservation
programs. U.S. Department of Agriculture
also plays a major role in reducing nutrient
discharges. The EPA also will continue to
work closely with the Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Management especially on
the vast public lands that comprise 30
percent of all land in the United States. The
EPA will work with these agencies, U.S.
Geological Survey, and the states to
document improvements in land
management and water quality.
The EPA also will work with other federal
agencies to advance a watershed approach to
federal land and resource management to
help ensure that federal land management
agencies serve as a model for water quality
stewardship in the prevention of water
pollution and the restoration of degraded
water resources. Implementation of a
watershed approach will require
coordination among federal agencies at a
watershed scale and collaboration with
states, tribes, and other interested
stakeholders.
Marine Pollution Prevention
The EPA works closely with a number of
federal agencies including the U.S. Coast
Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of State, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and others to
prevent pollution from both land-based and
ocean-based sources from entering the
marine environment.
Specifically, the EPA will continue to work
closely with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
on standards for permit review, as well as
site selection/designation and monitoring
related to dredged material management.
The EPA will continue to work with the
U.S. Coast Guard in the development of best
management practices and discharge
standards under the Clean Boating Act. The
EPA also works closely with the U.S. Coast
Guard on addressing ballast water
discharges.
In addition, the EPA works closely with a
number of other federal agencies to prepare
reports to Congress as well as review reports
from other agencies. For example, the EPA
works with a number of federal agencies on
the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating
Committee, which prepares periodic reports
to Congress on the progress of marine debris
prevention efforts per the Marine Debris
Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act of
2006.
The EPA also participates with other federal
agencies (including: U.S. Coast Guard, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of
State, U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and U.S. Navy) on a
number of international forums on marine
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protection programs, to develop
international standards that address vessel-
related transport of aquatic invasive species,
harmful antifoulants, operational discharges
from vessels, dumping of wastes and other
matter at sea, and marine debris. The EPA is
Head of the U.S. Delegation for the London
Convention / London Protocol (LC / LP)
Scientific Group, Alternate Head of the U.S.
Delegation for the LC / LP Consultative
Meeting of the Parties, and a member of the
U.S. Delegation to the Marine
Environmental Protection Committee.
The EPA works closely with the U.S. Coast
Guard on addressing ballast water
discharges.
National Estuary Program
The National Estuary Program is comprises
28 community-based organizations that
protect and restore estuarine and coastal
watershed a long-term Comprehensive
Conservation Management Plan that focuses
on the unique challenges of to their estuarine
watershed. Each Comprehensive
Conservation Management Plan includes
priority actions that NEP will take to address
the estuary's problems and identifies the role
each partner will play in implementing the
actions. Effective implementation of the
Comprehensive Conservation Management
Plan depends to a great extent on the long-
term commitment, collaboration, and
involvement of federal and state agency
partners. Federal partners that are typically
engaged in implementing the management
plan include the EPA's Water Programs; the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's National Estuarine
Research Reserves, Sea Grant, and Habitat
Protection and Restoration Programs; the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal
Program; and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Natural Resource
Conservation Service and Forest Service.
Other NEP partners include state natural
resource agencies; municipal government
planning agencies and water utilities;
regional planning agencies; universities;
industry; non-governmental organizations,
and community members.
The EPA and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration have signed a
Memorandum of Agreement to facilitate
collaboration between the two agencies and
to enhance the capacity of coastal managers
in helping communities to adapt to climate
change and to become more resilient.
Collaborative efforts include designing and
presenting workshops on how to develop
local climate adaptation strategies; providing
information to coastal managers such as the
National Estuary Program Directors and
local planners on incorporating climate
change into local decision making about
ecosystem restoration; identifying climate
change indicators in order to monitor and
assess trends in local water quality and
living resource conditions; and enhancing
the capacity of local land trusts with
integrating climate adaptation strategies into
their land conservation planning.
National Ocean Policy
The EPA will support implementation of the
Executive Order that establishes the
Nation's first comprehensive national policy
for stewardship of the ocean, U.S. coasts and
the Great Lakes. The Executive Order
strengthens ocean governance and
coordination, establishes guiding principles
for ocean management, and adopts a flexible
framework for effective coastal and marine
spatial planning.
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Wetlands
The EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric, Administration,
U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (and Federal Highway
Administration) currently coordinate on a
range of wetlands activities. These activities
include: studying and reporting on wetlands
trends in the United States, diagnosing
causes of coastal wetland loss, updating and
standardizing the digital map of the nation's
wetlands, statistically surveying the
condition of the nation's wetlands, and
developing methods for better protecting
wetland function. Coastal wetlands remain a
focus area of current interagency wetlands
collaboration. The agencies meet monthly
and are conducting a series of coastal
wetlands reviews to identify causes and
prospective tools and approaches to address
the 84,100acreloss over five years in marine
and estuarine wetlands that U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service documented in the 2011
"Status and Trends of Wetlands in the
Conterminous United States: 2004 to 2009"
report. Additionally, the EPA and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers work very closely
together in implementing the wetlands
regulatory program under Clean Water Act
Section 404. Under the regulatory program,
the agencies coordinate closely on overall
implementation of the permitting decisions
made annually under Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act, through the headquarters
offices as well as the ten EPA Regional
Offices and 38 U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers District Offices. The agencies
also coordinate closely on policy
development and litigation. The EPA and
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are
committed to achieving the goal of no net
loss of wetlands under the Clean Water Act
Section 404 program.
Great Lakes
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The Interagency Task Force, created by
EO 13340, is charged with increasing and
improving collaboration and integration
among federal agencies involved in Great
Lakes environmental activities. The Task
Force provides overall guidance regarding
the Initiative and coordinates restoration of
the Great Lakes, focusing on outcomes such
as, e.g., cleaner water and sustainable
fisheries. The EPA is leading the
Interagency Task Force to implement the
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Following announcement of the Initiative in
2009, the EPA led development of a FY
2010 - FY 2014 Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative Action Plan (Action Plan) which
targets the most significant environmental
problems of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Members of the Interagency Task Force
enter into interagency agreements to fund
activities intended to achieve the goals,
objectives, and targets in the Action Plan.
This effort builds upon previous
coordination and collaboration by the Great
Lakes National Program Office pursuant to
the mandate in Section 118 of the Clean
Water Act to "coordinate action of the
Agency with the actions of other federal
agencies and state and local authorities..."
The Great Lakes National Program Office
supports the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative, the Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement, and other efforts to improve the
Great Lakes and, under the direction of the
EPA's Great Lakes National Program
Manager, is leading the implementation of
31 The Interagency Task Force includes eleven
agency and cabinet organizations: EPA; Department
of State, DOI, USD A, Department of Commerce,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Transportation, DHS, Army, Council
on Environmental Quality, and Department of Health
and Human Services.
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Great Lakes restoration activities by the
federal agencies and their partners.
Coordinated activities to implement the
Initiative include:
jointly establishing funding priorities
for ecosystem restoration;
D protecting the Great Lakes from
invasive species, including Asian
carp;
D coordinating habitat protection and
restoration with states, tribes,
USFWS, andNRCS;
coordinating development and
implementation of Lakewide
Management Plans for each of the
Great Lakes and for Remedial
Action Plans for the 30 remaining
U.S./binational Areas of Concern;
coordinating programs and funding
efforts to accelerate progress in
deli sting Areas of Concern and to
reduce phosphorus runoff and effects
in a targeted group of watersheds;
coordinating state, federal, and
provincial partners, both to
implement monitoring programs and
to utilize the results from that
monitoring activity to manage
environmental programs; and
working with Great Lakes states,
U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers on
dredging issues.
Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a
partnership of several federal agencies,
states, local governments, nongovernmental
organizations, academic institutions, and
other interested stakeholders. Only through
the coordinated efforts of all of these entities
will the preservation and restoration of the
Chesapeake Bay be achieved. Recognizing
this need for coordination, office directors
from the federal agencies that form the
Chesapeake Bay Program meet on a regular
basis. This group includes representatives
of:
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service
Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey
Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
Department of Agriculture, U.S.
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture, Farm
Services Agency
Department of Agriculture, Office of
Environmental Markets
Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Department of Defense, U.S. Army
Department of Defense, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Department of Transportation
Department of Homeland Security,
U.S. Coast Guard
Other agencies as deemed
appropriate
The EPA also is the lead agency
representing the federal government on the
Chesapeake Executive Council, which
oversees the policy direction of the
Chesapeake Bay Program. In addition to the
EPA Administrator, the Chesapeake
Executive Council consists of the governors
of the Bay states, the mayor of the District
of Columbia, the chair of the Chesapeake
Bay Commission, and the Secretary of
Agriculture.
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President Obama's May 2009 Executive
Order on Chesapeake Bay Protection and
Restoration has brought the federal agencies
interested in the Bay and its watershed to a
new level of interagency coordination and
cooperation. The Executive Order
established the Federal Leadership
Committee (FLC) for the Chesapeake Bay,
which is chaired by the EPA and includes
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department
of Commerce, Department of Defense,
Department of Homeland Security,
Department of the Interior, and Department
of Transportation. FLC members are
Secretary and Administrator level
executives. FLC members are represented in
more regular meetings of the Federal
Leadership Committee Designees, which
includes Assistant Secretary and Assistant
Administrator level executives. Daily
development of deliverables under the
Executive Order is conducted by the Federal
Office Directors' group. Working together,
the FLC agencies released a coordinated
implementation strategy on May 12, 2010.
These agencies also coordinate on the
development of an annual action plan and
annual progress report required by the
Executive Order.
Many of the efforts resulting from the
Executive Order and described in the
implementation strategy will necessitate and
foster increased and improved federal
coordination. Revitalized efforts to improve
and account for agricultural best
management practices depend upon
cooperation between the EPA, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, U.S. Geological
Survey, and others. The EPA is participating
on the interagency Environmental Markets
Team that is assisting in the development of
a market-based approach under the
Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily
Load. The EPA, Department of the Interior,
and NOAA will expand the understanding of
the toxic contaminant problem in the Bay
and its watershed and develop contaminant
reduction outcomes and strategies. The
EPA, Department of Transportation, and the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development will provide technical
assistance to communities that undertake
development of integrated transportation,
housing, and water infrastructure plans. The
Executive Order strategy includes many
other examples of how federal agencies are
coordinating their efforts to protect and
restore the Chesapeake Bay and its
watershed.
Gulf of Mexico
The President signed Executive Order
13554, establishing the Gulf Coast
Ecosystem Restoration Task Force on
October 5, 2010, giving the Task Force a
mission to restore and protect the Gulf
ecosystem for future generations. Chaired by
the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Task Force includes the five Gulf states and
the following federal agencies:
Council on Environmental Quality
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of Transportation
Domestic Policy Council
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology
Policy
In unprecedented collaboration, the Task
Force, charged with developing a strategy
for the long-term restoration and
conservation of the diverse ecosystems of
the Gulf Coast that will ensure its long-term
environmental, economic, and health
benefits, presented the Gulf of Mexico
Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy to
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the President on December 2, 2011. This
Restoration Strategy builds upon existing
research, planning and program efforts
throughout the Gulf that have generated
wide interest and participation by Gulf-
based citizens, businesses, scientists,
industries and governments. In 2013, the
EPA's responsibilities entail the ongoing
interagency (federal and state) and Tribal
governments' coordination and technical
support required to continue implementation
of the Task Force's Gulf of Mexico Regional
Ecosystem Restoration Strategy.
Research
The Committee on Environment, Natural
Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS) is
coordinating the research efforts among
federal agencies to assess the impacts of
nutrients and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
Urban wet weather flow research is being
coordinated with other organizations such as
the Water Environment Research
Foundation's Wet Weather Advisory Panel,
the ASCE Urban Water Resources Research
Council, the COE, and USGS. Research on
the characterization and management of
pollutants from agricultural operations (e.g.,
CAFOs) is being coordinated with USDA
through workshops and other discussions.
EPA is pursuing collaborative research
projects with the USGS to utilize water
quality data from urban areas obtained
through the USGS National Ambient Water
Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program,
showing levels of pesticides that are even
higher than in many agricultural area
streams. These data have potential uses for
identifying sources of urban pesticides and
EPA will evaluate how the USGS data could
be integrated into the Geographic
Information System (GIS) database system.
The EPA also is working to collaborate with
the American Water Works Association, the
Global Water Research Coalition, the
National Research Council, Institute for
Research in Construction, the American
Society of Civil Engineers and several
university research organizations including
Penn State University, the University of
Houston, Louisiana Tech University, and the
Polytechnic University of New York, on
water infrastructure research.
The EPA will continue work under the
MOA with the USCG and the State of
Massachusetts on ballast water treatment
technologies and mercury continuous
emission monitors. The agency also
coordinates technology verifications with
NOAA (multiparameter water quality
probes); DOE (mercury continuous emission
monitors); DoD (explosives monitors, PCB
detectors, dust suppressants); USDA
(ambient ammonia monitors); Alaska and
Pennsylvania (arsenic removal); Georgia,
Kentucky, and Michigan (storm water
treatment); and Colorado and New York
(waste-to-energy technologies).
EPA participates in the Multi-Resolution
Land Characterization (MRLC) consortium.
This federal partnership for national
environmental assessment produces a set of
digital land-cover databases. Collaborators
include NOAA, USFS, USGS, LANDFIRE,
BLM, NRCS, NFS, NASA, USFWS, and
OSM.
EPA will partner with the Army, as part of
the Army's Net Zero Initiative, to develop
and demonstrate innovative water
technologies to accomplish the Army's goal
of net zero energy, water and waste by 2020.
Community Water Priorities/Urban Waters
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In response to early stakeholder feedback,
the EPA has been working with senior
executives from eleven federal agencies to
form an Urban Waters Federal Partnership,
with support from the White House
Domestic Policy Council. Agencies include:
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce - National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Department of Commerce - Economic
Development Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Transportation
Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Department of Health and Human
Services - Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Department of Health and Human
Services - National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Corporation for National and
Community Service
This partnership seeks to help communities
- especially underserved communities -
transform overlooked urban waters into
treasured centerpieces and drivers of urban
revival. The partnerships will advance urban
waters goals of: empowering and supporting
communities in revitalizing their urban
waters and the surrounding land; helping
communities establish and maintain safe and
equitable public access to their urban
waterways; and linking urban water
restoration to other community priorities
such as employment, education, economic
revitalization, housing, transportation,
health, safety, and quality of life. To meet
these goals, the partnership will leverage
member agencies' authorities, resources,
expertise, and local support. This federal
partnership will advance an action agenda
including the selection of Urban Waters
Federal Partnership Pilots for place-based
projects, the identification of policy actions
needed to integrate federal support to
communities and to remove barriers to local
and community action, and other actions
such as sharing information and providing
information on urban waters to communities
in the nation.
San Francisco Bay-Delta
The Interim Federal Action Plan for the
California Bay-Delta, issued in December
2009, signaled the federal government's
intent to protect and restore this critically
important ecosystem - one that provides
water to 25 million residents, sustains one of
the most productive agricultural regions in
the country, and until recently supported a
commercial and recreational fishing industry
that normally contributed hundreds of
millions of dollars annually to the California
economy. Improving water supply reliability
and restoration of threatened and listed
species remains the priority. The federal
government is participating with the state
and stakeholders in the development of the
Bay-Delta Conservation Plan, a long-term
plan for ecosystem restoration and water
management. Further, U.S. Department of
the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the EPA and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers have undertaken a
number of other activities to restore habitat,
increase water efficiency, and improve water
quality.
Puget Sound Program
The Puget Sound Program works to protect
and restore Puget Sound, which has been
designated as an estuary of national
significance under the Clean Water Act
National Estuary Program. In addition to
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working with state agencies, Puget Sound
tribes, the government of Canada, local
governments, and non-profit organizations,
EPA Region 10 initiated and chairs the
Puget Sound Federal Caucus.
The Puget Sound Federal Caucus is made up
of thirteen federal agencies which have
entered into a Memorandum of
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Understanding to better integrate, organize
and focus federal efforts in the Puget Sound
ecosystem. Through the Caucus, EPA and
other member agencies are aligning
resources and strengthening federal
coordination on Puget Sound protection,
science, recovery, resource management and
outreach efforts. By these actions, federal
agencies can contribute significantly to the
restoration and protection of Puget Sound.
Examples of Puget Sound federal caucus
work include a comprehensive cross-agency
assessment of federal authorities and actions
directed towards recovery of habitat for
endangered salmon species. Additionally,
EPA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the U.S. Army Corp of
Engineers all participate in the Washington
Shellfish Initiative- an agreement launched
in December 2011 among federal and state
government, tribes, and the shellfish
industry to restore and expand Washington's
shellfish resources to promote clean-water
commerce and create family wage jobs.
The federal agencies that participate in the
Puget Sound Federal Caucus are:
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Park Service
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ralcaucus_mou_ 13 signators.pdf
National Resource Conservation
Service
Navy Region Northwest
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Forest Service
Goal 3-Cleaning Up Our Communities
Objective: Promote Sustainable and
Livable Communities
Brownfields
EPA continues to lead the Brownfields
Federal Partnership, which includes more
than 20 federal agencies dedicated to the
cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields
properties. Partner agencies work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
redevelop brownfields. The Brownfields
Federal Partnership's on-going efforts
include promoting the Portfields and Mine-
Scarred Lands projects and looking for
additional opportunities to jointly promote
community revitalization by participating in
multi-agency collaborative projects, holding
regular meetings with federal partners, and
supporting regional efforts to coordinate
federal revitalization support to state and
local agencies.
Sustainable Communities
In June 2009, EPA, the U.S. Department of
Transportation, and the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development formed
the Partnership for Sustainable Communities
to help protect the environment by providing
communities with more options for public
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transportation and better access to green,
affordable housing. In FY13, EPA will build
on the successes of the past two years to
achieve four goals:
(1) Make EPA's resources and
assistance easier for communities to
understand and access.
(2) Identify and remove barriers to
cleaning up and redeveloping
contaminated land.
(3) Provide communities with
implementation strategies and
assistance to address specific barriers
to more efficient and more cost-
effective growth and development.
(4) Promote environmental justice.
In addition, in FY13, EPA will
institutionalize assistance to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency by
developing guidelines and procedures to
help communities prepare for disasters and
rebuild more sustainably after a disaster.
EPA will continue to provide similar support
to other federal agencies, such as the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Centers for
Disease Control, and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. This
assistance helps these agencies protect the
environment through their community
development programs, policies, regulations,
and resources, while meeting their core
agency objectives. EPA also co-sponsors
the Governor's Institute on Community
Design with HUD and DOT. The institute
works with governors and their cabinets to
improve environmental and public health
outcomes of community development.
Environmental Justice
EPA will continue its work in partnership
with other federal agencies to address the
environmental and public health issues
facing communities with environmental
justice concerns. In 2013, the Agency will
continue its efforts to work collaboratively
and constructively with all levels of
government, and throughout the public and
private sectors. The issues range from lead
exposure, asthma, safe drinking water and
sanitation systems to hazardous waste clean-
up, renewable energy/wind power
development, and sustainable
environmentally-sound economies. EPA and
its federal partners are utilizing EPA's
collaborative problem-solving model, based
on the experiences of federal collaborative
partnerships, to improve the federal
government's effectiveness in addressing the
environmental and public health concerns
facing communities. As the lead agency for
environmental justice pursuant to Executive
Order 12898, EPA shares its knowledge and
experience and offers assistance to other
federal agencies as they enhance their
strategies to integrate environmental justice
into their programs, policies, and activities.
U. S. -Mexico Border
The Governments of Mexico and the United
States agreed, in November 1993, to assist
communities on both sides of the border in
coordinating and carrying out environmental
infrastructure projects. The agreement
between Mexico and the United States
furthers the goals of the North American
Free Trade Agreement and the North
American Agreement on Environmental
Cooperation. To this purpose, the
governments established two international
institutions, the Border Environment
Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the
North American Development Bank
(NADBank), which manages the Border
Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF), to
support the financing and construction of
much needed environmental infrastructure.
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The BECC, with headquarters in Ciudad
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, assists local
communities and other sponsors in
developing and implementing environmental
infrastructure projects. The BECC also
certifies projects as eligible for NADBank
financing. The NADBank, with headquarters
in San Antonio, Texas, is capitalized in
equal shares by the United States and
Mexico. NADBank provides new financing
to supplement existing sources of funds and
foster the expanded participation of private
capital.
A significant number of residents along the
U.S.-Mexico border area are without basic
services such as potable water and
wastewater treatment and the problem has
become progressively worse in the last few
decades. Over the last several years, EPA
has continued to work with the U.S. and
Mexican Sections of the International
Boundary and Water Commission and
Mexico's national water commission,
Comision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA),
to further efforts to improve drinking water
and wastewater services to communities
within 100 km on the U.S. and 300 km on
the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program
represents a successful joint effort between
the U.S. and Mexican governments in
working with the 10 Border States and local
communities to improve the region's
environmental health, consistent with the
principles of sustainable development. Over
the last several years, EPA has continued to
work with the U.S. and Mexican Sections of
the International Boundary and Water
Commission and Mexico's national water
commission, Comision Nacional del Agua
(CONAGUA), to further efforts to improve
drinking water and wastewater services to
communities within 100 km on the U.S. and
300 km on the Mexico side of the U.S.-
Mexico border.
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Research
Research in ecosystems protection is
coordinated government-wide through the
Committee on Environment, Natural
Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS).
EPA actively participates in the CENRS and
all work is fully consistent with, and
complementary to, other Committee
member activities. EPA scientists staff two
CENRS Subcommittees: the Subcommittee
on Ecological Systems (SES) and the
Subcommittee on Water Availability and
Quality (SWAQ). EPA has initiated
discussions within the SES on the subject of
ecosystem services, and potential ERP
collaborations are being explored with the
U.S. Geological Service (USGS) and with
USDA Forest Service. Within SWAQ, the
ERP has contributed to an initiative for a
comprehensive census of water availability
and quality, including the use of
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Program methods and ongoing surveys as
data sources. In addition, EPA has taken a
lead role with USGS in preparing a SWAQ
document outlining new challenges for
integrated management of water resources,
including strategic needs for monitoring and
modeling methods, and identifying water
requirements needed to support the
ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems.
Consistent with the broad scope of the
EPA's ecosystem research efforts, EPA has
had complementary and joint programs with
FS, USGS, USDA, NOAA, BLM, USFS,
NGOs, and many others specifically to
minimize duplication, maximize scope, and
maintain a real time information flow. For
example, all of these organizations work
together to produce the National Land Cover
Data used by all landscape ecologists
nationally. Each contributes funding,
services and research to this uniquely
successful effort.
EPA expends substantial effort coordinating
its research with other federal agencies,
including work with DoD in its Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP) and the Environmental
Security Technology Certification Program,
DOE and its Office of Health and
Environmental Research. EPA also conducts
collaborative laboratory research with DoD,
DOE, DOT (particularly the USGS), and
NASA to improve characterization and risk
management options for dealing with
subsurface contamination.
The Agency also is working with NIEHS,
which manages a large basic research
program focusing on Superfund issues, to
advance fundamental Superfund research.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) also provides
critical health-based information to assist
EPA in making effective cleanup decisions.
EPA works with these agencies on
collaborative projects, information
exchange, and identification of research
issues and has a MOU with each agency.
EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, and Navy
recently signed a MOU to increase
collaboration and coordination in
contaminated sediments research.
Additionally, the Interstate Technology
Regulatory Council (ITRC) has proved an
effective forum for coordinating federal and
state activities and for defining continuing
research needs through its teams on topics
including permeable reactive barriers,
radionuclides, and Brownfields. EPA has
developed an MOU33 with several other
agencies [DOE, DoD, NRC, USGS, NOAA,
and USDA] for multimedia modeling
research and development.
33 For more information please go to: Interagency
Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental
Models MOU,
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Other research efforts involving
coordination include the unique controlled-
spill field research facility designed in
cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Geophysical research experiments and
development of software for subsurface
characterization and detection of
contaminants are being conducted with the
USGS and DOE's Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory.
The Agency coordinates its research
fellowship programs with other federal
agencies and the nonprofit sector through
the National Academies' Fellowships
Roundtable, which meets biannually.34
EPA is coordinating with DoD's Strategic
Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP) in an ongoing
partnership, especially in the areas of
sustainability research and of incorporating
materials lifecycle analysis into the
manufacturing process for weapons and
military equipment. EPA's People,
Prosperity, and Planet (P3) student design
competition for sustainability will partner
with NASA, NSF, OFEE, USAID, USDA,
CEQ, and OSTP.
Several federal agencies sponsor research on
variability and susceptibility in risks from
exposure to environmental contaminants.
EPA collaborates with a number of the
Institutes within the NIH and CDC. For
example, NIEHS conducts multi-
disciplinary biomedical research programs,
prevention and intervention efforts, and
communication strategies. The NIEHS
program includes an effort to study the
effects of chemicals, including pesticides
and other toxics, on children. EPA
34 For more information, see
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collaborates with NIEHS in supporting the
Centers for Children's Environmental
Health and Disease Prevention, which study
whether and how environmental factors play
a role in children's health and with the
National Institute on Child Health and
Human Development on the development
and implementation of the National
Children's Study.
Objective: Preserve Land
Pollution prevention activities entail
coordination with other federal departments
and agencies. For example, EPA coordinates
with the General Services Administration
(GSA) on the use of safer products for
indoor painting and cleaning, with the
Department of Defense (DoD) on the use of
safer paving materials for parking lots, and
with the Defense Logistics Agency on safer
solvents. The program also works with the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology and other groups to develop
standards for Environmental Management
Systems.
In addition to business, industry, and other
non-governmental organizations, EPA
works with federal, state, Tribal, and local
governments to encourage reduced
generation and safe recycling of wastes.
Partners in this effort include the
Environmental Council of States and the
Association of State and Territorial Solid
Waste Management Officials.
The federal government is the single largest
potential source for "green" procurement in
the country, for office products as well as
products for industrial use. EPA works with
the Office of Federal Environmental
Executive and other federal agencies and
departments in advancing the purchase and
use of recycled-content and other "green"
products. In particular, the Agency is
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currently engaged with other organizations
within the Executive Branch to foster
compliance with Executive Order 13423,
and in tracking and reporting purchases of
products made with recycled contents, in
promoting electronic stewardship, and
achieving waste reduction and recycling
goals.
In addition, the Agency is currently engaged
with the DoD, the Department of Education,
the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S.
Postal Service, and other agencies to foster
proper management of surplus electronics
equipment, with a preference for reuse and
recycling. With these agencies, and in
cooperation with the electronics industry,
EPA and the Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive launched the
Federal Electronics Challenge which will
lead to increased reuse and recycling of an
array of computers and other electronics
hardware used by civilian and military
agencies.
Objective: Restore Land
Super/and Remedial Program
As referenced above, the Superfund
Remedial program coordinates with several
other federal agencies, such as ATSDR and
NIEHS, in providing numerous Superfund
related services in order to accomplish the
program's mission.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also
substantially contributes to the cleanup of
Superfund sites by providing technical
support for the design and construction of
many fund-financed remediation projects
through site-specific interagency
agreements. This federal partner has the
technical design and construction expertise
and contracting capability needed to assist
EPA regions in implementing a number of
Superfund remedial action projects. This
agency also provides technical on-site
support to Regions in the enforcement
oversight of numerous construction projects
performed by private Potentially
Responsible Parties.
Superfund Federal Facilities Program
The Superfund Federal Facilities program
coordinates with federal agencies, states,
tribes, state associations, and others to
implement its statutory responsibilities to
ensure cleanup and property reuse. The
program provides technical and regulatory
oversight at federal facilities to ensure
human health and the environment are
protected.
EPA has entered into Interagency
Agreements (lAGs) with DOD, DOE, and
other federal agencies to expedite the
cleanup and transfer of federal properties. A
Memorandum of Understanding has been
negotiated with DOD to continue the
Agency's oversight support through
September 30, 2011 for the acceleration of
cleanup and property transfer at specific
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
installations affected by the first four rounds
of BRAC. In addition, EPA is currently in
negotiations with DOD to extend BRAC
oversight support through FY 2016. EPA
has signed lAGs with the DOE to expedite
the cleanup and to support DOE's efforts of
reducing the footprint at the Savannah River
Site, Oak Ridge Reservation, Hanford, and
the Idaho National Laboratory sites using
DOE's ARRA funding. EPA also has signed
an IAG with DOE to provide funding for
EPA Region 9 to conduct a radiological
study to determine the radiological
contamination in soil and groundwater at the
Santa Susana site. EPA will continue to
provide technical input regarding innovative
and flexible regulatory approaches,
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streamlining of documentation, integration
of projects, deletion of sites from the
National Priorities List, field assessments,
and development of management documents
and processes.
Superfund Financial Responsibility
Regulations
EPA currently is developing new regulations
that will require facilities in the hardrock
mining and mineral processing, chemical
manufacturing, petroleum refining, and
electric power generation industry to
provide appropriate financial responsibility
demonstrations for damage to human health
and the environment that may be the result
of those manufacturing activities. This effort
will require close coordination with the DOT
(BLM) and USDA (Forest Service) related
to mining/mineral processing activities on
federal lands, and DoD and DOE regarding
the other industrial facilities that will be
potentially impacted.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The RCRA Waste Management and
Corrective Action programs coordinate
closely with other federal agencies,
primarily the DoD and DOE, which have
many sites in the corrective action and
permitting universe. Encouraging federal
facilities to meet the RCRA Corrective
Action and Waste Management permitting
program's goals remains a top priority.
RCRA programs also coordinate with the
Department of Commerce, the Department
of Transportation, and the Department of
State to ensure the safe movement of
domestic and international shipments of
hazardous waste.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
States and territories use the LUST Trust
Fund in addition to other resources to
administer their corrective action programs,
oversee cleanups by responsible parties,
undertake necessary enforcement actions,
and pay for cleanups in cases where a
responsible party cannot be found or is
unwilling or unable to pay for a cleanup.
States are key to achieving long-term
strategic goals and objectives. Except in
Indian country where EPA directly funds
oversight and clean-up activities, EPA relies
on state agencies to implement the LUST
program, including overseeing cleanups by
responsible parties and responding to
emergency LUST releases. LUST
cooperative agreements awarded by EPA are
directly given to the states to assist them in
implementing their oversight and
programmatic role.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
EPA plays a major role in reducing the risks
that accidental and intentional releases of
harmful substances and oil pose to human
health and the environment. EPA
implements the Emergency Preparedness
program in coordination with the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
and other federal agencies to deliver federal
assistance to state, local, and Tribal
governments during natural disasters and
other major environmental incidents. This
requires continuous coordination with many
federal, state and local agencies. The
Agency participates with other federal
agencies to develop national planning and
implementation policies at the operational
level.
The National Response Framework (NRF),
under the direction of the DHS, provides for
the delivery of federal assistance to states to
help them deal with the consequences of
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terrorist events as well as natural and other
significant disasters. EPA maintains the lead
responsibility for the NRF's Emergency
Support Function covering inland hazardous
materials and petroleum releases and
participates in the Federal Emergency
Support Function Leaders Group which
addresses NRF planning and implementation
at the operational level.
EPA coordinates its preparedness activities
with DHS, FEMA, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and other federal agencies,
states, and local governments. EPA will
continue to clarify its roles and
responsibilities to ensure that Agency
security programs are consistent with the
national homeland security strategy.
Super/and Enforcement (see Goal 5)
Oil Spills
Under the Oil Spill Program, EPA works
with other federal agencies such as U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG), NOAA, FEMA, DOT, DOT, DOE,
and other federal agencies and states, as well
as with local government authorities to
develop Area Contingency Plans. The
Department of Justice also provides
assistance to agencies with judicial referrals
when enforcement of violations becomes
necessary. EPA will have an active
interagency agreement with the USCG
providing continued support for the National
Response Center and oil spill response
technical assistance. EPA and the USCG
work in coordination with other federal
authorities to implement the National
Preparedness for Response Program.
Objective: Strengthen Human Health and
the Environment in Indian Country
EPA works under two important Tribal
infrastructure Memoranda of
Understandings (MOU) amongst five federal
agencies. EPA, the Department of the
Interior, Department of Health and Human
Services, Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development work as partners to improve
infrastructure on Tribal lands and currently
focus efforts on providing access to safe
drinking water and basic wastewater
facilities to tribes.
The first, or umbrella MOU, promotes
coordination between federal Tribal
infrastructure programs, including financial
services, while allowing federal programs to
retain their unique advantages. It is fully
expected that the efficiencies and
partnerships resulting from this
collaboration will directly assist tribes with
their infrastructure needs. Under the
umbrella MOU, for the first time, five
federal departments joined together and
agreed to work across traditional program
boundaries on Tribal infrastructure issues.
The second MOU, addressing a specific
infrastructure issue, was created under the
umbrella authority and addresses the issue of
access to safe drinking water and wastewater
facilities on Tribal lands. Currently, the five
federal agencies are working together to
develop solutions for specific geographic
areas of concern (Alaska, Southwest),
engaging in coordination of ARRA funding,
and promoting cross-agency efficiency.
These activities are completed in
coordination with federally recognized
tribes.
For more information, please see the web
link:
http://www.epa.gov/tribalportal/mous.htm.
Additionally, EPA is continuing to work
closely with other federal agencies as well
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as the Domestic Policy Council to
implement President Obama's directive
regarding the Tribal consultation process.
The President's November 5th, 2009
Memorandum directs each executive
department to develop a detailed plan to
implement Executive Order (EO) 13175,
"Consultation and Coordination with Indian
Tribal Governments," issued by President
Clinton in 2000. Under EO 13175, "all
departments and agencies are charged with
engaging in regular and meaningful
consultation and collaboration with Tribal
officials in the development of federal
policies that have Tribal implications, and
are responsible for strengthening the
government-to-government relationship
between the United States and Indian
tribes."
On May 4, 2011, EPA released its final
policy on consultation and coordination with
Indian tribes. EPA is among the first of the
federal agencies to finalize its consultation
policy in response to President Obama's first
tribal leaders summit in November 2009,
and the issuance of Executive Order 13175
to establish regular and meaningful
consultation and collaboration with tribal
officials in the development of Federal
policies that have tribal implications.
Goal 4 - Ensuring the Safety of
Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Objective: Chemical and Pesticide Risks
Coordination with state lead agencies and
with the USDA provides added impetus to
the implementation of the Certification and
Training program. States also provide
essential activities in developing and
implementing the Endangered Species and
Worker Protection programs and are
involved in numerous special projects and
investigations, including emergency
response efforts. The Regions provide
technical guidance and assistance to the
states and tribes in the implementation of all
pesticide program activities.
EPA uses a range of outreach and
coordination approaches for pesticide users,
agencies implementing various pesticide
programs and projects, and the general
public. Outreach and coordination activities
are essential to effective implementation of
regulatory decisions. In addition,
coordination activities protect workers and
endangered species, provide training for
pesticide applicators, promote integrated
pest management and environmental
stewardship, and support for compliance
through EPA's Regional programs and those
of the states and tribes.
In addition to the training that EPA provides
to farm workers and restricted use pesticide
applicators, EPA works with the State
Cooperative Extension Services designing
and providing specialized training for
various groups. Such training includes
instructing private applicators on the proper
use of personal protective equipment and
application equipment calibration, handling
spill and injury situations, farm family
safety, preventing pesticide spray drift, and
pesticide and container disposal. Other
specialized training is provided to public
works employees on grounds maintenance,
to pesticide control operators on proper
insect identification, and on weed control for
agribusiness.
EPA coordinates with and uses information
from a variety of federal, state and
international organizations and agencies in
our efforts to protect the safety of America's
health and environment from hazardous or
higher risk pesticides. In May 1991, the
USDA implemented the Pesticide Data
Program (PDF) to collect objective and
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statistically reliable data on pesticide
residues on food commodities. This action
was in response to public concern about the
effects of pesticides on human health and
environmental quality. EPA uses PDF data
to improve dietary risk assessment to
support the registration of pesticides for
minor crop uses.
PDF is critical to implementing the Food
Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The system
provides improved data collection of
pesticide residues, standardized analytical
and reporting methods, and sampling of
foods most likely consumed by infants and
children. PDF sampling, residue, testing and
data reporting are coordinated by the
Agricultural Marketing Service using
cooperative agreements with ten
participating states representing all regions
of the country. PDF serves as a showcase for
federal-state cooperation on pesticide and
food safety issues.
FQPA requires EPA to consult with other
government agencies on major decisions.
EPA, USDA and FDA work closely together
via working committees to deal with a
variety of issues that affect the involved
agencies' missions. For example, agencies
work together on residue testing programs
and on enforcement actions that involve
pesticide residues on food, and agencies
coordinate review of antimicrobial
pesticides. The Agency coordinates with
USDA/ARS in promotion and
communication of resistance management
strategies. Additionally, EPA actively
participates in the Federal Interagency
Committee on Invasive Animals and
Pathogens (ITAP) which includes members
from USDA, DOL, DoD, DHS and CDC to
coordinate planning and technical advice
among federal entities involved in invasive
species research, control and management.
While EPA is responsible for making
registration and tolerance decisions, the
Agency relies on others to carry out some of
the enforcement activities. Registration-
related requirements under FIFRA are
enforced by the states. The HHS/FDA
enforces tolerances for most foods and the
USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service
enforces tolerances for meat, poultry and
some egg products.
EPA's objective is to promote improved
health and environmental protection, both
domestically and worldwide. The success of
this objective is dependent on successful
coordination not only with other countries,
but also with various international
organizations such as the Intergovernmental
Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS), the
North American Commission on
Environmental Cooperation (CEC), OECD,
the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) and the CODEX Alimentarius
Commission. NAFTA and cooperation with
Canada and Mexico play an integral part in
the harmonization of data requirements.
These partnerships serve to coordinate
policies, harmonize guidelines, share
information, correct deficiencies, build other
nations' capacity to reduce risk, develop
strategies to deal with potentially harmful
pesticides and develop greater confidence in
the safety of the food supply.
The nexus of environmental protection and
international trade has long been a priority
for EPA engagement. EPA has played a key
role in ensuring trade-related activities
sustain environmental protection since the
1972 Trade Act mandated inter-agency
consultation by the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) on trade policy
issues. EPA is a member of the Trade Policy
Staff Committee (TPSC) and the Trade
Policy Review Group (TPRG), interagency
mechanisms that are organized and
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coordinated by USTR to provide advice,
guidance and clearance to the USTR in the
development of U.S. international trade and
investment policy.
To effectively participate in the international
agreements on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs), heavy metals, EPA must continue to
coordinate with other federal agencies and
external stakeholders, such as Congressional
staff, industry, and environmental groups.
Similarly, the Agency typically coordinates
with FDA's National Toxicology Program,
the CDC/ATSDR, NIEHS and the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) on matters relating to OECD test
guideline harmonization.
EPA also works closely with the Department
of State in leading the technical and policy
engagement for the United States
Government at international negotiations on
global mercury. EPA provided the impetus
for UNEP's Global Mercury Program, and
the agency continues to work with
developing countries and with other
developed countries in the context of that
program. In addition to the Department of
State, EPA collaborates closely with several
federal agencies including DOE and USGS;
and has developed a strong network of
domestic private sector and non-
governmental partners interested in working
on this issue.
EPA is a leader in global discussions on
mercury and was instrumental in the launch
of UNEP's Global Mercury Program, and
the agency will continue to work with
developing countries and with other
developed countries in the context of that
program. In addition, we have developed a
strong network of domestic partners
interested in working on this issue, including
the DOE and the USGS.
One of the Agency's most valuable partners
on pesticide issues is the Pesticide Program
Dialogue Committee (PPDC), which brings
together a broad cross-section of
knowledgeable individuals from
organizations representing divergent views
to discuss pesticide regulatory, policy and
implementation issues. The PPDC consists
of members from industry/trade
associations, pesticide user and commodity
groups, consumer and environmental/public
interest groups and others.
The PPDC provides a structured
environment for meaningful information
exchanges and consensus building
discussions, keeping the public involved in
decisions that affect them. Dialogue with
outside groups is essential if the Agency is
to remain responsive to the needs of the
affected public, growers, and industry
organizations.
EPA relies on data from HHS to help assess
the risk of pesticides to children. Other
collaborative efforts that go beyond our
reliance on the data they collect include
developing and validating methods to
analyze domestic and imported food
samples for organophosphates, carcinogens,
neurotoxins and other chemicals of concern.
These joint efforts protect Americans from
unhealthful pesticide residue levels.
EPA's chemical testing data provides
information for the OSHA worker protection
programs, NIOSH for research, and the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) for informing consumers about
products through labeling. EPA frequently
consults with these Agencies on project
design, progress and the results of chemical
testing projects.
The success of EPA's lead program is due in
part to effective coordination with other
federal agencies, states and Indian Tribes
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through the President's Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks to Children. EPA will continue to
coordinate with HUD to clarify how new
rules may affect existing EPA and HUD
regulatory programs, and with the FHWA
and OSHA on worker protection issues.
EPA will continue to work closely with state
and federally recognized Tribes to ensure
that authorized state and Tribal programs
continue to comply with requirements
established under TSCA, that the ongoing
federal accreditation certification and
training program for lead professionals is
administered effectively, and states and
tribes adopt the Renovation and Remodeling
and the Buildings and Structures Rules when
these rules become effective.
EPA has an Interagency Agreement with
HUD on coordination of efforts on lead-
based paint issues. As a result of the
agreement, EPA and HUD have co-chaired
the President's Task Force since 1997.
There are fourteen other federal agencies
including CDC and DoD on the Task Force.
HUD and EPA also maintain the National
Lead Information Center and share
enforcement of the Disclosure Rule.
Coordination on safe PCB disposal is an
area of ongoing emphasis with the DoD, and
particularly with the U.S. Navy, which has
special concerns regarding PCBs
encountered during ship scrapping. Mercury
storage and safe disposal also are important
issues requiring coordination with the
Department of Energy and DoD as they
develop alternatives and explore better
technologies for storing and disposing high
risk chemicals.
Research
ToxCast is EPA's part of the multi-agency
Tox21 collaboration that is currently
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nearly 10,000 environmental
chemicals for potential toxicity in high-
throughput screening assays at the NIH
Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC). EPA
contributes under an MOU with NIEHS'
National Toxicological Program, FDA's
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research,
and NCGC's National Human Genome
Research Institute. EPA also has an
agreement to provide NCGC funding to
support the effort. ToxCast is currently
finishing Phase II in which 1,000 of the
10,000 chemicals are being screened in an
additional -700 assays through EPA
supported contracts with a dozen
laboratories around the country. The data
from these innovative, rapid testing methods
will be made available to risk assessors.
The Next Generation (NexGen) of Risk
Assessment is a multi-agency project,
chaired by EPA, that builds upon ToxCast
research efforts. CDC's ATSDR and the
State of California's Environmental
Protection Agency participate in addition to
most Tox21 collaborators. Using the wealth
of data currently being generated on
molecular systems biology and gene-
environment interactions, NexGen will
develop approaches to make these data
useful for human health risk assessment.
The goal is to make risk assessments faster,
less expensive, and more scientifically
robust. In particular, NexGen is intended to
help assess the array of chemicals that are
potential environmental contaminants of
concern that are too numerous to address by
traditional approaches.
EPA coordinates its nanotechnology
research with other federal agencies through
the National Nanotechnology Initiative
(NNI),35 which is managed under the
Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science,
Engineering and Technology (NSET) of the
screening
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NSTC Committee on Technology (CoT).
The Agency's Science to Achieve Results
(STAR) program, which awards research
grants to universities and non-profit
organizations, has issued its recent
nanotechnology grants36 jointly with
NIOSH, NIEHS, and NSF.
EPA coordinates its research on endocrine
disrupters with other federal agencies
through the interagency working group on
endocrine disrupters under the auspices of
the Toxics and Risk Subcommittee of the
CENR. EPA coordinates its biotechnology
research through the interagency
biotechnology research working group and
the agricultural biotechnology risk analysis
working group of the Biotechnology
Subcommittee of NSTC's Committee on
Science.
EPA coordinates with ATSDR through a
memorandum of understanding on the
development of toxicological reviews and
toxicology profiles, respectively. EPA also
consults with other federal agencies about
the science of individual IRIS assessments
as well as improvements to the IRIS
Program through an interagency working
group including public health agencies (e.g.,
CDC, ATSDR, NIOHS, and NIEHS). The
Agency contracts with the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) on very
difficult and complex human health risk
assessments through consultation or review.
Homeland Security research is conducted in
collaboration with numerous agencies,
leveraging funding across multiple programs
and producing synergistic results. EPA's
National Homeland Security Research
Center (NHSRC) works closely with the
DHS to assure that EPA's efforts are directly
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Environmental Performance through
Pollution Prevention and Innovation
Environmental Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
initiative, which implements Executive
Orders 12873 and 13101, promotes the use
of cleaner products by federal agencies. This
is aimed at stimulating demand for the
development of such products by industry.
This effort includes a number of
demonstration projects with other federal
Departments and agencies, such as the
National Park Service (NFS) (to use Green
Purchasing as a tool to achieve the
sustainability goals of the parks), the
Department of Defense (DoD) (use of
environmentally preferable construction
materials), and Defense Logistics Agency
(identification of environmental attributes
for products in its purchasing system). The
program also is working within EPA to
"green" its own operations. The program
also works with the Department of
Commerce's National Institute of Science
and Technology (NIST) to develop a life-
cycle based decision support tool for
purchasers.
Under the Suppliers' Partnership for the
Environment program and its umbrella
program, the Green Suppliers' Network
(GSN), EPA's P2 Program is working
closely with NIST and its Manufacturing
Extension Partnership Program to provide
technical assistance to the process of
"greening" industry supply chains. The EPA
also is working with the Department of
Energy's (DOE) Industrial Technologies
Program to provide energy audits and
technical assistance to these supply chains.
The Agency is required to review
environmental impact statements and other
major actions impacting the environment
and public health proposed by all federal
agencies, and make recommendations to the
proposing federal agency on how to
remedy/mitigate those impacts. Although
EPA is required under Section 309 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) to review and
comment on proposed federal actions,
neither the National Environmental Policy
Act nor Section 309 CAA require a federal
agency to modify its proposal to
accommodate EPA's concerns. EPA does
have authority under these statutes to refer
major disagreements with other federal
agencies to the Council on Environmental
Quality. Accordingly, many of the beneficial
environmental changes or mitigation that
EPA recommends must be negotiated with
the other federal agency. The majority of the
actions EPA reviews are proposed by the
Forest Service, Department of
Transportation (including the Federal
Highway Administration and Federal
Aviation Administration), USAGE, DOI
(including Bureau of Land Management,
Minerals Management Service and National
Parks Service), Department of Energy
(including the Federal Regulatory
Commission), and the Department of
Defense.
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Goal 5- Enforcing Environmental Laws
Objective: Address pollution problems
through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance
with environmental laws.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance Program coordinates closely with
the Department of Justice (DOJ) on all civil
and criminal environmental enforcement
matters. In addition, the program
coordinates with other agencies on specific
environmental issues as described herein.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program coordinates with the
Chemical Safety and Accident Investigation
Board, OSHA, and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry in
preventing and responding to accidental
releases and endangerment situations, with
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on Tribal
issues relative to compliance with
environmental laws on Tribal lands, and
with the Small Business Administration
(SBA) on the implementation of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness
Act (SBREFA). The program also shares
information with the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) on cases which require
defendants to pay civil penalties, thereby
assisting the IRS in assuring compliance
with tax laws. In addition, it collaborates
with the SBA to maintain current
environmental compliance information at
Business.gov, a website initiated as an e-
government initiative in 2004 to help small
businesses comply with government
regulations. The program also works with a
variety of federal agencies, including the
Department of Labor (DOL), and the IRS to
organize a Federal Compliance Assistance
Roundtable to address cross-cutting
compliance assistance issues. Coordination
also occurs with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers (USAGE) on wetlands
issues.
The United States Department of
Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation
Service (USDA/NRCS) has a major role in
determining whether areas on agricultural
lands meet the definition of wetlands for
purposes of the Food Security Act. Civil
Enforcement coordinates with USDA/NRCS
on these issues also. EPA's Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance program also
coordinates with USDA on the regulation of
animal feeding operations and on food
safety issues arising from the misuse of
pesticides and shares joint jurisdiction with
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on
pesticide labeling and advertising.
Coordination also occurs with Customs and
Border Protection on implementing the
secure International Trade Data System
across all federal agencies and on pesticide
imports. EPA and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) share jurisdiction
over general-purpose disinfectants used on
non-critical surfaces and some dental and
medical equipment surfaces (e.g.,
wheelchairs). The Agency has entered into
an agreement with Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) concerning
enforcement of the Toxic Substance Control
Act (TSCA) lead-based paint notification
requirements.
The Criminal Enforcement program
coordinates with other federal law
enforcement agencies (i.e., Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI), Customs, DOL, U.S.
Treasury, United States Coast Guard
(USCG), Department of the Interior (DOI)
and DOJ) and with international, state and
local law enforcement organizations in the
investigation and prosecution of
environmental crimes. EPA also actively
works with DOJ to establish task forces that
bring together federal, state, and local law
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enforcement organizations to address
environmental crimes. In addition, the
program has an Interagency Agreement with
the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to provide specialized criminal
environmental training to federal, state,
local, and Tribal law enforcement personnel
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA.
Under Executive Order 12088, EPA is
directed to provide technical assistance to
other federal agencies to help ensure their
compliance with all environmental laws.
The Federal Facility Enforcement program
coordinates with other federal agencies,
states, local, and Tribal governments to
ensure compliance by federal agencies with
all environmental laws. In FY 2013, EPA
also will continue its efforts to support the
FedCenter, the Federal Facilities
Environmental Stewardship and Compliance
Assistance Center (www.fedcenter.gov),
which is now governed by a board of more
than a dozen contributing federal agencies.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program collaborates with the
states and tribes. States perform the vast
majority of inspections, direct compliance
assistance, and enforcement actions. Most
EPA statutes envision a partnership between
EPA and the states under which EPA
develops national standards and policies and
the states implement the program under
authority delegated by EPA. If a state does
not seek approval of a program, EPA must
implement that program in the state.
Historically, the level of state approvals has
increased as programs mature and state
capacity expands, with many of the key
environmental programs approaching
approval in nearly all states. EPA will
increase its effort to coordinate with states
on training, compliance assistance, capacity
building, and enforcement. EPA will
continue to enhance the network of state and
Tribal compliance assistance providers.
The Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance program chairs the Interagency
Environmental Leadership Workgroup
established by Executive Order 13148. The
Workgroup consists of over 100
representatives from most federal
departments and agencies. Its mission is to
assist all federal agencies with meeting the
mandates of the Executive Order, including
implementation of environmental
management systems and environmental
compliance auditing programs, reducing
both releases and uses of toxic chemicals,
and compliance with pollution prevention
and pollution reporting requirements. In FY
2013, the program also will work with its
Regions, states and directly with a number
of other federal agencies to improve
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and
other statutory compliance at federal
facilities, which array the full range of
Agency tools to promote compliance in an
effective and efficient manner.
EPA works directly with Canada and
Mexico bilaterally and in the Trilateral
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
(CEC). EPA's border activities require close
coordination with the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, the DOJ, and the States of Arizona,
California, New Mexico, and Texas. EPA is
the lead agency and coordinates U.S.
participation in the CEC. EPA works with
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological
Survey on CEC projects to promote
biodiversity cooperation and with the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative to reduce
potential trade and environmental impacts
such as invasive species.
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Super/and Enforcement
As required by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Executive
Order 12580, the Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance program coordinates
with other federal agencies in their use of
CERCLA enforcement authority. This
includes the coordinated use of CERCLA
enforcement authority at individual
hazardous waste sites that are located on
both nonfederal land (EPA jurisdiction) and
federal lands (other agency jurisdiction). As
required by Executive Order 13016, the
Agency also coordinates the use of
CERCLA Section 106 administrative order
authority by other departments and agencies.
EPA also coordinates with the Departments
of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce
to ensure that appropriate and timely
notices, required under CERCLA, are sent to
the Natural Resource Trustees to commence
the Natural Resource Damage Assessment
process. The Department of Justice also
provides assistance to EPA with judicial
referrals seeking recovery of response costs
incurred by the U.S., injunctive relief to
implement response actions, or enforcement
of other CERCLA requirements.
Under Executive Order 12580, the
Superfund Federal Facilities Enforcement
program assists federal agencies in
complying with CERCLA. It ensures that 1)
all federal facility sites on the National
Priorities List have interagency agreements,
also known as Federal Facility Agreements
or FFAs, which provide enforceable
schedules for the progression of the entire
cleanup; 2) these FFAs are monitored by
EPA for compliance; 3) federal sites that are
transferred to new owners are transferred in
an environmentally responsible manner; and
4) assistance is available, to the extent
possible, to assist federal facilities in
complying with their cleanup
responsibilities. It is this program's
responsibility to ensure that federal
agencies, by law, comply with Superfund
cleanup obligations "in the same manner and
to the same extent" as private entities. After
years of service and operation, some federal
facilities contain environmental
contamination, such as hazardous wastes,
unexploded ordnance, radioactive wastes, or
other toxic substances. To enable the
cleanup and reuse of such sites, the Federal
Facilities Enforcement program coordinates
creative solutions that protect both human
health and the environment. These
enforcement solutions help restore facilities
so they can once again serve an important
role in the economy and welfare of local
communities and the country.
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COORDINATION WITH OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Enabling Support Programs
Office of the Administrator (OA)
The Office of the Administrator (OA)
supports the leadership of the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) programs and
activities to protect human health and
safeguard the air, water, and land upon
which life depends. Several program
responsibilities include Congressional and
intergovernmental relations, regulatory
management and economic analysis,
homeland security - including intelligence
coordination, the Science Advisory Board,
children's health, the small business
program, and environmental training and
outreach.
The Office of Congressional and
Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR) is the
Agency's principal point of contact for
Congress, state and local governments. As
liaison to the Agency's major programs, key
functions include: developing EPA's
legislative agenda; facilitating coordination
and responses to requests from Congress,
state and local governments; coordinating
the appearance of witnesses and preparing
them for Congressional hearings, including
confirmation hearings; managing the
Agency's Congressional and gubernatorial
correspondence; managing/moritoring
environmental issues through interaction
with state and local governments (and other
related entities); managing EPA's Local
Government Advisory Committee and the
National Environmental Performance
Partnership System (NEPPS). OCIR
coordinates testimony and questions for the
record with the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). The office coordinates
EPA's review of testimony of other
agencies, and coordinates legislative
proposals needing interagency review.
OCIR also coordinates with other Federal
agencies on issues and/or activities
involving state and local governments.
EPA's Office of Policy (OP) interacts with a
number of federal agencies during its
rulemaking activities. Per Executive Order
12866 - Regulatory Planning and Review,
OP submits "significant" regulatory actions
to OMB for interagency review prior to
signature and publication in the Federal
Register. Under the Congressional Review
Act (CRA), rules are submitted to each
House of Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. Regulatory
actions and other information are published
through the Office of the Federal Register.
For regulations that may have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities, OP collaborates with the
Small Business Administration (SBA) and
OMB.
OP collaborates with other federal agencies
in the collection of economic data used in
the conduct of economic cost-benefit
analyses of environmental regulations and
policies; and other natural resource agencies
(e.g., the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), the Department of the
Interior (DOI), and the National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)) to
foster improved interdisciplinary research
and reporting of economic information. This
is achieved by supporting workshops and
symposiums on environmental economics
topics (e.g., economic valuation of
ecosystem services, adoption of flexible
regulatory mechanisms to achieve
environmental goals) and measuring health
and welfare benefits (e.g., represent the
Agency's issues in cross-agency groups
charged with informing USDA efforts to
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establish markets for ecosystem services).
Working with the USDA and the
Department of Energy (DOE), OP continues
to evaluate and improve climate change
integrated assessment models and develop
measures of the social damages attributable
to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This
information is used to generate estimates of
the social cost of carbon (SCC), which
enables federal agencies to better
incorporate climate impact assessments and
estimates of associated economic damages
into policy and regulatory analyses.
OP also works with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) and its
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
program to help the MEP Centers deliver
assistance on environmental and energy
matters as part of their services to small and
medium-sized businesses. Under the
Suppliers' Partnership for the Environment
program and its umbrella program, the
Green Suppliers' Network (GSN), OP
provides technical assistance to the process
of "greening" industry supply chains. OP is
working with the DOE's Industrial
Technologies Program to provide energy
audits and technical assistance to these
supply chains. Toolkits on the integration of
environmental and energy considerations
into "lean manufacturing" techniques are
widely used by MEP centers. OP is assisting
the centers in developing their "sustainable
manufacturing" tools and curriculum. OP
participates in interagency activities
organized by the Commerce Department's
Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative. The
"Lean Manufacturing" toolkits are also used
by the Department of Defense (DoD) for
training.
The Office of Children's Health Protection
(OCHP) provides leadership for cross-
Agency efforts to protect children from
exposure to toxins, pollution, and other
environmental health threats in their homes,
schools, and communities. Children are at
greater risk of harm from exposure to
environmental toxins than adults because of
their unique physiology and behavior
patterns. The OCHP ensures that children's
unique vulnerabilities are carefully
considered in Agency policy and regulatory
development and that children's
environmental health is central in outreach
and public education activities. OCHP
works with other federal departments and
agencies, state, Tribal, and local
governments to coordinate diverse program
and research efforts to help ensure that
children's environmental health is protected
where they live, learn, work, and play.
The EPA's Office of Homeland Security
(OHS) works closely with many other
federal departments and agencies to meet the
goals of presidential homeland security
directives and plans. These efforts include
working through the Interagency Planning
Committees (TPCs) and other avenues to
ensure that the EPA's efforts are integrated
into, and can build upon, the efforts of other
federal agencies. OHS also coordinates the
development of responses to inquiries from
the White House, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Congress, and others with
oversight responsibilities for homeland
security efforts. EPA's ability to effectively
implement its broad range of homeland
security responsibilities is significantly
enhanced through coordination with other
federal agencies. OHS also has a strong
partnership with various elements of the
Intelligence Community and collaborates
with them on a weekly, if not daily basis, to
ensure that interagency intelligence-related
planning and operational requirements are
met. This is achieved through coordination
with the Office of the Director for National
Intelligence, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Central Intelligence Agency,
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the National Security Agency, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Department of
Defense, and the White House National
Security Staff.
The Science Advisory Board (SAB)
primarily provides the Administrator with
independent peer reviews and advice on the
scientific and technical aspects of
environmental issues to inform the Agency's
environmental decision-making. Often, the
Agency program office seeking the SAB's
review and advice has identified the federal
agencies interested in the scientific topic at
issue. The SAB coordinates with those
federal agencies by providing notice of its
activities through the Federal Register., and,
as appropriate, inviting federal agency
experts to participate in the peer review or
advisory activity. The SAB, from time to
time, also convenes science workshops on
emerging issues and invites federal agency
participation through the greater federal
scientific and research community.
The Office of Small Business Programs
(OSBP) works with the Small Business
Administration (SBA) and other federal
agencies to increase the participation of
small and disadvantaged businesses in
EPA's procurements. OSBP works with the
SBA to develop EPA's goals for contracting
with small and disadvantaged businesses;
address bonding issues that pose a roadblock
for small businesses in specific industries,
such as environmental clean-up and
construction; and address data-collection
issues that are of concern to Offices of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU) throughout the federal
government. OSBP works closely with
regional and headquarters program offices
and the Center for Veterans Enterprise to
increase the amount of EPA procurement
dollars awarded to Service-Disabled
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
(SDVOSB). OSBP, through its Minority
Academic Institutions (MAI) Program, also
works with the Department of Education and
the White House Initiative on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to
increase the institutional capacity of HBCUs
and to create opportunities for them to work
with federal agencies, especially in the area
of scientific research and development.
OSBP coordinates with the Minority
Business Development Agency, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Department of Defense, and many other
federal agencies to provide outreach to small
disadvantaged businesses and Minority-
Serving Institutions throughout the United
States and the trust territories. OSBP's
Director is an active participant in the
Federal OSDBU Directors' Council
(www.osdbu.gov). The OSDBU Directors'
Council collaborates to support major
outreach efforts to small and disadvantaged
businesses, SDVOSB, and minority
academic institutions via conferences,
business fairs, and speaking engagements.
The OSBP's Asbestos and Small Business
Ombudsman program partners with SBA
and other federal agencies to ensure that
small business concerns are considered in
regulatory development and compliance
efforts, and to provide networks, resources,
tools, and forums for education and
advocacy on behalf of small businesses
across the country.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
(OCFO)
OCFO makes active contributions to
standing interagency management
committees, including the Chief Financial
Officers Council, focusing on improving
resources management and accountability
throughout the federal government. OCFO
actively participates on the Performance
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Improvement Council which coordinates
and develops strategic plans, performance
plans, and performance reports as required
by law for the Agency. In addition, OCFO
participates in numerous OMB-led E-Gov
initiatives such as the Financial
Management and Budget Formulation and
Execution Lines of Business and has
interagency agreements with the DoD for
processing agency payroll. OCFO provides a
Relocation Resource Center capable of
managing "one-stop shopping" domestic and
international relocations. The EPA currently
provides services internally to EPA, as well
as externally to the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), USDA, and U.S.
Department of Labor (DOL). OCFO also
participates with the Department of
Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Census in
maintaining the Federal Assistance Awards
Data System (FAADS). OCFO also
coordinates appropriately with Congress and
other federal agencies, such as the
Department of Treasury, the OMB, the
Government Accountability Office (GAO),
and the General Services Administration
(GSA). In addition, throughout FY 2012 and
FY 2013, the OCFO, in collaboration with
EPA's Office of Administration and
Resources Management and Office of
Environmental Information, will be working
with the Department of the Interior's
National Business Center (NBC), which is
an OMB-approved Human Resource Line of
Business snared services center. OCFO
plans to migrate the EPA's existing time and
attendance IT system services to NBC, as
well as move payroll services from DoD's
Defense Finance and Accounting Services
(DFAS) to NBC.
Office of Administration and Resources
Management (OARM)
The OARM is committed to working with
federal partners that focus on improving
management and accountability throughout
the federal government. The OARM
provides leadership and expertise to
government-wide activities in various areas
of human resources, grants management,
contracts management, and homeland
security. These activities include specific
collaboration efforts with federal agencies
and departments through:
Chief Human Capital Officers, a
group of senior leaders that
discuss human capital initiatives
across the federal government;
The Legislative and Policy
Committee, a committee
comprised of other federal
agency representatives who
assist the Office of Personnel
Management in developing
plans and policies for training
and development across the
government; and
The Chief Acquisition Officers
Council, the principal
interagency forum for
monitoring and improving the
federal acquisition system. The
Council also is focused on
promoting the President's
specific initiatives and policies
in all aspects of the acquisition
system.
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The OARM is participating in government-
wide efforts to improve the effectiveness
and performance of federal financial
assistance programs, simplify application
and reporting requirements, and to improve
the delivery of services to the public. This
includes membership on the Grants Policy
Committee, the Grants Executive Board, and
the Grants.gov User's Group. The EPA also
participates in the Federal Demonstration
Partnership to reduce the administrative
burdens associated with research grants.
In addition, throughout FY 2012 and FY
2013, the OARM, in collaboration with
EPA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer
and the Office of Environmental
Information, will be working with the
Department of the Interior's National
Business Center (NBC), which is an OMB-
approved Human Resource Line of Business
shared services center. The OARM plans to
migrate the existing EPA HR functions to
NBC, which offers HR transactional
processing, compensation management and
payroll processing, benefits administration,
time and attendance, and HR reporting.
The OARM is also working with the OMB,
the GSA, the DHS, and the DOC's National
Institute of Standards and Technology to
implement the Smart Card program.
Office of Environmental Information
(OEI)
To support the EPA's overall mission, OEI
collaborates with a number of other federal
agencies, states, and tribal governments on a
variety of initiatives, including making
government more efficient and transparent,
protecting human health and the
environment, and assisting in homeland
security. OEI is primarily involved in the
information technology (IT), information
management (EVI), and information security
aspects of the projects it collaborates on.
The Chief Information Officer's (CIO)
Council: The CIO Council is the principal
interagency forum for improving practices
in the design, modernization, use, sharing,
and performance of federal information
resources. The Council develops
recommendations for IT management
policies, procedures, and standards;
identifies opportunities to share information
resources; and assesses and addresses the
needs of the federal IT workforce.
E-Rulemaking: The EPA serves as the
Program Management Office (PMO) for the
eRulemaking Program. The eRulemaking
program's mission addresses two areas: to
improve public access, participation in, and
understanding of the rulemaking process and
to improve the agencies' efficiency and
effectiveness in promulgating regulations.
The eRulemaking Program maintains a
public website, www.Regulations.gov, that
enables the general public to access and
make comments on various documents that
are published in the Federal Register,
including proposed regulations and agency-
specific notices. The Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) is the agency-
side of Regulations.gov and enables the
various agencies to administer public
submissions regarding regulatory and other
documents posted by the agencies on the
Regulations.gov website. The increased
public access to the agencies' regulatory
process enables a more informed public to
provide supporting technical/legal/economic
analyses to strengthen the agencies'
rulemaking vehicles. The Program
Management Office (PMO) coordinates the
operations of the eRulemaking Program
through its 38 partner Departments and
Independent agencies (comprising more than
165 agencies, boards, commissions, and
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offices). This coordination is realized
through the administrative boards that work
with the PMO on day-to-day operations,
ongoing enhancements, and long-range
planning for program development. These
administrative boards (the Executive
Committee and the Advisory Board) have
representative members from each partner
agency and deal with contracts, budget,
website improvements, improved public
access, records management, and a host of
other regulatory concerns that were formally
only agency-specific in nature. The
coordination with the partner agencies
allows for a more uniform and consistent
rulemaking process across government. This
coordination is further realized by the fact
that more than 90 percent of all federal rules
promulgated annually are managed through
the eRulemaking Program.
The National Environmental Information
Exchange Network (EN): The EN is a
partnership among states, tribes, and the
EPA. It is revolutionizing the exchange of
environmental information by allowing
these partners to share data efficiently and
securely over the Internet. This approach is
providing real-time access to higher quality
data while saving time and resources, for all
of the partners. Leadership for the EN is
provided by the Exchange Network
Leadership Council (ENLC), which is co-
chaired by OEI and a state partner. The
ENLC works with representatives from the
EPA, state environmental agencies, and
tribal organizations to manage the Exchange
Network. FY 2013 will be a critical year for
the Exchange Network to complete its
current strategic plan to flow data across the
spectrum of the EPA's programs.
Automated Commercial
Environment/International Trade Data
System (ACE/ITDS): ACE is the system
being built by Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to ensure that its customs
agents have the information they need to
decide how to handle goods and
merchandise being shipped into, or out of,
the United States. ITDS is the organizational
framework by which all government
agencies with import/export responsibilities
participate in the development of the ACE
system. ACE will be a single, electronic
point of entry for importers and exporters to
report required information to the
appropriate agencies. It also will be the way
those agencies provide CBP with
information about potential imports/exports.
ACE eliminates the need, burden, and cost
of paper reporting. It also allows importers
and exporters to report the same information
to multiple federal agencies with a single
submission.
The EPA has the responsibility and legal
authority to make sure pesticides, toxic
chemicals, vehicles and engines, ozone-
depleting substances, and other commodities
entering the country meet our
environmental, human health, and safety
standards. The EPA's ongoing collaboration
with CBP on the ACE/ITDS project will
greatly improve information exchange
between the EPA and CBP. As a result,
Customs officers at our nation's borders will
have the information they need to admit
products that meet our environmental
regulations, and to interdict goods or
products that do not comply with the
Agency's regulations.
The EPA's work on ACE/ITDS builds on
the technical leadership in using Web
services to exchange data developed by the
Central Data Exchange and Exchange
Network (CDX/EN). As a result of our
advocacy and the interest of other
participating federal agencies, CBP will be
using Web services to exchange data with
the agencies participating in ACE/ITDS. In
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FY 2013, the EPA expects to implement
pilot data exchanges between five EPA
programs and Customs and Border
Protection at selected Ports of Entry so that
full-scale development of the data
exchanges can occur. The Agency will share
the results with the other participating
federal agencies participating in this project
and offer the EPA's Web services model
those agencies interested in using this
option. The EPA has developed an installer
for our data exchange software which will
make it easy for other agencies to install it in
their environments. Alternatively, the EPA
could provide its data exchange technology
to interested agencies on a fee for service
basis. Sharing and reusing data exchange
technology across the federal government
for ACE/ITDS implementation will save
money and create efficiencies by eliminating
redundancies in infrastructure spending by
each agency that needs to exchange data
with CBP.
The EPA also will be collaborating with
CBP and other interested agencies on using
ACE/ITDS to automate checks of import
documentation. Automating document
review is absolutely critical for agencies
such as the EPA that have limited staff at the
ports, providing a "virtual presence" at the
more than 300 ports nation-wide.
Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) Support: The
EPA's Automated Security Self-Evaluation
and Reporting Tool (ASSERT) provides
federal managers with some of the
information they need, from an enterprise
perspective, to make timely and informed
decisions regarding the level of security
implemented on their information resources.
It helps agencies understand and assess their
security risks, monitor corrective actions,
and provide standardized and automated
FISMA reports. Federal agencies using the
EPA's FISMA Reporting Solution, and
ASSERT, include: the EPA, and Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
Geospatial Information: The EPA works
extensively with DOI, NOAA U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), the USDA, and the DHS on
developing and implementing geospatial
approaches to support various business
areas. It also works with 25 additional
federal agencies through the activities of the
federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC) and the OMB Geospatial Line of
Business (GeoLoB) for whom OEI leads
several key initiatives. The EPA is one of
only two agencies (the other being the
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency)
that participate in the FGDC Coordinating
Committee, Steering Committee, and
Executive Steering Committees, as well as
on the Federal Geospatial Advisory
Committee, a Federal Advisory Committee
(FACA) to the DOI. A key component of
this work is developing and implementing
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
(NSDI). The key objective for the NDSI is
to make a comprehensive array of national
spatial data - data that portray features
associated with a location or which is tagged
with geographic information and can be
attached to and portrayed on maps ,- easily
accessible to both governmental and public
stakeholders. Use of this data, in tandem
with analytical applications, supports several
key EPA and government-wide business
areas. These include: ensuring that human
health and environmental conditions are
represented in the appropriate contexts for
targeting and decision making, enabling the
assessment, protection, and remediation of
environmental conditions, and aiding
emergency first responders and other
homeland security activities. Through
efforts such as the, National Environmental
Information Exchange Network, National
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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Assist,
EPA Metadata Editor, Facilities Registry
System (FRS) Web Services, and My
Environment. OEI also works closely with
its state, Tribal, and international partners.
This collaboration enables consistent
implementation of data acquisition and
development, standards, and technologies
supporting the efficient and cost effective
sharing and use of geographically based data
and services.
Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS): The OEI works with
the Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) to
support the EPA's involvement in the
GEOSS initiative. Other partners in this
initiative are: the U.S. Group on Earth
Observations (USGEO), and a significant
number of other federal agencies, including
NASA, NOAA, USGS, HHS, the
Department of Energy (DoE), DoD, USD A,
the Smithsonian, the National Science
Foundation (NSF), USDA, State, and the
Department of Transportation (DOT). Under
the ten-year strategic plan published by the
Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP) in 2005, the OEI and the OSA are
leading the EPA's development of the
environmental component of the Integrated
Earth Observation System (IEOS), which
will be the U.S. federal contribution to the
international GEOSS effort. Earth
observation data, models, and decision-
support systems will play an increasingly
important role in finding solutions for
complex problems, including adaptation to
climate change. The OEI also coordinates
with the OMB and OSTP to connect the
interagency GEOSS work with our Open
Government and Data.gov activities.
Chesapeake Bay Program: Operating
under Executive Order No. 13508, the EPA
is working to help restore the Chesapeake
Bay. Federal Partners in this initiative are:
the NOAA; the Natural Resources
Conservation Service; the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; the USGS; the U.S. Forest
Service; the National Park Service; and the
U.S. Navy (representing the Department of
Defense). The States of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of
Columbia, also are participating in the
effort. Using the Exchange Network (the
EPA's existing network facilitating data
sharing among and with the states and
tribes), the OEI will continue to facilitate
data exchange for the agencies working on
the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, OEI is
leading the design of a comprehensive data
management system to be used by all
partners in the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
The EPA Inspector General is a member of
the Council of Inspectors General on
Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an
organization comprised of Federal
Inspectors General (IG), GAO, and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The
CIGIE coordinates and improves the way
IGs conduct audits, investigations, and
internal operations. The CIGIE also
promotes joint projects of government-wide
interest and reports annually to the President
on the collective performance of the IG
community. The EPA OIG coordinates
criminal investigative activities with other
law enforcement organizations such as the
FBI, Secret Service, and Department of
Justice. In addition, the OIG participates
with various inter-governmental audit
forums and professional associations to
exchange information, share best practices,
and obtain/provide training. The OIG also
promotes collaboration among the EPA's
partners and stakeholders in the application
of technology, information, resources, and
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law enforcement efforts through its outreach
activities. Further, the EPA OIG initiates
and participates in collaborative audits,
program evaluations, and investigations with
OIGs of agencies with an environmental
mission such as the DOT and USDA, and
with other federal, state, and local law
enforcement agencies as prescribed by the
IG Act, as amended. The OIG, as required
by the IG Act, coordinates and shares
information with the GAO. Additionally, the
OIG serves as the Inspector General of the
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigations Board.
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MAJOR MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGES
Introduction
The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000
requires the Inspector General to identify the
most serious management challenges facing
the EPA, briefly assess the agency's
progress in addressing them, and report
annually.
The EPA has established a mechanism for
identifying and addressing its key
management challenges. As part of its
Federal Management Financial Integrity Act
process, EPA senior managers meet with
representatives from the EPA's Office of
Inspector General, the Government
Accountability Office, and the Office of
Management and Budget to hear their views
on the EPA's key management challenges.
EPA managers also use audits, reviews, and
program evaluations conducted internally
and by OIG, GAO, and OMB to assess
program effectiveness and identify potential
management issues. The EPA recognizes
that management challenges, if not
addressed adequately, may prevent the
agency from effectively meeting its mission.
The EPA remains committed to addressing
all management issues in a timely manner
and will address them to the fullest extent of
its authority.
The discussion that follows summarizes
each of the management challenges the
EPA's OIG and GAO have identified and
presents the agency's response.
1. Addressing Emerging Climate
Change Issues
Summary of Challenge: GAO notes that
while climate change poses management
challenges for the federal government at
large, for the EPA, climate-change-related
challenges pertain to legal and
administrative barriers. These include
ongoing efforts to reduce carbon emissions;
difficulties in coordinating activities
involving numerous other agencies and
other levels of government; and efforts to
account for and manage data on greenhouse
gas emissions.
Agency Response: Over the past several
years, the EPA has taken several important
actions to address climate change. Currently,
the EPA plays a key role in developing and
implementing President Obama's ambitious
climate change agenda. For instance, the
agency is participating in strategic
discussions and providing technical advice
and analysis on the full range of domestic
climate policies and technologies.
Additionally, the EPA is taking regulatory
actions to address climate change. In
December 2010, the EPA issued a series of
rules that put the necessary regulatory
framework in place to ensure that 1)
industrial facilities can get Clean Air Act
permits covering their greenhouse gas
emissions when needed and 2) facilities
emitting GHGs at levels below those
established in the Tailoring Rule do not need
to obtain Clean Air Act permits. The EPA
continues responding to the 2007 Supreme
Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA.
The EPA leads the development of multiple
mobile source programs to address GHG
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emissions from light-duty passenger
vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, ocean-going
vessels, and aircraft. In addition, the EPA
has deferred permitting requirements for
biogenic carbon dioxide emissions and has
engaged the scientific community to study
how to treat these emissions in the context
of Clean Air Act permitting. With regard to
stationary sources, the EPA is proceeding
with analyses of GHG emissions and
potential measures to reduce them as part of
its obligations to review and revise new
source performance standards, consistent
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Recognizing that climate change cuts across
many programs and offices within the
agency, senior leadership is taking steps to
expand and improve communication and
coordination on emerging climate change
issues. These processes will ensure that the
agency receives information and input,
draws effectively on its resources, and
provides useful information to its
stakeholders around the country.
Finally, the EPA continues to deliver on all
commitments under its ongoing voluntary
partnership programs to reduce GHGs,
focused on energy efficiency, transportation,
and other sectors. Experience and
knowledge gained through these programs
are also informing the EPA's input into the
broader climate policy discussion.
2. Reducing Pollution in the Nation's
Waters
Summary of Challenge: According to GAO,
among the nation's most pressing water
quality problems with which EPA and other
stakeholders struggle are the considerations
of diffuse, or "non-point" sources of
pollution and the challenges posed by
deterioration in the nation's premier
watersheds, such as the Chesapeake Bay
and Great Lakes. GAO believes multi-billion
liabilities associated with replacing and
upgrading the nation's aging water
infrastructure are a looming issue, that if
not sufficiently addressed, will impact water
quality.
Agency Response: The EPA partners with
federal, state, and local agencies and with
others to reduce pollution in the nation's
waters, but many pollution sources are
difficult to monitor and regulate.
The National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System regulations for
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
require the EPA and authorized states to
issue permits for an expanded universe of
CAFOs (compared to those covered by the
1974 regulations) that discharge or propose
to discharge to U.S. waters. In 2002, about
4,000 CAFOs were permitted out of a total
of 12,800 CAFOs. Today, the EPA
estimates that approximately 14,500 of the
total 19,300 CAFOs may need permits, yet
only 8,300 of these CAFOs have NPDES
permits to date. In addition, inspections will
require substantial effort to determine
whether CAFOs will discharge and are in
compliance with their new nutrient
management plans.
The EPA estimated that the NPDES CAFO
rule revisions in 2003 and 2008 could
potentially result in an annual pollutant
reduction of 56 million pounds of
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phosphorus, 110 million pounds of nitrogen,
and 2 billion pounds of sediment. To realize
these pollutant reductions, states must adopt
the provisions of the new regulations and
then issue permits consistent with those
rules. Additional agency resources are
needed to assist states in developing revised
legislation, regulations, and/or permits to
reflect the new regulations and to oversee
state review of NMPs. States need additional
resources to revise their programs, to review
NMPs for every permitted CAFO, and to
increase enforcement and compliance efforts
to ensure that all CAFOs that discharge seek
permit coverage and carry out proper
operation and maintenance.
The EPA is continuing to take the lead in
working across the federal government and
the water sector to close the water
infrastructure gap and move the nation's
water infrastructure to a more sustainable
footing. In October of 2010, the EPA
released its Clean Water and Drinking Water
Sustainability Policy, which focuses on
efforts to effect change and reduce the
infrastructure gap. The Policy emphasizes:
1) the need for robust and effective planning
for water infrastructure; 2) capacity
development and effective utility
management to enhance the sustainability of
all aspects of water sector systems; and 3)
integrating water infrastructure into cross-
sector planning efforts to foster the
sustainability of our communities. The EPA
is actively pursuing a suite of programs and
activities in each of these areas, including
efforts to encourage and work with state
SRFs as they incorporate sustainability
considerations into their programs.
Through the Drinking Water and Clean
Watersheds Needs Surveys, the EPA
provides a systematic assessment of national
water infrastructure needs. These are
reported to Congress every four years and
clearly show that needs are very large and
increasing.
The EPA's efforts to coordinate with other
federal agencies are extensive and
expanding. The agency has an MOU with
the Federal Highway Administration to
promote asset management across the water
and transportation sectors. We are actively
engaged with the Departments of Housing
and Urban Development and Transportation
in a partnership to promote sustainable
communities. Through the EPA's efforts,
water infrastructure was included as an
element in the $100M of HUD regional
planning grants that were awarded last year -
and that aspect of the program's goals will
be strengthened for the $70M in grants to be
awarded this year.
In concert with these regional planning
grants, the EPA has worked with HUD to
include water infrastructure as one of several
areas for which capacity building grants will
be awarded this year. The awardee in this
area will be charged with assisting planning
grant recipients to better integrate water
infrastructure considerations into regional
plans.
The EPA's efforts to work with states on
water infrastructure span numerous areas.
The capacity development and operator
certification programs have an active set of
work groups working on enhancing efforts
in targeted areas, such as system partnering
and managerial capacity. Sustainability is
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becoming an important part of the SRF
programs as more states incorporate
incentives for asset management, green
infrastructure, energy efficient projects and
numerous other areas which will help
communities recognize and address their
individual infrastructure needs. Through the
EPA's leadership, aspects of infrastructure
planning are being incorporated into NPDES
permit programs in some states and are also
receiving greater emphasis in enforcement
actions.
The EPA will also shortly launch an
enhanced set of web pages to support
communities as they seek to close their
individual infrastructure gaps. The pages
will include a new area with resources
specifically for local elected officials who
are often key players in making
infrastructure investment decisions.
The sum of the EPA's efforts represents a
strong and concerted effort to provide
support and leadership that helps
communities organize resources to meet
their water infrastructure needs.
To restore clean water in the Chesapeake
Bay, streams, creeks, and rivers, the EPA
established the Chesapeake Bay Total
Maximum Daily Load, a historic and
comprehensive "pollution diet" with
rigorous accountability measures. The
TMDL is required under federal law and
responds to consent decrees in Virginia and
the District of Columbia dating back to the
late 1990s. The TMDLthe largest ever
developed by EPAincludes pollution
limits to meet water quality standards in the
Bay and its tidal rivers. The TMDL is
designed to ensure that all pollution control
measures to fully restore the Bay and its
tidal rivers are in place by 2025. The EPA
expects controls, practices and actions in
place by 2017 that would achieve 60 percent
of the necessary reduction. The TMDL is
supported by rigorous accountability
measures to ensure cleanup commitments
are met, including short-and long-term
benchmarks, a tracking and accounting
system for jurisdiction activities, and federal
contingency actions that can be employed if
necessary to spur progress. The Chesapeake
Bay Program Office is playing a significant
role through outreach activities that will help
the overall restoration effort. Chesapeake
Bay jurisdictions are currently developing
Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans;
final versions, which should detail how
jurisdictions will meet TMDL expectations
and set forth local implementation strategies,
are due in FY 2012. The TMDL directly
addresses the management challenges
identified by OIG.
The EPA is leading implementation of the
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to restore
the Great Lakes ecosystem through a
coordinated interagency process. Activities
include implementing practices to reduce the
export of nutrients and soils to near-shore
waters and establishing and implementing
TMDLs and Watershed Action Plans for
phosphorus and other non-toxic pollutants.
The agencies will focus primarily on three
geographic watersheds highlighted in the
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action
Plan: Maumee River, Lower Fox
River/Green Bay, and Saginaw River.
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3. Safe Reuse of Contaminated Sites
Summary of Challenge: The EPA places
increasing emphasis on the reuse of
contaminated or once-contaminated
properties and has a performance measure
to define a population of contaminated sites
that are ready for reuse. OIG acknowledges
the improvements and efforts the EPA has
made in ensuring the long-term safety of
contaminated sites. However, OIG believes
that the EPA needs improved oversight and
management for long-term stewardship of
contaminated sites, and new strategies that
take the agency beyond merely encouraging
non-EPA parties to ensure long-term safety
and reused sites.
Agency Response: Cleaning up
contaminated sites and ensuring their safe
reuse over the long term is an agency
priority and central to the EPA's mission.
The EPA and state and tribal response
programs continue our progress in cleaning
sites to protect public health and the
environment and support the safe use of
cleaned and stabilized properties. The
agency believes that it is communicating site
risks and remedies and information needed
to ensure protectiveness.
Whenever waste is left in place at sites on
the National Priorities List, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act requires
that the remedy at the site be reviewed at
least once every five years to ensure its
continued protectiveness. The EPA's
national Superfund Program reviews Five-
Year Reports at all sites and tracks any
recommendations for needed further action
to ensure implementation.
The EPA and our state and tribal co-
implementers may select institutional
controls to control land and resource use
where residual contamination remains in
place. Institutional controls help minimize
the potential for exposure to contamination
and/or protect the integrity of engineered
components. As remedial actions, ICs are
subject to five-year reviews as well as other
periodic monitoring. The agency has
developed cross-program guidance,
Institutional Controls: A Guide to Planning,
Implementing, Maintaining and Enforcing
Institutional Controls at Contaminated
Waste Sites, which stresses the need for EPA
site managers and attorneys to coordinate
with tribes, state and local governments,
communities, and other stakeholders to
ensure that ICs are properly implemented,
maintained and enforced over their lifetime.
The agency will continue to encourage State
and Tribal Response Program funding of
tracking and management systems for land
use and institutional controls.
The EPA will also continue to develop and
maintain information systems like
"Cleanups in My Community,"
(http://www.epa.gov/cimc), to educate and
inform the public regarding federally funded
contaminated site assessment and cleanup
activities. Promoting reuse involves
communities in cleanup and reuse
discussions. The EPA will continue to
explore new tools to ensure appropriate
reuse and enhance long-term protectiveness,
including:
Ready for Reuse Determinations -
environmental status reports on site
reuse.
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Comfort and Status Letters - convey
status of the site remediation and
liability issues.
EPA Funded Reuse Planning
Site Reuse Fact Sheets - highlight
critical remedial components in
place, long-term maintenance
activities, and institutional controls.
4. Pace of Cleanup at Superfund and
other Hazardous Waste Sites
Summary of Challenge: According to GAO,
the EPA continues to make progress in
identifying hazardous waste sites requiring
cleanup. However, recent GAO reports
indicate that not only will cleanup costs be
substantial, but problems with the accuracy
and completeness of data prevent the agency
from estimating future cleanup costs. GAO
recommends that the agency assess the
comprehensiveness and reliability of the
data the agency collects and, if necessary,
improve the data to provide aggregated
information.
Agency Response: Since the Superfund
Program's inception, the EPA has provided
a mix of site-specific and aggregate data to
Congress through the annual budget process
and other avenues to facilitate annual
Superfund appropriation decisions. The
aggregate information that GAO
recommended the EPA provide to Congress
is only one among a myriad of data points
that Congress considers to make informed
decisions. As a result, these data alone are
not determinative in congressional decision-
making.
In its response to GAO's draft report,
Litigation Has Decreased and EPA Needs
Better Information on Site Cleanup and Cost
Issues to Estimate Future Program Funding
Requirements (GAO-09-656), the EPA
recognized the importance of informing and
educating partners and stakeholders about
the EPA's commitment to and progress
toward environmental cleanup. The EPA
noted, as did the GAO report, that there are
challenges in concisely describing the
multiple facets of the Superfund Program to
assist decision makers. In a subsequent
investigation on remaining construction
funding needs, (EPA's Estimated Costs to
Remediate Existing Sites Exceed Current
Funding Levels, and More Sites Are
Expected to Be Added to the National
Priorities List (GAO-10-380), GAO
discovered that many sites face significant
uncertainty regarding future site cleanup
requirements. Numerous factors contribute
to this uncertainty, including the type and
extent of contamination at the site, questions
about the effectiveness of remedial
technologies, shifting cleanup standards, the
viability and cooperativeness of responsible
parties, states' ability to provide statutorily
required cost share assurances, and
community acceptance of proposed
remedies.
Multiplying the risks posed by these
uncertainties by the more than 500 NPL
sites which have not yet achieved
construction completion yields a very large
range of possible outcomes. As a result,
aggregate estimates of future costs and
performance, especially on an annual basis,
are bounded by large ranges. This limits the
precision with which this information can be
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used to contribute to annual appropriation
decisions.
The agency will continue to explore options
for sharing with Congress and the public
information about cleanup progress and
plans for future work at sites. In this regard,
through the Integrated Cleanup Initiative
which began in 2010, the EPA committed to
identify and develop measures to depict the
broader scope of activities that take place
throughout the Superfund cleanup pipeline.
Under the ICI, the Superfund Remedial
Program introduced a new remedial action
project completion measure that directly
responds to GAO's recommendation to
provide more data on Superfund site
progress. This measure provides greater
program transparency by describing
construction progress at a project level,
which conforms more closely to field
activities that can resonate better with a
community's understanding of our cleanup
efforts. In addition, the program is exploring
the possibility of establishing formal project
baselines to better understand and track site
progress.
* EPA's Estimated Costs to Remediate
Existing Sites Exceed Current Funding
Levels, and More Sites Are Expected to
Be Added to the National Priorities List
(GAO-10-380)
5. EPA's Framework for Assessing and
Managing Chemical Risks /
Transforming EPA's Processes for
Assessing and Controlling Toxic
Chemicals
Summary of Challenge: OIG and GAO
believe that the EPA's effectiveness in
assessing and managing chemical risks is
hampered in part by limitations on the
agency's authority to regulate chemicals
under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) and other statutes. GAO notes that
EPA 's Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) viability is at risk because the agency
had been unable to complete timely and
credible chemical assessments. OIG states
that as the agency implements steps to
improve its management of chemical risks, it
must have a clear strategy that formalizes
intra-agency coordination and priority.
Agency Response: GAO continues to
identify "Transforming EPA's Processes for
Assessing and Controlling Chemicals" as a
high-risk area, and OIG continues to identify
"EPA's Framework for Assessing and
Managing Chemical Risks" as a
management challenge. In October 2009, the
EPA acknowledged "Streamlining Chemical
Assessments Under IRIS" as an agency-
level weakness under the Federal Financial
Managers' Integrity Act and has made
progress in addressing concerns raised by
both oversight organizations.
Improving IRIS. In May 2009, the agency
released a new IRIS process for completing
health assessments. The goals of the new
process are to strengthen program
management, increase transparency and
expedite the timeliness of health
assessments. Since then, the agency's
National Center for Environmental
Assessment has completed over 20
assessments, more than the number of
assessments completed in the previous five
years. Key major assessments recently
posted include trichloroethylene and
di chl or om ethane.
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Additionally, the agency is making
significant progress on health hazard
assessments of numerous high priority
chemicals (e.g., formaldehyde,
perchloroethylene, methanol,
benzo[a]pyrene and Libby asbestos),
including finalizing and completing
milestones for interagency science
consultation, or external review for the
others. Progress on these and other IRIS
assessments is available at
http ://www. epa.gov/IRIS/. EPA is also
developing assessments of health effects for
chemicals found in environmental mixtures,
including PAHs, dioxins, phthalates and
PCBs. These cumulative assessments will
increase the number of chemicals that are
addressed by the IRIS Program and are
based upon the expressed needs of the
agency. The EPA's Human Health Risk
Assessment Program will continue to lead
innovation in risk assessment science based
on expanding scientific knowledge.
The EPA recently unveiled a new database
that facilitates public access to the scientific
studies that underpin key agency decisions.
The Health and Environmental Research
Online database contains the key studies that
the EPA uses to develop environmental risk
assessments and makes them available to the
public. It includes references and data
supporting the IRIS Program, which
supports critical agency policymaking. The
HERO database is publicly accessible so
anyone can review the scientific literature
behind the EPA's science assessments. The
HERO database strengthens the
transparency of the science supporting
agency decisions.
In July 2011, the EPA announced additional
measures to strengthen the scientific quality
of IRIS assessments based on comments
from the National Academy of Sciences.1
The EPA agrees with the NAS
recommendations for developing draft IRIS
assessments and is fully implementing them
consistent with the NAS' "Roadmap for
Revision," which viewed the full
implementation of their recommendations as
a multiyear process. Initiatives that are
underway include a new document structure,
establishment of a dedicated Chemical
Assessment Advisory Committee, early peer
consultation, and an improved weight of
evidence framework.
Assessing and Managing Chemical Risks.
The EPA has announced its principles to
strengthen US chemical management laws,
initiated a comprehensive effort to enhance
the agency's current chemicals management
program within the limits of existing
authorities, and is proposing expansions of
that effort in the FY 2013 President's
Budget. (A listing of the principles are
available at
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/
pubs/principles.html). This new approach
was introduced in the EPA's FY 2011 -
2015 Strategic Plan and further developed
and implemented during FY 2010 and FY
2011. FY 2013 represents a crucial stage in
furthering implementation of EPA's
strengthened approach. The agency's
President's Budget request will allow EPA
to sustain its success in managing the
potential risks of new chemicals entering
commerce and to continue making
substantial progress in assessing and
ensuring the safety of existing chemicals.
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Existing Chemicals Program Activities:
EPA is requesting resources in FY 2013 to
continue long-overdue progress in ensuring
the safety of existing chemicals by
supporting three key activity areas:
Obtaining, Managing, and Making
Public Chemical Information:
Continue developing a sustainable
chemical safety information pipeline
to support future assessments and
risk management actions.
Screening and Assessing Chemical
Risks: Continue assessing the risks
of existing chemicals to inform and
support development and
implementation of risk management
actions, as appropriate.
Reducing Chemical Risks: Advance
consideration and implementation of
risk management actions initiated in
FY 2011 and continued through FY
2012 and consider initiating new risk
management actions in FY 2013
New Chemicals Program: In FY 2013, the
EPA will continue preventing the entry into
the U.S. market of chemicals that pose
unreasonable risks to human health or the
environment. Each year, the EPA's New
Chemicals Program reviews and manages
the potential risks from approximately 1,000
new chemicals, products of biotechnology,
and new chemical nanoscale materials prior
to their entry into the marketplace.
Management of Endocrine Disrupting
Chemicals: The complexity of the scientific
and regulatory process associated with the
full implementation of the EDSP warrant the
designation of the program as a management
challenge. However, the EDSP continues to
progress towards full implementation with
the on-going evaluation of chemicals,
prioritization of the universe of chemicals
and issuance of test orders. An important
step was the September 30, 2011 EDSP 21
work plan
http ://www. epa.gov/endo/pub s/edsp21 work
_plan_summary%20_overvi ew_final.pdf,
which outlined the steps necessary to move
the screening program from its current state
into a new form that is less reliant on whole
animal based assays and uses computational
models and higher throughput/shorter time
in vitro methods to screen for the potential
for endocrine disruption. This work plan is
an important first step in the development of
a Comprehensive EDSP Management Plan
to be completed in 2012.
6. Ensuring Consistent Environmental
Enforcement Compliance
Summary of Challenge: GAO reports that
while the EPA has improved its oversight of
state enforcement programs by
implementing the State Review Framework
(SRF), the agency still needs to address
significant non-compliance and
unacceptable low levels of enforcement
activities.
Agency Response: The EPA is responsible
for establishing performance expectations
and conducting oversight of federal
environmental programs that have been
authorized or delegated to states. The EPA
has utilized a number of different
management controls designed to ensure
appropriate program implementation, which
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vary across regions and states. The SRF is
one of those management controls. While
the SRF is an important and regular
systematic look at performance, the EPA's
oversight of state enforcement programs is
built on four components, each playing an
important part in building strong
performance:
Clear expectations set in foundational
program documents, policy and
guidance:
- Memoranda of Agreement,
delegation agreements, state
implementation plans,
enforcement agreements,
regulations, policy and guidance
can all set standards for state
performance.
Annual regional/state integrated
planning that includes both permitting
and enforcement and results in clear,
agreed-upon commitments based on
foundational documents:
- Work plans and grant
commitments can be used to
ensure that limited resources are
used to address the most
important sources,
noncompliance and performance
issues.
Regular and periodic review of
performance that identifies corrective
actions to fix problems and ensures
program improvements:
- The SRF looks at inspection
coverage, identification of
violations, timely and appropriate
enforcement, penalties and
accurate and complete reported
data. It results in
recommendations to address
deficiencies and tracks their
implementation. The agency is
developing an escalation policy
to help regions address long-
standing performance issues,
including EPA action when states
do not actively enforce all or
portions of their authorized or
delegated programs.
Transparent display of performance data
to the public that allows comparison of
performance across states:
The EPA has publicly released
the SRF metrics and reports, as
well as dashboards and maps,
which have provided the public
with the ability to compare
across states and apply pressure
to states to improve both their
data and their performance.
These components form the basis for the
continuous improvement of state
performance and consistency across states.
For example, one regional office has taken
action to address both permitting and
enforcement issues in the State of Illinois
that go well beyond the analyses and
recommendations under SRF. These actions
have already yielded significant results and
meaningful improvements to Illinois'
program and are a direct result of the
region's active engagement with the state.
In the future, the EPA will be taking a more
holistic approach to oversight under the SRF
with the inclusion of Clean Water Act
Memoranda of Agreement reviews and
permits as an integral part of the review
process. Commensurate with commitments
established in the Clean Water Act Action
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Plan, the EPA is integrating the evaluation
of permitting and enforcement to identify
how well permits and enforcement support
improving water quality and public health.
7. Oversight of Delegation to States
Summary of Challenge: OIG believes the
effectiveness of the EPA's oversight of
programs delegated to states has a number
of limitations, mostly due to inadequate
oversight and differences between state and
federal policies, interpretations, strategies,
and priorities. While the EPA has improved
its oversight, particularly in priority setting
and enforcement planning with states, the
agency must address the limitations in the
availability, quality, and robustness of
program implementation across
environmental statues. Additionally, GAO
notes concerns about the EPA 's oversight of
state programs and the implications if states
are unable to fulfill core program
requirements given budgetary issues.
Agency Response: The EPA acknowledges
that state oversight is a very complex and
fluid arena. Through federal statutes,
implementing regulations, and program
design, states are allowed flexibility in how
they manage and implement environmental
programs. Within the EPA, national
program managers are directly responsible
for state oversight of individual programs.
The agency has committees, workgroups,
special projects and initiatives to
continuously improve agency programs
delegated to states. Below are a few
examples of these programs and the efforts
made to enhance oversight or correct issues
with state delegation.
Improving Oversight through Better Data
Quality. As OIG and GAO have noted,
having adequate data is important to the
EPA's ability to understand and oversee
state programs. The agency and its state
partners continually look for ways to
improve public health protection and data
management and quality. EPA is reviewing
the State Drinking Water Information
System/FED and State Drinking Water
Information System/State to develop the
next generation of SDWIS, which is a key
management tool for the drinking water
program. In addition, the EPA is working
with state representatives to develop
standard definitions for source type
utilization-codes in SDWIS, update standard
operating procedures, and improve oversight
of emergency wells through enhanced
monitoring of emergency sources.
Strengthening State-EPA Implementation of
Water Programs. EPA and the states work
together through the Partnership Council of
the Office of Water and States to engage
states in planning, budgeting, and
implementation activities for the national
water program. Since its creation in 2008,
the PCOWS has engaged regularly to
discuss strategic prioritiesto ensure that
core and key program activities are given
appropriate priority in budget decisions
and to identify opportunities to maximize
resources and reduce barriers in support of
key joint priorities. For example, in response
to the President's February 2011
Memorandum on Administrative Flexibility,
the PCOWS recently identified opportunities
to streamline and reduce administrative
burden. In FY 2012, the PCOWS moved to
quarterly meetings, thereby increasing the
frequency of EPA collaboration with states.
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NPDES Program Withdrawal Requests. The
EPA currently has 21 pending National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
authority withdrawal petitions in 16
different states, 3 of which have been filed
since January 1, 2011. The petitions can be
broad reaching or focused on narrow issues.
Eight regions have at least one petition filed
within their respective states. Resolution of
the last petition occurred in July 2009.
Recently, the EPA has redoubled efforts at
the national level to address the concerns
cited in withdrawal petitions, increasing
withdrawal petition specific discussions with
regions, corresponding states, and other
EPA offices and senior managers. The EPA
is confident that these recent efforts will
increase resolution of petitions.
Improving State Oversight Data Limitations
in Our Cleanup Programs. In response to
the OIG's findings that the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania did not collect ground water
monitoring data at the Bruin Lagoon site as
required by the terms of the Superfund State
Contract, EPA Region 3 developed new
documentation procedures to address any
future instances of noncompliance. The
procedures, as documented in an October
2010 memorandum from the Director of the
Office of Superfund Site Remediation,
include consulting with Regional Counsel
and documenting the noncompliance in a
letter to the state. In instances of continued
noncompliance, the issue will be elevated
within the EPA and the state, and counsel
will determine necessary actions to ensure a
state carries out its obligations.
The Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act Program provides adequate oversight of
state programs through several means. For
instance, the EPA sets national baselines and
state commitments for grant funding and
monitors progress toward these goals under
the Government Performance and Results
Act and through our Annual Commitment
System, discussions with regions (which
meet directly with states to assess progress),
and frequent interaction with Association of
State and Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials. The RCRA program
works closely with ASTSWMO at the
board-level as well as in subgroups for
particular topics (e.g., corrective action and
permitting). In addition, the EPA works
closely with states to issue rules and
guidance to address issues of concern and
provide implementation assistance for state
programs.
In terms of addressing data limitations, the
agency agrees with the OIG audit
recommendation as far as making
suggestions and recommendations to the
states regarding the importance of document
retention. Each state creates its own policy,
and the EPA will continue to stress this
during our national conferences, training
sessions and outreach activity.
Improving State-EPA Collaboration through
National Environmental Performance
Partnership System. Through the National
Environmental Performance Partnership
System, the EPA and the states have
developed a strategic, performance-based
working relationship based on a clearer
understanding of mutual issues and priorities
and improved allocation of resources.
Building on this successful platform, the
EPA and the states are working together to
share the workload more efficiently and
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effectively to achieve environmental and
public health outcomes. In FY 2011, the
EPA and states collaborated to identify
opportunities for enhanced worksharing and
resource and workload flexibility to
maintain the effectiveness of core programs,
particularly in light of widespread state
budget reductions due to the economic
downturn. The EPA established a task force
with states and identified program activities
where worksharing can be more broadly
applied and areas where statutes or
regulations prohibit worksharing. In FY
2012, the task force will identify and
promote worksharing best practices,
investigate ways to make the EPA's
expertise more available to states through
IP As and digital/electronic resources, and
target opportunities to expand mutually
beneficial joint training opportunities. Also
in FY 2012, EPA will establish a workgroup
of national program managers, regions, and
key support offices to collect the
information needed to define, describe, and
assess the EPA's processes, practices, and
tools for overseeing state delegations. The
workgroup will report its findings to the
EPA's Deputy Administrator and propose
options for next steps as needed to ensure
the agency is carrying out its oversight
responsibilities in a coordinated, transparent,
and accountable manner.
8.
Need for a Greater Coordination of
Environmental Efforts/Coordinating
with Other Agencies to More
Effectively
Leverage
Limited
Resources
Summary of Challenge: According to OIG
and GAO, the EPA needs to improve its
coordination with federal and state partners.
Specifically, OIG states that a national
environmental policy is needed to help the
EPA improve coordination with other
federal agencies and ensure a
comprehensive approach to addressing
environmental problems (OIG cites climate
change, water infrastructure, Chesapeake
Bay, and Mexico Border as some specific
examples of programs which would benefit
from a coordinated federal approach.) GAO
notes that the agency needs to improve
coordination with its federal and state
partners to reduce administrative burdens,
redundant activities, and inefficient uses of
federal resources.
Agency Response: The EPA maintains the
position it stated originally in its April 20,
2010 response to the Draft Special Report:
National Environmental Policy and
Quadrennial Review Needed, that a national
environmental policy exists in the form of
authorizing statutory goals and mandates in
the National Environmental Policy Act.
Further, the EPA and other federal agencies
are already coordinating on high priority,
complex issues.
For example, the agency routinely
coordinates with federal, state and local
funding partners to facilitate the delivery of
often first time drinking water and
wastewater services to small communities,
while minimizing administrative burden.
Coordination, collaboration and leveraging
resources in concert with program partners
are key aspects of all phases of US-Mexico
Border Water Infrastructure Program
implementation. In coordination with its
partners, the agency uses a risk-based
prioritization process to identify and fund
border water infrastructure projects that will
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have the greatest public health and
environmental benefits. Also, the EPA
ensures that its resources are used efficiently
through a program policy which stipulates
EPA construction grants be used only as a
last resort after all other possible funding
sources have been explored, and EPA
funding is deemed essential to make
affordable high priority projects which
otherwise could not be implemented in
communities with limited institutional
capacity. In doing so, the EPA ensures that
project funding is necessary, directed toward
the neediest communities, coordinated
across agencies, and not duplicative. The
EPA will continue to partner, coordinate,
and leverage resources as it implements the
US-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure
Program to address the significant public
health and environmental needs along the
border.
Additionally, the EPA continues to take the
lead in working across the federal
government and water sector to close the
water infrastructure gap and move the
nation's water infrastructure to a more
sustainable footing. In October 2010, the
EPA released its Clean Water and Drinking
Water Sustainability Policy. The policy
represents the agency's efforts to bring to
define the focal points for affecting change
to reduce the infrastructure gap. The policy
emphasizes: 1) the need for robust and
effective planning for water infrastructure;
2) capacity development and effective utility
management to enhance the sustainability of
all aspects of water sector systems; and 3)
integrating water infrastructure into cross-
sector planning efforts to foster the
sustainability of our communities. The EPA
is actively pursuing a suite of programs and
activities in each of these areas, including
efforts to encourage and work with state
SRFs as they incorporate sustainability
considerations into their programs.
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a
partnership of federal agencies, states, local
governments, nongovernmental
organizations, academic institutions, and
other interested stakeholders.
President Obama's May 2009 Executive
Order on Chesapeake Bay Protection and
Restoration has brought the federal agencies
interested in the Bay and its watershed to a
new level of interagency coordination and
cooperation. The Executive Order
established the Federal Leadership
Committee for the Chesapeake Bay, which
is chaired by the EPA and includes
Secretary- and Administrator-level
executives of the U.S. Departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Homeland
Security, Interior, and Transportation. FLC
members are represented in more regular
meetings of the FLC Designees, which
include Assistant Secretary and Assistant
Administrator-level executives. Daily
development of deliverables under the
Executive Order is conducted by the Federal
Office Directors' group. Working together,
the FLC agencies released a coordinated
implementation strategy on May 12, 2010.
These agencies also coordinate on the
development of an annual action plan and
annual progress report required by the
Executive Order.
The EPA's efforts to protect and restore the
Bay and its watershed are closely
coordinated with those of the watershed
jurisdictions through the Chesapeake Bay
Program partnership. Elected officials,
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agency leadership, and staff members from
Delaware, the District of Columbia,
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia participate in all
levels of program leadership. The
jurisdictions also are partners in the science
and monitoring efforts that support the
program. The support and partnership of the
jurisdictions are essential in the success of
the Chesapeake Bay Program.
The EPA will continue its efforts to
coordinate environmental issues across the
federal government and with state and local
partners.
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9. Incorporating Protection
of
Children's Health:
Summary of Challenge: The EPA's
Strategic Plan reflects the agency's priority
for children's environmental health.
However, recent GAO reports find that the
agency's leadership needs to look for
additional opportunities to coordinate and
collaborate on the priorities in a more
concrete and actionable way.
Agency Response: Recent GAO reports and
testimonies indicated that the EPA needs to
reinvigorate its leadership focus on
children's health. The EPA currently has
management controls in place to coordinate
children's health across the agency. As part
of its FY 2011 - 2015 Strategic Plan, the
EPA developed an agency-wide cross-
cutting fundamental strategy for children's
health that includes specific actions to be
taken by program and regional offices37.
The agency's Office of Children's Health
and Protection has also developed a strategic
plan which increases senior management's
focus on children's health protection issues.
10. Limited Capability to Respond to
Cyber Security Attacks
Summary of Challenge. OIG believes that
the EPA has limited capacity to effectively
respond to external network threats and that
actions taken by the agency do not
demonstrate a comprehensive or systematic
approach to network security. The agency
needs to aggressively enhance its cyber
security capabilities and address security
weaknesses to strengthen its ability to detect
and respond to network attacks.
Agency Response: The EPA acknowledges
that advanced persistent threats pose a
significant challenge for the agency, as well
as for all federal agencies. The EPA
continues to make significant progress in
enhancing situational awareness across the
agency and increasing invisibility into
network activities. To address this
challenge, the EPA has identified specific
automated tools to address cyber security
concerns that are being implemented in a
secure manner. The agency has fully
deployed a Security Information and Event
Management Tool to facilitate greater
vigilance in log reviews and activity
monitoring. The agency's Computer
Security Incident Response Capability office
is working to build stronger relationships
with external organizations, such as the
Department of Homeland Security, for threat
intelligence sharing.
11. Addressing Workforce Planning
Summary of Challenge. OIG and GAO
continue to raise concerns about agency
efforts to address workload and workforce
planning. GAO believes the EPA continues
to face challenges in identifying its human
resource needs, and that it has not
comprehensively analyzed its workload and
workforce to determine the optimal
workload and staff allocation. OIG notes
that the EPA does not have controls and a
defined methodology for determining
workforce levels based upon the workload of
the agency. Without data on workload
levels, it is difficult for the agency to define
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and justify resource levels necessary to
carry out the agency's mission.
Agency Response: As part of ongoing
resource management efforts, the EPA has
explored and continues to review how to
maximize the productivity of its limited staff
and other resources. As part of its annual
budget process, the EPA tracks in detail the
use of resources by program (or media), by
program project, by year, by appropriation,
and by object class (type of spending). The
EPA also tracks and reports the results of its
programs by strategic plan goals and
objectives. Each year, the EPA uses these
data to review the relative allocation of
resources and staffing and funding for all its
programs as well as specific activities and
initiatives.
The EPA is complementing these
management and planning efforts and data
by strengthening both workforce planning
(the type of staff and skills needed) and
workload analytics (the capabilities to
calculate the level of staffing needed for
particular tasks).
Workforce Planning. The agency currently
acknowledges Workforce Planning as an
internal control weakness under the Federal
Managers' Financial Integrity Act. In
conjunction with the agency's annual budget
process, the EPA's Office of Administration
and Resource Management is leading a
collaborative workforce planning initiative
to identify the critical occupations required
to meet the EPA's current and future
mission objectives. Program and regional
offices identified current mission critical and
other occupations and considered office-
specific retirement eligibility data to
estimate potential attrition and identify
anticipated shifts in their occupational
profiles over FY 2012-2015. The agency
will continue annual workforce planning in
conjunction with its budget cycle to achieve
greater strategic visioning at the national and
office levels, identify new occupations or
gaps in existing occupations, focus
recruitment and outreach efforts, and
strengthen succession planning.
Workload Analytics. The EPA has
undertaken three major initiatives to
strengthen its ability to understand the level
of resources needed for specific functions or
tasks. These initiatives address GAO and
OIG concerns about both the agency's
ability to capture and evaluate workload data
and to develop capabilities for using
workload data to analyze specific tasks.
First, with contractor support the EPA
conducted a survey to capture over 1,000
frontline managers' best estimates of FTE
devoted to six critical functions: scientific
research, environmental monitoring,
regulatory development, permitting,
enforcement, and financial management.
The survey also captured estimates of the
workload of major tasks within each
function, as well as major work drivers and
work products. Second, the agency reviewed
workload analytical efforts of 23 other
federal agencies regarding their workload
planning overall and in specific functional
areas they shared with the EPA, such as
science and regulatory development. Third,
the EPA's regional offices piloted efforts to
assess some specific regional tasks and how
some major variables could affect these
tasks' workload.
The EPA is examining the results of these
initiatives to develop practical next steps for
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EPA organizations and programs to follow
in collecting and analyzing workload data on
key project activities. The goal is to develop
analytic tools which can provide common
formats to help structure and inform high-
level workload estimates. The EPA will rely
on subject matter experts' knowledge and
experience to develop the analytical
framework, plan how best to collect and
verify relevant workload data in their areas
of expertise, and efficiently produce
analyses to inform the agency's resource
decision-making processes.
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EPA USER FEE PROGRAM
In FY 2013, EPA will have several user fee
programs in operation. These user fee
programs and proposals are as follows:
Current Fees: Pesticides
Fees authorized by the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1988, as
amended by Public Law 110-94, will expire
on September 30,2012. Legislative language
will be proposed to reauthorize and increase
these fees to cover a greater portion of
EPA's costs of administering Pesticides
registration and reregi strati on programs.
Pesticides Maintenance Fee
The Maintenance Fee provides funding for
the Reregi strati on and Registration Review
programs and a certain percentage supports
the processing of applications involving
inert ingredients.
Enhanced Registration Services
Entities seeking to register pesticides for use
in the United States pay a fee at the time the
registration action request is submitted to
EPA specifically for the accelerated
pesticide registration decision service. This
process has introduced new pesticides to the
market more quickly.
Current Fees: Other
Pre-Manufacturing Notification Fee
The Pre-Manufacturing Notification (PMN)
Fee is collected for the review and
processing of new chemical pre-
manufacturing notifications submitted to
EPA by the chemical industry. These fees
are paid at the time of submission of the
PMN for review by EPA's Toxic Substances
program. PMN fees are authorized by the
Toxic Substances Control Act and contain a
cap on the amount the Agency may charge
for a PMN review. EPA is authorized to
collect up to $1.8 million in PMN fees in FY
2013 under current law.
Lead Accreditation and Certification
Fee
The Toxic Substances Control Act, Title IV,
Section 402(a)(3), mandates the
development of a schedule of fees for
persons operating lead training programs
accredited under the 402/404 rule and for
lead-based paint contractors certified under
this rule. The training programs ensure that
lead paint abatement is done safely. Fees
collected for this activity are deposited in
the U.S. Treasury. EPA estimates that $1
million will be deposited in FY 2013.
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Motor Vehicle and Engine
Compliance Program Fee
This fee is authorized by the Clean Air Act
of 1990 and is administered by the Air and
Radiation Program. Fee collections began in
August 1992. Initially, this fee was imposed
on manufacturers of light-duty vehicles,
light- and heavy-duty trucks, and
motorcycles. The fees cover EPA's cost of
certifying new engines and vehicles and
monitoring compliance of in-use engines
and vehicles. In 2004, EPA promulgated a
rule that updated existing fees and
established fees for newly-regulated vehicles
and engines. The fees established for new
compliance programs are also imposed on
manufacturers of heavy-duty, in-use, and
non-road vehicles and engines, including
large diesel and gas equipment
(earthmovers, tractors, forklifts,
compressors, etc), handheld and non-
handheld utility engines (chainsaws, weed-
whackers, leaf-blowers, lawnmowers, tillers,
etc.), marine (boat motors, watercraft, jet-
skis), locomotive, aircraft and recreational
vehicles (off-road motorcycles, all-terrain
vehicles, snowmobiles). In 2009, EPA added
fees for evaporative requirements for non-
road engines. EPA intends to apply
certification fees to additional industry
sectors as new programs are developed. In
FY 2013, EPA expects to collect
approximately $21.4 million from this fee
program.
By FY 2014, EPA plans to have updated the
fees rule to collect an additional $7 million
annually compared to FY 2011. This $7
million reflects new costs that EPA will
incur due to vehicle and fuels data systems
and lab modernization. To offset these
increases, EPA will update its existing
Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance
(MVEC) fee program and propose a new
Fuels Fee Program that will increase Agency
fee collections by approximately $7.0
million annually.38 This includes:
Initiating a rulemaking to establish a
new Fuels Program Fee to recover
eligible costs associated with the
implementation of the new
Renewable Fuels program and other
core Fuels program activities,
including the registration and
reporting on fuels and fuel additives.
This action is estimated to increase
fee collections by about $2.0 million
annually.
Updating the existing MVEC fee to
capture expanded cost-recoverable
activities associated with the
development, operation, and
maintenance of the Agency's engine
and vehicle compliance information
system. This action is estimated to
increase fee collections by about
$2.0 million annually.
Updating the existing MVEC Fee
Rule to recover costs of the Lab
Modernization Project currently
being funded with Agency funds.
This action is estimated to increase
fee collections by about $3.0 million
annually.
Fee Proposals: Other
Enhanced Registration Service Fee
Fees are paid by industry for expedited
processing of certain registration petitions
and the associated establishment of
tolerances for pesticides to be used in or on
food and animal feed. These Pesticide
Registration Service fees are authorized by
Section 33 of the Federal Insecticide,
38 Note that this estimated increased fee revenue is
contingent upon the lab receiving funding identified
to date.
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Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1988, as
amended by Public Law 110-94.
Accordingly, during 2013, the level of
registration service fees payable under this
section shall be reduced 40 percent below
the level in effect on September 30, 2012.
Legislative language will be proposed to
reauthorize and increase these fees to cover
a greater portion of EPA's program
operating costs. Currently, those who
directly benefit from EPA's registration
services cover only a fraction of the costs to
operate the program, leaving the general
taxpayer to shoulder the remaining burden.
Pesticides Maintenance Fee
Legislative language will be submitted to
authorize the collection of fees to more
closely align fee collections with program
costs. Maintenance fees are paid by the
industry to offset the costs of pesticide
reregi strati on, registration review, and
reassessment of tolerances for pesticides
used in or on food and animal feed as
required by law. This fee is authorized in
Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972, as
amended by Public Law 110-94.
Authorization to collect the fee will expire
on September 30th, 2012. Legislative
language will be proposed to reauthorize and
increase these fees to cover a greater portion
of program operating costs. This proposal
relieves the burden on the general taxpayer
and finances a portion of the costs of
operating the Reregi strati on program from
those who directly benefit from EPA's
reregi strati on activities.
Pre-Manufacturing Notification Fee
Under the current fee structure, the Agency
would collect $1.8 million in FY 2013.
Legislative language will be submitted to
remove the statutory cap in the Toxic
Substances Control Act on Pre-
Manufacturing Notification Fees. Under this
legislative proposal, EPA expects to collect
an additional $4 million in FY 2013 by
removing the statutory cap.
Energy Star Fees
The President's Budget proposes to begin
collecting user fees from product
manufacturers who seek to label their
products under EPA's Energy Star program.
Since 1992, the Energy Star label has served
as an indicator of energy efficiency, helping
consumers and businesses select qualifying
products and, increasingly, Energy Star
products have qualified for special rebates,
tax exemptions or credits, and procurement
preferences. Fee collection would start in
fiscal year 2014 after EPA undertakes a
rulemaking process to determine products to
be covered by fees and the level of fees, and
to ensure that a fee system would not
discourage manufacturers from participating
in the program or result in a loss of
environmental benefits. Below is a copy of
the legislative proposal language for the fee,
also included in the President's Budget
Appendix.
Energy Star User Fees.
(a) Schedule of Energy Star User fees. The
Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency may prescribe by
regulation, for application in fiscal year
2014 and in subsequent fiscal years, a
schedule of Energy Star fees for
manufacturers of products that display the
ENERGY STAR label. The regulation will
ensure that the fee imposed on each
manufacturer will approximate, as closely
as possible, its proportional share of
ENERGY STAR products program
administration costs. The Administrator
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shall amend this regulation periodically so
as to ensure
that the schedule of fees covers such costs.
(b) Collection Procedures. The
Administrator shall prescribe procedures to
collect the fees.
(c) Collection, Deposit, and Use:
(1) there is hereby established in the
Treasury of the United States an
"Energy Star User Fee " account;
(2) fees collected under this section
shall be deposited in the Energy Star
User Fee account;
(3) such fees shall be collected and
available for ENERGY STAR
products program administration
functions performed by the Agency in
an amount and to the extent provided
in advance in appropriations acts.
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
A legislative proposal will be submitted to
authorize the collection of user fees to
support the development of an electronic
manifest system for generators and
transporters of hazardous waste. The
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) requires transporters of hazardous
waste to document information on the
waste's generator, destination, quantity, and
route. The current tracking system relies
upon paper manifests. An electronic
manifest system would increase
transparency and public safety, making
information on hazardous waste movement
more accessible to the EPA, states, and the
public. As part of the Administrator's goal
to reduce the burden on regulated entities,
where feasible, the Agency plans to continue
to work on developing an electronic
hazardous waste manifest system to reduce
the time and cost associated with complying
with regulations governing the
transportation of hazardous substances. If
fully implemented, an electronic manifest
system is estimated to reduce the reporting
burden for firms regulated under RCRA's
hazardous waste provisions by $76 to $124
million annually. 9
39 See EPA's "Improving Our Regulations: Final Plan
for Periodic Retrospective Reviews of Existing
Regulations," p. 17.
http://www.epa.gov/improvingregulations/documents
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND
In FY 2013, the Agency begins its
seventeenth year of operation of the
Working Capital Fund (WCF). It is a
revolving fund, authorized by law to finance
a cycle of operations, where the costs of
goods and services provided are charged to
users on a fee-for-service basis. The funds
received are available without fiscal year
limitation, to continue operations and to
replace capital equipment. EPA's WCF was
implemented under the authority of Section
403 of the Government Management
Reform Act of 1994 and EPA's FY 1997
Appropriations Act. Permanent WCF
authority was contained in the Agency's FY
1998 Appropriations Act.
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) initiated
the WCF in FY 1997 as part of an effort to:
(1) be accountable to Agency offices, the
Office of Management and Budget, and the
Congress; (2) increase the efficiency of the
administrative services provided to program
offices; and (3) increase customer service
and responsiveness. The Agency has a WCF
Board which provides policy and planning
oversight and advises the CFO regarding the
WCF financial position. The Board, chaired
by the Associate Chief Financial Officer, is
composed of twenty-three permanent
members from the program and regional
offices.
Six Agency activities, provided in FY 2012,
will continue into FY 2013. These are the
Agency's information technology and
telecommunications operations, managed by
the Office of Environmental Information,
Agency postage costs and background
investigations, managed by the Office of
Administration and Resources Management,
and the Agency's core accounting system,
relocation services and travel services,
which are both managed by the Office of the
Chief Financial Officer.
The Agency's FY 2013 budget request
includes resources for these six activities in
each National Program Manager's
submission, totaling approximately $200
million. These estimated resources may be
increased to incorporate program office's
additional service needs during the operating
year. To the extent that these increases are
subject to Congressional reprogramming
notifications, the Agency will comply with
all applicable requirements. In FY 2013, the
Agency will continue to market its
information technology and relocation
services to other Federal agencies in an
effort to deliver high quality services
external to EPA, which will result in lower
costs to EPA customers.
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Acronyms
Environmental Protection Agency
List of Acronyms
AA Assistant Administrator
ACE/ITDS Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AGO America's Great Outdoors
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARA Assistant Regional Administrator
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AT SDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
B&F Buildings and Facilities
CAA Clean Air Act
CAFO Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule
CAP Clean Air Partnership Fund
CARE Community Action for a Renewed Environment
CASTNet Clean Air Status and Trends Network
CBEP Community-Based Environmental Protection
CBP Customs and Border Protection
CCAP Climate Change Action Plan
CCS Carbon Capture and Storage
CCTI Climate Change Technology Initiative
CEIS Center for Environmental Information and Statistics
CENRS Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability
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Acronyms
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CG Categorical Grant
CSI Common Sense Initiative
CSO Combined Sewer Overflows
CWA Clean Water Act
CWAP Clean Water Action Plan
DBF Disinfection Byproducts
DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting System
DfE Design for the Environment
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
EJ Environmental Justice
ELP Environmental Leadership Project
EN Enacted (Budget)
EPAct Energy Policy Act of 2005
EPCRA Emergency Preparedness and Community Right-to-Know Act
EPM Environmental Programs and Management
ERRS Emergency Rapid Response Services
ESC Executive Steering Committee
ETI Environmental Technology Initiative
ETV Environmental Technology Verification
EU European Union
FAN Fixed Account Numbers
FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
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Acronyms
FCO Funds Certifying Officer
FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
FLC Federal Leadership Committee
FMFIA Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
FQPA Food Quality Protection Act
FRP Facility Response Plan
FSMA Food Safety Modernization Act
FSMP Financial System Modernization Project
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
FUDS Formerly Used Defense Sites
GAPG General Assistance Program Grants
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
HHRA Human Health Risk Assessment
HPV High Production Volume
HS Homeland Security
HSWA Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
HWIR Hazardous Waste Identification Media and Process Rules
IAG Interagency Agreements
ICR Information Collection Rule
IFMS Integrated Financial Management System
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRIS Integrated Risk Information System
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Acronyms
IRM Information Resource Management
ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
ITMRA Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995-AKA Clinger/Cohen Act
LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee
LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
M&O Management and Oversight
MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology
MTM Mountaintop Mining
NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
NAAQs National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAPA National Academy of Public Administration
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NATA National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
NCDC National Clean Diesel Campaign
NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment
NEA Nuclear Energy Agency
NDPD National Data Processing Division
NEP National Estuary Program
NEPPS National Environmental Performance Partnership System
NESHAP National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
NIPP National Infrastructure Protection Plan
NOA New Obligation Authority
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Acronyms
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPDWRs National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
NPL National Priority List
NPM National Program Manager
NPR National Performance Review
NFS Nonpoint Source
NVFEL National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
OA Office of the Administrator
OAM Office of Acquisition Management
OAR Office of Air and Radiation
OARM Office of Administration and Resources Management
OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer
OCHP Office of Children's Health Protection
OECA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
OEI Office of Environmental Information
OEM Office of Emergency Management
OFA Other Federal Agencies
OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OGC Office of General Counsel
OIG Office of Inspector General
OMTR Open Market Trading Rule
OP A Oil Pollution Act of 1990
OPAA Office of Planning, Analysis and Accountability
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Acronyms
ORD Office of Research and Development
OSRTI Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
OTAG Ozone Transport Advisory Group
OW Office of Water
PB President's Budget
PBTs Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins
PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PC&B Personnel, Compensation and Benefits
PESP Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
PG Priority Goal
PIRT Pesticide Inspector Residential Program
P2 Pollution Prevention
PM Particulate Matter
PNGV Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
POTWs Publicly Owned Treatment Works
PPG Performance Partnership Grants
PRC Program Results Code
PREP Pesticide Regulatory Education Program
PRIA Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
PRIRA Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act
PWSS Public Water System Supervision
RC Responsibility Center
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Acronyms
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
RGI Regional Geographic Initiative
RMP Risk Management Plan
RPIO Responsible Planning Implementation Office
RR Reprogramming Request
RRP Renovation, Repair and Painting
RWTA Rural Water Technical Assistance
S&T Science and Technology
SALC Sub-allocation (level)
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SBIR Small Business Innovation Research
SBEAPs Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
SBO Senior Budget Officer
SBREFA Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System
SERC State Emergency Response Commission
SIP State Implementation Plan
SITE Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
SLC Senior Leadership Council
SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure
SRF State Revolving Fund
SRO Senior Resource Official
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SSWR Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
STAG State and Tribal Assistance Grants
STAR
Science to Achieve Results
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
STORS Sludge-to-Oil-Reactor
SWP Source Water Protection
SWTR Surface Water Treatment Rule
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TRI Toxic Release Inventory
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
UIC Underground Injection Control
USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program
UST Underground Storage Tanks
WCF Working Capital Fund
WIF Water Infrastructure Funds
WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Proj ect
WSI Water Security Initiative
WTO World Trade Organization
Acronyms
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Grant Title
Water
Pollution
Control
(Section
106)
Nonpoint
Source
(NFS
Section
319)
Statutory
Authorities
FWPCA,
as
amended,
Section
106; TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
FWPCA,
as
amended,
Section
319(h);
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia,
Interstate
Agencies
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Develop and carry out
surface and ground water
pollution control
programs, including
NPDES permits, TMDLs,
WQ standards,
monitoring, and NPS
control activities.
Implement EPA-approved
State and Tribal nonpoint
source management
programs and fund priority
projects, as selected by the
State.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$238,786.0
$175,505.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$238,403.0
$164,493.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,
Obj. 2
Goal 2,
Obj. 2
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$265,264.0
$164,757.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Wetlands
Program
Developme
nt
Public
Water
System
Supervision
(PWSS)
Statutory
Authorities
FWPCA,
as
amended,
Section
104 (b)(3);
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
SDWA,
Section
1443 (a);
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Local
Governmen
ts, Tribes,
Interstate
Organizatio
ns,
Intertribal
Consortia,
Non-Profit
Organizatio
ns
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
To develop new wetland
programs or enhance
existing programs for the
protection, management,
and restoration of wetland
resources.
Assistance to implement
and enforce National
Primary Drinking Water
Regulations to ensure the
safety of the Nation's
drinking water resources
and to protect public
health.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$16,796.0
$105,489.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$15,143.0
$105,320.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,
Obj. 2
Goal 2,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$15,167.0
$109,700.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Undergroun
d Injection
Control
(UIC)
Beaches
Protection
Statutory
Authorities
SDWA,
Section
1443(b);
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
BEACH
Act of
2000; TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia,
Local
Governmen
ts
Eligible Uses
Implement and enforce
regulations that protect
underground sources of
drinking water by
controlling Class I-V
underground injection
wells.
Develop and implement
programs for monitoring
and notification of
conditions for coastal
recreation waters adjacent
to beaches or similar
points of access that are
used by the public.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$10,869.0
$9,880.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$10,852.0
$9,864.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 2,
Obj. 1
N/A
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$11,109.0
$0.0
269
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Hazardous
Waste
Financial
Assistance
Statutory
Authorities
RCRA,
Section
3011;
FY 1999
Appropriati
ons Act
(PL 105-
276); TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Development &
Implementation of
Hazardous Waste
Programs
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$103,139.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
Obj.2
$94,102.0
Obj.3
$8,872.0
Total
$102,974.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 3,
Obj.2
Goal 3,
Obj.3
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
Obj.2
$73,508.0
Obj.3
$29,904.0
Total
$103,412.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Brownfield
s
Statutory
Authorities
CERCLA,
as
amended
by the
Small
Business
Liability
Relief and
Brownfield
s
Revitalizati
on Act
(P.L. 107-
118);
GMRA
(1990);
FGCAA.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Build and support
Brownfields programs
which will assess
contaminated properties,
oversee private party
cleanups, provide cleanup
support through low
interest loans, and provide
certainty for liability
related issues.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$49,396.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$49,317.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 3,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$47,572.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Undergroun
d Storage
Tanks
(UST)
Statutory
Authorities
SWDA, as
amended
by the
Superfund
Reauthoriz
ation
Amendmen
ts of 1986
(Subtitle I),
Section
2007(f), 42
U.S.C.
6916(f)(2);
EPAct of
2005, Title
XV
Ethanol
and Motor
Fuels,
Subtitle B
Undergrou
nd Storage
Tank
Complianc
e, Sections
1521-1533,
P.L. 109-
58 47
Eligible
Recipients
States
Eligible Uses
Provide funding for
States' underground
storage tanks and to
support direct UST
implementation programs.
272
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$2,495.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$1,548.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 3,
Obj. 2
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$1,490.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Pesticides
Program
Implementa
tion
Statutory
Authorities
FIFRA,
Sections 20
and 23; the
FY 1999
Appropriati
ons Act
(PL 105-
276); FY
2000
Appropriati
ons Act
(P.L. 106-
74); TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Implement the following
programs through grants
to States, Tribes, partners,
and supporters:
Certification and Training
(C&T) / Worker
Protection,
Endangered Species
Protection Program
(ESPP) Field Activities,
Pesticides in Water,
Tribal Program, and
Pesticide Environmental
Stewardship Program.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$11,424.0
States formula
$2,069.0
HQ Programs:
- Tribal
-PREP
-PESP
-EJ
Total:
$13,493.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$11,423.0 -
States
formula
$1,696.0
HQ
Programs:
- Tribal
-PREP
-PESP
-EJ
Total:
$13,119.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$11,423.0 -
States formula
$1,717.0
HQ Programs:
- Tribal
-PREP
-PESP
-EJ
Total:
$13,140.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Lead
Statutory
Authorities
TSCA,
Sections 10
and 404
(g); FY
2000
Appropriati
ons Act
(P.L. 106-
74); TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Implement the lead-based
paint activities in the
Training and Certification
program through EPA-
authorized State, territorial
and Tribal programs and,
in areas without
authorization, through
direct implementation by
the Agency. Activities
conducted as part of this
program include issuing
grants for the training and
certification of individuals
and firms engaged in lead-
based paint abatement and
inspection activities and
the accreditation of
qualified training
providers.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$14,535.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$11,113.9
A r\ A f \
404(g)
State/ Tribal
Certification
$3,398.1
404(g)
T\" j-
Direct
Implementat
ion
Total:
$14,512.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$11,376.6
404(g) State/
Tribal
Certification
$3,478.4
404(g) Direct
Implementatio
n
Total:
$14,855.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Toxic
Substances
Compliance
Statutory
Authorities
TSCA,
Sections
28(a) and
404 (eY
~f\J-f V&/5
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Territories,
Federally
recognized
Indian
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia,
and
Territories
of the U.S.
Eligible Uses
Assist in developing,
maintaining and
implementing compliance
monitoring programs for
PCBs, asbestos, and Lead
Based Paint. In addition,
enforcement actions by :1)
the Lead Based Paint
program, and 2) States that
obtained a "waiver" under
the Asbestos program.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$5,089.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$ 1,783.0
Lead
$ 3,298 .0
PCB/Asbest
OS
Total:
$5,081.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 5,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$1,801.0
Lead
$3,400.0
PCB/Asbestos
Total:
$5,201.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Pesticide
Enforcemen
t
Statutory
Authorities
FIFRA
§ 23(a)(l);
FY 2000
Appropriati
ons Act
(P.L. 106-
74); TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Territories,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Assist in implementing
cooperative pesticide
enforcement programs.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$18,674.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$18,644.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 5,
Obj. 1
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$19,085.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
National
Environme
ntal
Information
Exchange
Network
(NEIEN,
aka "the
Exchange
Network")
Statutory
Authorities
As
appropriate
CAA,
Section
103; CWA,
Section
104;
RCRA,
Section
8001;
FIFRA,
Section 20;
TSCA,
Sections 10
and 28;
MPRSA,
Section
203;
SDWA,
Section
1442;
Indian
Environme
ntal
General
Assistance
Program
Act of
1QQ9 a«
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Interstate
Agencies,
Tribal
Consortium
Other
Agencies
with
Related
Environme
ntal
Informatio
n
Activities.
Eligible Uses
Helps States, territories,
Tribes, and intertribal
consortia develop the
information management
and technology (EVI/IT)
capabilities they need to
participate in the
Exchange Network, to
continue and expand data-
sharing programs, and to
improve access to
environmental
information. These grants
supplement the Exchange
Network investments
already being made by
States and Tribes.
277
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$9,980.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$9,964.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
N/A
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$15,200.0
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Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Pollution
Prevention
Statutory
Authorities
Pollution
Prevention
Act of
1990,
Section
6605;
TSCA
Section 10;
FY 2000
Appropriati
ons Act
(P.L. 106-
74); TCA
in annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
States,
Tribes,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Provides assistance to
States and State entities
(i.e., colleges and
universities) and
Federally-recognized
Tribes and intertribal
consortia in order to
deliver pollution
prevention technical
assistance to small and
medium-sized businesses.
A goal of the program is to
assist businesses and
industries with identifying
improved environmental
strategies and solutions for
reducing waste at the
source.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$4,930.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$4,922.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 4,
Obj. 2
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$5,039.0
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STAG CATEGORICAL PROGRAM GRANTS
Statutory Authority and Eligible Uses
(Dollars in Thousands)
Grant Title
Tribal
General
Assistance
Program
Statutory
Authorities
Indian
Environme
ntal
General
Assistance
Program
Act (42
u.s.c.
4368b);
TCA in
annual
Appropriati
ons Acts.
Eligible
Recipients
Tribal
Governmen
ts,
Intertribal
Consortia
Eligible Uses
Plan and develop Tribal
environmental protection
programs.
FY 2011
Enacted
(XI 000)
$67,739.0
FY 2012
Enacted
Dollars
(XI 000)
$67,631.0
FY2013
Goal/
Objective
Goal 3,
Obj. 4
FY 2013
President's
Request
Dollars
(XI 000)
$96,375.0
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FY 2013 Annual Performance Plan and Congressional Justification
PROGRAM PROJECTS BY PROGRAM AREA
(Dollars in Thousands)
Science & Technology
Clean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading
Programs
Climate Protection Program
Federal Support for Air Quality
Management
Federal Support for Air Toxics
Program
Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards
and Certification
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
Enforcement
Forensics Support
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
FY2011
Actuals
$9,934.0
$18,487.9
$11,054.0
$2,540.1
$100,691.6
$142,707.6
$446.1
$809.8
$2,275.4
$4,181.9
$7,713.2
$16,354.3
FY 2012
Enacted
$9,082.0
$16,319.0
$7,091.0
$0.0
$91,886.0
$124,378.0
$210.0
$370.0
$2,094.0
$4,076.0
$6,750.0
$15,269.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$9,797.0
$7,760.0
$7,622.0
$0.0
$101,929.0
$127,108.0
$0.0
$379.0
$2,126.0
$4,156.0
$6,661.0
$15,593.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$715.0
($8,559.0)
$531.0
$0.0
$10,043.0
$2,730.0
($210.0)
$9.0
$32.0
$80.0
($89.0)
$324.0
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Water Security Initiative
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection (other
activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security:
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Decontamination
Laboratory Preparedness and
Response
Safe Building
Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery (other activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of
EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
FY2011
Actuals
$12,097.2
$6,401.5
$18,498.7
$23,537.6
$100.1
$791.5
$17,107.6
$41,536.8
$592.0
$60,627.5
$3,483.7
$30,251.9
$20,159.3
$9,300.6
$9,724.3
FY 2012
Enacted
$8,606.0
$2,755.0
$11,361.0
$17,356.0
$0.0
$0.0
$12,678.0
$30,034.0
$578.0
$41,973.0
$3,652.0
$35,605.0
$20,162.0
$10,696.0
$5,556.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$7,023.0
$2,756.0
$9,779.0
$17,185.0
$0.0
$0.0
$12,523.0
$29,708.0
$579.0
$40,066.0
$4,047.0
$34,899.0
$20,202.0
$11,066.0
$9,318.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($1,583.0)
$1.0
($1,582.0)
($171.0)
$0.0
$0.0
($155.0)
($326.0)
$1.0
($1,907.0)
$395.0
($706.0)
$40.0
$370.0
$3,762.0
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Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure
and Operations
Subtotal, Operations and
Administration
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Protect Human Health
from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment
from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of
Pesticide Availability
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Research: Air, Climate and Energy
Global Change
Clean Air
Research: Air, Climate and
Energy (other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Air, Climate
and Energy
Subtotal, Research: Air, Climate and
Energy
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources
Research: Safe and Sustainable Water
Resources
Drinking Water
Water Quality
FY2011
Actuals
$69,436.1
$69,436.1
$4,118.8
$1,995.2
$522.8
$6,636.8
$19,416.9
$91,122.7
$9,126.4
$119,756.0
$119,756.0
$50,885.3
$66,573.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$72,019.0
$72,019.0
$3,757.0
$2,289.0
$517.0
$6,563.0
$18,276.0
$78,526.0
$2,043.0
$98,845.0
$98,845.0
$50,152.0
$63,274.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$75,485.0
$75,485.0
$3,919.0
$2,604.0
$575.0
$7,098.0
$20,281.0
$82,853.0
$2,760.0
$105,894.0
$105,894.0
$51,606.0
$69,532.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$3,466.0
$3,466.0
$162.0
$315.0
$58.0
$535.0
$2,005.0
$4,327.0
$717.0
$7,049.0
$7,049.0
$1,454.0
$6,258.0
282
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Research: Safe and Sustainable
Water Resources (other
activities)
Subtotal, Research: Safe and
Sustainable Water Resources
Subtotal, Research: Safe and
Sustainable Water Resources
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
Human Health
Ecosystems
Research: Sustainable and
Healthy Communities (other
activities)
Subtotal, Research: Sustainable and
Healthy Communities
Subtotal, Research: Sustainable
Communities
Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability
Human Health Risk Assessment
Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability
Endocrine Disruptors
Computational Toxicology
Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability (other activities)
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety
and Sustainability
FY2011
Actuals
$0.0
$117,458.3
$117,458.3
$52,904.5
$68,740.8
$70,790.8
$192,436.1
$192,436.1
$46,140.1
$10,708.8
$22,412.4
$52,092.4
$85,213.6
FY 2012
Enacted
$50.0
$113,476.0
$113,476.0
$45,318.0
$60,806.0
$64,617.0
$170,741.0
$170,741.0
$39,553.0
$16,861.0
$21,177.0
$53,697.0
$91,735.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$52.0
$121,190.0
$121,190.0
$44,500.0
$60,180.0
$61,050.0
$165,730.0
$165,730.0
$40,505.0
$16,253.0
$21,267.0
$56,721.0
$94,241.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$2.0
$7,714.0
$7,714.0
($818.0)
($626.0)
($3,567.0)
($5,011.0)
($5,011.0)
$952.0
($608.0)
$90.0
$3,024.0
$2,506.0
283
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Research: Chemical Safety
and Sustainability
Water: Human Health Protection
Drinking Water Programs
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Water Quality Research and Support
Grants
Subtotal, Congressional Priorities
Total, Science & Technology
Environmental Program &
Management
Clean Air and Climate
Clean Air Allowance Trading
Programs
Climate Protection Program
Energy STAR
Methane to markets
Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Registry
Climate Protection Program
(other activities)
Subtotal, Climate Protection
Program
Federal Stationary Source
Regulations
Federal Support for Air Quality
Management
FY2011
Actuals
$131,353.7
$3,724.2
$5,582.0
$0.0
$5,582.0
$877,269.5
$20,877.3
$52,306.0
$4,863.0
$18,357.6
$40,808.6
$116,335.2
$31,296.0
$106,081.2
FY 2012
Enacted
$131,288.0
$3,782.0
$0.0
$4,992.0
$4,992.0
$793,728.0
$20,811.0
$49,668.0
$5,013.0
$15,757.0
$29,043.0
$99,481.0
$27,298.0
$123,469.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$134,746.0
$3,639.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$807,257.0
$20,888.0
$53,872.0
$4,927.0
$18,694.0
$30,498.0
$107,991.0
$34,142.0
$134,841.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$3,458.0
($143.0)
$0.0
($4,992.0)
($4,992.0)
$13,529.0
$77.0
$4,204.0
($86.0)
$2,937.0
$1,455.0
$8,510.0
$6,844.0
$11,372.0
284
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Federal Support for Air Toxics
Program
Stratospheric Ozone: Domestic
Programs
Stratospheric Ozone: Multilateral
Fund
Subtotal, Clean Air and Climate
Indoor Air and Radiation
Indoor Air: Radon Program
Reduce Risks from Indoor Air
Radiation: Protection
Radiation: Response Preparedness
Subtotal, Indoor Air and Radiation
Brownfields
Brownfields
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Environmental Justice
NEPA Implementation
FY2011
Actuals
$24,005.5
$5,157.6
$9,690.0
$313,442.8
$5,318.5
$21,503.0
$11,156.0
$3,439.8
$41,417.3
$24,443.8
$671.8
$667.3
$109,266.9
$110,606.0
$179,391.2
$51,623.3
$410.3
$8,407.0
$17,105.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$5,570.0
$9,479.0
$286,108.0
$3,895.0
$17,168.0
$9,616.0
$3,038.0
$33,717.0
$23,642.0
$0.0
$0.0
$106,707.0
$106,707.0
$177,290.0
$48,123.0
$0.0
$6,848.0
$17,298.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$5,643.0
$9,690.0
$313,195.0
$2,198.0
$17,393.0
$9,760.0
$3,083.0
$32,434.0
$25,685.0
$0.0
$0.0
$125,209.0
$125,209.0
$188,957.0
$51,900.0
$0.0
$7,161.0
$17,424.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$73.0
$211.0
$27,087.0
($1,697.0)
$225.0
$144.0
$45.0
($1,283.0)
$2,043.0
$0.0
$0.0
$18,502.0
$18,502.0
$11,667.0
$3,777.0
$0.0
$313.0
$126.0
285
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Enforcement
Geographic Programs
Great Lakes Restoration
Geographic Program: Chesapeake
Bay
Geographic Program: San Francisco
Bay
Geographic Program: Puget Sound
Geographic Program: South Florida
Geographic Program: Long Island
Sound
Geographic Program: Gulf of Mexico
Geographic Program: Lake
Champlain
Geographic Program: Other
Northwest Forest
Lake Pontchartrain
Community Action for a
Renewed Environment (CARE)
Geographic Program: Other
(other activities)
Subtotal, Geographic Program:
Other
Subtotal, Geographic Programs
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Communication
and Information
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
FY2011
Actuals
$256,936.8
$329,215.5
$42,414.3
$4,357.2
$38,113.8
$1,643.8
$6,154.3
$4,881.6
$6,732.1
$1,246.8
$2,598.0
$2,697.5
$33,965.0
$40,507.3
$474,019.9
$4,215.9
$2,411.5
FY 2012
Enacted
$249,559.0
$299,520.0
$57,299.0
$5,838.0
$29,952.0
$2,058.0
$3,956.0
$5,455.0
$2,395.0
$1,294.0
$1,952.0
$0.0
$0.0
$3,246.0
$409,719.0
$4,249.0
$1,063.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$265,442.0
$300,000.0
$72,618.0
$4,857.0
$19,289.0
$1,700.0
$2,962.0
$4,436.0
$1,399.0
$1,417.0
$955.0
$2,069.0
$0.0
$4,441.0
$411,702.0
$4,217.0
$2,087.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$15,883.0
$480.0
$15,319.0
($981.0)
($10,663.0)
($358.0)
($994.0)
($1,019.0)
($996.0)
$123.0
($997.0)
$2,069.0
$0.0
$1,195.0
$1,983.0
($32.0)
$1,024.0
286
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Decontamination
Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery (other activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of
EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
Information Exchange / Outreach
Children and Other Sensitive
Populations: Agency Coordination
Environmental Education
Congressional, Intergovernmental,
External Relations
Exchange Network
Small Business Ombudsman
Small Minority Business Assistance
State and Local Prevention and
Preparedness
TRI / Right to Know
Tribal - Capacity Building
Subtotal, Information Exchange /
Outreach
International Programs
US Mexico Border
International Sources of Pollution
FY2011
Actuals
$791.5
$481.3
$1,272.8
$6,497.0
$14,397.2
$8,790.8
$6,962.2
$53,544.3
$17,816.6
$3,106.9
$2,277.5
$13,063.2
$16,634.5
$13,892.7
$136,088.7
$4,872.0
$8,731.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,966.0
$11,278.0
$7,481.0
$9,699.0
$47,638.0
$17,724.0
$2,693.0
$2,079.0
$13,320.0
$16,322.0
$13,736.0
$130,692.0
$4,313.0
$7,659.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,999.0
$12,303.0
$10,923.0
$0.0
$52,896.0
$23,008.0
$3,018.0
$2,291.0
$14,852.0
$17,354.0
$15,062.0
$139,404.0
$4,490.0
$8,466.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$33.0
$1,025.0
$3,442.0
($9,699.0)
$5,258.0
$5,284.0
$325.0
$212.0
$1,532.0
$1,032.0
$1,326.0
$8,712.0
$177.0
$807.0
287
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Trade and Governance
Subtotal, International Programs
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management /
Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory /
Economic Review
Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Rights / Title VI Compliance
Legal Advice: Environmental
Program
Legal Advice: Support Program
Regional Science and Technology
Integrated Environmental Strategies
Regul atory/Economi c-Management
and Analysis
Science Advisory Board
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory
/ Economic Review
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
FY2011
Actuals
$6,230.1
$19,833.1
$7,831.2
$96,614.1
$104,445.3
$5,260.3
$1,271.2
$11,740.4
$42,286.6
$15,692.6
$3,178.6
$17,908.7
$20,329.8
$6,074.9
$123,743.1
$161,589.3
$12,566.5
$27,991.8
FY 2012
Enacted
$5,632.0
$17,604.0
$6,786.0
$87,939.0
$94,725.0
$5,198.0
$1,194.0
$11,618.0
$40,746.0
$14,260.0
$2,591.0
$14,754.0
$15,256.0
$5,135.0
$110,752.0
$170,529.0
$11,205.0
$29,216.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$6,178.0
$19,134.0
$6,868.0
$88,893.0
$95,761.0
$5,392.0
$1,477.0
$13,974.0
$45,840.0
$16,064.0
$3,307.0
$16,326.0
$23,345.0
$6,727.0
$132,452.0
$171,152.0
$10,660.0
$31,486.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$546.0
$1,530.0
$82.0
$954.0
$1,036.0
$194.0
$283.0
$2,356.0
$5,094.0
$1,804.0
$716.0
$1,572.0
$8,089.0
$1,592.0
$21,700.0
$623.0
($545.0)
$2,270.0
288
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure
and Operations
Central Planning, Budgeting, and
Finance
Acquisition Management
Financial Assistance Grants / TAG
Management
Human Resources Management
Subtotal, Operations and
Administration
Pesticides Licensing
Pesticides: Protect Human Health
from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Protect the Environment
from Pesticide Risk
Pesticides: Realize the Value of
Pesticide Availability
Science Policy and Biotechnology
Subtotal, Pesticides Licensing
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA)
RCRA: Waste Management
eManifest
RCRA: Waste Management
(other activities)
Subtotal, RCRA: Waste
Management
RCRA: Corrective Action
FY2011
Actuals
$118,392.6
$320,540.2
$85,541.1
$30,688.2
$26,770.6
$46,839.9
$510,380.0
$61,686.0
$41,265.6
$13,065.8
$1,672.9
$117,690.3
$0.0
$67,520.1
$67,520.1
$37,156.3
FY 2012
Enacted
$108,827.0
$319,777.0
$72,290.0
$33,175.0
$24,002.0
$37,839.0
$487,083.0
$58,208.0
$37,854.0
$12,532.0
$1,754.0
$110,348.0
$0.0
$63,500.0
$63,500.0
$39,422.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$118,018.0
$331,316.0
$78,817.0
$35,727.0
$25,910.0
$39,428.0
$511,198.0
$58,971.0
$37,960.0
$12,306.0
$1,770.0
$111,007.0
$2,000.0
$65,385.0
$67,385.0
$40,265.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$9,191.0
$11,539.0
$6,527.0
$2,552.0
$1,908.0
$1,589.0
$24,115.0
$763.0
$106.0
($226.0)
$16.0
$659.0
$2,000.0
$1,885.0
$3,885.0
$843.0
289
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
RCRA: Waste Minimization &
Recycling
Subtotal, Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA)
Toxics Risk Review and Prevention
Endocrine Disrupters
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk
Review and Reduction
Pollution Prevention Program
Toxic Substances: Chemical Risk
Management
Toxic Substances: Lead Risk
Reduction Program
Subtotal, Toxics Risk Review and
Prevention
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST /
UST)
LUST / UST
Water: Ecosystems
National Estuary Program / Coastal
Waterways
Wetlands
Subtotal, Water: Ecosystems
Water: Human Health Protection
Beach / Fish Programs
Drinking Water Programs
Subtotal, Water: Human Health
Protection
FY2011
Actuals
$12,589.6
$117,266.0
$9,624.6
$59,752.2
$15,994.6
$6,868.6
$14,140.9
$106,380.9
$11,622.7
$31,528.9
$28,297.6
$59,826.5
$2,896.2
$104,689.8
$107,586.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$9,547.0
$112,469.0
$8,255.0
$56,497.0
$15,389.0
$6,032.0
$13,798.0
$99,971.0
$12,846.0
$27,014.0
$21,160.0
$48,174.0
$2,552.0
$98,547.0
$101,099.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$9,648.0
$117,298.0
$7,238.0
$67,644.0
$15,888.0
$3,739.0
$14,698.0
$109,207.0
$12,283.0
$27,304.0
$27,685.0
$54,989.0
$702.0
$104,613.0
$105,315.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$101.0
$4,829.0
($1,017.0)
$11,147.0
$499.0
($2,293.0)
$900.0
$9,236.0
($563.0)
$290.0
$6,525.0
$6,815.0
($1,850.0)
$6,066.0
$4,216.0
290
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Water Quality Protection
Marine Pollution
Surface Water Protection
Subtotal, Water Quality Protection
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Water Quality Research and Support
Grants
Subtotal, Congressional Priorities
Total, Environmental Program &
Management
Inspector General
Audits, Evaluations, and
Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and
Investigations
Total, Inspector General
Building and Facilities
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Protection of
EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Total, Building and Facilities
FY2011
Actuals
$15,570.5
$217,119.1
$232,689.6
$750.0
$0.0
$750.0
$2,883,566.
0
$46,627.9
$46,627.9
$8,269.1
$30,254.7
$38,523.8
FY 2012
Enacted
$12,898.0
$203,856.0
$216,754.0
$0.0
$14,975.0
$14,975.0
$2,678,222.
0
$41,933.0
$41,933.0
$7,044.0
$29,326.0
$36,370.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$11,587.0
$211,574.0
$223,161.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$2,817,179.
0
$48,273.0
$48,273.0
$8,038.0
$33,931.0
$41,969.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($1,311.0)
$7,718.0
$6,407.0
$0.0
($14,975.0)
($14,975.0)
$138,957.0
$6,340.0
$6,340.0
$994.0
$4,605.0
$5,599.0
291
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Indoor Air and Radiation
Radiation: Protection
Audits, Evaluations, and
Investigations
Audits, Evaluations, and
Investigations
Compliance
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Environmental Justice
Superfund: Enforcement
Superfund: Federal Facilities
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
Enforcement Training
Forensics Support
Subtotal, Enforcement
Homeland Security
Homeland Security: Critical
Infrastructure Protection
Homeland Security: Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery
Decontamination
FY2011
Actuals
$2,478.4
$8,943.7
$5.6
$1,192.5
$1,198.1
$1,128.7
$179,163.7
$9,271.8
$4.4
$7,845.9
$20.6
$2,456.2
$199,891.3
$9.1
$6,557.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$2,468.0
$9,939.0
$0.0
$1,221.0
$1,221.0
$583.0
$165,534.0
$10,296.0
$0.0
$7,903.0
$0.0
$2,419.0
$186,735.0
$0.0
$5,898.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$2,637.0
$10,864.0
$0.0
$1,223.0
$1,223.0
$613.0
$166,309.0
$8,592.0
$0.0
$7,680.0
$0.0
$1,214.0
$184,408.0
$0.0
$5,868.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$169.0
$925.0
$0.0
$2.0
$2.0
$30.0
$775.0
($1,704.0)
$0.0
($223.0)
$0.0
($1,205.0)
($2,327.0)
$0.0
($30.0)
292
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Laboratory Preparedness and
Response
Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery (other activities)
Subtotal, Homeland Security:
Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery
Homeland Security: Protection of
EPA Personnel and Infrastructure
Subtotal, Homeland Security
Information Exchange / Outreach
Congressional, Intergovernmental,
External Relations
Exchange Network
Subtotal, Information Exchange /
Outreach
IT / Data Management / Security
Information Security
IT / Data Management
Subtotal, IT / Data Management /
Security
Legal / Science / Regulatory /
Economic Review
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Legal Advice: Environmental
Program
Subtotal, Legal / Science / Regulatory
/ Economic Review
FY2011
Actuals
$5,710.4
$32,036.8
$44,304.2
$669.1
$44,982.4
$2.1
$1,431.0
$1,433.1
$847.2
$17,640.0
$18,487.2
$814.9
$711.9
$1,526.8
FY 2012
Enacted
$5,626.0
$29,075.0
$40,599.0
$1,170.0
$41,769.0
$0.0
$1,431.0
$1,431.0
$728.0
$15,339.0
$16,067.0
$844.0
$682.0
$1,526.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$5,644.0
$29,257.0
$40,769.0
$1,172.0
$41,941.0
$0.0
$1,433.0
$1,433.0
$728.0
$14,855.0
$15,583.0
$877.0
$755.0
$1,632.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
$18.0
$182.0
$170.0
$2.0
$172.0
$0.0
$2.0
$2.0
$0.0
($484.0)
($484.0)
$33.0
$73.0
$106.0
293
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Rent
Utilities
Security
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure
and Operations
Financial Assistance Grants / IAG
Management
Acquisition Management
Human Resources Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and
Finance
Subtotal, Operations and
Administration
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
Research: Chemical Safety and
Sustainability
Human Health Risk Assessment
Superfund Cleanup
Superfund: Emergency Response and
Removal
Superfund: EPA Emergency
Preparedness
Superfund: Federal Facilities
FY2011
Actuals
$43,776.9
$3,320.8
$7,034.5
$25,924.0
$80,056.2
$3,322.3
$23,672.0
$8,924.4
$30,349.3
$146,324.2
$21,347.9
$3,737.6
$242,375.9
$10,473.9
$32,555.5
FY 2012
Enacted
$47,032.0
$3,760.0
$8,269.0
$21,480.0
$80,541.0
$3,128.0
$24,111.0
$6,346.0
$21,632.0
$135,758.0
$17,677.0
$3,337.0
$189,590.0
$9,244.0
$26,199.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$46,005.0
$3,455.0
$8,594.0
$21,568.0
$79,622.0
$3,174.0
$25,961.0
$7,558.0
$24,066.0
$140,381.0
$17,798.0
$3,316.0
$188,500.0
$8,179.0
$26,765.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($1,027.0)
($305.0)
$325.0
$88.0
($919.0)
$46.0
$1,850.0
$1,212.0
$2,434.0
$4,623.0
$121.0
($21.0)
($1,090.0)
($1,065.0)
$566.0
294
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Superfund: Remedial
Superfund: Support to Other Federal
Agencies
Brownfields Projects
Subtotal, Superfund Cleanup
Total, Hazardous Substance
Superfund40
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
IT / Data Management / Security
IT / Data Management
Operations and Administration
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Rent
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure
and Operations
Acquisition Management
Central Planning, Budgeting, and
Finance
FY2011
Actuals
$707,200.8
$5,908.0
$1,403.5
$999,917.6
$1,450,268.
3
$644.0
$32.9
$47.7
$695.0
$208.0
$903.0
$148.2
$1,093.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$564,998.0
$5,849.0
$0.0
$795,880.0
$1,213,808.
0
$789.0
$0.0
$0.0
$695.0
$220.0
$915.0
$163.0
$512.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$531,771.0
$0.0
$0.0
$755,215.0
$1,176,431.
0
$792.0
$0.0
$0.0
$636.0
$207.0
$843.0
$161.0
$509.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($33,227.0)
($5,849.0)
$0.0
($40,665.0)
($37,377.0)
$3.0
$0.0
$0.0
($59.0)
($13.0)
($72.0)
($2.0)
($3.0)
For ease of comparison, Superfund transfer resources for the audit and research functions are shown in the
Superfund account.
295
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Subtotal, Operations and
Administration
Underground Storage Tanks (LUST /
UST)
LUST / UST
LUST Cooperative Agreements
LUST Prevention
Subtotal, Underground Storage Tanks
(LUST / UST)
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
Total, Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Oil Spill Response
Compliance
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Compliance Monitoring
Subtotal, Compliance
Enforcement
Civil Enforcement
Oil
Oil Spill: Prevention, Preparedness
and Response
Operations and Administration
FY2011
Actuals
$2,144.9
$13,926.8
$64,459.5
$37,093.9
$115,480.2
$501.6
$118,851.3
$5.4
$111.2
$116.6
$2,209.6
$15,630.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$1,590.0
$11,962.0
$58,956.0
$30,449.0
$101,367.0
$396.0
$104,142.0
$0.0
$138.0
$138.0
$2,286.0
$14,673.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$1,513.0
$11,490.0
$57,402.0
$32,430.0
$101,322.0
$490.0
$104,117.0
$0.0
$142.0
$142.0
$2,968.0
$19,290.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($77.0)
($472.0)
($1,554.0)
$1,981.0
($45.0)
$94.0
($25.0)
$0.0
$4.0
$4.0
$682.0
$4,617.0
296
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations
Rent
Facilities Infrastructure and
Operations (other activities)
Subtotal, Facilities Infrastructure
and Operations
Subtotal, Operations and
Administration
Research: Sustainable Communities
Research: Sustainable and Healthy
Communities
Total, Oil Spill Response
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
(STAG)
Infrastructure Assistance: Clean
Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Drinking
Water SRF
Infrastructure Assistance: Alaska
Native Villages
Brownfields Projects
Clean School Bus Initiative
Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant
Program
Targeted Airshed Grants
Infrastructure Assistance: Mexico
Border
FY2011
Actuals
$437.0
$82.5
$519.5
$519.5
$1,204.3
$19,680.7
$1,936,433.
5
$1,101,827.
8
$10,327.2
$106,685.8
$35.2
$53,586.9
$10,000.0
$14,669.1
FY 2012
Enacted
$437.0
$98.0
$535.0
$535.0
$613.0
$18,245.0
$1,466,456.
0
$917,892.0
$9,984.0
$94,848.0
$0.0
$29,952.0
$0.0
$4,992.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$426.0
$87.0
$513.0
$513.0
$618.0
$23,531.0
$1,175,000.
0
$850,000.0
$10,000.0
$93,291.0
$0.0
$15,000.0
$0.0
$10,000.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($11.0)
($11.0)
($22.0)
($22.0)
$5.0
$5,286.0
($291,456.0
)
($67,892.0)
$16.0
($1,557.0)
$0.0
($14,952.0)
$0.0
$5,008.0
297
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Subtotal, State and Tribal Assistance
Grants (STAG)
Categorical Grants
Categorical Grant: Beaches
Protection
Categorical Grant: Brownfields
Categorical Grant: Environmental
Information
Categorical Grant: Hazardous Waste
Financial Assistance
Categorical Grant: Homeland
Security
Categorical Grant: Lead
Categorical Grant: Local Govt
Climate Change
Categorical Grant: Nonpoint Source
(Sec. 319)
Categorical Grant: Pesticides
Enforcement
Categorical Grant: Pesticides
Program Implementation
Categorical Grant: Pollution Control
(Sec. 106)
Monitoring Grants
Categorical Grant: Pollution
Control (Sec. 106) (other
activities)
Subtotal, Categorical Grant:
Pollution Control (Sec. 106)
Categorical Grant: Pollution
Prevention
Categorical Grant: Public Water
System Supervision (PWSS)
FY2011
Actuals
$3,233,565.
5
$11,001.3
$51,185.5
$9,950.4
$111,206.3
$637.1
$15,599.4
$10,499.5
$201,615.8
$19,930.9
$13,807.8
$15,402.5
$237,114.3
$252,516.8
$5,685.0
$109,387.1
FY 2012
Enacted
$2,524,124.
0
$9,864.0
$49,317.0
$9,964.0
$102,974.0
$0.0
$14,512.0
$0.0
$164,493.0
$18,644.0
$13,119.0
$18,433.0
$219,970.0
$238,403.0
$4,922.0
$105,320.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$2,153,291.
0
$0.0
$47,572.0
$15,200.0
$103,412.0
$0.0
$14,855.0
$0.0
$164,757.0
$19,085.0
$13,140.0
$18,500.0
$246,764.0
$265,264.0
$5,039.0
$109,700.0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($370,833.0
)
($9,864.0)
($1,745.0)
$5,236.0
$438.0
$0.0
$343.0
$0.0
$264.0
$441.0
$21.0
$67.0
$26,794.0
$26,861.0
$117.0
$4,380.0
298
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Categorical Grant: Radon
Categorical Grant: State and Local
Air Quality Management
Categorical Grant: Sector Program
Categorical Grant: Targeted
Watersheds
Categorical Grant: Toxics Substances
Compliance
Categorical Grant: Tribal Air Quality
Management
Categorical Grant: Tribal General
Assistance Program
Categorical Grant: Underground
Injection Control (UIC)
Categorical Grant: Underground
Storage Tanks
Categorical Grant: Water Quality
Cooperative Agreements
Categorical Grant: Wetlands Program
Development
Subtotal, Categorical Grants
Congressional Priorities
Congressionally Mandated Projects
Total, State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Rescission of Prior Year Funds
TOTAL, EPA
FY2011
Actuals
$8,720.0
$249,061.4
$1,879.2
$780.3
$5,551.7
$14,365.8
$69,331.2
$11,844.3
$2,759.8
$1,335.5
$26,138.1
$1,204,790.
2
$117,641.8
$4,555,997.
5
$0.0
$9,990,7
85.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$8,045.0
$235,729.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,081.0
$13,252.0
$67,631.0
$10,852.0
$1,548.0
$0.0
$15,143.0
$1,088,813.
0
$0.0
$3,612,937.
0
($50,000.0)
$8,449,385.
0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$301,500.0
$0.0
$0.0
$5,201.0
$13,566.0
$96,375.0
$11,109.0
$1,490.0
$0.0
$15,167.0
$1,202,432.
0
$0.0
$3,355,723.
0
($30,000.0)
$8,344,480.
0
2013 Pres
Budget
vs. 2012
Enacted
($8,045.0)
$65,771.0
$0.0
$0.0
$120.0
$314.0
$28,744.0
$257.0
($58.0)
$0.0
$24.0
$113,619.0
$0.0
($257,214.0
)
$20,000.0
($104,905.0
)
299
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FY 2013 Annual Plan
DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS
300
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Clean School Bus Initiative
Program Area: State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Goal: Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective(s): Improve Air Quality
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY2012 FY2013 FY 2012
Enacted Pres Budget Enacted
$tate and Tribal Assistance
Grants $35.2
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations $35.2
Total Workyears 0.0
Program Project Description:
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
This program included the development, implementation, and evaluation of a competitive grant
program to equip school buses with diesel retrofit technology or to replace older school buses in
order to reduce toxic air emissions. Because school buses often remain in service for 20 years or
more, this program helped equip our nation's school bus fleet with low-emission technologies
and practices sooner than would otherwise occur through normal turnover of the bus fleet to
newer vehicles meeting more stringent emission standards.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Grant Program has assumed all responsibilities
formerly associated with the Clean School Bus Grants Program.
Performance Targets:
There are no FY 2013 performance targets associated with this program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Clean Air Act Amendments, Title 1 (NAAQS); Clean Air Act Amendments, Title III (Air
Toxics); Clean Air Act, Sections 103, 105, and 106 (Grants).
301
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Federal Support for Air Toxics Program
Program Area: Clean Air and Climate
Goal: Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective(s): Improve Air Quality
(Dollars in Thousands)
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$24,005.5
$2,540.1
$26,545.6
139.2
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
The Federal Support for Air Toxics Program was eliminated in FY 2012 as part of a conversion
to a sector-based, multi-pollutant approach.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
All activities in this program were assumed by the Federal Support for Air Quality Management
Program and the Federal Vehicle and Fuels Standards and Certification Program to support the
conversion to a sector-based, multi-pollutant approach to air quality management.
Performance Targets:
There are no FY 2013 performance targets associated with this program because the funds were
transferred to the Federal Support for Air Quality Management Program and the Federal Vehicle
and Fuels Standards and Certification Program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401-7661f).
302
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Local Government Climate Change Grants
Program Area: Clean Air and Climate
Goal: Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective(s): Address Climate Change
(Dollars in Thousands)
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$10,499.5
$10,499.5
0.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
This program was to implement a competitive grant program to assist local communities in
establishing and implementing their own climate change initiatives. The goal of this program
was to implement programs, projects, and approaches that demonstrated documentable
reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs) and were replicable elsewhere.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
There are no FY 2013 performance targets associated with this program because the resources
are eliminated.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401-7661f).
303
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Targeted Airshed Grants
Program Area: Clean Air and Climate
Goal: Taking Action on Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Objective(s): Improve Air Quality
(Dollars in Thousands)
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$10,000.0
$10,000.0
0.0
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
Program Project Description:
This was an unrequested program provided by Congress in the FY 2010 Enacted Budget.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
There are no FY 2013 performance targets associated with this program because the resources
are eliminated.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401-7661f).
304
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Categorical Grant: Water Quality Cooperative Agreements
Program Area: Categorical Grants
Goal: Protecting America's Waters
Objective(s): Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
$tate and Tribal Assistance
Grants $1,335.5
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations $1,335.5
Total Workyears 0.0
Program Project Description:
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 FY2013 FY 2012
Enacted Pres Budget Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
0.0
Under authority of Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act, the EPA made grants to a wide
variety of recipients, including states, tribes, state water pollution control agencies, interstate
agencies, and other nonprofit institutions, organizations, and individuals to promote the
coordination of environmentally beneficial activities. This competitive funding vehicle was used
by the EPA's partners to further the Agency's goals of providing clean and safe water. The
program was designed to fund a broad range of projects, including: innovative water efficiency
programs, research, training and education, demonstration, best management practices,
stormwater management planning, and innovative permitting programs and studies related to the
causes, effects, extent, and prevention of pollution.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
There are no current performance measures for this program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
CWA Section 104(b)(3).
305
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Categorical Grant: Targeted Watersheds
Program Area: Categorical Grants
Goal: Protecting America's Waters
Objective(s): Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 FY2013 FY 2012
Enacted Pres Budget Enacted
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants $780.3
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations $780.3
Total Workyears 0.0
Program Project Description:
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
The Targeted Watersheds Grant Program focused on community-based approaches and
management techniques to protect and restore the nation's waters.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
There are no current performance measures for this program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006;
Public Law 109-54.
306
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Categorical Grant: Homeland Security
Program Area: Categorical Grants
Goal: Protecting America's Waters
Objective(s): Protect Human Health
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 FY2013 FY 2012
Enacted Pres Budget Enacted
$tate and Tribal Assistance
Grants $637.1
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations $637.1
Total Workyears 0.0
Program Project Description:
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
0.0
The Homeland Security Grant program focused on supporting states with coordination activities
for critical water infrastructure security efforts, including coordinating and providing technical
assistance, training, and education within the state or territory on homeland security issues.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
There are no performance measures for this program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
SDWA; CWA; Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Emergency and Response Act of 2002.
307
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Homeland Security: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Program Area: Homeland Security
Goal: Enforcing Environmental Laws
Objective(s): Enforce Environmental Laws
(Dollars in Thousands)
Environmental Program &
Management
Science & Technology
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
FY 2011
Actuals
$2,411.5
$18,498.7
$9.1
$20,919.3
28.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$1,063.0
$11,361.0
$0.0
$12,424.0
24.8
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
$2,087.0
$9,779.0
$0.0
$11,866.0
24.4
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012
Enacted
$1,024.0
-$1,582.0
$0.0
-$558.0
-0.4
Program Project Description:
This program included Superfund activities that coordinated and supported protection of the
nation's critical public infrastructure from terrorist threats. EPA provided subject matter
expertise and training support for terrorism-related environmental investigations to support
responses authorized under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA). The program coordinated the agency's law enforcement/crisis
management activities and had direct responsibilities pursuant to the National Response
Framework (NRF), Emergency Support Functions 10 and 13, and the Oil and Hazardous
Materials Annex.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Consistent with the FY 2012 Enacted Budget, there is no request for this program in FY 2013 out
of the Hazardous Substance Superfund appropriation.
Performance Targets:
Work under this program supports multiple strategic objectives. There are no performance
measures for this specific program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
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CERCLA, as amended; Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Emergency and Response Act
of2002.
309
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Annual Plan
Homeland Security: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Program Area: Homeland Security
Goal: Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Objective(s): Ensure Chemical Safety
(Dollars in Thousands)
Environmental
Management
Program &
Science & Technology
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Total Budget
Obligations
Total Workyears
Authority /
FY2011
Actuals
$1,272.8
$41,536.8
$44,304.2
$87,113.8
177.8
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$30,034.0
$40,599.0
$70,633.0
176.4
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
C/i n
$29,708.0
$40,769.0
$70,477.0
176.8
Budget
FY
Enacte<
$0.0
-$326.0
$170.0
-$156.0
0.4
FY 2013 Pres
2012
Program Project Description:
EPA plays a lead role in protecting U.S. citizens and the environment from the effects of attacks
that release chemical, biological, and radiological agents. EPA's Homeland Security Emergency
Preparedness and Response program develops and maintains an Agency-wide capability to
prepare for and respond to large-scale catastrophic incidents with emphasis on those that may
involve chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents. EPA continues to increase the state
of preparedness for homeland security incidents. The response to chemical agents is different
from the response to biological agents, but for both, the goals are to facilitate preparedness, guide
the appropriate response by first responders, ensure safe re-occupancy of buildings or other
locations, and protect the production of crops, livestock, and food in the U.S. In the case of
chemical agents, EPA develops new information to assist emergency planners and first
responders in assessing immediate hazards.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Consistent with the FY 2012 Enacted Budget, there is no request for this program in FY 2013 out
of the Environmental Programs and Management appropriation.
Performance Targets:
There are no performance measures for this program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
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Statutory Authority:
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Emergency and Response Act of 2002; CERCLA;
SARA; TSCA; Oil Pollution Act; Pollution Prevention Act; RCRA; EPCRA; SOW A; CWA;
CAA; FIFRA; FFDCA; FQPA; Ocean Dumping Act; Public Health Service Act, as amended; 42
U.S.C. 201 et seq.; Executive Order 10831 (1970); Public Law 86-373; PRIA.
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Categorical Grant: Sector Program
Program Area: Categorical Grants
Goal: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
Objective(s): Achieve Environmental Protection through Improved Compliance
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
FY 2012
Enacted
FY 2013
Pres
Budget
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
0.0
State and Tribal Assistance
Grants $1,879.2 $0.0
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations $1,879.2 $0.0
Total Workyears 0.0 0.0
Program Project Description:
Sector program grants built environmental partnerships with states and tribes to strengthen their
ability to address environmental and public health threats, including contaminated drinking
water, pollution caused by wet weather events, pesticides in food, toxic substances, and air
pollution. These capacity building grants supported state and Tribal agencies that are responsible
for implementing authorized, delegated, or approved environmental programs.41
The EPA has used this grant to support states and tribes in their efforts to build, implement, or
improve compliance capacity for authorized, delegated, or approved environmental programs.
Specific activities have included: 1) improving compliance data collection and quality, 2)
modernizing data systems, 3) improving public access to enforcement and compliance data, and,
4) providing compliance training to states and tribes to enhance their compliance monitoring
capacity.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Program was discontinued in FY 2011. There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
Currently, there are no performance measures for this specific program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
41 For more information, refer to: www.epa.gov/compliance/state/grants/stag/index.html
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RLBPHRA; RCRA; CWA; SOW A; CAA; TSCA; EPCRA; FIFRA; ODA; NAAEC; LPA-
US/MX-BR; NEPA; MPRSA.
Compliance Assistance and Centers
Program Area: Compliance
Goal: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
Objective(s): Achieve Environmental Protection through Improved Compliance
(Dollars in Thousands)
Environmental Program &
Management
Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks
Oil Spill Response
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
FY2011
Actuals
$671.8
$32.9
$5.4
$710.1
0.7
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
FY 2013
Pres Bud
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 Enacted
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
Program Project Description:
The EPA's Compliance Assistance program provides information to millions of regulated
entities and Federal agencies to help them understand and meet their environmental obligations.
This information lets regulated entities know of their legal obligations under Federal
environmental laws. Compliance assistance resources include Web sites, compliance guides,
emission calculators, and training materials aimed at specific business communities or industry
sectors. Additionally, onsite compliance assistance and information is sometimes provided by the
EPA's inspectors during an inspection.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Program was discontinued in FY 2012. There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding
Statutory Authority:
RCRA; CWA; SOW A; CAA; TSCA; EPCRA; RLBPHRA; FIFRA; ODA; NEPA; NAAEC;
LPA-US/MX-BR.
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Compliance Incentives
Program Area: Compliance
Goal: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
Objective(s): Achieve Environmental Protection through Improved Compliance
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY2011
Actuals
Environmental Program &
Management
Hazardous Substance Superfund
Total Budget Authority /
Obligations
Total Workyears
Program Project Description:
$667.3
$5.6
FY 2012
Enacted
$0.0
$0 n
FY 2013
Pres Bud
HI
$0.0
$0 ft
FY 2013
Pres Budget
v.
FY 2012
Enacted
$672.9
1.6
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
The EPA's Compliance Incentives program encourages regulated entities to monitor and quickly
correct environmental violations, reduce pollution, and make improvements in regulated entities'
environmental management practices. The EPA uses a variety of approaches to encourage
entities to self-disclose environmental violations under various environmental statues.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Program was discontinued in FY 2012. There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 President's Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
RCRA; CWA; SOW A; CAA; TSCA; EPCRA; RLBPHRA; FIFRA; ODA; NEPA; NAAEC;
LPA-US/MX-BR.
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Enforcement Training
Program Area: Enforcement
Goal: Compliance and Environmental Stewardship
Objective(s): Achieve Environmental Protection through Improved Compliance
(Dollars in Thousands)
FY
2011 FY2012
Actuals Enacted
FY 2013
Pres Bud
FY 2013 Pres
Budget v.
FY 2012 Enacted
Environmental Program and
Management $410.3 $0.0
Hazardous SubstanceSuperfund $20.6 $0.0
Total Budget Authority / Obligations $430.9 $0.0
Total Workyears 0.6 0.0
Program Project Description:
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
$0.0
$0.0
$0.0
0.0
The EPA is required by the Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990 to provide environmental
compliance and enforcement training nationwide through the National Enforcement Training
Institute (NETI). The Enforcement Training program oversees the design and delivery of core
and specialized enforcement courses, through NETI42, that sustain a well-trained workforce to
carry out the Agency's enforcement and compliance goals. Courses are provided to lawyers,
inspectors, civil and criminal investigators, and technical experts at all levels of government.
FY 2013 Activities and Performance Plan:
Program was discontinued in FY 2011. There is no request for this program in FY 2013.
Performance Targets:
Currently, there are no performance measures for this specific program.
FY 2013 Change from FY 2012 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands):
No change in program funding.
Statutory Authority:
PPA; RLBPHRA; RCRA; CWA; SDWA; CAA; TSCA; EPCRA; TSCA; FIFRA; ODA;
NAAEC: LPA-US/MX-BR: NEPA.
1 For more information, refer to: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/training/neti/index.html
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EXPECTED BENEFITS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S E-GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES
Grants.gov
The Grants.gov initiative benefits the EPA
and its grant programs by providing a single
location to publish grant opportunities and
application packages, and by providing a
single site for the grants community to apply
for grants using common forms, processes
and systems. The EPA believes that the
central site raises the visibility of our grants
opportunities to a wider diversity of
applicants. Grants.gov also has allowed the
EPA to discontinue support for its own
electronic grant application system, saving
operational, training,
management costs.
and
account
The grants community benefits from savings
in postal costs, paper and envelopes.
Applicants save time in searching for
Agency grant opportunities and in learning
the application systems of various agencies.
At the request of the state environmental
agencies, the EPA has begun to offer
Grants.gov application packages for
mandatory grants (i.e., Continuing
Environmental Program Grants). States
requested that the Agency extend usage to
mandatory programs to streamline their
application process.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-04-00-04-0 1 60-24
020-00-04-00-04-0 1 60-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$428.0
$380.0
Integrated Acquisition Environment
The Integrated Acquisition Environment
(IAE) is currently comprised of nine
government-wide automated applications
and/or databases that have contributed to
streamlining the acquisition business process
across the government. Beginning in FY12,
GSA will begin the process of consolidating
the systems into one central repository
called the System for Award Management
(SAM). Until the consolidation is complete,
the EPA continues to leverage the usefulness
of some of these systems via electronic
linkages between the EPA's acquisition
system and the IAE shared systems. Other
IAE systems are not linked directly to the
EPA's acquisition system, but benefit the
Agency's contracting staff and vendor
community as stand-alone resources.
The EPA's acquisition system uses data
provided by the Central Contractor Registry
(CCR) to replace internally maintained
vendor data. Contracting officers can
download vendor-provided representation
and certification information electronically,
via the Online Representations and
Certifications (ORCA) database, which
allows vendors to submit this information
once, rather than separately for every
contract proposal. Contracting officers are
able to access the Excluded Parties List
System (EPLS), via links in the EPA's
acquisition system, to identify vendors that
are debarred from receiving contract awards.
Contracting officers also can link to the
Wage Determination Online (WDOL) to
obtain information required under the
Service Contract Act and the Davis-Bacon
Act. The EPA's acquisition system link to
the Federal Procurement Data System for
submission of contract actions at the time of
award. FPDS provides public access to
government-wide contract information. The
Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System
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(eSRS) supports vendor submission of
subcontracting data for contracts identified
as requiring this information. The EPA
submits synopses of procurement
opportunities over $25,000 to the Federal
Business Opportunities (FBO) website,
where the information is accessible to the
public. Vendors use this website to identify
business opportunities in federal contracting.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-0230-24
020-00-01-16-04-0230-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$133.0
$120.0
Integrated Acquisition Environment
Loans and Grants
The Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act (FFATA) requires the
agencies to unambiguously identify contract,
grant, and loan recipients and determine
parent/child relationship, address
information, etc. The FFATA taskforce
determined that using both the Dun and
Bradstreet (D&B) DUNS Number (standard
identifier for all business lines) and Central
Contractor Registration (CCR), the single
point of entry for data collection and
dissemination, is the most appropriate way
to accomplish this. This fee will pay for the
EPA's use of this service in the course of
reporting grants and/or loans. Funds may
also be used to consolidate disparate systems
in the new SAM consolidation of
Acquisition and grants applications.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-02-4300-24
020-00-01-16-02-4300-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$90.0
$90.0
Enterprise Human Resource Integration
The Enterprise Human Resource
Integration's (EHRI) Electronic Official
Personnel Folder (eOPF) is designed to
provide a consolidated repository that
digitally documents the employment actions
and history of individuals employed by the
federal government. The EPA has completed
migration to the federal eOPF system. This
initiative will benefit the Agency by
reducing file room maintenance costs and
improve customer service for employees and
productivity for HR specialists. Customer
service will improve for employees since
they will have 24/7 access to view and print
their official personnel documents and HR
specialists will no longer be required to
manually file, retrieve or mail personnel
actions to employees thus improving
productivity.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-03-1219-24
020-00-01-16-03-1219-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$403.0
$407.0
Recruitment One-Stop
Recruitment One-Stop (ROS) simplifies the
process of locating and applying for federal
jobs. USAJOBS is a standard job
announcement and resume builder website.
It is the one-stop for federal job seekers to
search for and apply to positions on-line.
This integrated process benefits citizens by
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providing a more efficient process to locate
and apply for jobs, and assists federal
agencies in hiring top talent in a competitive
marketplace. The Recruitment One-Stop
initiative has increased job seeker
satisfaction with the federal job application
process and is helping the Agency to locate
highly-qualified candidates and improve
response times to applicants.
By integrating with ROS, the Agency has
eliminated the need for applicants to
maintain multiple user IDs to apply for
federal jobs through various systems. The
vacancy announcement format has been
improved for easier readability. The system
can maintain up to five resumes per
applicant, which allows them to create and
store resumes tailored to specific skills
this is an improvement from our previous
system that only allowed one resume per
applicant. In addition, ROS has a
notification feature that keeps applicants
updated on the current status of the
application, and provides a link to the
agency website for detailed information.
This self-help ROS feature allows applicants
to obtain up-to-date information on the
status of their application upon request.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-1218-24
020-00-01-16-04-1218-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$111.0
$109.0
eTraining
This initiative encourages electronic
learning to improve training, efficiency and
financial performance. The EPA recently
exercised its option to renew the current
Interagency Agreement with OPM-GoLearn
that provides licenses to online training for
employees. The EPA purchased 17,000
licenses to prevent any interruption
service to current users.
in
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-03-1217-24
020-00-01-16-03-1217-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$125.0
$125.0
Human Resources Line of Business
The Human Resources Line of Business
(HR LoB) provides the federal government
the infrastructure to support pay-for-
performance systems, modernized HR
systems, and the core functionality
necessary for the strategic management of
human capital.
The HR LoB offers common solutions that
will enable federal departments and agencies
to work more effectively, and it provides
managers and executives across the federal
government improved means to meet
strategic objectives. The EPA will benefit by
supporting an effective program
management activity which evaluates
provider performance, customer satisfaction,
and compliance with program goals, on an
ongoing basis.
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In May 2011, the EPA signed an MOU with
the DOI's National Business Center to
provide integrated human resources, time
and attendance and payroll services. In so
doing, the EPA will provide managers and
staff one efficient and cost effective system
that offers additional functionalities for
integrated recruitment, entry on duty,
learning management, absence management,
workforce tracking and position
management.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-1200-24
020-00-01-16-04-1200-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$66.0
$66.0
Grants Management Line of Business
The EPA manages 106 grant programs that
disburse approximately $4 billion annually.
The EPA anticipates the key benefits to the
Agency and its customers will include the
simplification of grants business processes
and more timely reporting and delivery of
services. The Grants Management Line of
Business automated business processes will
improve consistency across EPA locations
and throughout government, reducing
unique local business requirements and
making it easier for customers to do
business across a wide range of agencies.
Consortium lead agencies will spread
operations and maintenance (O&M) costs,
and development, modernization, and
enhancement (DME) costs across agencies,
decreasing the burden that any one agency
must bear.
In FY 2010, the EPA completed detailed
Fit/Gap analyses of HHS' Grants Solutions
system and the Compusearch product Prism
Grants. In addition, the Agency completed a
cost benefit and alternatives analysis to
determine the better Grants Management
Line of Business (GM LoB) solution. Based
on the size of the gaps and the projected cost
of implementation, senior management
decided to postpone selection of a GM LoB
alternative until the Agency reexamined its
grants process through business process
transformation in FY2012 and until GM
LoB implementation could be sequenced
appropriately within the Agency
administrative system overhaul including the
contracts, finance, human resource and
grants systems.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-04-00-04- 1 3 00-24
020-00-04-00-04- 1 3 00-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$60.0
$59.0
Business Gateway
By creating a single entry-point for business
information, such as the e-Forms catalog,
Business Gateway directly benefits the
EPA's regulated communities, many of
whom are subject to complex regulatory
requirements across multiple agencies. This
initiative also benefits the EPA by
centralizing OMB reporting requirements
under the Small Business Paperwork Relief
Act of 2002. The EPA has over 100
initiatives, activities, and services directed at
small business needs. Many of those
initiatives are highlighted to small
businesses through periodic features in
Business.gov. This allows special focus to
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be brought to bear at critical times to the
intended audiences for those initiatives. In
addition, with the launch of the
Business.gov Community, small business
users are able to interact on-line where they
can discuss, share and ask questions of other
business owners as well as industry and
government experts. Business.gov also
continues to provide a one-stop compliance
tool enabling small and emerging businesses
access to compliance information, forms and
tools across the federal government.
Business Gateway supports the EPA's small
business activities function by providing the
following benefits:
a single point of access for electronic
regulatory forms;
"plain English" compliance
guidance, fact sheets and links to
checklists for small businesses; and
an extensive Web site with numerous
links to other internal and external
assistance sources.
Beginning in FY 2009, the Business
Gateway program has been fully funded by
the Small Business Administration (SBA),
the managing partner. The EPA plans to
continue its partnership with Business
Gateway program, however, there is no EPA
contribution required.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-0100-24
020-00-01-16-04-0100-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$0.0
$0.0
Geospatial Line of Business
The Geospatial Line of Business (Geo LoB)
is an intergovernmental project to improve
the ability of the public and government to
use geospatial information to support the
business of government and facilitate
decision-making. This initiative will reduce
EPA costs and improve our operations in
several areas.
Currently, EPA's Geo LoB activities include
the initiation of an operational Geospatial
Platform, which benefits the EPA by
providing opportunities for cost savings and
avoidance. By FY 2013, a Managing Partner
organization will be established to support
the implementation of two key components
of the Geo LoB: the OMB Circular A-16
Supplemental Guidance and the
Government-wide Geospatial Platform will
move from the planning into the
implementation stage. Both efforts will
increase access to geospatial data and
analytical services for Federal Agencies,
their partners, and stakeholders. Over time,
the EPA intends to use the Geospatial
Platform for internal analytical purposes as
well as to facilitate outward-facing
geospatial capabilities to the public.
The EPA continues to be a leader in
developing the vision and operational plans
for the implementation of the A-16
Supplemental Guidance and the Geospatial
Platform. Throughout FY 2012, the EPA
will be working to provide technology
artifacts and lessons learned from our own
activities for the benefit of our partners in
the Geo LoB as well as colleagues in state,
local and tribal government organizations. In
FY 2013, we expect to continue this effort
and our leadership role in shaping the
direction of these important efforts. The
EPA also anticipates working through the
Geo LoB to help reduce costs by providing
an opportunity for the EPA and other
agencies to share approaches on
procurement consolidation that other
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agencies can follow. In early FY 2010, the
first of these acquisitions became available
to the federal community through the
SmartBUY program managed by our Geo
LoB partners at GSA.
EPA benefits from Geo LoB in FY 2013 are
anticipated to be the same as in prior years.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-04-3100-24
020-00-01-16-04-3100-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$42.0
$42.0
eRulemaking
The eRulemaking program is designed to
enhance public access and participation in
the regulatory process through electronic
systems; reduce the burden on citizens and
businesses in finding relevant regulations
and commenting on proposed rulemaking
actions; consolidate redundant docket
systems; and improve agency regulatory
processes and the timeliness of regulatory
decisions.
The eRulemaking program's Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) currently
supports 174 Federal entities including all
Cabinet-level Departments and independent
rulemaking agencies which collectively
promulgate over 90 percent of all Federal
regulations each year. FDMS has simplified
the public's participation in the rulemaking
process and made the EPA's rulemaking
business processes more accessible as well
as transparent. FDMS provides the EPA's
approximately 2,200 registered users with a
secure, centralized electronic repository for
managing the Agency's rulemaking
development via distributed management of
data and robust role-based user access. The
EPA posts regulatory and non-regulatory
documents in Regulations.gov for public
viewing, downloading, bookmarking, email
notification and commenting. In FY 2011,
the EPA posted 1,112 rules and proposed
rules, 896 Federal Register notices, and
78,657 public submissions in
Regulations.gov. EPA also posted 18,086
documents that consisted of supporting and
related materials associated with other
postings. Overall, the EPA provides public
access to 623,000 documents in
Regulations.gov.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-16-01-0060-24
020-00-01-16-01-0060-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$1,000.0
$1,000.0
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E-Travel
E-Travel provides the EPA with efficient
and effective travel management services,
with cost savings from cross-government
purchasing agreements and improved
functionality through streamlined travel
policies and processes, strict security and
privacy controls, and enhanced agency
oversight and audit capabilities.
EPA employees also will benefit from the
integrated travel planning provided through
E-Travel.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-01-03-0220-24
020-00-01-01-03-0220-24
EPA Service Fee (in
thousands)
$1,106.0
$1,314.0
Financial Management Line of Business
The Financial Management Line of Business
(FM LoB) is a multi-agency effort whose
goals include: achieving process
improvements and cost savings in the
acquisition, development, implementation,
and operation of financial management
systems. By incorporating the same FM
LoB-standard processes as those used by
central agency systems, interfaces among
financial systems will be streamlined and the
quality of information available for
decision-making will be improved. In
addition, the EPA expects to achieve
operational savings in future years because
of the use of the shared service provider for
operations and maintenance of the new
system.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
020-00-01-01-04-1100-24
020-00-01-01-04-1100-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$45.0
$45.0
Budget Formulation and Execution Line
of Business
The Budget Formulation and Execution
Lines of Business (BFE LoB) allow the EPA
and other agencies to access budget-related
benefits and services. The Agency has the
option to implement LoB sponsored tools
and services.
The EPA has benefited from the BFE LoB
by sharing valuable information on what has
or hasn't worked on the use of different
budget systems and software. This effort has
created a government only capability for
electronic collaboration (Wiki) in which the
Budget Community website allows the EPA
to share budget information with OMB (and
other federal agencies). The LoB is working
on giving the EPA and other agencies the
capability to have secure, virtual on-line
meetings where participants can not only
hear what's been said by conference calling
into the meeting, but also view budget-
related presentations directly from their
workspace. The LoB has provided budget-
related training to EPA budget employees on
OMB's MAX budget system, and on
Treasury's FACTS II statements explaining
how it ties to the budget process.
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2012
2013
Account Code
010-00-01-01-04-3200-24
010-00-01-01-04-3200-24
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$105.0
$75.0
Performance Management Line of
Business
Following the passage of the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) in
1993, agencies developed a strategic plan,
an annual performance plan, and an annual
performance report. While we have
improved the content of these plans, reports,
and underlying performance measures over
the past twenty years, they are still produced
primarily as static printed documents. This
traditional printed format, and even the PDF
version of it, limits the usefulness of the
performance information contained in the
report, for people both within and outside
the agency. For example, the format does
not make it easy to see what other Federal
agencies sharing similar objectives or
working with the same community are
doing, learn from each others' experience,
allow for frequent updates, or support
analysis of the data to find relationships and
patterns.
In December 2010, Congress enacted the
GPRA Modernization Act, signed into law
on January 4, 2011. The GPRA
Modernization Act shifts the focus of its
predecessor from the production of plans
and reports to the active use of goals and
performance data to improve outcomes.
Among other changes, it strengthens
leadership engagement in setting ambitious
goals, reviewing progress, and clearly
communicating results. The GPRA
Modernization Act also requires greater
Congressional consultation as agencies
establish their goals.
One of the key changes in the law also
included required modernizing the Federal
government's nearly two-decade old
performance reporting framework.
Specifically, the Act requires the following
by the end of 2012:
1. Development of a single Federal
website which provides progress
updates on Federal and agency Priority
Goals, including quarterly measures
and milestones;
2. Development of a consolidated list of
Federal government programs for
inclusion on the site; and
3. The consolidation of all agency
strategic plans, annual performance
plans, and annual performance reports
on this website in a "searchable and
machine readable format".
To meet these requirements, the EPA will
participate in the Performance Management
Line of Business (PM LoB), an interagency
effort managed by GSA to develop
government-wide performance management
capabilities and meet the transparency
requirements of the GPRA Modernization
Act. Beginning in FY 2013, our
performance information will be reported
through a Federal website which includes
advanced data display and reporting
capabilities, the ability to extract raw data,
and, over time, will integrate other
government-wide data, such as program,
human capital, and spending information.
All information currently provided publicly
will be updated more frequently and will be
provided in user-friendly formats that the
public can more easily access and analyze.
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We also expect these new capabilities to
improve Agency decision-making and
enhance external visibility into EPA's
performance and the public's understanding
of what the EPA is trying to accomplish, the
challenges faced, results achieved, and areas
needing improvement. Just as important,
pursuing this effort through an inter-agency
collaboration will result in government-wide
efficiencies by not requiring each agency to
build this capability on its own, but instead
by leveraging shared technologies and those
developed on a government-wide basis.
Fiscal Year
2012
2013
Account Code
New E-Gov Initiative
New E-Gov Initiative
EPA Contribution
(in thousands)
$0.0
$39.0
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SUPERFUND SPECIAL ACCOUNTS43
Section 122(b)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) authorizes the EPA
to retain and use funds received pursuant to
an agreement with a Potentially Responsible
Party (PRP) to carry out the purpose of that
agreement. The EPA retains such funds in
special accounts, which are sub-accounts in
the Superfund Trust Fund. Pursuant to the
specific agreements, which typically take the
form of an Administrative Order on Consent
or Consent Decree, the EPA uses special
account funds to finance site-specific
CERCLA response actions at the site for
which the account was established. Through
the use of special accounts, the EPA pursues
its "enforcement first" policy - ensuring
responsible parties pay for cleanup - so that
appropriated resources from the Superfund
Trust Fund are conserved for sites where no
viable or liable PRPs can be identified. Both
special account resources and appropriated
resources are critical to the Superfund
program.
Special account funds are used to conduct
many different site-specific CERCLA
response actions, including, but not limited
to, investigations to determine the extent of
contamination and appropriate remedy
needed, construction and implementation of
the remedy, enforcement activities, and
post-construction activities. The EPA also
may provide special account funds to a PRP
who agrees to perform work under an
agreement, as an incentive (in the form of a
reimbursement) to perform additional work
beyond the PRP's fair share at the site,
43 House Report 111-180 of the FY 2010 Department
of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill directs the Agency to include in
its annual budget justification a plan for using special
account funds expeditiously. This information is
being provided in response to this request.
which the EPA might otherwise have to
conduct using appropriated resources.
Because response actions may take many
years, the full use of special account funds
also may take many years. Pursuant to the
agreement, once site-specific work is
complete and site risks are addressed, the
EPA may use special account funds to
reimburse the EPA for site-specific costs
incurred using appropriated resources (e.g.,
reclassification), allowing the latter
resources to be allocated to other sites. Any
remaining special account funds are
generally transferred to the Superfund Trust
Fund, where they are available for future
appropriation by Congress to further support
cleanup at other sites.
Since the inception of special accounts
through the end of FY 2011, the EPA has
collected approximately $3.7 billion from
PRPs and earned approximately $391.4
million in interest. In addition, the EPA has
transferred over $19.2 million to the
Superfund Trust Fund. As of the end of FY
2011, over $1.9 billion has been disbursed to
finance site response actions and over
$287.0 million has been obligated but not
yet disbursed, which is more than 54 percent
of the cumulative funds available in special
accounts. In FY 2011, EPA disbursed
$230.6 million from special accounts for
response work at more than 550 sites, which
increased disbursements by almost 24
percent ($44.6 million) from FY 2010
(excluding reclassifications). The EPA is
carefully managing more than $1.8 billion
that was available as of October 1, 2011 and
has developed multi-year plans to use these
funds as expeditiously as possible. The
majority of open accounts (62 percent) have
an available balance of less than $500
thousand, while 3 percent of open accounts
have approximately 57 percent of the total
resources available. The following table
illustrates the cumulative status of open and
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closed accounts for FY 2010 and FY 2011
program activity as well as planned multi-
year uses of the available balance.
The Agency appreciates the Committee's
understanding that special account funds are
dedicated to specific sites where remediation
strategies may need to be developed.44 As of
the end of FY 2011, the EPA developed
multi-year plans to utilize the available
balance and will continue to fully plan 100
percent of the funds received to conduct
site-specific response activities, or reclassify
and/or transfer excess funds to the
Superfund Trust Fund for use at other
Superfund sites. Current plans indicate that
the Agency will utilize approximately 49
percent of the remaining available special
account resources over the next five years.
The time frame for use of special account
funds at a specific site depends on several
factors, including the specific requirements
for fund use set forth in the agreement the
funds were collected under, the stage of site
cleanup, the viability of other responsible
parties to conduct site cleanup, and the
nature of the site contamination, among
other things.
Through its enforcement efforts, the Agency
continues to receive site-specific settlement
funds that are placed in special accounts
each year, so progress on actual obligation
and disbursement of funds may not be
apparent upon review solely of the
cumulative available balance, as current
special account balances are used while
additional funds may be deposited. In FY
2010 and FY 2011, the EPA received over
$723 million and over $352 million,
respectively, for site-specific response work;
however, most of these funds were for site
response work to occur over multiple years.
EPA will continue to monitor the use of
special account funds to ensure we are
conducting cleanups as quickly and
efficiently as possible.
House Report 2055 Conference Report of the
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 directs
the EPA to follow the language in House Report 112-
151 with respect to managing the unobligated
balances in the Superfund special accounts. House
Report 112-151 states "The Committee continues to
have concerns about the large unobligated balances in
the 939 special accounts, which hold site-specific
settlement funds from responsible parties. The
Committee similarly understands that funds in these
accounts may be dedicated to specific sites where
remediation strategies may still need to be developed.
Nonetheless, the Committee expects EPA will
accelerate the obligation of funds within these special
accounts in 2012 to address risks posed by
contamination at these sites."
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Special Accounts:
FY 2011 Program Actuals and Future Multi-Year Program Resource Plan
Account Status1
Cumulative Open
Cumulative Closed
FY 2011 Inputs and Outputs to 2010 End Of Fiscal Year (EOFY)
Available Balance
2010 EOFY Available Balance
FY2011 Activities
+ Receipts
- Transfers to Superfund Trust Fund (Receipt Adjustment)
+ Interest Earned
- Net Change in Unliquidated Obligations
- Disbursements - For EPA Incurred Costs
- Disbursements - For Work Party Reimbursements under
Final Settlements
- Reclassifications
201 1 EOFY Available Balance2
Multi-Year Plans for EOFY 2010 Available Balance
201 1 EOFY Available Balance
- Estimates for Future EPA Site Activities3
- Estimates for Potential Disbursement to Work Parties
Identified in Final Settlements4
- Estimates for Reclassifications for FYs 201 1-201 35
- Estimates for Transfers to Trust Fund for FYs 201 1-201 35
- Available Balance To Be Assigned6
Number of
Accounts
992
137
$ in Thousands
$1,795,206.4
$352,278.2
($5,130.2)
$12,816.8
($40,496.3)
($219,403.3)
($11,20:
($72,539.5)
$1,811,528.9
$ in Thousands
$1,811,528.9
$1,708,630.2
$51,243.4
$41,635.2
$6,235.8
$3,784.2
1 FY 2011 data is as of 10/01/2011. The 2010 End of Fiscal Year (EOFY) Available Balance is
as of 10/01/2010.
2 Numbers may not add due to rounding.
3 "Estimates for EPA Future Site Activities" includes all response actions that EPA may conduct
or oversee in the future, such as removal, remedial, enforcement, post-construction activities as
well as allocation of funds to facilitate a settlement to encourage PRPs to perform the cleanup.
Planning data are multi-year and cannot be used for annual comparisons.
4 "Estimates for Potential Disbursements to Work Parties Identified in Finalized Settlements"
includes those funds that have already been designated in a settlement document, such as a
Consent Decree or Administrative Order on Consent, to be available to a PRP for
reimbursements but that have not yet been obligated.
5 "Reclassifications" and "Transfers to the Trust Fund" are estimated for three FYs only.
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Planning data were recorded in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) as of 10/20/2011 in reference to special account
available balances as of 10/01/2011. Receipts incurred in the last quarter of the fiscal year may
not have been fully planned for use in CERCLIS at the time of data entry and are reflected in
"Available Balance To Be Assigned."
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FY 2012-2013 EPA PRIORITY GOALS
Below are EPA's FY 2012-2013 Priority
Goals. Additional information on Priority
Goals can be found on Performance.gov
1. Taking Action on Climate Change
and Improving Air Quality Reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from cars
and trucks. Through September 30,
2013, EPA in coordination with
DOT's fuel economy standards
program will be implementing
vehicle and truck greenhouse gas
standards that are proj ected to reduce
GHG emissions by 1.2 billion metric
tons and reduce oil consumption by
about 98 billion gallons over the
lifetime of the affected vehicles and
trucks.
2. Protecting America's Waters
Improve public health protection for
persons served by small drinking
water systems by strengthening the
technical, managerial, and financial
capacity of those systems. By
September 30, 2013, EPA will
engage with twenty states to improve
small drinking water system
capability through two EPA
programs, the Optimization Program
and/or the Capacity Development
Program.
3. Protecting America's Waters
Improve, restore, or maintain water
quality by enhancing nonpoint
source program accountability,
incentives, and effectiveness. By
September 30, 2013, 50% of the
states will revise their nonpoint
source program according to new
Section 319 grant guidelines that
EPA will release in November 2012.
4 Cleaning up Communities and
Advancing Sustainable
Development Clean up
contaminated sites and make them
ready for use. By September 30,
2013, an additional 22,100 sites will
be ready for anticipated use.
5. Cross-Programs Increase
transparency and reduce burden
through e-Reporting. By September
30, 2013, develop a plan to convert
existing paper reports into electronic
reporting, establish electronic
reporting in at least four key
programs, and adopt a policy for
including electronic reporting in new
rules.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Budget Status Update
As of February 5, 2012 (Dollars in Thousands)
Approp
STAG
STAG
STAG
STAG
Program Project Description
Clean Water SRF
Drinking Water SRF
Diesel Emissions Grants
Brownfields
Subtotal, STAG
EPM
IG
LUST
SF
Management and Oversight
Audits, Evaluations, &
Investigations
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Superfund: Remedial
Agency Total
Original
Appropriation
$3,969,000.0
$1,980,000.0
$294,000.0
$96,500.0
$6,339,500.0
$81,500.0
$20,000.0
$197,000.0
$582,000.0
$7,220,000.0
Current
Budget (2)
$4,003,006.1
$1,945,838.8
$283,479.2
$95,271.3
$6,327,595.4
$66,908.3
$20,000.0
$187,651.2
$575,249.1
$7,177,403.9
Obligations
(3)
$4,003,006.1
$1,945,838.8
$283,479.2
$95,271.3
$6,327,595.4
$66,908.3
$13,753.2
$187,651.2
$575,249.1
$7,171,157.1
Outlays
$3,650,555.5
$1,811,323.2
$250,971.2
$63,428.2
$5,776,278.0
$59,359.4
$13,464.8
$177,483.6
$553,484.2
$6,580,070.0
Percent
Obligated (3)
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
69%
100%
100%
100%
Percent
Outlayed
91%
93%
89%
67%
91%
89%
67%
95%
96%
92%
(1) This chart shows the financial status for all the ARRA programs appropriated to EPA.
(2) The total budgets of EPA's ARRA programs have changed since ARRA passage due to: States ability to shift funds between
CW and DW SRF projects, rescissions, and de-obligations of expired funds.
(3) Only the IG may obligate additional funds - the obligation deadlines for all other EPA ARRA programs have passed. The
current budgets for all other programs are equal to the funds obligated to date.
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OCF
O
OCSP
P
OEC
A
OEI
EPA Budget by National Program
Manager and Major Office
Immediate Office
Center for Environmental Finance
Office of Budget
Office of Planning, Analysis and
Accountability
Office of Financial Management
Office of Technology Solutions
Office of Financial Services
Office of Resource and Information
Management
Regional Resources
Immediate Office
Office of Pesticide Programs
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Office of Science Coordination and Policy
Regional Resources
Immediate Office
Office of Civil Enforcement
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics,
and Training
Office of Compliance
Office of Environmental Justice
Office of Federal Activities
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
Regional Resources
Immediate Office
EPA Quality Management Program
Office of Planning, Resources, and
Outreach
Office of Information Collection
$2,603.0
$1,023.0
$7,482.0
$5,775.0
$7,267.0
$6,781.0
$15,923.0
$1,630.0
$28,993.0
$77,477.0
$7,650.0
$80,239.0
$47,713.0
$4,212.0
$21,674.0
$161,488.0
$7,112.0
$25,876.0
$60,380.0
$23,751.0
$2,654.0
$4,445.0
$2,888.0
$11,477.0
$329,050.0
$467,633.0
$2,284.0
$2,497.0
$4,201.0
$9,874.0
$164.0
$1,417.0
$6,081.0
$893.0
$577.0
$17,477.0
$9,400.0
$1,785.0
$1,847.0
$39,641.0
$1,752.0
$17,044.0
$47,224.0
$5,841.0
$25,684.0
$97,545.0
$2,958.0
$13,411.0
$12,608.0
$57,131.0
$3,108.0
$1,449.0
$550.0
$30,127.0
$26,909.0
$148,251.0
$6,216.0
$953.0
$3,386.0
$41,866.0
13.9
6.5
51.4
36.5
54.7
40.5
141.1
10.6
235.4
590.6
49.6
552.0
316.2
25.5
166.7
1,110.0
48.1
155.7
367.3
150.2
18.9
31.2
16.8
75.8
2,409.6
3,273.6
15.6
16.1
28.7
66.3
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OGC
OIG
OITA
Office of Technology Operations and
Planning
Office of Information Analysis and Access
Regional Resources
Immediate Office
Air and Radiation Law Office
Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law
Office
Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law
Office
Water Law Office
Other Legal Support*
Regional Resources
$12,436.0
$12,970.0
$22,298.0
$66,560.0
$4,667.1
$7,187.4
$3,955.2
$2,615.0
$3,798.9
$12,716.4
$24,246.0
$59,186.0
$15,892.0
$20,247.0
$22,053.0
$110,613.0
$4,332.3
$47.0
$35.0
$151.0
$29.0
$1,101.7
$574.0
$6,270.0
84.5
90.6
174.3
476.1
28.5
41.7
23.0
15.0
22.5
75.3
142.5
348.5
*Other Legal Support includes resources for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil
Rights and Finance Law, Cross-Cutting Issues, and General Law support.
Immediate Office
Office of Audit
Office of Congressional, Public Affairs and
Management
Office of Counsel
Office of Cyber Investigations and
Homeland Security
Office of Investigations
Office of Mission Systems
Office of Program Evaluation
Immediate Office
Office of Regional and Bilateral Affairs
Office of Global Affairs and Policy
Office of Management and International
Services
American Indian Environmental Office
Regional Resources
$2,931.0
$11,797.0
$2,946.0
$2,440.0
$0.0
$11,607.0
$6,988.0
$11,813.0
$50,522.0
$1,062.1
$3,728.8
$3,318.3
$2,356.0
$2,646.8
$10,330.0
$23,442.0
$3,230.0
$645.0
$173.0
$86.0
$0.0
$2,390.0
$1,551.0
$540.0
$8,615.0
$143.1
$4,030.9
$473.6
$1,333.6
$2,102.8
$99,045.0
$107,129.0
17.7
95.9
19.7
16.5
0.0
69.7
53.2
93.1
365.8
6.3
24.7
20.9
16.5
17.9
81.5
167.8
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Fiscal Year 2013: Consolidations, Realignments, or Other Transfers of Resources
This table shows consolidations, realignments or other transfers of resources and personnel from one program project to another in
order to clearly illustrate a transfer of FY 2013 resources.
Program
Project
EPM
Total
Funding
Transferred
From:
F8: ($834.0)
Payroll FTE Funding Payroll FTE Program
Transferred Transferred Transferred Transferred Transferred Project
From: From: To: To: To: Total
($834.0) (6.0)
IT/Data
Management
EPM D8:
TRI/Right to
Know
EPM 50:
Compliance
Monitoring
EPM 90:
NEPA
Implementation
$834.0 $834.0 6.0
$88,893.0
$17,354.0
($133.0) ($133.0) (1.0)
$125,209
$133.0 $133.0 1.0
$17,424
Purpose
This change is a
realignment of
resources from the
IT/Data
Management
program to the
Toxics Release
Inventory (TRI)
program to reflect
efforts
performed
current
being
for TRI.
This change
reflects a transfer
from the
Compliance
Monitoring
program to the
National
Environmental
Policy Act
Implementation
program
supporting reviews
of energy
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Program
Project
EPM 44:
Civil
Enforcement
Total
Funding
Transferred
From:
Payroll
Transferred
From:
FTE
Transferred
From:
Funding
Transferred
To:
Payroll
Transferred
To:
FTE
Transferred
To:
Program
Project
Total
($140.0) ($140.0) (1.0)
EPM
Criminal
Enforcement
52:
$140.0
$140.0
1.0
$188,957.0
$51,900.0
Purpose
development
projects occurring
in the Regional
Offices.
This change
reflects a transfer
from the civil
enforcement
program to the
criminal
enforcement
program to support
the current regional
legal workload.
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Physicians' Comparability Allowance (PCA) Worksheet for PY 2011
[The United States Environmental Protection Agency]
Table 1
1) Number of Physicians Receiving PC As
2) Number of Physicians with One- Year PCA Agreements
3) Number of Physicians with Multi-Year PCA Agreements
4) Average Annual PCA Physician Pay (without PCA
payment)
5) Average Annual PCA Payment
6) Number of
Physicians Receiving
PCAs by Category
(non-add)
Category I Clinical Position
Category II Research Position
Category III Occupational Health
Category IV-A Disability
Evaluation
Category IV-B Health and Medical
Admin.
PY 2011
(Actual)
8
0
8
$122,68
O
$21,540
7
1
CY 2012
(Estimat
es)
8
0
8
$123,123
$21,540
7
1
BY 2013*
(Estimate
s)
8
0
8
$123,683
$21,540
7
1
*FY 2013 data will be approved during the FY 2014 Budget cycle.
7) If applicable, list and explain the necessity of any additional physician categories
designated by your agency (for categories other than I through IV-B). Provide the number
of PCA agreements per additional category for the PY, CY and BY.
EPA expects no additional categories to be applicable in the foreseeable future.
8) Provide the maximum annual PCA amount paid to each category of physician in your
agency and explain the reasoning for these amounts by category.
The maximum allowance being paid to a Category II Research Position is $24,382. The sum
represents the allowance necessary to prevent the employee from seeking employment with the
private sector, or at another Federal agency, and in accordance with the criteria contained in the
EPA PCA Plan, the allowance is deemed to represent a sum commensurate with the value of the
physician to the agency.
The maximum allowance being paid to a Category III Occupational Heath Position is $1,648.
This is a unique position in EPA, and this modest allowance represents the sum necessary to
offset a competing job offer of interest to the employee.
9) Explain the recruitment and retention problem(s) for each category of physician in your
agency (this should demonstrate that a current need continues to persist).
(Please include any staffing data to support your explanation, such as number and duration of
unfilled positions and number of accessions and separations per fiscal year.)
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Historically, the small number of EPA Research Physicians experiences modest turnover.
Essentially, use of the allowance by EPA is necessary to support the stability in its small
Research Physician population and, therefore, it is regarded primarily as a retention tool,
although we have been informed by our most recent Research Physician hires and our sole
emergency response team Physician that the EPA job offer would not have been accepted
without inclusion of the allowance.
10) Explain the degree to which recruitment and retention problems were alleviated in your
agency through the use of PC As in the prior fiscal year.
(Please include any staffing data to support your explanation, such as number and duration of
unfilled positions and number of accessions and separations per fiscal year.)
Internal EPA survey consistently confirms that all of our allowance-receiving physicians are
motivated to work at EPA by the mission of the agency, in preference to private practice or
employment at another Federal agency. Nevertheless, we are also consistently told that our
willingness to pay some level of allowance is usually the difference between the employee's
willingness to remain with EPA in light of the altruism and the lure of greater remuneration in
other directions.
11) Provide any additional information that may be useful in planning PCA staffing levels
and amounts in your agency.
We are well aware that the Office of Personnel Management has predicated its policies in the
direction of discouraging Federal agencies from using incentive authorities to compete with each
other or to raid each other. We are convinced that without the availability of the PCA, despite
our low turnover rate, we would have difficulty in retaining our small number of Research
Physicians, not so much to the private sector, but to other Federal agencies with significantly
more positions that are also paying the allowance. Simply put, we are frequently told by our
Research Physicians that without the PCA, family pressure would compel transfer from EPA as
long as the Physician wished to stay with Federal employment.
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Guidance and Instructions for PCA
Worksheet
These instructions cover all agencies using
or intending to use Physicians'
Comparability Allowance (PCA) payments.
Eligibility for PCA is defined in 5 U.S.C.
5948 and 5 CFR part 595. All data should be
submitted in the PCA Worksheet. Data for
each question should be supplied for prior
fiscal year (PY), current fiscal year (CY),
and budget fiscal year (BY).
For more information on PCA:
http ://www. opm. gov/oca/pay/html/pca. asp.
Definitions-General
Government Physician: Section 5948(g)(l)
of title 5, United States Code, defines
"Government physician" as any individual
employed as a physician or dentist who is
paid under: the General Schedule; the Senior
Executive Service; section 5371, relating to
certain health care positions; Tennessee
Valley Authority Act; Foreign Service Act;
Central Intelligence Agency Act; section
1202 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979;
section 2 of the National Security Act of
May 29, 1959; section 5376 of title 5
relating to certain senior-level positions;
section 5377 of title 5 relating to critical
positions; or subchapter IX of chapter 53 of
title 5 relating to special occupational pay
systems.
Definitions-Worksheet Data
1) Number of Physicians Receiving PCAs:
The total number of agency physicians
receiving a PCA.
2-3) Number of Physicians with 1-Year and
Multi-Year PCA Service Agreements: Under
the PCA program, physicians may elect to
sign a 1-year or multi-year PCA service
agreement. Please provide the number of
physicians under 1-year and multi-year
agreements in rows 2 and 3.
4) Average Annual PCA Physician Pay
(without PCA payment): Average annual
compensation per physician receiving a
PCA. These amounts should exclude the
PCA payment, but include base pay and all
other bonuses, incentives (such as
recruitment, relocation, and retention
incentives) and awards.
5) Average Annual PCA Payment: The
average annual PCA paid per physician.
6) Category of Physicians Receiving PCAs:
The number of physicians receiving PCAs
broken out by category. Detailed physician
category definitions can be found here:
http ://www. opm. gov/oca/pav/html/pca. asp.
7) List Any Additional Physician Categories
Designated by Your Agency: Pursuant to 5
CFR 595.107, any additional category of
physician receiving a PCA, not covered by
categories I through IV-B, should be listed
and accompanied by an explanation as to
why these categories are necessary. In
addition, the number of physician
agreements under these categories, broken
out by category, should be provided.
8) Explanation of the Allowance Amount
Paid to Each Category of Physician:
Provide reasoning for the amount of the
allowances assigned to each physician
category.
9) Explanation of Recruitment and Retention
Problem(s): Factors contributing to your
agency's physician recruitment and retention
problems should be provided. The
explanation should include staffing data,
such as accessions, separations and number
and duration of unfilled positions, as
support. Where applicable, provide
information by physician category.
10) Explanation of the Degree PCA
Alleviates Recruitment and Retention
Problem(s): Provide an explanation of the
extent that providing PCAs has prevented or
lessened recruitment and retention problems.
The explanation should include staffing
data, such as accessions, separations and
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number and duration of unfilled positions, as
support.
11) Additional Information: Provide any
additional, relevant information.
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Proposed FY 2013 Administrative
Provisions
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
To further clarify proposed Administrative
Provisions that involve more than a simple
annual extension, were not included in P.L.
112-74, or propose a modification to an
existing provision, the following
information is provided.
Community Action for a Renewed
Environment
Under terms established by the
Administrator, and in addition to funds
otherwise available in other appropriation
accounts for specific grant programs, the
Agency may expend funds appropriated in
the Environmental Program and
Management account for competitive grants
to communities to implement Community
Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
projects.
CARE is a competitive grant and technical
assistance program that offers an innovative
way for under-served and other communities
to take action to reduce toxic pollution.
Through CARE, communities create local
collaborative partnerships that implement
local solutions to minimize exposure to toxic
pollutants and reduce their release. In FY
2013, EPA is requesting new grant authority
to continue this program beyond the
demonstration phase.
Cancellation of Unobligated Balances
From unobligated balances available to
carry out projects and activities funded
through the State and Tribal Assistance
Grants account, $30,000,000 are hereby
permanently cancelled: Provided, That no
amounts may be cancelled from amounts
that were designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to the
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the
EPA is proposing to cancel $30 million from
STAG unobligated balances provided that
they were not designated as an emergency
requirement.
Program Funds for Facilities Activities
The Science and Technology, Environmental
Programs and Management, Office of
Inspector General, Hazardous Substance
Superfund, and Leaking Underground
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
Accounts, are available for the construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and
renovation of facilities provided that the cost
does not exceed $150,000 per project.
The Building and Facilities threshold was
last increased from $75 to $85 thousand in
FY 2004. During the 2004 to 2011
timeframe, costs for construction, material,
and labor increased ranging from 5 to 9
percent per year. EPA is proposing to reflect
these cost increases by raising the per
project threshold from $85 to $150
thousand.
The $150 thousand threshold will apply to
the S&T, EPM, OIG, Superfund, and LUST
appropriations and will allow the programs
to proceed effectively and efficiently to
address immediate, urgent and smaller-scale
facility improvements and will enable the
Agency to maintain adequate operations,
further mission-critical activities and
implement conservation goals.
Title 42 Hiring Authority
The fourth paragraph under the heading
Administrative Provisions of title II of
Public Law 109-54, as amended by the fifth
paragraph under such heading of title II of
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division E of Public Law 111-8 and the third
paragraph under such heading of the title II
of Public Law 111-88, is further amended by
striking "up to thirty persons at any one
time " and inserting "persons".
The current proviso states that the
Administrator may, after consultation with
the Office of Personnel Management,
employ up to thirty persons at any one time
in the Office of Research and Development
under the authority provided in 42 U.S.C.
209. The change proposed in FY 2013
would remove the ceiling of thirty persons at
any one time.
Oil Spill Transfer Authority
Notwithstanding section 104 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
9604), the Administrator may authorize the
expenditure or transfer of up to $10,000,000
from any appropriation in this title, in
addition to the amounts included in the
"Inland Oil Spill Programs" account, for
removal activities related to actual oil spills
[5 days after notifying the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations of the
intention to expend or transfer such funds]:
Provided, That no funds shall be expended
or transferred under this authority until the
Administrator determines that amounts
made available for expenditure in the
"Inland Oil Spill Programs" account will be
exhausted within 30 days: Provided further,
That such funds shall be replenished to the
appropriation that was the source of the
expenditure or transfer, following EPA's
receipt of reimbursement from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund pursuant to the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990.
This provision, enacted in P.L. 112-74,
allows the Administrator to quickly deploy
necessary resources in response to oil spills
by allowing transfers of up to $10 million
from other available sources within EPA.
The change to the language removes the
requirement for a 5-day notification period
to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, which is left to the
Committee's discretion.
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EPA Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Performance Report:
Overview of FY 2011 Performance
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EPA Fiscal Year
Performance Report:
Introduction
2011 Annual
Overview of FY
The EPA's FY 2011 Annual Performance
Report presents environmental and program
performance results achieved in FY 2011
under the goals established in its FY 2011-
2015 Strategic Plan
(http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/plan.htm)
and against the performance measures and
targets established in the agency's FY 2011
Annual Performance Plan and Budget
(http://www.epa.gov/budget/index.htm.)
This report is one of three complementary
documents the EPA has produced to report
its FY 2011 financial and program
performance results, in compliance with the
Government Performance and Results Act
Modernization Act of 2010 and the Office of
Management and Budget implementing
guidance. In addition to the FY 2011 APR
provided here as part of its FY 2013
Congressional Budget Justification, the EPA
has also issued an FY 2011 Agency
Financial Report and an FY 2011
Highlights,. The FY 2011 Highlights
presents key financial and performance
information from both the APR and APR in
a brief, nontechnical, user-friendly format.
These three reports are available at
http://www.epa.gOv/planandbudget/results.h
tml.
Approach to Performance Reporting
The EPA strives to more closely connect the
results it has achieved with its direction for
the future. Toward this end, the agency
worked to integrate its annual performance
report and Congressional Budget
Justification more fully and meaningfully. In
lOllafidrtfonmtaicthe "Overview of FY 2011
Performance" provided in this section, the
EPA has woven performance results
information and addressed performance
reporting requirements throughout its FY
2013 CJ:
The Introduction and Overview
section presents EPA's mission
statement and organizational
structure;
The Goal and Objective
Overview section includes FY
2011 performance results where
helpful to support discussion of
future directions;
Appropriation Program/Project
Fact Sheets include FY 2011
performance results and trend
data to provide context for
budget decisions; and
The Program Performance and
Assessment section presents a
detailed, 8-year array of
performance datadisplayed by
strategic goal and objective
which provides results for each
measure established in the
agency's FY 2011 Annual
Performance Plan and includes
explanations for missed or
exceeded targets.
Integrating performance and budgeting in
this manner advances the agency's strategic
planning and provides context and support
for its FY 2013 budget decisions.
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Performance Management in FY 2011
EPA's Performance Management System
Strategic Planning
FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
* Futures Work
Results Measurement,
Reporting, and Evaluation
(Accountability)
* Annual Performance Report
* Program Evaluation
* Annual Cross-Cutting Fundamental
Strategy Progress Reports
Operations
and Execution
National Program Manager
Guidance
Regional Performance
Commitments
Regional and State Performance
Partnership Agreements (PPAs)
Annual Planning
and Budgeting
EPA Annual Plan and Budget
Priority Goals
Annual Cross-Cutting Fundamental
Strategy Action Plans
To support achievement of the long-term
goals and objectives outlined in its Strategic
Plan, the EPA prepares an Annual
Performance Plan and Budget, which
commits the agency to a suite of annual
performance measures. The EPA reports its
results against these annual performance
measures and discusses progress toward its
longer term strategic goals in its Annual
Performance Report, which the agency
includes in its Congressional Budget
Justification.
FY 2011 marks the first year of the EPA's
implementation of its new FY 2011-2015
Strategic Plan
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(http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/plan/plan.httn),
released in September 2010. The plan
establishes five goals that support the
agency's mission to protect human health
and the environment, as well as supporting
objectives. The plan also presents a set of
five cross-cutting strategies that stem from
the Administrator's priorities and are
designed to fundamentally change how the
agency works, both internally and
externally, to achieve the mission outcomes
articulated under its five strategic goals. The
EPA is implementing these strategies
through annual action plans, which focus its
efforts and promote tangible, measurable
actions that transform its delivery of
environmental and human health protection.
The EPA's FY 2011 Action Plan Progress
Reports are available at
http://www.epa.gOv/planandbudget/results.h
tml.
THE EPA'S STRATEGIC GOALS
Taking Action on Climate Change and
Improving Air Quality
Protecting America's Waters
Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development
Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
Enforcing Environmental Laws
THE EPA's CROSS-CUTTING FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGIES
Expanding the Conversation on Environmentalism
Working for Environmental Justice and Children's Health
Advancing Science, Research and Technological Innovation
Strengthening State, Tribal, and International Partnerships
Strengthening EPA's Workforce and Capabilities
To focus attention on advancing its FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan, in FY 2011 the EPA instituted
new practices that promote the use of simpler and more meaningful performance information in
managing programs and provide cross-agency dialogue to inform decision-making. For example,
in FY 2011 the Deputy Administrator initiated quarterly meetings with senior leadership to
discuss progress on agency priority goals, and at midyear and the end of the year, on a broader
set of performance measures for each of the agency's strategic goals. Similarly, agency managers
prepare and discuss action plans for carrying out the cross-cutting fundamental strategies which
shape how the EPA carries out its work. These meetings encourage transparency and discussion
among national program managers and regions on program results and challenges.
The EPA's Priority Goals
The EPA also reports on Priority Goals, a new component of the Administration's performance
management framework. The EPA's Priority Goals are specific, measurable, near-term (18- to
24-month) targets, which align with the agency's long-term and annual performance measures
and communicate the performance improvements the agency will accomplish using its existing
legislative authority and resources. The EPA's FY 2010-2011 Priority Goals include controlling
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greenhouse gas emissions, improving water quality and protecting and developing
communities. Results the agency achieved for its FY 2010-2011 Priority Goals are highlighted in
the goal-by-goal discussions which follow.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment ARRA-funded environmental programs that
Act of 2009 invest in clean water and drinking water
projects, implement diesel emission
During FY 2011, the EPA continued to reduction technologies, clean up leaking
make significant progress in implementing underground storage tanks, revitalize and
its responsibilities under the American reuse brownfields, and clean up Superfund
The EPA's FY 2010-2011 Priority Goals
I EPA will improve the country's ability to measure and control Green House Gas (GHG)
emissions. Building a foundation for action is essential.
By June 15, 2011, EPA will make publically available 100 percent of facility-level GHG
emissions data submitted to EPA in accordance with the GHG Reporting Rule, compliant
with policies protecting Confidential Business Information (CBI.)
In 2011, EPA, working with DOT, will begin implementation of regulations designed to
reduce the GHG emissions from light duty vehicles sold in the US starting with model
year 2012.
II. Clean water is essential for our quality of life and the health of our communities. EPA will
take actions over the next two years to improve water quality.
Chesapeake Bay watershed states (including the District of Columbia) will develop and
submit Phase I watershed implementation plans by the end of CY 2010 and Phase II plans
by the end of CY 2011 in support of EPA's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily
Load (TMDL) and consistent with the expectations and schedule described in EPA's
letters of November 4 and December 29, 2009 and June 11, 2010.
Increase pollutant reducing enforcement actions in waters that don't meet water quality
standards, and post results and analysis on the web.
Over the next two years, EPA will initiate review/revision of at least 4 drinking water
standards to strengthen public health protection.
III. EPA will ensure that environmental health and protection is delivered to our communities.
By 2012 EPA will have initiated 20 enhanced Brownfields community level projects that
will include a new area-wide planning effort to benefit under-served and economically
disadvantaged communities. This will allow those communities to assess and address a
single large or multiple Brownfields sites within their boundaries, thereby advancing area-
wide planning to enable redevelopment of Brownfields properties on a broader scale. EPA
will provide technical assistance, coordinate its enforcement, water and air quality
programs, and work with other Federal agencies, states, tribes and local governments to
implement associated targeted environmental improvements identified in each
community's area-wide plan.
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. sites. FY 2011 realized a significant amount
Since the end of FY 2009, the EPA has of activity as a result of ARRA funding. An
tracked program performance for six key overview of the number and types of
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projects completed with ARRA funds in
2011 demonstrates further progress made to
advance environmental protection. To date
the agency has reported on the following
accompli shments:
More than 660 projects have been
funded to improve or maintain
wastewater treatment works serving
an estimated 79 million Americans,
and more than 265 drinking water
systems have been brought into
compliance, serving over 7.4 million
Americans.
Almost 30,000 diesel engines have
been retrofitted, replaced or retired.
Hundreds of contaminated sites have
been cleaned up, including 92
brownfield properties, more than
1,300 underground storage tanks and
nine Superfund sites. Additionally,
more than 50 Superfund site
cleanups have been accelerated.
To ensure accountability and demonstrate
progress toward meeting ARRA goals, the
EPA provides quarterly ARRA performance
updates at
http://www.epa.gov/recovery/plans.htmltfqu
arterly.
The EPA's Human Capital Strategy
A component of the EPA's FY 2011-2015
EPA Strategic Plan, Cross-Cutting
Fundamental Strategy 5, "Strengthening
EPA's Workforce and Capabilities," focuses
on human capital priorities, as well as
internal business processes. Under this
cross-cutting fundamental strategy, the
agency seeks to continuously improve its
internal management, encourage innovation
and creativity in all aspects of its work, and
ensure that the EPA is an excellent
workplace that attracts and retains a
topnotch, diverse workforce, positioned to
meet and address the environmental
challenges of the 21st century. To achieve
this goal, the EPA focused on six areas:
recruiting, developing, and retaining a
diverse and creative workforce; cultivating a
workplace that values a high quality work
life; practicing outstanding resource
stewardship; enhancing communication;
integrating energy efficiency and
environmental considerations into our work
practices; and improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of the agency's acquisition
function.
During FY 2011, the agency carried out
several targeted actions to achieve the goals
of this crosscutting fundamental strategy.
These included reforming the EPA's hiring
process to make it easier for applicants to
apply for jobs, as well as increasing the pool
of qualified candidates; completing
standardized recruitment packages for 10
occupations; launching a Diversity
Dashboard; and conducting training for
hiring officials across the EPA on targeted
outreach strategies.
More information on the Strengthening the
EPA's Workforce and Capacities can be
found in the Cross Cutting Fundamental
Strategy section which follows.
Program Evaluations
To improve program effectiveness and
efficiency, the Administration emphasized
the importance of using program evaluation
to provide the evidence needed to
demonstrate that the agency's programs are
meeting their intended outcomes. By
assessing how well a program is working
and why, program evaluation can help the
EPA identify where activities have the
greatest impact on protecting human health
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and the environment, provide the road map of those program evaluations completed
needed to replicate successes, and during FY 2011 are available on the
conversely identify areas needing following website:
improvement. This is particularly important http://www.epa.gOv/planandbudget/results.h
as the EPA meets its obligations for tml.
transparency and accountability. A summary
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Summary of FY 2011 Performance Results
Reliability of the EPA's Performance Data
Data used to report performance results are reliable and as complete as possible. Because improvements in human
health and the environment may not become immediately apparent, there might be delays between the actions we
have taken and results we can measure. Additionally, we cannot provide results data for several of our
performance measures for this reporting year. When possible, however, we have portrayed trend data to illustrate
progress over time. We also report final performance results for prior years that became available in FY 2011.
Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson
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Administrator
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Date
In its FY 2011 Annual Performance Plan
and Budget, the EPA committed to 238
annual performance measures, 178 of which
had validated measurement data as of the
publication date of this report. In FY2011,
the agency met 127 of these performance
measures, 71 percent of the performance
measures for which data were available. The
EPA significantly exceeded its targets for
several of its FY 2011 performance
measures. In some cases, a new
collaborative effort or a new approach to the
performance measures allowed the EPA to
accomplish more than it had planned.
The EPA also faced a number of difficult
challenges and obstacles to success. Despite
the agency's best efforts, 51 performance
measures were not met. There are a number
of reasons for missed targets, including an
unexpected demand for resources or
competing priorities; the effect of budget
cuts on the agency's state, tribal, and local
government partners; and factors outside the
agency's control, such as weather,
technological challenges, or population
growth and land use patterns.
The EPA is using performance measures to
look at FY 2011 results in terms of long-
term performance. The agency has
highlighted key performance trends and
challenges related to specific performance
measures under each of its five
programmatic goals. These trends and
challenges are described in this document,
along with actions the agency is taking as a
result of the data.
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The EPA will carefully consider its FY 2011
results and adjust program strategies and
approaches accordingly. The 8-year array
included in the Program Performance and
Data Not Available
Because final end-of-year data for some
measures were not available when this
report went to press, the EPA is not yet able
to report on 60 of its 238 performance
measures. Environmental results may not
become apparent within a fiscal year, and
assessing environmental improvements
often requires multiyear information. In
some cases, additional time is needed to
understand and assess factors such as
exposure and the resulting impact on human
health.
In many cases, reporting cyclesincluding
some that are legislatively mandateddo
not correspond with the federal fiscal year
on which this report is based. Data reported
biennially, for example, are not available for
this report but will be provided in next
year's Annual Performance Report.
Extensive quality assurance/quality control
processes to ensure the reliability of
performance data can also delay reporting.
The EPA relies heavily on performance data
obtained from state, tribal and local
agencies, all of which require time to collect
information and review it for quality. If the
EPA is unable to obtain complete end-of-
year information from all sources in time for
this report, FY 2011 results will be available
in the Performance and Assessment section
of the FY 2014 Congressional Justification,
published in February 2013.
Data Now Available
The EPA is now able to report data from FY
2010 that became available in FY2011.
Assessment section of the CJ provides more
detailed explanations for missed and
significantly exceeded targets and discusses
the agency's plans to meet these
performance measures in the future.
These FY 2010 results are reflected in the 8-
year array provided in the Program
Performance and Assessment section of the
FY 2013 CJ. (Note that the agency's FY
2010 performance measures were developed
under the goal structure of its 2006-2011
Strategic Plan; thus, where appropriate,
some FY 2010 measures are realigned in the
8-year array to correspond to the goal
structure of the agency's current FY 2011-
2015 Strategic Plan.) In summary, final
performance results became available for 41
of the 60 FY 2010 measures (out of a total
211 FY 2010 performance measures) for
which data were unavailable at the end of
FY 2010. Of these 41 performance
measures, the EPA met 31 targets.
A Guide to this "Overview of FY 2011
Performance" Section
The pages which follow highlight a few
selected FY 2011 regional accomplishments
and provide performance results and
information on the agency's progress toward
achieving the five strategic goals and
implementing the five cross-cutting
fundamental strategies established in its FY
2011-2015 Strategic Plan.
For each of the EPA's five strategic goals,
the report provides a brief overview, lists
key programs or offices that contribute to
the goal, summarizes measures met and
missed by objective, notes significant FY
2011 highlights and challenges, and
discusses results achieved for Priority Goals
which support the strategic goal. In addition,
the agency analyzes selected performance
measures and trends which represent key
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initiatives or activities toward achieving the an overview of FY 2011 activity and
long-term strategic goal. presents bulleted highlights and challenges
for FY 2011.
For each of the EPA's five cross-cutting
fundamental strategies, the report provides
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Highlights of Environmental
Region 10 Restoring the Puget Sound Ecosystem
The EPA awarded $3S. 1 million in grants to facilitate the ecosystem
restoration and protection of Puget Sound, the nation's second-
largest estuary. Funded projects include reducing toxic and bacterial
pollution and protecting at-risk watersheds such as the Duwamish
River, an urban waterway in Puget Sound that is currently under
Superfund cleanup. The Port of Seattle and City of Seattle have
committed S33 million to clean up contaminated marine sediment
and soil. Tribes have used the Puget Sound funding to support the
elimination of invasive species and to monitor salmon movement
during the Elwha River Dam removal, the largest project of its kind
in U.S. history.
http://w\vw.epa.gov/pugctsound/
Region 9 Undertaking Uranium Cleanup in Navajo Nation
To address health and environmental impacts of uranium contami-
nation in Navajo Nation, the EPA and Navajo EPA screened 683
structures for potential contamination, completed the demolition
and excavation of 34 structures and 12 residential yards, assessed
452 mines, and started cleanup on the four highest priority mines.
Additionally, the EPA tested 240 wells for ground water contamina-
tion and partnered with Indian Health Services and U.S. Housing
and Urban Development to invest S24.S million in new water lines
serving drinking water to 300 homes. Marking a major accomplish-
ment, the EPA and the Navajo Nation reached agreement on a plan
to clean up the Northeast Church Rock United Nuclear Corporation
minethe largest mine on the reservationstarting in 2012.
http://w\vw.cpa.gov/rcgion09/NavajoUranium
Region 7 Responding to Joplin, Missouri, Tornado Aftermath
On May 22, 2011, tragedy struck Joplin, Missouri, after an F-5
tornado damaged approximately 8,000 structures in its wake. In
the aftermath of the tornado, the EPA has worked with the Mis-
souri Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, as well as other state and local partner agencies
and nongovernmental entities, to reuse and recycle more than 156
tons of electronic equipment. 104.000 containers, and 257 tons of
white goods, such as housing materials and propane cylinders. In
addition, the EPA coordinated with partner agencies to conduct rapid
needs assessments, air monitoring for asbestos and particulates, and
household ha/ardous waste operations, as well as provide long-
term community recovery support. The EPA has maintained public
outreach efforts throughout the response, conducting more than 70
news media interviews that resulted in several hundred news stories
mentioning the agency's cfrbrts.
http://www.epa.gov/joplin/
Region 8 Treating Contaminated Mining Drainage in Colorado
Using S17 million in hazardous waste cleanup funding from the Ameri-
can Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the EPA and the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment constructed a 1,600-gallon-
per-minute water treatment plant at the Summitville Mine Superfund site
to remove heavy metal contaminants from mine drainage before the water
leaves the site and enters the headwaters of the Alamosa River, a tributary
of the Rio Grande River. The project has supported job creation in various
building trades, including mechanics, heavy equipment operators and
truck drivers. In addition, the EPA and the CDPHE installed a micro-
hydropowcr plant at the site, providing 15 to 20 percent of the site's energy
needs and resulting in significant cost savings.
http://w\v\v.epa.gov/regionS/superfund/co/summitville/indcx.html
Region 6 Ensuring Environmental Justice and Public Health in Texas
The EPA finalized approval of a community-based Supplemental Environ-
mental Project to build a SI million health clinic to serve the residents of
Port Arthur, Texas. The clinic is part of the EPA's Environmental Justice
Showcase Community Project, a grassroots program in which the EPA
works with city officials, industry, and state and federal partners to achieve
measurable progress in some of America's most environmentally distressed
communities. In addition, the EPA has helped establish six multi-stakeholder
workgroups designed to improve environmental conditions, health care,
housing, jobs training, energy efficiency and urban redevelopment projects in
the region.
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Region 5 Advancing Northeast Ohio's Water Infrastructure
and Economy
In July 2011, the EPA reached a Combined Sewer Overflow1 Consent
Decree with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sc\ver District, mandating a $3
billion effort to reduce the annual volume of raw sewage discharged from
4.5 billion gallons to 494 million gallons, including a minimum of S42
million for large-scale green infrastructure projects spanning the next 25
years. Green infrastructure management approaches and technologies
include infiltration, cvapotranspiration, and the capture and reuse of
stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies. Collectively, the
implemented control measures will result in the treatment of more than
98 percent of the wet weather flows in the sewer system.
http://wuw.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/cwa/neorsd.htinl
Region 4 Improving Air Quality in the Southeast Through Clean Air
Act Settlement
In April 2011, the EPA provided a new benchmark for clean power generation in
the United States through a Clean Air Act settlement with the Tennessee Valley
Authority that requires the TVA to spend S350 million on environmental mitiga-
tion projects, including energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Once
fully implemented, the pollution controls could reduce emissions of nitrogen
oxide by 69 percent and sulfur dioxide by 67 percent from the TVA's 2008 emis-
sion levels. The settlement will also significantly reduce participate matter and
carbon dioxide emissions, leading to estimated annual monetized health benefits
ranging from SI I billion to $27 billion.
http://wuw.epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/caa/tvacoal-fired.htinl
Region 1 Providing Training To Prevent Lead
Exposure in New England
As part of an extensive outreach and assistance effort
reaching more than 125,000 people in the New England
region, the EPA accredited 64 training providers, over a
two-year period, to teach more than 134 courses under
the federal lead renovation, repair and painting rule. The
rule requires that firms performing renovation, repair and
painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in pre-1978
homes, childcare facilities and schools be certified by the
EPA and use certified renovators trained to follow lead-safe
work practices. To date, 12,664 New England firms have
been certified, and almost 2,500 courses have been offered,
providing invaluable training to an estimated 75,000
people. Continuing the EPA's effort to achieve compli-
ance and reduce risks. Region 1 issued the first renovation,
repair and painting rule enforcement action in the nation
resulting from a social media video tip.
http://epa.gov/regionl/cnforcement/leadpaint
Region 2 Cleaning Up the Hudson River
Region 2 marked an important milestone in the cleanup
of the Hudson River with the start of the second and final
phase of dredging in spring 2011. Over the next five to
seven years, General Electric will remove about 2.4 million
cubic yards of polychlormated biphenyls contaminated
sediment from a 40-mile section of the Upper Hudson
River between Fort Edward and Troy, NY. An estimated
1.3 million pounds of PCBs were discharged into the
river from two General Electric capacitor manufactur-
ing plants located in Fort Edward and Hudson Falls over
the course of 30 years. General Electric is conducting the
dredging project, with EPA oversight, under the terms of a
November 2006 legal agreement. Approximately 500 jobs
have been created by the cleanup project, and more than
550,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment has already
been removed.
http://www.epa,gov/hudson/
Region 3 Establishing a "Pollution Diet" for the
Chesapeake Bay
In December 2010, the EPA established the Chesapeake
Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, the nation's most rigor-
ous "pollution diet" for meeting water quality standards
in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, many of
which are a source of drinking water. The Chesapeake Bay
TMDL sets pollution limits that represent a 25-percent
reduction in nitrogen, 24-percent reduction m phospho-
rus and 20-percent reduction in sediment. The TMDL is
designed to ensure that all control measures needed to
meet the jurisdictions' Chesapeake Bay water quality stan-
dards are in place by 2025, with 60 percent of the actions
completed by 2017. The pollution controls could signifi-
cantly improve water quality in streams, creeks and rivers
throughout the region, as well as benefit local economies
through increased use of watershed activities, including
fishing, swimming and boating.
http://wu-w.epa.gOV/reg3wapd/t:rndl/ChesapeakeBay/
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Strategic Goal 1: Taking Action of Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
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Strategic Goal 1ata Glance:
TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop adaptation strategies
to address climate change and protect and improve air quality.
FY2011 Performance Measures
Met = 4 Not Met = 0 Data Unavailable = 29 (Total Measures = 33)
FY 2010 Performance Measures (see chart below)
Met = 27 Not Met = 4 Data Unavailable = 2 (Total Measures = 33)
Objectives
Address Climate
Change
Improve Air Quality
Restore the Ozone
Layer
Reduce Unnecessary
Exposure to Radiation
25
20
15
10
FY 2010 Goal 1 Performance Measures
(Total Measures: 33)
Objective 1: Objective 2:
Address Improve
Climate Change Air Quality
Objective 3: Objective 4:
Restore the Reduce Unnecessary
Ozone Layer Exposure to Radiation
FY 2010 - FY 2011 Priority Goals
By June 15, 2011, EPA will make publicly available 100 percent of facility-level GHG emissions data submitted
to EPA in accordance with the GHG Reporting Rule, compliant with policies protecting Confidential Business
Information (CBI).
In 2011, EPA, working with DOT, will begin implementation of regulations designed to reduce the GHG emis-
sions from light duty vehicles sold in the US starting with model year 2012.
Key Accomplishments
Establishing GHG reporting registry.
Reducing SO2, a precursor to acid rain deposition.
Monitoring radiation levels after Japan power plant disaster.
Testing for clean cookstoves.
Key Challenges
Reducing days of unhealthy air quality.
Reducing toxic air emissions.
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Goal 1 Purpose
The EPA manages a number of programs
related to climate change, outdoor and
indoor air quality, stratospheric ozone, and
radiation, each of which plays a vital role in
protecting human health and the
environment. Under these programs, the
agency and its partners have made
substantial progress in improving air quality
and continue to take steps to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions; however, much
work remains.
For example, although nationwide air
quality has improved significantly since
passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments
in 1990, in 2008, about 127 million
Americans lived in counties that did not
meet air quality standards for at least one
pollutant. To support its clean air goals, the
EPA continues striving to meet strategic
targets outlined in its FY 2011-2015
Strategic Plan, such as reducing emissions
of particulate matter and ozone. The agency
is also working with the electricity-
generating power industry through a cap-
and-trade program to reduce sulfur dioxide
and nitrogen oxides, precursors of fine
particulate matter, ozone and acid rain.
Similarly, the agency and its partners
continue to face challenges in addressing
climate change. To better understand the
changing climate, the EPA instituted a
Priority Goal to ensure that the nearly 7,000
facilities that emit greenhouse gases report
their data through the new Electronic-
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (EGRT.)
Programs under Goal 1 continue to work
through voluntary partnerships and
implement other cost-effective solutions to
ensure that private industry complies with
standards and creates a healthier
environment.
Under these climate change and air quality
objectives, the EPA committed to 33 FY
2011 performance measures. Of these 33
measures, the EPA met 5 measures. The
agency collects air and climate data on a
calendar year basis that has a year-long data
lag, which means the EPA will report 27 of
the 2011 performance measures in 2012.
In FY 2010, the EPA committed to 33
performance measures. The agency met [or
exceeded] 87 percent and did not meet 13
percent of the measures for which data were
available for this report. (Data were not yet
available for two FY 2010 measures.) The
full suite of the EPA's FY 2011 measures,
including targets, results, and detailed
explanations for variances, is available in
the Performance and Assessment Section of
the FY 2013 Congressional Justification.
EPA Contributing Programs: Acid Rain
Program; AirNow; Air Toxics; Clean Air
Allowance Trading Programs; Clean Air
Research; Indoor Air Quality; National
Ambient Air Quality Standards
Development and Implementation; Mobile
Sources; New Source Review; Regional
Haze; Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Program; Radiation Programs; and
Voluntary Climate Programs.
Priority Goals
In FY 2010, the EPA established two
Priority Goals to advance the Strategic Plan
objective to address climate change and
reduce greenhouse emissions.
GHG Emissions: Mandatory Reporting Rule
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By June 15, 2011, EPA will make publicly available 100 percent of facility-level GHG emissions
data submitted to EPA in accordance with the GHG Reporting Rule, compliant with policies
protecting Confidential Business Information.
Results: On October 30, 2009, the EPA
published a rule requiring large greenhouse
gas emissions sources in the United States to
report their annual emissions to the EPA.
The first emissions reports (for 2010) were
due on March 31, 2011, and the EPA set a
goal to make the reported data publicly
available by June 15, 2011. However,
following conversations with industry and
other external stakeholders, and in the
interest of providing high-quality data to the
public, the EPA extended the March 31
reporting deadline to September 30 and
extended the date for making the data
publicly available to December 31, 2011. On
September 30, 2011, the EPA successfully
completed the first reporting period under
the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Mandatory
Reporting Rule (40 CFR Part 98.) Never
before has the agency had facility-level
GHG data that can be used to guide the
development of policies and programs to
reduce GHG emissions nationwide. The
success of this data collection effort was
made possible through a cross-office effort
within the agency to develop a
comprehensive, user-friendly, Web-based
electronic reporting tool that nearly 7,000
facilities and suppliers used to submit their
data to the EPA.
GHG Emissions: Light Duty Vehicles
In 2011, EPA, working with the U.S. Department of Transportation, will begin implementation of
regulations designed to reduce the GHG emissions from light duty vehicles sold in the U.S.,
starting with model year 2012.
Results: Since establishing the first GHG
emissions standards for cars and light-duty
trucks in April 2010, the EPA has been
working to ensure their effective
implementation, beginning with vehicle
model year 2012. The EPA's primary role is
to review applications from vehicle
manufacturers and perform tests on
prototype vehicles and engines to
determine/certify compliance with the GHG
emissions standards. As of September 30,
2011, the EPA had issued just over 450
certificates of conformity; this total
represents approximately 90 percent of the
certificates anticipated for model year 2012.
In addition to determining compliance, the
EPA is also developing the data system to
support the emissions averaging, banking
and trading program that allows
manufacturers different pathways to comply
with the fleetwide average GHG emissions
standards. The data system is being
developed in two phases: Phase 1 for
information collection and certificate of
conformity generation, and Phase 2 for end
of model year calculations. Phase 1 is being
deployed throughout 2011 in a series of four
releases. As of September 30, 2011, the EPA
had deployed three releases: 1) system
design and requirements analysis, 2)
changes to the certificate of conformity
template (to add GHG language) and the
manufacturers' request for certificate dataset,
and 3) changes to the certification,
confirmatory test, fuel economy label and
manufacturer in-use verification program
datasets. The remaining release, covering
changes to the model year 2011 and 2012
Corporate Average Fuel Economy/GHG
datasets was deployed in October 2011.
Included in this deployment were
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infrastructure changes originally planned for
Phase 2. These changes allow for all of the
calculations (including GHG footprint and
Key Performance Results
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
The EPA administers voluntary, public-
private partnerships, like ENERGY STAR
and SmartWay, to help avoid GHG
emissions. The ENERGY STAR program
focuses on energy efficiency in building and
industry sectors, while SmartWay promotes
cost-saving technologies in the
transportation sector. Along with the
beneficial impacts to the environment,
road-load information) to be released in
Phase 2. The schedule change allowed more
efficient use of resources.
through the more than 126,000 new homes
and 6,200 buildings constructed to meet
ENERGY STAR 2010 guidelines-
representing over 25 percent of new home
starts and 6,200 buildings. In addition,
SMARTWAY helped promote new
technologies and efficiencies in the
transportation sector that avoided
approximately 16.5 MMTCC^e.
Acid Rain Deposition
Performance Measure: Million metric tons of carbon
equivalent (MMTCO2e) of greenhouse gas reductions in the
building, transportation and industry sectors (cumulative)
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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700 r
600
500
400
300
618.5
364.5
311.3
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 FY13
'Data available 12/2012
thousands of businesses have reduced costs
through increased energy efficiencies and
fuel savings.
Analysis: The EPA exceeded its 2010 target
by helping the business, industry and
transportation sectors avoid 533.8
MMTCO26. The agency met part of this goal
The Acid Rain Program, established under
Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act
Amendments, requires major emission
reductions of sulfur dioxide (802), one of
the primary precursors of acid rain, from the
power sector. The program sets a permanent
cap on the total amount of 862 that may be
emitted by electric generating units in the
United States.
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Performance Measure : Annual Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide
from Electric Power Generation Sources
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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7.6
5.7
8.5
6.0 6.0 6.0
5.2
CY06 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11* CY12 CY13
Data available 12/2012
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Analysis: Through a cap and trade program,
industry has significantly reduced emissions
of SC>2 from electric generating power
plants. The EPA has met its target set by the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 to cut
emissions approximately in half from 1980
levels (17.4 million tons) and keep
emissions below the permanent statutory cap
of 8.95 million tons. The target for 2011
reflects implementation of the Clean Air
Interstate Rule, which will further reduce
SC>2 emissions from these sources in eastern
states and Washington, DC, to control
interstate transport of fine particle pollution.
The target for 2012 incorporates expected
reductions from these sources in 23 states in
the eastern, central and southern United
States from implementation of the Cross-
State Air Pollution Rule (which replaces
CAIR beginning January 1, 2012.)
Note: By statute and regulation, the targets
and actuals are based on calendar years, not
fiscal years.
Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant Disaster
The EPA led the agency's Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) response to
radioactive releases from the Fukushima
Daiichi Power Plant disaster, which was
caused by an earthquake and subsequent
tsunami. An EOC team of agency experts
analyzed data on domestic radiation levels
and provided technical support for guidance
on such issues as cargo container entries,
sampling frequency, restricted zone re-entry,
and food safety related to radiation releases
cause by the disaster. The agency's RadNet
system was used to monitor air,
precipitation, drinking water and milk for
the presence of radioactive materials across
the United States; very low levels of
radioactive materialfar below levels of
public health concernwere found. Data
made available to the public on the EPA's
Japan 2011 website provided assurances to
the American public that any radiation
migrating to the United States from Japan
was below levels of concern.
Emissions Testing for Clean Cookstoves
As part of its work with the Partnership for
Clean Indoor Air, the EPA joined federal
and private sector partners in announcing the
U.N. Foundation's Global Alliance for
Clean Cookstoves (GACC). This public-
private alliance will address a major public
health concern in developing countriesthe
high exposures to smoke from indoor fires
and inefficient cookstoves that are
associated with nearly 2 million deaths each
year, primarily young children and women.
In support of the GACC, the EPA has
completed the most extensive testing of
cookstove emissions to date. Forty-four
combinations of stoves, fuels and operating
conditions were tested for fuel efficiency
and emissions of pollutants that affect
human health and global climate. Results are
being used by GACC partners to select
stoves for field trials and by the GACC
Working Group on Standards and Testing to
improve cookstove testing methods.
Key Challenges
Ground-Level Ozone
Ground-level ozone (smog) is not emitted
directly into the air, but is created by
chemical reactions between oxides of
nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in the presence of
sunlight with most smog forming during the
summer season. Emissions from industrial
facilities and electric utilities, motor vehicle
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exhaust, gasoline vapors, and chemical
solvents are some of the major sources of
NOx and VOCs. Breathing ozone, a primary
component of smog, can trigger a variety of
health problems including chest pain,
coughing, throat irritation, and congestion. It
can worsen bronchitis, emphysema, and
asthma. Ground-level ozone also can reduce
lung function and inflame the linings of the
lungs. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has
set protective health-based standards for
ozone in the air we breathe.
Performance Measure: Cumulative percentage reduction in the
average number of days during the ozone season that the ozone
standard is exceeded in non-attainment areas, weighted by population.
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30
20
10
2006-2013 Performance Trends
56
CY06 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11* CY12 CY13
'Data available 12/2012
Analysis A significant reduction in the
number of days with ozone exceedances
during the ozone season in non-attainment
areas (56% since 2003) has been achieved
through strong partnerships with state, tribal
and local governments to ensure that
facilities comply with national air quality
standards and that vehicles have
incorporated the most cost-effective
technologies to reduce emissions. Much
work still remains to further reduce air
pollution. Achieving results may be
complicated by a changing climate. As the
climate becomes warmer, the number of
days with higher ozone levels will increase;
this relationship will make for greater future
challenges in controlling air pollution.
Air Toxics Emissions
The toxicity-weighted emission inventory
utilizes the National Emissions Inventory for
air toxics, along with the agency's
compendium of cancer and non-cancer
health risk criteria to develop a risk metric
that can be tabulated on an annual basis. Air
toxics emission data are revised every three
years, with intervening years (the two years
after the inventory year) interpolated
utilizing inventory projection models.
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Performance Measure: Cumulative Percentage Reduction in
Tons of Toxicity-Weighted (for Cancer Risk) Emissions of Air
Toxics From 1993 Baseline
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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45
40
35
30
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 FY13
Data available 12/2014
Analysis: The EPA, along with its state,
tribal and local partners, has helped reduce
the emissions of toxic air pollutants like
benzene, mercury, chromium and other
cancer-causing toxics dramatically. Since
1993 a 40-percent reduction has been
achieved through strong national standards
that require facilities to implement cost-
effective technologies to mitigate toxic air
emissions. The reductions have been
particularly beneficial to individuals in low-
income, disadvantaged communities often
living the closest to the facilities. Through
2010, the major reductions from the air
toxics program were associated with the
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
standards promulgated as part of the first
round of standards, which were completed
in 2004. The agency has just begun the next
phase of the air toxic program to review the
technology standards and residual health
risks, which could potentially lead to greater
reductions in the future.
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Strategic Goal 2: Protecting America's Waters
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Strategic Goat 2 at a Glance:
PROTECTING AMERICA'S WATERS
Protect and restore our waters to ensure that drinking water is safe, and that
aquatic ecosystems sustain fish, plants and wildlife, and economic,
recreational, and subsistence activities.
FY2011 Performance Measures
Met = 50 Not Met = 25 Data Unavailable = 14 (Total Measures = 89)
Objectives
Protect Human Health
Protect and Restore
Watersheds and
Aquatic Ecosystems
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Goal 2 Performance Measures
(Total Measures: 89)
Objective 1:
Protect Human Health
Objective 2:
Protect and Restore Watersheds
and Aquatic Ecosystems
FY 2010 - FY 2011 Priority Goals
Chesapeake Bay watershed states (including the District of Columbia) will develop and submit Phase I
watershed implementation plans by the end of CY 2010 and Phase II plans by the end of CY 2011 in support
of EPA's final Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and consistent with the expectations and
schedule described in EPA's letters of November 4 and December 29, 2009 and June 11, 2010.
Over the next two years, EPA will initiate review/revision of at least 4 drinking water standards to strengthen
public health protection.
Key Accomplishments
Complying with drinking water standards for populations served by community water systems.
Meeting standards for formerly impaired water bodies.
Meeting water restoration goals for established or approved TMDLs.
Progressing toward implementing innovative green infrastructure.
Key Challenges
Complying with drinking water standards for tribal water systems.
Protecting or restoring National Estuary Program habitat acres.
Impacting nonpoint source pollution in Puget Sound shellfish areas.
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Goal 2 Purpose
The EPA is committed to protecting and
restoring America's waters. In coordination
with its partners, the EPA ensures that
drinking water is safe and that aquatic
ecosystems sustain economic and
recreational activities and provide healthy
habitat for fish, plants, and wildlife. The
Agency's efforts are driven by two main
objectives established in its FY 2011-2015
Strategic Plan: protecting human health and
protecting and restoring watersheds and
aquatic ecosystems.
To ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the
Agency sets limits for drinking water
contaminants, helps to sustain and finance
the network of pipes and treatment facilities
that constitute the nation's water
infrastructure, and works with water systems
to comply with and implement drinking
water standards.
The EPA works with state and local partners
to implement source water protection plans
for the areas surrounding drinking water
sources. To protect surface waters, the EPA
works with state and tribal partners to
implement core clean water programs to
protect waters nationwide by strengthening
water quality standards, improving water
quality monitoring and assessment,
implementing total maximum daily loads
(TMDLs) and other watershed-related plans,
strengthening the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit
program, and implementing practices to
reduce pollution from nonpoint sources. The
EPA has also achieved its Priority Goals for
improving water quality and strengthening
public health protection by revising drinking
water standards and developing state
watershed implementation plans in support
of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL.
In this section, the EPA discusses
accomplishments and challenges in
addressing water quality issues
strengthening and improving drinking water
standards, maintaining safe water quality in
Indian Country, restoring impaired water
bodies, developing TMDLs to reduce
pollutants, and protecting National Estuary
Program habitat acres. While the EPA is
making progress toward clean and safe
water, it continues to face challenges such as
improving drinking water systems in Indian
Country and meeting water quality standards
in systems increasingly stressed by aging
infrastructure.
To further its objectives under Goal 2, the
EPA committed to 89 performance measures
for FY 2011 (this total includes efficiency
and long-term measures with FY 2011
targets.) The Agency met or exceeded 67
percent and did not meet 33 percent of the
measures for which data were available for
this report. Data were not yet available for
14 measures under Goal 2. The full suite of
the EPA's FY 2011 measures, including
targets, results, and detailed explanations for
variances, is available in the Performance
and Assessment Section of the FY 2013
Congressional Justification.
EPA Contributing Programs: Analytical
Methods; Beach Program; Coastal and
Ocean Programs; Clean Water State
Revolving Fund; Cooling Water Intakes;
Drinking Water and Ground Water
Protection Programs; Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund; Drinking Water Research;
Effluent Guidelines; Fish Consumption
Advisories; National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System; Nonpoint Source
Pollution Control; Pollutant Load
Allocation; Surface Water Protection
Program; Sustainable Infrastructure
Program; Total Maximum Daily Loads;
Underground Injection Control Program;
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Wastewater Management, Water Efficiency,
Water Quality Standards and Criteria;
Watershed Management, Water Monitoring,
and Water Quality Research; Marine
Pollution; National Estuary Program/Coastal
Waterways; Chesapeake Bay; Children's
Health Protection; Columbia River Estuary
Partnership; Commission for Environmental
Cooperation; Great Lakes; Gulf of Mexico;
Puget Sound; Human Health and Ecosystem
Protection Research; Human Health Risk
Assessment; Long Island Sound; Mercury
Research; National Environmental
Monitoring Initiative; Other Geographic
Programs (including Lake Pontchartrain and
Northwest Forest), Lake Champlain, San
Francisco Bay, South Florida, Persistent
Organic Pollutants; Trade and Governance,
U.S.-Mexico Border; and Wetlands.
Priority Goals
In FY 2010, the EPA established two
Priority
Goals to advance the Strategic Plan
objectives to reduce human exposure to
contaminants in drinking water, fish and
shellfish, and recreational waters; including
protecting source waters and protecting the
quality of rivers, lakes, streams, and
wetlands on a watershed basis; and
protecting urban, coastal, and ocean waters.
Improving the Quality of the Chesapeake Bay: Chesapeake Bay watershed states (including the
District of Columbia) will develop and submit Phase I watershed implementation plans by the
end of CY 2010 and Phase II plans by the end of CY 2011 in support of EPA 's final plan to
restore water quality, the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load and consistent with the
expectations and schedule described in EPA's letters of November 4 and December 29, 2009 and
June 11, 2010.
Results: Portions of the goal related to Phase
I watershed implementation plans and the
Chesapeake Bay TMDL have been
achieved. Chesapeake Bay watershed states,
including the District of Columbia,
submitted final Phase I plans in November
and December 2010. Based in large part on
these plans, the EPA established the TMDL
on December 29, 2010. Chesapeake Bay
jurisdictions are on track for developing
Phase II WIPs consistent with the
expectations and schedule released in the
EPA's March 31, 2011 Guide for
Chesapeake Bay Jurisdictions for the
Development of Phase II Watershed
Implementation Plans, as amended in the
EPA's August 1, 2011, letter. Draft Phase II
plans are due to the EPA by the end of CY
2011, and final Phase II plans are due by
March 30, 2012.
Strengthen Public Health Protection: Drinking Water Standards: Over the next two years,
EPA will initiate review/revision of at least four drinking water standards to strengthen public
health protection.
Results: The EPA significantly modified its
implementation strategy for its goal to
initiate review/revision of at least four
drinking water standards to strengthen
public health protection during FY 2010 and
2011. The regulatory action has been tiered
and a workgroup initiated. Note: the initial
step in the Agency's rule action
development process, selection or
assignment of the appropriate Agency
review process, or "tiering," has been
completed. The EPA is developing a
national primary drinking water regulation
for a group of carcinogenic volatile organic
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compounds (cVOCs). The preliminary
group of cVOCs being considered includes
the regulated cVOCs, tetrachloroethylene
and trichloroethylene and may include other
regulated and unregulated cVOCs.
These goals will be closed out in FY 2011.
Key Performance Results:
"Percent of Population" receiving drinking
water which meets all applicable health-
based drinking standards
Performance Measure: Percent of the population served by
CWSs that receive DW that meets all applicable health-based
drinking water standards through effective treatment and
source water protection.
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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100
90
80
70
91.5 92 92.1 92
93.2
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
Data Source: SDWIS
Analysis: The percent of population metric
is described as the percentage of the U.S.
population served by community water
systems that receive drinking water that
meets all health-based drinking water
standards in the most recent four-quarter
period. This measure includes federally
regulated contaminants of the following
violation types: maximum contaminant
level, maximum residual disinfection limit,
and treatment technique violations. It
includes any community water system
(CWS) violations that overlap with any part
of the most recent four quarters.
The EPA achieved the FY 2011 goal of 91
percent and met the previous performance
goal of 90 percent for each of the previous
three years. This performance improvement
is attributed to a national decrease in
treatment technique violations that occur at
the largest water systems, as well as how
states are addressing background drinking
water contaminants (e.g., arsenic) that
chronically challenge water systems.
This success reflects the long-term efforts of
the states and the EPA to minimize any
health-based violations, while building
appropriate technical, managerial and
financial system capability utilizing
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necessary infrastructure such that resources
are available and appropriately applied to
protect public health while delivering
drinking water to consumers.
Formerly impaired water bodies now meeting standards
Performance Measure: Number of water bodies identified in
2002 as not attaining water quality standards where standards
are now fully attained (cumulative).
4,000
3,500
2,500
I, 2,000
1 ,500
1,000
500
2006-2013 Performance Trends
2,909
2,505
2,165 _^r-
1,550
3,324
57524
FY06 FY07* FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
"Measure introduced in FY 2007
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Analysis: The EPA and the states continue
to make strong progress in addressing
impaired waters. By the end of FY 2011, a
total of 3,119 water bodies that were listed
as impaired in 2002 are fully attaining the
Agency's water quality standards, exceeding
the EPA's annual target of 3,073. Under
section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act,
states, territories and authorized tribes are
required to develop lists of impaired waters.
Review of late 303(d) lists and audits of lists
of impaired waters undertaken by several
regions are factors contributing to the EPA
exceeding its target. By attaining water
quality standards, waters become safe for
Total Maximum Daily Loads
drinking, fishing and swimming. The EPA
and state managers have given high priority
to this measure, which has contributed to its
continued success. Some of the challenges
the Agency is facing that will continue to
impact future accomplishments are: reduced
state budgets are slowing implementation
activities required to improve impaired
water bodies; it is more difficult to show
improvements and address all impairing
pollutants for a water body segment than for
just one or a few impairing pollutants; and
many of the remaining impairments will
take years before the water segment is fully
recovered.
Performance Measure: Number and national percent of TMDLs
that are established or approved by the EPA [Total TMDLs] on
a schedule consistent with national policy.*
V)
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
2006-2013 Performance Trends
52, 218
54,770
22,648
25,274
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
Note: A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants to attain water quality standards. The terms
"approved" and "established" refer to the completion and approval of the TMDL itself.
Analysis: The development of TMDLs for
an impaired water body is a critical step
toward meeting water restoration goals.
TMDLs focus on clearly defined
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environmental goals and establish a
pollutant budget, which is then implemented
via permit requirements or a wide variety of
state, local and federal programs (which
may be regulatory, nonregulatory, or
incentive-based, depending on the program),
as well as voluntary action by citizens. In
FY 2011, the EPA and states developed
2,846 TMDLs, exceeding the agency's
target by 288. A few examples of 2011
accomplishments include:
Puerto Rico, with the EPA's support,
established 118 TMDLs that were
not expected until FY 2013.
Rhode Island completed a statewide
bacteria TMDL.
Missouri developed a significant
number of TMDLs (83) to meet
Consent Decree requirements.
Kansas developed 106 TMDLs due
to its rotating basin assessment.
San Diego completed 60 TMDLs for
its beaches.
While states should be recognized for these
accomplishments, resource constraints and
technical and legal challenges still exist. For
example, Alabama, Kentucky and South
Carolina had several TMDLs with technical
and/or legal issues that still need to be
resolved, and most states continue to suffer
due to budget shortfalls. There has also been
a notable shift toward the development of
more difficult TMDLs that take more time
and resources. Additionally, states are
balancing the tradeoffs between TMDL
implementation and TMDL development,
and the EPA is aware of more emphasis
being placed on implementation.
Innovative green infrastructure reduces cost and improves environmental conditions
The EPA's urban watershed research
program develops novel approaches and
technologies to reduce water pollution
caused by combined sewer overflows and
storm water runoff. EPA scientists have
partnered with municipalities, including
Cincinnati; Kansas City; and Louisville,
Kentucky, to develop more efficient and
effective approaches to reducing stormwater
runoff and sewer overflows. In Cincinnati,
these improved approaches have resulted in
the city reaching compliance with CWA
requirements. These green infrastructure
solutions present cost-effective alternatives
to traditional grey approaches for controlling
stormwater runoff.
Key Challenges:
Population served by CWSs in Indian
Country
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Performance Measure: Percent of the population in Indian
Country served by CWSs that receives drinking water that
meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.
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90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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83 81.2
87.2
87 87 87
81.2
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
Analysis: This performance measure reflects
the percentage of the population in Indian
Country served by CWSs that receives
drinking water that meets all health-based
drinking water standards regulated by the
Navajo Nation and the EPA. This measure
mirrors the general population metric, in that
it includes federally regulated contaminants
of the following violation types: MCL,
MRDL and treatment technique violations.
It includes any violations from currently
opened and closed CWSs in Indian Country
that overlap with any part of the most recent
four quarters.
There continue to be challenges associated
with tribal water systems maintaining
compliance with National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations, as shown in the end-of-
year results. The EPA has failed to meet the
performance target in three of the past five
years. Performance over the years is heavily
influenced by the systems in Region 9, as
that region has the vast majority of the
national tribal population governed by this
measure. The measure results in FY 2011
were also influenced by data corrections
from the Navajo Nation, which addressed
reporting problems and inaccurate
compliance determinations for a variety of
contaminants. In addition, Region 9 tribes
have struggled with meeting the Arsenic and
Total Chloroform Rule MCL standards.
Although these challenges remain, Region 9
is working with affected tribes, the Indian
Health Service and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to better use funds to support
infrastructure and address arsenic rule
violations.
Tribes face challenges including those
common to small systems, such as aging
infrastructure, increased regulatory
requirements, workforce shortages/high-
turnover, increasing costs and declining rate
bases.
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The EPA is undertaking action to improve
how tribes perceive the value of high-quality
drinking water, as well as market potential
resource availability for addressing
infrastructure shortfalls by:
Clarifying the goal and priorities for
the tribal infrastructure set-asides
from the Drinking Water State
Revolving Loan Fundthe Drinking
Water Infrastructure Grants Tribal
Set-Aside program (DWIG-TSA)
with a focus on compliance.
Improving the collection and
analysis of data to enhance the
transparency and strategic
coordination of the DWIG-TSA
program.
Enhancing communication with all
partners via the tribal infrastructure
task force and biannual discussion
with the EPA regions that focuses on
clarification of collected data for use
in communicating program
achievements.
Updating the tribal drinking water
infrastructure needs as part of the
EPA 2011 Drinking Water
Infrastructure Needs Survey.
Completed a formal program review
of the Navajo Nation, who have
primacy to implement SDWA, in FY
2012 to further evaluate how the
Navajo Nation is determining
compliance with the National
Primary Drinking Water Standards
and also verify if information in the
Navajo Nations files and databases is
consistent with publicly available
data.
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National Estuary Program habitat acres protected or restored
Performance Measure: Working with partners, protect or
restore additional acres of habitat within the study areas for
the 28 estuaries that are part of the NEP.
150000
120000
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30000
2006-2013 Performance Trends
8 K
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
Analysis: The 28 NEPs and their partners
have protected or restored over 1 million
habitat acres within the NEP study areas
since 2002. In FY 2011, they protected or
restored just over 62,000 acres of habitat
about 38,000 acres short of the agency's
goal. Several factors made it a challenge to
reach the goal of protecting or restoring
100,000 acres of habitat this year. For
example, the economic downturn has made
it difficult for the NEP partners to come up
with the matching funds for projects, and the
number of large habitat protection or
restoration projects has diminished over the
last few years. In addition, several NEPs had
to divert resources and efforts that might
have gone to protect or restore coastal
wetlands and other habitats in order to
address the residual oil spill issues in the
Gulf of Mexico. The EPA is working to
determine a more appropriate target for the
future.
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Puget Sound shellfish areas increased
Performance Measure: Improve water quality and enable the
lifting of harvest restrictions in acres of shellfish-bed growing
areas impacted by degraded or declining water quality
(cumulative starting in FY 2006).
0
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
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7,758
4,453
3,878
1,566 1,730
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FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
"Measure introduced in FY 2008
Analysis: In 2010, 4,453 acres (cumulative)
of shellfish-bed growing areas had improved
water quality, resulting in the lifting of
harvest restrictions. In 2011, a downgrading
of approximately 4,000 acres in Samish Bay
occurred due to nonpoint source pollution
exacerbated by La Nina weather conditions.
Prior to the setback realized in FY 2011, the
Puget Sound program had exceeded its long-
term (2015) target and was on track to
achieve yearly gains of 500 or more acres
per year. This missed FY 2011 budget target
puts the FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan target
of lifting restrictions on a total of 4,300
acres by 2015 at risk, and represents a
significant challenge to the Puget Sound
geographic program.
The Puget Sound geographic program is
realigning its resources to address this
challenge by applying additional grants
management effort and cross-program
coordination to focus on Samish Bay and the
Samish River watershed. The EPA is
coordinating its efforts with local
governments; tribes; the Puget Sound
Partnership (the state agency responsible for
implementing the NEP Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan); and
the Washington State Department of Health,
the EPA's lead organization grant recipient
for addressing pathogen pollution in Puget
Sound. This highly intensified focus on
recovering the Samish watershed's shellfish
harvest is the best opportunity for the Puget
Sound geographic program to meet its long-
term FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
performance measure target. The strategy to
recover this watershed's shellfish harvest
and control the pollution that threatens it
will provide a model for addressing
pollution throughout the Puget Sound Basin.
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Strategic Goal 3: Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development
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Strategic Goal 3 at a Glance:
CLEANING UP COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Clean up communities, advance sustainable development, and protect
disproportionately impacted low-income, minority, and tribal communities. Prevent
releases of harmful substances and clean up and restore contaminated areas.
FY 2011 Performance Measures
Met = 33 Not Met = 4 Data Unavailable = 3 (Total Measures = 40)
Objectives
Promote Sustainable
and Livable
Communities
Preserve Land
Restore Land
Strengthen
Human Health
and Environmental
Protection in Indian
Country
Goal 3 Performance Measures
(Total Measure?: 40)
25
20
15
10
5
Objective 1: Objective 2:
Promote Sustainable Preserve Land
and Livable Communities
Objective 3: Objective 4:
Restore Land Strenglhen Human
Health and Environmental
Protection in Indian Country
FY 2010 -FY 2011 Priority Goal
By 2012 EPA will have initiated 20 enhanced Brownfields community level projects that will include a new area-
wide planning effort to benefit under-served and economically disadvantaged communities. This will allow those
communities to assess and address a single large or multiple Brownfields sites within their boundaries, thereby
advancing area-wide planning to enable redevelopment of Brownfields properties on a broader scale EPA will
provide technical assistance, coordinate its enforcement, water and air quality programs, and work with other
Federal agencies, states, tribes and local governments to implement associated targeted environmental improve-
ments identified in each community's area-wide plan.
Key Accomplishments
Leveraging jobs under the Brownfields Program.
Managing Superfund projects to completion.
Making Superfund sites ready for reuse.
Consulting and coordinating with Indian tribes.
Key Challenges
Measuring sustainable materials management.
Inspecting high-risk facilities.
Tribes conducting EPA-approved environmental monitoring and assessment.
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Goal 3 Purpose
The EPA is committed to making
communities across the country safer places
to live. Uncontrolled releases of waste and
hazardous substances can contaminate
drinking water and threaten healthy
ecosystems. The EPA leads efforts to
preserve, restore, and protect these precious
resources so they are available for both
current and future generations. The agency's
highest priorities are to prevent and reduce
exposure to contaminants and accelerate the
pace of cleanups across the country. The
EPA works collaboratively with state and
tribal governments to achieve these aims and
with communities to ensure that they have a
say in environmental decisions that affect
them. In addition, through its Indian General
Assistance Program, the EPA provides funds
to federally recognized tribes to plan,
develop, and establish tribal environmental
protection programs.
The agency's efforts support achievement of
four main objectives, outlined in EPA's FY
2011-2015 Strategic Plan: to promote
sustainable and livable communities; restore
land; preserve land; and strengthen human
health and environmental protection in
Indian Country. The EPA has also achieved
its Priority Goal to initiate 20 brownfields
area-wide planning community level
projects to benefit under-served and
economically disadvantaged communities.
In this section, the EPA discusses progress
for managing Superfund cleanups and
making Superfund sites ready for reuse,
leveraging jobs under the agency's
Brownfields Program, and working with
tribes to implement environmental programs
in Indian country. While progress has been
made on many fronts, new challenges and
opportunities continue to emerge. For
example, the agency recognizes the need to
move its programs from end-of-pipe waste
management to materials management
throughout the entire life-cycle. Further, the
EPA is integrating approaches, leveraging
best practices, and focusing on managing
projects to completion across the full
spectrum of contaminated sites to further
progress and optimize work within stages of
the cleanup pipeline. Finally, the agency
continues to acknowledge the many
environmental and financial hardships that
tribal governments face, and is working
more closely with tribal governments to
identify environmental priorities and to
develop plans to address them. In support of
this effort, the EPA is leveraging resources
and partnerships with tribal governments
and tribal colleges and universities.
To further its objectives for cleaning up
communities, advancing sustainable
development, and strengthening human
health and environmental protection in
Indian Country, the EPA committed to 40
performance and efficiency measures in FY
2011. The agency met or exceeded 89
percent and did not meet 11 percent of the
measures for which data were available for
this report. Under Goal 3, data were not yet
available for three annual measures. The full
suite of the EPA's FY 2011 measures,
including targets, results, and detailed
explanations for variances, is available in
the Performance and Assessment Section of
the FY 2013 Congressional Justification.
EPA Contributing Programs: RCRA
Waste Management; RCRA Corrective
Action; RCRA Waste Minimization and
Recycling; Superfund Emergency
Preparedness; Superfund Remedial;
Superfund Enforcement; Superfund
Emergency Response and Removal;
Environmental Response Laboratory
Network; Federal Facilities Restoration and
Reuse; Oil Spill Prevention Preparedness
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and Response; Leaking USTs; UST
Prevention and Compliance; Land
Protection and Restoration Research;
Homeland Security; Brownfields and Land
Revitalization; Commission for
Environmental Cooperation; Community
Action for a Renewed Environment; Global
Change Research; Homeland Security
Research; Human Health and Ecosystem
Protection Research; Human Health Risk
Priority Goal
In FY 2010, EPA established the Priority
Goals that directly supports the Strategic
Assessment; International Sources of
Pollution; National Environmental
Monitoring Initiative; Smart Growth;
Research Fellowships; State and Local
Prevention and Preparedness; Trade and
Governance; Sector Grant Program; State
and Tribal Pollution Prevention Grants;
Sustainability Research; Tribal Capacity-
Building; and Tribal General Assistance
Program.
Plan objectives to restore land and promote
sustainable and livable communities.
Brownfields-Area-Wide Planning: By 2012, the EPA will have initiated 20 enhanced
brownfields community level projects that will include a new area-wide planning effort to benefit
under-served and economically disadvantaged communities. This will allow those communities
to assess and address a single large or multiple brownfields sites within their boundaries,
thereby advancing area-wide planning to enable redevelopment of brownfields properties on a
broader scale. The EPA will provide technical assistance coordinate its enforcement, water, and
air quality programs and work with other federal agencies, states, tribes, and local governments
to implement associated targeted environmental improvements identified in each community's
area-wide plan.
Results: In FY 2011, the EPA awarded
cooperative agreement funding to 23
recipients to pilot local community
approaches to brownfields area-wide
planning. Brownfields area-wide planning
focuses on the nexus among brownfield
sites, the surrounding area, and the
development of cleanup and reuse
implementation strategies. The EPA
piloted this approach because brownfield
sites are often connected by location,
infrastructure, economic conditions and
social needs. A focus on multiple
brownfield sites through area-wide
planning can lead to a systematic cleanup
and reuse strategy, which is developed and
implemented consistent with a
community's goals.
The measures targeted throughout the two
year cycle of this Priority Goal challenge
the EPA to facilitate initial coordination
with other federal, state, local and tribal
agencies, as well across EPA programs, as
the recipients initiate these projects so that
the recipients have access to the necessary
information to strengthen their plans and
develop the appropriate pathways to
secure resources or look for opportunities
to leverage investments to help implement
their plans. To date, the EPA's
Brownfields Program has initiated
coordination with other federal or state
agencies, or with other EPA programs, at
34 percent of the pilot projects. EPA is on
track to meet its target to facilitate initial
coordination at 80 percent of the pilot
projects by the end of 2012.
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Key Accomplishments:
Leveraging Jobs under the Brownfields
Program
The EPA Brownfields Program provides
grant funding and technical assistance to
communities, states and tribes to help them
assess, clean up and redevelop potentially
contaminated sites, termed brownfield sites.
The EPA's "Jobs Leveraged" measure
describes jobs that are associated with
cleanup and redevelopment activities taking
place on properties that receive funding
through an EPA brownfields grant. This
measure provides information on jobs
associated with the cleanup phase and jobs
associated with the redevelopment outcome.
Performance Measure: Jobs leveraged
7,000
6,500
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4,500
4,000
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Analysis: The Brownfields Program has
consistently met or exceeded the target for
this measure. In 2011, for example, the
program leveraged 6,447 jobs, exceeding its
target of 5,000 jobs by about 29 percent.
Cumulatively, the Brownfields Program has
leveraged 72,000 jobs since its inception in
1995. These projects can have a
tremendously positive impact on
communities. In FY 2011, for example, the
EPA funded a cleanup project in Michigan
that is employing 20 to 25 people and will
ultimately reach 150 people. Similarly, in an
FY 2011 cleanup project in Ohio, a former
gas manufacturing plant will be redeveloped
as an office, hotel and retail complex that
will employ more than 1,000 people. For
more information on the EPA's Brownfields
Program, see www.epa.gov/brownfields.
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Managing to Project Completion
In FY 2011, the EPA began reporting on a
new Superfund Program measure that tracks
remedial action project completions at
Superfund National Priorities List sites. The
new measure augments the program's
sitewide construction completion measure
by emphasizing incremental progress in
reducing risk to human health and the
environment. In FY 2011, the EPA achieved
132 project completions, exceeding its target
of 103 by 28 percent. The targets have
fluctuated as project managers gain
experience with the new measure and EPA
determines the potential impacts of
budgetary constraints. As such, , the FY
2012 target has been increased to 130 from
103 as a result of the emphasis on new
guidance and best management practices,
but the FY 2013 target has been reduced due
to the projected impacts of resource
reductions on the number of projects that
may be funded.
Performance Measure: Remedial action project completions
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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103
115
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 FY13
Measure introduced in FY 2011
Analysis: A remedial action project refers to
the actual construction or implementation of
a discrete scope of activities supporting the
overall, sitewide cleanup, with a focus on
project-level work. Specifically, remedial
action projects sub-divide a site into a series
of smaller components that allow for more
effective management and implementation
of cleanup activities. For example, a site
may require construction of a landfill cap,
provision of an alternate water supply, and
excavation of contaminated soils. Each of
these actions may qualify as distinct
remedial action projects with separate
completion milestones and individual
incremental human health and
environmental benefits. In the past,
historical construction completion
milestones would not be met until all
projects were constructed, which is less
meaningful at larger sites with many
projects. Capturing construction progress at
the project level, this milestone conforms
more closely to field activities that resonate
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with a community's understanding of agency
cleanup efforts.
To further accelerate and improve the
management of remedial projects to
completion, site managers are encouraged to
implement regional best practices and/or the
lessons learned identified through a series of
site-specific pilot projects. Examples of best
practices include: new, enhanced, or
reinvigorated use of Regional Decision
Teams; improved project management
planning and communication; and increased
use of removal and other in-house resources
for remedial work. For a summary of
regional best management practices for
remedial projects visit:
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ici/oswer_di
rective 639175.pdf#page=10.
Making Sites Ready for Anticipated Use
The EPA's Superfund, RCRA Corrective
Action, Leaking Underground Storage Tank,
and Brownfields Programs reduce risks to
human health and the environment by
assessing and cleaning up sites to continue
use or return them to productive use. As a
result, communities are able to reclaim
properties for ecological, recreational,
commercial, residential and other purposes.
Currently, EPA is tracking the number of
sites ready for anticipated use (RAU) as
annual performance measures in the
Superfund and Underground Storage Tanks
(UST) Programs. Following are the results
for the Superfund measure. The UST
performance measure results are described
more fully in the Key Challenges section.
Performance Measure: Superfund Sites Ready for Anticipated Use
100
80
60
40
20
0
2006-2013 Performance Trends
85
30
30
II
66 65 65 65
FY06 FY07* FY08 FY09 FY10
FY11 FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2007
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Analysis: Over the next several years, the
EPA's highest priorities are to prevent and
reduce exposure to contaminants and
accelerate the pace of cleanups across the
country. Under the FY 2012 priority goal,
EPA will also report on the number of sites
ready for anticipated use in the RCRA
Corrective Action and Brownfields
Programs. As a result, each of the EPA's
cleanup programs will report incremental
progress toward achieving this long-term
goal.
Tribes Implementing Federal Regulatory
Programs
On May 4, 2011, the EPA was the first
federal agency to announce the release of
the EPA Policy on Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribes (PDF) (10
pp, 213K .) The policy is a result of the
Presidential Memorandum on Tribal
Consultation, issued November 5, 2009,
directing agencies to develop a detailed plan
of action to implement Executive Order
13175.
The policy establishes clear EPA standards
for the consultation process, including
defining the what, when and how of
consultation. It also designates specific EPA
personnel responsible for serving as
consultation points of contact in order to
promote consistency throughout the
consultation process. Additionally, the
policy establishes a management oversight
and reporting structure that will ensure
accountability and transparency, setting a
broad standard for when the EPA should
consider consulting with federally
recognized tribal governments based on
Executive Order 13175 and the principles
expressed in the 1984 EPA Policy for the
Administration of Environmental Programs
on Indian Reservations (1984 Policy).
Performance Measure: Percent of tribes implementing federal
regulatory programs
25
20
1 15
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2006-2013 Performance Trends
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
"Measure introduced in FY 2008
Analysis: The agency's Indian General
Assistance Program is its core component
for building tribal capacity. EPA continues
to implement its "Treatment in the Same
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Manner as a State" (TAS) strategy, which
authorizes tribes to establish and manage
federal regulatory environmental programs
in Indian Country. In FY 2011, 3 additional
tribes received TAS approval. While
progress is being made annually, many
tribes are finding it more difficult to apply
and achieve "TAS status" due to resource
concerns. While a substantial increase was
made in the number of total tribes with TAS
approval in FY 2011, the total percentage of
tribes implementing federal regulatory
programs barely missed the target due to
tribes moving from the use of Direct
Implementation Tribal Cooperative
Agreements (a portion of how the measure
is calculated) to other cooperative
agreements such as Performance Partnership
Grants.
Environmental Programs in Indian
Country
The EPA provides funds to federally
recognized tribes for them to plan develop
and establish environmental protection
programs.
Performance Measure: Percent of tribes with an environmental
program
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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3. Completed solid and/or hazardous
waste implementation activities.
4. Completed an intergovernmental
environmental agreement with the
EPA and the tribal government.
During the past four years, significant
progress has been made in the EPA's
General Assistance Program, adding
environmental programs for almost 75
tribes. In efforts to focus the EPA's suite of
annual performance measures on the most
important and useful information, the
Agency will continue to collect the data
components of this measure for analysis,
improving our ability to assess tribal
capacity building efforts and remaining
needs. By identifying indicators that reflect
the broad range of environmental protection
activities and environmental conditions,
EPA will improve its ability to measure
environmental results in Indian country. On
a related, parallel tract, the Agency is
assessing its tribal measures as a result of
the steps laid out in the new General
Assistance Program (GAP) guidebook and
through the development of the pilot FY
2013 Office of International and Tribal
Affairs National Program Manager
Guidance. Headquarters, Regional, and
tribal environmental offices will partner to
implement specific programmatic steps
outlined in the new Guidebook to help build
capacity for environmental programs.
Key Challenges
Sustainable Materials Management
One foundational purpose of RCRA is to
reduce the total quantity of materials that
ultimately become wastes, effectively
practicing conservation during the useful life
of materials and natural resources. In order
to achieve this, EPA is transitioning from
and end-of-life approach to a full lifecycle,
sustainable materials management (SMM)
program, building upon the lessons learned
from the Resource Conservation Challenge
(RCC). Under the SMM program, the EPA
has developed and implemented strategically
targeted initiatives with national impact that
include the Federal Green Challenge, the
Food Recovery Challenge, and the
Electronics Challenge. As the EPA
transitions to a SMM framework, the
Agency is developing metrics and
performance measures to capture program
effectiveness and the full life cycle impacts
of materials.
The agency has issued a Federal Register
notice to solicit comment on information the
Agency should gather to measure the
environmental impacts of materials across
their life cycles.
(http://www.regulations.gov/tf! documentDet
ail:D=EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0178-0001).
EPA's current measure only addresses
pounds of municipal solid waste reduced,
reused or recycled. FY 2012 will be the last
year EPA will report results for this measure
since EPA has developed a new sustainable
materials management measure (tons of
materials and products offsetting the use of
virgin resources through sustainable
materials management).
Making Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks Ready for Anticipated Use
There are approximately 590,000
underground storage tanks nationwide that
store petroleum or hazardous substances.
The greatest potential threat from a leaking
underground storage tank (LUST) is
contamination of groundwater, the source of
drinking water for nearly half of all
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Americans. EPA works with states and
tribes
to
clean
up
LUSTs.
Performance Measure: Number of LUST cleanups completed
that meet risk-based standards for human exposure and
ground water migration
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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Measure introduced in FY 2007
Analysis: In FY 2011, the EPA's LUST
program completed 91 percent of its goal of
12,250 cleanups completed that meet risk-
based standards for human exposure and
ground water migration. Cleanup rates in the
future will be even more challenging. Many
states are facing significant staff and
resource constraints, while at the same time,
cleanup costs are rising. EPA recently
completed a detailed study of the backlog in
14 states, encompassing over 70 percent of
the national backlog. Based on that study,
although over 25 percent of the sites
remaining in the backlog have not yet been
assessed, for those sites for which we had
data, the data show that the remaining sites
to be cleaned up tend to be more
complicated, with high rates of ground water
contamination. As an outgrowth of this
enhanced characterization of the work
remaining, EPA is working with regions and
states to target reduction to the backlog
through efforts such as expedited site
assessments, remedy optimization, and
exploring financing options.
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Inspecting High-Risk Facilities
As part of the Administration's efforts to
prevent the release of hazardous substances,
the EPA has re-evaluated its goals for Risk
Management Plan (RMP) inspections to
support a focus on high-risk chemical
facility inspections. Under the Clean Air
Act, the EPA's regulations require that
facilities handling more than a threshold
quantity of certain extremely hazardous
substances must implement a RMP. The
RMP describes the approach the facility is
taking to prevent and mitigate chemical
accidents. The EPA's RMP program
provides a structure that enables facilities to
address chemical accident risks and assists
states, tribes and local partners in their role
to minimize and, if necessary, respond to
these risks.
Performance Measure: Number of risk management plan
audits and inspections completed
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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600
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400
300
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654
550
618
560
530
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Analysis: There are [13,000] chemical
facilities in the RMP program,
approximately 1,900 of which are
considered high-risk facilities. Since 2010,
the EPA has shifted regional RMP
inspection resources toward more frequent
inspection of high-risk facilities. A high-risk
facility is one that meets one or more criteria
related to accident history, possible worst
case scenarios and the facility's hazard
index. As high-risk facilities tend to be
larger and more complicated than other
RMP facilities, inspecting them requires
more resources (i.e., people and time.) This
shift has made it more difficult to meet
higher inspection targets with static
budgetary resources, but it is necessary to
ensure that the EPA is as effective as
possible in performing inspections and
preventing releases. The actual values for
the performance measure include all RMP
inspections, and for FY 2011, high-risk
facilities made up 25 percent of the total at
both the regional and national levels. The
EPA is seeking to increase that percentage
to 30 percent in FY 2013. EPA will conduct
500 RMP inspections in FY 2013. If
Analysis: In FY 2011, the EPA met its target
of 52 percent of tribes conducting EPA-
approved environmental monitoring and
assessment activities in Indian Country, but
did not meet the target of 52 percent of
tribes. Progress is measured by the number
of tribes with EPA-approved Quality
resource levels are not increased, the target
will be lowered to 460 inspections.
The agency has undertaken a similar
evaluation of the direction of its Oil Spill
Prevention Preparedness and Response
Program to focus inspections of the Spill
Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
and Facility Response Plan facilities on
those that are higher risk.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Activities in Indian Country
When tribes begin developing an
environmental program, one of the earliest
tasks is to monitor the current state of
surrounding water, air, and soil. This
monitoring provides a baseline from which
to set goals and inform the remaining steps
of creating an environmental program.
Before this monitoring can begin, and in
order for the data to be verified and used by
EPA, a Quality Assurance Project Plan
(QAPP) must be developed and approved by
EPA.
Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), which are
agreed-upon plans before conducting
environmental monitoring. The first two
years of reporting varied widely from the
proposed targets because it was the first two
years of measure development. The agency
is seeing gradual progress through FY 2013
that is more aligned with the target.
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Performance Measure: Percent of tribes conducting
EPA-approved environmental monitoring and assessment
activities in Indian Country
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55
50
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40
35
30
25
20
15
2006-2013 Performance Trends
49.3
42.31
FY06 FY07 FY08* FY09 FY10
FY11 FY12 FY13
"Measure introduced in FY 20OS
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Strategic Goal 4: Ensuring the Safety of Chemicals and Pollution Prevention
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Strategic Goal 4 at a Glance:
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHEMICALS AND PREVENTING POLLUTION
Reduce the risk and increase the safety of chemicals and prevent pollution at the source.
FY2011 Performance Measures
Met = 12 Not Met = 7 Data Unavailable = 8* (Total Measures = 27)
"Of the Goal 4 - Objective 1 performance measures, live are reported biennially and are not included in the
total for FY 2011.
Objectives
Ensure Chemical
Safety
Promote Pollution
Prevention
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18
16
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8
6
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Goal 4 Performance Measures
(Total Measures: 27)
Objective 1:
Ensure Chemical Safety
Objective 2:
Promote Pollution Prevention
Key Accomplishments
Enhancing chemical management.
Reducing risks of lead-based paint.
Furthering international phaseout of leaded gasoline and introduction of low-sulfur fuels.
Key Challenges
Completing pesticide registration reviews.
Advancing the Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program.
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Goal 4 Purpose
The EPA is committed to ensuring chemical
safety and promoting pollution prevention.
Through collaboration with other countries,
federal agencies, states, tribes, and the
public, the agency leverages expertise,
information, and resources to improve
chemical safety. Children and other
disproportionately exposed and affected
groups, including low-income, minority, and
indigenous populations receive explicit
consideration in the agency's chemical risk
assessments and management actions, in
accordance with Executive Orders and
guidance on children's health and
environmental justice.
The EPA's 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
articulates two objectives under Goal 4. The
first advances the EPA's work to ensure the
safety of chemicals, and the second
promotes pollution prevention strategies. In
addition, the Plan establishes cross-cutting
fundamental strategies which are being
operationalized in relevant aspects of Goal 4
work. In particular, Goal 4 supports,
"Working for Environmental Justice and
Children's Health." Programs which
contribute to Goal 4 work to achieve these
objectives and support the cross-cutting
strategy. To achieve our domestic
environmental objectives, it is important to
keep abreast of emerging environmental
issues and to collaborate with domestic and
foreign partners to address foreign sources
of pollution that impact the United States
(U.S.) and the global commons, such as the
open ocean and the atmosphere. The EPA
works with international partners to address
the impacts of pollution from the U.S. on
other countries and the global environment.
Throughout FY 2010 and FY 2011, the EPA
devoted significant effort to putting in place
its new Enhanced Chemical Management
approach to improve collection of data on
existing chemicals and enhance the
accessibility and usefulness of data to assess
chemical hazards, identify potential risks to
human health and the environment, and take
appropriate risk management action. In
addition, the EPA has focused on reducing
continuing risks from chemical substances
that were used widely in the past and that
persist in some environmental settings,
despite strict restrictions on new use. A
prime example is lead-based paint, which is
banned for use in new residential
construction but remains a major contributor
to childhood lead poisoning due to its
prevalence in pre-1978 homes. While the
EPA continues to make major strides in
guarding against exposure to chemicals that
pose potential risks to human health and the
environment, challenges still remain for
completing pesticide registration reviews
and within the Endocrine Disrupter
Screening Program.
Under this goal, the EPA also implements
the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, which
established national pollution prevention
policy. Time and experience have added to
the agency's understanding and appreciation
of the value of preventing pollution before it
occurs. Pollution prevention is central to all
of the EPA's sustainability strategies, and
the agency will continue to incorporate
pollution prevention principles into its
policies, regulations, and actions.
To advance these objectives, the EPA
committed to 27 annual performance and
efficiency measures for FY 2011. For those
Goal 4 measures where data were available
at the time of publication for this report
(data were not yet available for eight
measures), the agency met or exceeded 63
percent and did not meet 37 percent of the
measures. The full suite of the EPA's FY
2011 measures, including targets, results,
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and detailed explanations for variances, is
available in the Performance and
Assessment Section of the FY 2013
Congressional Justification.
EPA Contributing Programs: Chemical
Risk Review and Reduction; Chemical Risk
Management; Endocrine Disrupter Program;
Science Policy Biotechnology; Protect
Human Health from Pesticide Risk; Protect
the Environment from Pesticide Risk;
Realize the Value of Pesticide Availability;
Lead Risk Reduction and Lead Categorical
Grant Programs; Pesticides Program
Implementation Categorical Grant Program;
Pollution Prevention and Pollution
Prevention Categorical Grant Programs
Key Accomplishments
Throughout FY 2010 and 2011, the EPA
developed and implemented the Enhanced
Chemical Management approach, which is
focused on 1) mitigating chemical
information gaps with existing chemicals by
improving chemical information collection,
access and usefulness; 2) screening and
assessing chemical hazards and identifying
health and environmental risks; and 3)
managing identified chemical risks.45
In addition to addressing risks from
chemicals currently used in commerce, the
EPA also focused on reducing legacy risks
from chemicals used widely in the past,
including lead in paintbanned for
consumer use in 1978, but still a major
contributor to the incidence of childhood
lead poisoning.
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/Exi
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Assessing Existing Chemical Risks
A key step in the chemical risk
assessment/management process is
characterizing the hazards that chemicals
pose to humans and the environment. Under
the Enhanced Chemical Safety Program, the
EPA focuses its assessment resources on
completing hazard characterizations, which
present the EPA's perspective on data
regarding eco-toxicity, acute toxicity,
mutagenicity, reproductive and
developmental toxicity, environmental fate
and physical/chemical properties for
chemicals produced in the largest
quantitiesthe nearly 2,800 High
Production Volume chemicals produced or
imported annually at greater than 1 million
pounds per year.
Performance Measure: Annual number of hazard
characterizations completed for HPV chemicals
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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500
400
300
200
100
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450
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300
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
Analysis: Over the past decade, through the
HPV Challenge Program and Toxic
Substances Control Act Section 4 Test
Rules, the EPA has been obtaining the
Screening Information Data Set hazard
endpoint data needed to complete hazard
characterizations. The EPA slightly
exceeded its FY 2011 target and brought the
cumulative total of HCs completed to more
than 1,650 HPV chemicals since 2006. The
EPA is currently on track for completing
HCs for the original universe of HPV
Challenge chemicals by the end of FY 2014.
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Reducing Lead Risks
The current focus of the EPA's strategy to
reduce risks from lead-based paint is the
promulgation and implementation of the
Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule,
which requires that firms performing paint-
disturbing activities in pre-1978 homes and
child-occupied facilities be trained and
EPA-certified and follow lead-safe work
practice standards when disturbing lead-
based
Performance Measure: Cumulative number of certified
Renovation, Repair and Painting firms
200,000
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2006-2013 Performance Trends
152,000
59,552
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10* FY11 FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2010
Analysis: In support of these results, through
the end of FY 2011, the EPA has accredited
more than 575 training providers who have
conducted more than 34,000 courses and
trained an estimated 700,000 workers in the
construction and remodeling industries to
use lead-safe work practices. The EPA and
authorized states have certified more than
114,000 renovation firms. Performance in
FY 2010 did not meet expectations because
the agency provided firms with additional
time to become certified and, combined with
the midyear effective date of the rule,
resulted in reduced performance by
approximately 40 percent from projected
levels. The EPA adjusted its FY 2011 target
to reflect FY 2010 progress. The agency
exceeded the adjusted target, in part as a
result of efforts by the 12 states authorized
to certify firms, providing a strong
foundation for achieving continued progress.
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Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles
Toxic lead has been removed from gasoline
in more than 175 countries worldwide -
representing near-global elimination. The
elimination of leaded gasoline has increased
IQ scores, lowered lead-in-blood levels by
up to 90 percent and prevented the
premature deaths of more than 1.2 million
people annually, according to a recent study
"Global Benefits of Phasing Out Leaded
Fuel."46
In January 2011, Serbia and Montenegro
officially announced the phaseout of leaded
gasoline. The last remaining countries that
have not yet phased out the use of leaded
gasoline (e.g., Afghanistan, North Korea,
Burma) have all expressed an interest in
meeting the target date in the near future.
Out of the universe of 194 countries,
through FY 2011, 186 countries have
completed a phaseout of leaded gasoline.
46 Tsai, P. L., & Hatfield, T. H. (2011). Global
Benefits From the Phaseout of Leaded Fuel. Journal
Of Environmental Health, 74(5), 8-14.
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Performance Measure: Number of countries completing
phaseout of leaded gasoline (incremental)
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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No Target Established in FY 2007. Measure terminated in FY 2011.
Performance Measure: Number of countries introducing low
sulfur in fuels
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2006-2013 Performance Trends
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FY06 FY07* FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 FY13
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Analysis: Since the EPA's Partnership for
Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) began in
2002, nearly 50 developing countries have
achieved the low sulfur goal. In FY 2011,
PCFV exceeded its FY 2011 target. Three
countries, Costa Rica, Montenegro and
Turkey introduced lower sulfur (50 ppm)
fuels in January 2011 with two additional
countries shortly thereafter. Globally, there
is a steady momentum with countries and
regions slowly transitioning to low and
lower sulfur fuels. Often, one country in a
region (such as Costa Rica in Central
America) leads the way. Out of the universe
of 194 countries, through FY 2011, 61
countries have introduced low sulfur in
fuels.
In February 2011, the EPA Administrator,
Lisa Jackson was present with the United
Nations Environment Program head, Achim
Steiner, when Kenya announced its new
sulfur fuel standard (500 ppm), the lowest in
East Africa. Kenya is developing a plan to
reach the goal of 50 ppm by 2020. In June
2012, the EPA-sponsored meeting resulted
in 18 additional African countries agreeing
to this goal. Since the start of the PCFV in
2002, 49 developing countries globally have
achieved the low-sulfur goal. As a result of
these successes, the EPA's two performance
measures related to the Partnership will no
longer be tracked after FY 2011.
Key Challenges
Pesticide Registration Reviews
The EPA's Pesticide Registration Review
Program ensures that, as science and the
ability to assess risk evolve and policies and
practices change, all registered pesticides
continue to meet the statutory standard of no
unreasonable adverse effects. Changes in
science, public policy and pesticide use
practices occur over time, and the Pesticide
Registration Review Program must
continuously improve its processes, science
and information management while
maintaining a collaborative and open
decision-making process. Moving forward,
completion of registration reviews in
accordance with statutory requirements
continues to be challenging as case
development of complex ecological risk
assessments progress at the national level,
including Endangered Species Act (ESA)
requirements. Addressing ESA via
registration review continues to be a
complex and scientifically challenging
endeavor.
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Performance Measure: Number of pesticide registration review
dockets opened
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80
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70
81
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2010
Performance Measure: Number of pesticide registration review
final workplans completed
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100 |-
80
60
40
20
0
2006-2013 Performance Trends
70
75
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
FY11 FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2010
Analysis: The Pesticide Registration Review
Program has an aggressive schedule to meet
the statutory deadline of October 1, 2022,
for completing the first round of pesticide
registration reviews. The EPA tracks
registration reviews, including the opening
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of public dockets and the completion of final
workplans, which represent the earliest steps
of the registration review process. FY 2011
actual results included closing cases for
active ingredients that are no longer in use,
which required minimal review and led to
the agency exceeding its targets. During FY
2011, The EPA and the Departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, and Interior
requested that the National Academy of
Sciences' (NAS) National Research Council
undertake a review of key scientific and
technical issues impacting the development
of endangered species assessments and
Biological Opinions under the Endangered
Species Act and FIFRA. This committee
began its review this November and expects
to complete its report in the winter of 2013.
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
accomplishments over the past few years,
including harmonizing test guidelines for the
11 assays that constitute the Tier 1
Screening Battery, issuing Tier 1 test orders
for the first list of 67 pesticide chemicals (58
pesticide active ingredients and 9 high
production volume chemicals that are also
inert ingredients in pesticide product
formulations) to undergo screening, and
reviewing test order responses and other
relevant information. In addition, the
program has made progress toward
validating Tier 2 tests, renewing and
amending the Information Collection
Request in order to send out test orders for
the second list of chemicals that includes
water contaminants and developing a plan
for making greater use of computational or
in silico models and molecular-based in
vitro high throughput assays to prioritize and
screen chemicals in the EDSP.
The Endocrine
Program has
Disrupters
achieved
Screening
noteworthy
Performance Measure: Number of chemicals for which
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) decisions
have been completed
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10
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10
FY11 FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2011
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In FY2011, the Program did not achieve the
goal of getting Test Orders out for another
set of chemicals. Through the end of FY
2011, the Program continued to consider
public comments received on a draft
amendment to the EDSP Information
Collection Request. Therefore, the Program
did not achieve the goal of getting Test
Orders out for another set of chemicals.
However, the Program achieved goals for
EDSP-based decisions on chemicals and
validation of assays.
The EPA implemented new performance
metrics in FY 2011 and is developing a
comprehensive management plan and
related tools to help better anticipate and
manage some of the complexities of the
program. As the program continues to move
through implementation, performance
measures will evolve to reflect the major
activities and goals. These tools will address
recent Office of Inspector General
recommendations,47 help develop the
program to make greater use of 21st century
advances and improve overall program
management
47 The OIG issued a final audit report of the EDSP in May 2011,
which contained six recommendations intended to improve overall
management of the program. The agency is addressing these
recommendations by developing:
Weight of evidence guidance for making decisions in
Tier 1 of the EDSP.
A workplan focused on increased utilization of high
throughput and computational tools in the EDSP.
A comprehensive management plan for the program,
including developing a new annual program review
process. Through these tools, the program will address
improved:
Characterization of the universe of chemicals for
screening and testing.
Methodologies for prioritizing chemicals.
Performance metrics for management and
communicating results.
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Performance Measure: Number of chemicals for which EDSP
Tier 1 test orders have been issued
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2006-2013 Performance Trends
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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY12 FY13
'Measure introduced in FY 2011
Performance Measure: Number of screening and testing
assays for which validation decisions have been reached
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Analysis: The EDSP continues to progress EDSP also continues to experience
towards full implementation with the on- challenges due to the complexity of the
going evaluation of the chemicals, scientific and regulatory processes
prioritization of the universe of chemicals associated with the full implementation of
and issuance of test orders. However, the the EDSP.
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Strategic Goal 5: Enforcing Environmental Laws
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Strategic Goal 5 at a Glance:
ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Protect human health and the environment through vigorous and targeted civil and
criminal enforcement. Assure compliance with environmental laws.
FY 2011 Performance Measures
Met = 6 Not Met = 1 Data Unavailable = 0 (Total Measures = 7)
Goal 5 Performance Measures
(Total Measures: 7)
Objective
Enforce Environmental Laws
Objective 1:
Enforce Environmental Laws
FY 2010 -FY 2011 Priority Goal
Increase pollutant reducing enforcement actions in waters that don't meet water quality standards, and post
results and analysis on the web.
Key Accomplishments
Taking action under the National Enforcement Initiatives.
Reducing, treating and eliminating pollutants through enforcement actions.
Enforcing the Clean Air Act.
Investing in injunctive relief.
Fulfilling EPA's Superfund enforcement goals.
Increasing criminal enforcement.
Key Challenges
Measuring enforcement and compliance assurance.
Providing information on the National Enforcement Initiatives to the public.
Utilizing e-reporting
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Goal 5 Purpose
Vigorous enforcement is critical to the
EPA's work to protect human health and the
environment. That is why enforcing
environmental laws is both a Goal and an
Objective in the agency's FY 2011-2015
Strategic Plan. Achieving the EPA's goals
for clean drinking water, lakes and streams
that are fishable and swimmable, clean air to
breathe, and communities and
neighborhoods that are free from chemical
contamination requires both new strategies
and compliance with rules already in place.
By addressing noncompliance swiftly and
effectively, the EPA's civil and criminal
enforcement cases directly reduce pollution
and risk, and deter others from violating the
law. The EPA has also made strides in
advancing its Priority Goal to increase
pollutant reducing enforcement actions in
waters that do not meet water quality
standards, and post results and analysis on
the web. Additionally, FY 2011 was the first
year the agency began implementing cross-
cutting fundamental strategies, developing
annual action plans which shape work under
Goal 5 in new ways.
The EPA takes aggressive enforcement
action against pollution problems that make
a difference in communities. Through
vigorous civil and criminal enforcement, the
EPA targets the most serious water, air, and
chemical hazards, and advances
environmental justice by protecting low
income, minority, and tribal communities
that are disproportionately impacted by such
hazards.
To further its objectives under Goal 5, the
EPA committed to 7 performance measures
in FY 2011. The agency met 6 of these
measures (86 percent) and did not meet 1
(14 percent.)
While the agency and its partners have made
progress in reducing, treating, or eliminating
pollutants from the environment, new
challenges continue to emerge, such as
addressing the expanding universe of
regulated sources and economic challenges
faced by states and tribal governments. The
EPA's FY 2011 performance results indicate
progress in developing implementation
strategies for its National Enforcement
Initiatives. Through enforcement actions
that reduce, treat, or eliminate millions of
pounds of pollution, the EPA identifies and
focuses on priority environmental risks and
noncompliance problems.
The full suite of the EPA's FY 2011
measures, including targets, results, and
detailed explanations for variances, is
available in the Performance and
Assessment Section of the FY 2013
Congressional Justification.
EPA
Contributing
Programs:
Environmental Justice, Compliance
Assistance Program, Compliance Incentives
Program, ETV Program, Monitoring and
Enforcement Program, National Center for
Environmental Innovation, National
Partnership for Environmental Priorities,
Economic Decision Sciences Research,
Pesticide Enforcement Grant Program,
Sector Grant Program, Sustainable Materials
Management, Toxic Substances Compliance
Grant Program, Sustainability Research,
Superfund Enforcement, RCRA Corrective
Action
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Priority Goal
In FY 2010, EPA established a Priority Goal
to advance the FY 2011-2015 Strategic
Plan objective to pursue vigorous civil and
criminal enforcement that targets the most
serious water, air, and chemical hazards in
communities.
Clean Water Enforcement: Increase pollutant reducing enforcement actions in waters that don't
meet water quality standards, and post results and analysis on the web.
Results: The agency has made great strides
in implementing its strategy to clean up the
nation's waters through targeting pollutant
reducing enforcement actions in waters that
do not meet water quality standards. In
2009, the agency analyzed concluded Clean
Water Act enforcement actions and
determined that 32 percent of the facilities
subject to those actions reduced pollutants
discharged into impaired waters. Through
implementation of its Clean Water Act
Action Plan, the EPA increased this
percentage to 49 percent in FY 2010 and 62
percent in FY 2011.
The enforcement portion of the Clean Water
Action Plan had 3 major steps: 1) the
development and implementation of tools
that display geographic locations of
Category 4 and 5 waters that do not meet
water quality standards and NPDES
noncompliant permittees; 2) the
development and implementation of
guidance used to target enforcement actions;
and 3) development and implementation of
tools that allow public dissemination of
enforcement information on the web.
Implementing these steps resulted in
coordination across the agency to integrate
enforcement action and point source
discharge information with water
impairment data to develop the targeting and
public access tools. As a result, EPA now
has a tool that calculates pollutant loadings
from permit and Discharge Monitoring
Report (DMR) data and ranks dischargers,
industries, and watersheds based on
pollutant mass and toxicity; a map of all of
CWA enforcement actions overlaid on
impaired water data; and a tool to search
permitted facilities that discharge into
impaired waters, with a detailed linkage to
the water quality around that facility. All of
these tools have been made publicly
available through EPA's Enforcement and
Compliance History Online (ECHO) website
at http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/.
Key Performance Results
National Enforcement Initiatives
The EPA's enforcement and compliance
program identifies and focuses on priority
environmental risks and noncompliance
problems through the National Enforcement
Initiatives. The EPA developed six National
Enforcement Initiatives to address some of
the more complex pollution problems in our
nation:
1. Keeping raw sewage and
contaminated stormwater runoff out
of waters.
2. Cutting animal waste to protect
surface and ground waters.
3. Reducing widespread air pollution
from the largest sources, especially
the coal-fired utilities, cement, glass,
and acid sectors.
4. Cutting toxic air pollution that
affects communities' health.
5. Assuring energy extraction sector
compliance with environmental laws.
6. Reducing pollution from mineral
processing operations.
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In 2011, the EPA has taken action under the
National Enforcement Initiatives by:
Targeting large municipalities to
reduce pollution and volume of
stormwater runoff and to reduce
unlawful discharges of raw sewage
that degrade water quality in
communities.
Taking action to reduce animal waste
pollution that impairs our nation's
waters, threaten drinking water
sources, and adversely impact
communities at livestock and poultry
operations.
Continuing New Source Review
initiatives in the coal-fired plant,
cement kiln, glass, and acid
manufacturing sectors, securing
major reductions in emission that
adversely affect community health.
Stepping up enforcement activities to
control air toxics that pose
significant risks to communities
located near large sources of toxic air
emissions.
Increasing the use of state-of-the-
science remote monitoring tools to
evaluate previously unmeasured
toxic emissions from refineries that
threaten nearby communities.
Deploying new infrared cameras to
protect communities from
uncontrolled emissions posed by
burgeoning gas extraction activities
across the nation.
Taking action to address the highest
risk mineral processing sites across
the nation
For more information on the EPA's National
Enforcement Initiatives visit
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/data/planni
ng/initiatives/index.html
Reducing, Treating, and Eliminating
Pollutants
The EPA secures commitments for future
pollution controls to reduce, treat, or
eliminate millions of pounds of pollution
through enforcement actions. As part of FY
2011 enforcement actions, the EPA secured
commitments for pollution controls which
will reduce, treat, or eliminate illegal release
of pollutants in the first year after pollution
controls are installed. During FY 2011, the
agency reduced, treated, or eliminated an
estimated:
1.1 billion pounds of air pollutants.
730 million pounds of water
pollutants. The top categories of
pollutants reduced, treated, or
eliminated from illegal discharges
that affect water quality are
suspended solids, oil, dissolved
solids, oxygen demanding pollutants,
and nutrients.
6.1 million pounds of toxic
pollutants and pesticides. The top
categories of pollutants reduced,
treated, or eliminated are PCBs,
pesticides, and metals.
3.6 billion pounds of hazardous
waste. The target for this measure,
6.5 billion pounds of hazardous
waste reduced, treated or eliminated,
was not met in FY 2011. The
hazardous waste metric is generally
dominated by results from one or
two very big cases. This results in
substantial variability in this measure
from year to year.
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Performance Measure: Millions of pounds of air pollutants,
water pollutants, and toxic and pesticide pollutants, reduced,
treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions.
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FY11 FY12 FY13
For more information on these measures and trends visit
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/reports/endofyear/eov201 l/resultscharts-fv2011 .pdf
Health Benefits from Enforcement Actions
While often invisible, pollutants in the air
create smog and acid rain and cause cancer
or other serious health effects. The EPA's
enforcement of the Clean Air Act also
reduced the exposure to air pollution that
can cause serious respiratory problems and
exacerbate cases of childhood asthma. The
reductions from the largest stationary source
air enforcement cases result in estimated
health benefits of $15 to $36 billion each
year, including:
Reducing approximately 1,800 to
4,500 premature deaths in people
with heart or lung disease.
1,100 avoided emergency room
visits or hospital admissions.
30,000 avoided asthma attacks.
230,000 fewer days of missed
work or school.
Injunctive Relief
In FY 2011, EPA enforcement actions
required companies to invest an estimated
$19 billion in actions and equipment to
control pollution (also known as injunctive
relief.) This is the highest recorded
injunctive relief value for the EPA. Also in
FY 2011, EPA enforcement actions required
companies to invest an estimated $25
million in projects that benefit the
environment and public health (known as
supplemental environmental projects.) For
example, one enforcement action in FY
2011 resulted in requiring a facility to
retrofit low-income housing in the
surrounding community with the most cost-
effective energy efficiency technologies.
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Superfund Enforcement
The EPA's Superfund Enforcement Program
continues to use the most appropriate
enforcement or compliance tools to address
the most significant problems and to achieve
the best outcomes. The Superfund
Enforcement Program also strives to ensure
fairness, reduce transaction costs, and
promote economic development. For
example, to ensure that responsible parties
can meet their cleanup obligations, the EPA
has developed a national strategy to assess
companies' compliance with federal
financial assurance requirements. For more
information see:
www. epa. gov/oecaerth/cleanup/superfund/in
dex.html
The EPA's Superfund enforcement goals for
FY 2011 were: 1) reach a settlement or take
an enforcement action by the start of
remedial action at 95 percent of nonfederal
Superfund sites that have viable, liable
parties; and 2) address cost recovery at all
NPL and non-NPL sites with a statute of
limitations on total past costs equal to or
greater than $200,000 and report value of
costs recovered.
In FY 2011, cost recovery was addressed at
339 National Priority List (NPL) and Non-
NPL sites, of which 162 had total costs
greater than or equal to $200,000; of those,
98 had potential statute of limitations
concerns. In addition, the EPA secured
private party commitments for cleanup and
cost recovery and billed private parties for
oversight for amounts that exceeded $3.3
billion.
FY2011 Enforcement & Compliance Annual Results Superfund Results
(Inflation/Deflation Adjusted to FY 11 Dollars)
In Millions FY07 FY08
$
Cost 247 241
Recovery
Oversight 67 79
Site Study 747 1638
& Cleanup
FY2011 Data Source for Clean up and Cost
Recovery: Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation & Liability
Information System (CERCLIS), FY2011
Data Source for Oversight: Integrated
Financial Management System (TFMS);
Data source for previous fiscal years:
CERCLIS and IFMS.
Criminal Enforcement
In FY 2011, 371 criminal environmental
crime cases were opened. This is a 7 percent
FY09
387
82
2082
FY10
158
84
1448
FY11
300
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increase from FY 2010. The EPA brought
criminal charges against 249 defendants, the
second highest number since FY 2007. Of
the 249 defendants, 79 percent were
individuals and 21 percent were companies.
Charging individuals where warranted
enhances deterrence, since only individuals
face potential incarceration. In FY 2011,
individual defendants were sentenced to a
total of 89.5 years of incarceration (a 24
percent increase from FY 2010.)
Key Challenges
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Measuring Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
EPA is adopting new strategic approaches to
deal with challenges, such as the expanding
universe of regulated sources and economic
challenges faced by states, so that
enforcement and compliance do not solely
depend on inspections and enforcement to
address serious violations. As part of the
new approach, the Agency's enforcement
program is developing a suite of measures
that expand its ability to communicate to the
public. As part of this suite, the Agency is
including measures for its criminal
enforcement program for the first time in
EPA's FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan. The
suite of measures address:
Enforcement Presence/Level of
Efforts Measures: The extent of the
general enforcement and compliance
assurance presence in communities.
Case-Linked Outcome Indicators:
The annual and long-term trends in
environmental benefits resulting
from EPA enforcement actions.
Strategic Enforcement Measures:
The results of EPA's focused efforts
to address specific, high-priority
problems that make a difference to
communities.
When viewed together, this suite of
measures provides a more comprehensive
understanding of the program than has been
available previously.
Public Information
The EPA made performance information for
the National Enforcement Initiatives
available to the public via a new website in
FY 2011. The information released marks
the first step in providing a range of facts
about our progress on the Initiatives. The
EPA strives to provide more meaningful
information to describe holistically the
nature of the priority environmental risks
and noncompliance problems of each
National Enforcement Initiative and explain
how the Agency is working to address the
issues. The EPA will continue to identify
information sources throughout FY 2012 to
build on and expand the range of
information available to the public on high-
priority environmental problems in their
communities. To learn more about the
National Enforcement Initiatives visit
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/data/planni
ng/initiatives/index.html
E-Reporting
Agency reporting requirements are still
largely paper-based, which is inefficient and
unnecessarily resource-intensive for
reporting entities and states, results in data
quality errors, and is ineffective for
compliance monitoring and enforcement
uses. To reduce both reporting burden and
pollution over the long term, and to improve
both compliance and the information
available to the public about pollution that
affects them, the agency is assessing options
for converting to 21st century electronic
reporting technology. This effort is expected
to provide substantial long-term benefits for
industry, states, the EPA, and the public.
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Enabling and Support Programs
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At a Glance:
EPA ENABLING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS
The EPA's Enabling and Support Programs provide centralized
management services and support environmental programs, as well as the
people, facilities and systems necessary to operate the agency.
FY 2011 Performance Measures
Met = 9 Not Met = 2 Data Unavailable = 1 (Total Measures = 12)
'Results are displayed for only those offices that report annual performance measures.
Enabling and
Support Programs
Office of the Administrator
Office of Administration
and Resources
Management
Office of the Chief
Financial Officer
Office of Environmental
Information
Office of General Council
Office of Inspector General
ESP Performance Measures
(Total Measures: 12)
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Purpose
In addition to the media National Program
Offices, EPA has a total of six support
Offices to assist in meeting the Agency's
overall mission and multiple Goals. These
organizations are referred to as Enabling
Support Programs ("ESPs"), and include the
Office of the Administrator, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Inspector General, the
Office of Environmental Information, the
Office of Administration and Resource
Management and the General Counsel.
EPA's support Offices contribute
substantially in a variety of varying
capacities to assist the media Programs with
meeting Agency Objectives. Support
includes complying with Congressionally-
mandated statutes, auditing Agency
programs for improved efficiencies,
Key Accomplishments for the Office of Environmental Information
Central Data Exchange
interpreting and advising on legal issues,
hiring, processing payroll, providing all
aspects of internal IT support. The ESPs are
essential to the functionality of the Agency's
media programs.
In FY 2011, together the Enabling and
Support Programs reported twelve
performance measures. The agency met or
exceeded 82 percent and did not meet 18
percent of the measures for which data were
available for this report. Data were not yet
available for one of OEI's annual measures.
The full suite of the EPA's FY 2011
measures, including targets, results, and
detailed explanations for variances by
supporting office, is available in the
Performance and Assessment Section of the
FY2013 Congressional Justification.
Performance Measure: Number of major EPA environmental
systems that use the CDX electronic reporting requirements
enabling faster receipt, processing and quality checking of data
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Analysis: CDX is the electronic gateway
through which environmental data enters the
Agency. It enables fast, efficient and more
accurate environmental data submissions
from state and local governments, industry
and tribes to the EPA. It also provides a set
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of core services for the entire agency, rather
than each agency program building its own
duplicative services. This success is
reflected in the expanding number of the
EPA systems using CDX.
Performance Measure: Number of States, tribes and territories
will be able to exchange data with CDX through nodes in real
time, using standards and automated data-quality checking
2006-2013 Performance Trends
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Analysis: The EPA continues to leverage the
Exchange Network to achieve agency
information goals and priorities while
increasing efficiency. In collaboration with
the EPA, the Environmental Council of the
States (ECOS) accepts the Network as the
standard approach for the EPA, state, tribe
and territory data sharing. Based on current
trends, 60 percent of state reporting to the
EPA's ten priority national systems will use
the Network by the end of calendar year
2011, a doubling of Network use within 18
months. Tribal use of the Network will grow
by 20 percent during calendar year 2011.
Key Accomplishments for the Office of
Inspector General
The EPA's OIG contributes to the agency's
mission to improve human health and
environmental protection by assessing the
efficiency and effectiveness of the EPA's
program management and results; ensuring
that Agency resources are used as intended;
developing recommendations for
improvements and cost savings; and
providing oversight and advisory assistance
in helping the EPA carry out its Recovery
Act objectives.
In FY 2011, OIG identified key
management challenges and internal control
weaknesses and provided over 2,011
recommendations accounting for more than
$82.4 million in potential savings and
recoveries and more than 315 actions taken
by the agency for improvement from OIG
recommendations. For example, in response
to OIG recommendations the agency:
established procedures to provide reasonable
assurance that Diesel Emissions Reduction
Act grant and subgrant grantee progress
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reports are accurate and emission levels are
verified; agreed to ensure that the Solid
Waste Disposal Act site priority requirement
is consistently incorporated into the terms
and conditions of future LUST Trust Fund
grant agreements; developed strategic vision
and program design that assures that the
ENERGY STAR label represents superior
energy conservation performance along with
a complete set of goals, valid and reliable
measures; and agreed to revise policies and
procedures to ensure that financial
monitoring review reports are distributed
timely to all project officers, work
assignments managers and task order
managers assigned to the contract impacted
by the financial monitoring review.
OIG also contributes to the integrity of and
public confidence in the agency's programs
and to the security of its resources by
preventing and detecting possible fraud,
waste, and abuse and pursuing judicial and
administrative remedies. Additionally, OIG
investigations accounted for 160 criminal,
civil or administrative enforcement actions
or allegations disproved during FY 2011 and
$6.4 million in Recovery Act fund cost
savings to date.
Recommendations or Risks Identified for Corrective Action
Performance Measure: Environmental and business
recommendations or risks identified for corrective action
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Analysis: The number of OIG results in
terms of recommendations and risk
identified has generally reflected the staffing
levels of the OIG and the types of audits and
evaluations performed. More complex
evaluations and audits have fewer total but
more complex recommendations and risks
identified. The type of work changes as the
Return on Investment
OIG identifies different areas of risks
requiring reviews. The number of
recommendations dramatically increased in
FY 2011 as the OIG included 1137 findings
from Single Audit review of ARRA grant
recipients. The non-ARRA portion of
recommendations identified was 874.
Performance Measure : Return on the annual dollar
investment, as a percentage of the OIG budget, from audits
and investigations
2006-201 3 Performance Trends
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Analysis: The OIG has been fairly consistent
in the dollar level of questioned costs, cost
efficiencies identified from audits and
evaluation, and fines, penalties and
settlements from investigations. Some years
may have vast differences from the normal
level, often dependent upon an extraordinary
recovery from a criminal case settlement of
great magnitude as in FY 2006, or a
significant decrease in FY 2010 as we
focused resources on few monetary reviews
in preference to more qualitative reviews
such as internal controls.
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Investigative Results
Performance Measure: Criminal, civil, administrative and fraud
prevention actions
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100
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2006-2013 Performance Trends
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Analysis: Results from investigative work is
extremely unpredictable since the nature of
the work itself is response oriented (to
indicators of fraud, wrong doing, or
allegations received) and dependent upon
the subsequent actions of the Department of
Justice. However, OIG investigative results
have generally correlated to the levels of
investigative staffing and have increased
steadily since FY 2008a trend we
anticipate to continue as the OIG continues
to reach its authorized staff level.
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Introduction
Annually, the agency develops fiscal year
action plans with commitments that align
with existing planning, budget and
accountability processes. In implementing
these strategies through annual action plans,
the agency has embarked on a deliberate,
focused effort to take tangible, measurable
actions to transform the way we deliver
environmental and human health protection.
FY 2011 is the first year the agency
developed Cross-Cutting Fundamental
Strategy Action Plans
(http://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/archive.
html#action plans). The FY 2011 Action
Plan Progress Reports are available at
http://www.epa.gOv/planandbudget/results.h
tml, and selected highlights from the
Progress Reports are described below.
Expanding the Conversation on
Environmentalism: Engage and empower
communities and partners, including those
who have been historically under-
represented, in order to support and
advance environmental protection and
human health nationwide.
The EPA has begun a new era of outreach
and conversation to include a broader range
of people and communities in its day-to-day
work and to expand its engagement with
communities historically under-represented
in our decision-making processes. In FY
2011, the agency's actions were focused on
public access to multi-lingual
communication, interaction with media
outlets that reach historically under-
represented groups, improved access to and
transparency of environmental data to
support community and citizen involvement
in decision-making, and lastly, expanding
public awareness and opportunities for
involvement during all phases of rulemaking
processes.
Highlights:
Expanded media outreach lists
encompassing TV, radio and print to
reach as many as 28 million in the
Hispanic community. The EPA's
reach through Spanish language
social media tools increased nearly
200 percent in FY 2011.
Published more than 1,600
environmental datasets, 258
geographic datasets and 64 software
tools from across the EPA programs
on http://www.data.gov to support
community and citizen involvement
in environmental decision-making.
Launched innovative use of Twitter
as a texting service to provide air
quality monitoring information to
people near the Aerovox Mill
demolition project in New Bedford,
Massachusetts.
Challenges:
Implementing the color-coding
system for communicating sampling
results from contaminated sites
posed several challenges, including
1) complex data that can be difficult
to categorize/summarize; 2) color-
coding system might not be
applicable to all sites; 3) quick turn-
around during an emergency can be
difficult; and 4) finding a balance
that is true to the science but
understandable for multiple
audiences.
Working for Environmental Justice and
Children's Health: Work to reduce and
prevent harmful exposures and health risks
to children and underserved,
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disproportionately impacted, low-income
minority and tribal communities, and
support community efforts to build healthy,
sustainable green neighborhoods.
In FY 2011, the EPA took important steps
to: 1) promote environmental justice (EJ)
and children's health in regulatory decisions,
2) strengthen federal partnerships, 3) apply
best scientific methods, and 4) deliver
environmental results in communities
(Performance Summary.) In addition, the
EPA has finalized Plan EJ 2014 (see
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/re
sources/policy/ej-rulemaking.html), which
implements the environmental Justice
portion of this cross-cutting strategy. Some
of the most significant agency
accomplishments that demonstrate how the
EPA works for EJ and children's health are
highlighted below.
Highlights:
Implemented guidance on incorporating EJ
into the EPA's rulemaking process (see
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/re
sources/policy/ej-rulemaking.html) and
created a training supplement to existing
guidance on considering Children's Health
when developing EPA actions.
Developed tools to enable
communities to have full and
meaningful access to the permitting
process and to develop permits that
address EJ.
Further developed case targeting
strategies and remedies in
enforcement actions to benefit
overburdened communities.
(see
http ://www. epa.gov/environmentalj u
stice/resources/policy/plan-ej-
2014/plan-ei -c-e-2011-09.pdf).
Conducted more than 25 healthy
homes training sessions for health
care providers, housing
professionals, community outreach
workers, tribal environmental health
officials and leaders of community-
based organizations.
Through an interagency workgroup,
developed criteria and finalized an
internal list of Priority Chemical
Hazards for children's health which
includes mercury, lead,
Polychlorinated
biphenylsperfluorinated compound
and perchlorate.
Consulted with the Children's Health
Protection Advisory Committee and
engaged additional stakeholders to
gather public input for the criteria the
agency will use to identify priorities
for potential action under the Toxic
Substances Control Act.
Challenges:
The agency continues to work on
developing and strengthening
performance measures that will
describe EJ actions to be taken and
to characterize environmental or
health conditions of overburdened
communities or populations
including children.
(http ://www.gao. gov/products/GAO-
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Advancing Science, Research, and
Technological Innovation: Advance a
rigorous basic and applied science research
and development agenda that informs,
enables, and empowers and delivers
innovative and sustainable solutions to
environmental problems. Provide relevant
and robust scientific data and findings to
support the agency's policy and decision-
making needs.
In FY 2011, the EPA took important steps
to: 1) plan and implement innovative and
sustainable technologies and methods for
addressing environmental problems; 2)
expand efforts to communicate research
results; and 3) promote partnerships to
leverage funding and foster research
innovations.
Highlights:
Partnered across the agency and with
external stakeholders to address 1)
high-priority cross-cutting issues
such as: the potential impact of
hydraulic fracturing on drinking
water; 2) validation of air monitoring
methods and new technologies; 3)
green and sustainable water
infrastructure; and 4) next-generation
tools for screening chemicals that
disrupt the human endocrine system.
Collaboratively developed four
integrated research frameworks for:
1) air, climate and energy; 2) safe
and sustainable water; 3) chemical
safety for sustainability; and 4)
sustainable and healthy communities.
Initiated effort to evaluate
technology opportunities and market
assessments, which is included in
EPA's plan to implement Executive
Order 13563, Improving Regulation
and Regulatory Review.
Initiated efforts to support and
promote technologies and methods
that scrutinize environmental and
human health impacts from the
beginning to the end of the
technology life cycle.
Implemented the "Great
Environmental Moments in Science"
website (see
http ://www. epa.gov/sci encematters/a
pril201 l/scinews_research-
highlights.htm) and report to
highlight important advances in
environmental science realized
through EPA research.
Challenges:
The evaluations of water and air
monitoring technologies planned for
FY 2011 have not been completed,
as they have been incorporated into
the broader efforts to evaluate and
prioritize both technology innovation
and research needs being conducted
in FY 2011 and 2012.
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Strengthening State, Tribal,
and
International Partnerships: Deliver on our
commitment to a clean and healthy
environment through consultation and
shared accountability with states, tribes and
the global community for addressing the
highest priority problems.
In FY 2011, the EPA began the successful
implementation of delivering on its
commitment to a clean and healthy
environment through consultation and
shared accountability with states, tribes and
the global community for addressing the
highest priority problems. As we worked
together, our relationships continued to be
based on integrity, trust and shared
accountability to make the most effective
use of our respective bodies of knowledge,
our existing authorities, our resources, and
our talents.
With States:
Facilitated data exchange with states,
including increasing state utilization
of the Exchange Network by 59
percent, and established a new
reporting system for Underground
Injection Control data.
Strengthened shared accountability
by developing a suite of new
approaches to revamp the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System permitting, compliance and
enforcement program in consultation
with states, which included
developing a Web-based dashboard
to make state performance
information against key criteria
available to the public.
Furthered closer consultation and
transparency by:
o Conducting three federalism
consultations with our state and
local partners for the following
rules: Utility Maximum
Achievable Control Technology,
Storm water Discharges from
Developed Sites, and Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Electric
Utility Steam Generating Units.
o Reviewing and clarifying internal
policies for federalism
consultations, and training rule
writers on federalism
consultation guidance and
practices.
o Creating RegDaRRT (see
http://yosemite.epa. gov/opei/Rul
eGate.nsf/), a Web application to
provide timely information to the
public about priority regulations
under development and reviews
of existing regulations.
Collaborated with states to seek
more efficient use of resources by
establishing an agencywide task
force to identify program areas
where EPA-state worksharing can be
applied and areas where statutes or
regulations prohibit worksharing.
With Other Countries: Expanded our
partnership efforts in multilateral forums
and in key bilateral relationships.
In August 2011, EPA Administrator,
Lisa Jackson and Brazil Minister of
Environment, Izabella Teixeira
launched the U.S.-Brazil Joint
Initiative on Urban Sustainabilitya
vehicle for identifying opportunities
for new and innovative green urban
infrastructure investment in the
United States and Brazil, and for
serving as a global model for
building greener economies and
smarter cities.
With Tribes: On May 4, 2011,
Administrator Lisa Jackson announced the
release of the "EPA Policy on Consultation
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and Coordination with Indian Tribes." The
policy is a result of the Presidential
Memorandum on Tribal Consultation, issued
November 5, 2009, directing federal
agencies to develop a plan to implement
Executive Order 13175 fully.
The EPA was the first agency to
release a final Tribal Consultation
Policy, which establishes EPA
standards for the consultation
process (defining the "what, when
and how" of consultation), including
specific EPA points of contact in
order to promote consistency in, and
coordination of, the consultation
process. Additionally, it establishes a
management oversight and reporting
structure that will ensure
accountability and transparency.
In collaboration with tribal partners,
the EPA continued efforts to identify
gaps in the implementation of EPA
programs in Indian Country and
related to Alaska Native Villages. In
FY 2011, the EPA initiated an
internal workgroup with the regional
offices to discuss developing a
phased pilot approach that will
operate into FY 2012.
Challenges:
Partnerships continue to be an
increasingly positive activity in
addressing human health and
environmental concerns even though
implementation challenges remain.
For example, as the EPA implements
the new Tribal Consultation Policy,
we continue to address and
understand the complexity of the
definition of consultation while
determining guidelines on what
constitutes appropriate
"consultation."
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Strengthening EPA's Workforce and
Capabilities: Continuously improve the
EPA's internal management, encourage
innovation and creativity in all aspects of
our work, and ensure that the EPA is an
excellent workplace that attracts and retains
a topnotch, diverse workforce, positioned to
meet and address the environmental
challenges of the 21st century.
Success in strengthening the EPA's
workforce and capabilities further enhances
the EPA as "One Great Place to Work." In
FY 2011, our actions were employee-
focused and driven by opportunities to find
smarter ways to work, save money and
reduce our environmental footprint. Our
continuing goal is to provide a supportive
and productive work environment so that the
EPA has the talent, processes and tools it
needs to protect human health and the
environment effectively and efficiently.
Highlights:
Increased telework and reduced
unliquidated obligations across all
offices, demonstrating a true "One
EPA" success by operationalizing
significant shifts in how the agency
does business.
Reduced hiring time from 161 days
in FY 2010 to 96 days in FY 2011,
and completed 10 Standardized
Recruitment Packages that typically
shorten the recruit timeline by 15 to
20 days.
Enhanced new employee orientation
including:
o Produced new hire videos for
new EPA employees. Videos
feature EPA people and places to
welcome new employees and
convey a good sense of how they
will fit into One EPA.
o Updated and standardized the on-
boarding process for bringing
new employees into the
organization.
o Created external and Intranet
sites for new employee
orientation to prepare new
employees for their first day on
the job.
Increased tools for green
conferencing by installing 50 green
videoconferencing units across the
agency, and tracked their use to set a
baseline to measure
videoconferencing trends beginning
in FY 2012.
Challenges:
In FY 2010, the EPA ranked at the
bottom among federal agencies for
hiring time. To improve agency
performance, the EPA conducted
benchmarking studies and aligned its
reporting process with those of other
agencies so that in FY 2011 and
beyond, the way the agency
measures hiring time against the
governmentwide 80-day goal is
comparable to the hiring time
reported by other federal agencies.
The agency will also improve hiring
tools by adding 13 more
Standardized Recruitment Packages,
for a total of 23; creating automated
templates in EZHire; and reducing
by 20 percent the number of
questions in the EZHire Question
Library.
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February 2012 Addendum to the FY 2011-
2015 EPA Strategic Plan
The purpose of this Addendum is to update
the FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan to
add the five FY 2012-2013 Agency Priority
Goals in compliance with the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
Modernization Act of 2010, 31 U.S.C. 1115.
EPA's Priority Goals advance our long-term
strategic measures and are specific,
measurable, and achievable within 18 to 24
months. These goals serve as key near-term
indicators of progress and have been
established by the Obama Administration as
a central focus of its performance
management framework. This Addendum
includes an overview of the FY 2012-2013
Agency Priority Goals followed by a brief
discussion of how the Priority Goals
advance the EPA's Strategic Plan.
The FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan
(http://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/strategi
cplan.html), issued on September 30, 2010,
is a blueprint for accomplishing EPA's
mission over a five-year timeframe. The
Plan sets forth five strategic goals for
advancing the Agency's environmental and
human health outcomes and five Cross-
Cutting Fundamental Strategies to change
how the Agency works to achieve those
goals. In addition, the Plan included six FY
2010-2011 Agency Priority Goals whose
results are included in the FY 2011 Annual
Performance Report at
http://www.epa.gOv/planandbudget/results.h
tml.
The FY 2012-2013 Agency Priority Goals
are incorporated in the EPA FY 2013 Annual
Performance Plan and Budget. Per the
GPRA Modernization Act requirement to
address Federal Goals in the Agency's
Strategic Plan and Annual Performance
Plan and Budget, please refer to
Performance.gov for information on Federal
Priority Goals and the Agency's
contributions to those goals, where
applicable.
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FY 2012-2013 EPA Priority Goals
EPA
Strategic
Goal
Priority Goal Statement
Taking
Action on
Climate
Change and
Improving
Air Quality
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. Through September
30, 2013, EPA in coordination with DOT's fuel economy standards program
will be implementing vehicle and truck greenhouse gas standards that are
projected to reduce GHG emissions by 1.2 billion metric tons and reduce oil
consumption by about 98 billion gallons over the lifetime of the affected
vehicles and trucks.
Protecting
America's
Waters
Improve, restore, or maintain water quality by enhancing nonpoint source
program accountability, incentives, and effectiveness. By September 30, 2013,
50% of the states will revise their nonpoint source program according to new
Section 319 grant guidelines that EPA will release in November 2012.
Improve public health protection for persons served by small drinking water
systems by strengthening the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of
those systems. By September 30, 2013, EPA will engage with twenty states to
improve small drinking water system capability through two EPA programs,
the Optimization Program and/or the Capacity Development Program.
Cleaning Up
Communities
and
Advancing
Sustainable
Development
Clean up contaminated sites and make them ready for use. By September 30,
2013, an additional 22,100 sites will be ready for anticipated use.
All Goals
(Cross-
Program)
Increase transparency and reduce burden through e-Reporting. By September
30, 2013, develop a plan to convert existing paper reports into electronic
reporting, establish electronic reporting in at least four key programs, and
adopt a policy for including electronic reporting in new rules.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Priority Goal:
Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
from cars and trucks. Through September
30, 2013, EPA in coordination with DOT's
fuel economy standards program will be
implementing vehicle and truck greenhouse
gas standards that are projected to reduce
GHG emissions by 1.2 billion metric tons
and reduce oil consumption by about 98
billion gallons over the lifetime of the
affected vehicles and trucks.
This Priority Goal advances the Strategic
Plan objective to address climate change
and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
the strategic measure to reduce GHG
emissions from light duty vehicles.
Additionally, the Priority Goal provides co-
benefits by helping EPA attain strategic
measures related to criteria pollutants.
Through implementation of the Priority
Goal, EPA expects these rules to reduce
GHG emissions through better fuel economy
and increased fuel savings. GHGs are
known to trap some of the earth's heat that
would otherwise escape into space and are
the primary cause of climate change which
can lead to hotter, longer heat waves that
impact the environment and public health
and increase ground-level ozone pollution
linked to asthma and other respiratory
illnesses, among other health-related threats.
EPA's strategy for accomplishing this
Priority Goal focuses on implementing the
light-duty vehicle standards for model years
2012-2016 that were adopted in April 2010,
and the heavy-duty vehicle standards for
model years 2014-2018 that were adopted in
August 2011. The work that EPA will
perform to achieve the Priority Goal
primarily involves certifying that new light-
duty vehicles, new heavy-duty vehicles, and
new heavy-duty engines meet the standards.
The certification process involves EPA's
review of test data that vehicle and engine
manufacturers submit to EPA. EPA reviews
the test data to assure compliance with
applicable emissions standards for the
vehicle's useful life. EPA also conducts spot
checks by testing prototype vehicles for
emissions and fuel consumption at EPA's
National Vehicle and Fuels Emissions
Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. All
new vehicles sold in the U.S. need a valid
EPA certificate regardless of where the
vehicle may have been manufactured.
Implementing the standards also requires
EPA to manage a complex credit program,
designed to allow manufacturers different
pathways for demonstrating compliance
with the standards. As part of the
implementation strategy, EPA works with
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) of the Department
of Transportation on those portions of the
mobile source air pollution standards that
relate to fuel efficiency.
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Water Quality Priority Goal:
Improve, restore, or maintain water quality
by enhancing nonpoint source program
accountability, incentives, and effectiveness.
By September 30, 2013, 50% of the states
will revise their nonpoint source program
according to new Section 319 grant
guidelines that EPA will release in
November 2012.
This Priority Goal advances the Strategic
Plan objective of protecting the quality of
rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands on a
watershed basis, and protecting urban,
coastal, and ocean waters. It also supports
the strategic measure on attaining water
quality standards for all pollutants and
impairments in waterbodies that were
identified as not attaining standards in 2002.
Nonpoint source pollutionprincipally
nitrogen, phosphorus, and sedimentshas
been recognized as the largest remaining
impediment to improving water quality.
Recent national surveys have found that the
Nation's waters are stressed by nutrient
pollution, excess sedimentation, and
degradation of shoreline vegetation, which
affect upwards of 50% of our lakes and
streams. Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
is one of EPA's core water programs to help
protect, restore, and improve water quality
by providing grants to prevent or reduce
nonpoint source pollution.
EPA's implementation strategy for
accomplishing this Priority Goal will focus
primarily on developing new Section 319
grant guidelines by November 2012. By the
end of 2013, EPA will provide assistance to
states to revise their nonpoint source
programs in order to accelerate water quality
improvements and restoration with a focus
on increased accountability and enhanced
targeting of the funds to ensure timely
implementation of nonpoint source controls.
To achieve gains under this Priority Goal,
EPA will work with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the Department of the
Interior (including the Bureau of Land
Management, Office of Surface Mining, and
Fish and Wildlife Service), to encourage
collaborative efforts that reduce nonpoint
source pollution caused by agriculture,
confined animal operations, grazing,
forestry, surface mining, and other sources.
Specifically, EPA will jointly identify with
U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service at least 50
critical watersheds for coordination of
conservation and monitoring investments.
Additionally, EPA works in partnership with
states and tribes to develop and implement
nonpoint source pollution prevention
programs and will expand partnerships to
include local conservation districts, counties,
regional planning commissions, and
nonprofit organizations at the state and
national levels.
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Drinking Water Priority Goal:
Improve public health protection for persons
served by small drinking water systems by
strengthening the technical, managerial, and
financial capacity of those systems. By
September 30, 2013, EPA will engage with
twenty states to improve small drinking
water system capability through two EPA
programs, the Optimization Program and/or
the Capacity Development Program.
This Priority Goal contributes to the
Strategic Plan objective of reducing human
exposure to contaminants in drinking water,
fish and shellfish, and recreational waters, as
well as protecting source water. More
specifically, it supports the strategic measure
on community drinking water systems to
ensure that they meet all applicable health-
based drinking water standards. Currently,
more than 97% of the nation's 160,000
public drinking water systems serve fewer
than 10,000 persons. Although most small
systems consistently provide safe, reliable
drinking water to their customers, many of
these systems face problems, including
aging infrastructure, workforce shortages
and high employee turnover, increasing
costs, and declining rate bases. Through
implementation of this Priority Goal, EPA
expects to improve the capacity for small
drinking water systems to provide safe
drinking water.
EPA's implementation strategy for
accomplishing this Priority Goal is to
improve the compliance and long-term
sustainability of small systems with the
objectives of: (1) strengthening and
targeting financial support to small systems;
(2) working with primacy agencies to
enhance their Capacity Development
Programs and capabilities, including the
Optimization Program approach to prioritize
efforts with those systems most in need; and,
(3) identifying opportunities to promote
water system partnerships (including
restructuring) for systems struggling to
remain viable.
To achieve gains under this Priority Goal,
EPA works in partnership with states, other
federal agencies, third-party technical
assistance providers, and utility associations
on a variety of activities including
leveraging existing programs and resources,
targeting coordinated funding for
infrastructure needs, facilitating workforce
recruitment and training, and fostering
improved management practices to ensure
long-term system sustainability.
Additionally, EPA chairs a state-EPA
workgroup focused on strengthening state
Capacity Development programs.
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Communities Priority Goal:
Clean up contaminated sites and make them
ready for use. By September 30, 2013, an
additional 22,100 sites will be ready for
anticipated use.
This Priority Goal advances two objectives
and several strategic measures in the FY
2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan to restore
land and promote sustainable communities.
Uncontrolled releases of waste and
hazardous substances can contaminate soil,
sediment, and groundwater, threatening
healthy ecosystems and posing human
health and environmental concerns. EPA's
Superfund, RCRA corrective action, leaking
underground storage tank, and brownfields
programs reduce these risks by assessing
and cleaning up sites so that communities
are able to maintain or reuse these assets for
commercial, ecological, recreational, or
other purposes.
EPA's implementation strategy for this
priority goal focuses on improving the
accountability, transparency, and
effectiveness of EPA's cleanup programs.
EPA has implemented the Integrated Clean-
up Initiative to better use the most
appropriate assessment and cleanup
authorities to address a greater number of
sites, accelerate the pace of cleanups where
possible, and put those sites back into
productive use while protecting human
health and the environment. EPA's land
cleanup programs have set long-term
strategic measures toward making sites
ready for anticipated use or otherwise
meeting cleanup goals. There are multiple
impacts from cleaning up contaminated
sites: reducing mortality and morbidity risk;
eliminating human exposure to
contaminants; making land available for
commercial, residential, industrial, or
recreational reuse; and, promoting
community economic development.
To achieve gains under this Priority Goal,
EPA works with the private sector, states,
tribes, local governments, and other federal
agencies. EPA also consults with the local
community to ensure that the cleanup and
reuse is aligned with the community's vision
for the site. In some cases, states are
authorized to operate cleanup programs,
while in others they are partners. Where
other federal agencies or states are
designated as the lead for the cleanup
actions at their sites, EPA's environmental
cleanup goals are subject to, and reliant on,
the lead federal agencies' or states' cleanup
budgets, execution, and site cleanup
performance.
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E-Reporting Priority Goal:
Increase transparency and reduce burden
through e-Reporting. By September 30,
2013, develop a plan to convert existing
paper reports into electronic reporting,
establish electronic reporting in at least four
key programs, and adopt a policy for
including electronic reporting in new rules.
This Priority Goal advances the Agency's
efforts to more efficiently protect the
nation's air, water, and land under all five
strategic goals in the FY 2011-2015 EPA
Strategic Plan. As e-Reporting provides
higher quality data in a more timely manner,
this effort could fundamentally change
compliance, enforcement, and monitoring at
the Agency. Given the opportunities for
e-Reporting in several environmental media
(e.g., air, water, land), the effort will
indirectly impact many of the Agency's
strategic objectives and strategic measures.
Electronic reporting will lead to more timely
monitoring data enabling EPA and the states
to better prioritize permitting, monitoring,
and enforcement actions. It will advance
transparency, allowing the public, non-
governmental organizations, community
groups, rate payers, and others better access
to data. With facility data more readily
available to government and the public, an
additional incentive is created for facilities
to comply with environmental requirements.
EPA's implementation strategy for
accomplishing this Priority Goal focuses on
work in two main areas: (1) developing an
Agency-wide policy to ensure that new
regulations include electronic reporting in
the most efficient way; and, (2) developing
and then implementing an Agency plan to
convert the most important existing paper
reports to electronic, while also looking for
opportunities to reduce outdated paper
reporting. Since this work is cross-cutting,
EPA has established an Agency task force to
lead and manage this work.
To achieve gains under this Priority Goal,
EPA will work with its state partners as well
as the regulated community to enable
transmission of data electronically. State and
state agencies will be engaged to identify a
feasible and reasonable timeframe to revise
state programs and permits to implement the
new electronic reporting requirements. The
public, industry, and trade associations will
be informed and involved through proposed
regulation comment periods, listening
sessions, and websites in support of the rule.
Also, EPA will encourage private sector
development of reporting tools to drive
innovation, reduce costs, and help regulated
entities to comply.
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