SMART SECTORS

A PROGRAM OF U.S. EPA

EPA's Smart Sectors Program provides a platform to collaborate with industry sectors
and develop creative solutions that better protect the environment and public health.

~ Meaningful Collaboration

The Smart Sectors program engages at the national and
regional levels with industry trade associations, individual
companies, and other stakeholders to pursue opportunities
for improved environmental performance. The national
program works with the following sectors:

•	Aerospace

•	Agriculture

•	Automotive

•	Cement

•	Concrete

•	Chemical Manufacturing

•	Construction

Electronics and Technology
Forestry, Paper and Wood Products
Iron and Steel
Mining
Oil and Gas

Ports and MaritimeTransportation
Utilities and PowerGeneration

Each EPA Regional Office focuses on one or more sectors that
drive economic growth and present opportunities for
environmental improvement within the region.

~ Innovative Solutions

Program leads for each sector:

•	Serve as liaisons to participating trade
associations to facilitate effective communication
and engagement with the agency

•	Conducteducational site visits and host
roundtableswith EPA leadership and technical
staff

•	Analyze data and pursue forward-thinking strategies
to advance environmental progress

•	Maintain meaningful, open dialogue with members
of the business community and other stakeholders
to increase mutual understanding of sector-based
issues

•	Develop reports and other information that profile
the impact of each sector on the economy and the
environment

Smart Sectors' collaborative approach provides an opportunity for government, business, and other stakeholders to work together
to explore new and better ways to achieve environmental progress. This can result in:

•	Increased regulatory certainty and lower costs	• Reduced litigation

for businesses	• Better environmental protection for vulnerable

•	Improved environmental compliance	communities and the public

~ Multi-Media Perspective

The Smart Sectors program is led out of EPA's Office of Policy, which enables sector leads to work across EPA's land, water, air, and
chemical program offices, as well as with EPA regional offices, on issues related to specific industry sectors. The program
complements the work of other EPA offices by providing sector-specific expertise and a holistic, multi-media view of industry
sectors and their environmental opportunities and challenges.		



www.epa.gov/sn

Program Contacts



For more information on the proqram, please contact Peter Hillebrand and Walt Tunnessen at sectors@eDa.aov

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