Accelerate Permitting-Related Decisions
Goal Leader: Laura Gentile, Permitting Improvement Advisor, Office of the Administrator
Goal Statement:By September 30, 2019, EPA will reduce by 50% the number of permitting-related decisions that exceed six months.
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Accelerate the Pace of Cleanups and Return Sites to Beneficial Use in Their Communities
Goal Leader: Barry Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management
Goal Statement:By September 30, 2019, EPA will make an additional 102 Superfund sites and 1,368 brownfields sites ready for anticipated use (RAU).
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Empower Communities to Leverage EPA Water Infrastructure Investments
Goal Leaders: Jennifer McLain, Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) and Andrew Sawyers, Director, Office of Wastewater Management (OWM)
Goal Statement:By September 30, 2019, EPA will increase by $16 billion the non-federal dollars leveraged by EPA water infrastructure finance programs (Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act).
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Improve Air Quality by Implementing Pollution Control Measures to Reduce the Number of Nonattainment Areas
Goal Leader: Elizabeth Shaw, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation
Goal Statement: By September 30, 2019, EPA, in close collaboration with states, will reduce the number of nonattainment areas to 138 from a baseline of 166.
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Increase Environmental Law Compliance Rate
Goal Leader: Larry Starfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Goal Statement: Through September 30, 2019, EPA will increase compliance by reducing the percentage of Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permittees in significant noncompliance (SNC) with their permit limits to 25.7% from a baseline of 29.4%.
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Meet New Statutory Requirements to Improve the Safety of Chemicals in Commerce
Goal Leader: Jeff Morris, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Goal Statement: By September 30, 2019, EPA will complete in accordance with statutory timelines (excluding statutorily-allowable extensions): 100% of required EPA-initiated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluations for existing chemicals; 100% of required TSCA risk management actions for existing chemicals; and 80% of TSCA pre-manufacture notice final determinations.
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