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EPA’s Innovation Action Council

EPA’s Innovation Action Council. Betsy Shaw, Director EPA’s National Center for Environmental Innovation ECOS Cross Media Committee Meeting April 16, 2008. Update. Update on EPA Innovation Action Council. Background

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EPA’s Innovation Action Council

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  1. EPA’s Innovation Action Council Betsy Shaw, Director EPA’s National Center for Environmental Innovation ECOS Cross Media Committee Meeting April 16, 2008 Update

  2. Update on EPA Innovation Action Council • Background • Recent Accomplishments • 2008 Symposium on Innovating for Sustainable Results: Integrated Approaches to Energy, Climate, and the Environment January 7 - 10, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC • Progress Report • Upcoming Meeting in Philadelphia – April 30 • Joint with new Performance Management Council – May 1 • 4-5 State Participants • Key Topics: Partnership Programs, Green Building, Best Practices • Joint Workplan with Cross-Media Committee • Started in 2004 • Ready for Periodic Update

  3. Completed 1. RCRA Functional Equivalence 2. TMDL Innovations 3. Agriculture 4. CARE Ongoing 1. State Innovation Grants 2. ERP 3. Collaboration on Performance Track & Similar State Programs 4. Innovation Symposium 5. Issue Resolution Process Joint IAC-CMC Workplan Emerging 1. Application of Lean Manufacturing for Administrative and Environmental Gain 2. Partnership Programs 3. Program Evaluation

  4. Next Steps • Discussions within Cross Media Committee • Presentation by CMC Chair at IAC Meeting, April 30 • Confirmation of updated Joint Workplan in late Spring, early Summer.

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