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Advancing Environmental Protection Through PBEPs. P. PBEPs. How Do You Demonstrate the Value of Your PBEP in Meeting Agency Goals?. National Program Managers Guidance: Annually Look and See How Your Program Fits In.
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Advancing Environmental Protection Through PBEPs P PBEPs How Do You Demonstrate the Value of Your PBEP in Meeting Agency Goals?
National Program Managers Guidance: Annually Look and See How Your Program Fits In • NPM Guidance documents are issued annually by EPA’s five major program offices: • Air & Radiation • Water • Solid Waste and Emergency Response • Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances • Enforcement & Compliance Assurance • The NPM Guidance documents provide EPA’s 10 regional offices, the states and tribes with guidance on specific priorities and implementation strategies for the coming year.
2009 OSW NPM Guidance Examples • Billions of lbs of MSW reduced, reused, recycled • Millions of tons of C&D waste reused/recycled • Number of Brownfield properties assessed • Number of lbs of priority chemicals reduced OSW
Number of communities with safe drinking water (alternate goal) Addressing impaired watersheds (alternate goal) Reduction in non-point source pollutants Net increase in wetland acreage Address regional concerns: Great Lakes Chesapeake Bay Gulf of Mexico Long Island Sound South Florida Puget Sound Columbia River Basin 2009 OW NPM Guidance Examples
Percent reduction in PM 2.5 Number of Title V permits issued (FAPs) Number of existing heavy duty diesel engines retired, retrofitted, replaced Air toxics reductions Number of pledges or pledge renewals for change a light campaign Number of outreach activities in support of Smart Way 2009 OAR NPM Guidance Examples
For Further Information on NPM Goals http://epa.gov/ocfo/npmguidance/index.htm National Program Manager (NPM) Guidance