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EPA’s Work Related to P2 and the EPA’s Work Related to P2 and the Great LakesGreat Lakes
Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Round Table Summer Conference Round Table Summer Conference
August 2005August 2005
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
The Pollution Prevention Act focused The Pollution Prevention Act focused industry, government, and public attention industry, government, and public attention on reducing the amount of pollution on reducing the amount of pollution through cost-effective changes in through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw materials production, operation, and raw materials use. use.
Making P2 a reality in Region 2Making P2 a reality in Region 2
Regional Strategic Plan 2004-2008Regional Strategic Plan 2004-2008
The plan highlights the Region’s opportunity to commit to activities, goals, and specific targets that will foster and support activities from all programs, to achieve, through source reduction and pollution prevention, overall environmental strategic targets.
Making P2 a reality in Region 2-Making P2 a reality in Region 2-continuedcontinued
Regional offices around the country are being tasked to report pounds of pollution reduced, BTUs of energy conserved, gallons of water conserved, and dollars saved through P2 efforts that are undertaken. These are outcomes that can be achieved by a broad number of programs employing a variety of strategies both regulatory and non-regulatory.
Region 2 Pollution Prevention Region 2 Pollution Prevention CouncilCouncil
The mission of the council is: increase coordination and collaboration among Region 2 programs and offices to meet shared pollution prevention objectives; incorporate P2 principles into our Region’s program implementation strategies as the first choice in environmental protection; and effectively gather and bring uniformity to the way Region 2 reports pollution prevention results.
Region 2 Pollution Prevention Region 2 Pollution Prevention Council-continuedCouncil-continued
R2P2 Council is an interdivisional body-R2P2 Council is an interdivisional body-OPM,DECA,DESA,DEPP. This promotes the OPM,DECA,DESA,DEPP. This promotes the development of strategies to address problems development of strategies to address problems that are hard for one group to solve alone (e.g., that are hard for one group to solve alone (e.g., priority targeting effort)priority targeting effort)
Expanding Role in Air, Water & RCRA Expanding Role in Air, Water & RCRA ProgramsPrograms
RCC - beneficial use, priority chemicals, RCC - beneficial use, priority chemicals, 35% MSW recycling, electronics 35% MSW recycling, electronics managementmanagement
SIPs, mobile sources, air toxicsSIPs, mobile sources, air toxics
Water geographic initiativesWater geographic initiatives
Grant Programs Grant Programs
Region 2 supports work being conducted in academia, non-profit organizations, and state agencies, in a variety of programs aimed at pollution prevention and sustainability. RFPs this RFPs this year year attracted nearly 100 applicants requesting a cumulative total of over $5 million dollars
Voluntary ProgramsVoluntary Programs
EPA's Offices and Regions conduct a variety of programs that reach out to business, industry, trade associations, communities, universities, and state and local governments and others. Their success lies in solving environmental problems not generally addressed by laws and regulations,
EPA Partnership Programs Results for 2000
The results add up:
On an annual basis, the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 37 million metric tons of carbon equivalent are comparable to removing more than 25 million cars from the road in one year.
The 603 million gallons water saved is enough to fill over 12 million bathtubs.
The 769 trillion BTUS of energy saved is enough to supply the annual energy needs of approximately 6.5 million U.S. households.
Partners# 11,294
Money Saved $5.9 billion
GHG Emission Reductions (Carbon equivalent)
37.3 MMTCE
MSW RecycledMSW Recycled 17,788 tons
Water savedWater saved 603 million gallons
Energy savedEnergy saved 768.8 trillion BTUs
NOx emissions NOx emissions reductionsreductions
158,172.5 tons
SO2 emission SO2 emission reductionsreductions
288,627.49 tons
voluntary programs in P2
National Performance TrackHigh Production Volume ChallengeDesign for the EnvironmentEnvironmentally preferable purchasingFederal Electronics challengeGreen ChemistryGreen EngineeringGreen Suppliers Network
Region 2’s Great Lakes ProgramRegion 2’s Great Lakes Program
Great Lakes Program is within DEPP’s Community & Ecosystem Protection Branch
Lake Ontario Lake wide Management Plan (LaMP)
The Parties to the Lake Ontario LaMP areEPA Environment Canada Ontario Ministry of the Environment NYSDEC USFWS Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Canada Division of Fish and Oceans
www.epa..gov/glnpo/lakeont/
LaMP-Future activitiesLaMP-Future activities
Coordination of binational monitoring efforts and programs to better assess the health of Lake Ontario and its ecosystem.Reducing critical pollutant loadings to the lake.Reporting on the status of adopted ecosystem indicators, habitat, source track down and invasive species.Broadening partnerships with other scientific groups to share data, conduct analyses, and assist with peer review.Conducting public outreach on pollution prevention, LaMP activities and partnering opportunities.
Great Lakes Regional Collaboration (GLRC)
GLRC was established on May 18, 2004, through Executive Order 13340. The GLRC has 3 goals: develop a Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Strategy; serve as a forum for addressing near-term issues that relate to protection and restoration; andcreate an oversight forum to coordinate and enhance implementation of the Strategy.
For Further Information Contact-For Further Information Contact-
John Filippelli, ChiefJohn Filippelli, Chief
Strategic Planning & Multi-Media Programs BranchStrategic Planning & Multi-Media Programs Branch
Region 2 EPARegion 2 EPA
212-637-3504212-637-3504
[email protected]@EPA.Gov
