| Principles
of "a better way" |
 - National standards, neighborhood solutions
- Reward results, not programs
- Collaboration, not polarization
- Lead with science and technology
- Markets before mandates
- Solutions transcend political boundaries
- Assure compliance, enforce the law
- Science for facts, process for priorities
- Consider benefits and costs
- Change a heart, change a nation
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Clean the air
- Significantly improve the nation’s health by working
with states to
implement our new more protective air quality standards for ozone and
fine particles
- Reduce emissions of NOx and SO2 from coal-fired power plants
by approximately 70% by finalizing the Clean Air Interstate
Rule
- Decrease mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants
by 70% by
finalizing the Clean Air Mercury Rule
- Cut diesel emissions by replacing
or retrofitting school buses with state of-the-art emission
controls through the Clean School
Bus USA initiative
Protect and restore the water
- Create improved water-monitoring networks to keep water clean,
safe and secure
- Ensure an overall increase of wetlands each
year
- Restore watersheds and coastal waters
Recycle and renew polluted land
- Restore urban communities by redeveloping abandoned
brownfield sites in each state
Make compliance our enforcement objective
- Apply consistent and certain enforcement
to motivate compliance
- Make enforcement decisions using multiple factors,
including available
resources and desired environmental benefits
Implement Executive Order issued by President
Bush on the Great Lakes
- Lead the Great Lakes Task Force
- Work with states, local governments,
federal agencies, tribal nations, Canadian governments and
other important stakeholders to create a
regional collaboration of national significance in the Great Lakes
region
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| 500 days with
a 5,000-day horizon |
| “The
President has charged me to take
action to ensure our air is cleaner,
our water
is purer, and our land is better
protected, all while affirming our economic
competitiveness.
This charge defines his passion,
the mission of the Environmental Protection
Agency
and my stewardship as Administrator. ”
- Mike Leavitt |
Develop EPA’s collaborative networks for
environmental problem-solving
- Inventory, analyze, replicate and teach about successful collaborative
networks
Protect America’s Homeland
- Implement the President’s Homeland Security Directives to
enhance decontamination capabilities in the event of a
biological attack, and to
support first responders in a nationally significant
terrorist event
Protect the culture of rural America with innovative
approaches to environmental protection
- Assure that endangered species are protected from
pesticides, while
making certain that farmers and communities have
the pest control tools
they need
Advance the President’s legislative priorities for EPA
- Pass Clear Skies legislation
- Elevate EPA to permanent cabinet-level status
- Ratify the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Treaty
- Ratify the Marine Pollution (MARPOL) Treaty
Annex to reduce air
pollution from ships
Capitalize on the stature and convening powers
of
the United States to improve the global environment
- Develop relationships with environmental ministers
from the international
community
- Initiate collaborative opportunities with other
nations
- Champion the Global Earth Observation System
of Systems and foster
partnerships, like Climate Leaders, to address
climate change
Manage resources wisely
- Value and reward EPA’s diverse and talented workforce
- Implement the President’s Management Agenda
- Manage human
capital strategically
- Improve financial management
- Integrate budget and performance
- Expand e-government
- Implement competitive sourcing
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