EPA Unveils New Five-Year Strategy

by Kyle LaFleur— Talk Radio News Service

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled Thursday its new strategic plan that will span from 2011 to the 2015 fiscal year. The plan includes five goals that an EPA press release said will provide “a blueprint for advancing the EPA’s mission and Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priorities.”

The five goals include taking action on climate change and improving air quality, protecting America’s waters, cleaning up communities and advancing sustainable development, ensuring the safety of chemicals and preventing pollution and enforcing environmental laws. By continuing to work towards implement this new strategy, the agency believes it will advance their mission to improve environmental and human health.

“The administrator has committed the agency to pursuing these priorities in the years ahead to fulfill EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment,” read the statement. “In addressing these priorities, EPA will continue to affirm the core values of science, transparency and the rule of law.”

The agency sent notification letters to more than 800 organizations and individuals requesting comment on the draft plan.

All federal agencies are required by Congress to provide a five-year strategic plan every three years.

More information about the new strategy can be found here.