U.S.-Mexico Border 2012
EPA Continues Its Mission to Safeguard Children's Health Along the Border
U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) is a collaboration between the United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of the nearly 12 million people living along the border. The bi-national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Border 2012 is a results-oriented program that takes a “bottom-up” approach to addressing the environmental and public health needs of the border region. Issues and projects are identified and implemented at the local level. The program encourages stakeholder involvement through a variety of opportunities (see Getting Involved).
Border News
Important Save The Date: National Coordinator Meeting of Border 2012/2020 Program.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mexico's Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) announce that their annual National Coordinators Meeting under the Border 2012/Border 2020 U.S. - Mexico Environmental Program that will be held in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, has been rescheduled to August 8th-9th.
This year’s Meeting represents a special occasion because we will be celebrating the closing of 10 years of successful binational cooperation under the Border 2012 Program and the signature event that will mark the beginning of the new Border 2020 Environmental Program that will allow us to continue and strengthen our binational border cooperation.
Therefore, your participation in this event is of vital importance, so we kindly request you reserve these dates on your agenda. We will provide further information about this important meeting in the upcoming months.
Importante Reserve La Fecha: Reunión de Coordinadores Nacionales del Programa Frontera 2012/2020.
La Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) y la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (EPA) informan que la próxima Reunión de Coordinadores Nacionales del Programa Ambiental México - Estados Unidos: Frontera 2012/Frontera 2020, a llevarse a cabo en la ciudad de Tijuana, Baja California, ha sido reprogramada para los días 8 y 9 de agosto del año en curso.
La Reunión de este año representa una ocasión especial ya que al inicio de la misma celebraremos el cierre exitoso de 10 años de cooperación binacional en el marco del Programa Ambiental Frontera 2012 y posteriormente se llevará a cabo el evento protocolario de la firma y entrada en vigor del nuevo Programa Ambiental Frontera 2020 que nos permitirá dar continuidad y reforzar la cooperación binacional fronteriza.
Su participación en este evento es de suma importancia por lo cual le solicitamos reservar estos días en su agenda de trabajo. En los próximos meses se darán a conocer los detalles de esta importante reunión.
- Region 9 Winter 2012 Quarterly Report (PDF) (9 pp, 1.1M) | Boletín Trimestral (PDF) (10 pp, 1.1M)
Border 2020: US-Mexico Environmental Program
EPA and Mexico’s Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) would like to thank all who attended public meetings along the border, our public webinar and submitted comments during our open comment period on the draft of the next eight year bi-national program entitled “ Border 2020: U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program”. The comment period is now closed. Below you'll find a fact sheet about "Border 2020" and a presentation used during the webinar. Both of these documents are a summary view of the draft Border 2020 program.
Stay tuned through our website to hear about more updates or contact us.
- Border 2020 Fact Sheet (PDF) (3 pp, 700K) | Hoja de Datos de Frontera 2020 (PDF) (4 pp, 700K)
- Presentation slides (PDF) (4 pp, 800K)
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Calendar of Events
& Important Dates
June 6, 2012
CA/ Baja California Environmental Health Task Force Meeting
August 8-9, 2012
National Coordinator Meeting of Border 2012/2020 Program
Border 2012
Overview Video
Highlights
The Border 2012: Program Highlights - Fall 2010 report provides key accomplishments achieved for the program in 2010.
State of the Border Region, Indicators Report 2010 (PDF) (106 pp, 2.3MB)
Strategy for Indicator Development report
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