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EPA's Center for Environmental Finance (CEF) Reports and Publications
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Reports by Subject
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Summaries
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Strategic Action Agendas
EPA's Center for Environmental Finance (CEF) Reports and Publications
Newsletters
- January 2012 - Volume 3, Issue 1
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October 2011 - Volume 2, Issue 3
- July 2011 - Volume 2, Issue 2
- February 2011 - Volume 2, Issue 1
- September 2010 - Volume 1, Issue 2
- March 2010 - Volume 1, Issue 1
Progress Reports
- 2010-2011 Environmental Finance Program Report
- 2007-2008 Environmental Finance Program Report
- 2005-2006 Environmental Finance Program Report
Financial Tool Guides
Other
- Compendium of EFAB Reports: 2001-2010
- Environmental Financial Advisory Board Factsheet
- Environmental Finance Centers Factsheet
- Environmental Financing Information Network Factsheet
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Reports by Subject
Cost Effective Environmental Management
- Voluntary Environmental Improvement Bond (VEIB) Programs: EFAB's response to FHFA report (May, 2011)
- Financial Assurance: Report on Improving Cost Estimation and Letter on the Use of Credit Ratings (December, 2010)
- Financial Assurance: Commercial Insurance as a Financial Assurance Tool (February, 2010)
- Voluntary Environmental Improvement Bonds Reports (June, 2009)
- Environmental Management Systems and the Use of Corporate Environmental Information by the Financial Community (April, 2008)
- EFAB Supports EPA's Private Activity Bond Initiative (April, 2007)
- The Use of Captive Insurance as a Financial Assurance Tool in Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Programs (March, 2007)
- EFAB initial findings concerning use of the financial test and corporate guarantees to meet financial assurance requirements under RCRA programs (March, 2006)
- Application of Innovative Finance Techniques in the Transportation Infrastructure & Financial Innovation Act of 1998 (March, 2005)
- Application of Useful Life Financing of Environmental Facilities (Jan, 2005)
- Report on Findings from EFAB's Environmental Management Systems Workshop (July, 2003)
- Protecting America's Land Legacy: Stewardship Policies, Tools, and Incentives to Protect and Restore America's Land Legacy (February, 2003)
State Revolving Fund (SRF)
- SRF Investment Function: Current Status and Prospects for Enhancing SRF Sustainability (February, 2011)
- Relative Benefits of Direct and Leveraged Loan Approaches for State Revolving Fund (SRF) Programs (August, 2008)
- Expanding the Definition of State Revolving Fund Financial Assistance (January, 2007)
- Establishment of a New State Revolving Fund Loan Guaranty Program (May, 2006)
- Application of Useful Life Financing to State Revolving Funds (May, 2006)
- Combined Operations of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Funds (PDF) (12 pp, 50K) (May, 2005)
- Coordination of USEPA State Revolving Fund (SRF) and USDA Rural Utility Service (RUS) Water and Sewer Loan Assistance (August, 2003)
Water
- Financial Assurance for Underground Carbon Sequestration Facilities (March, 2010)
- Financing Mechanisms for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Other Air and Water Pollution Problems (March, 2010)
- Water Loss Reduction: Financing Mechanisms for Drinking Water Distribution Systems (March, 2010)
- Public-Private Partnerships in the Provision of Water and Wastewater Services: The Canadian Experience (September, 2008)
- Public Private Partnerships in the Provision of Water and Wastewater Services: Barriers and Incentives (April, 2008)
- Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development (May, 2007)
- Sustainable Finance for Watersheds (January, 2007)
- Affordability Rate Design for Households (February, 2006)
- Maryland's Bay Restoration Fund Act (December, 2005)
- Innovations in Watershed Financing Letter Report (PDF) (6 pp, 43K) (January, 2005)
Air
- Financing Clean Air Technology Letter (January, 2012)
- Financing Mechanisms for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Other Air and Water Pollution Problems (March, 2010)
- SmartWay Transport Program, official letter to the EPA Administrator: Innovative Finance Programs for Air Pollution Reduction (November, 2007)
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Summaries
- Fall 2011 Meeting Summary (October, 2011)
- Spring 2011 Meeting Summary (March, 2011)
- Summer 2010 Meeting Summary (August, 2010)
- Summer 2009 Meeting Summary (August, 2009)
- Spring 2009 Meeting Summary (March, 2009)
- Summer 2008 Meeting Summary (August, 2008)
- Meeting Summary - Workshop on Financial Assurance in EPA Programs (June 2008)
- Spring 2008 Meeting Summary (March, 2008)
- Meeting Summary - The Use of Corporate Environmental Information in Financial Decisions (June, 2007)
- Spring 2007 Meeting Summary (March, 2007)
- Summer 2006 Meeting Summary (August, 2006)
- Meeting Summary - Captive Insurance as a Financial Assurance Tool Workshop (June, 2006)
- Meeting Summary - Sustainable Watershed Financing Roundtable Training Session Meeting Summary (March, 2006)
- Spring 2006 Meeting Summary (March, 2006)
- Meeting Summary - Workshop on Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34 (July, 2003)
- Spring 2003 Meeting Summary (March, 2003)
Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Strategic Action Agendas
- Fiscal Years 2012-2013
- Fiscal Years 2011-2012
- Fiscal Years 2010-2011
- Fiscal Years 2009-2010
- Fiscal Years 2008-2009
- Fiscal Years 2007-2008
- Fiscal Years 2005-2006
- Fiscal Years 2004-2005
- Fiscal Years 2003-2004
- Fiscal Years 2002-2003