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Collaboration and Partnership

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You have reached the Contents page for a collection of project descriptions gathered from across the Agency. Several of them may appear in the Council on Environmental Quality’s 2007 Annual Report on Cooperative Conservation. Following are links to 111 EPA examples of collaboration, partnerships and activities designed to improve collaboration competencies.

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Collaboration and Partnership

Introduction

Introduction (PDF) (1pp, 21K)

Large-scale Ecosystem Improvement

A Biodiversity Strategy for Lake Ontario (PDF) (2pp, 24K)
Building Innovative Industry-Producer Partnerships to Reduce Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico (PDF) (2pp, 38K)
Columbia River Toxics Reduction Strategy An EPA National Priority (PDF) (2pp, 15K)
Gulf of Mexico Governors’ Alliance (PDF) (2pp, 28K)
Memorandum of Agreement on Fostering Collaboration and Efficiencies to Address Water Quality Impairments on National Forest System Lands (PDF) (1pg, 15K)

Local/Regional Partnerships for Ecosystem/Quality of Life Improvement

Advancing Environmental Performance through Integrating Stewardship between Local Officials and the Development Community (PDF) (1pg, 15K)
Atchafalaya East Watershed Initiative (LA) (PDF) (3pp, 78K)
Birch Bay Watershed Characterization Pilot Study (PDF) (2pp, 102K)
Beaver Creek Watershed Initiative (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Enhancement of Watershed Protection Measures in the Karst Region of Pleasant Grove Creek, Kentucky (PDF) (2pp, 21K)
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model: Project and Documentary Film (PDF) (2pp, 76K)
Mystic River (PDF) (2pp, 83K)
Puget Sound Partnership (WA) (PDF) (2pp, 84K)
Schuylkill Action Network (PA) (PDF) (2pp, 94K)
Unique Multi-Party Actions to Improve Environmental Results (FL) (PDF) (2pp, 17K)
Watershed Improvement Summary-Lake Apopka (FL) (PDF) (2pp, 30K)
Watershed Improvement Summary-Little River Subwatershed (TN) (PDF) (2pp, 38K)
Watershed Improvement Summary-Lower Horse Creek Watershed (SC) (PDF) (2pp, 81K)

Water Infrastructure

Denver-Metro Area Water Sense Model Community (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Innovative Funding Approaches and Partners to Help Address Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PDF) (1pg, 12K)
Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure (PDF) (2pp, 69K)
Potomac River Basin Drinking Water Source Protection Partnership (PDF) (2pp, 46K)
Rhode Island Sanitary Sewer Overflow Integrated Initiative (PDF) (2pp, 33K)
Sibley Lake Drinking Water Protection Project (PDF) (2pp, 206K)
Sustainable Water Infrastructure Video and Case Studies (PDF) (1pg, 13K)

Habitat/Landscape Improvement

2007 Chicago Wilderness Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards Program (PDF) (2pp, 86K)
Palmerton, PA – Zinc Pile Site (PDF) (2pp, 50K)
The Wisconsin Cooperative Conservation Initiative (PDF) (2pp, 21K)

Good Samaritan/Acid Mine Drainage

Good Samaritan CERCLA Administrative Tools (PDF) (2pp, 77K)
Improving Water Quality in the Ocoee River (TN) (PDF) (1pg, 11K)

Air Quality Improvement

Air Quality Management Plan Pilot Projects (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Blue Skyways Collaborative (PDF) (2pp, 25K)
Mid-Atlantic Diesel Collaborative (PDF) (1pg, 20K)
Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative (PDF) (2pp, 105K)
SmartWay and Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative’s “Idle Free Quiet Zone” Program (PDF) (2pp, 69K)
Southeast Diesel Collaborative (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
State Early Action Plans (PDF) (2pp, 15K)
Supplemental Risk Analysis of Potential Air Emissions from the Confined Disposal Facility for the Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal Sediment Dredging and Disposal Project (PDF) (1pg, 15K)

Conflict Resolution Actions

Montana-Wyoming Water Quality Standards/ Coal Bed Methane Negotiations (PDF) (1pg, 14K)

Regulatory Streamlining/Removing Barriers to Collaboration

A Conference for Federal Regulatory Professionals (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
eRulemaking Program’s Migration of Departments and Agencies to Regulations.gov (PDF) (2pp, 17K)

Federal Facilities Clean-up

Annual EPA-DOD Federal Facility Colloquium (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Chesapeake Bay Focused Environmental Management System (PDF) (1pg, 12K)
Federal Facilities: Federal Prison Initiative (PDF) (1pg, 10K)

Tools/Activities that Encourage and Ease Collaboration

Annual EPA-DOD-STATE Federal Facility Colloquium (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Change a Light Campaign Intergovernmental Outreach (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Environmental Finance Program (PDF) (2pp, 13K)
EPA-State Workgroup - “Stormcatchers” (PDF) (3pp, 72K)
EPA and State Environmental Commissioners and Oil and Gas Directors: Improving Communications and Consultation (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Intergovernmental Outreach to Local Elected Officials (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Highlands Action Program Charter (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Improving Water Quality Standards Review (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Mid Atlantic Green Highways Partnership (PDF) (1pg, 15K)
Mid-Atlantic Wetland Working Group (PDF) (2pp, 22K)
Mining and Mineral Processing Dialogue Group (PDF) (2pp, 17K)
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (PDF) (1pg, 16K)
National Association Outreach Meetings (PDF) (1pg, 9K)
Ohio River Valley Conference on Sustainable Development (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PDF) (2pp, 17K)
State Reporting Burden Reduction Initiative (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Strategic Partnership Agreements (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Systematic Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Results (PDF) (1pg, 23K)
Taking Environmental Protection to the Next Level: An Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Services Delivery System (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Tennessee Growth Readiness Program (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Toxic Substances Control Act- College and University Polychlorinated Biphenyls Compliance Assistance Workshop (PDF) (2pp, 56K)
Water Quality Trading (PDF) (1pg, 27K)

Community-Based Work

Annapolis Eco-Tour Showcases Environmental Achievements (PDF) (2pp, 86K)
Collaborative Problem Solving (PDF) (2pp, 66K)
Communities in Action for Asthma Friendly Environments (PDF) (2pp, 69K)
Community Action for a Renewed Environment Program Cross-Agency Program (PDF) (2pp, 42K)
Community-Based Abandoned Drum Clean Up and Chukotka Demonstration Project (PDF) (3pp, 145K)
EPA/ATSDR and State and Local Brownfields Health Projects (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
FY07 Five-Star Restoration Training Grant Sub-award (PDF) (1pg, 13K)
Greater Grand Rapids Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (PDF) (2pp, 93K)
Maple Beach Brownfields Project (PDF) (2pp, 17K)
Pennsylvania Bacteria Pilot (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas - Sustainable Long-Term Community Recovery Plan (PDF) (3pp, 140K)
Sustainable Management of the Pocono Creek Watershed (PDF) (2pp, 130K)
Tampa Bay Estuary Program- Bay Mini-Grant Program (PDF) (2pp, 50K)
Targeted Watersheds Grants (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
Voluntary Monitoring Equipment Loan Program (PDF) (2pp, 90K)

Partnerships for Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization

Collision Repair Initiative (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Commodity-Grade Mercury Stakeholder Panel (PDF) (2pp, 65K)
Compliance Assistance Centers (PDF) (2pp, 27K)
Earth Keepers: A Community, Tribal and Faith-based Approach to Pollution Prevention in the Great Lakes Basin (PDF) (2 pp, 76K)
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (PDF) (2pp, 153K)
Integrated Pest Management in Affordable Housing (PDF) (2pp, 71K)
National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (PDF) (1pg, 15K)
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
Pharmaceuticals & Personal Care Products in the Environment (PDF) (1pg, 10K)
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PDF) (1pg, 19K)
RCC Scrap Tire Workgroup (PDF) (1pg, 14K)
Recyclemania Outreach Partnership Team (PDF) (2pp, 17K)
Rose Township Michigan Superfund Site—Biodiesel Project (PDF) (2pp,114K)
Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
State/EPA and Stakeholder Partnership to Recycle/Divert Food and Paper Wastes in the Mid-Atlantic (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
Strategic Agriculture Initiative(National) (PDF) (2pp, 95K)
Strategic Agricultural Initiative (Regional) (PDF) (1pg, 12K)
The National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program (PDF) (2pp, 70K)
The Resource Conservation Challenge (PDF) (2pp, 48K)

Working with Tribes

Blue Skyways Clean School Bus Collaborative (PDF) (1pg, 12K)
Improving Compliance in Indian Country (PDF) (2pp, 558K)
IPA From EPA Region 4 to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PDF) (1pg, 13K)
Yukon River Solid Waste Backhaul and Recycling Program (PDF) (2pp, 17K)

INTERNAL EPA Actions

Collaboration Training (PDF) (2pp, 21K)
Growing Collaborative Skills through Experience and Training (PDF) (1pg, 12K)
Hiring at All Levels Targeting Collaboration & Communication Skills (PDF) (1pg, 19K)
Leadership Development (PDF) (1pg, 11K)
Legal Authorities Supporting Collaboration (PDF) (1pg, 14K)

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