US-Mexico Border 2012

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 How to Get Involved).

Border News

Removing Pesticides from the U.S.-Mexico Border Region (3/26) A collaboration of EPA, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, the Imperial County Agricultural Commissioner, the Mexican Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources, and the Mexican Public Health Services Agency. News Release | Feature story

Updates on the Arizona and California Regional Workgroup pages. (3/13)

EPA Invites U.S.-Mexico Border Tribal Officials to submit applications to serve on Presidential Advisory Committee (PDF) (2 pp, 22K)

Scrap Tire Summary Action Plans »

EPA and bi-national Partners are coordinating a midpoint assessment of the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program. Full story and request for comments »

The US-Mexico Border Program (Border 2012) Celebrates Progress and Looks Towards Future. Summaries of the National Coordinators' Meeting and EPA Administrator, Steven Johnson's visit. Full Story »

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US-Mexico Border 2012 Program Web Site
What is Border 2012? Learn about how the program was developed, who the people along the border are, what the environmental goals are and how the program is organized.	Environmental Issues Learn more about the needs along the U.S.-Mexico border	Where You Live - Regional Workgroups ~ California-Baja California ~ Arizona-Sonora ~ New Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua ~ Texas-Coahuila-Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
Border-wide Workgroups ~ Environmental health ~ Compliance & Enforcement ~ Emergency Preparedness and Response	Binational Policy Fora ~ Air ~ Water ~ Hazardous and Solid Waste	Border Infrastructure Projects Addressing high priority water and wastewater infrastructure needs.
Meetings and Events Get date and time information for all Border 2012 meetings and events	Getting Involved Task Forces in your area that meet to set priorities and implement projects	Measuring Conditions and Progress How we track and ensure environmental progress
Publications Reports and newsletters	Binational Directory Border 2012 program and partner contact information Send Comments	Archive Topic Index