Borderwide Resources
We are currently removing older publications related to Border 2020 Program that will be housed in the National Service Center for Environmental Publications. Additional Border 2020 Webpage materials may also be found on EPA's archive site (archive.epa.gov). Keyword searches in both locations include: Border 2020, Region 6 Newsletters, Region 9 Newsletters, Toxic Release Inventory, Accomplishment Reports, Highlight Reports. If there is a particular publication or item you are looking for that was migrated please look in these two locations or contact the US-Mexico Border Staff.
Program Documents
Action Plans
Sustainability Materials Management Resources:
Binational Consultative Mechanism
In December 1999, the EPA and SEMARNAT created the Consultative Mechanism (pdf). This document is available in English only.
In 2015, these agencies agreed to expand the report to include spent lead-acid battery and electronic recyclers and in 2016, they completed the expanded exchange of information.
Border 2025 Highlights Report (Summer 2024)
Border 2020 Final Report (Spring 2021)
U.S. - Mexico Border Program Projects Map (launched August 2021)
Mexico-United States
Joint Contingency Plan
Sister City Plans
(Region 6 & Region 9)
Goal 4 Emergency Preparedness & Response
North American Development Bank (NADBank) Border Grants
National Coordinators Meeting (2024) Joint Communiqué